Couldn’t help myself.

ak2m4 said:
 they don't give any internal pictures of the gearbox, not even an external picture.  It's the most costly part of an AEG
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Can't say I've ever seen any site disassemble a gun for the product pictures. The src g36 is about their best model I'd avoid everything else but then the JG g36 is better and not much different in price.

 
It has all arrived and to be honest it doesn’t look or feel that bad (I don’t know what to watch out for yet but seems okay). 
 

it will be a starting gun which I will learn with and will probably move onto something bigger or better in the future. 
 

I won’t be using it on my first game as already paid for a rental so will use that to get used to it then bring it out at a later date.

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TheNotoriousLoki said:
It has all arrived and to be honest it doesn’t look or feel that bad (I don’t know what to watch out for yet but seems okay). 
 

it will be a starting gun which I will learn with and will probably move onto something bigger or better in the future. 
 

I won’t be using it on my first game as already paid for a rental so will use that to get used to it then bring it out at a later date.
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Great attitude to have - it sounds like you'll be into the hobby for a long time and the vast majority of us here have bought at least 2, if not over 10, RIFs during the life of the hobby. So one bad gun won't be too much of a dent in your wallet.

Having said that if you're not using it for your first game, it's not too late to send it back if you did fancy taking a chance at finding a better RIF. Feel free to ask here for any recommendations either way - whether you return it now, or start looking for a new gun in the future!

 
DrAlexanderTobacco said:
Great attitude to have - it sounds like you'll be into the hobby for a long time and the vast majority of us here have bought at least 2, if not over 10, RIFs during the life of the hobby. So one bad gun won't be too much of a dent in your wallet.

Having said that if you're not using it for your first game, it's not too late to send it back if you did fancy taking a chance at finding a better RIF. Feel free to ask here for any recommendations either way - whether you return it now, or start looking for a new gun in the future!
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I am going to keep the gun, it’s only a first RIF and to be honest if it doesn’t last long I will learn to do some research next time.

I have charged a battery and had a little go on it in the back garden but will probably do some proper plinking soon to set the sights in better.

 
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Yeah TNLoki, return it if you can.  Avoid wasting your money and the grief when it fails during a game day.

If you want M4 style THIS or THIS CYMA will be far better.

 
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My lad was caught out by one of these once.  He waited too long to return it and ended up slinging the thing.  Worst rif and worse customer 'service' he ever encountered.   

I wish that he had had the advice that you have received.  Return the thing and buy a G&G Combat Machine or CYMA.  

 
I am going to keep the gun and use it as a back yard plinking gun.

my fiancé is going to buy me a gun for Xmas so we are going to sit down later and see what we can get. 

 
There is nothing wrong with that Bulldog rifle, It's an SRC which, whilst not the best rifle you could have gotten for the money, is still skirmishable. It has a metal gearbox. A couple of upgrades, like the hop rubber and a better battery and I am sure it will be fine. It could brick itself, but then again most rifles brick themselves. 

 
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Asomodai said:
There is nothing wrong with that Bulldog rifle, It's an SRC which, whilst not the best rifle you could have gotten for the money, is still skirmishable. It is a metal gearbox. A couple of upgrades, like the hop rubber and a better battery and I am sure it will be fine. It could brick itself, but then again most rifles brick themselves. 
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Where would be the best place to look for a better rubber upgrade? 

 
RostokMcSpoons said:
Actually you can buy hop rubbers off eBay...  like this... complete with Omega nub
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322773517760?hash=item4b26cd05c0:g:nxwAAOSw-31adg5J

(disclaimer: I don't know whether this particular one is good for your gun but it's what I've been recommended for my M4)
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Yup, that's the fellow.  I'd suggest 50 degree + nub, although 60 will work as well.

Hey, that's @ak2m4 - great seller, his shop is at https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/internal-parts/hop-up-buckings-nubs.

Personally I'm not a huge fan of the omega nubs, but many people are.  Just a shame that he's out of stock of the cheaper soft Gear Parts knock off, although the hard would probably work as well as anything in airsoft does.

And you don't have to change anything, just clean out the barrel, and ideally the stock hop rubber too - hopefully the Bulldog will come with a cleaning rod.

Feed it 0.28g BBs if it will hop them (I'd hope so, and it almost certainly will if you put a Maple Leaf rubber in), or 0.25g at a pinch, and enjoy it for what it is.

As @Asomodai notes, it's a fairly generic M4 and anything in it that does break can be sorted or replaced.

 
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Where would be the best place to look for a better rubber upgrade? 
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Might as well get a quality barrel at the same time as you'll be mucking around that area anyway. A ZCI/AOLS 300mm would be a good start. AK2M4 have both. 

I find that the 50 degree softer buckings just don't work as well as the 60 degree ones and will match better with the genuine Omega nub in terms of hardness.

Maple Leaf MR Hop Bucking 60 For AEG (Rubber) (ak2m4.co.uk)

Omega Nub (Maple Leaf) (ak2m4.co.uk)

ZCI AEG Inner Barrel (300mm) (ak2m4.co.uk)

 
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Although I'd again urge you to just get out and play with it and find out its baseline performance before dropping anything in it.

That said: oh, frabjous day!  ZCI plastic rotary hop units are back in stock!

https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/internal-parts/hop-up-chambers/zci-rotary-hopup-chamber-plastic-m4

If you do stick with the Bulldog and want to upgrade it, I'd go with the full set of ZCI hop unit, ZCI or AOLS barrel, and Maple Leaf rubber and nub.  That means you can put them together as a whole new unit, and if it turns out that you've got anything wrong and it's shooting weirdly on site, it's the work of a few minutes to swap the original hop+barrel back in.

If you do change the barrel, I'd measure it first, the 300mm above is suggestive.  I'd guess that yours looks more like 247mm or 229mm.

 
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The ones I have seen fail have suffered from poor trigger contacts, feeding issues and inoperative hops.  ZCI rotary may fix the second two for less than a tenner.  

Getting a reliable trigger may just be a case of soldering a better connection.  

Good luck if the OP keeps it, hope you get lucky.  

 
The way the receiver is put together it's really not worth upgrading you might as well mount the innards in a kinder egg.

 
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