Difference in airsoft weapon types?

[Hangtight]

Just because it looks superficially the same doesn't mean it is the same. As in anything with Airsoft you generally get what you pay for. At the lower end (G&G CM16,  £120 ish) you'll get plastic receiver and furniture, OK but basic internals, OK finish and details. Worth a few upgrades to get better range and accuracy and will always make a good backup gun once you move on, or a loan gun if a mate wants to give it a try.

Once you start spending more you'll get metal receiver, nicer rails and details, usually better internals etc.

When you get to something like a Krytac you're buying really nice externals and very good internals. It will work very well out of the box and be a pleasure to own and use. But put them next to each other and as someone just getting started you'd be unsure as to the differences between them.

 

[lemon191]

The trick is not to get to hung up on externals early on , it's what inside that counts unless you go really bottom of the barrel like the just bb gun specials lol the plastics are more than durable enough for airsoft as long as you don't use it as a walking stick or a club.

I have a friend who likes the idea of metal because people assume it's better but after holding metal guns he hated the weight as he found it slows him down so plastic is more useful to him.

 

[Boosh]

Most of the low end guns I have looked at I think had plastic externals and alloy internals

 

[TheFull9]

There's plastic and there's plastic.  'Alloy' is also about as descriptive a term as 'it's made of stuff'.

The ASG Evo is all plastic externals and it's really top notch; PTS plastic accessories are also made of incredibly nice material; plenty of real plastic assault rifles around these days too of course.  Generally an AEG that costs less than ~£120 (i.e. LPEGs) will be made of something nasty that breaks if you breath on it more than likely.

I've found the plastic on G&G guns is overall not too bad, a lot of their newer models are noticeably blocky looking in order to thicken the bodies and make them stronger as well.  At least I presume they did that for a sensible technical reason rather than literally just to cater to 'CoD: Whatever the f*ck it's called now' players.