Airsoft Canada - View Single Post - The FAMAS, Customizing it, and beginner questions....

ADI82 · July 27th, 2006, 05:02

Ok well... ive search all over and havent managed to find any really direct answers. Although some questions where answered.

But anyways, a buddy showed me about Airsoft this morning. Being a paintball player myself, I was immediately intrigued. I looked for more info and found this may be the "perfect" sport. As Paintball failes to meet my dactical desires or realism im looking for. Nor can PB be used as a "hobby" in the sence that the guns can be modified to any great extent.

But anyways, I began checking out guns. Im gonna attend a game sometime over the next 2 months or so and take a first hand look.

But as for guns, I found 2 I particularly like.
The G36, and the FAMAS.

Personaly, I would prefer the FAMAS however im worried about its customizability.

It seems there is no strap hooks, no sight mounts, no bottom rails etc.

Now, as I understand, if your good, and know what your doing, you can mount just about anything on it.

As far as I can tell the top handrail is mounted directly into the body of the gun.

So... lets say, hypotheticaly, I got a FAMAS.
Would I be able to remove that handrail, add in another sight.
Change the hardgrip perhaps
As well as add something to the bottom, M203 maybe, or a shotgun?

Just wondering what the possabilities are here.

I also understand the FAMAS inner workings are very complex? If this is true, is it really that hard to customize.

One last question, is a FAMAS really a "beginner" type gun? Ive seen reccomendations for beginners to get MP5s or w/e. But I plan to be more "serious" about it. If the games I boserve turn out to be the real deal. Such as tactical, team based, semi-realistic combat. And so I would like to get a gun I can really work with. Partly as a "hobby" if you will for customizing it. Im talking about the kind of weapon that if im still playing years down the road, I can look upon it as my most trusted friend. Maybe ill have other weapons, but I would always come back to the first one that I know is reliable etc.

So yeah... Any comments?

(Plz dont flame, my last "noob" post was)

July 27th, 2006, 05:02	#1
ADI82 Trader rating Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Calgary Alberta, Canada	The FAMAS, Customizing it, and beginner questions.... Ok well... ive search all over and havent managed to find any really direct answers. Although some questions where answered. But anyways, a buddy showed me about Airsoft this morning. Being a paintball player myself, I was immediately intrigued. I looked for more info and found this may be the "perfect" sport. As Paintball failes to meet my dactical desires or realism im looking for. Nor can PB be used as a "hobby" in the sence that the guns can be modified to any great extent. But anyways, I began checking out guns. Im gonna attend a game sometime over the next 2 months or so and take a first hand look. But as for guns, I found 2 I particularly like. The G36, and the FAMAS. Personaly, I would prefer the FAMAS however im worried about its customizability. It seems there is no strap hooks, no sight mounts, no bottom rails etc. Now, as I understand, if your good, and know what your doing, you can mount just about anything on it. As far as I can tell the top handrail is mounted directly into the body of the gun. So... lets say, hypotheticaly, I got a FAMAS. Would I be able to remove that handrail, add in another sight. Change the hardgrip perhaps As well as add something to the bottom, M203 maybe, or a shotgun? Just wondering what the possabilities are here. I also understand the FAMAS inner workings are very complex? If this is true, is it really that hard to customize. One last question, is a FAMAS really a "beginner" type gun? Ive seen reccomendations for beginners to get MP5s or w/e. But I plan to be more "serious" about it. If the games I boserve turn out to be the real deal. Such as tactical, team based, semi-realistic combat. And so I would like to get a gun I can really work with. Partly as a "hobby" if you will for customizing it. Im talking about the kind of weapon that if im still playing years down the road, I can look upon it as my most trusted friend. Maybe ill have other weapons, but I would always come back to the first one that I know is reliable etc. So yeah... Any comments? (Plz dont flame, my last "noob" post was)