Okay that's some rifles, here are the pistols.
Some of these would be very cool, but unfortunately they don't all have enough room inside to house the electronics.
Here are the larger handguns... the Magnums. All these as well as the up coming pictures are all 1:1 scale.
Bottom is the Desert Eagle .44 Magnum, which is a
huge gun. Middle of course needs absolutely no introduction... Dirty Harry's famous Smith and Wesson .44 Magum revolver. Top is the .44 Automag from Sudden Impact. As cool as the middle one is, there is no way I can see this one being converted to a Lightgun.
and a shot with the Topgun for size perspective.
Here are some other very cool contenders, but these are getting to be a bit small inside, although probably can be modified to work. On the left is the famous James Bond Walther P99. One has a rail system and extended mag, and the tiny gun is a Walther P22 (way too small for what we need). The picture to the right... yep, Lara Croft's Tomb Raider guns. These are actually my wife's from her Lara Croft costume she wore for Halloween one year so I'd have to buy some more if I want to mod this model gun.
One thing to note: All the guns I have shown are very inexpensive... the most expensive one was no more than $30!
Some other interesting options... Say you want a shotgun... no problem, pick the style you want!
Seriously, once the bugs are worked out, the options are limited only by your imagination!
Airsoft isn't the only way to go either, but I am very intrigged with the electronics in them. Most of the electric guns will do semi or full auto, and the pistons and air chambers provide a built in recoil. The Desert Eagle kicks so hard it actually moves your hand. Of course nothing like the real gun, but compared to the Topgun's recoil it hits ten times as hard.
Okay, airsoft is cool, but don't forget about... ready? Nerf! Yes Nerf guns! Granted these won't look like real combat guns but there are some very very cool Nerf guns out there and once dressed up with some paint, nobody would even guess it's a Nerf gun! I think these actually have a Halo look to them-
Then there are water guns! Here is one my son and I made into a quazi sorta Star Wars Storm Trooper looking gun (kinda).
Last up is a very unique gun, and rare too, so as much as I would love to convert these I probably won't. This is a type of airsoft gun, but the modular style and design is actually the exact same as a 1970's console light gun!
This is a secret agent 'kit' I made for my son. Don't worry, he's 20 now and I made this for him when he was 16 or 17, so he wasn't a tot or anything like that.
Here is the above gun in various stages of its modular design. You can probably see why I like this one so much and there is enough room inside to the electronics too!
So yes I am very excited! Either way- if the EMS drivers end up working best, or if the Wii mote Mame project works, I will be retro fitting some of these as lightguns. Right now though I like the wireless capability and the Wii mote lends itself a little easier to being modded. Plus I can get them much cheaper in price.
I know there were a lot of images, but we really are on the cusp of some very cool options. The sky and your imagination is the limit!