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Hoppum
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Registered: October 2005
Location: Milton Keynes
Posts: 1,347
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Review Date: 5/4/07
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £244.00
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Looks great, Feels great and Impressive Performance.
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Wood (In My Opinion), Sub TM quality Hop.
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I (finally) got round to skirmishing my VFC AKS-74n today, so I thought it'd be appropriate to put a review up seeing as no-one else has.
Real Steel Information
Our story begins in October of last year when WGCshop put the VFC AKS-74 up for pre-order. Being the proud owner of a VFC AKS-74Un I scraped my cash together and placed my order. December came and the AKS-74's where shipped. Mine however wasn't, I had decided to order the N version. The difference being that this version comes with a side mount, allowing you to mount Russian optics to your weapon (None of that EOtech or Aimpoint malarky here). Then January came, and my rifle was shipped.
After a trip down to the Parcel-farce depot, my wallet was £90 lighter and I was the owner of a VFC AKS-74n.
First Impressions:
The parcel was your standard hongkong order green. However ripping it off unveiled this beauty.
(Note: Sling is not included and the mag pictured is a G&P)
The box had the standard delivery dents but the rifle arrived in perfect form. There was padding at each possible box/rifle contact point and a reassuring amount bubblewrap. Included are a VFC 120rnd midcap and the instructions, thats it, no free bb's or cleaning rod.
Kitchen Commandoing:
Lifting the rifle out of the box I couldn't help put feel smug. It is very nice to hold, the centre of gravity is just behind the fore grip and this makes for comfortable aiming. The build quality is great with no creaks or wobbles to be found anywhere. The only rattle comes from the rear sling point.
My first test was to see what magazine loading was like (on my SU the mags take a fair tug to lock into place), thankfully this has been rectified, mags now slot smoothly into place. VFC (obviously), G&P and TM mags all fitted perfectly, although my Hero Arms Drum (designed for TM AK's) will not fit without filing.
The AKS-74n, like the AKS-74Un, has the ability to accept up to and including 12v stick batteries, this is done by batteries being able to extend all the way into the fore grip. This system works well with no compromise to build quality.
Obviously this wouldn't be an AKS without a folding stock. On the SU it took quite a whack to lock the stock into its folded position, this has now been sorted with the stock clicking comfortably into position.
The side mount on the SU was slightly to small for RS optics. This has also been fixed, confirmed by users on Red-Alliance, allowing for useage of genuine optics without the need to mod anything.
VFC have advertised these rifles as having the ability to interchange the wood grips for Real Steel wood with out modification. Sadly, I don't own any real steel wood to test this but I have heard of RS polymer grips being fitted with minor modification. The foregrip does however, come apart RS stylee. Flipping the take down lever by the rear sight upwards allows you to lift out 'gas tube' and upper grip.
(Note: Also shown is how the inner barrel extends into the flash-hider)
After this, you can then flip a lever at the front of the lower grip that allows the holder to slide forward so that you may remove the lower.
The wood looks nice, is solid, fits well and serves its purpose, however I cant help but
think that it doesnt look quite right compared to real steel (Click Me). If wood realism doesn't bother then its obviously not a problem, but if it does then it's some thing that needs changing.
To fix a few of the flaws with AKS-74Un, VFC released a service pack. Wisely they decided to include these fixes with the AKS-74. These include a plastic block to hold the Hop-unit in place and modifications to the bolt to stop it from falling out/folding in.
Like the SU the rifle has the quick removal design for the gearbox. Simply unscrew the bottom of the pistol grip and slide it off, unscrew the fire selector, remove the plastic block from infront of the Hop-unit and slide the unit forward. You can then just lift your gearbox out of the rifle. The whole process takes less than 2 minutes.
Trades:
Rear sight:
Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiSu_5a2u3Y
Using a 9.6v battery.
Skirmish Report:
After taking the AKS-74n out for it's first skirmish I am very pleased with it.
It's very comfortable to shoulder and maneuver with. Using my G&P midcaps the rifle fed perfectly all day with no misfires and only 1 double feed. The RoF is very impressive and allows you to hold your own. The hop, whilst not quite in TM's leagues, is still perfectly useable. I cannot give an entirely accurate opinion of it as it may still be bedding in and it was quite a windy day. The same goes for groupings.
Conclusion:
I'm really pleased with the AKS-74n, it looks and feels exceptional and unlike most good looking guns has the performance to back it up. So far I haven't found anything really wrong with it. There are a few few things that stop it from being perfect like the wood (imo) and the Hop (so far). The price may also put some off, £380 + p&p in the UK and £244 + p&p and possible customs charges from Hong Kong.
+ You can mount a bayonet...
9/10 - Highly reccomended.
