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I have had this gun for 6 months now, so it's fair to say I know a bit about the pitfalls of ownership.
I am not going to start on about the real steel history, because its not that type of review and we all know how to use google.
What I am going to do is give you an honest opinion on the up and downs of ownership, hopefully so that you can make an informed choice should you ever feel the M14 itch like I did.
The was my second ever RIF, I got it after 4 months of skirmishing because a wanted a DMR style rifle, I always loved M14s and the EBR looked the best.
What I didn't realise was that calling a rifle a DMR does not make it a DMR! And that it's a lot more involved than that.
The bad;
It's a pain to put the battery in or take it out. You have 6 Allen head screws to undo and put back in, this gets old very quickly.
The hop, it's a brilliant hop, it's ultra stable and so easy to adjust. So why is this in the bad section? Because this rifles hop was blatantly designed for a much stronger spring and it will over hop all weights of BBs by default (even when turned off)
I had to mod the hop by shaving the hop pillow down by quite a bit, If you have to do this with a stock rifle that fires 330 fps something is wrong.
It weighs a lot, with a scope and ammo it comes In at just shy of 6kg, that doesn't seem a lot, but after 4 hours of running around it adds up.
The motor mounting brackets, they are made of cheap pot metal, they are thin and they'll break very easily. This is a clear design flaw. If you do break them would need to get the part number and mail G&G, they'll charge you $40 (£25) In total with shipping from Taiwan. I did this once for me and another time for a friend who has one. (You can get the motor mounts from evike too)
The first time you take I apart you'll regret it. The charging lever and fake bolt need to be at a certain position before they'll click back together, I you use too much force because they are in the wrong position you'll break the charging lever.
The magazines are proprietary and only G&G and CA ones work.
The rear mini rail is a fraction higher that the main rail!!! In order to fit a scope you'll need an M14 scope rail, but beware because if its too long it won't go on because of the rails above the barrel.
He flash hider is secured with a 14mm ccw twist castle nut, great news, because it'll accept my silencer, nope, the thread pitch is non standard, so you'll need to have a special adapter made by someone who know what they are doing, and has a machine shop...
Requires a far bit of upgrading before it has he bite to match its bark, I spent £300 on mine and it works ever so nicely, but then consider the fact you spent £400 on it to start with, what could you get for £700, hmmmm. (That's 7000 packets of space raiders, by the way)
The good;
Looks evil, I can't overstate that enough, it will turn heads, even if it is all talk and no trousers.
The sound of the bolt catch, wow, just wow.
It's an M14 what's not to like?...
In conclusion;
it's a bit of a labour of love, but you want an m14 DMR, and you like looking badass (or at least thinking you do), then buy this gun and then pretend its perfect to your friends, or you could just buy an M4 and not encounter half the problems, spend less money and get similar results, but you'd be boring, and people would point and laugh (in my head anyway)
I am not going to start on about the real steel history, because its not that type of review and we all know how to use google.
What I am going to do is give you an honest opinion on the up and downs of ownership, hopefully so that you can make an informed choice should you ever feel the M14 itch like I did.
The was my second ever RIF, I got it after 4 months of skirmishing because a wanted a DMR style rifle, I always loved M14s and the EBR looked the best.
What I didn't realise was that calling a rifle a DMR does not make it a DMR! And that it's a lot more involved than that.
The bad;
It's a pain to put the battery in or take it out. You have 6 Allen head screws to undo and put back in, this gets old very quickly.
The hop, it's a brilliant hop, it's ultra stable and so easy to adjust. So why is this in the bad section? Because this rifles hop was blatantly designed for a much stronger spring and it will over hop all weights of BBs by default (even when turned off)
I had to mod the hop by shaving the hop pillow down by quite a bit, If you have to do this with a stock rifle that fires 330 fps something is wrong.
It weighs a lot, with a scope and ammo it comes In at just shy of 6kg, that doesn't seem a lot, but after 4 hours of running around it adds up.
The motor mounting brackets, they are made of cheap pot metal, they are thin and they'll break very easily. This is a clear design flaw. If you do break them would need to get the part number and mail G&G, they'll charge you $40 (£25) In total with shipping from Taiwan. I did this once for me and another time for a friend who has one. (You can get the motor mounts from evike too)
The first time you take I apart you'll regret it. The charging lever and fake bolt need to be at a certain position before they'll click back together, I you use too much force because they are in the wrong position you'll break the charging lever.
The magazines are proprietary and only G&G and CA ones work.
The rear mini rail is a fraction higher that the main rail!!! In order to fit a scope you'll need an M14 scope rail, but beware because if its too long it won't go on because of the rails above the barrel.
He flash hider is secured with a 14mm ccw twist castle nut, great news, because it'll accept my silencer, nope, the thread pitch is non standard, so you'll need to have a special adapter made by someone who know what they are doing, and has a machine shop...
Requires a far bit of upgrading before it has he bite to match its bark, I spent £300 on mine and it works ever so nicely, but then consider the fact you spent £400 on it to start with, what could you get for £700, hmmmm. (That's 7000 packets of space raiders, by the way)
The good;
Looks evil, I can't overstate that enough, it will turn heads, even if it is all talk and no trousers.
The sound of the bolt catch, wow, just wow.
It's an M14 what's not to like?...
In conclusion;
it's a bit of a labour of love, but you want an m14 DMR, and you like looking badass (or at least thinking you do), then buy this gun and then pretend its perfect to your friends, or you could just buy an M4 and not encounter half the problems, spend less money and get similar results, but you'd be boring, and people would point and laugh (in my head anyway)
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