Crunch paid $890, its in the first post somewhere :D

Im more impressed with this then I was with my PTW.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...t/IMG_1291.jpg

Memel somethings wrong with the front of your gun!

Oh boy,
love the NVA load-out!!!!!!!!!!

That's nice to hear. I want to reserve my judgement till I can actually get to try a PTW, but I'd really be surprised if they could surpass this thing, at least externally.

haha, I was wondering how long it would take for you to notice.....btw, it's staying on!!

Porkchop, I hope you can make it to the LZ Woodstock game...you'll have the privilege of eating BBs from several of these Type 56.

Word is there's about 10 people that got Type 56s in the last week or so. Nice to see that I'm not the sole, lonely Real Sword owner anymore. ;)

Starting to see much higher quality and lower costs with chinese and taiwanese airsoft now. I've got a KWA M4, and it's pretty solid. The days of TM being the benchmark are ending.

Well, I don't see Real Sword as fitting in the same category of any common airsoft manufacturer. They're really in a league of their own, up there with Systema, but at almost 1/3 of the price (internals aren't as high tech, but top quality). Take the best AK model on the market, upgrade the bejeezus out of it with metal, wood, etc, and you're looking at a $1200+ gun that doesn't match up with a stock Real Sword.

But I agree. I've had TM, and I have 2 JGs. For the price, I'll take the JGs over the TM any day. Most Chinese manufacturers haven't quite caught up yet, but I believe JG is almost there. If they can tighted up their quality control (which is their only real issue), they will surpass TM in every way.

dude you guys should get rid of those bayonets period.
make a peice of wood that fits on there and finish it to match the gun. make it so that it smoothly fits in the gap in the wood and contoring it to the part its fitting into making it more comfortable to hold

The bayonet is what gives the Type 56 its unique look. Even though it's there for show, I wouldn't get rid of it.

And with the aluminum one in place, it doesn't affect the holding of the gun the way the plastic one does.

it just reminds me of the part that sticks down into the dirt on things like flowers, flags, and stuff you put at peoples graves

Well, with 2 of those words, you got the point of the bayonet "stick" & "grave".

Nice review Crunchmeister and a very nice rifle indeed. Still don't understand why they had to do that bolt move so little, probably to keep the internals from showing too much and maybe compromising the looks of the gun, but anyway a nice gun indeed.
I have the real thing and you're making me take off the steel bayonet and send it to you, that would end your bayonet torment ...:) Anyway, since China has produced millions of this gun, they couldn't miss this one. One of the most successful aspects of an AK is the cheap production cost, fast and easy assembly and production and the simplicity that gives unsurpassed reliability.

lol Well, I have the aluminum bayonet now, so that's ok. :) No more problems here...

I finally got to field this gun today and I was very pleased with its performance. I didn't get any kills with it. Unlike my M15 rifle that shoots about 360 fps with .2s (I was using .25s today), it didn't have the penetration in the thick bush, but its range, accuracy and reliability were outstanding. I still prefer my upgraded M15, but once I get a nice stiff spring into this gun, I'll be pretty torn as to which one to use.