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A buddy brought one by the other day and I got a bit of time to take a look at it.
All in all and on a superficial level...pretty good bang for your buck.
The "clear/smoke" plastic is more "blue-ish"...reminds me of looking into pool water. With a mag in it...there's not a whole lot of clear left.
Blow back is pretty stiff...lots of gas being used. Compared to my "seasoned" (aka beat to crap) field HiCapa...it gets fewer shots, but still quite a few.
Non adjustable rear sight...very 4.3 Novak-ish. A big laid down rectangle blade front sight (I can see that getting snapped off if your bashing around).
Hicapa mags do fit/function.
The mag catch on the one he brought over (very new still) was a little snug when seating hicapa mags. If you "positively" insert a TM Hicapa mag, it'll catch fine. I swapped in one from my TM Hicapa and it worked fine/better...so it's just a little tolerance variance. By the time KJW mags are too loose...TM ones will fit just right.
With the extended front frame rail...it will NOT fit a serpa holster...although with the rounded trigger guard it's close.
There was a nasty little squeak when thumbing the hammer back...not noticeable with regular racking/operation. Just a little noice from the main spring. No big deal.
The spring guide had a metal washer over a rubber washer...nice touch.
The corners of everything were a little soft...almost like the molds were "old". I suppose that a lot of real steel pistols have their edges "melted"...so there you go...non-custom custom work right out of the box.
Forgot to check the barrel/slide lugs...D'OH!
I'd definitely pick one up and swap the grip right away if I needed another skirmish gun.
Something about it though...if I was going for a race gun build...I wouldn't start with this one unless I needed all the little fiddly springs/screws for a build.
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