Micro update from my end, The good news is A&K has restarted production in China, these will be once again available in the near future. The bad news, after three weeks of trying I still get no response from A&K support for replacement parts for the charging handle mechanism that fell off.
3/20/2010
Skirmished it HARD today, I ran 10000 BBs through it, One bag 4000 cnt. .20 and nearly 8000 cnt .25s (two bags) This thing is a beast! I am really pleased with the box mag in particular, It is everything the ARES and the STAR magazines are not. It feeds consistently and it feeds EVERY