Lancaster Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Just picked it up yesterday and had no real chance to get into details, but made a short sneak peek review of NPO AEG SR-3M. Will make a full review this weekend. Some photos are in AK derivatives thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancaster Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Ok. Lets start with the description of the gun's externals First you get a label on the trigger guard with some test shooting results made by NPO. In my case they say its muzzle velocity is 112 mps and I have no idea what 118 stands for (it definitely should be the one with suppressor with additional inner barrel attached) The flashhider with suppressor attachment threads. and you can see the button to collapse front vertical handguard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancaster Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 The frontguard and foregrip are made from very strange polymer which is not too hard, but looks a bit strange, I'd say in Russian style (made by the axe as we say) On the left side of the gun on the sights mount plate we can see the name of the manufacturer which is AEG in Cyrillic and 6mm stamped signs. Surface of the pistol handgrip Collapsible stock details. Made steel rock solid flashhider from the right side - look Russian style as well The gun from the right side - It's pretty strange the cocking lever/ejector doesn't have a spring so it doesn't come back after you move it back. The number BM - is universal for all NPO AEG products I suppose, then the numbers mean 161-the number of a particular airsoft gun, 13 - YOP. Interesting enough the gun is very stable of the falt surface in pretty much any condition what makes me think it has a perfect weight balance Rear sight is not adjustable and locked at "2" mark With the front vertical handguard the gun still can stay by itself on the flat surface With the mag installed Suppressor Checkering on the supressor Inner barrel inside with spring loaded system With the suppressor attached Stock and sling mount The button which releases the suppressor to unscrew it Bottom of the front handguard The trigger sticks out of the gearbox very weired Its pistol grip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancaster Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 A clamp which is sold as an accessory to mount any piccatiny torch or anything Some pics of the gearbox installed. AFAIK it's a LCT Version 3 gearbox And Russian midcaps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pkm200901 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 The 'polymer' appears to be resin. Interesting that they've switched to machined serial numbers, mine is hand-engraved. Very 'Russian style,' as you put it. It looks like the video shows some feeding issues - the magazines need some attention and a good smack sometimes, BBs will get hung up inside of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancaster Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Here is my video review Part 1 Part 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
klh31 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the review. Quote "It's pretty strange the cocking lever/ejector doesn't have a spring so it doesn't come back after you move it back." There is a spring an a spring guide that need to be installed to have the system working. Strange that it was not installed out of the box (maybe a friday assembly gun ...) Please also add that this version without gearbox is also available, therefore you can install wathever quality gearbox you wish. And with a little work you can install a 11.1 Lipo within the hand-guard (PAS 11.1 1100 15C) On mine, the marking is also hand-made for the serial number, the other numbers are stamped. And yes, you need to put some silicone oil in the mags, before having them performing adequately. The overall quality is nice (same with the NPO AS-VAL which differs only by the front part -handguard, silencer blocking system, silencer and battery location). Edited April 28, 2013 by klh31 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wingmann Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 The overall quality is nice. The price is quite higher than nice. Do you think price and quality are correctly matched? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancaster Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 The price tag is caused by absence of asian competitors, semi-serial production process and local russian market conjuncture IMO. Today it's for collectors or crazy russian style reenactors only Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 indeed, they only make a couple of kits a month. your paying for a custom piece, not a production AEG. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 I can't be the only one who thinks the magazines could've been finished better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pkm200901 Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 They're cast resin. Rough, but functional. I don't think the manufacturer has polymer production capabilities. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancaster Posted April 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Tried to find out the problem with absence of full auto mode - wrote an email to guys from NPO. They answer was in style "please make sure your computer power is turned ON"... After alignment of selector lever and selector plate on the gear box the gun made several bursts and successfully died as you can see on this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WskvwHYsAPM I bet it can be a common problem, but again paying $1300 for the gun and facing with such a stupid things makes you desperate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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