M14 Brands/ M14 owners help

[MatthewRyan]

Hello I plan in the future on getting a M14 Full length doing some research I found

CYMA M14 not to bad tons of grease in the gearbox/ Slow ROF / Motor Wires soldered on


Echo 1 - Is supposed to be a "rebrand" thats I hear echo1 is of CYMA .. with some Upped Parts and 2 Hi Caps


Classic Army - I found to be alright I just dont like the different color on the heat shield ( Its two colors)

G&G - Has a functioning bolt catch. Tight Bore.. Expensive Magazines


G&P Probably the best m14 but I dont like the hand grip not my style

Tokyo Marui - Dont want to spend that much ..

Any body own any m14s from these brands what are your thoughts.

Would it be better to go with a cheaper brand CYMA, ECHO1 and upgrade it

Or go G&G but the problem with that is expensive magazines... Bolt Catch is nice but not a necessity

Anyways thoughts, comments suggestions

Thank you

[peacekeeper]

how much you wanna spend?

[MatthewRyan]

Probably about 350 with magazines .. Other magazines can be bought later but then I would need a pack for m14 style mags..
I know if I go with G&G probably run about 4 magazines Mid caps running 28 x 3 and they only use G&G magazines compared to other m14s take most clones a cyma mid cap I seen go for 11 bucks

[peacekeeper]

get age verified , and look at the classifieds . best way to go

[Ricochet]

Avoid Echo1 and Cyma. G&P if you have to. Best M14 "by far" is the TM with a full Guarder FTK, or an RA-Tech custom open bolt.

[Rusty Lugnuts]

A fellow team member has a stock echo 1 m14 and it outranges all other AEG's and most sniper rifles at every game we go to. After 1 season of hard gaming it's still running strong

[lurkingknight]

You've basically summarized it pretty well. there's nothing particularly wrong with any of them, just tradeoffs.

[Drakker]

Depends on your aims.

Do you want a fun AEG to play with and use it like an assault rifle? If your answer is yes, the Cyma will do a good job.

Do you want a very accurate rifle that is one shot, one hit, that can also double as a sniper rifle? If your answer is yes, get a Tokyo Marui. It's by *far* the most accurate M14 on the market.

As for the G&G and the Classic army, they are the same. Classic Army cloned G&G. They are decent M14 by all means, but they have proprietary gearboxes and use proprietary, expensive mags. No one will really recommend those because of that.

[cetane]

Iirc, g&g & ca use the same mags (one with the notch to clear Mechbox)

[lurkingknight]

the CA mags sometimes jam on BBs.. their springs are pretty crappy.

[suzenonest]

Although I don't own one yet, I've done a fair bit of research. I've concluded to go cyma since it's %100 tm compatible at a fraction of the tm price.

Occasionally there is a sweet tm m14 in the classifieds. That's kinda what I'm waiting for lol

[MatthewRyan]

Originally Posted by Drakker

Depends on your aims.

Do you want a fun AEG to play with and use it like an assault rifle? If your answer is yes, the Cyma will do a good job.

Do you want a very accurate rifle that is one shot, one hit, that can also double as a sniper rifle? If your answer is yes, get a Tokyo Marui. It's by *far* the most accurate M14 on the market.

As for the G&G and the Classic army, they are the same. Classic Army cloned G&G. They are decent M14 by all means, but they have proprietary gearboxes and use proprietary, expensive mags. No one will really recommend those because of that.

I would use the rifle as a assault weapon . I wouldn't mind all the accuracy I can get as for saying the Tokyo Marui M14 the most accurate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=n4q_3Ep4aKE

Not exactly by the video still think the G&P m14 is better out the box

The CYMA has some descent accuracy too
CYMA M14 (CM032) Airsoft Electric Gun Range and Accuracy Test -ASTKilo23- - YouTube
CYMA M14 fixed accuracy test - YouTube

But what about going CYMA and later replacing the hop up and barrel not sure but could surpass the other m14s listed

[Rusty Lugnuts]

There's been a rash of cyma's with crappy hop ups lately, so upgrade that before anything else

[lurkingknight]

the TM m14 hop has different mounting posts for the barrel and uses specificl m14 barrels cut to fit these posts... the cyma as far as I know is a clone but cut to fit regular barrels. I don't know if the manufacturing tolerances are as exact as the TM.. that's why people like the brand so much.

[bigmac10attack]

Based on my experience, I picked up a used G&G MAX for cheap. Cylinder was shot. It had been thouroughly abused for 2 years by the previous owner running a lipo. Replaced the cylinder, cleaned out the dirt and mud. Gearbox was still mint. Running Lipo myself now for over a year and a half. Out shoots a lot of more expensive guns. Shop for mags. Found some last winter for $22 new.