Category: Airsoft – Weapons

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Manufacturer: Classic Army (Hong Kong)
Type: AEG
Date Aquired:?10/03/05

Wanted to get some info out quickly, so this will be a quickie. There seems to be a nice trend where retailers are doing nice reviews of products now, so as not to duplicate info, checkout AEX's CA249 Review.

Straight outta the box

Pro's:

• Metal in all the right places.
• Well engineered metal top cover with rail (See Pic).
• US Style Hand Guards and Heat Shield (Real M249 Paras don't have the upper Heat Shield).
• Plastic parts have a flat finish.
• PGC Style gearbox!!! Shoots hard and "easily" upgradeable.
• Classic Army Catalog Shows their AK Also, seems it was used for chrono testing LOL (Nice bb strike went through the whole catalog)

Top Rail Cover

Con's:

• Pieces fit very tightly together. This can be viewed as a Pro, but in this case it seems to be an engineering deal (i.e. you have to adjust the position of a few items to get an item like the top cover to close properly).
• The outer and inner barrel removal to replace the battery take a little practice (See AEX's CA249 Review).
• Looks to have very limited room in the handguard for battery. Only Mini batterys will fit. But Laylax Battery Sling works well in this situation.
• Heavy! Not for the 98lb weakling. At 14' lbs w/o battery or ammo, it'll give you a field workout. This is about 1 pound lighter then the real steel version.

With Obligatory M249 Box mag

I may do the mod where you can fit the AEG Battery in the box mag and wire the box mag to the M249's trigger. At this point I still like the option of using M16 style low and mid caps.

Chrono Results (FPS)
.20 BB's
Min: 319.43
Max: 327.22
Avg: 322.43

New Pics!

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Getting closer to the MK46 Mod0?variant!!!

The MK46 Mod0 ala GR Advanced Warfighter 😉

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Manufacturer: Tokyo Marui (Japan)
Type: AEG

Dunno what possesed me. As my buddy Bruiser @ AEX said, "Why the heck you get the Marui Uzi??? Oh yeah… you're a chairsofter…"

UZI Does It!

Just got it… It's already been reviewed elswhere

But I can say, chrono results are low compared to other stock TM AEG's, probably due to the short barrel and the "Real-Shock" simulated blow back system.

Even though this AEG has been around for a while (Released in 1998), because it uses the Version 5 gearbox, there are virtually ZERO internal upgrades for the TM UZI.

Chrono Results (FPS)
.20 BB's
Min: 256.82
Max: 258.36
Avg: 257.01

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Manufacturer: Tokyo Marui (Japan)
Type: AEG

Wow!!! is all I can say for now… There's a few VERY In Depth reviews already out:

Airsoft Extreme's TM M14 Review
Hammermod's TM M14 Review

Straight outta the box

So instead of me re-writing the Airsoft Extreme's TM M14 Review or
Hammermod's TM M14 Review. I will try and speak on subjects they may have not touched on.

Marui did it again!!! This is going to become an M21/M25 eventually!!! Parts on order! And also waiting for the plethora of 3rd party parts that usually follow a Marui release.

Wow pretty powerful for a stock AEG!

Chrono Results (FPS)
.20 BB's
Min: 318.23
Max: 321.65
Avg: 319.60

M21 Modification

Bolt-ons = M21 variant

Added the following:

• King Arms Scope Mount
• Guarder Cheek Rest
• Dummy 7.62 round (Pressed by me)
• King Arms Offset Cantilever Mount
• USGI M14 Sling
• Harris 2a Bipod Adapter
• Classic Army Bipod (Harris Replica)
• ZOS 1.5-6×42 Zip Focus, Illuminated Mil-Dot Reticle Scope

M21 variant

One thing to note. The synthetic stock is flexing with the bipod attached. While TM did have a mounting hole for a bipod on the foregrip of the stock. I'm not too sure they meant for a bipod to actually go there by the flex in the stock.

With the TGS EBR (Enhanced Battle Rifle) Kit

Adding the TGS EBR Kit does have many improvements over the original TM stock. It's a well built addon kit and realtively easy to install (The included directions make the install more difficult). It does add weight to the over all rifle when installed, but the folding stock makes the rifle easier to handle. The added body rigidity, but the foregrip carried large battery does make thr EBR front heavy. Oh did I mention this AEG is now heavy?

With the TGS EBR (Enhanced Battle Rifle) Kit

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Manufacturer: Tokyo Marui (Japan)
Type: AEG
Date Acquired: 12/2004

Just a quick posting on this for now. 10am on 12/15/04 and UPS brings me this:

These are the kind of UPS deliveries I like.

I didn't even have enough time to pull all the temporary putty off yet, but i wanted to post this and assure anyone who ordered from Den that you should all get yours soon if not already

Even better when you open the box. Note, I haven't had time to take off all the temp putty

UPS delivered this to me at work and sadly I'm too busy to play with it right now. But i'll have everything cleaned up and more information after I get outta here… My boss is an ass

Even Marui is putting Blackwater hats in the M4-S pics .

So far I can confirm the following:

• Tabs are metal reinforced on the body.
• 1 piece aluminum outer barrel.
• S.I.R. will ONLY take an 8.4 Mini Battery. The battery well is an area bored out of the outer barrel.
• Flip up rear sight is spring loaded like the real Knight's version.
• Flip up front sight.
• LE style rear stock.

Evening of 12/15/04

OK had some time to review the M4 S-System tonight. This will be an ongoing thing as long as questions keep coming in.

The S.I.R. is plastic and metal.

The S.I.R. is a bit different then the all metal S.I.R.'s that have been available. Above I marked the rails which are the only things on the S.I.R. that are metal. The Rest of the S.I.R. is plastic.

The beefier 1 piece outer barrel makes up for the lack of an all metal S.I.R. We're talking zero barrel wobble!!!

The front and rear folding sights are metal!!! The rear site is spring loaded and function like the real ARMS read S.I.R. sight.

Battery Physical Size Capacity. Note the underside of barrel has a notch cut out about 4" long

To accomodate a battery in the foregrip, TM had to mill/cut a section of the outer barrel. TM made this cut EXACTLY the length of an 8.4 mini battery. The only way I can forsee using a 9.6 mini battery is cut/dremel away more of the outer barrel to accomodate the added length. Other then that the only other things are the more tradtional: ready mag, crane stock, peq external battery. We'll have to wait and see if the airsoft accessorie market comes up with a more elegant alternative.

The final few external add-ons to this system for now:

Not sure what to do about internal upgrading for now due to the battery size limitation. I don't feel like doing any of the external battery tricks yet, but I do have a Laylax Sling on order, so that may solve the battery problem.

G&G SOPMOD Stock and G&P "Rebar Cutter" Flash Hider Installed

Always Wanted an SD Type. Added: EOTech 551.A65, Laylax SD Outer Barrel, KM Silencer

Latest Revision – Magpul M93R Stock, Magpul MIAD Grip, Noveske KX-3

Tokyo Marui M4 S-System Chrono Results (FPS)
.20 BB's
Min: 270.80
Max: 286.79
Avg: 283.22