The recent heat wave and Marui plastic pistol slides

[TheFull9]

Slide cracked at the rear on my near new 18c earlier this year mid Feb I think so it's not just the hot weather and that's on abbey ultra. Yet my eleven plus years abused Hi Capa refuses to die.

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The 18C is fairly notorious it has to be said; but the Capas are the exact opposite so it defo lines up (well I don't know about the XXXXXtreme auto one.. but the normal ones).

 

[BigAl]

Full‑auto just beats the internals up way faster than semi. When the pistol’s cycling nonstop, any small wear or weak part shows itself pretty quick. Semi gives everything a tiny breather between shots, full‑auto doesn’t, so parts naturally fail sooner. Fun mode comes with a price.

Semi‑auto is always going to be gentler on the internals. Full‑auto is fun, but it’s a wear‑accelerator, and unless the pistol’s actually built for sustained auto fire, you’ll see parts fatigue much sooner.