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SRC Gas Blowback AKS74U has a poor reputation.
Well I've ordered one so will see how it goes, been thinking about a gbbr for a while to tinker with (as opposed to being a primary) so it seems a lot of gun for pretty much Combat Machine money. Any known issues to be aware of that you know of?

 
Off the top of my head i think the feed lips on the mags are reputed to be easily knackered, but I believe that the main concern is that the whole design isn't reliable. This may be prejudice however because some SRC guns have a well deserved bad rep (M4's) and some people just don't like many of their guns because they often use proprietary parts which cannot be upgraded with aftermarket parts easily (I have one of their G36's and, apart from the hop rubber it comes with, it is good, but it does have a proprietary hop chamber which doesn't do anything differently to the TM design most use, it's just not quite the same shape, which means the best upgrade is the one it came with - SRC's own pot metal design as opposed to their plastic design, but it works fine anyway so no problem, except... if, as i did, you lose the little rod which pushes the rubber onto the BB in place of a standard nub, you cannot buy any old ACM hop unit just for that part, you have to get an SRC - this bugs me, as does the fact that the gun will never evolve - there is no CNC 7075 ali hop upgrade for eg). You may find that there are similar differences in their GBBR design.

I'm not into GBB at all though - even my pistols are NBB, so I tend to skim/skip posts in forums/fb which concern them.

 
Off the top of my head i think the feed lips on the mags are reputed to be easily knackered, but I believe that the main concern is that the whole design isn't reliable. This may be prejudice however because some SRC guns have a well deserved bad rep (M4's) and some people just don't like many of their guns because they often use proprietary parts which cannot be upgraded with aftermarket parts easily (I have one of their G36's and, apart from the hop rubber it comes with, it is good, but it does have a proprietary hop chamber which doesn't do anything differently to the TM design most use, it's just not quite the same shape, which means the best upgrade is the one it came with - SRC's own pot metal design as opposed to their plastic design, but it works fine anyway so no problem, except... if, as i did, you lose the little rod which pushes the rubber onto the BB in place of a standard nub, you cannot buy any old ACM hop unit just for that part, you have to get an SRC - this bugs me, as does the fact that the gun will never evolve - there is no CNC 7075 ali hop upgrade for eg). You may find that there are similar differences in their GBBR design.

I'm not into GBB at all though - even my pistols are NBB, so I tend to skim/skip posts in forums/fb which concern them.
Cheers for that, fair comments Ian. I had a secondhand SRC M4 years ago that was pretty good in its day and used entirely standard parts (or possibly had upgrades,I'm not sure) but it never let me down to be fair despite its poor reputation. Their recent G36 seems to be quite well thought of from posts on here. The Hop on the gbb 74 looks close to a TM AK in design but how close remains to be seen. Looked at a few videos of the gun in action (not just retailer ones, although AW's review states its the best gun SRC have made. . . hmmm) which is what clinched it for me. As to what aftermarket internals are available I've no idea, but I'll see how it performs and go from there.

 
Might not be much to people, but Zeroone are having a store wide 5% discount with code XMAS14

 
Just had this through if anyone wants one! Checked their website, full list price is $154.39 so would be around $108 plus post. Use coupon code below at checkout. I have no link with this company by the way, just sharing the email I had.



http://airsoft.tiger111hk.com/

ARMY R85A1 30%off Coupon for Britain only !

Coupon Code: UK-R85-30-off-f6b96From now to 30-Jun-2015 .

 
UKT have been getting really good with their offers lately. Must be clearing stock, heh.

 
Cheers Lozart for the heads-up on the offer. I purchased a Warrior Falcon chest rig from UK Tactical for £53.95, so great value. Excellent customer service.

 
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UKTactical doing a 20% off all Warrior gear this weekend with discount code: THANKYOU20

 
Topupgear.com , really cheap and free shipping. Got a multicam black ubacs for 27 quid. Cheapest uk retailer was 70. Only took 6 days to get here to.

 
If you're going to those sorts of sites, I'd recommend just going directly to the manufacturers via AliExpress or DHGate - you'll get slightly better prices and solid buyer protection.

 
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