About a week ago I found a deal on evike that I just could not pass up. Evike's ebay account, Magic Club, sometimes has some amazing deals on airsoft stuff. This particular day Magic Club was selling WE 1911's for $85, shipped with two magazines included. The WE 1911 was described as a full metal GBB shooting at an fps of 320 (.2g bbs). The price was right. So today my gun arrived.


Kind of nice that the gun came with its own case. One thing that was quite evidently missing was any form of direction manual! So apparently you have to figure out everything about the gun on your own....Ok...

Forgive the glamor shots :wink:









So my takedown pics aren't done, I've been doing a lot of other fiddling so far. I will complete this tomorrow...

I should have taken a picture of the tip before I took it off. But the first thing you will have to do with this gun is remove the stupid orange tip. To do it I would first reccomend pulling the slide all the way back and locking it back. Then take some vice grips or pliars to the darn tip. Don't try and pull it straight out, I removed it by rocking it slowly side to side. The removal of the tip is necessary if you want to take your gun apart.

With the barrel tip removed you are free to remove the front end of your gun. Firstly you will want to press this button down


While holding the button down you are now free to move the end of the barrel clockwise.


It should turn until it reaches the point that is shown in the picture. When it reaches this position you can now pull it out and away from the barrel, leaving you with this:


Next you will want to remove the slide. To do that you will first need to remove the slide catch. Pull the slide back until it reaches this point:

With the slide in this position you can now press this button

Pressing that button with the slide catch in the position shown above, you can then push the slide catch out away from the frame...and pull it out.


So now you are free to remove the slide! Simply pull the slide off the gun by pulling it to the muzzle end of the gun. Once you have done that you will be left with two pieces.



Impressions so far:

The paint on the gun is rather cheap, it seems similar to the stuff on CA guns. I've noticed a few spots where the paint is already starting to chip, but I'll likely touch them up with some flat black. I'm currently experiencing some trouble with shooting the gun itself. Upon filling up a magazine and pulling the trigger, the sound is actually quite impresive. But once the trigger is pulled and the slide flies back, it stays there. The slide catch wants to catch the slide each and every time the trigger is pulled. Once the magazine is close to empty this problem seems to dissapear, and the gun fires normally. I suspect this may be fixed easily enough with a little lube. The blowback action is strong, and the sound is very impressive. Tomorrow I will post some info regarding accuracy, with pics of course. A finished takedown guide will also be posted.

Two ten round magazines were fired at the target, from a distance of 20 feet. I used .2g bb's. As of yet I have not fiddled with the hopup. The hopup setting I am using is what it was set on upon arrival at my house. I will test this later tonight and adjust the hopup, then posting the results.



The 20 bb's created a grouping 3 inches high of the X's center. The bb's went straight through the heavy poster board, and then proceeded to exit through the cardboard backing. The bb's had enough force to bounce off the wall behind the target, and come back at me.



BTW, shots were fired in my work room. On monday I will be at an indoor pistol range, and will see how this gun fares at the 50 foot mark.


EDIT:

Ok I played around with the hopup. Here's what I have now. I used .2g bb's and .29g bb's, both targets are labeled. The taarget on the left only had 20 rounds fired at it, the target on the right had 40 rounds fired at it. At 20 feet the weight of the bb seemed to make absolutely no difference, as can be seen in the picture below.


As I already said, on Monday I will test the accuracy at 50 feet.

In regards to your questions UMGuy. I would definatly reccomend this gun. So far the charge put into the magazine seems...finicky, though it may just need broken in. I've been putting 6 seconds worth of gas into the mag. The standard 3 seconds was barely finishing a magazine of 10 shots. 6 seconds worth of gas will average between 25 and 30 shots per magazine. As for quality? You will not find a single seam anywhere on this gun. All the metal is molded with great precision, and fitted together flawlessly. The metal appears to be similar to what CA makes their guns out of. Simple attempts to produce bending or flexing have showed structural strength, no flexing has occured.

Lonestar: When your gun arrives please share your thoughts in here. I want to know how you rate the gun in comparison to myself.

All shots were fired from a distance of 50 feet at an indoor range. Indoor temperatore was approximatly 35 degrees. I used .29g bbs, and fired from a standing position.

Four 10 round magazines were fired at this first target


One 5 round magazine was fired at this target


While the groupings may not be impressive, keep two things in mind. The gun, mags, and gas were sitting in my vehicle in 15 degree weather for a period of 10 hours. After this time I attempted to warm the magazines before filling them. We all know gas efficiency is shit in the cold. The fact that I could fire off a magazine in a 35 degree environment and still get that amount of range is pretty decent in my opinion.

Justin: I would definatly reccomend the WE. ~25 rounds per magazine, its full metal, great kick and loud recoil, shoots quite hard. Lets not forget the sheer badass factor

This past weekend I finally picked up a set of real steel walnut grips for my 1911. Upon removing my stock grips and placing these over the screw holes I found a slight problem. The screw holds on the real steel are not in the exact same position as they are on the airsoft version. Fortunately this is an easy fix. All you need to do is take your dremel, or even a drill press and put a 1-1.5cm indentation on the back of the grip. This will be enough for the grips to sit neatly in place, and the screws go in just fine.




Just thought I'd give some updates on this gun as I've not posted in a while, and people had been questioning how durable the gun would be. It has now been 3 months since I purchased this gun. I have not observed any changes in magazine capacity, or velocity. I was warned that the metal used on this gun is cheap and prone to rust, though I have not noticed any rust at all. The recoil seems as strong as it did when I initially obtained the piece. Next week is Safari Strike 3, so I will likely give this piece some intense field testing.

- Engelderwahl