G&P M16A3 Airsoft AEG Rifle (Color: Black / Gun Only)

"I'm a Dad, got into the sport because of my boys. I'm taller than most, so I wanted a full size M16 variant. I started with a G&P M4, which was fine, but it was somewhat small for me. This full size M16 fit me well. My first gun (read below and my second) chrono's at 330 to 350 with .25 gm bb's (depending on the chrono). Distance is good, accuracy is fair. This gun can reach out 150 feet plus with hop-up adjustment.

So, my first M16 failed after four full outings on the Airsoft field, four games. I will admit, I have a drum mag, actually I have two and carry both of them, and used full auto extensively in all games. The failure was in the gear box. Gears stripped. In the middle of a game (fortunately the last game of the day) I heard a high pitched whizzing sound when the trigger was pulled, and that was the end of it. Broken gear box. Probably I had fired thousands of rounds, maybe over 10,000 through it by that point.

I took the gun back to EVIKE where I had purchased it a few months before, and they gave me a new one. That's why I buy from Evike. Stand up company. If the next one fails, I will post. However, I'm going to be more judicious in the use of full auto from now on.

"Nice gun overall, amazing Rate of fire, constructed very well.

Only con's are the magazines, 130 rd mid-caps. I tried using mine and it wouldn't work, the bb's got jammed in it or something. This is probably because I didn't use silicon spray.

"Overall its a great gun. Very solid all around, had one issue with the piston basically disintegrating on me but other than that has an excellent rate of fire and the fps has been very consistent at right under 400. I have been using an 11.1 lipo on it so that may have contributed to the fairly quick destruction of the piston. All in all I have no egrets buying this rifle.

"The Good:
Excellent materials.
High rate of fire with a 9.6v battery.
Large battery compartment(fits a Matrix 9.6v 4000mah).
Good accuracy, although it needs a heavy BB, 0.25g and over. My 0.23g BBs don`t cut it.

The Details:
Has a large type battery connector.
Dust cover WILL NOT close. Definitely not a defect, it was designed that way.
Flash hider is plastic(not a con, just stating it).
The magazine it comes with is very nice.

The Bad:
Slight wobble between the upper and lower on mine. Not much at all, but it is noticeable.
It shoots between 424 and 450 with a 0.2g BB. And that`s after a week of light to medium use. I used it in a game a day before I chronod it, and got those numbers. The FPS is way too hot for my local fields.


Conclusion:
A great rifle out of the box if you have different FPS restrictions than I do. I highly recommend it. The only reasons I give it 4/5 is 1: 5 is perfect, and few things in this world are perfect. 2: No metal flash hider. 3: High FPS.

"i Should start with THIS GUN IS AMAZING, i love it

Pros Full Metal
High Fps ( Chronoed 387 with .23's)
Accurate
Solid Built

Cons
Magpul Hand guard didn't fit need the Real Steel Version, My fault
The selector switch fell off, but still fires cheap fix

Over All Good Gun i gave it 4 out of 5 stars because the selector switch fell off

"Ive always considered g&p as top notch airsoft equipment. I have alot of stuff by them that work perfectly without any complaints. But when i recieved this rifle i was dissapointed by 2 things one was the screw for the orange tip was melted in awkwardly so i had to break off the orange tip ( thus voiding warranty) but that was ok i like the gun (havent shot it yet which was a dumb mistake by me) but when i went to go shoot it it sprayed all over and when i put in a new mag the bbs would roll out. I took it apart to find that the hop up wasnt put in correctly, more like not at all cause when i was pulling the barrel /hop up assembly out of the gun the hop up just slid off the inner barrel. After i fixed that. Everything is great the range and accuracy is amazing. I just feel that a 300 dollar gun should have no flaws. And for that reason i give 3 stars otherwise i would have given 5