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Schock · May 22nd, 2016, 20:00

My son and I have been playing paintball for a few years now, and he has finally convinced me to make the switch to airsoft. We were at Panther yesterday and had a blast for a fraction of the cost of paintball!

He has already bought himself an Ares L85, but I was using what I think was a CM16 Raider rental gun. I was quite impressed with how well the gun felt and performed. (granted, I don't have a lot to compare to, but it shot straight, with good range and was comfortable to use.)

I have been trying to decide what gun to start with, and it appears that the G&G Combat Machine lineup offers very good value as entry level/intermediate guns. Now here is the problem: I was leaning towards the CM16 SRL as it seems to offer a lot at a low price point, but when I researched it I came across a lot of complaints about the quality of the mosfit, issues with different batteries, and criticism about the quality of internals, and the trigger microswitch. That has me looking at some of G&G's other offerings, but I am having a hard time making sense of all of them.

So the first question is, does the SR series have enough issues that I should avoid that model, or were they early production problems that have since been resolved?

Next question: I see all the different products they offer: CM16, CM18, GR4, GC4, TR16 etc! The prices of these models all seem to fall in a similar range, so what are the differences? Which models have higher quality internals? Which models should be avoided?

I was planning on spending around $350cdn, but if there is a big leap in quality and reliability at a higher price point I might consider pushing the budget a bit.

Any help in clarifying my options would be greatly appreciated!

May 22nd, 2016, 20:00	#1
Schock Trader rating Join Date: May 2016 Location: North Vancouver BC	Trying to make sense of the G&G product lines My son and I have been playing paintball for a few years now, and he has finally convinced me to make the switch to airsoft. We were at Panther yesterday and had a blast for a fraction of the cost of paintball! He has already bought himself an Ares L85, but I was using what I think was a CM16 Raider rental gun. I was quite impressed with how well the gun felt and performed. (granted, I don't have a lot to compare to, but it shot straight, with good range and was comfortable to use.) I have been trying to decide what gun to start with, and it appears that the G&G Combat Machine lineup offers very good value as entry level/intermediate guns. Now here is the problem: I was leaning towards the CM16 SRL as it seems to offer a lot at a low price point, but when I researched it I came across a lot of complaints about the quality of the mosfit, issues with different batteries, and criticism about the quality of internals, and the trigger microswitch. That has me looking at some of G&G's other offerings, but I am having a hard time making sense of all of them. So the first question is, does the SR series have enough issues that I should avoid that model, or were they early production problems that have since been resolved? Next question: I see all the different products they offer: CM16, CM18, GR4, GC4, TR16 etc! The prices of these models all seem to fall in a similar range, so what are the differences? Which models have higher quality internals? Which models should be avoided? I was planning on spending around $350cdn, but if there is a big leap in quality and reliability at a higher price point I might consider pushing the budget a bit. Any help in clarifying my options would be greatly appreciated!