Airsoft Thread

Evike is pretty incompetent, but I shop with them primarily because no one beats their low prices. TBH, I buy most of my stuff from amazon and ebay now when they are available. Most of the stuff ships direct from China lol, but they are basically sold at factory direct prices. Considering most of the major airsoft manufacturers are Hong Kong based, I don't really see any potential quality issues. I just recently ordered Magpul PTS CTR, MOE pistol grip, GEN2 MBUS, and vertical grip off of ebay. It is obvious that all of these items were "knock offs", hence why I was able to get them at rock bottom prices, but the fact of the matter is that the Magpul PTS subsidiary is a Hong Kong company! So even if the parts I ordered were not from them directly, they still probably came from the same factories... There is still a trick in picking the "knock offs" that are most accurate to the real deal though, such as comparing the pictures and seller ratings. When I was picking out the MBUS, there were some that looked pretty ridiculously lol.

But yea, if I had to buy a whole new gun, I would still order from Evike. Their listing prices are usually lower than everyone else to begin with PLUS you get the 20% coupon after the fact. If your order total isn't high enough to make the 20% attractive, then you can use the free shipping coupon instead.

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Originally Posted by Amit

Holy fuck. I was just randomly browsing the "Savings Trifecta" page on AirsoftGI, scrolled down and saw this beautiful sign:

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I might finally be able to get into airsoft without spending $400 on a gun alone.

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As Warsaw said, you won't want to spend less than $300 on a gun if you want something that will be half-decent.

Also, they only ship to Canada using UPS and stuff, so your $300 gun becomes a $400 gun aby the time it's delivered.

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Originally Posted by Amit

I'm not looking for the best gun :P

I don't remember if there was a debate about this, but I thought Airsoft GI was supposedly expensive, moreso than Evike. I don't know if that is true, but it doesn't look like it anymore if it ever was.

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AGI was never appreciably more expensive than Evike. Maybe $10 at most for any given item, but $10 is worth it to actually get your order in on time and not have them dick you around with unlisted out of stock status, month-long orders, and delivery of the wrong product. Then there's their horrid excuse of a website. Revamped three times, and still effectively the same as it was, only now with more advertisements.

Seriously. Want peace of mind? Buy from AGI.

Also, I can recommend Dboys as a good starter brand if you want an AK. G&G also makes solid pieces of kit.

Hey Freelancer, I just found out that this piece actually exists for airsoft:

http://madbull.com/catalog/index.php...roducts_id=579

It's not compatible with my shitty Echo1 SCAR, but it is for all VFC types. This could allow for some ergonomic use of that AFG. I first saw that setup from this guy while I was searching videos of the SCAR:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzLesJdCvnQ

I'm not a fan of it. I removed the front sight on my SCAR, and I wish someone would create a rail system that takes that in mind and lets you slide a rail system on that extends all four rails, including the top one.

Here's the videos we rendered for my group's final CAD project. There's a whole bunch of inaccuracies and clipping. the inaccuracies are mostly due to other group members not knowing much of anything about guns in general and shortcuts that were made. Clipping was pretty much us not caring anymore as the due date approached. We left out the battery and wiring too.

That second video is pretty sweet. You should post it on some airsoft forums and be like "this is how gearboxes work".

Thanks, though I'm not 100% satisfied with it. Since we left out the main electrical components, we basically completely ignored the functions of the cutoff lever and select-fire plate. Those pieces were basically modeled in for show. But still, there was maybe only one other person in the whole class of 70 who knew what airsoft was, so no one else really knew to look for them. Our group bagged an A for sure lol, that's all that matters.

It's an AR and not a full-size M16A2.

Cue Senior Chan.