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Good to know. I'll have to send them an email. Hopefully they reply. I found a site called Airsoft Panda that has it, emailed them, got nothing back. Emailed UNCompany since I'm ready to buy a VFC HK416, nothing back from them either. Sheesh.

Wow, they have it for what comes out to $81 USD! Have you or anyone else bought from them before? I need to be sure those beautiful trademarks will be unharmed.

$288, ouch. I just wish I could find the original $150 verison - good enough for me.

Absolutely love this thing. I just wish it weren't so expensive. If only getting a gun the third of the size of an AR meant a third of the price... If a good recoil kit came out for it, however, I'd have a hard time resisting. I'd love to see the three round burst really give some sharp muzzle climb. Also, would love to see one of these with an SEF trigger group and an SP89 handle-less grip. There's something awesomely old school about how they look in that configuration.

Well that's awesome. Go figure, I find a GBB pistol that's exactly what I'm looking for but can't actually find anywhere that sells the thing.

You've been super helpful, thanks! Now I just need to find a retailer to ship this to the US. EDIT: Has anyone tested FPS with the stock full barrel length and .25g? I see the OP got around 360FPS with a .25g and a hacksawed 10.5" barrel. In theory the full length barrel would be a bit lower, but I'm thinking I may have trouble with the local field's .25g/350FPS limit.

Anyone know of anywhere that still stocks this and will ship to the US with trademarks intact and a non-permanent orange tip?

Thanks. I'll try to do some more research on the gun and see if I can find a retailer selling the latest version with the new nozzle, BCG, and accurate trademarks. I guess the worst case scenario is I sell it and take a hundred buck loss if it still becomes too much of hassle, I can live with that.

So, as someone who hasn't been into airsoft since six years ago and is completely new to gas blowback rifles, would it be more trouble than it's worth to buy one of these? I dismissed them when I saw the initial review with the awful trademarks, but it appears that the newer ones have 100% accurate ones, and now I'm really interested. I'd be buying the gun as both a collector's piece and as an occasional indoor skirmisher.

I've played here, and it's good site run by good people. Highly recommended.

Sorry for the bump. Just recently, one of the lips on the top of the mag snapped off after heavy usage. The rest of the gun was functioning fine, with the exception of one screw that fell out of the pistol grip and I never found. This thing truly does appear to be rock solid for the money.

The grip issue should be easily fixed with a couple minutes and some sandpaper or dremel.

I brought this point up earlier and I think it's a good idea. Check last page for my old post - it's called a Wiki Community Board and I believe it works with IPB which is the forum software Arnie's runs.

Shot groupings on targets at various ranges (measured, not guessed) using a properly sighted scope would be a huge contribution to the review. When it comes to sniper rifles, shot groupings are very important.

If the OP posts new an relevant information, that information should be edited into the main post. Posts by other users with enough information deemed to be their own review should be split into their own topic. Also, I like what some forums have - thread wikis. The second post is reserved by one which can be edited by all users and then used to contain highlights and links to relevant information in the thread. When used properly, it can be a "table of contents" of sorts for large threads. Something does need to be done, though. When threads get large, lots of good information often

Adblock Plus extension + Firefox. You'll never see another pop up or ad for anything ever again. It's awesome. Cool pics, shame about the speckled finish though.

Push the mag release button in as far as you possibly can, then grab the lever part of it which is now sticking out of the left side of the receiver and rotate it clockwise to tighten. At least that's how it worked on my buddy's VFC HK416.

Not that grey: I've never handled an A4 (thus the above image for reference), but I have used an Army-issue A2 and I can assure you it wasn't as grey as these photos.

Wow, is RSOV just doing ridiculous orange tips on all their guns now? I want to order from them, but not if I'm gonna need a half hour to spend with rubbing alcohol and nail polish remover that might wreck the finish underneath. My brother bought a SCAR from them a year or so ago and they just did a flash hider, but I see the people who bought HK416s wound up with like 4 inches of the gas block painted. Nice review though. I'd love to see a full steel AKM.

But it feeds fine and all that? As much as I like actually having to reload and using nice metal midcaps, everyone else has hicaps and box mags. Don't really have much choice but to fight back with even higher cap. Personally I'd love to see a field with a realcap or midcap only rule and buy those suckers at bulk and sell them at the door. See some real shot placement instead of spammed "suppressive fire."

How's the autowinding electric mag? Finish looks like cheap ###### plastic (much like my autowinding M14 mag that I never used because the charger was 220v only) but if it works well it's worth tolerating in skirmishes.

When you took the paint off the slide, did the trademarks stay intact at all? They are engraved, just not in the conventional method, more like a shallow stamp. If you can still read them without the highlighting that comes with it, I'm gonna take that off. Also, I still need to find some paint that matches the parkerized finish of the real deal so I can get rid of that stupid chrome barrel.

About a year and quite a few rounds later (as well as constant playing with the slide out of boredom), the slide lock is starting to fail. However, it looks like the problem is just with the magazine and a new mag will fix everything. The mag still doesn't leak miraculously and the only wear on the finish is a little bit on the controls and the screws in the grip. Gotta say that I absolutely love this thing for what I paid for it. Strong recoil and a nice muzzle report make it great for summer days with some tin cans.

Billy, nice CQBR. Aimpoint, LMT BUIS, nice crane stock, crane receiver, PEQ, KAC DQ suppressor, perfectly accurate to the real deal. Awesome.

Well, I was thinking about some sort of real low-profile, lightweight, crappy plastic lenses that won't fog and are basically barely there - they type of lenses that would easily shatter if hit by a BB, but will do enough to keep fragments out of my eyes. Like safety glasses for woodwork or whatever or even non-magnifying eyeglasses.