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[aznriptide859]

http://www.everything-airsoft.com/blog/2011/10/21/we-cracks-the-g-code-and-releases-a-g17-gbb/

Surprise release, very low key I'm assuming. Looks to be TM clone, said to be selling for $100-110.

I see no reason to get one, especially when you know a TM for $40-50 more is going to last you a billion lifetimes.

Edited by aznriptide859, 23 October 2011 - 04:18 AM.

[RacingManiac]

Not that surprising if you follow TW sites....

WE in the GBBR market is mainstream(even though I think reliability is still suspect), their pistols are still just iffy period...

[aznriptide859]

Exactly why I would never get it.

[LordElpus]

Probably a trifle unfair to judge this on a range of pistols that are several years old now.

[thartwig]

They couldnt have atleast done the latest generation of the glock?? Im surprised TM hasnt considering their update on their Sig.

[david pithers]

Im still confused as to whether the clone px4 is WE or not. If it is though, its a step in the right direction. Still have a soft spot for there old 1911a1 though.

[mellvis]

I see no reason to get one, especially when you know a TM for $40-50 more is going to last you a billion lifetimes.

Lesson learned with the WE-based Noveske N4. Wasted good money when I could have bought two TM pistols with leftover cash for spare mags.

[Bando]

the px4 is made in the same factory as WE and KJW they are all made by the same parent company

[intinerious]

the px4 is made in the same factory as WE and KJW they are all made by the same parent company

Can you share us the source for your information? I'm very interested as to where you got that info since that's breaking news for everyone here I believe

[Kenworth W900]

Lol. GTFO, TM aren't sharing their production with WE and KJW.

They aren't even based in the same countries

[kullwarrior]

no no you need to re read that statement

the PX4 (as in 3PX4) is made by WE

I don't know if KJW and WE use safe factory, I doubt it as their material and quality are not the same.

[mimesis]

The clone PX4 started out typically being branded as H.K. H.K. as a brand name, not the place. There were also some rumors that it was being made in Taiwan and not in mainland China. (See discussion early on in original thread on the clone PX4.) This matches up rather neatly with Wei Tech and KJ Works both being Taiwanese companies. The plot thickens...

[Bando]

as kullwarrior said its the new clone PX4s are made in the same factory as WE and KJW according to a wholesaler ive been talking to

[Horsem4n]

i cant see how thats true. we and kjw guns arent the same specs, made of different materials and have a few different design features between like models.

[RacingManiac]

Its possible they came from the same shop that ultimately makes the gun, but designed differently.....I am pretty sure HTC's phone and iPhone came from the same 3rd party contracted factory, owned by the same person....doesn't mean iPhone and Android phones are the same...

[Noveske]

I hear the WE Glock 17 lower receiver is actually a decent polymer and not ABS.

Edited by Noveske, 25 October 2011 - 11:06 AM.

[MarsdenH]

This gun will be "best gun we ever make," as James will say. But as in the reality of all WE guns will need some sort of RA-tech upgrade kit to not break.

[aznriptide859]

I find that hilarious lol...most people who run WE guns in the long run eventually replace everything with RATech parts.

I think it was mentioned in another thread that WE and RATech might be in cahoots with each other, making the base gun weak as hell then forcing people to spend more money for RATech parts (if so, then WE is getting a cut of RATech's profits).

Of course that's just all conjecture.

[Habakure]

I find it odd, to start a news thread about a product that you just want to slate, even before its released? Or have I got the wrong of the stick aznriptide859?

[LordElpus]

I guess aznriptide is just being consitant since WE cocked up his beloved AK