airsoftpacific

Hey, just wanted to come back and post an update. G&P have offered to replace the broken parts free of charge. They're waiting at Redwolf to be sent with my team's next order. They're sending me a new bipod mount piece and a new outter barrel. So, +1 for G&P's customer service!

Stubbs, thanks much. That's what I needed to know. Unfortunately, my outer barrel is also broken. It actually snapped off at the base of the threads, so it cannot be attached again. The quality of the metal I can see from where it broke is pretty terrible, as was the bi-pod mount piece. 2 skirms, 2 broken parts. They do sell replacement bi-pod parts, but as part of a "hard steel" kit of M249 parts that cost $220. I only need 1 of the 5 parts in the kit. As far as I can tell for the barrels, they don't sell any aftermarket or replacement outer barrels, so I'm pretty much SOL in that

I've had my G&P M249 ranger for long enough to use it in one skirmish. I'll be writing up a full review of it in the future, but I've been following this thread and thought I might throw in my 2 cents. The gun has operated flawlessly thus far, after firing about 4,000 rounds through it. No issues with feeding, the gearbox cycles healthy and the chrono clocked it at 401fps with .20g BBs just as advertised. I'm using an 8.4v 3000 mah nihm battery, it provides a decent ROF without completely overworking the box. The only problem I have to report is that I have snapped my bi-pod o