and when I Started out I Sure Could Have Used Something Like This.
Im Going To Cover as Many Styles Of Combat And Best Applicable Gun, With A Review Stole From Somewhere
Will Be Adding Pricing Later
Sniping
British Super Magnum L96
(The Full Name Is Soo Cool)
1st Choice
First Of All I Own This Gun
And Its Only Downfall Ive Had With It Is
Mag Springs Stuck (This Was Easily Sorted With Some Form Of LUBE)
Weight And Length (This Also Makes It Feel SO AWESOME )
I Use 0.3g Bullets With Mine And I Must Say Whatever you hear The Distance It Travels Accurately Is Far Superior To 0.2g
I Can Reach About 90m With A 7/10 Chance Of It Curving Off
Stats
L96 hand cocking sniper rifle in green color
Comes with 3-9x40 scope
Pair of 25mm mount rings
Sling
bipod and bb loader.
Fires 410 - 430 fps of 0.2g bb.
Fires Around 420Fps With 0.3g
Length 114 cm
Weight 9 lb Aprox
Mag Capacity, 25
Pricing
With Scope and Bipod around £149.99
Now For A Full Review, Borrowed From http://www.manc-as.co.uk/forum/index.php?s=ad5cee3b3d0754422f984c647129aa0f&showtopic=3449&pid=33012&st=0&#entry33012
It went together well enough, and I swabbed the barrel for safety and to get rid of any preservative gunk in there and used a little sil Lube where needed.
Appearance:
The metal used on the RIF,is of a dull matt appearance, but pretty much everything is metal, so the feel and weight (to a degree, 9 and a bit pounds) was hefty and quite sexy.
NB, there are internal cavities for ballast should you want to "bulk it up.
The stock unit is ABS plastic, with mould marks along the edge, which can be filed if you really want to, but I think that I may look at a paint job in Tan/ Green at some point, to give it a worn authentic look. This will of course cover any blemishes and add to the realism.
Bolt feels good and heavy and nice in the palm. Reasonable force needed to cock it.
The cocking action is excellent, very fluid and rewarding, and when the RIF is fired, there is some noise, not bad, but not as quiet as some I've heard. The end cap screws off the barrel, so a silencer may be an option at some point.
The Bipod is a little poor in quality, although does function very well, too much movement for me, and noise of metal on metal. The feet are spring loaded under presure, and you can hear the springs when you put any weight on it.
NB, I had to do a bit of DIY on the steel stub that locks into the Stock from the Bipod, and drill a second hole for the screw to lock into. This reduced the length of the "Spigot" and made it a more positive fit, with less travel and noise when the bipod clunked against the stock when shaken
The L96 feels good in the shoulder, and with the addition of the Cheek Guard, you can get a decent comfortable position down the sight. The cheek guard itself, is ABS, and has a vertical ABS pin that goins into the stock, and is adjust ed via a screw in the centre, does the job, but feels cheap.
I think that the rubber butt plate should be adjust able too, for reach lengths, this would add value right away.
Not on Any China Remakes
Hop up is in the mag well, and can be adjusted with good effect via an allum key (supplied), although you have to do it "blind " and count the revs to get a comfortable Spin v Distance ratio.
The safety catch is well placed, and usefull for moving when loaded, but does feel a bit "loose" when operated, a bit to much travel for me, plus the painted red and white dots look mass produced and done with some haste.
*KingCraig Comment, I have Not Found This With Mine
Have shot it with .36 BB's, for that extra accuracy, and 200 yds was still atainable from this RIF.
Accuracy: well, on a plus, it consistently shot within a 5-6 inch group, but for some reason about 30 cm down and left of the crosshairs, and that was with max Scope adjustment already in. suspect that either the hop up is affecting the fall of shot, or, more worryingly the barrel has become damaged in some way. More investigation there I think.
*KingCraig Comment Possibly Because Its designed For 0.30g
Overall, yep good, well made and very sexy, a couple of mods here and there and it will impress you and your mates for the price, reasonably pleased, but will hold out until I can sort the aim off out and get the round falling somewhere near the cross hairs.
