The glaring thing is it’s missing the carry handle launcher sight.
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Apologies… must have missed that one 
@Maiphut , was confused about the grey too, but then figured that the original must have been black and the grey was to set it apart as the newer version 
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Should be dark, that grey is like from the very early M16’s XM’s etc.
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Reminds me of the new SLR type Grey and a few others offering something a little bit different
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The M203 started getting adopted around 1970 so later in Vietnam.
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If that E&C was mine I’d mute the grey, hit it with a bit of smoke translucent.
Although I have seen BME’s Grenadier up close and personal and the grey didn’t look as light as it does in the photo. 
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Just found this 
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I think originally the receivers were parkerised… more metallic, less flat.
The closest I could get to that on my XM177 build was spraying the receiver and all the metal parts with Tamiya gunmetal then ghosting over it with Tamiya smoke.
Came out pretty close, and not flat.
That’s not my M16, btw… but mine’s about the same colour and finish.
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Some good references here Colt’s USGI M16 Series Variation Guide Edition V - AR15.COM
Don’t get lost down the rabbit hole there 
The finishes as far as I can find out were a phosphate finish of either Colt’s grey or black. Something to do with the Zinc in the phosphating/park made the greyish colour. Right ima stop reading all that getting out of rabbit hole
I think that’s one of the sexiest gel blasters I’ve seen. But I’m a huge fan of Predator so maybe I’m biased.
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I once named a dog “Dutch”
yes… I would love one and was looking at them a short while ago thinking yes, yes I will sacrifice food, fuel n smokes for the week to get it 
but then I was like nah I’ll wait
2 minute noodles my man, we’ve all done it
100% 20 characters
You actually need to pull the trigger guard on the G.launcher out.
It then locks into place.
It must be a transport / protection thing, to stop it from getting bent out of shape.
Its not very thick metal…
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Seen that one from good ole’ Uncle Ian a while back, but missed the boat on the fact someone made a pretty decent looking Gelbaster replica
Maybe it’s lucky they banned them here, otherwise I’d be living on the streets with a massive stockpile of blasters waiting for my next purchase like a junkie 
they need to get this guy into the research and development department making gel blaster versions of his builds
Great stuff… until it rains 