Your first airsoft gun....

[Alpine_Impulse]

Soon to be a Real Sword type 56

[Desmodus]

My ACTUAL airsoft gun was (and still is) a CYMA AK74 gamed it once so far and it did great.

..when it comes to craftsoft... the Crosman Pulse 34 or some shit... what a big piece of crap.

[theguy]

a JG G36.

Was pretty lemony. Although i essentially destroyed it due to my thoughts that I absolutely could, knew how to, and needed to perform just about every upgrade imaginable; using cheap parts. Still have most of it... somewhere..

Ohhh! how i have learned.

[Styrak]

A CYMA (I think) MP5 fullstock.
Chronied at 230fps and I played my first milsim with it!

[Aegiis]

Tm mp5a5

[yuhaoyang]

ICS MP5SD3 for $180 LOL

[T-Hell]

My first was an aftermath broxxa. MP5 very nice gun
ended up putting a super fine coat of camo black on it... putting a metal RIS on it and a tightbore as well

man nice gun indeed
ended up selling it

now on to bigger and better things indeed

[R.I.T.Z]

Originally Posted by theguy

a JG G36.

Was pretty lemony. Although i essentially destroyed it due to my thoughts that I absolutely could, knew how to, and needed to perform just about every upgrade imaginable; using cheap parts. Still have most of it... somewhere..

Ohhh! how i have learned.

Y&P P99 Springer
as for AEG
TM G36C

[McCrea]

I'm a newbie and my first AEG is a STAR L85A2, really nice gun.

[Eien]

hm my first aeg was a tm mp5sd5

[Brayden]

first aeg was a cyma ak not sure which 1 was a paratrooper model, then i;ve gone through a few guns since then I tend to buy and sell but I buy grimey sell tuned so it all works out, havn't found the gun for me yet but I don't have tons of money either. Amos, nice I only like the Vietnam style handgaurds on m16s although from what I know soldiers complained about them (don;t quote me on it)

[Griffen]

1st season: JG MP5 SD5- I love it. Hand some mods done early on but it was and still is a great gun.

2nd season: CA M16- From what i can see now i am gonna love it. Have only gamed with it once but it kick ass.

I spent 300-500 each.

[Kuro_Neko]

I did extensive research and settled on the Tactical Carbine version of the Classic Army M15A4 (basically a full stock m4) as my first gun. If an Armalite is what you're looking for then I think it's the best of all possible versions. You have the shortened M4 carbine barrel, which makes you less likely to smack your barrel off something when turning quickly, combined with the full stock which houses a large battery. Small batteries don't have near the run time of a large battery, not to mention that the reinforced slip ring (the ring that keeps the fore-grip on) is really stong. While this is mostly a good thing and a big step up over CA's previous M15 versions, it makes changing small batteries in the field very difficult if not impossible.

CA's M15A4 series in general is a big step up over their previous versions and as far as stock armalites go they're probably the best. All metal where the real steel version is, the plastic parts where the real steal version is plastic are made of high quality enhanced nylon fiber rather then abs for great texture and feel. Classic Army has a deal with Armalite so you get all the proper markings. Plus that deal also goes to show the quality of the manufacture, Armalite wouldn't put their name on a shoddy product.

Internally the gearbox is reinforced metal and all the gears are metal as well. It fires hotter stock then Tokyo Marui's as well, firing at 300-320 fps where your average TM only fires 280-300 fps.

All in all this is a great starter gun if you can afford it. Because it's all metal you don't have to worry nearly as much about breaking it and you won't get any of the wobble or creaking that is infamous in stock TM M4/M16's. Unfortunately affording it is the biggest problem, they're not cheap. For reference I got my CA M15A4 from the classifieds, upgraded with a bunch of Systema internals to fire 390fps, for $600 shipped which was a great price.

As you can probably tell, I'm a big fan of Classic Army. One thing to keep in mind about Classic Army is they now have two lines, a proline and a sportline. Originally they were easy to tell apart because the proline had the metal body and the sportline had a plastic body but recently CA has been releasing their sportlines with metal bodies. The price tag should still allow you to easily tell the difference, the sportline being $300-400ish and the proline never being cheaper then $500, usually more like $600 or more but it's still something to keep in mind. All the pros that I went over above were regarding the proline model. The sportline model has cheaper everything internally and externally.

One of the perks of going with an M16/M4 variant is that mags are dead easy to come by and dirt cheap. You can get Star brand mags for like $5 a mag or less, plastic yeah but sturdy none the less (Star is also the only brand that makes realcaps too). Metal mags will run you a fair bit more, $15 to $30 a mag. There's no real reason to go with metal over plastic for mags except looks/realism. Though of course if you're going to go hicap then you might as well get metal ones. As to Brands, TM and CA make good mags. I've heard pretty good stuff about MAG brand mags as well. King Arms not so much, especially for M4/M16 mags. Star is always a good affordable fallback too.

My Classic Army M15A4 Tactical Carbine without external addons:


My baby, CA M15A4 Tactical Carbine with m203 grenade launcher, red dot sight and taclight:

[cooney]

Barely Scrimable: Well R6 then the wires snapped, I have yet to replace the wiring after 3 games only with it

Then my good: Cansoft ICS M4, I love it.

[ShelledPants]

KJW M9 Elite.

Elite my ass.

PoS.