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Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Reeko » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:58 pm

I bought these Sport Smoke, Tactical Smoke grenades with a diameter of 38mm and a length of 4". if combined with a blank fire M203 Shell, could it launch these at any significant distance? they weigh about 3.8oz. I have no experience with the launchers. so i was wondering if anyone has tried it or something of similar size.

38mm seems like a pretty close fit to the 40mm barrel of the M203, so i imagine it would be fine, if not i could always wrap the grenade in camo tape to cover the extra 2mm.

http://sportsmoke.com/smoke-grenades/pa ... ke-grenade

i dont know anyone personally that has a launcher to test it out with.
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Sir Stubby Eyre » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:01 pm

If you get it to work don't plan on using it at Camp R&R, I will no allow it. Too heavy of projectile to fly in the air=not safe.
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Reeko » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:12 pm

dont worry about that, i dont go down to oregon for airsoft. and its not that heavy, i could throw it as hard as i could at someone and it would only hurt if it hit you in the face, even then it wouldnt do to much. and a launcher probably wouldnt get it nearly that fast.
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Jester316 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:05 pm

You would have to use a CO2 shell. Also, how are you going to get it lit before firing? Pull the pin, drop it down the tube and fire? Cool idea, but not very safe.
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Reeko » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:52 pm

Jester316 wrote:You would have to use a CO2 shell. Also, how are you going to get it lit before firing? Pull the pin, drop it down the tube and fire? Cool idea, but not very safe.


i think i will have to try it before determining how safe it is, since that is dependant on the hight and velocity its traveling at. And they are cool burning, so the risk of a brush fire (especially in WA) is minimal

ill try to find someone with an m203 at the next game i go to on the 11th
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Jester316 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:46 pm

These get hot as shazaam if you hold it while it's going off. Just because it's "non-pyro" doesn't mean it can't start a fire.

I've used them before...
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby nicejoeA » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:18 pm

agree i see before something like that and yes it can start a fire..i think if we use grenade we should be careful to avoid you know accidents
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Gator » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:25 pm

After skimming through this thread, It made me wonder why a company hasnt made a a M203 smoke grenade. But in a safe manner and of course usable at airsoft fields. Cool idea though. if it was safe itd be even better.
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Spitfire » Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:45 pm

I honestly don't see anything unsafe about it.... It's not going to go very far, I could throw one harder then an M203 could launch it, the only thing I would be worried about is it melting the launch tube and possibly causing a burst in the tube, which is still unlikely. That and I wouldnt use them on too dry of days. If the smoke bomb is long enough, it should stick out the front a little bit, the ring anyway. aim up, get someone to pull the ring, and fire!

EDIT - That, and those rubber M203 balls off of evike would do a good bit more damage then a much heavier smoke canister. This is my opinion anyway, I'm not always right. We need to do some testing and see some youtube videos on this before we consider anything. This'd give me an actual reason to go out and buy an M203 grenade launcher. :lol:
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Reeko » Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:48 pm

I know this is a necro to my own thread but i have an answer for the OP. And this does work. I have personally fired one out of my EGLM, and it has a range of about 20-30 feet. which is pretty good. It does need to be shimmed since they are a bit loose in the barrel. I use medical pre-wrap, but plastic grocery bags work too.
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Alien_Hunter » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:39 am

My friends used surgical tubing and PVC pipe to make a 'cross bow' (it didn't have a trigger, just drop a ball, pull the band back and let it fly). I think it would launch a grenade quite well.
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Nark » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:03 pm

Welshy McSheeplove wrote:I could throw one of those things further than 20-30 feet...


I think we can all throw one of those things further than 20-30 feet.
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Matt » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:40 pm

ICS is making projectiles for launchers that smoke. But it'll probably never hit the US Market.

http://youtu.be/ck_oADG7mDk
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby The Grand Baboon » Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:37 pm

Reeko wrote:di could throw it as hard as i could at someone and it would only hurt if it hit you in the face...a launcher probably wouldnt get it nearly that fast.


If a launcher supposedly won't get it nearly as fast, it won't go nearly as far as throwing it. Herp derp.

Why not just throw the damn thing? It seems like you're just putting a handicap on yourself by wanting to attempt to shoot it.
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Re: Launching Smoke grenades out of Airsoft M203/EGLM?

Postby Reeko » Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:31 pm

Matt wrote:ICS is making projectiles for launchers that smoke. But it'll probably never hit the US Market.

http://youtu.be/ck_oADG7mDk


interesting, i bet they would be rather expensive as well for spare smoke shells. But it would be convenient to have them attached to the grenade itself, instead of having to shim it and shove it down the barrel.

also i tried this with a madbull XMPB4 C02 grenade yesterday and i can now launch my smokes about 150 feet with moderate arc. which is a substantial increase in range from green gas. Ill see what i can do about getting a video up.

also, i would be surprised if they DIDNT make it to the US market, since they did show them at shot show in the US, which if im not mistaken, is mostly aimed toward US customers.
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