Apex Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) This is not my review but belongs to Spencerman © http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/inde...t&p=2147817 Ok, I got mine today, here it is. A quick view of the instructions: And now for the gun: And the drum magazine: Notice that the magazine is only 450 rounds, strange for a drum mag, but it does work very nicely. The gun itself is nice and heavy, and the furniture although plastic does have a very nice wood look to it. It is a little bit hot out the box, chronoing at about 370fps using 0.2 bbs (not the 0.12 as boasted on the lid!). The gun lacks the thompson bullet logo on the gun itself, which I thought was strange as I was sure that it should have it at the rear, but I could be wrong. I does however have it on the drum mag. The drum mag slides up into the gun, rather than sideways on, so the sticky mags should also work fine in it, but I didnt have any to try. It also has one of my personal hates on the side where it says calibre 6mm (I would like it to say .45mm or just leave it blank). The battery is nice and easy to fit in, although with the use of a hacksaw or dremmel much material can be removed from the stock to allow a bigger battery to fit with ease. The selectors all work fine and the gun has a nice heavy solid feel to it and is a joy to use. I do not know exactly what to look for to see if the gun is made by CYMA, but have been told it is, and it performs well as per any CYMA that I have used, and the packaging does have 051 stamped in it, which to me seems like a CYMA product number, but it could just as easily be a random number. If someone knows exactly what to look for then I will look, but I am not about to open it up just yet to see if it says so on the gearbox. Edited August 4, 2009 by Apex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Apex Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 http://www.airsoftarmoury.co.uk/product_in...roducts_id=3089 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tarnish Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I'll go for the standard whinge of it having an incorrect M1A1 receiver (should have cocking handle on top, different style safety/fire selector levers and the magazine aperture is missing the profiles of the real M1928 that allowed it to accept a drum mag) and the buttstock is the M1A1 form. Nice that they did at least put an early style rear sight assembly on it I suppose. Oh and it's from Cybergun too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Apex Posted August 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Aye that it is..... i think this is has close has we can get to a M1928 if truth be told, i don't think the makers cba to make one that is spot on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Yep, you'd have to fork a good bit of money for the AZR-made receiver. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Apex Posted August 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Just waiting on the mags now..... i wana open one up and see if the cap can be increased a lot more then 450.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Yep, you'd have to fork a good bit of money for the AZR-made receiver. I wouldn't. From all the reports I've heard, they are utterly, utterly *suitcase*. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tarnish Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 From what I've have seen online of AZR's stuff I really wouldn't be tempted to part with money for any of it. It is a real shame that the manufacturers don't get all the details right for an M1928, but I guess at least it looks enough like one for most people, I'm just really fussy about stuff like. One with wartime horizontal foregrip and twenty round box mag would be ideal for that Commonwealth forces Italian campaign look or D-Day Commando impression. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Apex Posted August 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) Yep, you'd have to fork a good bit of money for the AZR-made receiver. As per DarkLite they are not the best..... could just be rumor but something tells me it isn't. Has for how it looks, yes it feels a let down and yes it feels like a cop out but it brings us one step closer. The fact that we now have a RIF that is has close has we can get is better then nothing, the main let down for me being the use of a M1A1 reciever - the other parts i can let it off for Edited August 5, 2009 by Apex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Checked if they're available locally. They are. And they're friggin' expensive (nearly 150 quid, when ACM guns rarely cross 120!). Bloody Cybergun and their markup, can't it be any cheaper? With normal M1A1, it was... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Apex Posted August 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 £220 here is steep, which is why am not getting one has i might be able to get a normal m1a1 cheaper and get the acm kit to make it look like a M1928 for a lot chaper..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fenris357 Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 damn you still need monkey arms to shoulder these things. wish there was some way of making the stock shorter. damn you welsh genes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beast06 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 wish there was some way of making the stock shorter. There is.... take it off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lance201 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Is AZR Machine still producing? Website and blog are no longer available. Lance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluntshooter Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 i always hated how the trades were lasered/printed on rather than stamped like the real thompson, but I'm one for those kinds of details Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango_Down Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 (edited) Is AZR Machine still producing? Website and blog are no longer available. Lance I saw this too. They look there if you goto > www.freewebs.com/azrmachine/m1garandwoodstock.htm but just www.freewebs.com/azrmachine/ tells me to login at greenpeace? ewtf? One thing is though, I emailed them AGES ago (6Months+) and never got a responce, I Emailed them like 2Years ago, and even then had no responce? Edited November 20, 2009 by Tango_Down Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sgt.kicker Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Two quick questions: 1. So is this gun identical internally to the CYMA/Cybergun M1A1? 2. Has anyone found a way to increase the 450rd drum mag's capacity? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fossilfuel Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Two quick questions: 1. So is this gun identical internally to the CYMA/Cybergun M1A1? 2. Has anyone found a way to increase the 450rd drum mag's capacity? No 1: yes - identical. No2: dont know. When I handled it I was put off my the M1A1 reciver and pathetic laser/screen printed "trademarks" trades well you could do something about, but the reciver reeked of lazyness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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