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[hwagan]

Evening all,

Pretty sure I'd have remembered if anyone had posted it before as I'd call it pretty sweet news;

Firstly, I've just got my Army R29/National Match. I expected to have to do a few hours work tweaking parts, gutting it, cleaning it, etc. Ordered replacement springs, an AIP bucking and a few other likely failure spares - All for nothing. I'm getting 30 solid rounds out of all 3 gas tight Army mags at room temperature, shoots like a TM and is externally gorgeous. Army seem to have seriously upped their game. On top of all that, it features a replicated firing pin instead of the usual allen bolt. See here;



Anyhoo, enough of my swooning, itt came with a catalogue with some very interesting looking stuff...


Firstly, I'm assuming this to be a clone of the WE G39, perhaps the VFC, but I'd expect the WE personally:



Secondly, A (sort of, few details are off such as the charging handle etc) Railed L85A2:



Thirdly, a very pretty two-tone Kimber Warrior;



And lastly, I'm not sure if Army making AK47's is new (They look like TM Clone AEG's), but this is the most hilarious thing I've ever read in any catalogue ever. It's a bit of a strong claim from Army, and I'd like to see their evidence for said claim. I'm certainly not sure if it is the world's first...

[adadqgg]

World's first mentally disabled Rapper was on ARMY AK47 box since they came out 6 or more years ago.

Army is great; you can find in streets of China.

Edited by adadqgg, 15 August 2012 - 08:55 PM.

[hwagan]

World's first mentally disabled Rapper was on ARMY AK47 box since they came out 6 or more years ago.

Army is great; you can find in streets of China.

Ahhh fair enough; Still, am I correct in thinking the rest is news? Gotta agree on the 'Army is great' part - Assuming nothing major breaks, I will never buy a TM 1911 ever again.

[FTZ-WildeCard]

What's that about rappers? Doesn't even sound like it is chinglish.

[hitmanNo2]

G36 is a WE clone. It was at a toy fair early this year but nothing has been heard since I don't think.

[hwagan]

WHY IS EVERYTHING I THINK IS NEWS NOT NEWS.


I give up attempting to post news threads. Bah. I'll be fondling my 1911 and sulking if anyone needs me.

[FTZ-WildeCard]

WHY IS EVERYTHING I THINK IS NEWS NOT NEWS.


I give up attempting to post news threads. Bah. I'll be fondling my 1911 and sulking if anyone needs me.

There, there - at least you have a 1911..! (Always the optimist!)

[faramon]

Well .. I didn't know these things so it is news to me. *gives Hwagan a 1911 shaped cookie*

[FTZ-WildeCard]

Well .. I didn't know these things so it is news to me. *gives Hwagan a 1911 shaped cookie*

Give a man a 1911 shaped cookie, he'll eat for a day. Give a man a set of 1911 cookie cutters he'll be set for life (unless he is me and useless at baking)!

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2011/12/caliber-cookie-cutter-sales-support-junior-shooters/

[renegadecow]

Give a man a 1911 and he can mug people off 1911 shaped cookies all his life.

[FireKnife]

I have just found an item of win, 1911 shaped biscuits for my club meetings, if ever they get hosted

Still it is a good laugh, and the WE G36c clone might be interesting if the issues the WE had come fixed out of the box.

'FireKnife'

[mrpugster]

Is indeed good to see what ARMY is doing, really impressed with my recoil R43 that I've had for 18 months now but I wish they would sell spare parts! Some distributors have a few parts but that's it - guess it's all firmly underground in a bunker in China somewhere....

[ollie_ty]

If they add n appealing texture to those G36 mags, ill buy a shed load, no matter how leaky.

[DarkLite]

Any news on that WE G36 clone? That could be quite interesting, if the price is good and the performance is up to ARMY's fairly high standard.

[FireKnife]

Any news on that WE G36 clone? That could be quite interesting, if the price is good and the performance is up to ARMY's fairly high standard.

Seeing as now you are in HK, you could go and look among the streets to find a place flogging them

Then report back on how good it is, could do with a G36c GBBR, but have not had much luck with the WE ones.

'FireKnife'

[DarkLite]

Haven't seen or heard anything over on my side of the Atlantic.

That being said, my ARMY gold MEU was a CQB beast, all it needed was a 150% recoil spring to tighten up the action.

Put a PDI 6.01 and purple hop-up rubber in her and she's ridiculously good for a pistol twice her price.

[FireKnife]

Must admit the National Match and Kimber do look nice, though thinking perhaps some Cobra grips and could be on to a winner there.

'FireKnife'

[DarkLite]

The stock grips on the ARMY MEU were 100% clones of the TM - IE *suitcasey* plastic.

A set of Hogue Monos made a massive difference.

[hwagan]

The grips on my Gold Cup are actually quite nice - They lack the weights though, so they're a bit flimsy and they do feel a little cheap, but I can live with that - They definitely look the part. I'm gonna pick up some wood grips once I find some I like enough, I reckon they'd really set it off. I was going to install a 5KU stainless delta hammer as well, but I'm not even sure if I'm gonna bother with that.

Still, I'm gonna give it a bit more of a testing this evening and I might try switching the rubbers just for the hell of it (Got an AIP and a TM to test), but basically, in out of the box stock form, after a basic field strip and clean, it's performing better than my old TEII was... It's almost scary.

[faramon]

Darklite go be our review *badgeress* .. find it using your special airsofting instinct .. I assume you have that?

I was always super tempted by the WE G36 ... so this adds another option, I certainly want one or the other at some point.