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Well, when I ordered my XM8 a friend of mine ordered an RPK so we could both get a handle on SRC's new line. I got to handle and briefly shoot it today, and this is my experience.
The gun comes in a MONSTROUS box, it is about an inch longer than the gun itself. Upon lifting the gun up with the mag, battery, and bipod , you notice that it is extremely heavy. You can definetly tell this is not meant to move around in, not just because of the extremely heavy weight but because the barrel is about 6 inches longer than an AK47, resulting in a 41" or so length. As far as size goes, this gun is similar to my SG1.
The gun is constructed entirely of metal, the exception being the feaux wood. The metal seems to be a nice metal, and much of it is steel I believe (I know for sure the bipod is, which is very nice). I love the trumpet-style flash hider on this thing too. The wood print look nothing short of horrible online, but these pictures are not true to life. The wood print is very realistic, and looks pretty good. As compared to the standard AK47 which I'm accustomed to from my old CSI, the RPK furniture is a little strange at first. The Grips and stock are much more "boxy" and as a result are a little uncomfortable IMO.
I also got to very briefly shoot it. The included 600 round hicap feeds very well, but this gun just doesn't look right without an extended banana clip or a drum mag. ROF is about average, similar to my XM8. Power was very disappointing, the coke can test showed it to be about equal to a 265 fps UTG MP5. This was a big letdown for me, as my XM8 shoots a consistent 315 +/-5. The bolt makes an excellent sound, and the hopup is nice and responsive. Accuracy was nothing special, a bit better than my XM8, range was about equal.
Overall, this gun was both a weeper and a cheerer. On the outside this gun is nothing short of fantastic, but it is pretty much a wallhanger. The FPS is totally unacceptable for a gun of its grade, and it doesnt even have a wicked fast firing rate or awesome accuracy/range to make up for it. Looking at this gun you will think "man, if that gun was a woman I would make sweet, salty love to it all night long," but leave it at home and take something better performing to the skirmish field.
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You just sold me on my first high-grade sidearm
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Okay, this is a mini-review. This means I have no pictures, no fancy grouping testings, no paragraph descriptions of how pretty the box looks, and no page-and-a-half stories about the real steel.
I got the CA-SG1 (what i call it, M41 taktik II sounds stupid IMO) for $290 from redwolf a while back because I wanted something different than My CA36E. The 36E was a great gun, but after a while it started to not really suit me. A few days later a BIG HEAVY package arrived at my door. Finally, it was here.
I ran upstairs and ripped open the box and just sat there staring at the G3 for about 10 minutes. I picked it up and noticed the first thing all of you will notice:
IT IS FREAKING HUGE!!!!
This gun is about 41.5," and with the battery (A 9.6V fits snigly in the back), mag (the included 500rd hicap is very nice and feeds very well), scope, and mount (more on these later) it is around 13-14 pounds. It is more solid than most rocks. Seriously, if you dropped this on a cat you would probably kill it. There are no creaks or anything that plagued the marui G3 series, possibly because the CA has a metal body, which is also very nice.
Enough about that, how about shooting? I ran outside and pulled the bolt back, and unlike other CA guns, it opens up the breach! Hot damn a full metal bolt is fun! The hopup is nice and is just like the other CA new type hopups you find on their newer guns. I flipped down the bipod, which is a fair amount wobbly to my dislike, lifted the butt to my shoulder, and looked down. Unfortunately, the cheek rest comes stuck on and prevents you from using the sights. This is why YOU MUST BUY A SCOPE WITH HIGH A PROFILE MOUNT WHEN YOU GET THIS GUN!!! I made this mistake and had to order a scope seperately which was quite annoying. Really though, this gun just doesn't look right without one
. This little annoyance aside, i flipped the switch to semi (clicks into place well) and pulled the trigger. A nice little *pop* emitted and the .23 bb flew about 90 feet. It was arrow straight too! I pulled the bolt back again, turned the hopup on this time to a bit below where i had it on my CA36, let it slam forward, and mashed my cheek down to take aim again. Another little *pop* and the bb went a good 130 feet arrow straight until dropping off again. This thing is a sniper from birth. I fiddled with the hopup for around 50 rounds until i had it perfect, and when it was just right the bbs were going 160+ feet accurately!
I flipped it over to auto, and this is where this gun can really fly. Imagine a TM FAMAS and a KSC M11 had a crack baby, and they fed it steroids in its little crack baby youth. That's about how fast this gun shoots on a 9.6v battery. It will put out over 1350 rpm on a 9.6, and around 1100 on an 8.4. I actually switched over to an 8.4v battery and ditched the 9.6 because I was afraid i would damage the gearbox at those speeds!
I now have a madbull 6.03mm tightbore barrel in mine. It shot about 320 FPS before, and now it puts out power in the 340-350 range. As for accuracy, I can take down targets at 180 feet most of the time, and I can reach 200 on occasion. This gun is wickedly accurate.
Overall, would I reccomend the gun? Hell yes I would! However, if you are small and/or play mostly CQB, find something else. I am 5'10" and of large build and I get exhausted carrying this 15lb monstrosity around. As a result of its large size, it's very difficult to turn corners with and move quickly. Hence its name: autosniper. If you need a sniper rifle, support gun (this is up there with a CA249 in support ability) or both look no further. If this is not you, look for something else.
There, hope this helps you in your decision to buy one or not! Now you people can stop bugging me to write a review on it.
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You should do a blue/light blue/white camo pattern on the caps and stuff, that'd be pretty cool since it matches the site color scheme. I know for sure i'd buy a patch, maybe a hat.
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Indeed, it's a G3A3. The original pic i had had a little bit of the OD foregrip and that gave it away completely so i changed pics. I was gonna be a stickler and make you say which G3, but it probably would just be ridiculous since even an HK51 could fit it then.
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Easy one, don't look at the file name. FYI the foregtip is removed in this picture to make it a little harder.
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Going to step on someones toes by posting another hk416 but hey, join #icare ;p
Just got an Insight M3, almost finished now. Just waiting on a VLTOR butpad.
Slightly based on a Noveske N4 Diplomat.
That was the first time in about 8 months i've said "super fun sexy time" and i wasn't talking about a pillow fight at the playboy mansion (and i say that an awful lot). Seriously nice gun.
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say what? I wasn't referencing that at all, i was speaking in general. I've looked through people's reps and see misinterpretations leading to negs all the time, nothing to do with animal cruelty.
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Jokes are another thing involved in reps. Some people misinterpret a joke or find it offensive and leave a neg rep. Other times people just misinterpret something or don't realize sarcasm and leave a neg, which results in angry PMs and mod involvement and is just bad for everyone.
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How about we eliminate the rep system altogether, and replace it with a public comment system? If i made an offensive or stupid post i'd rather know precisely why they thought it was bad enough to give a rep than just see "you're stupid" or "you faggot get a life" because a large portion of neg reps are pretty much that. Any opinions on this?
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thx guys ..the scifi look changes to the better for each days.
The magwell is not new only made a small modification on 2 mags.
Her is a picture on the last uppdate.
hope to get the plates on the shotgun today ...will ceep you uppdated.
//Johan
What the hell? Why don't i have a shotgun on my G36?
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that mp7 looks surprisingly like a TMP...
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Sorry no photo but...i have a swiss army knife, and my hunting/fishing knife which is a 9 inch blood stained 1mm thick diamond serrated blade.
SRC RPK short review
in Rifles (AEG)
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Okay, but if you paid attention you'll see that the RPK is not mine, but is a buddy of mine's. I got an XM8, not an RPK. I'll be sure to tell him this, as he was pretty steamed at the gun's performance.