Ive worked with enough G&G's that I refuse to repair them anymore. Every client of mine who previously owned a G&G is in full agreement when I say that those "high profit margin guns and parts" are well worth the cost.
Smart Business practice or not, Experience has told me that any and all chinese parts arnt worth the hassle. Systema for example used to be VERY good when it came to high quality internals. Now the new stuff is made in china, and are plagued with issues. Faulty manufacturing, missing parts, bad tolerances, horrid QC, poor materials.
Ive had 3 Systema Helical gearsets on me fail within 100 rounds, broken tooth (due to bubbles in the metal), shattered gearsets, etc.
BRAND new systema springs that should be shooting 385-395, that are outputting 230fps.
Sorry, but its just not worth the bullshit. Know what your getting, get it done right. I cant afford to sit there and do twice the labour to fuck with clients guns because the parts are questionable. I will only handle good quality stuff, so far 100% of my clients agree.
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BUT, I appreciate the flaming and closed-mindedness, we need more people like you to keep the mainstream public FAR away from this wonderful sport Hell, you might as well save yourself the breath from saying "I told you so!" and just point and laugh like Nelson from the simpsons... That'll boost your maturity!
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Buddy... Im not flaming. Im making a point, trying to help you by guiding you to doing things right... If you cant take the critisizm, dont come posting onto a forum.
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I'll apologize immediately for the sarcasm, but honestly not everyone just getting into it has thousands of $$$ on hand to buy a gun, not to mention gear, travel expenses, ammo, upgrades, maintanence, field fees ($130 for claybank!), secondary guns, extra batteries, mags, etc, etc.... However, if your one of the lucky ones who can, you could buy me an SRC G36E heavy support variant, and you'll never have to say "I told you so!" to me again
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Airsoft is an expensive sport. Definately.
I personally do think however, that its well worth the cost to pay an additional 150-200$ and get a CA or TM. The costs in parts for repairs is well over the cost youll pay to get a good gun to begin with.
And SRC is pretty much on par with G&G. that 500 bucks is better spent on a CA or TM.
My personal experiene with SRC is a nightmare. My first gun was an SRC M4. Part after part failed incrementally untill nothing was left that was SRC. I scrapped that gun. Personally wont ever touch SRC again.
Also for the most part, these G&G and new SRC's are new to the market, they have no imperical data on reliability. Only what they "appear" to be at first glance. TM's have been on the market for dozens of years. They are KNOWN for their reliability. In addition, most of these reviews are done by new players, with very little experience or knowledge when it comes to airsoft guns. I find very little evidence from qualified gun docs to prove otherwise. I guess it doesnt help as well that the ones pushing these G&G's and SRC's are the retailers that are selling em. IMO that is extremely biased, and does not hold an ounce of credibility. This is one of the reasons I respect retailers such as BB Bastard so much. The community tests his products, and he takes every precaution to ensure that he does not interfere or bias the community reviews in any way.