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where I'm going with this is simple. I started off with the discussions about why people prefer the M4. Obviously we're not talking purely about airsoft - since they're all the same. We're talking about why people choose to role-play being decked out in an M4 when there are problems with it.
So then, the most convincing answer is that most of the first world's military uses it (and "I want to roleplay a soldier from one of these forces"), because there is no compelling reason why if you're given any budget in some fantasy Special Ops unit, why you would say - "just give me an $800 M4A1 thanks"! I thought that since airsoft IS about roleplay, that one would fulfill that fantasy by being decked out in equipment that would simulate that "fantasy Special Ops unit" - kind of like the movies.
I've been told I'm wrong about that.
However, to follow that logic would be to ask "well hang on - then why do people like the Glock so much?" Now all of a sudden, those very arguments I used against the M4 are used to support the Glock. Suddenly it's about the feel and reliability of the gun.
So we admit that there are more reliable guns out there than the M4, but we like it because the American and Canadian forces use it, but we like the Glock because it's a reliable gun? That's the confusing part.
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