EMG Daniel Defense Licensed DDM4 Airsoft AEG Rifle w/ CYMA Platinum QBS Gearbox (Model: DDMK18 / 400 FPS / Dark Earth / Gun Only)

"As others have mentioned, this gun is perfect aside from the stock hop, rubber, and nozzle.. My bucking was damaged out of the box and the gun woudln't feed. I replaced the hop unit with a EMG MAXX ME hop, which didnt work without filing the stock nozzle down and sanding the fake bolt retainer (it's a little piece of plastic in the body that prevents the metal bolt from flopping around) down. The stock CYMA nozzle is about 21.67mm, and the EMG unit is only "supposed" to work with 21mm--21.25mm nozzles. after filing the nozzle down I'm now making around 1.45-1.47J with .32 BB's using the EMG MAXX ME Sport Hop, stock barrel, and a prometheus blue bucking that I put some teflon tape on to help seat it in the unit.

"This is by far the snappiest and fastest stock gun I have ever owned. With the 13:1 gears, motor, and micro switch, you can achieve a very short and fast trigger pull. I switched the standard trigger for a maxx trigger, and with the adjustable feature a hair trigger can be achieved. The only reason why I am giving it 4 stars id because the hopup unit is trash. It was having an extremely hard time hopping .2 and .25g bbs 40-50 yards. I wound up switching out the bucking and unit but the barrel is fine.
Pros:
fast gears
snappy trigger
shoots straight but bbs drop
looks amazing
Shoots 22rps on a 9.6 and 28 on a 11.1

Cons:
hopup unit/bucking

"REVIEW ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL: SASSYSARDINE

This is an excellent replica for the price. Most likely the beset bang for your buck for a MK18 trademarks are deeply engraved and all around the handguard, upper, and lower receiver. The hop up makes this gun unusable. At this price point its a bit embarrassing since you're paying a "premium" price for a terrible hop up. This must be replaced immediately to make this replica field-able.

"REVIEW ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL : SASSYSARDINE

SBR 400FPS

PROS:
All Metal Body
No Stock Wobble
Deans Connection
Trademarks (Deep Engravings)
High ROF
Snappy Trigger
Quick Change Spring Guide
Looks
Battery space plentiful

CONS:
HOP UP is unusable (can not hop .28+ on full hop)
Need to upgrade barrel, bucking, nub, and hop up unit to perform well
May overspin on 11.1v
May burn contact on 11.1v
I could not remove hand guard (could be my own fault of not knowing)
Orange tip removal was time consuming
No QD Points on Stock

Details:

9.5in Hand guard
~275mm Inner Barrel
Metal hop up (Replace this right away)

Overview:
This is a great MK18 for the asking price. It is though disappointing that at this price the hop up is unusable even for .28g bbs. This could be my replica I received but it appears others are having this same issue. No sharp edges on the hand guard and the trade marks look good if you're into that. If you're going for a MK18 look/loadout this is reasonably priced compared to other MK18s. Just change the whole hop up system and should perform as expected.

"One of my good friends and I both bought one of these in July of last year (350fps version). Out of the box it works great. A couple of things that will need upgrading: the plastic nozzle isn't great, the bearings won't last long, and you'll likely want a proper MOSFET as well. Long term our gearbox cases slowly failed with either small cracks or no longer being tight around the bearings. So while it performs wel and looks and feels great, I wouldn't expect this to last a year without needing upgrades or repairs if you play regularly (like every other week).

"External wise, this gun is AMAZING.

Pros: Looks amazing, Full metal, NOT ZINC SO STOP SAYING IT IS.., metal gearbox shell, 13:1 gears right out of the box, very good motor, decent FPS, around 370 with .20s
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CONS:
HORRIBLE HOPUP
BUCKING IS BAD
the entire inner barrel assembly needs to be replaced
MOSFET WILL DIE ON YOU
BOLT CATCH STOPPED WORKING
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However, this gun looks amazing. with around $200 in upgrades you have a gun that shoots like a $1000 gun,
LIST OF PARTS REPLACED OR ADDED
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MAXX HOPUP M4A
MAXX TRIGGER STYLE E (SILVER)
MAPLE LEAF SILLICONE BUCKING 70 DEGREES
MAPLE LEAF HOPUP NUB TENSIONER
PERUN HYBRID MOSFET (REAR)
PERUN CLICKER (for better trigger response)
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With those upgrades you have yourself a laser beam, it can lift up to .32s like a sniper rifle basically
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FPS: 370 .20s
RPS: 45 11.1v LIPO
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CONCLUSION: Don't buy this gun if youre a beginner. it has amazing externals and full metal construction which is nice. just be aware you will need to upgrade the hopup and mosfet. Buy it if its on sale like i did. you will have a great MILSIM gun with some upgrades.

"A good gun, but has its flaws. Mine worked very nicely for the first 10 or so games, then after that the micro switch stopped working. I have no clue why, I hadn't messed with any internals until then, speaking of, the hop up is absolute dog water. However the gun is snappy with an 11.1 and has great looks, I just wish it had a better hop up and more durable micro switch, (seems to me as very cheap plastic)

"Gun is very well built for the price point as you may have heard from other sources the hop up or compression system in general is not the best and the MOFSET can only handle 11.1v batteries for so long which may not be a deal breaker but overall solid gun as long as you are not using BB weights over .25g but I do recommend picking up a new air nozzle, hop up, and bucking and for those wanting to use 11.1v a gate Titan. my upgrades for the gun so far are a Prometheus 318mm 6.03 tightbore inner barrel, Prometheus hop up, MAXX double O-ring air nozzle, maple leaf bucking, and a gate titan and it may be a lot of parts you could get away with just a new hop up and bucking but with all these upgrades the gun is a dream to shoot and the trigger is already super snappy and good for intermediate players only so because it’s internally not great out the box