What’s a Glock 18C? The Glock 18C is a select fire pistol, meaning it is capable of firing in semi or full auto. It is used across the world in armies and special ops groups. Its design allows it to take many different calibres including 9mm up to .45ACP. This is possible by simply changing outer and inner barrel on the pistol, which takes a matter of seconds from a strip down of the pistol.

Most Glock pistols are made with three versions, L for longer barrel and slide, the standard version and C, which indicates that it has a ported barrel. The Glock 18C’s main feature which sets it aside from other Airsoft pistol replicas, is its full auto capability.

The metal slide is made of aluminium and definitely looks the part; it also has the trademarks found as on the real Glock. ‘Glock,  18C,  Austria,  9X19’ are all deeply engraved into the left side of the slide.

On the right is the matching serial number ‘CQB911’. Just above this is another matching serial number on the outer barrel, all in all a very accurate copy of the real Glock. The slide, as with the real Glock 18C is vented to reduce mass, and hence cycle rates on full auto - the outer barrel is also ported.

The frame is made of sturdy ABS plastic, which sits very nicely in ones hand. Even my big hands fit comfortably, and there is a thumb rest located at the top of the grip, which is found on both sides (for all you lefties out there). The replica feels heavier than it really is due to its smallish size, but the weight is evenly distributed making the Glock 18C a very balanced replica to hold. The metal upgrades on my replica add to the weight but only by 300g or so taking it to about 700g, very close to the real Glock 18C.

The trigger is made of two plastic parts. There is the main trigger part and a middle bit that acts as a second safety when pulled out (more later on this). The trigger can only be pulled by firstly pressing the middle section which takes the main trigger body with it. I think this quite clever of both Glock and KSC as it you have to make a firm pull of the trigger to fire it, eliminating any accidental shots.

The selector switch is made out of metal and has three positions, upper-semi, middle-safe and lower-full auto (I will go into more detail later). At the front of the frame is an accessories rail that will accept the many real steel accessories such as flashlights and lasers such as the Wilcox unit at $3000. For those on a tighter budget various airsoft companies have brought out their own lasers and lights that fit nicely. Overall this gin is very accurate in weight, size and markings.

Fill up the mag with my recommendation of HFC Green Gas (N.B. I only recommend Green Gas in those replicas with upgraded internals and externals, even then use it at you own risk!) Alternately HFC 134a or HFC 22 (American Eagle) gas can be used, but with the upgrades I have the former gas won’t cycle the slide properly. The 18C doesn’t have a loading tool, but instead the mag is loaded with BBs by pulling down a spring loader, which locks in place at the bottom. Now just pour a maximum of 23 BBs, making sure they are aligned properly in diagonal formation, this is quite annoying as if you don’t the mechanism may jam. Now just release the spring loader and insert the mag.

Disassembly

To disassemble the replica just take the mag out, then pull down two little notches found just forward of the trigger guard on the frame. Push forward the slide and there you go. Take out the recoil spring, then the outer and inner barrels come out of the slide by just pulling them out, and then pulling out the inner barrel. This is as far as you should disassemble the replica, and is all you will likely to need for maintenance.

So How Does It Shoot? I’ve had quite a bit of experience with GBB, some small pistols to some enormous ones. The longer barrelled replicas seem to shoot further and more accurately. Well I can safely say that this replica beats all of the ones I’ve used (Yes, including a SVI 5”) in power, hands down.

On semi the metal slide crisply cycles with hard recoil, resulting in a very satisfying “cuchink” type noise. The BB fly’s off to its destination, with accuracy being pretty good for a replica with a medium length barrel, hitting a man sized target at 120ft being easily possible.

Range is excellent and beats my Marui M16A2 by a good 15ft, reaching up to ranges of 160ft with the hop-up set to the right position. Now I know why I paid more money for the upgrades!

The recoil is very hard and accuracy is poor for longer ranges and adequate for short-medium ranges. The cycle time is far faster than Marui’s 1000 type motor, as used in their latest AEGs.

Knowing there’s a metal slide on my replica is reassuring as I would be tad worried with a plastic slide flying back and forth at 1600 rpm! The mag runs out very quickly on auto so buying some more mags or the extended 49rd mag is advisable.

A mag full of gas lasts me 3 lots of 23 on semi, and 2 on auto, full auto seems to use a bit more gas up. As with most GBB the slide locks back after the last round has been fired, as does the real steel version.

Conclusion I thoroughly recommend you go out and buy a Glock 18C, whether upgraded or not. A full auto pistol is something not to miss out on and in my view it is one of the best quality full auto GBBs out there. 

With the WA Prokiller Mk2 being launched I think the Glock 18C may have some tough competition, but the price of the Mk2 is £30 more than a fully upgraded Glock 18C, and I think the 18C is the better choice. To start with I was deterred by the Glock’s looks, I always thought they looked to square and ugly. But now I’ve got one I prefer its looks to many of my other GBBs. Go out and by this beast!

Written by A W ( aka "TheGeneral" )

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