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Post by imp1864 on Mar 20, 2013 5:42:13 GMT -5
Hopefully they will make an m3 as well as their m3a1. I have the ares m3 and it's an excellent gun. One of my favourites to be honest .
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Post by imp1864 on Mar 20, 2013 5:38:59 GMT -5
General opinion is the mag holds around 32 rounds. Mine fires nicely on .25s. The wood is starting to darken with usage and air. Still with the g&g version around the corner, the race is still on. tommygunner9 beautiful conversion. Marushin take note please.
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Post by imp1864 on Mar 6, 2013 18:09:24 GMT -5
Until the clones come out. Perhaps then we may have them cheaper.
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Post by imp1864 on Mar 6, 2013 18:05:44 GMT -5
You would be made welcome. More the merrier.
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Post by imp1864 on Mar 5, 2013 16:18:57 GMT -5
Yup so thank God Im Irish.
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Post by imp1864 on Mar 5, 2013 5:24:07 GMT -5
UK laws mate. It's illegal to fire spoke tile outside your fence boundary. And I have a very small garden surrounded by other houses. So until I get to my mates farm no shooty for me.
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Post by imp1864 on Mar 4, 2013 15:56:05 GMT -5
We have had them for around a month. The second batch is already out. It would seem the fit of the wood is slightly better and they are 380 fps. The issue with being in the uk is getting real steel parts. Very difficult over here. Couple of other points. The magazine is tight in the mag well. And I mean tight. Bearing in mind I've had it for a month and initially the mag came out easily but over the month it has become increasing difficult to remove. Ill be attacking It with a dremmel sander to see if that fixes it. Sadly there are too many little niggles for me to say its worth the cash. But it is a garand and for that I'm grateful. On Friday I will get to fire it for the first time. So ill post up what it's like. Fingers crossed that you guys get the improved versions. I don't thing you will have half the issues I had.
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Post by imp1864 on Mar 4, 2013 15:29:45 GMT -5
Hi to all. I have been a long time lurker on here. So it's only fair I tell you a bit about myself. I'm pat, part of the UK based 101st A/B air soft group. There is about 12 of us. We own between us 2 willys jeeps and a deuce and half. So not wanting to bore you guys, that's me. 6 years of WW2 air soft and counting.
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Post by imp1864 on Mar 4, 2013 15:22:46 GMT -5
First off hi to all. I have lurked here for a while. So here goes
Well it's arrived so very mini review. First this gun has been upgraded to 350 fps and haas new mauri hop rubber in it so fingers crossed it should have no issues with firing burst or full auto. As discussed before the spring was too weak. So this is my first review so be gentle. It was bought from firesupport and arrived in good time. The box is a box. The goodies with in are to first sight rather nice. Full wood with that nice Lindseed oil smell. It's not as heavy As I expected andthe wood is god knoes what. It is slightly bigger than the real steel garand around the grip. Now this is not a problem for me as I prefer it to last a while rather than snap first outing it gets. A real steel bayonet will not fit, why?, well this leads meto my first and main gripe why, oh why is there a 3 mm gap between the barrel and the gas return. Have you not seen a real garand ICS. Because of this the bayonet won't fit. The lug is the right size but the 3 mm makes it impossible to slot the retaining ring over the barrel. BOO, is what I say. So cosmetically it's kinda a garand. The mags fit into a cartridge belt but you can't lose the flaps. The fit into a bandoleer, so at least you have a method of carriage. Right as I'm now no longer going to pass out from lack of food, I can continue. The woodwork is a very nice rich brown. With some more applications of oil, it should darken very nicely indeed. The trigger guard is post war, so not a lot I can do about that. Again a pity a bit more time wasn't spent on research. So the fact it's got ww2 on the box is actually wrong. It Korean War but again I can live with that. It's well balanced and the action on the cocking handle is very smooth. It is fully traded on the rear, with us rifle, Springfield armouries cal .30 M1 and a unique serial number. No stupid chinglish mistakes which really would have annoyed me. The swivels for the sling are bigger than they should be but not so much as they look out of place. Battery space, well a large battery may be a squeeze but mini or lipo batteries will be fine. Oh the MOSFET is very close to the mouth of the battery compartment so take care when placing or removing a battery. Magazines, well what can I say. No prizes for astethics but they fit and are secure. Releasing the is via the button on the side. This button also locks the faux bolt in place so you can access the hop up dial. Which is huge BTW. The wood fit is ok. Mine has got a 2 mm gap between the front swivel and the rear wood. I may be able to fix this with a damn good whack. So to make this a very good representation of the M1 the following things need to be fixed. 1. Find a way to fit a new gas tube 2. Change the sling swivels 3. Find away to replace the Korean War trigger guard. Once these are done its a very fine gun indeed. Is it worth £385? I don't know, I've not been left with that oh my god feeling, in fact I'm left a little cold about it. So going out on a limb, I'm going to say no its not worth the money. It's good but it should have been so,so much better. Now I wait for the G&G M1. Now I know I should be thankful but I'm going to play my last remaining slightly ungrateful card and say ICS take two hundred lines, I must do better. So there we go. Enjoy. Pat.
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