SPAS 12 REVIEW
first impressions:
well I ordered my SPAS a on Tuesday the 24th and ordered it through ups ground (talk about torchare waiting for it) and I also ordered a extra three shells right of the bat.It costed me $225 for the SPAS and $25 for the extra shells. It got here yester day on the 1st of may and getting that box was like Christmas all over again ( yes, us airsofters take lots of pride in are guns). The first thing I noticed was that this gun is HUGE, this thing is massive witch you can't really tell from the box. pulling it out of the box I noticed that it is pretty heavy not as heavy as my M4 but still heavy. I also noticed that the grip and pump handle are also beefy and fell nice in the hands. also there is an accessories port under the pump handlefor a vertical grip that you could add on later. also there is a magazine tube in the front that you can store 2 extra shells in. I did know about the three inner barrels inside the outer barrel, but I had no idea where they where placed. but just to give you an idea they start inside the outer barrel just where the barrel comes out of the gray receiver. also I did notice that the Marui shot shells were a little bigger than a real 12GA, click here to see this picture for comparison of shot shell. The SPAS compared to my M4 is not that much different, the M4 with it's stock fully extended is only about one inch longer, click here to see comparison.Oh I almost forgot to tell you what is metal on this beast, the metal parts consist of the trigger, magazine release button, magazine hatch, front and rear sights, the whole upper barrel, magazine tube in the front,barrel shroud, dummy bolt (witch sad enough to say does not move), and safety. all in all it has superb detail.
Well How Does it hold Up:
Well as soon as I got the gun I had to shoot it so I loaded it up, it is easy to load just follow these steps. Step 1 load the shell like you would any other mag for airsoft( Marui shot shells hold 30 rounds witch is enough for 10 shots because this gun shoots 3 shots each time you pull the trigger). Step 2 find the loading port opener( witch in on the right side of the gun). Step 3 open it and insert a shell. Step 4 close and rack the gun. Now you are ready to go. At first I was a little scared at how hard the SPAS was going to be to cock because of all the horror stories, like someone said "after ten times your arm dies," or like, "you have to use your whole body to cock it," all that can't be farther from the truth, I can sit it on my leg and rack it with one hand so easily, or maybe it's just because I rock climb all the time, HE HE!!, I guess it all depends on the person. There is a whole lot more sound than a GBB I would say. The range is really one of the best I've seen from a stock gun, I could probably shoot at stuff farther than my M4. No one really knows what the fps on this gun is but I would guess around 285 to almost 300fps because it rips through both sides of a soda can at point blank. Now check out the range tests down below.
Click here for 3 shots shot at 20 feet.
Click here for 3 shots at 50 feet
Click here for 3 shots shot at 100 feet
Now I'm going to rate this gun by the cool factor and intimidation factor rating.
on cool factor I rate this a 9 out of a 10 because this gun just rocks but the only down side is that you don't actually eject the spent shells, that is why I give it a 9.
On intimidation factor I give it a 10 because this gun is a beast, it's got extremely high accuracy and whoever gets in front of this gun will try to get out of it's way.
I'm going to conclude now:
I would suggest this gun to any one because it's cheap to buy and to get mags for, it is highly accurate, fun to use, and best of all no batteries to charge and no gas to buy and it's just an all around great gun.
Reviewed by BACKLASH.