I freely admit I’ve been a total TM recoil whore basically since the first Socom came out , but i always advise against buying an up-graded one (bar possibly hop , inner barrel and the deans mod) me personally I just wouldn't go near one . Big problem is a player or a tec may be an absolute god on ‘normal’ gearboxes but the recoils just aren’t the same , you go on ANY TM recoil forum and you’ll see the same up-grade questions coming up again and again AND then a few wks later you see exactly the same people asking for advice because “X isn’t working” or “Y keeps happening when it shouldn’t” etc etc , and again it’s the same questions again and again ! And don’t even get my started on the all powerful ‘Btec spectre’ mosfet ! You’d think it has the powers of an AI computer the way the fan boys go on about them ! hence they ask stupid money for them .
For me I do think a lot of the up-grades that players recommend and go for are just a case of ‘the Emperors new clothes’ , the fan boys have it so it must be good and I must have it as well ?