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Originally Posted by Crunchmeister
The problem with reviews is their source. It's the same for anything, be it airsoft or anything. Every noob that thinks his new cheapo item is hot shit writes a glowing review of it 10 minutes after unpacking the item. And they have no experience with their item in the first place, so have no idea what to really look for when looking for problems or flaws.
I don't know how many times I've seen noobs here on ASC calling their cheapo gun "awesome", only to be told by others it was crap. Then they defend their position about their awesome new gun and the thread turns into a shitstorm of name-calling, etc. In a couple of weeks, said noob is starting a thread in the gun doc section because their awesome new gun is now badly broken after only a few test shots at home.
That being said, I also think a lot of the older guys have have thousands of dollars invested into their top of the line guns are sometimes overly harsh and get extremely butthurt when they see an upgraded "cheap" gun that cost 1/5 the price of their masterpieces that outperform them and are more reliable. But that's the other end of the scale and it doesn't apply here.
That aside, the lower end M14s really are junk. Anyone here on ASC who's owned one for a while will tell you they're very problematic. While they may perform reasonably well with internal upgrades, the externals will fall apart in no time.
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+1 Chinese clone are hit or miss (cheap clearsoft are always a miss) - the AGM M14 are no exception. Except that in the case of M14, chinese clones have yet to produced and reliable copy of the m14 internals; while chinese brand AKs like CYMA/Dboys are very popular because they have achieved a decent levels of hit relative to the miss over the years. So for now, it is safer to stick with a Tokyo Marui M14 until the clone company step up their quality control so that buying one results in a relatively safe calculated risk.