I sent an email to sniperx and he said yes, there is a semi auto function aswell.

thanks thats perfect :D im definitly going to get one i just hope its not to far off

If you read the other forum he says it'll be out by first quarter 2008, US release, with a price aiming under $200 USD.

thnx i read it, i have to say the new steel construction looks very good. it definitely looks like it wont break under normal use.

Yea, I just hope it comes out soon!!

Good news for the people who do not like external gas tanks. Escort is also developing an option to have an internal gas.

With a bit of creativity and (I imagine) a pool of elbow grease, you can probably fit a small gas reservoir on or in just about any gun. The workings are pretty simple. All you have to do is pipe some regulated gas to the 'IN' port on the gasbox.

The regulator might be an issue...

http://airsoft-news.eu/e107_images/n...b_box_2111.jpg

By looking at these, I think a ambidexous selector swith will be possible on AR series yeah!!!!! I just have a hard time figuring how they gonna make it possible to have an airsupply coming from the stock. Still look wicked.