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Welcome to part 2 of my review blog. In part 1 I was reviewing airsoft companies, well lets dive straight back in with this blog entry. CYMA…… Wow where did this come from? I was under the impression that CYMA was not up to scratch, that there internals and externals were naff. Well it seems that I was wrong. A lot of you guys are saying that CYMA are indeed a good company but with maybe a checkered past. There AK’s are very much up to scratch but some of their M4’s are maybe not that good. Internally speaking they are okay with maybe a few more bad things then good things. Price wise this quality issue is reflected in there prices. They are not that expensive when compared to some of the other bigger companies. I did find that because CYMA don’t make any or even some of their products for the UK market that they can come in a tad hot with powerful springs that go over the limits. But there are some shops that will rectify this issue for you for a small cost of course. King Arms….. Well this is another company that I have had limited contact with. I have held some of their products when visiting airsoft retailers and was generally quite impressed. They have come along way in the years that I have been an active airsofter. They do seem to do an average job. All though this might do them a disservice. They have created one of my favourite replicas in the SLR/FAL. I look forward to checking out some of there replicas in the future. Ares…… Another company that has grown over the last few years. They have a quite large catalogue of replicas including electric and spring powered toys. Now I have seen there Amoeba rifles which introduced the world to every different style of M4 you could possibly have or need. This is not necessarily a bad thing but it feels like they are reinventing the wheel. There internals can be pretty bad and sometimes they can be pretty good, it’s just how lucky do you feel. Now let's get onto the elephant in the room……...Striker. As you know I do like to dabble in the world of sniping and I do have a Striker AS01. There was a few small things that I liked about this rifle and a few huge things that I did not like about it. The cylinder is a 2 piece part and if you put a 450-500 fps spring inside the cylinder it will break, not might, will. And this leads me onto other aspects of the internals not being up to par. There is a pretty big following for the Striker and a lot of companies have stepped forward to try and fix the issues with the Striker and other models. Now Ares themselves have released the AS03 sniper pistol. I can only say these words to that thing……..what was you thinking lol. G&P……. This company have been around for what seems like years. They have been in the background of other airsoft retailers quietly doing a good job. They have a huge collection of replicas in there catalogue. There expernals are brilliant across most models. They do seem to command quite high prices here in the UK but most of the time the high prices are reflected in the products that they churn out. I had an G&P M16 and I loved this rifles externals. It felt amazing and even though it was just an electric rifle to me it felt like the real deal. I kinda think the G&P have slipped down the pecking order in airsoft companies but this is just because there is more choice for us airsofters. G&P have been always doing a good job. Well I think this has been one of the hardest pieces of work that I have ever had to create in the past few years, almost feels like doing my GCSE’s all over again. I have really enjoyed creating this piece and I hope you have enjoyed reading it.
I am thinking that this may become a regular piece, maybe even adding more companies, so if you have any other choices for me then lets have em. I love doing media in airsoft and would really like to create more posts on this subject. Piece out guys, CraftySniper
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