"Quick pro’s and cons for those not wanting to read:
Pro:
-Fun gun.
-Realistic design.
-Cleans like real Kalashnikov.
-FPS and accuracy is decent.
-Recoil feels like shooting a .22, pretty cool.
-All cons are fixable with qualified user.
Con:
-Furniture is absolutely terrible and made with the cheapest of material. Dings, breaks, and marks easily. Replace ASAP
-Cleaning rod not properly secured and just rattles on the front of the gun. Remove, fix, or just replace if needed.
-Because of weird specs, a good amount of modification needed to fit other furniture. Planning required, measure twice cut once.
-Limited out-of-the-box compatibility options (it is an AK after all)
For those who want a more in-depth look:
I bought this as my first step into gbbar’s and for what I bought it for it does its job decently. I wanted a more realistic approach to airsoft and I collect real guns so maintenance is a breeze, you just clean it like a real AK just with some different materials, and a smidge more often. Performance wise, it’s good, you have a bb or two on full auto fly way off the mark per mag but it’s mostly consistent and the fps with .25’s holds around 350. Gas dosent keep for long storage, and only seems to have enough for a mag, though then again it could be user error. It is still my first gbbar.
The only gripe I have with it is the god-awful furniture. It’s terrible, the cheapest plastic known to man. It breaks or gets dinged on the smallest of impacts. The stock makes me gag, it feels so cheap. The first thing I did right out of the box was completely remove the furniture and replaced it with real ak furniture. A lot of modifications were required but just like on furniture with real AK’s that’s normal. Grabbed some real poly ak74m furniture and filed it down to fit, then drilled and cut to fit a Kalashnikov USA triangle stock. The fake cleaning rod doesn’t sit and just rattles because it has nothing to lock onto, an easy fix. Either drill and tap a hole (careful, you don’t want to drill into your hop-up or chamber), glue it, or just remove/replace it.
I made it look pretty darn close to the AK74 from the old S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games. I’m pretty proud of it, and it’s a nice gun to debut my return to airsoft in around 5ish years. It was also just a fun project, I like making video game guns like the NCR Service rifle from fallout and such, first time doing that on an airsoft gun and not a real gun. It was definitely something to keep me busy and in the end it’s very functional. Would recommend for more experienced players. Definitely not a gun for a first-timer, especially for the asking price.