Best out of the box AEG Rifle for <£500?
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Jacob Wright
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TM Recoil? Might be around the £500 mark ish!
Groot
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Op the best out of the box gun is the one where you spend 2mins removing the upper and swapping out the hop rubber for a maple leaf 50 or 60 and the matching omega nub.
This can be done by the most noobie of noobies and requires literally no skill or knowledge of AEG's to achieve.
Remove two bolts, lugs. Gently pull upper forwards. Remove hop from barrel, bish bash bosh. You have the most accurate AEG achievable.
Personally I would avoid recoils like the plague, they are piss poor power out the box and a whore to work on compared to every other AEG on the market.
I would look at a https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/specna-arms-daniel-defense-mk18-sa-e19-edge
I got one of these second hand an upgrade the hop and spring in under 5mins. It is as good as my 1k Recoil that I sold because they keep breaking after you up the power and ROF.
Really any AEG with the hop upgraded is going to more accurate than any out of the box AEG and it is sooooo simple to do.
SO SIMPLE!
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This can be done by the most noobie of noobies and requires literally no skill or knowledge of AEG's to achieve.
Remove two bolts, lugs. Gently pull upper forwards. Remove hop from barrel, bish bash bosh. You have the most accurate AEG achievable.
Personally I would avoid recoils like the plague, they are piss poor power out the box and a whore to work on compared to every other AEG on the market.
I would look at a https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/specna-arms-daniel-defense-mk18-sa-e19-edge
I got one of these second hand an upgrade the hop and spring in under 5mins. It is as good as my 1k Recoil that I sold because they keep breaking after you up the power and ROF.
Really any AEG with the hop upgraded is going to more accurate than any out of the box AEG and it is sooooo simple to do.
SO SIMPLE!
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At that price, I'd be looking at an Edge 2.0 to get the Aster. Specnas with rubbery Maple Leaf bits are a decent enough shout though. You could also throw in a ZCI barrel while you're in there and still come in well under that budget. At a minimum, clean the barrel and hop.
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Adolf Hamster
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really depends on your definition of best.
whilst the tm's reputation is mighty, it's not the only gun on the market that shoots well ootb.
however as @Groot and @Rogerborg point out a few minor tweaks to a cheaper guns can get them up to that level, especially when you also give them good food.
whilst the tm's reputation is mighty, it's not the only gun on the market that shoots well ootb.
however as @Groot and @Rogerborg point out a few minor tweaks to a cheaper guns can get them up to that level, especially when you also give them good food.
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Groot
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True that, 0.28g is the minimum that I use in woodland now.
And keep your expectations realistic: no amount of money, or belief, will prevent your BBs being effected by wind, rain, or foliage, and nor will they make your targets just sit still and wait for them.
I'm perfectly happy and competitive with AEG toys in the £75-£140 range, plus the aforementioned hop rubbers and barrels. Aftermarket motors add snappiness and rate of fire. After that it's about BBs, getting the hop dialled in, and where you point it.
If I were going to spend £500 on an airsoft toy, and the goal was maximum accuracy, i.e. maximum consistency, I'd forget about AEGs and think about trying-then-buying a used HPA package.
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There are a few of my friends who won't even change the hop rubber. They have the idea that it should work fine out of the factory and shouldn't have to spend any more money to make it work better.
They also moan a lot about people not taking their hits, at 60m, with their totally stock £120 Nuprol M4.
They also moan a lot about people not taking their hits, at 60m, with their totally stock £120 Nuprol M4.
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Adolf Hamster
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tbf, you'd be surprised how often you can tag people who just stand around thinking you can't hit them
whilst i do agree, hpa isn't strictly a magic bullet. it still requires the rest of the system (hop, barrel, ammo, etc) to be of a good standard.
it will also need dialed in properly, whilst this is easier to do than aeg's they can also be a lot fussier especially with voluming. certain systems, specifically the polarstar jack/F1 open-bolt systems can have real accuracy issues (as in worse than a decent aeg) due to the way they work, with the likes of the F2/Fusion being a bit higher end (ie over-budget).
i can't comment on the wolverine stuff having never used it, but they claim closed bolt operation so probably the better pick for this case.
of course that's assuming you're happy to deal with the air line (which isn't so bad), weight of the tank (which can be a pain sometimes), getting air (which can be easy if the site does refills or a real problem if they don't) and more importantly the de-facto hatred from other players.
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You’re missing one big sticking point here about TM RIFs: they’re made for a specific market only (Japan) with super fine tolerances due to the specifics of said market (regulations).
Picking up any TM gun with the intent to upgrade it is akin to taking a finely crafted katana and trying to add bits of steel to it “ to improve its performance”: it’s pointless and will ruin the reliability of said weapon.
As long as you know what you’re buying and you’re fine with it (out-of-the-box performance and reliability), then TM is a perfectly fine choice. It won’t throw 100m but it’s not exactly why people buy them in the first place.
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I don't disagree but in the UK if you are running rental power, you will be out range by everyone else on the field.
The stock hop on the stock TM is fine but it struggles to lift heavier rounds and even getting to it compared to a normal AEG is a pain in the fucking tit.
Don't get me wrong. I am not against expensive AEG's. I am currently sitting here refurbishing all my PTW Pmags
airsofters can't tell distances most guns out the box will barely hit 50 metres out the box and that's a torso hit. TM are well designed, well made with decent performance that you don't need to do anything to. best shooting TM in my book is the M14 but then you have the CYMA which shoots just as well a third the price but much greater risk of lemon/ being hot.
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Most AEGs are pretty good overall but after buying a fair few rifles and pistols I have found that the tokyo maruis have a level of quality control and finesse (even the package is nice) that the others dont. The NGRS also has the bolt stop and "recoil" which I find adds a bit of fun factor.
Many guns right from the box are shooting similar to the marui anyway (300ish) ie VFC, krytac (although the newish nautilus 2 gearboxes are more like 345ish), ASG scorpion etc. So it pretty much depends on what extra features you want.
Many guns right from the box are shooting similar to the marui anyway (300ish) ie VFC, krytac (although the newish nautilus 2 gearboxes are more like 345ish), ASG scorpion etc. So it pretty much depends on what extra features you want.
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I would say any TM recoil.
It also helps to have the skills, patience, experience and time to upgrade it yourself with care and attention.
I did that with mine, happy days and well worth it to "improve its performance".
That's just me.
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