WE 1911 MEU, the good, bad and the ugly

[DoctorBadVibez]

Originally Posted by juicy

Depends on temperature, too. Single stack-sized mags of all sorts suffer the same problems due to cool down, be it WE, TM, clones, or WA, KSC/KWA. Not sure about WA, KSC/KWA TBH though lol.

KSC makes a P226 X-Five? Neat! I've only seen the mystery one that is a rebrand... think Cybergun or something like that? Can't remember now, lol.

Yep, AFAIK, KSC licensed it from Sig and built it, Cybergun basically repackaged it. Comes in two flavors 4.5mm steel bb or 6mm airsoft bb... Full metal, single and double action, only thing is apparently the decocking lever function is not available on that model, but then again I could be wrong.
Any airsoft godly types please chime in if you know...

[juicy]

Its not KSC. All I've read and researched about it previously led me to believe its a KJW at best.

Okay, maybe I should say "I don't think its a KSC". AFAIK, KSC won't make 4.5 steel BB versions. Ever. Of anything.

And as to the X-Five, I did some background research and the real thing has safety levers akin to those on 1911's. No decocker on the RS either. Its still sexy as hell, either way. There need to be more X-Five airsoft replicas on the market, IMO... Too bad its sort of an oddball gun.

[Reckless]

while this might cause more issues... it should solve the lack of gas issues for the single stack 1911...

KJW single stack C02 mags?

[Crunchmeister]

The good: Actually looks good, as as long as it keeps working, they perform reasonably well for the money

The bad: They tend to be made with substandard materials. Some parts are TM compatible, and I hear some parts are WA compatible. They're sort of a bastard child design. They only take their own mags. Nothing else is compatible.

The ugly: They have some proprietary parts that are prone to breakage. If they break, the only thing you can replace them with are the same WE parts that will break again. And that's IF you can get the parts. Finding aftermarket WE parts is kind of like looking for a Catholic priest that won't molest alter boys if given the chance. I'm sure they're out there somewhere, but no one can seem to find one.