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First off, I should say that I bought mine used, so some of the problems may be because of how the previous owner treated it, but this is my experience with this gun.
Gun Name and maker: Wei-Tech Hi-Capa 5.1 Silver Dragon
FPS: Couldn't get a straight answer on this, I don't have a chrono but somewhere around 300. Probably.
Hop up: I've not needed to change mine but you need to disassemble the whole gun to get to it.
Mag Capacity:25 31
Battery: Nope
Plastic/Metal/Both: Metal
Pros:
Cons:
For some reason is front sight isn't attached to the rest of the slide. This is the source of it's biggest problem. It's held in place by one screw which needs an allen key on the bottom which EASILY rattles out, making the front really loose and compromising your ability to aim. And if the screw comes all the way out, the front is going to fall off and you're going to lose the screw. No one wants to be firing away and suddenly it falls apart in your hands, or wants to have to stop, pull out your bloody allen key and tighten it every half mag. I had to put tape over the screw just to stop it falling out. That's horrible design right there. If it buggers up on the field you're better off just stashing it away rather than trying to fix it mid-game because it will take a while and you'll have to get your allen key out and everything, it's a massive faff.
My personal opinion of GBB pistols (Pistols in general, for that matter) is that they're not very practical in many, if any situations and you're almost always better off using your primary. For that reason I think they're more for show. They look cool and they're great to have, fun to play with but not to skirmish. Good for impressing your friends butnot all that much else.
So to sum up, it looks and feels absolutely brilliant, but it's design is bad and it's rather lacking in every other aspect. There's a good chance I would never even pull this out of my holster unless I'm completely out of ammo for my primary, which is unlikely because I use hi-cap mags and carry extra BBs just in case. It's not that expensive though, so you might like to get one if you're looking for a show piece, but if you're looking for something that's great to actually use, you might want to look elsewhere.
I'd give this gun a 3/5 or a 6/10 because it does what I personally want a pistol to do, but ultimately it fails in it's practicality.
Gun Name and maker: Wei-Tech Hi-Capa 5.1 Silver Dragon
FPS: Couldn't get a straight answer on this, I don't have a chrono but somewhere around 300. Probably.
Hop up: I've not needed to change mine but you need to disassemble the whole gun to get to it.
Mag Capacity:
Battery: Nope
Plastic/Metal/Both: Metal
Pros:
- It looks brilliant, I saw this gun lined up with a bunch of other pistols and this one immediately caught my eye and kept it. I wanted it.
- It's very weighty, it feels great to hold.
- Hard kick. Again, it feels great.
- Accuracy seems to be pretty good.
- It's got a rail.
Cons:
- Crappy gas efficiency. Needs refilling after almost every mag.
- BBs have a tendency to not fire and just fall out the front instead. I've read some other reviews and it seems to be a somewhat common problem.
- The magazine is incredibly hard to load, the spring is SO STIFF it hurt my fingers just holding it down to get the BBs in.
- The big one... the stupid front sight. Let me show you;
For some reason is front sight isn't attached to the rest of the slide. This is the source of it's biggest problem. It's held in place by one screw which needs an allen key on the bottom which EASILY rattles out, making the front really loose and compromising your ability to aim. And if the screw comes all the way out, the front is going to fall off and you're going to lose the screw. No one wants to be firing away and suddenly it falls apart in your hands, or wants to have to stop, pull out your bloody allen key and tighten it every half mag. I had to put tape over the screw just to stop it falling out. That's horrible design right there. If it buggers up on the field you're better off just stashing it away rather than trying to fix it mid-game because it will take a while and you'll have to get your allen key out and everything, it's a massive faff.
My personal opinion of GBB pistols (Pistols in general, for that matter) is that they're not very practical in many, if any situations and you're almost always better off using your primary. For that reason I think they're more for show. They look cool and they're great to have, fun to play with but not to skirmish. Good for impressing your friends butnot all that much else.
So to sum up, it looks and feels absolutely brilliant, but it's design is bad and it's rather lacking in every other aspect. There's a good chance I would never even pull this out of my holster unless I'm completely out of ammo for my primary, which is unlikely because I use hi-cap mags and carry extra BBs just in case. It's not that expensive though, so you might like to get one if you're looking for a show piece, but if you're looking for something that's great to actually use, you might want to look elsewhere.
I'd give this gun a 3/5 or a 6/10 because it does what I personally want a pistol to do, but ultimately it fails in it's practicality.
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