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Airsoft Core |
By KOFT
Published: December 6, 2003
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Looks and appearance
Well, I ordered the chrome M9, why? Because that's the only one they carried and at the time when I ordered it was on a Christmas special for 69.99 (true, I could have bought a KWC 2-Tone Deagle for the same amount but...) =) The gun came with a few assorted targets and manuals, a loading rod/tube, 100 KWC .2 gram bbs, 50 grams of KWC 134a "Power bomber" gas, a gas adapter that allows you to hook the magazine up to a gas can regulator, and, of course, a nice, chrome Beretta. The gun also came with a very small hex wrench supposedly used to tighten the sights and safety should they ever start to wobble.
First Impressions:
Wow, the wood grips don't look that bad. Second impression: wow, its heavy. Very heavy. In fact, the box says it weighs 830 grams, that's about 29 ounces, almost 2 pounds! That’s also 60 grams more then KWC's compensated 1911 and only 70 grams less than the Deagle--this gun is also inches shorter than both of these guns! It’s small and heavy!
The second thing I noticed was its construction. This thing is built like a rock! There are numerous metal parts, I could list them but it would be easier to just list the plastic ones: slide, outer barrel, lower frame, grip, and a few minor pieces in the internals. That’s it! 90% of the internals are all made of heavy steel!
The magazine is full sized and despite what many retailers claim, the gun easily holds 21+1 shots! I have seen the KWC M92FS Super heavyweight being sold as being a 15+1 shot gun! Needless to say I was very happy at this unexpected outcome. There are two metal strips inside the magwell that help guide the magazine and reduce wear on the rest of the gun. The gun holds enough gas for about 30 bbs at the moment (its only 45 degrees here right now, in the summer I probably will be able to get 40-60 bbs per fill.) The bottom of the magazine says "KWC 92FS SUPER BLOWBACK". An interesting note is that the loading tube holds 15 rounds, the magazine easily accepts 21.
The gun has an open ejection port and a working slide lock. Recoil is comparable to most gas blowbacks. Stronger than KWC's deagle, less than KWC's 1911 series. I performed the modification to the magazine (as seen as article on www.airsoftcore.com); gas efficiency is about 30-35 rounds per 3-second fill.
The sights are seemingly non-adjustable. However, as noted above, a small hex wrench came with the gun to �tighten� the sights and safety. This implies that they are adjustable, however, I have not found out how/where to adjust the sights at. The front sight has a red dot painted on it while the rear sight is black with a white semi circle painted on it. This semi-circle will line up with the front sight. I have since painted the front sight black with a white circle to aid in aiming; the gray would sometimes blend into the background. Although the muzzle was painted bright orange, when it came to me the paint had already flaked off almost completely. It can also be easily scratched off. The slide says "KWC MODEL M92FS CAL 9 Parabellum" on the left hand of the slide followed by a KWC logo. The left side of the frame holds a serial number, "91012031". The right hand side of the slide says "MOD 92FS-CAL 9 Parabellum -PATENTED PAT. P KWC MADE IN TAIWAN". The gun sports an ambidextrous safety, which is easiest to use when the gun is loaded and cocked. There is a red dot that the safety will slide over when the gun is put on safe, the safety doesn’t lock the trigger, it just disengages it, and it also locks the slide preventing it from being racked. The fake wood grips bare KWC's logo where Beretta's should be. From about five feet the gun looks like a polished stainless steel Beretta. Up close the finish does seem a little more "plasticy". On some parts of the gun you can actually see yourself in the reflection! Cool! (The most realistic picture I have found of it is at www.airsoftpaintballs.com, although when tilted at certain angles or viewed under certain light, the gun looks very much like metal.)
The lower frame has a seam line that runs from the magwell to the recoil spring guide, this is something that you won't notice in the field. Only something you see when you are at home writing a review.
Field stripping the gun is very easy; it strips just like the real thing. First take the mag out and turn the safety off. Push the button on the opposite side of the slide release then turn the take down lever 90 degrees and slide the barrel off. You’re done! Field stripping the gun takes about 2 seconds to do.
Power wise it is stronger than a KWC 1911 Compensated but weaker than KWCs deagle. (All shooting with green gas). It does pierce a pop can; I would estimate its power in the high 200s or low 300s.
Here come the grudges. First off, the safety has a weird habit of engaging its self sometimes. This can easily be remedied by moving the slide to the rear and turning the safety off, I'm not sure why it happens but it could be disastrous your using it in a skirmish and it suddenly locks up. Fortunately this does not happen frequently at all. My second, and largest gripe is the fact that the mag is very flush with the magwell. It fits so snugly in fact that it does not fall out under its own weight! You have to actually tug on it a bit for it to come out, hopefully this problem will go away as the gun see a little more wear however. The third thing that annoys me is sometimes the gun will lock back the shot before the last, although this has also happened to me numerous times with KWC's 1911. It does seem to do this less and less as the gun is shot more often. The finish also is a bit fragile, and I suspect after a few heavy skirmishes, some large scratches may be plainly evident. Black plastic will show through these scratches.
Stay tuned for pictures (to come in May/June 2003).
UPDATE:
The magazine seems to have loosened up a bit, it now falls out under its own weight if the hammer is cocked back, however, I still have to pull it out if the hammer is down.
After I put around a thousand rounds through it (in about 10 days) a rattling noise started to appear in the magazine. Sometimes, usually after I shot a few times, the noise would go away, however it would soon come back.
I posted about this on a few message boards and got the following response: the rattling seems to be inherent to all M9s, regardless of the manufacturer. I don't know how valid the claim was, but my magazine sure was rattling!
So off I went to take the magazine apart. First you need to knock out the two pegs off near the base of the magazine. I had to use a hammer and part of a Jumbo paper clip to get them out! They are held in there pretty good.
After those two pegs are out the base comes off with a tug. The spring in the mag will probably shoot out if your not watching.
After the base comes off, you will easily see what is causing the noise. Part B02 in the KWC Exploded Diagram is loose; the piece is just a little cylinder, like a brass straw about 2 inches long! It connects to the base (part Z08) by friction! No wonder why it came loose.
At first I considered just taking it out all together, people had said that the rattling did not affect the guns at all (and I did shoot the gun a few times even after the noise appeared.) But I decided to keep it in there because, after looking at its location I determined that it did serve a purpose. The cylinder is connected right above the fill valve. Right above this is a rubber seal that keeps the gas from escaping the magazine. If I were to remove part B02 all together, I believe that the gas (in the form of a liquid) would be pumped into the gun and touch the seal before expanding (before it warmed up). I think that this could have adverse effects on the gun (or rather the seal).
So I gently placed the tube back in and put the magazine back together.
And it still rattled.
I took apart the magazine again. This time grabbed a 1lb hammer and literally hammered the tube down! Hasn’t come loose since!
- KingofFoolsTony |
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