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Old January 7th, 2009, 16:02   #2
m102404
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Just posted this 20 or so minutes ago...


Aside from the below, the only other thing I would add is there's ZERO positive comments about their huge and garish logo on the receiver.

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The KWA mechboxes are very nicely built right out of the box.

The solid aluminum piston head is a mistake, IMHO, especially since it is not loc tite'd to it's screw.

The shell has been beefed up near the front...with more material than other version 2 shells. What kind of extra-strength and breakage prevention this provides...couldn't tell you.

{edit out non-kwa parts}

Am I a KWA fan-boy? Not really. No more so than I think G&G, CA and a couple of others have put out good products. I do think that KWA missed the boat on a couple of key points in producing their armalite model:
1. Retaining the split hopup design
2. Requiring a "unique" top hopup unit and nozzle
3. Metal piston head
4. Non-loc-tite'd grub screws that secures the barrel to the chamber (at least there's 4 of them)
5. The ridge on their body stub for the stock tube is annoying.

Other than that...nice build.

Tys
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