RussHampson
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Here's a quick review of my G-13.
Picture is not mine.
So, I picked up one of the Specna Arms G36's with the intention of turning it into an MG36 eventually, here are my thoughts on it.
The gun is almost identical to my S&T G36 asides a few quality points; the body seems more sturdy, the pins feel less flimsy and the actual gearbox mechanism feels less cheap.
The replica looks great (duh, it's a G36), fits together easily and is super quick to strip down. I had a new spring and bucking in the rifle in under 10 minutes.
A few points that could be improved:
- S&T/Ares/Umarex G36's don't have the best feed. This was something I'd hoped would be fixed with the Specna version, but unfortunately not. I still get the odd double feed on full auto.
- It uses the annoying older hop unit like on the S&T models, which is proprietary to this series. JG/TM hops are not compatible, and as such, there are no options for upgrades here.
- The alignment of the barrel was slightly off.
Now, it sounds like I'm panning the gun; I'm not.
One thing I will pan though is the dual scope/red dot setup.
Put simply, it's shoddy.
There isn't enough adjustment in either of them. Due to the cheap build of the sight unit, if you need to zero your sights to the right, you're done for.
I'm currently modifying both the scope and red dot so that they can move further to be adjusted effectively.
The scope is quite an easy fix; there is a rubber grommet that sits around the muzzle end of the scope, this can be removed to allow for more movement. If you want details on this, let me know.
The red dot sight is another beast entirely. This is 100% the cheapest part of the gun. Badly put together, badly moulded and completely unserviceable without basically pulling the whole unit apart and almost starting from scratch. I have literally no idea how this part was put together in the factory.
I'll be working on fixing this part for a while I suspect.
I'm tempted to cut it in half and rebuild it altogether.
Now, don't get me wrong, there is a LOT of gun here for the price (I think I paid about £126 from Gunfire).
It shoots (relatively) well, the RoF is decent on a 7.4, FPS is consistent, even the proprietary hop unit isn't bad.
I'd happily pay more for the sight to be better quality though.
If anyone has any questions about the gun, feel free to ask.
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Picture is not mine.
So, I picked up one of the Specna Arms G36's with the intention of turning it into an MG36 eventually, here are my thoughts on it.
The gun is almost identical to my S&T G36 asides a few quality points; the body seems more sturdy, the pins feel less flimsy and the actual gearbox mechanism feels less cheap.
The replica looks great (duh, it's a G36), fits together easily and is super quick to strip down. I had a new spring and bucking in the rifle in under 10 minutes.
A few points that could be improved:
- S&T/Ares/Umarex G36's don't have the best feed. This was something I'd hoped would be fixed with the Specna version, but unfortunately not. I still get the odd double feed on full auto.
- It uses the annoying older hop unit like on the S&T models, which is proprietary to this series. JG/TM hops are not compatible, and as such, there are no options for upgrades here.
- The alignment of the barrel was slightly off.
Now, it sounds like I'm panning the gun; I'm not.
One thing I will pan though is the dual scope/red dot setup.
Put simply, it's shoddy.
There isn't enough adjustment in either of them. Due to the cheap build of the sight unit, if you need to zero your sights to the right, you're done for.
I'm currently modifying both the scope and red dot so that they can move further to be adjusted effectively.
The scope is quite an easy fix; there is a rubber grommet that sits around the muzzle end of the scope, this can be removed to allow for more movement. If you want details on this, let me know.
The red dot sight is another beast entirely. This is 100% the cheapest part of the gun. Badly put together, badly moulded and completely unserviceable without basically pulling the whole unit apart and almost starting from scratch. I have literally no idea how this part was put together in the factory.
I'll be working on fixing this part for a while I suspect.
I'm tempted to cut it in half and rebuild it altogether.
Now, don't get me wrong, there is a LOT of gun here for the price (I think I paid about £126 from Gunfire).
It shoots (relatively) well, the RoF is decent on a 7.4, FPS is consistent, even the proprietary hop unit isn't bad.
I'd happily pay more for the sight to be better quality though.
If anyone has any questions about the gun, feel free to ask.
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