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[kyle milliken]

hi i'm kind of new to Airsoft, only known about the sport for 1.25 years and i own two nice guns an ICS M4 and a VFC scar-L. the only thing is i have never seen the inside of an Airsoft gun and thought its time i did. so i'm in the market to buy a new cheap gun and upgrade the sh*t out of it, i was looking at the velocity arms G36 and AK47. now i would like to know your opinion on these two guns and if there good guns to upgrade, i would also like to know if there are cheaper guns out there that would meet my needs. now i understand i'm not AV'ed so you don't have to tell me where to buy said guns i just need to find guns to upgrade.

thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Kyle Milliken.

[Mandalore]

I would say get another M4 type, they're one of the easiest to open up.

[kyle milliken]

Originally Posted by Mandalore

I would say get another M4 type, they're one of the easiest to open up.

but same brand?

[ts10z]

I figured out how to fix a gearbox on a Kraken. I found it a little easier than an M4, mostly because the version 3 gearboxes dont make you put the gaerbox back in the body to test it like version 2s do. That Kraken became my test eveything platform. In the end all thats still Kraken is the outer barrel assembly, a little of the wiring, and the trigger and trigger guard. Everything else is aftermarket, and now its one of my most solid guns, and has stupid long range, but only average accuracy at that range because of the crappy AK style sights.

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by Mandalore

I would say get another M4 type, they're one of the easiest to open up.

Actually I find V3's (AK's in particular) the easiest to get to and work on.

[Spike]

I would say something with a V3, probably an AK, as you can test the gearbox before reassembly.

[kalnaren]

A kraken (Aftermath/CYMA AK-47) is an excellent learning tool. They're cheap and the V3 mechbox is easy to learn on.

[Amos]

I'm going to disagree a little on the kraken and throw out some food for though.

The tolerances on those things are terrible... It's like learning to ride a bike but the wheels wobble and bend in all different directions

[kyle milliken]

so stick with the two guns i listed in my first post and after i get use to the v3 gearbox move on to the v2.

[L473ncy]

V3 is supposedly easier to work on but I've only worked on V2's all my life. I don't do work for others only on my own stuff so yeah it's just work on V2's for me which I find fairly easy if you can easily grasp mechanical design concepts.

Also, if you want to learn how to work on internals it might be more cost effective to just buy a drop in gearbox (or gearbox shell, but the danger of piecemealing the shell and all of the other internals is that you're spending way more money than if you bought a drop in gearbox and a few key upgrade parts) and just work that portion irrespective of the rest of the externals. Obviously you won't be able to do hop up/bucking/barrel since that mates up to the gearbox from the front end but for the rest of the internals; spring, ARL, compuression parts, gears, tappet plate, etc. it'll be perfect.

My vote goes for either the VFC or Guarder shells and just build up from there if you want to build your own, otherwise buy a complete gearbox and put in a few key upgrades but then again there's not much you need to do in a VFC gearbox since as far as I can tell they're solid gearboxes;

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[coach]

V2's and V3's are about the same for me. But, I have noticed more parts compatibility issues with V2's.

My only real problem with V2's are the guns they come out of. Breaking down my mp5 takes way too much time to get at the gearbox lol

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by coachster

V2's and V3's are about the same for me. But, I have noticed more parts compatibility issues with V2's.

My only real problem with V2's are the guns they come out of. Breaking down TM, not CA mp5's takes way too much time to get at the gearbox lol

Fixed,

[ThunderCactus]

If you spend $300 upgrading a shitty gun, it's still a shitty gun.
You throw $75 into your ICS M4 and you'll see a huge difference in performance.
Piston/piston head, cylinder head, air nozzle and hop rubber

[coach]

Originally Posted by Styrak

Fixed,

It is a CA B&T. Nice try dumbass!

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by coachster

It is a CA B&T. Nice try dumbass!

CA's are easy to take apart! Unless you don't have a CA lower that slides out of the upper...
Try taking apart a TM MP5 and compare!