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Mysteryfish · February 25th, 2007, 15:39

There are plenty of reasons the quality isn't going to be the same.

For starters, the cost is definitely not all on the externals. The internals in most of the "chinasoft" guns aren't up to the standard set by companies like Tokyo Marui, especially in terms of consistency.

As for "outshooting" the Marui VSR-10, it's a pretty subjective statement. Power isn't everything. Raw velocity isn't fun if your BB's fly haywire, or if you only get half the life-span out of the gun. Generally speaking...

That cliche "you get what you pay for" exists for a reason.

Granted, we pay more in Canada for airsoft than it's really worth, but it's all relative, and the relatively cheap ones are (as a rule) relatively not as good.

You could get the best copy ever. It could be twice as good as the Marui.

But you probably stand a greater chance of getting a lemon with the "copycat" companies than you do with the more expensive companies.

Put it this way. A Tokyo Marui VSR-10 rarely has a problem out of the box that isn't caused by the person who bought it.

Where you'll save money buying a copy, it's way more likely than a Marui that a sear will fracture, or some flaw in the trigger mechanism causes it to wobble and then it breaks because the casting was garbage. Or what have you. When you copy something, you aren't going to be able to make it the same as the original, without duplicating everything from the original plans.

Chances are, the china-soft companies don't run the same shop as Marui at a fraction of the price. That's not usually how it works.

The logic is that you can take the risk, and spend less money but probably wind up paying the same value in TIME that you'd save by just buying the good ones. Personally, I hate waiting to get something fixed that I could have avoided in the first place.

Some people don't mind though.

February 25th, 2007, 15:39	#6
Mysteryfish Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Vancouver, B.C.	There are plenty of reasons the quality isn't going to be the same. For starters, the cost is definitely not all on the externals. The internals in most of the "chinasoft" guns aren't up to the standard set by companies like Tokyo Marui, especially in terms of consistency. As for "outshooting" the Marui VSR-10, it's a pretty subjective statement. Power isn't everything. Raw velocity isn't fun if your BB's fly haywire, or if you only get half the life-span out of the gun. Generally speaking... That cliche "you get what you pay for" exists for a reason. Granted, we pay more in Canada for airsoft than it's really worth, but it's all relative, and the relatively cheap ones are (as a rule) relatively not as good. You could get the best copy ever. It could be twice as good as the Marui. But you probably stand a greater chance of getting a lemon with the "copycat" companies than you do with the more expensive companies. Put it this way. A Tokyo Marui VSR-10 rarely has a problem out of the box that isn't caused by the person who bought it. Where you'll save money buying a copy, it's way more likely than a Marui that a sear will fracture, or some flaw in the trigger mechanism causes it to wobble and then it breaks because the casting was garbage. Or what have you. When you copy something, you aren't going to be able to make it the same as the original, without duplicating everything from the original plans. Chances are, the china-soft companies don't run the same shop as Marui at a fraction of the price. That's not usually how it works. The logic is that you can take the risk, and spend less money but probably wind up paying the same value in TIME that you'd save by just buying the good ones. Personally, I hate waiting to get something fixed that I could have avoided in the first place. Some people don't mind though.