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m102404 · April 18th, 2011, 14:16

Your questions are a bit broad...

AK's are all Version 3 mechboxes....and as such, you ALWAYS need to take the term "reliability" with a grain of salt. Mechboxes are made up of a bunch of little parts, spinning at high speed under stress. They will wear out...not if, but when...and they may fail suddenly and catastrophically.

So...so far as the internals go (big generalization)...all AEGs are the same. Now...good internals are miles apart from low end internals...so there's some method to the madness.

So far as rifle builds, externals, go...pretty much any full metal AK is pretty sturdy. VFC and RealSword are some notable standouts. G&P and CA are also very sturdy. Some (e.g. RealSword) take real steel parts....handguards/flashhiders/etc... Others that the airsoft equivalent...with a good number of parts being cross compatible.

The difference between builds from RS/VFC/CA/G&P are miles apart (heads and shoulders above) cheapo brands like CYMA, DBoys, etc.... The mechboxes might need some TLC (they all kind of do anyways) but you're buying a much, much, much better "shell" of a gun.

In general...get the airsoft model that most closely resembles what you want. If you want an AKM, figure out who makes and AKM and pick one....if you want a AKS74U, then figure out who makes one and pick one. It is a PITA, typically expensive and can be a real headache trying to mod one AK into another.

Personally....I've been very impressed with the RS and VFC AK's.

April 18th, 2011, 14:16	#4
m102404 Tys Trader rating Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto	Your questions are a bit broad... AK's are all Version 3 mechboxes....and as such, you ALWAYS need to take the term "reliability" with a grain of salt. Mechboxes are made up of a bunch of little parts, spinning at high speed under stress. They will wear out...not if, but when...and they may fail suddenly and catastrophically. So...so far as the internals go (big generalization)...all AEGs are the same. Now...good internals are miles apart from low end internals...so there's some method to the madness. So far as rifle builds, externals, go...pretty much any full metal AK is pretty sturdy. VFC and RealSword are some notable standouts. G&P and CA are also very sturdy. Some (e.g. RealSword) take real steel parts....handguards/flashhiders/etc... Others that the airsoft equivalent...with a good number of parts being cross compatible. The difference between builds from RS/VFC/CA/G&P are miles apart (heads and shoulders above) cheapo brands like CYMA, DBoys, etc.... The mechboxes might need some TLC (they all kind of do anyways) but you're buying a much, much, much better "shell" of a gun. In general...get the airsoft model that most closely resembles what you want. If you want an AKM, figure out who makes and AKM and pick one....if you want a AKS74U, then figure out who makes one and pick one. It is a PITA, typically expensive and can be a real headache trying to mod one AK into another. Personally....I've been very impressed with the RS and VFC AK's.