Glock 17 - ArniesAirsoft - Review Archive

Author

JoshuaC

Registered: February 2006
Posts: 42

Review Date: 6/11/06

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	cheap, heavy, made out of high quality plastic, sturdy, locking slide,
Cons:	weak power, magazine take a wile to load, no hop-up

I bought this gun knowing it might be crap, but I didn't care the price was good and I wanted a glock replica.

After 4 days of waiting it came, I wasn't expecting much but when I opened the package I was quite surprised the first thing I noticed was how heavy the gun was for a springer about 1.5 pounds with the magazine inserted.

The gun is solid as a rock the frame is made of quality plastic and has a nice textured feel to it. The slide is also plastic but it seems durable also. The gun externally is all plastic cept the slide release which is metal.

A cool feature of this gun is when you run out of bb's and you cock it the slide will lock back allowing you to reload and release the slide to chamber a round.

Performance was a little disappointing since the rest of the gun was top notch. With .2g bb's I would have to guesstimate around 220-230 FPS and the bb's tend to drop after about 20 feet out. There's no hop-up on the gun but it's not that big of a deal.

Mine came with a mock silencer that really doesn't do much but give it the silenced look.

All in all I wasn't expecting much and got a really nice gun it's a shame that it's a bit weak but for the price it's a nice fun replica.

Note: In my pictures I've filled the HFC trades with white pigment, the gun normally just has black ones I just thought it looked better with them filled in.

otherrandomhero

Making Stallone feel inferior since 1991

Registered: March 2006
Location: hangar 18
Posts: 2,449

Review Date: 1/2/07

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7

Positive aspects of the product (pros):
Cons:

I don't own this, but my friend does and i've used it quite a fair amount. He has 4 mags for it, but has never bought a spare. The reason? They keep breaking! However, it is no fault of the gun and it is entirely his.

The gun itself is built above spring pistol standards. It is made of a very tough plastic, has a locking slide and open breach, and is solid as a rock. It weighs a fair amount too, due to the weights in the 15 round magazine. The mag is a speed load type; you pull the spring down and pour bbs into the BOTTOM side of the mag when tiled upside down to fill it. Much more handy than hand loading the gun.

Performance is a bit lacking. The gun shoots a fair 230 fps with a .12, but accuracy is limited to 60 feet maximum. It is fairly accurate until then, but don't expect anything mroe after it.

the gun comes with a silencer that decreases range and accuracy. Don't attach it, because it will stick to the barrel if put on too far and won't come off. This is how my friend's broke the 2nd time.

The verdict: if you are looking for a realistic solid spring pistol, get the KWC G17. If you are looking for a high performance inexpensive spring pistol, get the KWC G17. It has batter performance and aesthetic qualities, while costing nearly the same.

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