Matrix Limited Edition Custom Alien Pulse Rifle Airsoft AEG (Color: Tan)

"So I got this. Mostly as a display piece. I'm not sure I would ever use this in a game as it isn't very practical. As far as the magazine goes. I do think it would be fun to use it at least once. But gun seems pretty heavy duty. It has good heavy weight to it. Haven't had a chance to fire it yet. I still have to get a battery for it to try it out. Overall, I'm happy with the item. It will look great with the rest of my replicas that I've collected over the years.

"very sturdy, has good weight to it. I dremeled a hole in the endcap just enough to reach the hicap winder and doesnt affect its durability. I want to try to replace the dummy shotty with a real one and still keep the battery where it is. if anyone has an idea find me

"can't believe I didn't discover this gun until now, my childhood wet dream came true. too bad there isn't a digital camo version, would go for that without question.

"ALIEN GUN 1!1!!!!!11!!!!!!!

"Really love the gun, the metal and plastic is really sturdy and very well made. The counter is really cool and I like that it counts down the ammo and is really easy to see. Retractable stock is very sturdy and can be pressed hard against you (but it's airsoft so no need to) with no worry if it breaking or bending. The magazine takes a little getting used to putting it in since you have to slide it into the rails but once you practice enough with it it's easy to do. Fires fast on full auto but is very accurate and fires just as good on semi. Overall it's a great buy and if you don't put the battery in that lets you shoot it, you could use it as a prop at conventions. My only negative thought about it is that the magazine has to be wound up in order for the BBs to go into the rifle instead of there just being a spring that automatically pushes them in. It just makes it hard when I take it to airsoft battles because I constantly have to stop, undo the magazine cover and wind it to put more BBs in. I'm hoping they'll come out with a Magazine that doesn't require a winding mechanism and if they do then it'll definitely make it allot better. Overall it's still a great buy and I do recommend it.

"If you’re thinking of getting this Pulse Rifle, quit stalling and JUST BUY IT. You will not be disappointed. If you are at all a fan of the Alien universe, you need this rifle. There are more “screen accurate” PRs out there, but this one is 98% true to the original (extremely minor differences you really have to try to notice), for about 1/3 or even 1/10 the price as the non-firing replicas that have been out there for years. Seriously, $600-$3000 for a “hero” rifle that just hangs on the wall? Ok, maybe the counter lights up and you can rack the grenade launcher slide, but this thing does that and lays down a pretty impressive amount of BBs while making it extremely difficult to keep that smile off your face. I lucked out and got the forest camo on an epic deal AND got $15 off for first time buyer (thanks Evike). I disassembled mine- not difficult if you’re careful- and am painting it a more accurate Brown Bess color as in the movie. Looks like it shouldn’t be too hard to upgrade as it’s a Thompson under the shrouds and grenade launcher.

"Absolutely amazing rifle. This thing is PERFECT for any Colonial Marine cosplay or movie buff. It weighs exactly what a real weapon would weight.

"Just received my pulse rifle today. Love the weight and and the fps is beastly. I love just looking at it, but shooting it makes me grin from ear to ear.
9.6 battery is too long, but can fit with slight modification. Inserting the magazine along the guiderail takes some getting used to, but is not as bad as some make it out to be.
Buy it, if you are a fan of Aliens, you absolutely must. Can't put it down and I really dont want to go to work tomorrow; I want to stay at home and watch Aliens with my new pulse rifle. Hoping it functions well for years to come. Stay frosty people.

"I love this gun as much as I love the series it’s from. And when I die, this baby’s getting buried with me. Or sold to pay for my funeral because I’m broke AF

"I�ve been skirmishing with my M41A Pulse Rifle since September �17, and this gun does not fail to satisfy. It gets a lot of looks, and attention, and the performance is very competitive to that of many M4s.

I�ve upgraded it with a 300mm Madbull stainless TBB, with Maple Leaf bucking, and a flat hop-up nub, added a Gate Warfet programmable mosfet, and have a PEQ mounted 11.1v lipo on the right vent rail. I topped it off with a picatinny rail screwed into the center gap of the �carry handle� to mount a 2x red dot. I use .30-.32g bbs in this 400 (on the dot) chronoed rifle.

