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Originally Posted by Bonjour43ma
I see. I keep hearing people saying that these GBB rifles will break on you within a few weeks/months and that the components simply can't stand up to the routine use of field gaming... guess the higher end ones (WA?) may be getting better.
they're still $1,000+ when they get to Canada, though....  |
Well... WA is pretty far down on the bottom of the scale when it comes to reliability, durability and skirmishability. Many of these newer GBBs are upgraded spinoffs based on the WA system. As a result, it's usually cheaper to start with one of these pre-upgraded models, such as G&P or Inokatsu.
Inokatsu's will run anywhere from $1500-$2200 in Canada, and mags will run you anywhere from $100 to $210, depending on the brand and model you get. G&P's are cheaper, at $1100-$1500, but they can't handle CO2 like the Inokatsu can.
Out of the box, I find the G&P to be "okay" for skirmishing, and same goes for the Inokatsu as far as performance goes. The Inokatsu wins, hands down for the amount of blowback "recoil" feel.
Even at this price point, an out of the box GBBs won't perform as well as an AEG that has internal upgrades equivalent in value to the price difference between the two systems, but what you gain is an incredible blowback feeling and realistic operation that you can never get with an AEG or even a PTW.
From what I've found, it actually does not cost that much to get a GBB to perform as well as an AEG. However, one area that an AEG or PTW will win at is ROF.
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Originally Posted by wildcard
a fully decked out Inokatsu with 10 mags can easily be around the $6000 - $7000 range depending what kind of upgrades you put in, that is everything from different body, barrels, internals etc.
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The same can be said about an AEG or PTW, although, I think even *I* would have a hard time getting my gun up to $6000-$7000 unless I'm picking out really rare and hard to get components.