Suggestions Please.
 

So you guys will probably look at my post count and think I'm a total noob. Well, you're right. I've been looking through online catalogs for the past week or two looking for a gun that fits. My main concerns are fps, reliability and of course cost. So here I am asking for suggestions.

I'd like something around the range of 350+fps. Preferably an assault rifle like a 47 or M16. I'm pretty much a noob at everything so if you think my fps requirement is to high feel free to tell me I'm retarded and should go for a realistic gun. I'm mostly going to be doing forest campaigns and urban, so I'd like something will a little pepper. Also can anyone tell me how far a 350 fps .12g BB will fly straight shot, without pointing the barrel up?

Next of course is reliability. I'm am extremely afraid of buying a piece of crap that 'll break in 2 weeks. It should be preferably mostly metal. Respond from your own experiance and point of view I guess.

And last and probably most importantly is cost. I'll be looking for something in the 150-220 range.

I also realize that the perfect answer to all of this would be an AK-47. But the problem with that is that 2 of my friends already have those and I don't want to seem like a tool. Plus they'd get pissed.

So here I am a total noob asking for some help.

Thanks in advance.

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for 150-220 you won't get much in Canada. A kraken ak-47 would be your best bet, especially if you aren't 18.

The best advice if you're serious about airsofting is to save your money until you are 18, and then buy something really good that won't crap out on you.

The criteria posted up above will probably get you an Aftermath Kraken, or, if an Armalite tickles your fancy, a used JG clone.

Heed this advice, Krakens and clones alike have really shoddy quality control, some could be better than others. If I were you, I would save up for a gun in which quality is assured. KWA, CA, G&G, and so on are companies that make "premium" AEG's, you would be better off buying them as a noob and not having to tinker with them as much than buying a clone or a china gun and having to tinker with them out of the box.

Are you in Canada?

Yeah, Calgary Alberta.

I'm sorry :D
Airsoft in canada is rediculously expensive :/
Expect 2-3 times the price of what you see on websites like "airsoft gi"

I've got a hobby shop here, where the 2 guys afore mentioned bought AK's for 200.00$

I think I found something to my liking.
A G36.

Lol, you might be getting some new customers from around here now :D
What brand is your g36?

a g36 eh?

what place is this you're talking about?

Told ya ;)

Yea what place is this and where in Calgary? =/

A full size G36 is going to cost around $500-$600+ in Canada, a K might be a little less but not much. A JG G36C is going to cost about $350.

It's called PM Hobby craft.

It's a CYMA.
I have no idea if that's any good, but I tried it out and it's beautiful to fire. Only annoying thing is the scroll, because if you forget you're only shooting air.

To my knowledge CYMA is an "ok" brand...not as good as an Echo 1 or JG but definitly better than something you'd pick up from walmart.

Actually, when it comes to lower-end ACM clones, I'd place the newer CYMA guns (0.27 and up) next to JG in terms of quality.

I though it wasn't a piece of shit.
So that's a good deal for the AK then?

Yeah, CYMA is fine. You can try it out first. If you don't like it, you can always spend more to get your second gun with higher quality.

What do you mean scroll? The hicap winder?

Well the thing on the cartridge or magazine or whatever, it's winds up bb's into the gun. I assume yes.

All guns have the "wind" feature no matter which brand you get.
However, for most guns you can get a midcap or lowcap aftermarket magazine, which you don't have to wind. But the downside is is that you won't be able to hold as many rounds per mag. But it may be worth it to you.

That's not a downside. Tactical maracas are irritating. And whats the point of getting an airsoft replica if you have to wind the magazine? It's unrealistic, you may as well buy a JG dragon and spray paint it bright pink.

I think the only reason why the wind up was annoying was because it was my first time with the gun and I kept forgetting. If I made it into a habit it would be alright. There's just a minor disadvantage of someone coming around a corner and spotting you spinning your win dup thing. Then shooting you at leisure.

ya, as has been stated, go to a few games and start saving ALOT for when you finnaly turn 18, than get age verified and buy to you budgets limit.

As Dante pointed out, Hi-caps also rattle. A lot. You also can't fire your gun at any other angle but rightside up since the loading mechanism in the highcap is gravity feed (I know this isn't a huge issue, but I have on occaison found it useful to fire my gun on it's side). And lastly, mag changing while under fire is downright fun. I think that's a great aspect of the sport highcap-only users are really missing.

Having said all that, you don't need a ton of mags or anything right away. Play with the hi-cap for now and pick up some more mags when you can afford it. STAR MP5 mags are dirt cheap.

I bought a 445fps (with .12g BB's) Sig 552 Commando. I Use .20 gram BB's because it's so much more accurate. The gun is mostly metal but heavy duty plastic in the center. The Mag is translucent kinda. I like that because you can see when you need to wind it up. The brand is Swiss Arms.


Overall very happy.

I have a question though. Do you have to have the orange tip in america or does that rule apply to Canada to?

Orange tips are not required in Canada.

Although; You should really stop buying crap.

With the money you spent on a Cyma and that Swiss Arms 552, you could have bought a CA or TM gun :)

yup