Kinda reminds me of some STALKER series
I'd only swap the hoodie with some kind of russian style warm hat and you're set
EDIT: fuq, i thought it was the loadout thread -.-
G3 is a gun i've wanted for ages to build a DMR.. how does it perform??
I got to fire one at the weekend (indoors but still) firstly HOLY BUJEEEESUS is it heavy!
Fairly snappy too, not too different from any other mid-high tier AEG, but the body feels amazing, the old stamped steel just feels fun to use, fitted mags with no wobble!
I would class this as a very collector style gun, however it does perform very well and would be a nice platform for a DMR build.
It's why it went in here and not in the load outs section. I'm not in any kit, Was a cold day so I decided with only 1 mag for that gun I was going to run in my warm jacket with a speedloader in one pocket, and a bottle of ammo in the other. Had I got into kit it would have been DPM since I don't have a German load out for the gun yet, But I can feel a Cold War 1960's kit might be in order. There are plenty of mag pouches up on Zib militaria, So I'll base a kit on what webbing and pouches are available.
I'm already thinking about wood furniture for it, Zib Militaria again have a full set for a reasonable price, I think the only modification you have to make is the removal of the steel recoil spring and guide, and a metal buffer. Once those parts are removed the stock is already hollow, and there is a hole that you can put a wire directly through! So it's a very simple conversion.
I also want a few more bits for it, The correct leather sling, A reproduction claw mount with something that looks like a Hensoldt Fero Z-24, The sight and claw don't need to be real steel a similar modern equivalent would be fine. I need a couple of high caps, and a couple more mid caps.
Performance wise it's a hard comparison to the shelf models. The UK supplier I got mine off had requested a factory downgrade. So it shoots at 300 fps, The regular shipped ones are shooting at 400fps to other markets. The hop looks to be a marui and works well. 6.02 tight bore is standard. Wire is silver plated, and it comes on small tam connectors.
7.4 30c lipo is generating about 15rps. Trigger response is snappy but the trigger pull is quite long.
I was able to get .25's to go sailing past the 80 mark on the range... Now what that 80 mark represents is up for debate, the site recon it's meters. Google maps on the other hand has more sensible number upon reflection
Using Google I was able to go from the safe zone to bunker hill without a problem, That is 65M/213ft, That was a straight shot and pretty consistent, but without accuracy. 40M/130ft was about where I could land a shot accurately without having to spam a lot of fire. Anything closer than that it was like a laser.
As for the collectors comment, I think the other way, this is a gun that can actually take the real abuse you want to give a rifle, Dive for cover with it and it's not going to snap or bend, Clout a tree running again no problem, Drop it you might chip the plastics but otherwise you will be able to pick it up and keep going with it. It's a rifle you can treat like a rifle, Rather than a rifle that you have to be super careful with all the time. In that regard I think it's worth it's price. Collectors will also want them, but I feel it's a wasted investment as you can look at a pot metal gun on a wall and never know it's virtually unusable.
You'll also notice I'm holding the mag in the pictures. There is a slight defect on the mid caps. There is a void on the front side of the feed assembly that allows the assembly to rotate slightly, It's enough to rotate the BB catch on the mag out of the hop tube. I've since shimmed the mag internally with a few strips of 6x5mm plastic to stop this. The mag feeds perfectly now (the shims went in the front side of the mag, and I made a small block to prevent it been pushed directly down. It's the only part of the gun I think LCT messed up on. But it's a 5 minute fix so no biggie.
