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All of them and none of them at the same time. It's a shit answer, I know. They're all equal in terms of what you get in the box: a gun that is for the most part in working order and that only requires a battery and some bbs. Diving deeper into how each manufacturer does things, I found G&Gs to be lagging behind in terms of technological solutions, on the basic CM16 models the hop unit is the old style with three gears which is known for undwinding itself with use and it's not precise in adjustment, their gearboxes are not the strongest out there, they don't have QC spring guides (it's not mandatory but it's a nice touch should you ever get into teching) and the bushings they use are bad (brass). Also G&G barrels are abysmal, very low quality pressed tinfoil that gets scratched if you look at it funny. Specnas (Core series) on the other hand sport 8mm steel bushings, QC spring guide, the absolutely fantastic ZCI rotary plastic hop unit and decent quality (for the price) 6.03 brass inner barrels. They also come at a slightly lower price point than G&Gs which opens up more room for upgrades should you decide to. Cymas have made a huge leap in quality recently, I remember Cymas being rather bad when I started playing some 12 years ago, they would struggle to survive three skirmishes without breaking something. Now though, they punch well above their weight when you consider how little they cost. AKs in particular seem to be the n.1 alternative if you don't want to spend E&L/LCT money. I had a go with a Cyma M14 socom not long ago and honestly it didn't feel like a €150 gun at all. ASG does mostly distribution (so rebrands) with one exception, the scorpion evo, which is the only gun they make in house (to all the Bren fanboys, it's made by King Arms). What style of gun would you like to have?

Same crappy gearbox inside, but the 2.0s have much better externals, the polymer body feels really nice

Are you a KM fan perhaps? because this is one of the most retarded rules I've ever heard of and it's legit asking to be abused by the less mentally challenged airsofters. The problem is that you all should stop bitching about getting shot in the face, you're literally feeding KM's weird pain fetish with more and more content to put out. Wear your fucking face pro and quit acting like manchildren. Don't want to? accept the consequences, like @Tommikkajust said. If people suddenly stopped giving shits about being shot in the head he wouldn't have anything on that front to make content out of, but apparently it's a 5000 IQ play.

The Nazi fan? Good.

Which ones?

Okay the AW extendo is shit. It went through a whopping 10 bbs before running out of gas. Meanwhile them WE mags ran flawlessly even in sub zero temperatures. Pumping out all 23+ rounds without any sign of cooldown.

Because it never gets below 0 here and usually it creeps up to 9/10 on a sunny day in this period, so black gas isn't really needed. Also yeah, need to pack a fleece because it's gonna be brutal, that part of the field is also wet af all year round

Same, I didn't buy them at once, but one/two every order so now I have a nice stock of parts. Anyway, tomorrow I'll be taking the SMG with me and it's gonna be a cold temperature test, forecast says -8° at 8 am on the field, rising to -2° by noon. I honestly expect malfunctions and poor efficiency on the extendo but good performance on the WE mags, I'll be running nimrod green gas (nuprol 2.0), place your bet.

Walt Masters, Hardcore Cheaters, I guess

It's a slippery slope tho. It made me buy about 12 maple leaf rubbers last year now the silicone ones have hit the market, I suspect I'll get another 12 soon -.-

It appears to be a Well L96, so plenty of spare parts available. Go check https://airsoftpro.cz/en/

Let's be honest for a second. I don't get WE, they had the chance to make a cool GBB like a Tec-9 lookalike (so AAP style upper, correct magazine placement and most importantly, glock magazines instead of some proprietary shit)... They instead decided to clone the AAP but make it more complicated to use (hop adjustment, for example) at a price point that can't compete with the AAP (because it's a €85/90 pistol, I reckon the WE is gonna be at least 120/130)... why....

I-Key, H-Plate, however you want to call them, they all do the same thing I used I-Keys because I had some in my box o' hops, if I had Hadron parts I would have used those instead By the way, WE has now released a, not surprisingly, really bad clone of the AAP, same upper but with a glock lower, while overcomplicating the overall design..

Stock it struggled to lift 0.3s for me, ended up using decepticons (50 and 60, one in each) + I-Keys. Inexpensive but highly effective upgrades

if it's a EFCS-piece-of-wank you can use the programmer and set the battery protection to whatever voltage you're running.

T&E mostly. The article is right about over/under voluming to an extent, All my guns are overvolumed (not by much, they all have around between 8" and 10.5" barrels with either type 0 or 3/4 cylinders) and I haven't noticed anything funny in BB flying path. Barrel length per se doesn't influence accuracy nor range, it's the combination of a smooth running system, a nice clean straight barrel and a good hop rubber and tensioner that give the range/accuracy. barrel bore is mostly to fine tune the energy output (tighter -> more efficient "push" but too tight is bad for your gun especially at super high RPS). With that being said, I say a 10" barrel is the universal length. Short enough for manoeuvrability in close quarters but at the same time long enough to avoid using a stiff ass spring..

They should be fine, although I never bought anything from them. They aren't some ultra shady shop from south italy, I'd say go for it Failing that, the good ol' Emperion might be worth checking out

I think you're paying for the fancy rails, but I might be wrong

I'll wait for some discount (even if it means waiting for the next black friday), €270 isn't that much but still it's not a must have for me.. I'll be happy if I can save some money

Yeah feel free to ignore my ramblings, I've become particularly picky when it comes to airsoft stuff and I can't stand unpractical solutions for the sake of looks... It's why all my guns look like shit, but I've made them as practical as possible because fighting kit on the field is a good way to ruin your day I also expect magazines to be super expensive (as with all things G&G that aren't drums) at €30+ a pop, I still have nightmares about ARP-9 ones and they are the main reason why I sold mine and got a King Arms 9mm PDW instead.

I'm a man of simple needs: Another MK23; SSX-303 (I know, fuck off); Iron sighted bolt action, VSR based, failing that an AS-03; maybe a revolver of some sort to build this (EF H8R?)

That gearbox noise though, holy shit. Huge magazines for what? 110 rounds? laughable I get it looks cool, but in practical terms it's ridiculous.... (or maybe it's just me hating on G&G) QC gearbox is nice though, they finally caught up, 250 years later

From what I've seen they are a carbon copy of Specna/Evolution guns. Same OEM factory (E&C if metal body, AimTop if plastic), exact same internals, different colour of plastics (blue for Specna, orange for Evolution and boring black for Saigo).

You know what? You should set up a huge KM hunting squad (say all AF-UK members) and whenever he's playing at your field, make it your main goal to go after him and ruin his day.. Blasting him in the face, obviously.. And then getting him banned from that site. Rinse and repeat until he's pretty much forced off the UK's scene.