Post by waffenbruder on Feb 8, 2009 23:49:19 GMT -5
AGM/Cybergun Full Photo Review
By Peter Jan
Table of Contents
First Impressions
Real Steel History
Appearance/Feel/Build Quality
Internals
Performance
Accessories and Modifications
Pros & Cons
Ordering
The Final Word
First Impressions
Real Steel History
Appearance/Feel/Build Quality
Internals
Performance
Accessories and Modifications
Pros & Cons
Ordering
The Final Word
First Impressions
Finally I get my hands on the very famous MP40 :a-thumbsup:
semi-heavy and extreme happiness packed in a ver nice looking box
Real Steel History
The MP40 (Maschinenpistole 40, literally "Machine Pistol 40") is a submachine gun developed in Germany and used extensively by paratroopers, platoon and squad leaders, and other troops during World War II. The MP40 was characterized by its relatively low rate of fire and low recoil.
The MP40 is descended from its predecessor, the MP38. The MP36, a prototype made of machined steel, was developed independently by Erma's Berthold Geipel with funding from the German army. It took design elements from Heinrich Vollmer's VPM 1930 and EMP. Vollmer then worked on Berthold Geipel's MP36 and in 1938 submitted a prototype to answer a request from the German Armament services for a new submachine gun, which was adopted as MP38. The MP38 was a simplification of the MP36, as the MP40 was a further simplification of the MP38, with certain cost-saving alterations, notably in the use of more pressed rather than machined parts.
Other changes resulted from experiences with the several thousand MP38s in service since 1939, used during the invasion of Poland. The changes were incorporated into an intermediate version, the MP38/40, and then used in the initial MP40 production version. Just over 1 million would be made of all versions in the course of the war.
The MP40 was often called the "Schmeisser" by the Allies, after weapons designer Hugo Schmeisser. Hugo Schmeisser himself did not design the MP40 but held a patent on the magazine. He designed the MP41, which was an MP40 with a wooden rifle stock and a selector, identical to those found on the earlier MP28 submachine gun. The MP41 was not introduced as a service weapon with the German Army, but saw limited use with some SS and police units. They were also exported to Germany's ally, Romania. The MP41's production run was brief, as Erma filed a successful patent infringement lawsuit against Schmeisser's employer, Haenel.
Appearance/Feel/Build Quality
Well first off this is an MP40; therefore it will look fantastic. Mine came with beautiful trademarks on the receiver and mag:
Receiver says MP 40 ayf 42
The magazine says MP41 PATENT SCHMEISSER other side MP38U.40
Okay so this gun is really full metal. Everything that should be metal is metal except for the orange flash hider, which sadly is plastic. The plastic, replicated to look like the bakelite from the original Mp40, is well, just plain plastic. The plastic isn’t very strong, it scratches somewhat easily and leaves indent marks, soft painted plastic not a real plus.
The metal.
Well I have heard a lot of things about it being machined or stamped and blah blah blah. Ok, the gun is most likely aluminum, because it’s soft, some-what light, and has skank like welds. The outer barrel is the only machined part on the gun. So what is metal, well:
All the sights, outer barrel, the whole entire bolt assembly, the folding stock, trigger, sling mounts, and well everything that is black is metal.
Feel
Now I thought this would be as light small compact well its not lol.
Weight-8Lbs fully loaded (battery and magazine) really surprising, huh.
Length from longest point beginning and end- closed stock, 25 inches, un-folded 33 inches
Feels pretty large and heavy in real life, all the weight is focused in the middle.
Build quality
Not so great on this category. The bakelite panels do not look like the real ones as seen here:
The paint job is not really good, it’s full of specks, to thin on some parts to thick on other parts but hell the Mp40 was a mass produced gun so it was never meant to look perfect.
17/20
Internals
All metal gears here people. Mine was really well greased so I didn’t have to do anything at all. Modding it seems to be a little dubious, it’s a strange version 3 gearbox.
17/20
Performance
On the fancy box it shoots 350 +/-5% FPS
I believe this very much. However doing the “Coke can test” it did not pierce the bottom but strangely pierced both sides of the Coke can.
I also accendetly shot my brand new vinyl siding on my garage, it broke the :censored2: out of it.
18/20
Accessories & Modifications
Well there is only one the magazine, that’s it.
www.airsoft-unlimited.net/osc/produ...products_id=341
110 mid-cap magazine
oh and your slings too
2/20
Pros & Cons
Pros
WWII usage baby!
The looks
Most powerful and best looking MP40 out there
350 +/-5% FPS
Endless external things to do make it look vintage and what not
Very cheap and great quality for the price 99$ to $150 average pricing
ALL METAL
Buying at a local sporting goods :a-yesnod:
okay Hop-up
decent firing rate
Cons
the magazine capacity urghhh
Wobbly stock that can’t be fixed aghh
Can’t have a big battery
Bad bad sights
ugly fire selector
Okay Hop-up
The bolt just moves up and down stifly.
no upgrades or mags that are really around
Magazine does not want to stay in, put a little tape on it fixed it up goood
Ordering
Bought it at a local sporting goods store because my local AEX didn’t have it
The Final Word
I would really want to give it a B+ but it really needs a B- for the cons it has
Does have a mass produced feel.....
A must get for a collection, a WWII buff, but not for an all out skirmisher.
And the look.....
I did not like looking at the bolt plate so after about an hour I finished that. I also repainted it a flat black .