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Product Information:
Okay, I'm just going to go through all of the components of the gun for those who are AirSoft mechanics like me. The butt plate is steel, though the trap door for the battery compartment is plastic, but no worries, the butt plate protects it. The stock is ABS, but incredibly thick, (1/2-3/4 inch thick!), which means its not going to break. The upper receiver is steel and has full trade marks. The iron sights are fully adjustable for elevation and wind. The cocking mechanism is all steel and has a functional bolt catch. The hop up is located right under the cocking mechanism and has convenient marks that show which way to turn the dial for hop up. The heat shield is shiny BUT NOT CHEESY. It’s thick and will not crack. Does groan though. I think they did this for weight reasons. The barrel is all steel as well as the other iron sight and flash hider. The trigger group is steel and will not break nor snap so don't be afraid to use force for the field stripping. The magazine is a 450-470 round mag and is metal (steel?). The mag does weigh a ton so I think its steel. This gun is heavy, about 4500-5000grams with battery and mag, though it’s so well balanced that you feel only half that.
The internals-
The wiring is copper and is soldered and wrapped in heat-shrink so its reliable and will not come loose. The motor is a standard G&G short, 2500rpm motor, good for M100ish springs (not high torque). It is a version 4 gearbox, though pistons and gears for gearbox v.2&3's work fine. The gearbox shell is incredibly thick, thickest I think in the market. It could withstand an M170 easy. There are 8mm ball-bearing bushings, which provide a nice a smooth spin to the gears. The gears are the normal G&G steel gear set, good up to a M120. They're shimmed very well from the factory. The anti-reversal latch is nice because it’s not the normal moment-you-put-it-in-it-pops-back-out type. The spring guide is tough but not shore if it’s metal. If it’s plastic, its ultra strong plastic. The spring is an M100 that delivers any where from 320-350 fps. The piston is good-quality plastic, though strips easily. The piston head is also good quality plastic and has ports that force the O-ring to expand when shot, giving a better air-seal.. The cylinder is excellent and will with stand up to probably an M150 (haven't tested.) What really upseted me about this gun is that they for some odd reason chose to use a cheap plastic cylinder head instead of the stainless steel, double O-ring one they advertise with their piston set. Bummer. The tappet plate is excellent and shows no sign of wear. The nozzle has an O-ring in it for good compression and is good. The hop up is excellent and the bucking is the green G&G soft bucking. It gives amazing range. The barrel is 520mm long and has an inner circumference of 6.04, which gives awesome accuracy. This gun can easily handle a 10.8v, but G&G recommends a 8.4v. Why? Because it will put less wear on your wires and motor, but if your an AirSoft tech and know how to change out wires, I say go for the 10.8. I have a 9.6v 4200mah from all-battery.com because I got a coupon for it. This gun is easy and cheap to upgrade. Considering how the wire set is already upgraded, and so isn't the gearbox shell. I stuck a systema magnum motor, systema super torque-up gears, systema aluminum piston and piston head, (I don't trust plastic ones at high fps), an Area v.4 metal spring guide, and I managed to find a double O-ring, stainless steel v.4 cylinder head. I got a systema type 0 cylinder and a M150 spring. That gave me 516 fps with about 19-21 shots a second! I also put in a firefly V-shape bucking (hard) and a 6.01mm precision barrel, (I had to buy an M16 length barrel, and about 509mm long, because I couldn't find any M-14 length barrels for under $100 dollars at this price.) The stock is just begging to be painted, so I gave it a nice coat of O.D. green, which takes the cheep look right out of the heat shield! I use .28g bbs, and get around 400-500 of good accuracy with them. They sell two scope mounts for this gun, the G&G one which is $60 and the G&P one which is $35. I honestly don't use scopes for this, because the iron sights are dead on accurate and I was at the edge of my budget, so it was this or an extra mag. Some people said this gun flat out sucks, but I think that the piston just stripped on them, or maybe they had a default gun. I don't know, but I rate this gun right on up there with the systema guns. If you plan to upgrade, you should contact AirSoft GI to get advice. Excellent Gun!
Pros:
Since I know that most of us will just move on to the pros and cons and skip the giant paragraph I took so long to right, I'll just list the basics.
Super sturdy
Excellent internals (piston might strip though)
High rate of fire with 9.6v
Long but thin battery space, so 8.4-10.8 will fit if they're regular batteries, (no square batteries)
520mm long and 6.04mm inner circumference which with the hop up gives excellent accurcy and amazing range.
Stock is thick ABS and is dying to be painted, O.D. looks nice.
Very well balanced, feels like nothing for a 6'3 guy.
All major components (outer barrel, upper receiver, iron sights, flash hider, etc.) are steel.
Magazine holds 45-470 rounds, feeds great, is metal (not sure if its steel, though it probably is), and is very reliable.
You can't go wrong with this gun.
All of the information is in the paragraph, like what type of bushings, the motor, the piston, etc.
Easy to upgrade, but only upgrade if you know what your doing.
Cons:
The cylinder head is cheesy plastic, and not the stainless steel, double O-ring one they advertise in the G&G m14 piston set.
The heat shield looks like cheap plastic, BUT IS NOT! Sure its shiny and creaks, but its thick and I think the only reason they did that was to keep weight down. A steel heat shield would weigh a ton.
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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