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billytehbob
Registered: March 2007
Location: Columbia, SC
Posts: 152
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Review Date: 9/8/08
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £75.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Metal Charging Handle And Bolt Carrier, Well Build Gearbox, Metal Rail Above Scope, Metal Hop-Up Unit
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Poor Quality Spring Guide, Selecctive To Only One Type Of Battery
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SRC/TSD G36 Gen.II Review
Real Steel History
“Increasing interest in Germany for a modern 5.56 mm weapon platform led HK to offer the German armed forces the G41 rifle, which too was rejected. Design work was then initiated on a modern 5.56 mm assault rifle, designated “Project 50” or HK50.
The G36 is selective fire gas-operated weapon that uses burnt powder gases from the barrel, bled through a port near the muzzle to provide automation to the moving assembly; it fires from a closed bolt. The G36 jams so rarely that HK has said that they have a G36K that has been fired more than 25,000 rounds without cleaning and no failures. “
Taken from HKpro.com and Wikipedia.org.
Purchasing
My birthday was coming up, and I needed a new gun, so bargaining to my parents that I would pay half of the cost. Off to ASGI I was to order, and ASGI being at least $70 cheaper than most US retailers. The total came to less than the gun cost at $155 (Aided by a Free Shipping Coupon and a $5 off coupon). Shipping took a good while as ASGI gave the package to UPS about 2 days after ordering, and UPS didn’t ship until 3 days after receiving the package.
Packaging
Upon arrival of the Package, about 2 weeks after
ordering, I opened the box up to reveal a smaller than expected box. On it was a red background with the G36 pictured in use by 2 operatives, and showing the specifications. Inside was the G36, stock folded, 2 magazines, a Black replacement G36 Flash Hider, some product booklets, a manual, and a little box of BBs, all packaged in eggshell style foam. Though making the G36 fit into the foam would have made it much more secure, nothing was damaged during shipment.
Externals
Upon lifting the weapon out of the box, I noticed it was quite hefty, at a good 7~8 lbs. The material used for the receiver is that of the CA’s G36 line, glass fiber, though the SRC’s is glossier than the CA’s flat back receiver. The charging handle is made out of metal, albeit a high zinc content alloy, but more than enough for its intended purpose. The Stock attaches to the receiver at a single point, not as hardy as the CA’s double attachment points, and a rubber butt pad fixed on the end.
Carry handle sports a 3x~3.5x scope, standard crosshairs, not very good eye relief (Eye Relief is bad on Real Steel Hensoldt and Export Scopes), nothing fancy, and also features a Rail on top to allow the attachment of various red dots and reflex sites, I chose to attach an AMP Reflex site.
Magazine well is of a different design than other G36 magazine wells; It has no feeding tube because of the design of the All Metal Hop-Up. To allow the use of a STANAG Magazine well converter, one will need to file down the feed tube on the magazine well, or buy a TM/CA/JG Hop-Up Unit.
Foregrip has the expected nightmare, only allowing the installment of only one type of battery, a “Chain” battery. I have no clue to if it’s compatible with G36 Bi-Pods from CA, Star, and other brands. Barrel Assembly is metal with a plastic shell covering only the middle section. Due to that, the barrel sways to the right on some guns. I don’t know if this hinders accuracy, as I immediately replaced it with my CA barrel assembly. Outer barrel is made out of machined Aluminum, and is a nice flat back. Flash Hider is different to most, if not all, other flash hiders that I’ve seen. It uses a “Ratcheting” system, instead of a grub screw, and is also a nice flat black. The bayonet lug is compatible with the M16 plastic bayonets, and is secured by a grub screw.
The Magazines aren’t very good build wise, as mentioned above, as the locking tabs broke after locking the 2 together for the first time. They feed very nicely, and I can get through most of the magazine with a full wind.
Internals
Ok, since I think I covered the External features well enough, on to the Internals. First off, I think SRC did a wonderful job on the Gearbox. The SRC Gearbox shell is a nice silver color, indicating a high Aluminum content.
SRC uses a different wiring system than other brands, as there are no contacts on the outside of the GB, lowering resistance, heat, and making less susceptible to arching, and also rendering a Selector plate(Which is made of Blue Plastic) useful only to move the cut-off lever.
