In my experience:
WE equals crap quality, fail cloning, and the worst mags ever (leaks, fill valves die, output valves aren't that consistent... at least the followers don't wear down, though). My experience with WE was Socom Gear rebrand of 1911 Tactical. Was crap, to say the least - there could be a factor of abuse from previous owner, though. I estimate that less than 50% of the parts were TM 1911/MEU compatible.
Army equals fairly accurate cloning, half-decent quality, crap mags (but at least they're compatible with TM's). Needs some parts to make it shoot somewhat like a TM with metal kit. Needs more parts to make it as reliable as a TM (like stock TM parts, lol).
TM equals... well, its not a clone; reliable, yet not full metal (doesn't seem to matter unless you REALLY abuse it, the one I've seen and helped maintain lately has seen a lot of shooting over time and seems to be totally fine with stock parts); best mags available for TM/TM compatible GBB's.
IMO, go TM. Metal kit is nice, but isn't necessary out of the box. TM will last longer than clones or half-clones, as well as shoot better than clones.
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Originally Posted by pusangani
Where did he say that?
@ OP
If you want to game it heavily get a TM, single stack skinny 1911/MEU mags have a hard time with gas efficiency especially when running a metal slide
to fully metalize a TM 1911, you would require a metal slide as well as a metal frame.
WE 1911 are more similar to a TM hicapa internally than a 1911
however the better alternative would be a TM hicapa  |
TM Hi-Capa because better gas consumption with larger mag. Larger mag seems to result in less cool down, when completely full, too.
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Originally Posted by LastSpartan
Just a suggestion. I've seen my friend game an (Army) MEU.
The slide never locked back.
I can shoot 1.5 mags with one fill. I'm happy.
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Army MEU mags have crap followers that tend to die. Stick a TM mag in there and you're golden, presuming you don't fill the mag completely with BB's (metal slide on Army MEU's means there isn't enough gas in there to cycle through all the BB's and STILL lock back the slide - same is true on TM's in non-summer temperatures).
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Originally Posted by pusangani
That is true about the Army version, horrible gas efficiency
I'm happy with my TM hicapa too  when it's all dressed up in Noobkiller 5000 config. Or when I run it stock, it never disappoints! |
Oh wait, same deal as blurb I stated after previous quote.