Post by The Shootist on Jun 1, 2006 13:21:05 GMT -5
I recently bought this AEG in a New Player Package from Airsoft GI.
The first thing you'll notice is the gun looks beautiful, and as soon as you heft it out of the packaging styrofoam, you'll feel the- for anyone who has been in the military- familiar weight of an M16.
The Armalite trademarks add to the weapons overall look and feel. My serial number: 006660 is just too perfect.
The Package comes with a bag of BBs, an extra hi cap clip, a battery, and a charger. It's a steal for $346.98! With two day air, to Alabama, it was a bit less than $405.
If you're not experienced with lugging around an M16, you'll want to get a sling. This is a heavy gun. There are no immediate problems with the weapon. Mine arrived with a fully charged battery, I put some BBs in a clip, and went outside with some friends to show it off.
At first they were simply oogling how it looked and felt real; but after I shot a coke bottle on semi, and then sprayed it on full auto; they were hooked. Everyone was asking to shoot it. Had we been at someone's house I'm sure everyone would have killed the battery before they were willing to stop shooting this wonderful gun.
When I ordered it, I was a bit nervous about the removeable carry handle- and I still don't like it- but now that I've used it, I'm not overly worried. Aestetically the two big finger screws, holding the handle on, aren't the lovliest aspect of this weapon; but they're not a big deal, either.
The Charging handle pulls back and is a fun little addition, but it's not connected to anything; and the spring that adds tension to the handle can easily be distorted.
The Ejection Port Cover is held by a magnet, meaning you need to get a fingernail under there to pry it open. On mine, the hop up is yellow, as is the adjuster. Unfortunately, the hop-up adjustor screw, to tighten the hop up into position, was unreachable without taking the reciever apart. Once the receiver was apart, I tightened the screw down. I haven't checked it since I played; but it felt like I tightened it enough. I'm not sure if this is a small design change from the first m15a4's that ca put out, or what. But it did not feel like the hop up adjuster was still loose, and I didn't have to put a washer in place to be able to tighten down the adjuster.
The reciever fits very snugly together, and there are two metal guide pins (very small at the rear of the upper reciver) to ensure you correctly aline the two pieces of the receiver. This makes re-assembly a pain in the ass. I'm still not sure what I did differently when I finally got the gun back together.
The butt plate on mine seems to be metal, if it's plastic it's a very hard plastic; but I'm fairly sure it's metal. The stock itself has a seam at the bottom; which I've heard bad things about. I'm thinking a line of contact cement, and maybe a piece of light guage aluminum, inside the stock will ensure my stock never splits.
I played about 7 or 8 hours over the course of about 2.5 days; and there were very very few problems with this weapon. One was that one of my hi-cap mags needed to be almost constantly wound. I have yet to take that one apart and see why this is; but I suspect I may have gotten dirt into the mag somehow. Though, this is just a suspicion; and the other mag works perfectly. Also, when the motor can't turn any more, it can't turn anymore. I didn't notice a difference in the sound; but then the motor just wouldn't fire another BB. I may grow better at hearing the difference in the gun under different operating stresses, but for now I couldn't tell. Not a big issue, by any means, but it was something I was a bit surprised at- the first time it happened.
The boots I wear have no tread on them whatsoever, I fell with this gun- while running- a number of times. I didn't fall on top of the gun, nor did I dig the barrel into dirt. However, I did run through the woods at night, using the gun as way of breaking through briars. It's fine. The only problem is a small scrtape of paint off the blaze orange tip.
All in all, I'm very satisfied with this gun, so far. Should anything bad happen to/with this weapon I'll be sure to update you on it, here.
On a scale of 1 to 10:
1 being lowest, 10 being highest
Price: 8 (It's kinda expenisve, but not the most expensive)
Materials: 9 (mostly metal except things that aren't supposed to be, and the stock is worrisome)
Aestetics: 10 (beautiful)
Overall Satisfaction: 9.5 If you want a full size m16, this is the one for you!
