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Airsoft Core |
By Twig
Published: December 6, 2003
Updated: October 10, 2008
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Right, anyone that's ever skirmished alongside me will wonder why I bought this gun, since like the majority of the WASPs I am an advocate of victory through superior firepower i.e. big barrel, big battery, big magazine and a big hitting ability... Well I can tell them now I bought this because it was a bargain at only £180 as new with a hi-cap and battery.... Minutes after I handed over the money I left myself thinking, "why have you bought this? You're a woodland player? You already have an MP5".... On face value it's small, lacks detail, is fairly light, has a relatively small capacity magazine, only takes small batteries, lacks an EG1000 and most importantly has a teeny-weeny barrel.... On first impressions the CAR-15 would appear to be a mediocre urban weapon and a below average woodland gun. How wrong I was...
As with all Marui guns the packaging is excellent, you open the box to find 100 0.25 BBs, a Vietnam style HI-CAP, a slot for an 8.4 battery (got a battery in the package), a clearing rod, a manual and most importantly your brand-spanking new CAR-15. The CAR-15 is a nice compact gun at 650mm with the stock collapsed, the same as an MP5A5 with the stock out. I was somewhat disappointed with the looks of the gun; the dull-grey uninspiring Tokyo Marui plastic is somewhat more dull and uninspiring than usual and is complemented well by the dreary lackluster black plastic fore-grip, pistol grip and stock. Metal parts include the suppressor, foresight, sling swivels, charging handles, sight adjuster, trigger, magazine, selector switch and butt plate. Not an impressive array of metal but Tokyo Marui as usual have been pragmatic and have built all the bits that get wear and tear, out of metal.
Now the first test I do with all my new AEGs is the posing test, I proceeded to run around the upper floors of my house pretending to clear the bedrooms and found that the gun sits amazingly well in the hands. It was at this point I started to play with the stock. Flick a little lever and the back and the stock automatically extents 70mm and locks into place. The stock really is a nifty bit of kit, very sturdy it's spring loaded to it does all the hard work for you (I'd suggest leaving it with the stock out so not to weaken the spring). It was also at this point that I notice the gun was as solid as a brick, no barrel wobble on this AR-15, no creaks in the furniture at all. Finally the battery had charged, simply crack open the fore-grip connect the battery and doh.... Can't shut the fore-grip.... It's not easy but it's one of those things that you get to learn the knack of after a while.
Upon firing the gun I was very disappointed. I found the rate of fire very sluggish, the noise produced isn't very nice either (yes the motor is tuned correctly!) sounding like a £20 mini electric on steroids. Range on the other hand is a different matter, for some bizarre reason the HOP is brilliant, I tweaked it just right first-time and since then it hasn't unwound itself at all (I don't plan to leave it on for extent periods so I can avoid "dry-out"). The gun outranges my MP5A5 by easily 5-7 meters and it's actually more accurate over short ranges than my M16A2... I was starting to become.... dare I say it... Impressed. But it was time to take it into the field...
Desperate to try it I rang round my softin' college friends to see who was available and the next day 6 of us paid to visit to our exclusive site (a 3 acre piece of wood/waste land that we have been given permission to use). It was hardly the most extensive field test but it was worth a try. My opponents were armed with a FA-MAS, a G3A3, an MP5k, an MP5A5 and my hideously upgraded M16... "Oh dear" I thought to myself especially as the guy with the K was on my team. With such small teams we simply played 1-minute eliminator and "death match" scenarios and I was very impressed with the CAR-15 indeed. The fact that the gun is so short enabled me to direct fire to players far faster than my opponents; also the small size enabled me to "out run" their fire and perform a number of high-risk maneuvers. Its slow rate of fire meant that it took me ages to get through a magazine especially when using my larger 300-rnd mags. The rate of fire may be uninspiring but it makes prolonged suppressive fire very possible. What most impressed me was that throughout the 3 hours we played for nothing fell off of it; which is always a good sign. For some strange reason the CAR-15 felt good, very good...
In Conclusion
The CAR-15 has really surprised me. I bought it on a whim and had no need for such a weapon. However it is built like a tank, can use many of the M4 add-ons available and is small yet still has unexpectedly good range. Most importantly it feels comfortable to use it. On the down side it has a low-rate of fire (maybe a blessing?), is uninspiring to look at and takes small batteries, however this is a problem that many other Tokyo Marui guns suffer from. If are you are looking for a back-up gun to leave in the base-camp in the vent that some tragedy should befall your other gun or just a gun to let your friend to use then look no further than the CAR-15. As a gun it's reliable and a good game tool but is quite frankly uninspiring and lacking a certain "special-ness", the CAR-15 would appear to be the working class hero of the AEG world.
- Twig
Team Wasp
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