This gun is now easily accurate to 150 feet (usually hit with two or three immediate, follow up, shot and devastating within 100 feet, many times one shifting a moving player. Beyond 150 ft, I use my SR25 DMR to engage, so I am not really worried about extreme ranges.

The downside is reloading, as the guide rail is so high up in the gun. A guy , from New Zealand, on an Aliens forum has made a 3D printed full length guide to make reloading easier, and I will be getting that soon. I definitely recommend buying extra bottom caps and cutting a hole for full sized mags to poke through, and to use high caps until one has a fix for quick reloads. The gun is just shy of 10 pounds but it feels like a good weight to me, unlike polymer M4s that weigh nothing, single handed firing this gun is not a problem.

If you are thinking about getting this gun, do it, it won�t disappoint!

"Just received this gun on 10/17/2017 and opened it up and love it, being a huge Aliens fan. I thought this came with the battery and charger but it does not. I'll have to order them and wait before I can try it out. It's metal and plastic and feels heavy enough to believe that it is a real firearm. It has two orange caps over both front barrels. The larger one covering the grenade launcher portion can just be pulled right off and then slipped back on for legal reasons but the orange cap on the top barrel has some type of pins going through it making it difficult to remove it you tried. I may just paint the tip with some model paint and make it match the rest of the metal on the gun. Even if you don't buy batteries or BB's for it, right out of the box it is definitely a collector's item and enough to make any other Aliens fan drool.

"Very true to the movie Aliens .Awesome details on gun ,solid feel,weight and powerful hitting.Only problem is loading magazine into gun is very tricky.would be hard to reload under pressure in fire fight.

"first off. this is worth every penny.
I first saw aliens when i was 9 on vhs and wanted one since then.
I got the package today and it was HEAVY!! so I put the movie on my oldschool big screen tv and started unboxing. i tell you it was spiritual. when I pulled off the top and looked at it I just stared without touching it for probably almost five minutes and called my girl in. do note that it takes two batteries, a stick type and a 9 volt which are not included. The props id seen in the past were over a thousand dollars and after watching many reviews this is so much better as far as im concerned. moving parts heavy as heck, lots of metal. its just dope. if youre thinking about getting it, do it. absolutely do it. you wil know what it feels like to hold an m41A pulse rifle. as far as airsft rifles go, I really dont know because ive never played airsoft, but i dont give a crap, this is a pulse rifle. ive not had batteries in it yet, havnt fired it yet. dont care. its incredible as it is. fel the weight.

"Had this for a while now, it's still awesome. How do you go about general maintenance and cleaning of this thing? I have never cleaned an Airsoft gun before and I don't know what I should be paying attention to etc.

"I recently bought this gun a few months ago knowing that there would be some modifications that would have to be taken. I am a big fan of the aliens franchise and have dreamed of owning a pulse rifle since I was a kid, that being said I got motivated to do some mods after playing the recent aliens colonial marines 360 game. I know the game sucked, but it had some great additions to the pulse rifle that have worked very well for airsoft. DISCLAIMER: These mods require the disassembly of the pulse rifle, take your time on taking apart the green plastic section as it is pre-glued and will require some tender plying(about an hour to separate) so that you dont break the plastic. I recommend using a small flat head screwdriver and an exacto knife and patience! The following are the mods...

1. Mag well- Any reviewer/owner will tell you that this gun's mag well is very big for the skinny thompson mag. If you try to reload the mag without looking into the mag well odds are it will take you up to a minute to even load the mag. I went to home depot and picked up their smallest thinnest section of plexi glass(10x10" I think) for 3 bucks. I went home and disassembled the left(non counter) green side of the gun off so that the right side was still there and the thompson receiver was there too. I then loaded a mag and began to cut strips of the plexi glass out(clippers work great) and piece them around the mag. The idea here is to build a slim cage around the mag so that when you go to load it, there is only one route to load. After doing this, I glued about 5-6 little squares chunks via epoxy to the non counter side green plastic shroud just above where the mag cover is. When you glue enough of the squares on this side, it should make it where the mag has no way to move anywhere but directly into the rail on the inside of the mag well. I recommend getting painters blue tape and do mock fits with the tape as it is easy to remove before committing with epoxy. I can reload my gun in seconds and I can literally slam my mags into the mag well as well.

