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mcguyver · November 25th, 2007, 10:13

Mateba, it's a bit of a different story up here hen it comes to basic gun and parts costs. A decent quality metal body for an AR platform costs more than the whole Marui gun does on your side of the border. It's not uncommon to have people spend $1500 or much more on a Marui gun to bring it up to a good performance level, and still reliability is an issue. This does not allow for the power or flexibility of a PTW.

There are many people who bought PTWs in Canada when they were significantly less than $2000, while a stock Marui was $500+, a Classic army was $700-$800, a G&P is $900-$1000 jaust as a comparison. Cost/benefit analysis simply does not warrant upgrading a $1000 gun with $500-$600 in parts when the PTWs cost $2000.

And I pay about the same or less for PTW mags than what I used to pay years ago for Marui high-cap mags.

November 25th, 2007, 10:13	#26
mcguyver Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Northern Alberta	Mateba, it's a bit of a different story up here hen it comes to basic gun and parts costs. A decent quality metal body for an AR platform costs more than the whole Marui gun does on your side of the border. It's not uncommon to have people spend $1500 or much more on a Marui gun to bring it up to a good performance level, and still reliability is an issue. This does not allow for the power or flexibility of a PTW. There are many people who bought PTWs in Canada when they were significantly less than $2000, while a stock Marui was $500+, a Classic army was $700-$800, a G&P is $900-$1000 jaust as a comparison. Cost/benefit analysis simply does not warrant upgrading a $1000 gun with $500-$600 in parts when the PTWs cost $2000. And I pay about the same or less for PTW mags than what I used to pay years ago for Marui high-cap mags. __________________ Age verifier Northern Alberta Democracy is two wolves and a sheep discussing what's for dinner. Freedom is the wolves limping away while the sheep reloads. Never confuse freedom with democracy.