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Airsoft Core |
By flange
Published: December 12, 2003
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When I first saw that someone was going to release an airsoft version of the M3 Grease Gun, I was very happy to see that more work was being done on the WWII style guns. There were quite a few interesting guns produced during the period, but very few made it into airsoft form. When I learned it was going to be a Hudson gun, I was a little disappointed. Hudson does not have a reputation for high quality guns; actually it has a rep for the exact opposite. I knew I would be getting one in either case, I just hoped it wouldn't be too awful.
When I saw the review at Arnie's, the gun actually faired better than I thought it would. The only real issues seemed to be the lightness of the gun. I also knew then that the gun had been released, so I started to track one down. After several weeks of looking, one of the guys at Wargamer's Shop said that the sales department had gotten one in, and that if I emailed quickly, it would be mine. So I did just that.
Well, four days later it is in my hands and here are my impressions.
Appearance - The gun is an excellent model of the M3A1 Grease gun. There are differences on the bolt with the finger hole. Also I don't think the bolt should be shiny black. I'm guessing I can repaint that to a dark matte silver to match the real gun. The plastic body is done in a very good dark grey that looks very close to military parkerizing.
Feel - When you have the mag out of the gun it is LIGHT! It's about like a spring gun of the same size. The mag does weigh a lot, but even that can't make up for the rest of the gun. The gun is physically solid and I'm not worried about breaking it, but one touch and you can feel how light and hollow it is. I will probably weight the pistol grip with bb's and epoxy to give the thing some more heft.
Function - I don't know if the real gun is like this, but the stock does not lock in the closed position, so if it is not fully open it tends to slide around. The magazine fits very tightly in the magazine well, and a fair amount of force is needed to insert and remove the mag.
Shooting - The gun fires from an open bolt (like the m11's do) like the real gun, which I think really makes a sub-machine gun. The rate of fire is very slow (around 500-600 rounds per minute) and the bolt moves a loooong way through its action. This gives the gun a lot of recoil (for an airsoft gun). Although I have only put a couple of mags through it, it has functioned perfectly so far. Given the amount of force generated within the gun on hc134a, I'm guessing green gas would be a big no.
-Review and pictures courtesy of: http://bigflange.com/reviews.htm
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