I did my first skirmish with my M1A1 today. Unlike the OP, I bought the gun and wood kit seperately and installed it myself. Total price was £136 posted, after VAT from RSOV.
First shot chrono'd at 363, then it calmed down to 352-353. Rate of fire felt really slow, probably slowed than the real steels speed of 800rpm. Also, the hop seems to do 3/5ths of bugger all to the range. Ill be inspecting it, and adding a H-hop ASAP. As well as putting in a lower power spring to try and improve rate of fire.
This thing is also Louder Than Hell. But overall, I really like it. The CYMA h