The motor is of fairly good quality, maybe slightly better than an EG1000 or Turbo 3000; the magnets are very strong, though not as strong as a Systema Magnum, but not far away. It’s labeled as “High Torque”, but provides the gun a very nice ROF, but it was obviously made for Torque when I downgraded the spring, as ROF didn’t change much.
Inside, the Gears are of good quality, better than my CA’s, have an acceptable amount of grease (I cleaned some of anyways), and are shimmed VERY nicely. The gears were also equipped with Metal Bushings. At a game, I was told how quiet it cycled from about 5~15 Ft (2m~6m) away.
The Tappet plate and Air Nozzle are made of the same plastic as the Selector plate, and seem to be of good quality.
The Cylinder is painted blue, and the Cylinder head is made of blue plastic. Piston and Piston head are made of black plastic as well, with a green O-Ring. Spring is at my estimate to be an M100~110 equivalent, because the gun chronoed at around 350 FPS.
Spring Guide is made of HORRIBLE Orange plastic, highly recommended to be removed ASAP.
Hop-Up unit is made of Metal, and looks to be a hybrid of an M4/M16 Hop-Up and G36 Hop-up. It features a feed tube, which explains the lack of one on the Magazine well. I would suggest replacing the Bucking with a better one, but it does its job. Adjustment drum is a bit difficult to move. With .25’s, range is a good 200’ (About 61m), and while I don’t accuracy tests, groupings seem pretty good for the barrel diameter (Suspected 6.08).
Conclusion
While this gun has a few niggles, what gun doesn’t. While the externals are very nice, the Barrel Assembly leaves a bit to be desired. Internals are very good, much better than my CA’s, aside from that damned Spring Guide. A nice Tightbore and Bucking would certainly compliment this fine rifle, and with stock range, could make a nice base for a DMR or LMG. For $160 at ASGI, it’s an excellent buy.
Overall, I’d rate this weapon solid 8.5~9/10. The SRC/TSD Gen. II would be a good choice for the newbie and seasoned Airsofter alike.
Pros:
Metal Charging Handle
Metal Hop-Up
Great Gearbox
Rail on the Carry Handle
Cons:
Orange Spring Guide
Plastic Barrel Assembly can Cause Barrel to Drift
“A” score for this gun.
Time for some Pictures.
 ------------------------------ Germany FTW 
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Fred
Registered: November 2006
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 282
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Review Date: 3/11/08
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £179.99
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Look at bottom of review
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SRC G36c Review
(Not G36k)
Table of Contents:
1. Ordering/Box
2. Body/Aesthetics
3. Fire Test
4. Complaints
5. Score
Ordering/Box Content, ect
So I ordered my gun from airsoftgi.com (very nice people) and it arrived a week and a day later >.> Like I mentioned above in the title I bought the G36c instead of the K out of personal preference. How ever SRC/TSD packaged in a K box, oh well no problem there. For the rifle, and 4000 .23 BB’s the total came to 196.50 Mine was chronoed at 325.
(The box, and my feet)
(The rifle in the box, and the two mags.)
Body/Aesthetics
So what I am comparing this to is the TM P90 (my first real airsoft rifle) and the JG/Echo 1 version (which my friend owns). Now when I lifted the rifle out of the box I was immediately impressed. The gun felt cold like a real one (I have held a real P90 so yeah) and heavy. Unlike both my TM P90 and the JG version witch both feel extremely plasticy compared to this. I read in several other reviews of the SRC/TSD G36k that there is an ugly seem running along the top of the rifle, unfortunately the same hold true for the G36c as well, but it is not nearly as noticeable due to the shortened length of the weapon. I would have to say the worst spot of the seam line is under the top rail, but since the bolt and upper rail cover most of it, it is not that noticeable.
(The first seam line I was talking about…. Part of the bolt looks green)
(Looking at it from the front not much to see, a small seam line, but it isn’t rough.)
(My biggest problem as far as seam lines go, this one is under the trigger guard and gets really annoying and is harsh on the middle finger.)
Now that I have the seam line situation, and the over all body taken care of lets look at ‘er in more detail. First the stock. It’s a good stock, the butt pad is rubber, but it is as hard as the plastic on the rest of the gun. There is also little seam line on the stock, though there is one, but it is small compared to the others (which aren’t that big to begin with). To collapse the stock press the big button, no duh. Now as you can see from my pictures posted below, the stock is only secured with that nice big button. It is also very loose and will swing freely if it is not secured in the extended or folded position. When collapsed the stock does not stick extremely well, not like the JG (which has an excellent stock). SRC/TSD also has put a piece of plastic covering the majority of the gearbox (yay!) unlike their k model.
