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Originally Posted by whyte_knite
I'm greatly intersted in the M14, but I'm wondering if its better to go with TM or CA? I'm noticing that the TM is 100 bucks more yet the CA has more real steel parts. Just onwdering on any opinions out there?
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The CA M14 has no real steel parts. Real steel refers to a real M14 that fires 7.62x51mm/.308 rounds, not 6mm BB's. TM, CA, and G&G are all "full metal" AEG's in that everything that is metal (steel) on the real steel M14 is metal (usually potmetal) on the airsoft version.
TM are known rock solid guns, G&G have a mechbox like a brick and are known for crappy shimming and lube out of the box so they need to be redone, and CA are supposedly a hybrid of the two, might be a good middle ground but there aren't that many reviews yet since their still fairly new. A team mate of mine has been using a stock first gen G&G M14 (not relubed/shimmed yet) and the accuracy and range is incredibly. At 320-330fps he can outrange an M16/AK/G36/etc. shooting 400fps even if they have a similar barrel length. I also have a G&G M14 but because of said wiring problem I haven't used it yet.
There are some other difference. TM M14 has a 480mm barrel I believe, G&G is 520mm and its a 6.04mm tightbore out of the box. G&G can take mostly ver.2/3 internal parts but have a couple proprietary, TM have all ver.7 specific parts but there are far more aftermarket parts and accessories for them.