Decent starter gun with potential for DMR

[Krisz]

Pretty much this. It's why I never run anything at DMR power since I find that usually what you gain in a good DMR build over a good 1.1J build is minimal, but you lose that engagement within your MED and are locked to semi (though the latter isn't much of an issue for me since I prefer semi anyway).

Yep, this is also another factor for DMRs. Most bigger events will require that your DMR be weapon appropriate (so some sort of long barreled 7.62 or a mk12 or VSS or something), so you're going to run into voluming issues since you definitely want to be using heavier BBs in a DMR. HPA can solve this issue, but that comes with a bunch of its own issues (mostly an airline and strapping a bomb to yourself, along with very high setup costs). Short barreled AEGs are actually more efficient with heavy ammo, but can't be used at larger events as DMRs

I can hardly imagine that you turn up at a regular skirmish with a 10 inch m4 as a dmr and you're gonna be told it's not a dmr you can't use it reeeeeee... You lose customers for no reason. Which airsoft site can afford that nowadays.

The once a year milsim event is different everyone has a role and caliber rules are strict.

Biggest issue on HPA is the line. A tank can be a ticking time bomb assuming air is contaminated to my knowledge.

Best and most expensive solution right now is a wolverine mtw and a wrath aero stock. No line. But it costs a grand. ?

 

[Tackle]

This is what baffles me with some players, while I'm no stitch counter, especially when it comes to loadouts etc, when it comes to the guns almost everything is represented by one or more manufacturer, so all real world roles are easily achievable (assuming you have the £££ lol), so when someone arrives on site with a short barreled rifle & claims it's a dmr, or an M4 with a box mag is a support weapon, organisers should be saying "fudge off", weapon class rules aren't meant open to be open to your own interpretation in order to exploit any perceived advantages.

 

[Lozart]

I've got a Cyma M14 (the full length 'Nam version, rather than the compact SOCOM variety).   It does seem a pretty decent gun but I haven't gone as far as skirmishing it yet.  From what I saw in the short time I've fired it at range (rather than just the 15-18m in my garden), it's a steady rather than stellar out-of-the-box performer, but it gets a lot of love here.    It's a undeniably cool gun though (especially as Full Metal Jacket remains one of my favourite films)

Disassembling it, even just to replace the hop-up rubber, seems a bit scarier than with other rifles.   And the large quantity of plastic involved in the making a full rifle stock makes it a bit creaky.
If you do choose one, I'd send it off to Luke at Negative Airsoft to do the work for you - he'll sprinkle some pixie dust in there to make it a real good 'un (by all accounts)

The Cyma (and of course the TM it's copied from) usually have excellent range and accuracy out of the box, hence the love. They don't NEED loads doing to them as long as you can live with the slow gearbox and slightly poo trigger response. A better motor, tightbore barrel and a decent hop rubber and you're off to the races for long range pewage! Obviously the SOCOM scores by being a little bit easier to manhandle but it's still a big lump compared to the average M4 (that said, my MK12 is long and heavy so....). Of course, if you really want a gun you can justify putting a bipod on just so you don't have to hold the bloody thing, get the EBR!