Adolf Hamster

How so?

used to think they were equals to e&l, but me go3 arrived today and compared to my mates e&l 105 out of the box there's a hell of a difference in the quality between them.

blueing isn't as nice, few elements of the design i really don't like (for example you can't slide the hop forward to remove the gearbox so you have to pull the barrel every goddamn time, and there's no magwell spacer), they have a laser etched marking which ruins the look (i'm not normally a markings guy but i hate having them where they shouldnt be) etc.

but the worst bit is the gearbox, shimming was awful and even after i fixed that is still sounds like it's eaten a bag of gravel, thought it was just motor height (the 105 sounded the same until adjusted) but it's the gear teeth are proper rough.

i'd be much more annoyed if i wasnt planning on replacing most of the internals anyway.....

meh, aren't they supposed to be much better than E&L?