My M16a3
 

:-) :razz: I am sooo happy! I just got home from the local army surplus store, and I bought this beautiful 1:1 M16a3! I'll get some pics of it ASAp, but my camera is acting weird. It has a med cap magazine, laser pointer w/pressure pad, R.I.S. rail on bottom of barrel and on top of receiver (where the inronsight is). Also has functional T-handle, mag release, and selector switch.
It is a very nice gun. :-) :razz:

Let me guess, Cyma, Crosman, or something like that?

Some other Japenese company. Whats wrong with that? Thats all I can afford right now.

Uh.. which Japanese company?

who said there was anything wrong with it yet. so...what company is it?

On the box it says "Aika".

Hey if it was all you could afford and you like it that's cool just as long as you know you'll be spending alot more in the future. I did the exact same thing so I'm not bashing you. I just wish I had have saved that money and put it towards some thing diffrent.

Have fun and good for you. Lets see those pics.

Ok, thx. I cant get the pics rite now cause my camera is acting weird. Lemme try again.

Hmm... 'Aika'.
Never heard of it, for some reason...
You have any idea how hard it shoots?

Sorry, no go on the camera.
Shoots pretty low, only 230 fps. Not bad for an "Aika".

Ya, I havent heard of Aika either. I searched for a website but there was none. If you are wondering, I got it at Oakville Outdoors and Surplus.

Ah... advertised velocities are usually wrong, so I doubt its 230 fps. Try chronying it when you have the chance...
Here's a few things,
1) Can it go through a sheet of cardboard, paper, or just tissue?
2) ROF?
3) Battery type?
4) Internals?
Try shooting some coke cans or something, and post some pictures.

EDIT: Oakville Outdoors and Surplus? Hell, I'm in Oakville for the holidays, I gotta check this out.

Well, goes thru paper, tissue for sure, Lol; almost goes thru cardboard (BB sticks out halfway). Im not sure about the internals and such because I jsut got it like an hour ago. When I come back from Sudbury (leaving an 10min) I will post the pics.

Ah... I'll hazard-guess around 200 FPS.
Sure, that'd be great...
You know where that store is? I need directions, may head over there sometime, and I'm from Nova Scotia (Thus, I don't live here and have no idea where it is).

Speers road in Oakville. Try Mapquest.com for directions. Correction: box says "Yika". http://www.oakvilleoutdoorsurplus.com/

Website does not have airsoft guns on it.

Ah, excellent. I'll try to head over sometime, but I can't bring back anything on the plane with me, and I don't feel like shipping...
Besides, I hate Armalites. Still, I'd like to see what this thing is.

You probably wont find it as good as your $800 marui watever u have, but as I said, Im a beginner and thats Ill I can afford rite now.

Nah, I have a $450 Marui FA-MAS.
It's OK, just the fact it's a brand I've never heard of has sparked my interest.
I checked, it's a 10 minute drive from where I am...

Ok, cool. Also, its probably nowhere near as good as a Marui, but It'll do for now. Thats too bad you cant bring on th plane, lol. They got a whole new shippment of springers from $30 and AEG's from $169

Ah... I find there's no real point to spring pistols (I mean, no-one skirmishes with them), so I think they should pull the cheaper more abundant ones from the shelves... I hope to God they don't have these on display.

In general, you cant find anything decent for less than $600. If less, they tend to break really fast.
Save your money next time. Learning with a bad gun is not good, it wont even give you a faint idea for what airsoft really is.

My M16a3 looks exactly like this:
http://www.packrat-toyz.com/images/A...ng%20Rifle.jpg

Hey, my brand-new FA-MAS was 455... it's great, durable as hell, and has an ROF from Hell. Plus, quite a few guns are under 600, including half the Marui guns (Minus batteries and chargers). I'd lower that to about 330, the cheapest price of a new MP5K (Actually, that'd be an exception. 450 should be the proper number)
Hmm... doesn't look too bad. Might make for a nice project gun... perhaps, with a lot of work, you could somehow drop a nice mechbox into that...

I saw your M16 in many US shop like Icefire. It's a springer. Also, this is not a M16 A3, it don't have the rail on the top. It's a M16 A1 with the M16 A2 hanguard and lot of little accessories...
Save your money for a real AEG, you can got it for a good price on Double Edge or Rangers. :tup:

Bob, you know the $600 is a ballpark figure by the time you have a gun, decent charger, ammo, batteries, extra mags. Yes there are exceptions. But the point is still valid.

Let's not rain on Shooter's parade. It's his toy, his hard earned money & he is very happy with it. That in itself is priceless.

Ah... that's quite true. For 2 guns, BDUs, and just about all my kit, I've just passed the 1000 checkpoint.
As for Shooter, I respect that. It's his hard-earned money, and he can practice with it until he has enough for a proper AEG.
PS: If it is hard to read this thread, I've edited out a lot of my responses. Trying to keep my post-count down, it seems that I've forgotten about forum ettiquete.

Is it just me or is it odd that in most cases airsoft guns costs more than the real weapon they try to copy.

It's true. A real AK47, full auto, sells for about $350 Canadian dollars. You can get an M16 (civilian version) for about $500-$700. An MP5 for around $500. A tommy-gun is between $300 to $400.

i think its mostly in canada that airsoft out prices legal real steel.
and then again, i think the guns that are out priced are the lower end ones like the norincos and such.
Note: i was talking about legal guns, im sure illegal guns are much cheaper than airsoft.

350CAD for real AK47? Are you kidding? Damn, but does any store actually sell it?

I was quoting legal prices. Getting the proper license for them is the problem.

Why would I be kidding? Yes, they are available. Yes, at a store.

What did you think? That I get information from my local smuggler?

And the reason they are sold for so cheap is because
A: No one can use them once their SAP expires.
B: You need to have the appropriate PAL to aquire them

So take those prices with a grain of salt.

Prices are correct. So is the slight 'problem' of having the right level of PAL.
But I was being cruel and wanted him to at least try using Google first.

(Correction, just checked the website and the AK has gone up to $575, brand new. They were $350 last summer. Still nice deals on MP40, M1A1, MP5, RPK, Bren, MG34, even the Browning M2).

How about 3-4 bottles of vodka for an AK :)? Or one round for one smoke. Of course that doesn't happen here.

Maybe, if a gun has couple of bodies on it, otherwise it'll be more expensive than airsoft.

Ok, for all u guys who wanted to see my gun, my camera is now working and I've uploaded some pics of it to the gallery. thx

Does his gun count as Airsoft? Or even Softair?

His gun count as busted in about 3 shots.

Of course it counts as airsoft or softair! just cause I cant spare $500 on airsoft doesnt meen I cant try to play airsoft, or at least practice on my friend's parents' farm.

Edit: I have shot more than 500 rds so far and its fine!