Ok Internals Review Time.
Taking the rifle apart is pretty easy. Just a bunch of screws and it falls away from the lower receiver quite easily.
On the rifle is split you can then see the trigger box and the feed tube for the bbs.
Feed tube.
Trigger box.
The trigger box doesnt look to be like any other VSR 10 trigger box. I havent seen many so maybe some one can correct me.
Its made out of a decent type of metal but is probably just pot metal. It looks like is has a 90degree seer which is great. I couldnt get the trigger box off of the cylinder chamber even after removing a lot of screws. So maybe I missed something there...
The trigger itself is made from a different metal to the trigger box though. Much nicer and sturdier. I changed out the stock spring for an Element M145 ST spring. It was extremely stiff so I had my doubts....and rightly so. After I pulled the bolt back and locked it into place it came off of the sear. Not broken but just pulled over the top it I guess. A Steel seer might solve this.
Next up the Cylinder.
Cylinder head.
This looks to be made quite well with a nice o-ring on it. No air leaks as well so thats good.
Plastic Spring Guide.
Plastic spring guide.......not much to be said about it. Feels very sturdy and strong. Will replace this with a metal bearing one.
Plastic Piston.
This piston reminds me of the one I had in my WELL L96. I thought VSR 10 pistons were a lot small than this? Its made of strong plastic, same as the spring guide I assume. The O-Ring is pretty good and fit tightly in the cylinder. No need for stretching or any thing.
I'll probably add a sorbothane pad to it to quieten it down a bit.
Spring.
Decent spring I guess. Was a lot shorter than the Element spring I tried.
Cylinder.
Seems a bit cheap to be honest. Very thin wall thickness. I would replace it.
After wondering why the bolt needed so much effort to push forward I think I found the reason why...
There was some serious pitting and bad moulding on the inside of the upper receiver. Maybe mine is a lemon but I had to use some 1000 grit sandpaper to sand it down. Its now a lot easier to cycle the bolt. Was a bit disappointed with that.
Onto the hop up and barrel.
The hop up chamber is made from pot metal.
The hop up arm is a nice thick plastic and wont break at all. The nub though is s super soft silicone one that deforms even if you just look at it. The same crappy see through rubber that my hop up rubber was made from in my old ARES M4 FF.
The Hop up rubber itself though looks pretty decent! It looks Identical to the RA TECH hop up rubber for WE GBB's. Its a nice thick but supple rubber. Doesnt feel cheap at all. Has a normal AEG style nub inside.
I changed out the hop up rubber to an A+ rubber for VSR as well as changing the nub to one made from the back of a bic pen. I have had great success with this nub in my WE Scar GBB so want to try it out in this rifle. Its very hard and doesn't deform.
Overall Im still very happy with this gun and what I paid for it. Due to some of he imperfections and poor quality of some parts I have changed my rating to a 7/10.
If there is any thing I have missed please let me know.