It IS plastic construction, but it is ABS so it has a solid feel to it. The rails and scope mount are also plastic but not ABS so you can figure they will probably break at some point. The ‘good’ news is you can find a lot of these type rails for cheap, OR you can replace them with more sturdy models. And you might want to. The shells hold 14 or so BBs each, (the package comes with what feel like 0.12gram bbs, but 0.20s are recomended) and the cocking handle and mechanism have a solid feel to them and a postive cock effect. One thing I’ve discovered is that if you rack the handle a few more times you will fire a ’spread’ of 3 or more bbs at a time!
Two things I’ve noted on the weapon, one is that it is shorter than your average airsoft shotgun including the UTG and it makes for a ‘quicker’ weapon in CBQ, the other is that I’ve compared it to the ‘cheap’ 12 dollar SPAS and it seems that it would be compatable with the SPAS type skelton stock if you can get a cheap one somewhere. (I’d also note that my UTG Assualt Shotgun with collapsing stock looks like it would fit as well, though I haven’t tried this yet.)
All in all, though I have yet to get it out to a ‘real’ game the practice sessions I’ve done lead to be recomend this as a VERY good buy for the price.