Review for Western Arm’s SV Infinity 4.3 Railed
History:
I got this gun about 2-3 months ago, order the gun at Den trinity in Hong Kong, some upgrade parts are from Wargameclub, the price was $183, it’s quite expensive for a Gas blow-back handgun but then again, this gun is made by Western Arms, the BEST gas blow-back gun maker in the world, their products is known for extremely high quality and performance.
First Impression:
Upgrades:
When I order the gun, I also order a SHPD (I think it stands for Smoking Holes Pistol Design) aluminum by Shooter Design, a Western Arm’s magwell, Guarder stainless-steel chamber, and Guarder stronger recoil spring with 130% hammer spring and a Houge’s rubber grip since the stock plastic grip is uncomfortable. After these upgrades, the gun feels even more heavier, when you cock the gun, you need a lot of force to do that since the recoil spring is stronger and it’s made for the 5 inch infinity, but when you press down the slide release, it gives you a loud “bang” sound to it and make you feel like the real thing.
Performance:
Power wise: This gun is very powerful, it chronoed at 320 FPS (feet per second) when I use green gas (HFC-122), that means it will go through the both sides of a soda can, but it can’t punch a hole in the bottom of the soda can. After the stronger hammer spring is installed, it can punch a hole with no problem, it can even dent the front also, that means it over 360 FPS, which makes it illegal for any CQB games. (uh-oh).
Accuracy:
This gun is very powerful, but it’s not extremely accurate like my Tokyo Marui’s M9 chrome. Within 10 feet, the accuracy is good, but after that, the further you are, the less accurate it gets, at 35 feet, it can hardly hit a CD, I shot 7 shots at the CD at 35 feet, only two shots hit the CD, compare to the M9, it’s terrible. The M9 can hit the CD every time, and there’s no hop-up to adjust. The hop-up on the SV 4.3 is hard to adjust, you have to actually take the gun apart to do that, which for me, it’s too much trouble.
This is my CQB weapon, and in CQB games the distance are not far, usually within 5-20 feet at the most, so it doesn’t really matter to me the accuracy on this gun not great.
Cosmetic Upgrades: I like silver or chrome way more than black, so when I got the gun, I looked at the side of the metal slide and decided that I need a mirror finishing effect, so I got myself a 12000 grits sandpaper and started polishing, after a few hours, and the slide look just, well, amazing. Since the slide is mirror finish, I use a 400 grit sandpaper and started to polish the black lower frame, and after a few hours more, the lower frame is silver and with the same effect as the slide, and since I already started, I polish the side of the magwell to a mirror finish also. After all those polishing, this gun look absolutely beautiful.
=Warewolf=