Strange water gun?

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PeteG
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Strange water gun?

Post by PeteG » Sat May 10, 2008 4:59 pm

How do... newbie here. Just got a couple of water guns from a car boot sale (£2 the pair, can't complain) - only trouble is I can't find any information on them.

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Any ideas? :)

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SSCBen
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Re: Strange water gun?

Post by SSCBen » Sat May 10, 2008 5:04 pm

Welcome to SSC!

That's a knock off water gun designed to look like the CPS 1500. It is not part of the CPS series and actually uses air pressure. They're still good starts if you're just getting into water guns though.

eBay can be full of these knock offs and knowing what a knock off looks like helps. I recall a page that listed known fakes, but I can't seem to find any at the moment. If you wouldn't mind, could we use your picture to start such a page? It would help people identify fakes/knock offs easier.

The features to watch out for in CPS 1500 style water guns are the trigger, which is angled in the fake and straight on the real one, and the water reservoir, which has no cap on the fake and has a cap on the real one. The fake's reservoir screws off from what I know.

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Re: Strange water gun?

Post by PeteG » Sat May 10, 2008 5:09 pm

I see, cheers. :)

I have absolutely no watergun knowledge... my other half started it with a bottle of water, then a hose, as I say, we found these at a car boot for £2 and were well impressed.

Feel free to use my pics, if you want any more taking, ask away.

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Re: Strange water gun?

Post by CROC » Sat May 10, 2008 6:33 pm

Generally, CPS series (ie. CPS 2000, 1000) are no longer in stores.

If you're really in doubt about the gun (authentic Super Soaker CPS), look at the trigger. Generally it will be different
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Re: Strange water gun?

Post by C-A_99 » Sat May 10, 2008 9:43 pm

It also lacks the Super Soaker logo on it. I wonder what the internals of the fakes look like...

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Re: Strange water gun?

Post by CROC » Sun May 11, 2008 12:46 am

They're probably just PR guns , with pinch triggers. I don't know though.
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Re: Strange water gun?

Post by Drenchenator » Sun May 11, 2008 12:55 am

They're probably just PR guns
Well, we can test that. Does the gun shoot without the reservoir? If it does, it must have a separate chamber. If not, it has a pressurized reservoir.
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elyz
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Re: Strange water gun?

Post by elyz » Mon May 12, 2008 5:16 pm

Well I got one of those at home, too.
A friend of mine bought it at a local store for 5 €.
I'll open it and take those pictures you wanted.
Interested in anything particular?

elyz

P.S: It's a PR

edit: here are the pics

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