FN Herstal Licensed Five-seveN Airsoft GBB Pistol by Cybergun (Color: Black)

"I own this and the TM variant and here is the positives and negatives of this gun compared to it.
POSITIVES:
+This one is heavier and feels more realistic
+The gun is all black and looks more realistic because of this (does not have silver serial numbers though)
+Takes gas VERY easily from my propane adapter making it more efficient
+The rear sites are adjustable
+more accurate out of box
NEGATIVES:
-Loading the mag sucks; it's one of those hard to push mags that don't really have a dedicated place to load BB's so you have to squeeze them into where they come out. A speedloader is almost required.
-Uglier rear dots

Honestly, I like this one better than the TM variant but the TM one is still good. It's more of preference imo.

"Update as of 09/17/2022

Had an issue with the slide catch not working.

Dissassembled pistol to find that they made the inner skeleton that surrounds the slide out of polymer, and the metal slide catch had indeed broke a chunk off of the plastic, rendering the slide catch fully inoperable.

I used a razor blade and simply cut out more plastic in a sharper angle, adding a small indent towards the bottom of my new cut in the skeleton to offer better slide catch engagement and to prevent the slide from prematurely slipping off of the already flimsily designed spot for it to engage.

It is back to engaging strongly and I only rarely, if ever have the slide snap shut if I slam a magazine in hard. It cuts the engagement back about an 1/8th of an inch, so I would assume as this will have to eventually be done again in the future to keep the slide catch operational as the polymer will fail again, I could run into an issue with clearance as the slide catch engages/releases.

No answer from Cybergun yet if they will offer replacement parts for this issue.

Only issue I have encountered on this pistol. Bought it in March and aside from this, it’s still shooting away!

"First off, Beautiful replica!

FNH markings are where they need to be. First impressions are 8/10 because the pistol slide is relatively loose to the actual pistol frame, and the fact that the orange tip is HIDEOUS as well as hard to remove.

Anyways.

This pistol is clean, clear, and obviously a massive upgrade from the old school Maruzen pistol.

Gun itself
Light
ALL polymer. Metal is scarce on the outside
Crisp to an extent
Seems loopy and sloppy for a licensed FN product
Safety is CRISP
Trigger pull is sloppy
Still releases slide catch with strong magazine insertion (but don’t all GBBP’s do it?)
Field dissassembly simplified, though not as easy as a 1911 (need nails or terminator fingers) to pull the slide unlock catch back
Internals are great
Strong blowback
Quality magazines


All I can say is, USE PROPANE. This gun doesn’t do well on Green Gas alone. Barely cycles a full magazine.
*review is based on Benzomatic propane*

Magazines are great. No wobble, heavy, ZERO leaks. Good job Cybergun. I’ve dropped them on concrete for testing during mag drop reloads and they hold up fine! Seals are great as well.
Gun is great. Cycles like a dream, slide lock is STRONG, safety is super, super fun and crisp. Lots of people hate it, but train with it and you’ll be disengaging it as you draw it. No other frwtures, just rack and fire 17 off. Locks back strong, fires strong. 2000+ rounds and not a jam, misfire, or issue yet!

Please use Propane with this gun. I don’t have a chrono but with .25’s it cycles a full 17 round magazine mag dump no issue. Even on low silicone oil it cycles perfectly fine!

Solid pistol. I’ve been hunting for two years for a sidearm, I finally saw this and went for it. Got the package with gas and an extra magazine, at $36 they’re steep but they’re not really affected by cooldown.

I ordered 5 magazines, and over my entire useage of the pistol for 2k rounds have came across not a single stoppage or issue with gun OR magazine.
Cybergun stepped it up and made an excellent GBB this time around. Definitely one of my favorite designs of all time and it’s more than functional.

9/10 reccomend other than the gap between the slide and frame and orange tip the gun is shipped with.