NEW TO AIRSOFT -Advice on guns?

[kalnaren]

Originally Posted by Ronan

TM MP7 is an awesome secondary of CQB gun. For outside games... well i consider it a sidearm.

For a 'all around gun' grab a TM or a CA M4, or M16. Something upgradable. Just so you know:
TM = Great internals, usualy plastic external
CA = Great Metal Body, crappy internal, upgrading the bucking, piston head and nozzle will make it a jewel (thats a extra $50 w/o the fee of the gun doc).

Being new is not an excuse for buying a peice of crap. Clearsoft is like.. buying a bike when you need your first car. Sure its gonna 'run' but its not a car. Not even a old cheap little honda civic

If you need a car, you buy a car not a bike. If you want to play airsoft, you buy a airsoft gun not a clearsoft crap.

I don't know what CA you own, but on mine the internals are definetly not "crappy". Maybe not as robust as a TM, but still far from crappy.

[Greylocks]

Originally Posted by Jaylei

mp7 do 390 fps? =O How did that happen? anyways... the TM AK-47... i think ill look into that one. But right now, im not really REALLY going for a BIG gun... just something u know... to get the hang out shooting BBs... if i havent already mention im REALLY REALLY NEW to this airsoft thing... but i think its really awsome still

Your BEST solution at this point is to follow advice; cancel the order on that crappy gun, you really wont like it and will be thankful later.
Then as soon as possible GO to a game/meet to see in person what we're talking about. It will answer so much of your questions it's not funny.

This is really, hands down, the best way to learn stuff. Okay? There's a point where typing questions and reading FAQ's just does not work or is a waste of time.

[JourneyMan]

For the love of God, stop smiley spamming. You're suposedly 19, not a 13 year old girl.

As for the gun, we really cannot stress how important getting the real stuff is. I've cracked the boxes on quite a few of these lowend products, and they are not even close to the same quality. Thats not saying it won't shoot as accurately, or as powerfully, thats saying working with the stock parts, you should expect the gun to fail with normal stress placed upon it. Even if you replace every single part of the mechbox with expensive parts (which would cost more than buying a decent gun to begin with) it will still give sub par performance and have a crappy toy gun feel. I know someone who spent more on the internals than the AEG itself only to have the BODY of the gun break. And he baby'd his gun. He learned his leason and saved up for a CA, and now is happy as a clam. If he'd done it right the first time, he'd have saved around $300.

Take the advice of people who have spent alot of time and energy on this sport, you ALWAYS get what you pay for.