is this gun worth the money? G&G SCAR L
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I would recommend a lipo as well. They don't need to be discharged, they don't have memory issues and they are smaller for the same power storage. They do require a more expensive smart and balance charger, but you should be buying a smart charger for a nimh anyway to avoid overcharging so it wont be much more. They may very well improve trigger response and rate of fire as far as I can tell isn't much different to an 8.4V nimh. While 11.1 lipo's are a too much for most guns the 7.4s are not as brutal.
As to the tightbore a Prometheus 6.03 should do the trick. I am still not sure what the gun comes with, it could be a standard G&G 6.08 aluminium barrel or it could be a 6.03 steel one, you will just have to check. They changed it somewhere in the gen 2 top techs and different reviews have said different barrel types for this gun and in typical G&G fashion even the catalogue doesn't say which it is. They really need to work on their information set for these guns and what they are made of, if there is one place I ought to get reliable info on the barrel and such is in the catalogue entry for a top tech gun! Rant aside you'll find out pretty quickly which it is as there is a big disparity in the accuracy from one to the other at 30m.
As to the tightbore a Prometheus 6.03 should do the trick. I am still not sure what the gun comes with, it could be a standard G&G 6.08 aluminium barrel or it could be a 6.03 steel one, you will just have to check. They changed it somewhere in the gen 2 top techs and different reviews have said different barrel types for this gun and in typical G&G fashion even the catalogue doesn't say which it is. They really need to work on their information set for these guns and what they are made of, if there is one place I ought to get reliable info on the barrel and such is in the catalogue entry for a top tech gun! Rant aside you'll find out pretty quickly which it is as there is a big disparity in the accuracy from one to the other at 30m.
For LIPOs you need some where safe to store them and do not let them fully discharge. Also the recommendation is to get a LIPO charging fireproof bag foir when charging them - sounds scary stuff but you just need to be sensible - I've started using them, partly for performance, partly as they are a lot quicker to charge/discharge. I use a turnigy 6 balance charger.
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Everything's down to preference. I love the look of AUGs and P90s but a lot of people despise them. I don't like m4 platforms but (almost) everyone has one haha
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I am bit more practical than that. I dislike the M4 because of the high stock, but I also recognise that M4 magazines are vastly better than anything else in terms of options. The SCAR L combines a lower stock which is better for a mesh facemask and can take M4 magazines and has the rail space to fit just about anything. It might very well be an ugly looking gun but its very practical from an airsoft perspective. Internally its pretty upgradeable as well, the only real drawback I feel is the battery, which is of the small type due to that folding stock.
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The SCAR guns take a mini type battery, which according to http://uk-airsoft.myshopify.com/collections/batteries-and-chargers/products/8-4v-1600mah-2-3a-nimh-mini-battery is 107.0mm x 34.0mm x 17mm. So in lipo terms you could probably fit an appropriately shaped 2600 mah lipo into the same space. (http://uk-airsoft.myshopify.com/collections/batteries-and-chargers/products/vapex-airsoft-7-4v-2600mah-25c-cranestock-lipo-battery looks like it should fit, its shorter but potentially too wide in one direction depending on how it goes in and how much space there is). I would ask the store you buy it from.
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Right then.
I have a G&G SCAR-L. It's ace. Ignore anyone that says you can fold the stock for CQB because 1) that's NOT why the stock folds and 2) it's a pain to try and use with the stock folded anyway.
If you buy the CQC version the gun comes with a barrel extender to the same length as the standard rifle. This can be easily unscrewed which then gives you the CQB length gun. Simples.
I run a 7.4v LiPo in mine ( this one in fact: http://www.componentshop.co.uk/7-4v-2200mah-35c-lipo-battery.html ) and it's fine and dandy. It does NOT need a cranestock battery as the battery space is a big square block in the buttstock. The ONLY reservation I have is that it's quite easy to bend the pins the connect the main part of the gun to the battery holder, but it's easy to not fuck it up - you just need to be a bit aware of what you're doing when you fit the battery.
You WILL need a downgrade spring though. When mine turned up it was shooting at the thick end of 400FPS! Get the shop to do it for you and aim to be under 340FPS as then you'll have no trouble with any of the sites you might want to use (CQB sites for example tend to be quite low on muzzle velocity).
Well worth the money and a gun that will last you a decent length of time too. Good choice.
I have a G&G SCAR-L. It's ace. Ignore anyone that says you can fold the stock for CQB because 1) that's NOT why the stock folds and 2) it's a pain to try and use with the stock folded anyway.
If you buy the CQC version the gun comes with a barrel extender to the same length as the standard rifle. This can be easily unscrewed which then gives you the CQB length gun. Simples.
I run a 7.4v LiPo in mine ( this one in fact: http://www.componentshop.co.uk/7-4v-2200mah-35c-lipo-battery.html ) and it's fine and dandy. It does NOT need a cranestock battery as the battery space is a big square block in the buttstock. The ONLY reservation I have is that it's quite easy to bend the pins the connect the main part of the gun to the battery holder, but it's easy to not fuck it up - you just need to be a bit aware of what you're doing when you fit the battery.
You WILL need a downgrade spring though. When mine turned up it was shooting at the thick end of 400FPS! Get the shop to do it for you and aim to be under 340FPS as then you'll have no trouble with any of the sites you might want to use (CQB sites for example tend to be quite low on muzzle velocity).
Well worth the money and a gun that will last you a decent length of time too. Good choice.
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For a lipo charger it will be a smart charger, you just want to make sure its also a balance charger. Other than that someone else will have to fill you in on brands, I just bought a VapexTech to go along with a Vapex battery as someone somewhere recommended Vapex batteries. Its certainly worked pretty well so far.
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