G32C (Metal) - ArniesAirsoft

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Shao14

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Registered: September 2004
Posts: 306,044

Review Date: 10/3/06

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: �60.00 | Rating: 8

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Nice finish with proper trademarks, accurate, solid, good blowback action
Cons:	Still has BB rolling out of the barrel problem

Introduction

If you have read my review of the KSC G17, you'd know I like GLOCKs. After Glock threatened to sue KSC for trademark infringement, KSC stopped using authentic Glock trademark on their replicas. Just as I thought no one would ever make a GLOCK GBB with real Glock logo anymore, KJW proved me wrong. When I first saw the new KJW G32C that has real Glock logo, I knew I had to buy one at some point. A couple of months later, here I am, holding my new baby, and possibly a second one next week. (Long story which I won't get into in this review, and I'll just say thanks again to UNCompany's excellent service.) Without further ado, let's get this party started (I see there has already been more than 50 hits on this review even before I uploaded one yet, so I guess I should do it soon, or people'll get angry at me. Nah!

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Trademarks

Well, KJW has been making G23s with fake trades for a while now, and the G32 is the same gun with a different name. (In the real steel world, the G32 chambers the more powerful .357SIG instead of G23's .40S&W) In fact, the G32C comes with the G23 manual only. The "C" after the G32 stands for compensation or compensated, which means there are a couple open slots on top of the slide and outer barrel. (In the real steel world, this reduces the recoil of the gun.) So, the main selling point of this gun for me is its authentic trademarks. It is quite surprising that KJW has been know to "rip-off" others' designs, and make un-marked GBBs, but now somehow it changed its ways. In any case, I'm glad it did.

As I have probably said a dozen times, the KJW G32C comes with proper trades on the left side of the slide, and the letters and numbers are beautifully and clearly engraved, much better than the markings found on the old KSC GLOCKs. Unfortunately, the right side of the slide is void of any marking. On top of the breach, there's .357 marking, but nothing on the side of the breach. On the left side of the grip, the Glock logo is again beautifully reproduced, and on the right side of the grip, the "made in Austria" markings and the US patent numbers are also reproduced. I don't know the real Glock patent numbers, but the KJW's is the same as the ones on my KSC G17, but the markings on the grip are not as clear as the ones on the KSC G17, but still quite legible as you can see in the picture above.

There's no Glock markings anywhere on the mag, however. There's fake round indicators on the back of the mag, and "KJ Works Taiwan" on the bottom plate. Under the frame in front of the trigger guard, there's the usual serial number plate, which dubs as a secondary safety when slide toward the trigger guard.

Ok, now I've got the interesting parts out of the way, let's look at some of the usual stuff people talk about in reviews.

External

The finish of the gun is quite good. The metal slide has a nice machined finish. The front of the slide could've been better though, but people usually don't point the gun between eyes and look at the front. The frame's texture looks good too though I've never seen a real Glock up close, so not sure how it compares. Compare to the KSC G17, the texture on the plastic is slightly different, but both look good. The finish on the mag is quite shiny and too smooth. The sights are nicely made, fixed, and clearly painted. The front sight is much better built than the one on my KSC G17. The mag catch and trigger with trigger safety are plastic as on the real steel, but the slide catch and the take down lever are metal, as are the barrel and recoil guide rod.

The gun is actually smaller than I imagined. This is a compact gun after all. The weight is pretty good for this size, right around 600g.

Unlike some of the other KJW GBBs I had, the G32C feels much more solid with less rattle in either the mag or the barrel.

Internal

The internal of the KJW G32C is not base on the KSC GLOCK GBB design, but the way to strip the gun is the same. Remove the mag, pull down the take down lever, and slide the slide/barrel assembly forward and out. The G32C is the same as the KJW G23, which is base on TM's GLOCK GBB design. Comparing to the KSC GLOCK GBB, the recoil guide rod is much more secure in its place. To take it out, one push the recoil guide rod forward until the back end comes out of the hop up assembly, then rotate the rod 180 degrees so the pin at the back does not go back into the hop up assembly, and now the rod can be taken out under the barrel and hop up. The outer barrel is easily slide out of the inner barrel. Unlike some of the other KJW GBBs such as the M9, the G23C has adjustable hop up. The hop up dial is under the breach, and can only be adjusted after one field strips the gun (unlike the hop up on KSC GLOCKs).

Performance

Even though I pay much attention to trademarks and the looks of the gun, I demand my guns to perform as good as they look. The button plate has a hole in the middle, so the mag can be gased without removing the buttom plate (another difference with KSC design). Filling the mag with propane, and load the BBs as usual. The BB follower can not be locked down (yet another difference with KSC), but can be held down by hand while pouring BBs from the top in. The mag holds 21 BBs. The mag clicks in nicely with a positive clicking sound. Racking the slide is much enjoyable than that on plastic slide guns. A crisp metallic clank is heard when you rack the slide.

Now I'm lock and loaded. The trigger pull is slightly longer than that on my KSC G17, but not too much, and the first few millimeter pull has not much resistance. The trigger safety is also present unlike some other KJW GLOCKs. I lined up the sight, and squeeze off the first round, not expecting much in terms of accuracy, but I was surprised the BB hit dead center. After shooting a couple mags, the little gun proved to have excellent accuracy, comparable with that of my WA Kimber at 20 ft, and above that of my KSC USP .45.

The blowback action is also good, and the muzzle report is quite loud. One charge of propane didn't last two whole mags though, and I had to re-gas half way through the second mag of BBs. This is pretty normal with KJW GBBs.

Despite all the good things about this little gun, the infamous BB rolling out of the barrel problem also remains. It seems that the rubber inside the breach is not tight enough to hold the BB in place, and once in a while, the BB in the chamber will roll out when you point the barrel down, and leaving the chamber empty. The problem happened to every KJW GBBs I ever owned, and it is not too bad in this case, and this problem in the past also seem to get better with more use. This is also the first KJW GBB I own that have adjustable hop up, and turning up the hop up a bit seems to have solved this problem.

Haven't tested the power or the range of the gun much. For my KJW M9 with fixed hop up, the range wasn't as good as others, but since this one as adjustable hop up, I expect it to be just as good as say the KSC G17. The power, on the other hand, can be a bit disappointing if you want an ultra powerful pistol (ironic that this is a replica of .357 pistol). From shooting at aluminum cans, it seems that the power is below 300 fps with .2g, probably only around 250 with propane in room temperature, but the can test may not be too accurate, and I need to do some more comparative tests on power and range. If there's anything new to update, I'll add it here.

Conclusion

I like this little gun. I bought it mostly for the now almost extinct Glock trademark on GBBs, and it's nice to show off the .357 marking. The finish is fairly good. The performance is acceptable with outstanding accuracy, and it'll make a good companion for my KSC G17.

Update: I forgot to mention earlier that the mag does not spill gas when being filled. There's a seal on the inlet valve as some of other KJW GBBs, and it may be hard to tell when the mag is full of gas. Also after some more shooting, a full mag of gas can support more than 2 mags of shots depending on how quickly one shoots, and the slide may not lock back after the second mag depending on the shooting speed. I'll have to re-emphasize how accurate this little gun is at 20 feet. It ranks right up with my TM GBBs in terms of accuracy. I have also further confirmed the weak power, even with propane, it shoots significantly weaker than my KSC G17. This could be a good thing since a lot of CQB games do not allow guns that shoot over 300fps with .2g, and people are sometimes forced to use 134a gas or use a velocity reducer, no worries about that rule using this gun with propane.

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