2. Orange tip- I dont mind the orange tip but I planned to put a silencer on it so I had to remove it. I first tried to wrench it off, but found it easier to take a small flat head screw driver wedge it between the barrel and the orange section. It will take a few minutes, but you should be able to remove it in sections. If you are a die hard fan and do not want to modify your gun beyond the scope of the movie, then you dont need to read further.

3. 1 point sling- Yes I didn�t mistype that, I put a 1 point on my pulse rifle. I did this very simple mod by locating the metal bracket that helps hold the two green plastic body shrouds together that is behind the pistol grip that attached on the underside by to small screws and a big bolt. Remove that and depending if you are a right or lefty, drill a hole in the middle of that side and install your sling mount. In my case, I installed a small square rail there so that my sling point could rotate and sit on top of the metal piece. I chose this metal piece because the location of it is about right for a 1 point sling and it is a strong metal part that fastens very good on the bottom side of the gun. I originally had a two point sling, but found it very limiting when it came to reloading as the angle to load the mag was very tight and would take a lot of effort to load and would hinder me in cqb. Now I can swap hands and reload quick and this keeps the weight down when in long games.

4. Reflex imbedded in carry handle- This gun does not have any iron sights, but a valley to look through on the carry handle. I wanted this gun to be universal and accurate so I decided to go with a reflex sight as it is accurate with the game and it has a small/thin profile to fit INSIDE the carry handle. You will have to dremel out some of the carry handle where you plan to install the sight in order to do this. When separating the green shrouds, you will see a middle long piece that rests inside the carry handle, I mounted a plastic rail on there and dremeled around it to fit. Then I put the reflex sight in there and made my marks on the shroud pieces to be dremelled down. Take your time here so that you dont buzz off too much plastic. This is a great addition for sight acquisition and in low light you have a reticle! My gun is very accurate with this setup where it feels like a sniper rifle.

5. Flashlight- Since I am concerned with lowlight, I need to have a flashlight mounted. I mimicked the game and mounted a small rail on the opposite location of the bullet counter. The location is great because it is close enough to operate a flashlight with your thumb without much movement. I chose to go with the NCstar flashlight attachment that has an off set so that the flashlight will mount diagonally instead of just up. This helps to clear the green shroud but is still within reach of your thumb. Then following is the link.
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6. Silencer- I wanted this gun to be very capable outdoors and so I decided to add a silencer which again is similar to the game. The game plan is add a silencer and then get an inner barrel that is 6-7 inches longer for more accuracy. I ordered a 7 inch silencer and a pistol silencer adapter with the same thread type, in my case 14CCW. When installing, break down the gun and remove the black outer barrel and see how the pistol silencer adapter is to it. Odds are the pistol adapter will have a smaller outer diameter than the barrel, which is normal. From here either take it to a machine shop which they will shave some of the metal off the end for the adapter to fit or if you have a lathe or other machining tools have at it, got mine done at a machine shop.

7. 9.6 battery- When you order this gun, it comes with a 8.4 battery that fits pretty snug. I run a 9.6 1600 mah battery in mine and it has a nice stock ROF. You can put a 9.6 in this gun but it is really cramped. Since I have a bad luck with short outs, I wanted to make sure this wouldnt happen to this gun. You should be very good at breaking the gun down at this point and disassemble the shotgun section and you will see a plastic tab where the battery naturally fits. You can break off this part and glue some foam(any foam insert you can find will do) about an inch further down so that you will have more room for a slightly longer battery!

My intention is that the people who read this review will have an understanding of the capabilities of this gun and an idea of what components I used and where to install them for optimum use. All the components I used were purchased through evike and I used some of their "matrix" line up as they are reasonably priced. TBH, I didnt start using my pulse rifle until about a month ago when my buddies gun took a crap and decided now was the time to test it. My gun is hands down accurate for long range outdoor games and has quick fast reliability for cqb, this is quickly becoming my fav gun because of its raw capabilities.