umm since when are KSC 18Cs discontinued? For errbody out there, there is the Taiwan and the Japan version for KSC guns. Taiwan versions come with the metal slides usually. the Japanese ones don't. KSC 18Cs which are Japanese versions are discontinued yes but the Taiwan KSC still produces them with the metal slide. they are essentially the same thing since the japanese versions come with the ABS slide.
So no they are not discontinued. please specify properly if you do.
also a brief history of the difference of KWA and KSC for people saying that they are the same thing.... THEY ARE NOT
http://kwacentral.com/2012/05/11/a-b...n-ksc-and-kwa/
read and weep
on the note of KSC Glock series, they are extremely well made in my opinion obviously tho there are issues with both TM and KSC 18Cs due to the full auto function wearing down parts alot faster.
Ive owned both and even tho they are lots of fun, I wouldn't game it too hard. Ive had better luck with my KSC glock17 which only recently broke after 4 years of gaming and after i dropped it on the floor after and epic rambo last stand that i did and ended up smacking the wall very hard... anyway the point is after that the gun started going funky but that was due to brute force and years of gaming. even so the KSC 17 is a extremely robust gun and i highly recommend it. if u want budget go HK3P