MORE WICKEDNESS!

LET’S FACE IT, WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF AIRSOFT REPLICAS COMING OUT OF THE “JOHN WICK” FRANCHISE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH THE TTI NAME ON THEM, AND IN GENERAL THEY’VE BEEN VERY COOL… BUT IN BILL’S OPINION THERE NOT AS COOL AS THE LATEST MOVIE-INSPIRED PLATFORM, THE FIRE-BREATHING GEN-12 DRACARYS SEMI-AUTO SHOTGUN FROM DOUBLE BELL!

Jeez, but I do like to write about unusual firearms, and when it comes to “unique and unusual” you can bet on the “Wick” movies to deliver! I love the fact that things appear in the franchise that make me sit up and go “Wow! Cool!” with a big cheesy gun-bunny grin on my face.

Through the four-movie run (and indeed spin-off) we’ve seen some absolute corkers in the hands of our favourite dog-lovin’ hitter, and the relationship between Keanu Reeves and Taran Butler both on-screen and in real life is undeniable!

scene in an abandoned apartment, moving room to room and immolating all who stand against him!

But before I get into the Dracarys, the “Dragon’s Breath” rounds ARE a thing!

Whilst I knew this academically, and I knew that they’re actually illegal in some US states, searching online tells me that “Dragon’s Breath is an exotic incendiary round for a 12 gauge shotgun. Dragon’s Breath consists primarily of magnesium pellets/ shards. When the round is fired, sparks and flames can shoot out to about 100 ft. Dragons Breath is normally chambered in 12 gauge 2 3/4” shot shell.

we’re talking about!

Not Your Average Aeg

With that bit of ammo-trivia firmly out of the way, let’s get onto the main event, the DOUBLE BELL (DB) GEN-12 DRACARYS AEG… and yes, it is a singlebarrel AEG that’s basically an AR that’s spent some serious time in the gym, but the design is unique enough that it will stand out amongst regular ARs as it’s not your average AEG by far… it is, as Dan and Stewbacca would say, “a chonky boi”!

“THE LOVELY PEOPLE AT DOUBLE BELL HAVE CREATED AN AEG VERSION OF THE GENESIS ARMS/TTI SEMI-AUTO SHOTGUN THAT WHILE IT’S NOT GOING TO SET YOUR OPPONENTS IN-GAME ON FIRE WILL GIVE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF JOY TO ANYONE THAT’S A “WICK FANBOI”… AND YES, I COUNT MYSELF AMONG YOU” the work of a moment…

The KeyMod rail again is a chunky affair too, held in place with no less than four bolts per side, and has a full length top-rail that matches perfectly with that of the upper; it also has seven KeyMod mounting points at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 11 0’clock so that acreage available for accessories is sizeable! It needs to be larger than usual too, as the 160mm inner rail diameter is there to accommodate a cool, aggressivelooking replica of the muzzle device that’s on the real thing to accommodate the JK Armament 12 Gauge

Dracarys doesn’t come with any form of front or rear sight, so I decided just to add a holosight like the one’s shown in the movie, a no brainer really as this is gives a wide field of “both eyes open” view, and it’s “supposed” to be a shotgun although it doesn’t actually shoot like one at all.

With the optic fitted and levelled I loaded up that cavernous 900 BB Hi Cap with .20g and got to work on the range. Although the Dracarys has a singlepoint QD point at the rear of the lower (along with QD points on the stock) I plumped again for the black

SLIDING STOCK AND PISTOL GRIP ARE SOLID REPLICATIONS OF THE BCM GUNFIGHTER AND BCM MOD 2 PARTS SIMILAR TO THOSE ON THE TARAN TACTIAL (TTI) REAL-DEAL, AND THE BLACK OF THE ACCESSORY PARTS REALLY SHOWS OFF THE COLOUR OF THE RECEIVERS AND RAIL” best.

I have to say that as a dyed-in-the-wool airsoft shotgun lover, the Dracarys did leave me scratching my head a little; it is basically an AR AEG on steroids, but with a TTI Pit Viper in my holster as a backup I did, I will admit, feel just a little bit “Wick”, especially on the short 10m range! I actually enjoyed the semi-only setup as this to me say that DB have purpose-built the Dracarys as a CQB platform, and the power level as standard would appear to confirm this. In-game you’d need just some very basic gear to run the Dracarys as your primary (honestly, a single mag will do you!), with one of the TTI pistol replicas as your secondary; a good shooters belt, holster, some additional pistol mags, dump pouch, and possibly a couple of grenade pouches would do me!

With an iro UK£300 price-tag the DOUBLE BELL GEN-12 DRACARYS really gives you a great an ACETECH

BIFROST or BLASTER muzzle device that would look totally awesome and really bring out the “Dragon’s Breath” feel completely!

My thanks go to www.iwholesales. co.uk for supplying the test sample, and you’ll find the Double Bell models on their regularly updated website.

The Dracarys AEGs are available now, so you’ll find them