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vondnik · November 8th, 2005, 17:03

Ok here I go....

I owned a top m60e4. The thing was upgraded to max. Nothing was left of the original internals. The final cost was indeed stagering. But bear in mind that it's a limited edition ( 1000 made...). Performance wise it up there with my other upgraded aeg.. a hair under the RPK in it's glory days ( before I cracked the mechbox that is). It's an ease to work within and after over 50 bags of BB's I have yet to regrease the thing let alone clean her out...Piston is still in good shape.

Ravens M249 was built by me. The thing has the basic Top required upgrades and a few house mods. I did not have time to test it out on the field as I only built the gun for someone else. Both previous owner had nothing but excellent reviews for the gun and from what I hear Raven is also please with it. Final cost of parts and the gun can in around 2.3kish.

The Crappy army m249......... well considering the TWO NEW IN BOX NON WORKING ON ARRIVAL I have in the shop at the moment you can guess what i think of them. It's all metal ... woppy dooooo... make them work everytime out of the box firts... then add metal. Not that I expect anything better from CA... an other POS on the lot like 90% of their production.

The star m249 is interesting. I never tought I of all people would catch myself saying this but a lighter gun is appealing to me..( after 3 year of 10 and over guns) Imust be getting old or something.... The easy swapped mechobx idea is interesting. As i have worked with plastic that can put most steel to shame I'm curious to see how the thing will survive to the field beatings... I know my top can take just about any pounding I can give her.. an'ta wait to see one as the same mechbox desing is most probably going to appear in the L85 series...

In the long run I would still buy a TOP angs gun over anything out there at the moment as I know they work and know how to make them perform and survive the hard use of the SAW. I must be the wirdo as I swap metal for plastic parts when ever I can... metal aftermarket parts only add headakes... and when I snap a plastic body it's a cheap replacement.. when I snap a metal body ( as easy if not easyer than a plastic body) the cost is always murder an on top thei are a bitch to find...Like this CA ( dhu) G3 metal body I got that came with a 1/8 curve... Good thing I have access to a 50 ton cnc hydrolic press at work to make the damn thing strait... sihs...

November 8th, 2005, 17:03	#7
vondnik Ban-Fu Sifu Trader rating Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Socialist republic of Kebekistan	Ok here I go.... I owned a top m60e4. The thing was upgraded to max. Nothing was left of the original internals. The final cost was indeed stagering. But bear in mind that it's a limited edition ( 1000 made...). Performance wise it up there with my other upgraded aeg.. a hair under the RPK in it's glory days ( before I cracked the mechbox that is). It's an ease to work within and after over 50 bags of BB's I have yet to regrease the thing let alone clean her out...Piston is still in good shape. Ravens M249 was built by me. The thing has the basic Top required upgrades and a few house mods. I did not have time to test it out on the field as I only built the gun for someone else. Both previous owner had nothing but excellent reviews for the gun and from what I hear Raven is also please with it. Final cost of parts and the gun can in around 2.3kish. The Crappy army m249......... well considering the TWO NEW IN BOX NON WORKING ON ARRIVAL I have in the shop at the moment you can guess what i think of them. It's all metal ... woppy dooooo... make them work everytime out of the box firts... then add metal. Not that I expect anything better from CA... an other POS on the lot like 90% of their production. The star m249 is interesting. I never tought I of all people would catch myself saying this but a lighter gun is appealing to me..( after 3 year of 10 and over guns) Imust be getting old or something.... The easy swapped mechobx idea is interesting. As i have worked with plastic that can put most steel to shame I'm curious to see how the thing will survive to the field beatings... I know my top can take just about any pounding I can give her.. an'ta wait to see one as the same mechbox desing is most probably going to appear in the L85 series... In the long run I would still buy a TOP angs gun over anything out there at the moment as I know they work and know how to make them perform and survive the hard use of the SAW. I must be the wirdo as I swap metal for plastic parts when ever I can... metal aftermarket parts only add headakes... and when I snap a plastic body it's a cheap replacement.. when I snap a metal body ( as easy if not easyer than a plastic body) the cost is always murder an on top thei are a bitch to find...Like this CA ( dhu) G3 metal body I got that came with a 1/8 curve... Good thing I have access to a 50 ton cnc hydrolic press at work to make the damn thing strait... sihs... __________________ Vondnik, team Bad Karma, PQAC Murphy's second rule: Nothing is impossible for the man who does not have to do it himself.