sethvacn Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 So I am looking at the Socom Gear 1911 MEU: http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/pistols-gbb-smgs/socom-gear/socom-gear-meu-1911-limited-edition-black.html#.Uw5YWfl5Nno Looks sweet, but I heard that SG is just WE rebranded? So I am paying ekstra for a different branding? I really want a sweet looking 1911 in my gun collection. I got a KSC 1911 with co2 for winter use, but it has been a nightmare with the mags, they leak like crazy! So I feel like I am done with co2, I have a couple of Tokyo Marui pistols that I am pleased with, but I am craving full metal pistols Thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 In a word. No. As you guessed, they are basically WEs. You could try the KWC or KJW 1911. Link to post Share on other sites
Danke Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I own three. They're fine. Better than fine for the price really. Timberwolf Glock thing and Wilson Combat via WE and Oasis via KJW. Link to post Share on other sites
BigAl Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 IF yo want a nice 1911 best bet is just buy a TM then add a nice kit later. Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 If we are talking the M9s and 1911s then no. They make good paperweights though. At a push the Timberwolf is decent enough for holster stuffing and the Gemtech is a more expensive KJ Work Mk.1 but the rest are best avoided. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
ShinSeiki Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Here is how bad (at least in my experience) Socom Gear/WE 1911's are. I have taken apart WE' 1911's and some the parts just crumbled in my hands, metal parts. I have a friend's socom gear 1911 to sort out (jammed), after alot of headaches one day put it together and it worked(we vodoo). So the first thing i do is call up my bud and tell him he can pick his pistol up (i wanted it out of here before something else went wrong with it), he laughed, told me to keep it and have fun with it, he didn't want to skirmish a pistol he couldn't trust. This is not some run-down abused beater, it's a mint condition (skirmished once), special edition M.E.U. with 7 mags, silencer and case. That being said, my first pistol was a WE hi-capa and it worked flawlessly for years, a real work horse, sold it last year and i'll bet someone is enjoying it right now. Maybe i got lucky, maybe the 1911 is flawed in a way the hi-capa isn't, but are you going to take your hard earned dineros and take that chance? Edit: See all those WE/SG guns in my sig? Sold the M9 whole and the rest was all parted out, i will never EVER buy a WE 1911 again. Link to post Share on other sites
j33v3s Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 My first pistol was a WE 1911, really put me off GBB pistols as it just wouldn't work. That being said, their latest GBBs I've heard good things about. Won't wrench me away from my TM P226 tho, runs all year round on propane no issues.Sold it to a mate and it managed to go off in a holster (A solid kydex holster at that) breaking itself internally - they managed to fix it but it was never the same.Socom gear... heard very bad things about them. Link to post Share on other sites
Im going space Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 the 1911's are fine if you purge fill the mags. that is until they start breaking. i got given one last night. yus. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 So you can give them away ha ha. Link to post Share on other sites
Im going space Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 free AMT hardballer 10" set? Too right! Link to post Share on other sites
BigAl Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Was trying to sell one of there 1911 with six mags for months and got no takers at £120. Nuff said. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Owning a Socom Gear is bit like if your holster was to get herpes. Link to post Share on other sites
Seraphim989 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Well, since everyone else is reposting the same responses to this topic they've posted the last few times, I may as well do the same. Everything is anecdotal. There are some people who HATE We, and will post that in every thread related to them. And there are some who swear by them and will have the same fight with the previous group in every thread. I could tell you I've owned 5 of their 1911s and have greatly enjoyed them, but that won't matter at all if you get one and it doesn't work. The only absolute facts are, I can get one of these used in the US for $50-60 with a few mags, so to me it's worthwhile. It won't work or look as nice as a TM with an aftermarket MBK, but if that was the only consideration, we'd all be using TMs with CNC'd steel externals... tl;dr YMMV Link to post Share on other sites
Shardik Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 No, just no. Never seen a SG last long. Link to post Share on other sites
ShinSeiki Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 There are some people who HATE We, and will post that in every thread related to them. And there are some who swear by them and will have the same fight with the previous group in every thread. I know what you mean, and i used to be the biggest WE suporter and forum defender, but just like the 1911's ruined WE pistols for me (inspite of a great hi-cappa i owned for years) WE M4's ruined WE GBBR's (inspite of an amazing SCAR that worked without skipping a beat for years). This is not about WE in itself, it's about a badly designed gun that WE refuses to either update or just scrap the whole thing and start over (KWC anyone?). So here we have, a rising star in airsoft, having just released 3 great looking rifles (acording to most reports they work great too, showing a real increase in quality) and still floging a pistol that was never designed to be fitted with a metal slide in the first place! I'm all about metal pistols, but you can't just stick a metal slide and frame on a basterdized TM hi-capa and call it a day. But hey! i have seen people dropn alot more money on much uglier paperweights, so there's that... Link to post Share on other sites
sethvacn Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I guess I will not be buying a Socom Gear then... :=) Link to post Share on other sites
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