An issue with underbarrel shotguns

[Mazryonh]

Is it possible the MGS4 KAC Masterkey based off of an airsoft accessory? That could be the reason why it was modelled as attaching to the underside rail (which would tear or break from the force of firing if it were real and loaded with live ammunition, but would present no problem with airsoft pellets).

[Vangelis]

Originally Posted by Mazryonh

Is it possible the MGS4 KAC Masterkey based off of an airsoft accessory? That could be the reason why it was modelled as attaching to the underside rail (which would tear or break from the force of firing if it were real and loaded with live ammunition, but would present no problem with airsoft pellets).

I checked, but what I found was some guy who'd made a replica of the MGS4 M4 / Masterkey saying he'd had to make the mounting himself because there was nothing on sale like it. I think it's a more simple scenario of the designer not realising a standard Masterkey isn't a rail attachment and so rendering it in game as if it is one.

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by Mazryonh

Is it possible the MGS4 KAC Masterkey based off of an airsoft accessory? That could be the reason why it was modelled as attaching to the underside rail (which would tear or break from the force of firing if it were real and loaded with live ammunition, but would present no problem with airsoft pellets).

That is plausible. I hadn't considered it until just now.

But a Google search only brings up a few pics of a custom-build replica of the M4 Custom.

http://forums.zeroin.co.uk/showthrea...099#post418099

The only non-cosmetic difference between this build and the in-game gun is that the supposed fore attachment point on the replica is in line with the barrel step.

But I haven't found anything to indicate this is a mass-produced item.

[Vangelis]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

But I haven't found anything to indicate this is a mass-produced item.

He actually says in that post that the mounting is bespoke (it's posh for "custom") which I assume means he made it himself or had it made specially, which indicates there's no available mounting that looks like that.

But I'd maintain this is different to the usual small rail mount "masterkey" seen in games (which I agree should be labelled as something else); this was clearly modelled after a full-size bracket mount with the attachment point for the front bracket still visible.