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It will be difficult to get a surface finish as bright as that receiver. The one used in that build is a plated finish.
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Also, on another note, How are Guarder slides and outer barrels? Are they that much worse then the Shooters design alternatives? They are almost half the price! Any other suggestions on brands of slides/barrels?
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A lot worse. The fit, finish, quality and engineering can't even be compared. It's like apples to oranges. You get what you pay for. If you do get Guarder, prepare to perform destructive modifications to the blowback unit, and expect to do some filing to (maybe) get the outer barrel to function properly.
Shooters Design is a much better option.
ILLusion Kinetics / Airsoft Surgeon / Davidson Customs / Creation all come out of the same factory, and if you get newer versions, they are better than Shooters Design for only a little bit more money. Depending on your source for this product, you may get yourself a very old version of these slides, which do not function well (and in the case of generation 1 slides, are a waste of money.) Davidson Custom is known for distributing generation 1 and generation 2 slides out to re-distributors and end users, whereas Creation and ILLusion Kinetics are on generations 4 and 5 versions of the same product. Airsoft Surgeon has just recently started distributing generation 5, after clearing out all their generation 1 & 2 slides.