Recommendations: new Sling and a custom paint job, plus use at least .25g ammo, 30 upwards if you can, the FPS will take the heavier round to a decent distance. Do a bit of work on the bipod to loose the noise and sway.
Other Snipers
Bar 10
From What Ive Heard And Experienced With Is The Most Maneuverable Sniper
Its Light, Short Smooth And Still A Very Accurate Gun But With Less Distance Than The L96
But My Friend Has Recently Custom Upgraded His
Which Is Called The Air Brake Mod (Google If Needed)
Stats
Tested at 400 fps with .2 g BB's
Magazine Capacity 30
Weight 5 lb 9 oz
Length 100 cm
*JG version Comes With A Illuminated Cross hair Scope
A Review From http://groups.google.com/group/asgar/web/sniper-rifle-mini-reviews--new-releases
The appearance of this gun is extraordinarily good in terms of realism. The first thing I noticed was the nice textured feel of the stock, which is made out of a nice polymer, and feels very much like the stock on the real steel M40A1 that I've gotten to handle. It's supposed to be based on the HS Precision stock. While it's not as impressive as the legendary CA M24 stock, it's way better than the VSR, Maruzen, or of course any ACM rifle (much as I love my BAR-10, this feels less toylike). Best of all, it's not the sort of finish that can be ruined by painting it, so I've got no fears about painting it. I'm probably going to give this beauty a nice urban camouflage paint job. But that's neither here nor now. The stock is somewhat light, so it feels a bit toy-like, but it's much heavier than most spring guns. The stock has no visible seam lines, and the rubber buttpad is securely connected to the stock. I'm not sure if that's a good thing, since I like to be able to remove the pad and access the usual storage space in the butt of the rifle, but oh well.
The next thing that I want to note is that this gun comes with a real mount, with the cutout for the shells to come out, unlike the VSR mount. This feature is a really nice touch. You may also notice a small dial over the front screw area--that's the hopup adjustment dial, allowing for quick and easy hopup adjustments. I tend to like to adjust my hopup a bit in skirmish to give me the slight overhop that enables the really long range shots, but if you don't want it to get knocked, you can replace it with a set screw. I figure my scope will protect it from most knocks, and I'm pretty careful with my rifles, so that's not a worry
This rifle also features metal sling studs--three of them, in fact. They feel very solid, and will allow for easy mounting of swing swivels or a bipod. The back one and the middle one seem to be built into the stock:
The front swivel stud unscrews (and must be unscrewed to disassemble the rifle. The nice thing is that you can mount a bipod on the front swing swivel without sacrificing the sling mount, assuming your bipod doesn't have a sling attachment (like the MP001 bipod). The rifle also comes with a front sight, although it's a different front sight than the older Tanaka M700's, and does not come with the rear sight. I'm not concerned, as I will be mounting a scope on this rifle
Incidentally, that can be removed by screwing out a couple Phillips head screws, should you desire to install a friction fit silencer. I haven't figured out if the endcap is removable to install a separate silencer.
The rifle also comes with nice trademarks. It says "Model 700, Manufactured by Tanaka Works," and has a serial number on it as well. I don't know whether or not it's unique, but it's nicely engraved, and looks very good
This gun also is very realistic, sporting an open breech, which looks visually very close to a real rifle. This feature is especially nice when coupled with the placement of the magazine, which is in the same spot as the real steel magazine would be, making it look as if it could easily eject empty casings when you retract the bolt. It's certainly much more realistic than a spring rifle with the closed breech and magazine being well forward of the breech.
Coming back to the magazine, the magazine release is in the front of the trigger guard, but the magazine can only be released when the bolt handle has been lifted up. Incidentally, you can also only set the safety if the rifle has been cocked
The magazine itself is very nice quality, full metal, and with the fill valve in the top of the magazine. It holds enough for 3-4 magazines, maybe more. The magazine holds 11 rounds doublestack, which is very close to the capacity of a real M700 magazine (which would hold more like 5-6 rounds), although there's also a long magazine available. It's also really easy to load.
One last thing that I'd like to mention is that this gun has a cocking indicator. There's a little button on the back of the bolt that will stick out if the gun is cocked, and snaps forward again when you fire. This feature is a nice thing to have for safety reasons.
