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Originally Posted by Amos
CA.
G&G's bodies are crap... Some sorta con-fuckered metal-infused plastic.
CA's use a good quality of Aluminum and are 100% compatible with TM upgrades, I've heard of some G&G's having some tolerance issues.
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What? Where does it say CA uses Aluminium? Care to back that up with reliable sources? I've heard CA having tolerance issues, too. Hell, I've experienced it first hand. You're almost always risking a crap shoot when you start mixing brands.
I'd lean towards CA being slightly better built than G&G, but G&G being great for its price (~$50-$100 less than the same CA). Tolerance issues on G&G is mostly with sub-components of furnitures being loose, i.e. charging handle, rear sight dials, etc. Otherwise, it's structurally very solid. No bloody body tabs to break, the upper receiver has a large lip that locks into the lower receiver. The negative stuff about its mag release design is overblown and led to me buying an unnecessary replacement. It also have little weird issues like an intentionally bad buffer tube design that doesn't support most AR sling adaptors.
Internally, I've had no issues with using aftermarket parts thus far, after (unnecessarily, for the most part) replacing the hop sleeve and cylinder assembly. G&G v2 mechbox is better built than the earlier CA v3 I had in my G36, I can tell you that. Inside the mechbox, you're looking at basically the same type of upgrades CA offers, so they shoot more or less alike. Note, while the G&G box is shimmed pretty decently, its lubing is poor.
Ultimately, it might be more of an aesthetic difference than anything else. CA is black, G&G is grey.
I'm trying to find the time and effort to write a comprehensive review of my GR16A3.