Tips and suggestions on L85

[Guest HalfAsian_gunner]

Hello,

I am looking for a good L85 (SA80) on buying since I am a fan of the bristish standard rifle. 

My price range is £100 minimum and around £150 maximum. 

I am fairly busy most the time so I apologise in advance for late reply's. 

[Crossy]

The ICS L85 is a good shout is you want a good solid rifle. It's still a bit on the expensive side however. 

 

I have the G&G L85A2 with ETU and Mossfet, cost around £420, but it's brilliant! although I will note some downsides that I have found using it for the last few months. 

1: It's heavy! - its a full metal replica and weighs a good 5kg. with a daniel defence rail and a scope it soon adds up, and when your playing airsoft all day in the heat, or rain it does do a number on your arms (well depends how strong you are, but it's still a heavy gun to use for the whole day)

2: Blowback - its great... when it works. mines broken  3 times in the last 4 games, it simply comes off it's rail, which means you've got to open it up again, re attach it and make sure the worlds smallest alan key screw is tight. It's a pain in the ass tbh. But it's wicked when it works. 

3: get a sling - It's a long ol barrel, so if you do get one, make sure to get a 2 or even 3 point sling. 1 pointers aint going to cut it and the gun will either whack you in the nuts or knees... 5kg to the nuts when running isn't fun.

4: it's expensive - for the price you could pick up a second hand HPA M4. 

5: wiring - if you get the daniel defence rail (which looks awesome) you wont be able to put your 11.1 lipos in the rail anymore as there simply isn't enough room. You'll have to take it to a tech and get them to extend the wiring a few cm and use a dummy PEQ box. thats the best way of doing it I think, unless there's any super small/thin batteries out there.

 

Dont get me wrong, I love my L85 because it's the real deal, it looks great, performs great (bar the blowback occasionally) and sounds great too. Get one of these, go to a military surplus shop and you'll be roleplaying as a British soldier in no time. Would recommend the G&G even though I just slated it's flaws, its a great gun and in a crowd of M4's it really stands out. If you could save up and afford one i'd go G&G, if you're not fussed about blowback, go for the ICS - still a brilliant gun but hasn't got the blowback and is a bit more barebones, but works faultlessly. Check out EnglishKiwi on youtube, he also has a great guide on this topic. https://youtu.be/HxRpRZzliRI

[Asomodai]

On 26/06/2022 at 16:33, HalfAsian_gunner said:

Hello,

I am looking for a good L85 (SA80) on buying since I am a fan of the bristish standard rifle. 

My price range is £100 minimum and around £150 maximum. 

I am fairly busy most the time so I apologise in advance for late reply's. 

 

Good and £150 do not go together especially when it comes to the Airsoft L85's. 

 

Many will tell you that there are no really good L85's as they all have quirks. 

 

For your budget you might get lucky and get a second hand Army Armament one. Which has many many problems, a difficult takedown, proprietary parts and needs looking at out of the box.  

 

The ICS is Ok (£340+), but suffers from very weak cutoff levers, semi issues and anaemic out of box performance.

 

The Ares is pretty poor, a really difficult takedown. People generally don't recommend it. (£350+)

 

The G&G with ETU is.. ok. (£400+) though the ETU is quite bad and needs switching out to a PERUN. The blowback feature is very weak in effect and reliability. 

 

Either way, if you want "Good (But not good)" in an L85 you need to spend 350+ as well as additional money for some upgrades and quality of life service. 

Edited June 27, 2022 by Asomodai

[Guest HalfAsian_gunner]

12 hours ago, Asomodai said:

 

Good and £150 do not go together especially when it comes to the Airsoft L85's. 

 

Many will tell you that there are no really good L85's as they all have quirks. 

 

For your budget you might get lucky and get a second hand Army Armament one. Which has many many problems, a difficult takedown, proprietary parts and needs looking at out of the box.  

 

The ICS is Ok (£340+), but suffers from very weak cutoff levers, semi issues and anaemic out of box performance.

 

The Ares is pretty poor, a really difficult takedown. People generally don't recommend it. (£350+)

 

The G&G with ETU is.. ok. (£400+) though the ETU is quite bad and needs switching out to a PERUN. The blowback feature is very weak in effect and reliability. 

 

Either way, if you want "Good (But not good)" in an L85 you need to spend 350+ as well as additional money for some upgrades and quality of life service. 

Thank you!

I have a few questions.

 

1. with the army armament L85, what sort of problems does it have?

 

2. Which company (in your opinion) makes good quality L85's that doesn't have that many issues?

 

 

13 hours ago, Crossy said:

The ICS L85 is a good shout is you want a good solid rifle. It's still a bit on the expensive side however. 

 

I have the G&G L85A2 with ETU and Mossfet, cost around £420, but it's brilliant! although I will note some downsides that I have found using it for the last few months. 

1: It's heavy! - its a full metal replica and weighs a good 5kg. with a daniel defence rail and a scope it soon adds up, and when your playing airsoft all day in the heat, or rain it does do a number on your arms (well depends how strong you are, but it's still a heavy gun to use for the whole day)

2: Blowback - its great... when it works. mines broken  3 times in the last 4 games, it simply comes off it's rail, which means you've got to open it up again, re attach it and make sure the worlds smallest alan key screw is tight. It's a pain in the ass tbh. But it's wicked when it works. 

3: get a sling - It's a long ol barrel, so if you do get one, make sure to get a 2 or even 3 point sling. 1 pointers aint going to cut it and the gun will either whack you in the nuts or knees... 5kg to the nuts when running isn't fun.

4: it's expensive - for the price you could pick up a second hand HPA M4. 

5: wiring - if you get the daniel defence rail (which looks awesome) you wont be able to put your 11.1 lipos in the rail anymore as there simply isn't enough room. You'll have to take it to a tech and get them to extend the wiring a few cm and use a dummy PEQ box. thats the best way of doing it I think, unless there's any super small/thin batteries out there.

 

Dont get me wrong, I love my L85 because it's the real deal, it looks great, performs great (bar the blowback occasionally) and sounds great too. Get one of these, go to a military surplus shop and you'll be roleplaying as a British soldier in no time. Would recommend the G&G even though I just slated it's flaws, its a great gun and in a crowd of M4's it really stands out. If you could save up and afford one i'd go G&G, if you're not fussed about blowback, go for the ICS - still a brilliant gun but hasn't got the blowback and is a bit more barebones, but works faultlessly. Check out EnglishKiwi on youtube, he also has a great guide on this topic. https://youtu.be/HxRpRZzliRI

Thank you!

 

I'll have a browse for G&G L85's.