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Originally Posted by zollen
If realistic recoil is the main attraction of GBBRs, surely AEGs could easily simulate that. I have seen (youTube) TM AEG M4's have quite a strong kick too. However I have not seen other companies release any realistic recoil AEGS probably due to the added production cost.
I have another question about GBBR recoil. Can the "strength" of the GBBR recoil adjustable? If they are not adjustable, why not?
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The recoil is from the bolt moving to the rear of the rifle, by the force of gas, to chamber the next round: In the identical fashion to a real rifle.
The recoil could certainly be decreased, by short stroking the bolt... or padding the buffer. But why would you want to do that? It is about 75% the recoil of the real gun. If there was an easy way to increase the recoil, they would do it from factory to make it 1:1 with the real gun's recoil.
Many companies offer heavier buffers in attempt to increase recoil , but I haven't seen any noticeable increase in recoil with the few I've tried.
Recoil isn't adjustable, because it's a fundamental function of the rifle to operate. FPS is adjustable, with an inexpensive modification from a 3rd party, and this is key to play indoors or outdoors without injuring other players.
Also, as an extension to your initial question: Yes, AEG's can simulate blowback and recoil. But at great expense to their mechanical infrastructure. You are trading operational reliability, which is the only reason to stick with AEG's in the first place in my opinion, with an unnecessary secondary function to add faux 'kick'. This makes for a symbiotic relationship with the recoil system and mechbox, where if one goes down, both go down. It's just one more thing to break in the complex mechbox of an AEG.
The WE GBBR, on the otherhand and speaking from experience, are very easy to maintain and to repair. All guns break. Which gun costs more to fix, is up to what kind of gun you have.
Sure, if your tappet plate on the aeg breaks, it's only $10... but unless you're confident at repairing an AEG, you have to pay someone else to do it, and it can take an hour or two to do and get running at 100%.
The WE GBBR, can easily be learned, and is a simple design mimicing the real rifle. If something breaks, repairing it is as easy as stripping the rifle and having a little common sense. That being said, not everyone is mechanically inclined, and such, the easier a gun is to work on, the quicker it will take to fix when you take it to a gun doctor.