The first thing you'll notice is the gun looks beautiful, and as soon as you heft it out of the packaging styrofoam, you'll feel the- for anyone who has been in the military- familiar weight of an M16.
The Armalite trademarks add to the weapons overall look and feel. My serial number: 006660 is just too perfect.
The Package comes with a bag of BBs, an extra hi cap clip, a battery, and a charger. It's a steal for $346.98! With two day air, to Alabama, it was a bit less than $405.
If you're not experienced with lugging around an M16, you'll want to get a sling. This is a heavy gun. There are no immediate problems with the weapon. Mine arrived with a fully charged battery, I put some BBs in a clip, and went outside with some friends to show it off.
At first they were simply oogling how it looked and felt real; but after I shot a coke bottle on semi, and then sprayed it on full auto; they were hooked. Everyone was asking to shoot it. Had we been at someone's house I'm sure everyone would have killed the battery before they were willing to stop shooting this wonderful gun.
When I ordered it, I was a bit nervous about the removeable carry handle- and I still don't like it- but now that I've used it, I'm not overly worried. Aestetically the two big finger screws, holding the handle on, aren't the lovliest aspect of this weapon; but they're not a big deal, either.
The Charging handle pulls back and is a fun little addition, but it's not connected to anything; and the spring that adds tension to the handle can easily be distorted.
The Ejection Port Cover is held by a magnet, meaning you need to get a fingernail under there to pry it open. On mine, the hop up is yellow, as is the adjuster. Unfortunately, the hop-up adjustor screw, to tighten the hop up into position, was unreachable without taking the reciever apart. Once the receiver was apart, I tightened the screw down. I haven't checked it since I played; but it felt like I tightened it enough. I'm not sure if this is a small design change from the first m15a4's that ca put out, or what. But it did not feel like the hop up adjuster was still loose, and I didn't have to put a washer in place to be able to tighten down the adjuster.
The reciever fits very snugly together, and there are two metal guide pins (very small at the rear of the upper reciver) to ensure you correctly aline the two pieces of the receiver. This makes re-assembly a pain in the ass. I'm still not sure what I did differently when I finally got the gun back together.
The butt plate on mine seems to be metal, if it's plastic it's a very hard plastic; but I'm fairly sure it's metal. The stock itself has a seam at the bottom; which I've heard bad things about. I'm thinking a line of contact cement, and maybe a piece of light guage aluminum, inside the stock will ensure my stock never splits.
I played about 7 or 8 hours over the course of about 2.5 days; and there were very very few problems with this weapon. One was that one of my hi-cap mags needed to be almost constantly wound. I have yet to take that one apart and see why this is; but I suspect I may have gotten dirt into the mag somehow. Though, this is just a suspicion; and the other mag works perfectly. Also, when the motor can't turn any more, it can't turn anymore. I didn't notice a difference in the sound; but then the motor just wouldn't fire another BB. I may grow better at hearing the difference in the gun under different operating stresses, but for now I couldn't tell. Not a big issue, by any means, but it was something I was a bit surprised at- the first time it happened.
The boots I wear have no tread on them whatsoever, I fell with this gun- while running- a number of times. I didn't fall on top of the gun, nor did I dig the barrel into dirt. However, I did run through the woods at night, using the gun as way of breaking through briars. It's fine. The only problem is a small scrtape of paint off the blaze orange tip.
All in all, I'm very satisfied with this gun, so far. Should anything bad happen to/with this weapon I'll be sure to update you on it, here.
On a scale of 1 to 10:
1 being lowest, 10 being highest
Price: 8 (It's kinda expenisve, but not the most expensive)
Materials: 9 (mostly metal except things that aren't supposed to be, and the stock is worrisome)
Aestetics: 10 (beautiful)
Overall Satisfaction: 9.5 If you want a full size m16, this is the one for you!