TheFriendlyBro

Do you like the look of it ? that’s the real question , if yes you do then get it , if not that sold on it then don’t . As you will often read on this forum unless you spend some serious beer tokens near ALL the AEG’s in a particular price range are much of a muchness . After playing for waaaaaayyyyy too long I’ve come to the conclusion if a gun is from one of the ‘main Airsoft manufacturers’ then the deciding factor are the aesthetics of the gun and not it’s possible performance as basically they’ll all perform the same . 👍

Having got the original G&G UMG, the plastic certainly feels more sturdy than the Umerex's i poked at on a site that used them for rentals.  But for the price difference either will do ya fine.  Mine did need the hop unit modding though, as the slider was so lose it would undo itself.  Simple fix, a washer put under the bolt that holds it fixed it fine, and it hops 0.28's with ease stock.

Just the general observation that anything remotely assault-toy related coming into the country is highly likely to get stopped at the moment, and a firearms declaration required.  You're looking at weeks-to-months to get it, assuming that you can actually produce a defence for importing it.

https://www.davescustomairsoft.co.uk/vf1-lm4std-colt-m4a1-carbine-replica.html?search=M4A1&sort=p.price&order=DESC

So basic rule of thumb, don't mess around with your collection unless it's broken? I'm interested in learning more about upgrading but unsure where to begin and what's what with each different airsoft gun.

And to answer your question Rogerborg, yes! But not as many times as I'd like. Getting more into collecting than playing.

Generally speaking the very first upgrade recommendations are the hop rubber and barrel usually (most of the cases depending on the gun of course)

But only if you're extremely unhappy with the stock performance and have a good confirmation of certain products that will 100% work and being truly an upgrade 

Thanks for the information DBGXXI!

Flawless answer.

A couple of notes. First, sellers shouldn't be flogging these things in the UK without downgrading the power.  However, as a curious legal quirk, you're the one committing the offence by buying a Section 5 prohibited firearm, not them for selling it.  So, yes, get it downgraded, something that will already have been done to even the cheapest CYMAs.

Second, I'm getting the distinct impression that you don't actually play airsoft, and so I'm rather expecting a followup question along the lines of "What's the best way to re-activate a de-activated AK?  For research purposes."

Thanks for the response, Impulse!

Possibly not quite flawless; Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, has a 1J limit across both semi- and full-auto.

Only answer your getting !

I think it is part of the boys range for kids and spring powered which explains the low power.

So, are there any good websites that allow pre-order for upcoming TM airsoft guns?

@Skara - Quite honestly with your 1J limit, I'm surprised that all the serious airsofters in Italy aren't just running around with stock TM recoils.

TM has a reputation of being overpriced af here, mostly because people are so fucking obsessed with "FuLl MeTaL" guns.

They think a pot metal receiver is better than a polymer one and it'll give them 50 extra metres of range.

So a TM Hi-Cycle M4 CRW that will most likely outlast your car is shit (even though it pumps out a retarded ROF on a 7.4) but a -insert truly overpriced brand here- that shits the bed on its first game is good!

Logik, I know..

I'll be honest, if I didn't like tinkering with stuff I would have bought a TM CRW and swapped the hop rubber for a ML (yes I'm a ML fanboy) and called it a day.

I like tinkering so I built my own out of a specna

Decent enough, but I wouldn’t go back to one now. Specna is still only a ‘low to mid range’ brand as I’d call it, but for similar money you get so much more bang for buck. 
 

Just like Dyatlov said at Chernobyl - not great, not terrible. 

All my stuff is functional and not for hanging on walls.

It's  used,cleaned and stowed away.

Except the mk23. That has a place near the back door ready to annoy squirrels lol

👍🙂

Regards 

I'm with you, I like a nice pistol

recently got a FN 5-7 and a shadow 2

I think a PPQ will be next