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"I see FAR too much "speculation" on the gun as opposed to paying the 40 bucks and trying it yourself. But I did it for you, lucky whelp. I just got it today and haven't even used it in combat, but I can see it's combat abilities-- oh no I will not end this review in just a sentence in the intro, you got to read the rest!
Most reviews go over the pros first, nope. I will go over the cons. The gun is REALLY plasticy. It feels like a toy. And all of it's metal is a nasty-glossy unpainted die-cast metal. It is fugly. And it's magazine is an ABS plastic stick that is difficult to reload. And they are like a mile long, try finding a tactical mag holder for that! Also, considering it is a 40 dollar gun, it sucks that you CANNOT use .12g BBs. This is important to me, our group bought thousands of .12s, we have around 30,000 .12s just lying around that few of our guns can use, suck.
But that is where it's cons end. First off this gun is cheap, as low as 35.00 yowza! It also has extra magazines available for 15 bucks off of www.airsoftatlanta.com (by the way I bought my Auto Hardballer from them as well, I also had to pick up an extra Tokyo Marui AK-47 mag and a couple of bags of KSC .20 g pellets pleasurable experience, except when UPS sent my package to a city 200 miles away and made my package a day late, jerks). Another cool thing about the magazines, they hold 30 rounds in a "pseudo-double-stack" formation. You can also carry multiple magazines for rapid reloads (you empty the clip in SECONDS so this helps). The long magazines also just disappear in the gun. Though it is relatively comfy to load, it is time consuming.
The gun as I mentioned was plasticy, but it was well balanced and nice to hold. The grip is unusual in that there is a groove between the ring finger and pinky. Not really uncomfortable it just takes a bit of time to get used to. But it sits well in your hand and it will not go anywhere if you have to thrust it around corners (something I do a whole hell of a lot, I play around a half-finished garage in my back-yard, frantic CQB games are quite fun ). Which is also another pro, it is 515 mm long. That's right, just a bit longer than a p90. It is teeny. Excellent size for a CQB gun.
But there is one major deal-breaker, the performance. This gun has an insane ROF, around 500 RPM if you do the "rapid-fire". Hold down the trigger and just start pumping like a mofo. It is like a freaky ass SMG almost. Another misconception is that you cannot fire multiple rounds at once. Cock it, and then do a partial stroke on the pump, not all the way back, it will chamber a second round. Of course they will start rolling out, but you can load as many as you want for a close range surprise (Eat that zida guns!). Another interesting aspect is it's incredibly easy and short pump-stroke. Making it an excellent side-arm-- I would even use it with my AK-47. I even took a leaper holster and cut out the bottom a bit more and made a perfectly fitting holster so I can just yank it out and kick some ass.
This gun is also reasonably accurate. I can consistently hit targets at about 40' out with ease. The gun also has the range of a Higher-end Taiwanese springer handgun. Has a good punch behind it too, about like the HFC xm-177.
This could possibly be the best starter gun EVER. Unless they gradually deteriorate (doubt it, they feel rather solid) this could potentially replace the UHC mp5. I would not think twice about taking on any opponent with this (minus AEG users, I'm not THAT crazy). Everybody should buy one of these as simply a plinker, or even a side-arm for those of use on a budget.
I give the gun 4 out of 5, if you can handle the ugliness then you will be purdy happy.
UPDATE: After testing it in combat on level ground I found that .12s do in fact work fine, in fact they get better range. About the only drawback is low accuracy. Then again, this thing sprays ammo all over the place so I wouldn't worry about pin-point accuracy. I also exaggerated on the ROF, it is not 500 RPM, more like 120 RPM. You would have to fire it 8-9 times a second to get 500 RPM but still, 120 RPM beats the crap out of any other spring gun out there. And in the couple of months that I have owned it, it has never fowled up once. The clip will occasionally unload inside the well before it locks in, which sucks in battle. Thankfully that RARELY happens, like once in every 20 or so reloads, still not sure why it does that, but all you really have to do is take the mag out and shake the gun barrel towards the ground until all the pellets in the gun fall out. I have also mounted a mini-maglite on the pump action so I can use it at night, works like a charm.
I still think it is one of the best guns for the money out there, comparable even to gas guns
- Lemmypoo |
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