It's all about tolerances. These clones are cheaper for 2 reasons. Cheaper material, looser tolerances.

Some companies cannot afford tighter tolerances as it means bigger production costs.

Clones uses loose tolerances and next to no quality control. This means that your VSR10 clone may be 3/1000th of an inch off somewhere and it will mean that a high quality part like Laylax (With good tolerances/QA) will not fit. These parts were made with Marui's tolerances in mind. If you don't have the same tolerances, it won't work.

A clone springer will never be as good as a TM one.

And this is especially true for springers! When you can only make one shot, there's next to no time for adjusting for your poor accuracy. With an properly tuned AEG, you can deliver massive volume of fire to compensate for accuracy. You'll just waste precious BBs with a clone springer.

The clones will take the same upgrade parts, except you may have to fiddle with the a bit to actually make them fit. And be prepared to put alot of money into it fairly quickly, as the parts are complete crap.

The things that'll go first is the piston, then the sears, then the barrel. The brass barrel in that gun likes to bend alot when it rapidly changes temperature (eg. bringing it outside)

Plus the spring is a complete POS, and the cylinder will crack in a few hundred rounds, right where the cylinder head screws in. The bucking is just some... rubber... the stock is fairly solid, just remember to take that extra 5lbs of cement counter weight out of the butt. The outer barrel and receiver are... okay, I guess, most of the silencer adapters don't fit. The trigger is just a pile of steaming donkey shit, it couldn't be any worse, honestly. And finally, the spring guide is just thin plastic that will snap very easily.

From a bad personal experience, boy, was that a bad trip.
Don't get a clone if the parts are just dribbling in for it, it's an okay base if your putting alot of money into it right away, other than that, find yourself a real TM one.

Hope that helps...

Thanks LastSpartan and Eldin for taking the time to respond! :)
I understand what you guys are saying and I guess the saying is true if you want quality be prepared to spend the extra dollars! hahaha

I guess i'm better off just saving the money and either fine tuning my TM M4 or eventually get a high quality sniper OR get a better bass guitar... haha

Thanks again guys for the insight!

Cheers!

A quality sniper rifle with upgrades will vastly out do any AEG with upgrades, as long as quality heavy ammo is used and the shooter learns how to use it well. Mind you, my mildly MP5 shooting 0.28g Bastards would get rounds out to 200ft easily (was ~360fps w/0.20g) but still, my M24 shooting 400fps can get 0.36g out to 300ft if I compensate for elevation (aim a foot or two above the head to get a chest shot).

If only, if only, if only people knew what sniping really is. Sniping isn't about killing, it's about recon...and that means humping a lot of ground; then you get to the spot, you relay the information to your team, you see a target of opportunity, so you take the shot, but you miss. Then what? the more shots you take the higher the chance they'll find and flank you. Look, AEG for a first gun, and if you actually go hunting/get military training then you may want to consider bolt action...but always, and I mean ALWAYS have an AEG as your secondary. Stock or not, am AEG will perform a lot better than a pistol, with more bbs, more FPS, and more RPS. Also, when a target is within the MED, you have to have something that can get him, and a pistol isn't reliable enough to use for that purpose

What precisely is your airsoft experience level?

It's generally considered poor form to reply to a thread after its logical conclusion and offer advice with no actual experience to back it up when the OP has already been nicely assisted by those people well known within the community for their experience.

In short, play more airsoft before you become a subject matter expert; we're all full up with them here.

Cheers,
Grant

i am a noob airsofter , don't go for sniper rifle as your first gun. if it is just for one of your collection then it's fine. but if you're using it for war games then don't. why ? because you're never shot before ( in war games ) , you'll not knowing what to do in the field. ( correct me if i'm wrong )

if you're into war games, you should take a mentor to guide you :)

i'm currently build a wannabe sniper rifle , based on WE HK416 GBBR. long barrel , install a sniper scope on it , upgrading internal for some power/fps etc... but just for fun , no war games. just want to experience the felt of hardkick recoil while i'm in a sniper position.

*: sorry for my bad english people , i'm still learning it