AK47frizzle
Members
- Apr 5, 2013
- 1,453
- 468
Just thought I may as well open a thread.
Black Viper, a low end airsoft company, stepped up and created the first AK12 replica.
Sounds awesome eh? You'd think they'd sparkle it up with a metal hop up chamber and metal gearbox and jack up the price, but no.
The very... first... mouth-watering AK12... is....
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
An LPEG.
They fucked up
And here it is: Da Akemtwelvez
Luckily though, it's clear plastic, so it doesn't look too bad like fuck-off JBBG orange and bright ass airsoftworld green, and, i can also do some analysis on the internals.
So far, it's defo a full V3 gearbox inside - that is plastic - which means that you can transplant a metal one in. Hop up chamber looks normal but, there's a weird thing extending out the back of it... which may indicate that it is proprietary OR it may just be the lever setting the hop up on.
I cannot see a metal barrel inside; it may just be the clear plastic covering it but if it is a plastic barrel, then... that's retarded.
Everything else looks fine but looking at a real steel AK12, apparently, the dust cover flips up and pivots inbetween the first and second top rail. It looks like the BV AK12 can do that but i have doubts about that, so accessing the gearbox may not be possible.
At £70, it's defo not bad for the price but, is it worth buying and switching all the parts?
In the end, it's still the first AK12 and has defo set the benchmark VERY VERY LOW.
I wonder which company will make the next one.
I'm still tempted.
Black Viper, a low end airsoft company, stepped up and created the first AK12 replica.
Sounds awesome eh? You'd think they'd sparkle it up with a metal hop up chamber and metal gearbox and jack up the price, but no.
The very... first... mouth-watering AK12... is....
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
An LPEG.
They fucked up
And here it is: Da Akemtwelvez
Luckily though, it's clear plastic, so it doesn't look too bad like fuck-off JBBG orange and bright ass airsoftworld green, and, i can also do some analysis on the internals.
So far, it's defo a full V3 gearbox inside - that is plastic - which means that you can transplant a metal one in. Hop up chamber looks normal but, there's a weird thing extending out the back of it... which may indicate that it is proprietary OR it may just be the lever setting the hop up on.
I cannot see a metal barrel inside; it may just be the clear plastic covering it but if it is a plastic barrel, then... that's retarded.
Everything else looks fine but looking at a real steel AK12, apparently, the dust cover flips up and pivots inbetween the first and second top rail. It looks like the BV AK12 can do that but i have doubts about that, so accessing the gearbox may not be possible.
At £70, it's defo not bad for the price but, is it worth buying and switching all the parts?
In the end, it's still the first AK12 and has defo set the benchmark VERY VERY LOW.
I wonder which company will make the next one.
I'm still tempted.
