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Amos · June 30th, 2009, 21:25

G&G AK47 STANDARD VERSION

G&G AK47 REC VERSION

FPS: 321-345 on .20 gram BB Bastards

Initial impressions of this gun were extremely poor... This thing feels like a child's toy... I feel sorry for anyone that purchases this gun as their first gun.. in my honest opinions it seems as if it would ruin the "awesome" factor of airsoft. Everything is fairly solid... But I'm 100% sure that this gun would degrade rapidly over time.

Notice a trend here? Yea. That's screws threaded into plastic.. G&G decided against putting a nut for the screws to thread into.

This will become a HUGE problem for this gun, eventually the screws will wear through the plastic and become "stripped." This will cause the gun to fall apart and preform TERRIBLY.

Places where screws are threaded into plastic without any reinforcement: Butt-stock Cap, Stock Trunnion to butt-stock, Front end (These will strip if the gun is taken apart more than twice), Hop-up screws.

Hop up unit is made out of metal, it appears to be the standard G&G AK hop-up unit.
The barrel is cut from a low grade aluminum and was EXTREMELY dirty.

Mechbox:

Selector arms are very nicely machined! If only G&G would have done this to the REST OF THE BLOODY GUN.
6mm brass bushings, I'm not a fan of brass bushings because brass is so soft... Eventually the harder metal of the gears will wear the brass away and start wobbling (this is very bad)
Standard gears and Anti-reversal latch
Solid chunk of mystery metal for the spring guide... no thrust ring or bearings on it (That's a bad thing)

Shimming:
Bevel gear is loose, over .5mm of play
Spur gear has over .5mm of movement
Sector gear is shimmed well

I would give the shim job on this a 6/10

Airseal parts:

PISTON HEAD STILL SUCKS.

The cylinder is coated in a black material (teflon?) to make the gun look black through the body... The finish on the cylinder is flaking off and will eventually cause problems in the gearbox.

OVERALL:

I would highly recommend saying away from the rec line of this gun... It's poor build quality will make this gun an absolute disaster after a short period of time. This gun isn't 100% TM compatible externally, so upgrading to full metal will be very difficult.

The magazine also fits this gun quite poorly, it need to be held in place to insure 100% reliable feeding.

Avoid this gun, Buy the normal or advanced version of it.

June 30th, 2009, 21:25	#2
Amos Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Japan	G&G AK47 STANDARD VERSION G&G AK47 REC VERSION FPS: 321-345 on .20 gram BB Bastards Initial impressions of this gun were extremely poor... This thing feels like a child's toy... I feel sorry for anyone that purchases this gun as their first gun.. in my honest opinions it seems as if it would ruin the "awesome" factor of airsoft. Everything is fairly solid... But I'm 100% sure that this gun would degrade rapidly over time. Notice a trend here? Yea. That's screws threaded into plastic.. G&G decided against putting a nut for the screws to thread into. This will become a HUGE problem for this gun, eventually the screws will wear through the plastic and become "stripped." This will cause the gun to fall apart and preform TERRIBLY. Places where screws are threaded into plastic without any reinforcement: Butt-stock Cap, Stock Trunnion to butt-stock, Front end (These will strip if the gun is taken apart more than twice), Hop-up screws. Hop up unit is made out of metal, it appears to be the standard G&G AK hop-up unit. The barrel is cut from a low grade aluminum and was EXTREMELY dirty. Mechbox: Selector arms are very nicely machined! If only G&G would have done this to the REST OF THE BLOODY GUN. 6mm brass bushings, I'm not a fan of brass bushings because brass is so soft... Eventually the harder metal of the gears will wear the brass away and start wobbling (this is very bad) Standard gears and Anti-reversal latch Solid chunk of mystery metal for the spring guide... no thrust ring or bearings on it (That's a bad thing) Shimming: Bevel gear is loose, over .5mm of play Spur gear has over .5mm of movement Sector gear is shimmed well I would give the shim job on this a 6/10 Airseal parts: PISTON HEAD STILL SUCKS. The cylinder is coated in a black material (teflon?) to make the gun look black through the body... The finish on the cylinder is flaking off and will eventually cause problems in the gearbox. OVERALL: I would highly recommend saying away from the rec line of this gun... It's poor build quality will make this gun an absolute disaster after a short period of time. This gun isn't 100% TM compatible externally, so upgrading to full metal will be very difficult. The magazine also fits this gun quite poorly, it need to be held in place to insure 100% reliable feeding. Avoid this gun, Buy the normal or advanced version of it. __________________ Custom Builds: FA3674U Krinkov G3SD6 Last edited by Amos; October 12th, 2009 at 16:17..