The TM AKM thread

[sp00n]

Greetings comrades, and welcome to the TM AKM thread.

The glorious AKM has now been reproduced as an airsoft gbbr.

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This is a highly realistic gbbr (not that I have handled an ak mind), and thus is doesn’t have a bolt lock feature… no after the last bb, you get the dead mans click (hammer falls but no other action), just as our glorious solialist motherland demanded.

it also has a highly fiddley dry fire mode … I’ll explained it later.

other wise function wise it’s just like a aeg ak.

first issue I have found is the humongous gas tube …. It’s longer than a cricket test match!

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this limits the amount of gas that you can hold in the mag (about 5seconds worth of green gas)
 

but there is a simple solution, just like our enemy Yankee brotheren… cut the tube in half and you vastly increased the amount of dissidents you can send to Stalin per fill  (15s fil =70+ semi shots before cool down)

highly recommended film :- AK-47 Kalashnikov

 

[Adolf Hamster]

guess the all important question is what's the reciever made of?

i for one would find anything less than blued steel on such a gun a bit of a deal breaker

 

[DerDer]

That faux wood is better than I thought it would be. 

 

[Sniper780]

I am impressed with the fact that the wood furniture is actually plastic interesting to see how well it holds up over time. 

The pistol grips looks like a decent faux version of a bakelite pistol grip from the pictures I have seen. I wonder if it looks as good in real life as it does in the pictures?

 

[Adolf Hamster]

I am impressed with the fact that the wood furniture is actually plastic interesting to see how well it holds up over time. 

The pistol grips looks like a decent faux version of a bakelite pistol grip from the pictures I have seen. I wonder if it looks as good in real life as it does in the pictures?

This is a fair point, i'm assuming if its not rs fitment it wont be long before aftermarket wood is available.

Hence asking about the reciever, the one part thats gonna be hardest to change.

 

[PopRocket123]

guess the all important question is what's the reciever made of?

i for one would find anything less than blued steel on such a gun a bit of a deal breaker

This is partly why you're going to struggle to convince me it's better than a GHK. Having seen the rwtv video on it I'd still rather have the GHK. Not that I'd even consider the TM until they started bringing out a 74 anyway. 

 

[Sniper780]

This is a fair point, i'm assuming if its not rs fitment it wont be long before aftermarket wood is available.

Hence asking about the reciever, the one part thats gonna be hardest to change.

Sadly the receiver is  die-cast zinc and only the receiver cover is steel, according to TM own advertising time stamp 0:51 for the info. 

 

[Adolf Hamster]

This is partly why you're going to struggle to convince me it's better than a GHK. Having seen the rwtv video on it I'd still rather have the GHK. Not that I'd even consider the TM until they started bringing out a 74 anyway. 

Its a tricky one, the we (and now tm) ones seem better designs out of the box (granted the we is spoiled by poor materials) with the full stroke dead mans click.

But then folks buying a high end ak are kinda gonna want steel.

I suppose if it gets the popularity the mws did then aftermarket recievers are a possibility.

Certainly its a deal breaker for me, even on a 74

 

[AlphaBear]

This is an easy pass for me as I’ve never been a AK fan. Give me a gas MP5 any day of the week if that is TM ever make one. 

 

[sp00n]

I honestly don’t know why people are getting hung up on it not being a steel receiver.

historically TM never made metal body guns

or is it just trib’ism? I don’t mean to offend just wondering.

I wouldn’t get too hung up over the externals in 6months there will be various wood/body kits etc.
 

What we should be doing is celebrating a new rif that isn’t another M4 or variation etc ?? (FYI I like m4’s … there is just soooo many off them)

 

[Crome]

NVM Am moron clearly a wood parts kit for a 47 I linked not the GBB AKM ?‍

 

[AlphaBear]

I honestly don’t know why people are getting hung up on it not being a steel receiver.

historically TM never made metal body guns

or is it just trib’ism? I don’t mean to offend just wondering.

I wouldn’t get too hung up over the externals in 6months there will be various wood/body kits etc.
 

What we should be doing is celebrating a new rif that isn’t another M4 or variation etc ?? (FYI I like m4’s … there is just soooo many off them)

You’re absolutely spot on there….

I’m sure it’s gonna be epic out of the box too and probably straight forward to ‘enhance’ if needed. I’m waiting for a mate of mine to get one as I’m curious to give it a go. Haha 

 

[gunbod007]

I am so on the fence between either getting an AKM next week or getting just a second MWS/M4

If I get another MWS I will be spending a lot of time and money to turn it into a blond diamond CAR-15. But at the end of the day it will still just be another M4

And yes agreed @AlphaBear TM need to get a GBB MP5 out ASAP! I love my WE but I would love a TM too.

 

[sp00n]

Some interesting discoveries today

The inner barrel is only 200mm long and the hop is an arm design (sorry about the crappy pic, it’s really had to get a decent pic as both the arm and the hop unit are black metal)

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I am gunna wait for a better upgrade as it’s a bit loose for my liking

also for those who cannot live with out an optic (as there is no traditional ak side optic mount) I have a solution 

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a cheap £13 rear sight picatinny rail off amazon ??

 

[gunbod007]

Some interesting discoveries today

The inner barrel is only 200mm long and the hop is an arm design (sorry about the crappy pic, it’s really had to get a decent pic as both the arm and the hop unit are black metal)

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I am gunna wait for a better upgrade as it’s a bit loose for my liking

also for those who cannot live with out an optic (as there is no traditional ak side optic mount) I have a solution 

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a cheap £13 rear sight picatinny rail off amazon ??

Nice upload. Do you mean the hop arm is loose for your liking?

 

[Adolf Hamster]

I honestly don’t know why people are getting hung up on it not being a steel receiver.

I'm a sucker for blued steel, and i like the feel of a gun with a bit of heft to it.

That's pretty much it, i think alloy on an ak is too reminiscent of the old jg/cyma rentals which whilst i wont deny are good shooters for the cash they dont age all that well.

 

[gunbod007]

I'm a sucker for blued steel, and i like the feel of a gun with a bit of heft to it.

That's pretty much it, i think alloy on an ak is too reminiscent of the old jg/cyma rentals which whilst i wont deny are good shooters for the cash they dont age all that well.

Ahh Cyma AKs, now there's an airsoft gun. My first ever AEG. 

I think there is no denying that this will lose to the GHK on externals any day of the week. But even so I reckon TM have done a good job with the materials used.

Will report back when mine arrives. Of course wood kits will eventually come too.

 

[sjhirst]

I'm  really on the fence about this one!

Will await some further reviews from you chaps

 

[sp00n]

Nice upload. Do you mean the hop arm is loose for your liking?

 Yeah but not side to side (on the hop patch), more up and down … I figure it’s just a moulding tolerance where the hop arm sits inside the hop wheel

 

[gunbod007]

Now that we have split into two threads, I very much feel like this. (Just for lolz)