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Fin
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Registered: December 2006
Location: Devon
Posts: 1,723
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Review Date: 24/7/07
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £380.00
| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Full steel, exellent gearbox, 6.04 inner barrel, very close replica (you can put RS handguards on easily)
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Wood isnt great, bit expensive, some models (not all) are picky with mags
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Please bear in mind this is my first review and have terrible spelling however i dont think that changes my judgement of this gun 
So here we have my VFC AKS-74N airsoft assault rifle. To start i'll just inform you that there are various versions of this gun and your notice 'N,S,U and M (to be confirmed) on some rifles with the additional AK74. To quickly go over these these mean
N-scope mount
S-folding stock
U- shortened barrel (better read AKSU reviews for this)
M-Modernised, this makes little difference in airsoft but will commonly mean plastic furniture.
The gun comes in a very nice red box with the gun, 120 round mid cap and ,manual written in Engrish.
Appon lifting the gun out of the box your notice its quite heavy, only 40g lighter than the real deal. In my opinion this is a good thing because if your buying this gun your looking for the most realistic AK74 available. This is due to the gun being made out of full steel, which if you don't consider a good point you must stop reading my review and leave airsoft  . This makes it very difficult to break the gun (as in RS) but can also lead to rust if you don't look after the gun correctly (read my cleaning tips below).
This gun also has excellent field stripability, not as good as G&Gs but not publicised as much as it should be. This is simple to do and is a good show off factor.
On AKS(es) you will have the folding stock, this is very solid and sometimes looks bent. To fold it you simply push the button on the side and it comes loose, you then have to lock it into position by getting the hook on the left side (below the unique serial number (another plus))to grab hold of it. This is simple to do but some models require a good bash to get it in (mine included but i've seen others that dont require any force). The picture below is also a warning of how to put on your sling, put it on tight and it will damage the wood.
Other nice external features include the receiver details (e.g. rivets and 'auto' and 'semi' markings being correct), the white lettered rear sight, unique serial number, scope rail to mount real steel scopes (N models only), steel bolt which can be pulled all the way back (if your sad like me and like 'charging' the gun every mag change :D ), the ability to mount a RS bayonet and the ability to switch the handguards with RS ones with very little modification (pending where you get the furniture from)
Now for internals. The gun is made very accurate with a 6.04 inner barrel so you dont need to get that upgraded, however this is connected to a plastic hop up which isn't bad but should be better. The gearbox has a strange way of putting out 330fps on a 8.4v battery and 350fps on a 9.6v+ odd as this is its a useful feature pending on your local's limits. It also features steel gears, 7mm bearings and a very powerful motor which kicks out insane rate of fire. As for batteries the gun takes stick types all the way up to 12v ones, this being due to the design of the gas chamber which allows the battery to fit down it easily. Finally there is an easy accessible fuse. The gearbox is also easy to get to, simply remove the top cover unscrew and remove the handgrip, remove the bolt and take of the selector switch (this is also a screw with no threads, its a bit acwad to get off and decent hold as tight when you put it back in). After this you simply lift out the gearbox.
Finally i'll cover the few bad points about this gun, starting with cost. This is quite an expensive gun and really is limited to the dedicated AK fan or git with much money. Next the wood in my opinion looks a bit naff and seems to get worn off easy. Finally it is picky with the mags it takes, however the newer models don't have this problem as much as the older ones. VFCs own mags and G&P ones work best but i've herd of other brands such as MAG brand ones working, personally i have tried Marui standards and these work fine (although they are 47 type so are wrong) and a STAR mag which will only feed if you hold it in place.
Finally a quick skirmish report, i've used this 3 times and each time i commonly out range my opponents and having a full steel gun doesn’t make me worry about it getting broken by trees etc. (like a plastic gun would)
Cleaning tips-First i take no responsibility for any damage to your gun if you should so follow these tips, your at your own risk. Disclaimer over now to the tips, first remove the gearbox and wipe it down in case it has gotten any crap over it. Now fully field strip the gun so you should have a somewhat empty receiver and other parts separate, also unscrew the flash hider/ compressor. Next clean the inner barrel as you would normally (note this gun doesn’t have a cleaning rod come with it so your have to use another one or turn the hop up off and push a tiny piece of siliconed tissue through the barrel). Dont forget to spray the hop up and magazine internals with silicone too, i do this after every skirmish to keep the gun running (also note the hop up usually decent work for around 500 shots after being siliconed. Next with the gearbox removed cover up the ends of the inner barrel and hop up (im not 100% sure of how to get it out so i leave it in there)and spray the gun externals with WD40, avoid getting it on any of the internals as this will damage them. WD40 is used so the steel dosent rust and WD40 will also help protect it from further exposure to moisture etc. Once your finished wipe over the gun with a dry cloths just to get rid of any left over liquids and re assemble the gun. I say again i take no responsibility for any damage done if you use my methods.
Two more pictures
To conclude the good easily out weighs the bad and this has got to be the best looking AK available, it wont let you down, 10/10
p.s. RS sling and bayonet are not included
Thanks for reading
Edit: I’ve used this gun in every skirmish since I got it (almost a year ago) and it’s still going strong, in this additional picture I’ve added RS plum hand guards and magazines
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Registered: October 2005
Location: Milton Keynes