Airsoft Canada - View Single Post - Year Of The GBBR....or just a stinky smell that's passing through...

m102404 · October 5th, 2010, 15:05

Well...I'm a bit biased now to answer this....but here goes

A year/season later and I think they're here to stay.

WA/G&P/Ino/others style rifles make for beautiful builds with piece for piece accuracy. When they work...oh, baby....they're great. But damn, the parts add up to some serious $$$$

WE's are good shooters.

KJW are good shooters. Personally...I can't get past the thermo-mags and rubberband inside....otherwise I'd own one.

It's all the in mags. Got a good mag design = WIN. Wonky mag design = death.

After that it's all in the maintenance. Good in the sense that if you can put some lube here and there you're good to go....bad in the sense that if you're used to the "plug in battery, fill hicap with BBs" simplicity of a working AEG you need to spend more time on keeping your GBBR running than you're used to.

Action/feel/gameplay.........no contest. The game changes entirely with gas rifles in play. When the majority of guys (i.e. 90%) are shooting gas rifles it's a sight/sound/challenge to behold.

The biggest challenge is temperature....cold is not the GBBRs friend. Specifically the mag....so if you could get it to hold Nitrogen/HPA/whatever isn't as affected by cold then maybe we'd be ok.

I'd say...durability on a sub-all steel WA-platform is so-so. Great while it lasts....I wouldn't game it. Had two builds...spent plenty of money/time/effort...don't have them any longer.
....cannot comment on the durability of the KJW's...but good reports from most.
....WE's need a couple of parts replaced to be game-able. After that it's down to the lube. I can say that 1000's of rounds later that WE have a very usable system going for them.

October 5th, 2010, 15:05	#241
m102404 Tys Trader rating Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto	Well...I'm a bit biased now to answer this....but here goes A year/season later and I think they're here to stay. WA/G&P/Ino/others style rifles make for beautiful builds with piece for piece accuracy. When they work...oh, baby....they're great. But damn, the parts add up to some serious $$$$ WE's are good shooters. KJW are good shooters. Personally...I can't get past the thermo-mags and rubberband inside....otherwise I'd own one. It's all the in mags. Got a good mag design = WIN. Wonky mag design = death. After that it's all in the maintenance. Good in the sense that if you can put some lube here and there you're good to go....bad in the sense that if you're used to the "plug in battery, fill hicap with BBs" simplicity of a working AEG you need to spend more time on keeping your GBBR running than you're used to. Action/feel/gameplay.........no contest. The game changes entirely with gas rifles in play. When the majority of guys (i.e. 90%) are shooting gas rifles it's a sight/sound/challenge to behold. The biggest challenge is temperature....cold is not the GBBRs friend. Specifically the mag....so if you could get it to hold Nitrogen/HPA/whatever isn't as affected by cold then maybe we'd be ok. I'd say...durability on a sub-all steel WA-platform is so-so. Great while it lasts....I wouldn't game it. Had two builds...spent plenty of money/time/effort...don't have them any longer. ....cannot comment on the durability of the KJW's...but good reports from most. ....WE's need a couple of parts replaced to be game-able. After that it's down to the lube. I can say that 1000's of rounds later that WE have a very usable system going for them.