Check out the specs on this new AS Sniper System. Before you start drooling and laughing like a giddy school child in a candy shop - soak in the $2200 price tag on Airsoft GI.
http://www.spartanimports.com/content/i ... &Itemid=26
YES, this system uses an EXTERNAL air pressure source (HPA Bottle), similar to remote systems on Paintball guns - rated to 3000 psi. It also has a FULLY FUNCTIONAL SUPPRESSOR.
They are Factory "Pre-zeroed for man size targets at 65 yards @ 650 feet per second (0.2g bb weight) at 110 psi
Recommended BB weight 0.25g or higher
Optimal BB weight 0.29g"
They recommend using 0.29g Maruzen Grandmaster BBs . $15 for a box of 300 (YES, you read that right, ONLY 300)
"The Mantis is purpose-built to be an Airsoft sniping system. It does not pretend to be anything else. It is not meant to imitate or emulate a real rifle. It is not intended to deliver a high rate or high volume of fire. It IS meant to deliver one BB at a time, on target, every time. The Mantis is designed to complement a practitioner of the sniping arts with a tool that delivers one precise shot to take out your Airsoft opponent, leaving his buddies wondering in terror where the next shot is coming from and who’s next in line to be taken out. "
Included:
Custom-built lightweight anodized aluminum rifle chassis
DBC custom 6.01mm ID inner barrel, fully free floated
2Roy hop up unit
Laylax hard hop up bucking
Ergo PSG-1 style tactical sniper grip
Adjustable length tactical buttstock
Custom crowned and threaded outer barrel
Fully functional integral silencer
3-9 power 50mm objective illuminated reticle scope
Metal adjustable length bipod
Integral rail system and scope mount
28 round magazine with quick disconnect external gas connector
Lightweight gas regulator with pressure gauge and coiled gas hose
50 cubic inch HPA bottle (3000 psi)
Hard gun case
Optional Full Maintenance Program by Right Hook Fabrication.
This is THE Airsoft Sniper System
The only thing I would personally alter on this beast is the stock - swapping it out for a MAGPUL Precision Rifle Stock (PRS). Forget painting it - at the range this thing shoots at, it won't really matter.
***Important Note: "The Mantis will not make you a sniper. The Mantis will be the right tool to fulfill your potential as a sniper."
