ARES Amoeba MR/E-SD Airsoft AEG (Color: Dark Earth)

"Have owned this weapon for 2 years. I game this every other weekend in outdoor bush games in all weather... rain, snow, and sunshine. Being from nothern Canada I play in some serious weather. I also use this for milsims normally 18hour games both CQB and bush games. All this being said i would say half a million bbs down range and never a fail.

I have replaced the bushings as the OEM became woren. Mag release button fell off but was replaced. These are my only 2 issues. I regularly tear down clean and regrease the gearbox. The quick change spring ia great as I had to detune to make milsim chrono.

This is my go to weapon the one I use all the time. Found blue box midcaps work perfect. Also added the barrel stabilizer. Run 7.4v echo1 lipos great rof as I am mostly a semi auto player. But when I do go auto I am happy to rock and roll.

"I have been running this gun for a year+ now and shot 40,000 rounds through it, easily. I'm a heavy CQB player, and this gun has far exceeded my expectations. When I received it, it was a terrific stock weapon. The rotary style hopup functions perfectly, and the inner barrel is a 6.03 aluminum tightbore. If you spend time tuning the hopup and your red dot, you will easily be able to hit any target within 40 feet and reach ranges of 100 feet. The gun is light, and I can run easily in my environment with it and carry it with one hand when I vault over cover.

I kept the gun stock for about 2 months before I swapped out basic parts: Prowin M4 hopup unit, Angel Custom "W" Bucking, Angel Custom CNC "H-Hop" nub, 6.03 300mm Prometheus tightbore inner barrel, the barrel stabilizing unit available here on Evike (I strongly recommend this, if nothing else) and a Tienly high torque motor. These provide a quicker trigger response and greater accuracy. The polymer receiver is not an issue at all. I've dropped, tossed and hit the gun many times and I've never had an issue.

One con here is the free floating inner barrel, it's easy to correct this with the barrel stabilizing unit, but without it you won't have good BB grouping. Also, the wiring is not the best. If you wire to a deans connector, and want to remove the gearbox, the dean's plug won't fit through the battery storage compartment, so you'll always have to cut off the plug if you want to tech the gun.

Now onto the pro teching for this gun: if you have some cash to spend, and the technical know how, you can take this gun to the next level by buying the Dual Sector Gearset from SeigeTek. Look up some videos and see if this is the upgrade for you, I don't want to spoil anything for you.

"All around it's a solid machine, few hiccups here and there but that's the only way your going to learn the firearm. I do CQB so out the box it was pushing 440 at the crono; with the easy spring release was able to swap it out for a lower end spring to make it legal in the arena.

Pros:
*solid build with no wobble
*fast & easy to customize
*a lot of after market accessories for it so not really limited on the battery capabilities
*extremely light weight for those who like to be on the move
*quick release to disassemble to clean or upgrade the internals

Cons:
*light weight could be a disadvantage to some who prefer heavier firearms
*mag release switch screw will pop out so best to replace it with a better screw
*iron sights are plastic but then again who really uses them?
*price is a little high but then again you honestly get what you pay for...