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A nice gun for the more experienced player who want's something a little bit different and more fancy.
Overall, has a nicer build and better finish than the CYMA version, (as to be expected for another £140 or so). Everything is high quality metal, mostly aluminium, except for the bits you would hold / rest on. Hand-guard, grip and cheek-rest are all a decent quality polymer. The lower receiver is one solid piece of machined Aluminium that is about 18 inches long, quite a nice feature, reducing all movement.
The rifle begs to be a DMR, with an easy way of locking to semi being the small cam on the left side of the gearbox which changes the fire type. This would be ideal for a site where DMR's are allowed, however my two locals do not allow these. Instead, I put an M105 spring in, as the original was kicking out about 300 fps, the M105 took it up to 345 (on a 0.2g)
The rifle is rather front heavy, so is ideal for attaching a bi-pod, this can be done easily with the rails on the unit. I also use a 4x32 scope, which is perfect for the 70-75m range I now get from the rifle (I tested this on my local site range)
Over to the reasons why it is only a 4 out of 5 now...
First, is the battery compartment. This requires 6 Allan screws to be taken out, just to get to the battery - a slow and tedious process, but worth the security it provides and is large enough to hold most Nimhs up to about 2000mah, and lipo's of similar capacity.
Another note on the battery, it is incredibly power hungry, my 9.6v NiMhs only lasted around 400 rounds each! This meant I had to buy a full LiPo setup, which cost in excess of £60 on top of the gun price. My 1300Mah LiPos do last around 1600 rounds however, and the gun runs fine on both 7.4v and 11.1v.
Next is the Magazines. Where G&G have created their own new gearbox (which is perfectly fine, and very efficient), this invades the magwell, meaning that the magazines must be G&G own, with a different cut-out and mag catch. These are nearly 3 times the price of the CYMA or other Chinese alternatives.
Next was the Hop-Up. This came misaligned, and from what I have heard is not a rare occurrence. This took me quite a while to fix, which is another issue I have with the rifle, but I'll get to that. It took no additional parts, simply a re-fit, where the rubber was not directly in the right place.
Finally, the take-down process. If you are like me, you will love to take this thing apart, and have a play. This is not a short task however, there are over 25 screws required to get to the gearbox, along with some rather fiddly levers and bolt covers etc. It is not difficult, just slow.
I personally shortened the trigger pull, as this was rather long, and made double taps quite difficult. I did this just with some spacers between the trigger and the gearbox lever attached to the connections.
Overall, this is a great gun for those who enjoy the techie side just as much as playing and want a rifle they can truly make their own. however I would not recommend this for someone who is afraid to take a look inside should something go wrong. |
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Really great rifle, you get what you pay for. Solid and high quality, has lasted me 2 years without a problem. However is very heavy for what it is, and to be honest, i'm a little too small to take on this beast. But all in all an epic gun. |
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