(The big button!)
(The stock collapsed, as you can see they did cover the gear box)
(The stock collapsed….well what did you expect?)
Moving right next is the sights and upper rail. The sights are full metal along with the rail; however the carrying handle thing is not metal, but still feels ok. Now on the rear sights they are standard G36 style sights, but the have into one of them engraved 300, and the other smaller one 100/200 now I don’t know what that means, but hey its cool right? =P
(Where it says 300)
(Where it says 100/200)
(Looking down the sights…hey there’s my airsoftgi hat!)
Now if you read the description on airsoftgi.com it says it has an upgraded mag catch, which it does, and here it is:
(Looking at it directly from bottom.)
(There you can see that it is ambidextrous)
On to bigger and so-so things, the “trades” Now unlike the k model the G36c lacks the SRC logo. They “trades” read (from left to right) WARNING (below) refeer to instruction manual, and yes that is not a typo they spelled refer wrong (and the trades are melted into the body) now right of that it says: Cal. 6 mm BB, and finally where you would expect to find a company logo or something there is just: R711772 now I don’t know if that is a unique serial number or not…I don’t really care right now I’m still stuck on the Refeer thing…grrrr >.>
(Grrr….)
The bold as advertised, is full metal, the only thing that I have a problem with this the color of the piece that you rotate to either side, as it is a slight green in bright light.
Now on to the forgrip, which has its own little story. When I first opened the box I got the gun, gave it a good looking over, and eventually took off the grip. Now the way SRC did the wiring is like nothing I have seen before. They have the small connector coming out just above the magwell, still hidden by the grip, but it is connected to another piece of wire that runs along the top and connects to the fuse. Now after struggling to get the battery in the rifle, and knowing that I would only ever use a 8.4v 1500mah battery in the rifle, I cut out off/out the whole length of extra wire that led to the fuse. I would have just taken it out, but it was being held in. I would recommend this because it is a whole lot easier to get the battery in (I wasn’t able to with the fuse there). I don’t have any pictures of it with the fuse, but I will give you one of the rifle with out the grip anyway.
(Rifle with grip removed, and annoying fuse >.>)
One last thing before I move on, yes it does come with a disgusting M4 flash hider (that is bright orange). (I hate M4’s) Also, while I am still here the three rails mounted on the forgrip are all beautiful and metal.
Test Fire
It was raining today, but I was able to go out and fire a few rounds. So once I crammed the battery in and loaded a mag I took her out for a few shots. All I can really say, since I didn’t shoot a whole lot, is that the BB’s always veered to the right a lot, until I got the hop-up adjusted, and even then it shot to the right a little, but nothing a good barrel cleaning couldn’t fix I don’t think. The gun was accurate and had high precision at about 75 feet or so, I haven’t done any real testing, and neither do I have a chrono, but it shoots well with .23’s and would recommend using only .23’s. The hop-up chamber is metal, and the hop-up itself seemed to function just as it should.
Complaints
I have very few, except the seam line on the trigger guard is rough, and you will either need to wear gloves, or sand it down a bit. And I think my final and last grip is that they screwed up the spelling on the “trades” that just really gets me, oh well maybe it is unique to one shipment of guns, I couldn’t tell you though, so no promises.
Overall
When I first got into airsoft around 2002 you couldn’t get an AEG (or at least a decent one) for under $200, I bought my P90 for $250, and I would have to say I would take this hands down against my P90, for $179.99 this gun is incredible. I can’t say I have handled a TM G36c, but if it is anything what the pictures look like I think I would prefer this rifle over the TM on to. Hope I didn’t go to long, but hey this was my first real review.
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tallguy
Registered: March 2009
Location: Indy
Posts: 7
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Review Date: 25/5/09
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 4
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Pros:
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Mag release has extra piece that makes changing mags easier, SRC bipod attaches easily
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Cons:
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Built-in scope broke after one day of play, with the crosshair falling out and rolling around on the inside. The selector switch broke off the first time I used this gun, making it double feed constantly. M4 flashider comes standard, even though SRC sel
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This gun was a step down from a Jg G36c in everything except its range; the selector switch fell off the first time I used this, the scope has fallen apart, and the battery is far harder to get in than any other gun's. I would not recommend this gun.
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