blablabla Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Well gents, start of a review here... I'l tell you guys one thing , it's amazing... just amazing... shoots perfectly, feeds perfectly...I took some pics during work on it to reshim it, will post them up asap...It is indeed painted green, like the real deal, I took some paint off with steelwool to test it, probably will weather it further along the way...I also directly ordered lowcaps to go with it, 65 rounds I think they are, and they feed fine, one is from "ARES", and others are from "shooter", http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/Shooter-M3A1-Grease-Gun-Magazine-65rd-product,14591,3 So the magazines are real easy to find despite what you hear everywhere, especially with the shooter one also being an optionI had a look at the ICS one, and it does indeed look, well "out of place"... There are suitable LiPo batteries to put inside, specially when you go with the RC ones, they make all kinds of shapes and sizes, for now I'll play with the little stick battery 7.4V 15C LiPo I have here...There are one or two things with it, mainly shimming, and safety-wise, but other then that it's a great shooter, very good quality and for that price, damn... every Nam enthousiast should have one Here are already some pics of the inside... The gearbox is amazing and ingenious, microswitch, good quality gears, piston... that shimming is not that good out of the box, so I redid that... has that dull,dry sound you want without the grinding noise...The box is also suited to put in a, well let's say, a Swedish K for example Breaks down in three major parts that make it easy to work on, and disassemble...more later Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frogfish Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 can you show how the batteries in the mag hook up to the weapon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blablabla Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 They don't , and that's a good thing S&T rectified the mistake that ARES made there, they just put it in the pistol grip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frogfish Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 *fruitcage* awesome! I had a RS type 97B and I used a little 7.4v lipo designed for one of my pylon racer that I fit in the grip that worked flawlessly. I may need to look into one of these now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blablabla Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 This is the batt I use, fits just fine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blobface Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Any chance for a magnet demonstration to show what material's at where? Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blablabla Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 sure, will do a test later on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blablabla Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 everything steel, including magazines and stock, except for the three marked parts, the middle cover, barrel and barrel-nut, although these last two are one part, the barrel-nut essentially is one big nut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blobface Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Great thanks! Seems pretty promising! Probably the best option for anyone who wants an M3 AEG at the moment? Especially with no battery in the magazine, Ares needs to hire someone who's not crazy to design their guns... first the magazine battery, now their new sniper rifle which doesn't feed unless the magazine is full initially.. Please post pictures after you've weathered it! would be great for ww2 / afganistan milsim! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blablabla Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Yeah, this could be the best option at the moment... Well for weathering as I see it you can have two options, either you leave the green on and just give it a nice shine, and just do the edges with a bit of sandpaper or you could completely take of the finish and try to make it bare metal... Well try some things later on. And of course I also got a real magazine to jungle tape the mags Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colin_The+Ferret Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Just watch, someone will try and Magpul it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Just watch, someone will try and Magpul it I would if someone made a decent GBB version Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wingmann Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 decent GBB Unicorns! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blablabla Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 tada ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1st Commando Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 "shooter" are the accessories division of Ares btw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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