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Airsoft Core |
By Jeremy Fu
Published: November 6, 2005
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It took me a while, but I finally reviewed it. I've been busy, actually, I've tried to do it a while ago, but I accidentally hit the "close" button on my mouse when I was done... (I have 5 buttons on my mouse...)
Thanks to www.modelmarts.com, I bought the gun there pre-upgraded. The gun is $113 shipped. It was fast, I didn't expect the gun to arrive 4 days after the e-mail confirmation.
I've got the gun a while ago, I was really pleased with it. It looks really good with no screw holes and full trades
Preformance
The gun preforms exceptional, 290ish FPS right out of the box. The hop up is also really nice; it's adjustable via a screw on the left side of the upper receiver. (you can see it on the pic above, it's in the yellow circle.)
I'm able to hit a 3-4in grouping at 90ft away, with the gun benchrested.
Two magazines are provided, one long reservoir type mag and a shorty high-cap wind-up mag. The long mag holds 28 ready and about 300 in reserve; the shorty holds about 160bb's. Both feed very well. Side note: the long reservoir is the old mag, and if you look at the bottom of it, you'll see the caliber marking is 55.6mm
This is the Toystar stripped down to it's basic parts, here you can see the upper receiver shell, the spring and spring guide, the cylinder and piston, charging handle, and the piston/cylinder assembly block. Basically everything in the upper receiver.
The high FPS is most likely due to the large cylinder capacity, although the Panther Arms A-15 UG has a longer and stronger spring, the Toystar cylinder has a much larger capacity.
Here's the barrel assembly. It's a little wobbly; I'll address it later on.
Build
The flattop is a nice addition, but I was never a fan of them. The forward assist moves and the bolt cover opens when you cock the gun.
Crane stock, 6 positions adjustable, I find it much better than the old 3 position stocks.
Toystar made the gun field-strippable, however, the two pins holding the receivers are really tight, I forced it in the first time and I had a hell of a time getting them out again, so before you put them in, sand them down a bit. Also, the plastic is a little thin near the pin holes, so if you don't want to loose your pins or break the holes, glue them in.
The back sight is fully adjustable for windage and elevation. It has 2 sights, one big and one small, for low light and sharp shooting situations. I have a red dot sight on my carry handle; I highly recommend one for fast and accurate target acquisition. It's a Hammer's 2x42mm red dot SCOPE; it magnifies just enough for airsoft.
Cons...
A problem all Toystar models are plagued with is the weak spring return spring, my theory is because the gun has been pre-upgraded and the spring return is not made for the higher spring tension. But a $3 replacement from home depot fixes the problem easily.
Plastic on the body is a little weak, don't abuse it, but it will hold it's own in battles.
Barrel wobble, the way the barrel is made is just asking for wobble, it's not noticeable at first, but it'll show up and haunt you down the road. Tightening the screws till fix the problem for a short time, I fixed the problem permanently by gluing all the parts together.
I highly recommend this gun, it's a tad more expensive than the rest, but it's worth it. The only close competitor is the TM XM117, and the only thing the XM has over the M4A1 is the rof, but that's not really that important when you can out shoot the XM.
Toystar also makes a M4A1 RIS and SR16, both of which is higher velocity than the M4A1. They chrono 320ish fps.
Update: Upgrades:
After having the gun for a while, I wanted more!!! So a plan was formed.
I installed a M120 in the gun, not too hard, the only problem was the piston was just a tad smaller than the spring, so I had to sand a bit off (about 1mm) and it fits fine. It gives me about 330-350fps with .25.
I've also tried M130 and M140, both increased the fps dramatically, but I didn't want to hurt my friends and it got a little too strong for comfort so I went back to the M120.
Now the fps is increased, I wanted to shoot farther and more accurate. I purchased a AK size 6.03mm tightbore and a guarder hop-up bucking. And it was a pain to fit them. First I had to sand away most of the old hop-up unit's bucking to fit the barrel and guarder hop-up, then I had to make sure the piston nozzle fits. Along the way I kind of lost the hop-up piece, so I had to make it fixed hop-up, using duck tape and a piece of plastic.
Here's the result...
I'm getting an A-15 flash hider to cover the barrel.
The gun is now very accurate and powerful, I can currently fire a .25 bb about 130ft, but I'm sure I can get a farther distance if I fiddle with the hop-up. But it's good for now. The grouping from 80ft away is 2in!!! When the gun is bench rested. I can hit a pop can at 100ft and man-sized target at 130 no problem.
Right now I can outshoot a friend's ICS MP5A4, he only has rof over me
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