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I am thinking on buying this gun.

Is it good?

Is it reliable?

Overall should i get it?

 
Hands down one of the best airsoft pistols money can buy. The reliability of the TM G17 with a fun switch - the only thing to look out for is the front post breaking after around 10k shots if you use full auto and green gas a lot, but this can be remedied with a Guarder Nylon frame. Highly customisable with Guarder making a lot of weird and wonderful slides for them, and a large following online with quite accessible spares and replacements.

Uses standard TM or WE Glock magazines so very easy to get hold of, and has an insane rate of fire on auto for a pistol - around 20-30rps (depending on gas/recoil spring etc.). Mostly used in semi though, but worth the extra £30 just for that capability to dump a magazine in around a second.

You should absolutely buy one - I know I've bought 3 now over the years. I think the only reason we don't see more is they're less available these days as TM seem to only do limited runs. Also the G17 competes more directly with the WE offerings in the UK, whereas the G18C is kinda seen as being a bit pricey. Additionally, some people are turned off by a plastic slide but I won't be the only one to tell you that with a TM it really doesn't matter. Again, if you have about an £150 spare you can get it reliably shooting with a 7075 aluminium slide, 150% recoil spring and Nylon frame so there's that too.

 
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proffrink said:
Hands down one of the best airsoft pistols money can buy. The reliability of the TM G17 with a fun switch - the only thing to look out for is the front post breaking after around 10k shots if you use full auto and green gas a lot, but this can be remedied with a Guarder Nylon frame. Highly customisable with Guarder making a lot of weird and wonderful slides for them, and a large following online with quite accessible spares and replacements.

Uses standard TM or WE Glock magazines so very easy to get hold of, and has an insane rate of fire on auto for a pistol - around 20-30rps (depending on gas/recoil spring etc.). Mostly used in semi though, but worth the extra £30 just for that capability to dump a magazine in round a second.

You should absolutely buy one. I know I've bought 3 now over the years. I think the only reason we don't see more is they're less available these days as TM seem to only do limited runs. Also the G17 competes more directly with the WE offerings in the UK, whereas the G18C is kinda seen as being a bit pricey. Also some people are turned off by a plastic slide, but I won't be the only one to tell you that with a TM it really doesn't matter. Again, if you have about £150 spare you can get it reliably shooting with a 7075 aluminium slide, recoil spring and Nylon frame so there's that too.
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Thanks!

I will most likely be picking one up for my next milsim ;)

So what upgrades do you reccomend on it? (So far you said the 7075 aluminium slide,nylon frame)..

 
And why do you recommend the recoil spring apart from the facts that it is badass?

 
To get it cycling a little more snappily when used with a metal slide. I won't be spoonfeeding you upgrades though because it's 1. in a lot of areas it gets quite subjective and; 2. the information is very much available on Google.

This is a good bible though: http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthread.php?t=140496

 
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This is why you use the URL shortener, Trigger :)

 
The TM G18c GBB Pistol is an excellent gun, as has already been said.

There are plenty of upgrades available for it, from a wide variety of brands.

Did you have any sort of performance increases in mind that you'd like to see from your upgrades?

 
When it generates the link you can ask to 'shorten' it (which obfuscates the URL). Less obvious that it's from LMGTFY.

 
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Samwise said:
The TM G18c GBB Pistol is an excellent gun, as has already been said.

There are plenty of upgrades available for it, from a wide variety of brands.

Did you have any sort of performance increases in mind that you'd like to see from your upgrades?
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Yes I do, mainly just a higher fps and better accuracy/range..

 
You need to run it on NUPROL Black 4.0 gas that would increase range, if you fit a 6.01mm barrel it'll help your full auto shot-shot accuracy too, don't forget to use heavy weight NUPROL BBs too as they will resist leaving the barrel longer building up pressure behind each shot, preferably tested on full auto on a really hot summers day after soaking the BBs overnight in water to wash the residue off them.

 
PT247 said:
You need to run it on NUPROL Black 4.0 gas that would increase range, if you fit a 6.01mm barrel it'll help your full auto shot-shot accuracy too, don't forget to use heavy weight NUPROL BBs too as they will resist leaving the barrel longer building up pressure behind each shot, preferably tested on full auto on a really hot summers day after soaking the BBs overnight in water to wash the residue off them.
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Sage advice if ever I heard it.
 
Only applicable to those that want more than others say is good advice!

 
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