Airsoft Core |
By Meatball
Published: December 6, 2003
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STTI (Viper USA) G3a3
By Meatball
First Impressions
What can I say, I'm somewhat attached to this gun, it brought me into the airsoft world, being my first gun. Even though I regretted the purchase in some ways, I went through a lot with that gun. The picture may reveal to you the fact that its ALL plastic on the outside. I believe the only metal is maybe some springs, and the inner barrel. I really liked it at first, for one thing, it was one of my first bb guns (which I was into at the time) and it was my first airsoft or paintball gun.
I really loved the idea of having a clip. That just made my day. It was something I wasn't used to since I had never seen anything like airsoft up until the point. The all plastic factor didn't bother me all that much. With the free bayonet, 500rd clip, removeable stock, and (at the time) realistic looks, I felt I made a great $40 investment.
Looks
Well, keep in mind this is practically the cheapest spring gun out there, and it is made like it. Like I said it's complete plastic, not the REALLY cheap plastic, but it isn't the plastic you'll find in an AEG or good GBB. The looks were decent. Never owning a realistic looking gun up until then, it seemed pretty real. Enough for someone to call the cops on you. One thing which I expected was the olive drab handguards, and stock. As seen in the picture above, it is all black. This didn't bother me.
Performance
Over the 7 months I had this gun operational, the performance changed. It was never really accurate, and it never really had great range. But when I first got it, I was able to hit easy targets, with in a couple of shots. This actually added on to the fun, especially at night, because the battles lasted forever. As the gun aged, and more importantly the spring, it's range and accuracy decreased.
I would say it had a range of 60 ft, which was about 30 ft at the end of 7 months. I used only .12g bb's because .2 was just too heavy for this gun. You mind as well throw bb's. In the battles in the most part I wasn't impressed. I couldn't stand people standing right in front of me, and me not being able to shoot them. The gun had some nasty curvage.
I fell in love with the no stock option. It was much easier to move around, and aim with a paintball mask. I got to love it when my stock broke off  Same happened with my cousins gun. The back stock is really fragile. One thing I disliked was that in a lot of cases, the gun's velocity was just too weak to even be felt by the opponent. Especially in the winter.
Function
Let's start off with the 500 round clip. You pour 500 bb's into the top of the clip. You then take the spring, put it in the slit at the bottom of the magazine, and shake in about 20 bb's. When those 20 rounds are shot, you take out the magazine, lock the spring back into the slit, and load 20 more bb's in until the 500 rounds are out. Now this may get confusing. I taped two G3 magazines together, one upside down. The one upside down had the spring cocked back, so it was loading as the top one was shooting. When I ran out, I flipped the clips, and put the new bottom clips, spring up. So that too would load as I fought. So I never had to reload again.
Now to the gun. There is a lever on the right side of the gun, which is very easy to pull back. You pull it back, and either guide it forward, or let it slam itself forward, and then you fire. Any questions?
Conclusion
Well I reccomend this gun, only for a complete newbie, trying to get into the sport, or trying to experiment, and see if they would like the sport. If you know you would like it, and would like a gun that shoots accurately, with more range, and a lot more durability, get a M16, or XM. They are the two best springers out there so far. (that I know of excluding the rare Marui's) Or if you have the money, AEG's are awesome, and worth the money, as well as the Tokyo Marui springers. Good luck with your purchasing.
- Meatball
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