Your first AEG and your opinions about it?

[Specs]

That is a real mans masterkey

[Saberwing]

ICS M4A1 Cansoft. Loved that thing to death and it's still going strong today with a friend on mine.

[Ace of clubs]

VFC HK 416.
Have had it for 3 years... only one so far, but I have used my friend's TM P90 which I find too light and his TM M14 which is fun, but was having a hop-up problem at the time.
I like my VFC, but it did have some problems: the battery that came w/it wasn't working properly; the single-shot cut-off lever needed shimming to work properly; set-up is kinda loud atm.

I really wouldn't recommend it as a first because it is pricy and you can def get better internals for less money. It looks nice and the functionning bolt catch is rather useful, but that leads to upgrade problems as the mechbox is weak and I've only recently found a reinforced one with the right parts (Yes, there are reinforced mechboxes that work w/ VFC's bolt catch)

Pictures to come eventually (need to get home this weekend and install my 'final' upgrade parts).

[Hightimes]

Lost my virginity to Tokyo Marui MP5 RAS about 10 years ago, than G&P MK18 Mod O wanted me badly and now I'm banging Ares/Star M14 EBR Standard too.

They all love me very much...
TM MP5-Jennifer is getting old.. retired at home
G&P M4-Jessica is still hot..
Ares/Star M14 EBR-Megan is the rare top quality A5 wagyu beef.. sexy and yummy

lol.......

P.S. they all have sisters.. Western Arms Bretta M9 perfect, TM Night Warrior 1911 and TM Python 357 6inch Revolver...

[brixx]

Mine was a KJW M4 gbbr the best gbb ever and still working. No regrets on buying cansoft version. 2ND is ICS cxp third is ICS RIS cansoft version all working. no regrets on my ICS's I tried a full metal dboys M4 a crappy gun pot metal.

[Drunk_Albertan]

First AEG was a G&P M4A1. Solid bodied gun with great internals. Put a tb in it and made it even better.

Then went AGM MP44 cause it's a cool gun and shot sooo hard. Now I'm on a SystemA PTW and I'll never look back.

[Nik12]

First was an ICS MP5 SD2 from Ken over at 007. Summer '07 I think. It was alright, had feeding problems once and a while. Still have it, the only upgrades are external: sling, mount, aimpoint, ziptied flashlight.

Then I decided I needed a rifle, not a submachine gun, so I browsed around the classifieds. Ended up with a TM FAMAS SV + 8 mags + suppressor which cost me about 50% of what the MP5 cost me (moral is to buy from the classifieds where possible). Since then I've only upgraded the suppressor/flashhider to a QD system. Really just a beast of a gun, even though it's almost all plastic and all stock. Although many think it's ugly as sin, I have a soft spot for it On top of everything it fits a French Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère) impression.

[TraumaGuy]

AWESOME rig!

Originally Posted by vondnik

a good old tm M4 that slowly over the course of 1 year when from stock to this monster:



From there the list goes like:

tm based rpk
tm base dragunow
TM sig 550
tm sig 552 ( 2 of them)
tm tompsons ( 2 of them)
TM base m4 ( 8 of them )
Tm based g3a3
tm g36
APS 2
TM base m14
TM augs
tm famas
tops m60
tops m60e4
tops m249
VFC scar H
Tm hicapas 5.1 ( 3 of them)
TM sig 226

and probably a few others that I'm forgetting about.

If your asking about the best in the lot I would say the RPK leads the pack (the damn things is over 10 years old with aroun 500k bbs down the pipe. I sold her 4 years ago only to buy it again a few weeks ago and she still kicksass the same old way)

[Sasha]

Aftermath Kraken. It's performance was pretty good, I was able to outshoot lots of people with theoratically 'better' guns, but it was fuck ugly, and eventually it started to develope some odd feeding problems, although they weren't too hard to fix. I had it for 2.5 years before I sold it. AFAIK it still works, but the new owner's an idiot, so I doubt it will for long.

Favourite gun that I've owned is a Cyma AKS-74U, I've had it for a year and a half with no problems whatsoever, other than replacing the battery once.

Then I bought an Armalite and it's brought me no end of trouble...

[Mitchell12]

My first AEG was a Tippmann AK-47... Yes Tippmann. Almost everything was plastic on it but a few parts of it actually live on in my current AEG. The outer barrel and.... umm 2 mags (surprisingly nice metal mid caps) .

Other than the outer barrel It's been entirely replaced (had a plastic mechbox). Morale of the story is to buy something good and not have to do what I did lol.

[Kozzie]

Mine was an ICS Sig 551. Bought it new 5 months ago, it's still stock. I've gamed it a couple dozen times now and have put 10k+ rounds through it with no issues. Solid gun and only 6 lbs it shoots quite straight and has a good ROF on a 9.6 stick. Mags are the only real issue with this gun as it takes proprietary mags which can be hard to find. Good news though is TM and MAG brand mags will work well with a quick and easy mod.

[kullwarrior]

First AEG, ARES G36k....only note I have...I hate the trigger response...miss by GBBR and PTW

[iname]

my first was a famas sv gun was solid never had any issues. pros was it was a bullpup ,cons were way to many including hard to find parts,
now i enjoy the company of my g36 variants. amazingly reliable.

[jeremy1911]

My first real aeg is my king arms Sig 556 shorty blowback aeg. Hane yet to game it (first game is sunday for it) but first impressions are excellent other then the fact that it didn't come with a bettery and I had to get a custom made battery for it! Got about 16 mags for it (great thing is that it accepts m4 mags without any mods). Only upgrades were external, surefire M910 and a real steel Eotech 551 that I used overseas! We shall see how it does at the game on sunday!

[Caninjap]

My first is the G&G M4 CQB-R cansoft. painted it several times, and over time did minor upgrades. Never gave me trouble at all other than recently it had an oxidation problem in the trigger area.

over the course of a year:

a 4X scope which died within a few months
an Elcan 4X scope which I've been using since
a FAB magwell grip
a M130 spring
a mod stock

that's about it.