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Originally Posted by MaciekA
Also I just want to re-stress that you shouldn't get discouraged by this, the SHS gears will rock your socks and the rest of this gun will be solid. Every G&P I've dealt with has always had a bit of sketchyness in the gear and/or piston department, but those two parts are easy to replace very inexpensively (for example the SHS gearset will run you 30 bucks and pretty much never break unless you're doing something crazy or incorrect).
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Originally Posted by L473ncy
My beef with G&P is that because of the gear issues it's not that great.
Truth be told I own a G&P and it's kick ass but for a lot of newbies I don't tend to recommend G&P for the reason alone that you need to go into your gearbox and switch out the gears pretty much right away or they'll shear off either at the axles or the teeth. For such a high quality gun you'd expect a lot better.... Hell I'm running Element torque gears in my G&P ATM and they're far superior to the stock G&P gears.
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I'm definitely not discouraged by this, disappointed perhaps - for the same reason that L473ncy has outlined.
I recognize that with these airsoft replicas, that a certain amount of tinkering/tuning/upgrading is necessary maintenance throughout the lifespan of the gun in question - whether it be with the cheapest, or the most expensive. The issue i'm disappointed with is that G&P is what i'd consider a premium brand, and yet, the more i look into the overall reliability issues, both MaciekA and L473ncy are correct - they are definitely using sub-par components with the potential to cripple the gun, from the very first use. Unacceptable.
Simply a lesson learned - and it is not going to prevent me from enjoying this M14 - at least once i have got the mechanical bugs exterminated. The overall rifle is of a good quality and should last a good long time, once it is fully sorted to my satisfaction.