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CYMA CM048 AK74 AEG Airsoft Rifle (Wood)
[05561 / CM048]
$185.00
by N MAINS Date Added: Wednesday 27 November, 2013
Product Information:
Right-o. This was my first AEG, and, after comparing it to some of its middle-end competitors I've now acquired, I was impressed. The thing is rock-solid, durable, easy take-down, and all that. All the pros are significant, while the cons are minor nitpicks that could be improved. For the $160 that I got it at, it's a steal. For the $136 it's selling for during the Black Friday sale... Buy two and send me one. I'll split the shipping with you.

Pros:
Pros:
-This thing has accuracy. I was hitting OPFOR out to around 180 feet, confirmed.
-Primarily steel construction, so a nice weight. The barrel's aluminum, the sight block's some unidentified pot metal. I weighed it and it came in around 7.5 pounds.
-Comes with an M120 equivalent, which is both a good and bad thing. It shoots around 420 FPS.
-Dead-tree furniture.
-Rock-solid internals. The barrel is nicely crowned, compared to other stock barrels, the hop is decent and made of metal, but the gearbox and motor is where this really shines.
-The motor is the stuff of legend, at least for a clone gun. It has absolutely no problem pulling the heavy spring at around 14 rounds per second.
-The gearbox suffers from ACM disorder: grease everywhere. However, the polycarb piston is solid, there's a bearing spring guide, metal bushings, and STEEL GEARS. That's something I don't often see in a budget gun.

Cons:
Cons:
-Hop-up adjustment slide sheared into two pieces. This is the biggest problem with this AEG.
-The dead-tree furniture is of fairly poor quality. It's plywood, and arrived with some serious nicks and dents.
-Comes with an M120, so FPS is too high to field. (A fair bit over 400, according to the Coke can chrono)
-Sight block is of a weirdly-finished pot metal.
-To access the battery compartment, you have to remove the butt plate with two screws. It takes a while.
-The only part of the gun that isn't like a rock is the gearbox and motor. They can shift back and forth relative to the hop-up. I'm not sure whether this affects range or accuracy.
-The AK platform has a whole host of flaws: no place for optics, crud sights, difficult-to-access fire selector. These definitely aren't CYMA's fault, though.

Rating: 5 of 5 Stars! [5 of 5 Stars!]
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