I’m doing an NCR Trooper cosplay and what I’ve noticed is that buying an M16A1 airsoft gun and some brown paint for the furniture is WAYYYYY cheaper than buying a non-functioning prop. Like, the website I saw listed an M1 Carbine Airsoft gun as 250 dollars but the prop version is over 1000. What gives?
I remember when I was a kid you could an ak47 for 120$ usd. In the movie lord of war they found it was cheaper getting real AKs than to use props. It always bothered me.