Edelweiss: Yes, I have had experience with belt fed machine guns and yes, they are cool. My experiences were with the full auto versions and I distinctly recall saying to myself on at least one occasion that if I had one of those/these I would have to develop a whole new lifestyle just to be able to afford to shoot it. You can go through an awful lot of ammo in one session and it takes real discipline not to shoot up all your stuff in one sitting. The guns themselves are pretty pricey and so is the amount of ammo you would shoot up so I thought twice about it and got married for less than half the price....................................Mikey.