EMG Daniel Defense Licensed DDM4A1 Carbine Airsoft AEG Rifle w/ CYMA Platinum QBS Gearbox (Color: Black / 400 FPS / Add GATE Aster)

"This rifle is awesome. Got it yesterday and tested it today for the first time. I got the m4a1 by accident instead of the mk18 but I don’t care cuz internally they are the same. the range and accuracy on this rifle is better then I thought. And with an 11.1 LiPo full auto rips. My only downside is it can’t shoot .20g bbs there’re to light and .28 seem to work great. So I may try .25 to see how it shoots. So overall highly recommend to beginners.

Pros: great accuracy
Range
Rps is awesome
Great price $300

Cons: none

Highly recommend for beginners

"Awesome gun for the price had mine for more than a year,well built still the best gun for my game.best to replace the hop up to a maxi brand hop up for maximum height on your bbs.other than that everything else works perfect

"Only airsoft gun ive ever had that has never had any issues.

"All I can say is wow, this is my first airsoft gun.
Pros:
Full Metal Handgaurd and Receiver.
Wired to Deans.
Consistent 400 FPS
Low Price

Cons:
None in my opinion.

"Great gun! Would highly recommend. Full metal and has the quick spring change system. You can take the buffer tube off with an actual AR-15 tool. Great starter to medium gun.

"Top tier, I’ve always been a fan of emg but omg the externals are mwah. Would recommend for a airsoft veteran so they can appreciate this in fool.

"Absolutely love it, made of quality parts. feels very premium and shoots nicely. no cons i can think of.

"Excellent gun out of the box. The rof is very good with an 11.1 but be ready for your gears to shred after about 20,000 rounds if you run the 11.1 exclusively. Otherwise this gun is very solid, theres no wobble. The finish is nice and the trademarks are very cool. Magpul moe stock will fit on this if you want something better than the emg fat stock.

Pros:
Rof turns heads when you mention it’s stock internals
Accuracy out of the box
Fps floats between 380-390
Great visual showcase of a Daniel Defense rifle
Fits lipo batteries in buffer tube comfortably if you change the stock
Trigger response is very quick

Cons:
Price is a bit high for gearbox quality
11.1 will eventually destroy your gears

In short, pop a big 7.4 lipo in this thing, throw some attachments on, and you’ll have an excellent intermediate level rifle.

"First things first, this is the gun I bought to get back into airsoft. I haven’t played in years and years, but now that I live in an area where I can attend mil-sim games easier, and constant nagging from buddies I finally caved.

With that being said, I’m blown away! Things have definitely improved since I last was into the hobby. I’m not a tech, but as soon as this got delivered I took it to a friend who is a tech. We split it open and went through it, and man this thing is sweet! Construction is fantastic, and it’s a very solid weapon.

CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS:
Feels extremely solid in the hand, absolutely no wobble in the stock or other areas. Compared to real steal, the pistol grip is a little slick to me and the ejection port cover is definitely made from some thin Chinesium, but those are easily remedied. I do feel as though the real DD RIS II’s are slightly more solid, but this thing is great for the price considering real steal RIS II’s can go for the price of this whole weapon.

INTERNALS:
Again, I am no airsoft tech. I did purchase a different motor, bucking, and barrel when I originally bought the weapon based off recommendations from a friend who knows his stuff. When we took this thing apart, we were definitely surprised at the quality of components installed from the factory. The motor is pretty much good to go out of the box unless you really want that extra torque or MAYBE longevity. The nozzle is trash, like what others have said. Definitely had larger than desired variance in FPS and pretty lack luster compressions, all of which seems to stem from the nozzle. The piston and cylinder head both seem good to go, the nozzle is 100% the issue. I’ll definitely be upgrading, and I recommend you do as well if you buy this thing. The gear box was decently shimmed, but it won’t hurt if you get yours re-shimmed. The hop up seems pretty sheisty, mine doesn’t work as badly as what others have reported, but it leaves a little to be desired and I’ll be upgrading that as well. I would also recommend upgrading the barrel to get that extra FPS especially with .25s. The dean’s connection is a nice touch and welcomed. The crane stock leaves tons of room for a battery. I’m able to fit 2 1450 MAH 11.1’s in the stock.

FPS:
So out of the box, this thing was shooting at about 280 with .25’s. Obviously that’s not what we’re looking for, but can be fixed easily as well. After squaring away the compression issues with a half-assed o-ring fix at the piston head and a new barrel, I’m right around 345ish with .25s. Again I’ll be changing out the nozzle which should help even more with compression irregularities.

This thing does have a mosfet and micro switch trigger, both of which are a nice add right out of the box. Semi is snappy. Using 11.1 lipos with mine, and I’m curious to see how everything holds up, but as of right now I’m feeling pretty confident this was a good investment.

For 300 bones this thing is pretty legit, and with another 60 bucks you can make this thing even better. I will definitely recommend this weapon, and look forward to breaking it in at our next event.

"I bought the DDM4 400FPS version of this. It’s a fantastic gun right out of the box. I had it for a while and played a couple games on it and unfortunately the motor fried. It was annoying but a relatively hassle free fix. I suppose it was just a lemon so I’m not too annoyed.
It’s a great solid feeling weapon! On an indoor field the larger rail is fine but just a bit too large.
But overall happy with the purchase.

"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