Best GBB under £400

[samjay]

thanks think im going to get a Tokyo Marui AKX or the akm, but still not sure to wait and buy one used with mags or buy new and wait till i can get more mags 

Edited 12 hours ago by samjay

[Lyndication]

I'd wait for used, they come up pretty often and they don't tend to have huge issues unless someone has "upgraded" it with loads of aftermarket junk.

[Galvatron]

7 hours ago, samjay said:

i have decided i want ak platform rifle but still looking, are EBB any good. 

 

I hate to say it but it depends as EBB isn't universal. I've used NGRS in AKs and M4s/416s and I was very fond of it though GBBR puts a bigger smile on my face.

 

There is EBB in different flavours by other brands and some are less efficient and even risk damaging the gearbox over prolonged use compared to AEGs without EBB - some people disable mock bolt-based EBB for the sake of preserving their AEG.

[Gunboat Diplomat]

7 hours ago, Galvatron said:

I've used NGRS

 

At the risk of derailing the OPs thread, how do they compare to GBBRs?  I'm a recent GBBR convert, to the extent that my previously entirely satisfactory AEG no longer interests me, despite its obvious benefits in the cold.

 

I know an EBB is never going to match a gas powered BCG, but are the NGRS options good enough to make it feel less like an AEG and more like a GBBR?

[Lyndication]

IME they still felt like an AEG to shoot and the mechanism was just another thing to break. They still make AEG noises.

 

It's like, slightly better to shoot but it doesn't feel like recoil at all. It feels like someone taped a rampant rabbit to your receiver.

[Daveoc33]

The recoil on my bolt m16a4 is very good imo. Much stronger than an ngrs and quite similar to an mws. I do worry how long before it'll break itself though.