Airsoft Thread

Yes, its real steel.

Good stuff, looking forward to your review... I should try my hand at a complete video review on my CA G36, including how to disassemble it down to the mechbox and such.

Edit: I think I'm going to save up for a real Eotech guys... I know I've said that people who put them on airsoft aren't necessarily the smartest bunch of coconuts in a row, but the lack of parallax and extreme brightness settings would be great for outdoor. That said, my current dot sight has fairly little parallax for a replica sight using LED's as opposed to lasers but its not quite bright enough for outdoor play... Your opinions?

Get a Bushmaster or a Panorama sight instead. Cheaper, little parallax, and adjustable brightness (on the Panorama). The Bushmaster is essentially an economical EOTech with little brightness adjustment, where as the Panorama has more parallax error (not that bad) but can do red or green, has different reticles in the same sight (whichever one you want to use), and is plenty bright for outdoors and can be dimmed when necessary.

I'd go with a Panorama.

Yea, the Panorama is what my current dot sight is based on:
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It's a good little dot sight but the parallax is only slightly worse than the real Panorama so I couldn't justify paying for a real Panorama just for the brightness increase. I was also looking at the Eotech 552 because it takes AA batteries and they're very easy to find for cheap.

I have a beef dropping such a huge load of cash on an EOTech though. You could get two or three new guns for that much, or get a really good one and still have some left for accessories. Honestly, an EOTech is not going to improve your playing skill at all, it's merely there to look cool. For outdoors, you should be using a tube sight anyways, since rapid target acquisition is not as necessary over medium-long ranges, and because sunlight fucks with holosights like EOTechs and Panoramas.

I can probably get a 552 for around $180-$200 if I look around for used ones. No way in hell I'd pay retail for one unless I was using it on real steel for something! Plus, "decent" guns up here cost around $300 and the good ones at least $500... The next gun I'm looking into is a WE GBBR SCAR to complete my GRAW kit, and if I get that I'll need an Eotech just to get "that look" anyways. Mags are going to be fuck-off expensive though so I'm not even considering it until I get a new job.

Your definition of decent must be a fair bit tougher than mine. I consider the new CYMA and D-Boys guns to be decent. I consider ICS, CA (ArmaLites only), and TM to be good. Finally, I consider VFC, G&G, King Arms, and Ares to be top game (excluding Systema and Celsius knock-offs). Brands I have minuscule amounts of respect for are TSD, Western Arms, Jing Gong, Echo 1, and Tokyo Marui.

Also, as I recall, one of the SCARs in GRAW had no scope at all, and the one that did had an ACOG (I have both the XBOX and XBOX360 versions, which differ significantly). So, you'd still be getting the wrong scope.

My definition is higher because of our gun selection here in Canada. The people that bring in guns here (illegally smuggling across the border) only bring in what you'd class as good and better. The guys bringing in the Canadian legal guns with clear-tinted serialized parts like the lower receivers get specialty product lines with internals that are superior to their U.S. brethren. There are very few CYMA/Dboys/Other Clones circulating around Canada due to this, most of our stuff is around the TM/CA/ICS quality level and above. When people were bringing in full-color guns a few years ago semi-legally it was all TM, CA, ICS, TOP, and Systema so our used market is basically flooded with those brands and that's about it.

I would REALLY appreciate it if one of you that lives near an airsoft retailer in the States could take a look at the WE GBBR (Gas Blow Back Rifle) SCAR and let me know what the external quality is like. The guy selling them here in Canada is at least 5 hours away from me by car...

As for sights, you're right, there were no Eotechs in GRAW and they were all ACOGs... I might get a tan ACOG with Doctor dot sight to go with the tan SCAR but they're almost the same price as a used real steel Eotech up here (ACOG's and Doctor dots are classed as "warfare implements" by Canadian Customs).

Difference being that mock-up airsoft replica ACOGs are actually decent, especially since you don't have to worry about excessive sunlight making it hard to use.

If I get a chance to go down to the local airsoft shop, I'll see if they have a WE SCAR. I wouldn't recommend it for you though. Cold + gas != working gun in winter.

Yea I know, they don't work at all in winter months but that's what the G36 will be used for! Most gas guns work up here just fine as long as it's above 0.