[Mysteryfish]

Personal experience with the VSR-10, Realshock, Pro-sniper, and G-spec:

- All very good rifles:
- Smooth action
- consistent
- simple
- range on par with (perhaps slightly more than) stock AEG -
---- this is a little subjective, and if it's more, it's marginal (maybe 15 feet)

I don't know anything about the clones, but having owned the TM version, I will tell you right away that getting one that isn't as good would be an immense disappointment, since the TM rifles were all very nice to use right out of the box.

They have their quirks, and they're a little light-weight, but overall the experience with the ones that passed thru my hands were good.

I'm personally not convinced that the going price for the TM VSR's is sensible, but I would rather pay more and get one that works than have to futz around with one that's sub par. That definitely includes accuracy, as the VSR-10's that I used shot very decent patterns (considering they're airsoft)

** i should add:

in terms of long range effectiveness, I would suggest that "it's airsoft", and that the same old argument applies to these rifles as to any other airsoft sniper rifle. It's never really "sniping" in the long range sense.

That being said, I've read a few things about the clone rifles being less consistent shot to shot than the original TM rifles. I would point out for the sake of argument that you may enjoy a stock G-spec or VSR-10 more even if it has less power due to the fact that you can count on the shots being pretty well consistent. A higher velocity gun that flings stray BB's might be immensely frustrating.