Vietnam era AEG's - Opinions, advice

[Look! Ninjas!]

Hey all.

So heres the deal. My family owe me and want to repay me the favor with a new AEG.
I'm pretty keen on something that's smaller but authentic to the time period. I have kind of narrowed it down to an CAR-15, AK47S and a Thompson.
I have talked to others at the club about the Thompson and had mixed responses. However everyone recommends the TM Thompson.
The only CAR-15 i can find is by G&P, i don't know much about them as a brand and i am a little confused as WGC state it fires at 270FPS and UNCompany, EhobbyAsia and Redwolf all state the same puts out at 350FPS.
As for AK's, i have had a look around, but don't really know whats reliable and will treat me well (as for all of the above guns), any recommendations would be very helpful.

My budget? The whanau have said up to $400. Anything over i would have to top up (if i could id like to spend as little as i can get away with).

If you anyone could throw me some recommendations, advice, tips, tricks etc it would really help.
Maybe there is a VN era weapon i have missed?
I am pretty keen on the CAR-15 look through, the VN style mags take me back to the old days, the old days from what ive seen in the movies anyways.

[Flazzbog]

The TM Thompsons perform really well.

However they are prone to having problems with the outer barrel wobbling around once they've had a bit of use. Also they can be very hard to find parts for if something goes wrong. Also they're not very ergonomic, have difficult mag changes and are awkward to go prone with.

I don't know shit about the Car-15s but ...

Ak's go pretty hard. DrDee knows the most about them but from what I understand CYMA ones can be pretty boss. I wouldn't get one until DrDee get's all up in here with his AK wisdom though.

[Look! Ninjas!]

Ak's go pretty hard. DrDee knows the most about them but from what I understand CYMA ones can be pretty boss. I wouldn't get one until DrDee get's all up in here with his AK wisdom though.

Haha awesome ^^

Yeah i held the thompson and it felt nice but i did find it hard running and trying to aim quickly. Felt like i had to always aim from the hip like in the movies and take my chances.

[Eda]

M16A1 or XM177E2 would be my choice. A1 is pretty cool, but unwieldy as fuck. XM177E2 would be handy cos you already have the US Vietnam kit to use.

Even if you can't get the XM straight up, it'd be relatively easy to mod an existing gun into one.

[Flazzbog]

I wouldn't get a Version 2 gearbox based gun. Especially if you're going for a specific replica. Chances the gun sucks nuts and has random problems is too high.

It's just my opinion. I'm probably the one who'll end up working on it anyway.

[Eda]

Interesting video with crazy foreign dudes. Pretty thorough overview of some G&P VN era guns though.

Although I don't think there is anything wrong with buying a V2 gearbox gun (Not everyone jams like you do Flazz!), non-Marui V2s are definitely more likely to end up working like a pile of poo.

Can't find exactly whether the Colt Model 733 was VN era, you might want to look at this.

[Flazzbog]

(Not everyone jams like you do Flazz!)

I'm more thinking about magwell/magazine feeding issues, shitty hopup units and broken trigger posts actually.

[sixthree]

Tokyo Marui M-14.

Failing that get an AK, the amount of work you need to do to a V2 platform to get the perfomance you would get from an AK with a decent barrel and hop rubber is outrageous.

[ReaperNet]

[Look! Ninjas!]

Failing that get an AK, the amount of work you need to do to a V2 platform to get the perfomance you would get from an AK with a decent barrel and hop rubber is outrageous.

Recommend any perticular brands?
Flazz says Cyma AK's, i have also herd good things about them

[Look! Ninjas!]

Can't find exactly whether the Colt Model 733 was VN era, you might want to look at this.

I cant seem to find any history on this, but it does have the same fixed hand rail body as the VN era m16s and xm's. Looks like a good option

[Eda]

Can't find exactly whether the Colt Model 733 was VN era, you might want to look at this.

I cant seem to find any history on this, but it does have the same fixed hand rail body as the VN era m16s and xm's. Looks like a good option

That'd be my bet, seeing as you already have an M14. Or ditch all your kit for an AK setup. I guess it's always just preference for which platform you like better.

Can't go wrong with a Marui M4. Shouldn't have problems with feeding or hopup, which as Flazz said, can definitely be a problem with other brands. Can't comment on trigger posts breaking though as I haven't experienced that before.

Also, that's a pretty great pic Reaper, I laffed.

[sixthree]

Recommend any perticular brands?
Flazz says Cyma AK's, i have also herd good things about them

Real sword if you have a spare kidney but the guys I know with the AKs that outrange me and make my life miserable are all Cyma.

[Look! Ninjas!]

looks like ima steal me a VC AK. Cheers for the advice so far all.

[Eda]

Which one did you decide on in the end?