EMG / Salient Arms International RED Hi-Capa Training Weapon (Model: Aluminum Select Fire / CO2)

"This gun has been solid from the box, easily upgradable, easy to take apart and clean. The only Con this gun has is the fact that the outer barrel is not threaded.

"I got the co2 select-fire version from the 99 dollar mystery box that gives you a gun valued at 140 dollars or above, the catch is that they are returned items, display models, or something is just wrong with it (from what I read some of them are pretty much brand new). I got this in somewhat bad condition but it wasn't a deal breaker. the blowback nozzle was rubbing against the hammer to the point where the slide was super slow and stiff, the detent pin for the slide catch was in the wrong way, and the fire selector was heavily used. whoever returned it did not do a good job repairing it (it was rough), but I had bought some parts to build my we tech I bought the week before but I was surprised by this gun instead so I installed the cowcow blowback housing and the guarder loading muzzle and that fixed the hammer issue the hop-up was great out the box it was over hoping .28 gram bbs at around the middle setting so that was good. overall the gun is great for the price I paid which was 100 dollars but for 200 I wouldn't have bought it, don't get me wrong it's a really amazing gun it's just that there are a lot of similar guns out there for under 170, for example, I bought a kli baba Yaga off amazon for 135 and it performs really close with this gun. keep in mind that I got a bad example so I don't know how they would perform out of the box on a good model as well as the fact that I've only ever handled a gbb pistole a weekl prier to reciving this gun when I got my we tech and baba Yaga so take my advice with a grain of salt. in conclusion; is it a great gun, yes, is it worth 200 dollars, eh if you're willing to buy it.

"This gun is my first pistol that I got out of an evike BOA (I got the regular one, not select fire 😔)and I have used it for a few months. The more I use this thing, the more I love it. Right out of the box it is very weighty in the slide and the back portion. Compared to my friends stock tm hi capa this thing is so much heavier.

Externally, most of the gun is metal which has a great feel to it. The puzzle trigger is a great addition to this gun, as the trigger pull is very smooth and you don't have to pull far at all. I wish they had included threads on the outer barrel though but that's alright, I wasn't expecting it to have them. The gun has a great look overall, the black body with the gold outer barrel matches well(The guide plug, guide rod, and the grip screws are silver which doesn't match as good but I am going to replace those with gold parts anyways so it's more of a nitpick). The slide is a nice material and after putting a few hundred rounds through it hasn't seemed to wear it down much at all which is no surprise. The outer barrel gold coloring is starting to wear off a little because of the slide rubbing on it. My complaints with the slide is that it wobbles on the frame so when you run it rattles around. It doesn't seem to affect the performance so it's not too big of a deal to me. The rear sight is even worse on the wobbling so beware of that if you plan to buy this. The takedown pin is a complete pain to remove at first, I genuinely had to use a thick allen key to pop it out but the more I did that the looser it got and now I can pop it out with my finger with ease.

Performance wise the gun shoots well right out of the box. It's not the most accurate but I didn't expect it to be because it's a stock gun and the outer barrel isn't fixed. In accuracy it compares to my friend's stock tm pistol. When taken apart the hopup and the inner barrel were really scratched up for some reason. I don't know how that could've happened because I probably only put two mags through it. With the hopup all the way up it was just barely able to hop .25s to hit about 100ft. A new tightbore barrel, bucking and hopup chamber with an I key is all I used for an easy fix, which is something most people will do right away.

Tl;DR
This thing is an awesome pistol with a realistic feel. It's basically a weighty tm hicapa with a metal slide, puzzle trigger and a sweet gold look to it. If you can deal with the slide and rear sight being wobbly then I definitely would recommend this over a stock tm hi capa