Post by Little_1 on Sept 6, 2010 17:34:42 GMT 9
Here is the review lifted for the CYMA Cm.032 M-14 By Legendsecko87
Enjoy and follow the links
Table of Contents:
Real Steel History
Ordering
First impressions
Included
Gun first impressions
Externals
Trademarks
Magazines
Preparing gun for firing
Performance
Internals
Modifications
Pros/Cons
Overall
Real Steel History: - Quoted From Wikipedia
The M14 was developed from a long line of experimental weapons based upon the M1 Garand. Although the Garand was one of the most advanced infantry rifles of the 1940s, it was not a perfect weapon. Modifications were beginning to be made to the basic M1 rifle's design since the twilight of the Second World War. Modifications included adding a fully automatic firing capability and replacing the 8-round "en bloc" clips with a detachable box magazine holding 20 rounds. Winchester, Remington, and Springfield Armory's own John Garand offered different conversion designs. Garand's design, the T20, was the most popular, and T20 prototypes served as the basis for a number of Springfield test rifles from 1945 through the early 1950s.
The rifle served adequately during its brief tour of duty in Vietnam. Though it was unwieldy in the thick brush due to its length and weight, the power of the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge allowed it to penetrate cover quite well and reach out to extended range, developing more than 2,400 ft·lbf (3,250 J) of muzzle energy. However, there were several drawbacks to the M14. The traditional wood stock of the rifle had a tendency to swell and expand in the heavy moisture of the jungle, adversely affecting accuracy. Fiberglass stocks were produced to resolve this problem, and the rifle was muzzle heavy, however, the rifle was discontinued before they could be distributed for field use. Also, because of the M14's powerful 7.62 × 51 mm cartridge, the weapon was virtually uncontrollable in fully automatic mode. The M14 was developed as a means of taking the place of four different weapons systems — the M1 Garand, the M1 Carbine, the M3 "Grease Gun" and the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). It was thought that in this manner the M14 could simplify the logistical requirements of the troops if it took the place of four weapons. Although it proved to be an impossible task to replace all four, the weapon excelled as a replacement for the M1 rifle, fixing many of the previous rifle's shortcomings. The cartridge was too powerful for the SMG role and the weapon was simply too light to provide as a light machine gun replacement for the BAR. The M60 machine gun better served this task.
The M14 remained the primary infantry weapon in Vietnam until it was replaced by the M16 in 1966–1968. The M16 was ordered as a replacement for the M14 by direction of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, over the objection of Army officers who had backed the M14. Though production of the M14 was officially discontinued, some disgruntled troops still managed to hang on to them while deriding the M16 as a frail and underpowered "Mattel toy" or "poodle shooter". The early M16 also suffered from reliability problems which tarnished its reputation long after these were corrected. After the corrections were made soldiers on the ground nicknamed the M-16 the "the sweet sixteen". In January 1968 the U.S. Army designated the M16 as the "Standard A" rifle, and the M14 became a "Limited Standard" weapon. The M-14 rifle remained the standard rifle for US Army Basic Training until 1970.
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Real-steel 7.62mm (.308) M14
Ordering:
I obtained this gun from Pointact Wholesaler's (www.pointact.com) through a friend. He bought this gun for a total of USD-$115.00 plus shipping. This is one of the few retailer's selling this gun in the US, and it came decently fast with a great shipping. Cheep and reliable products were bought here. Great customer service, except for one small thing . They offered me (Us) a bag of .25's instead of the .23's which were out of stock. Apparently they weren't out of stock but we still got bb's. We ordered a total of 1 M14, 2 extra magazines, and 1 bag of .23's and was shipped very nicely in 2 separate boxes.
This gun was advertised with some quite attractive characteristics. For a Clone of Tokyo Marui, CYMA did a pretty darn good job. They copied almost every single aspect of the Tokyo Marui, and added a bit of extras to make it a better bang for its buck. It comes advertised with the standard V7 Spur gear, which is a bit smaller than a regular spur gear. This is an exact copy of the TM because on the other M14 models out there, they require a standard V2/V3 gearset. The gun also comes advertised STOCK with a steel tightbore barrel measuring 6.04 in diameter according to Gunnerairsoft. According to The Crimson Falcon, it comes stock with a set of metal bushings.
First impressions:
The Box it came in was the one advertised on Gunner's airsoft and ROSV. Simple CYMA box, but amazingly, not a copy of the Tokyo Marui box amazingly. The CM.0## symbols are still present on the box. A classic statistics graph is also printed on it. CYMA is written/printed on top right corner of the box. Also it says "Power Gun" in flame like letters. On the sides of the box was that the past models which include the CM.027, 028, 028-B, and the 031 just to name a few. Some instructions were also printed on the side of the gun
The box Itself:
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Manual's Information Graph:
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Included:
Included in the box are the M14, a 250 mAh battery charger, one 400 high-capacity magazine, an 8.4v 1200mah Ni-Cad Large type battery, very cheap sling, cleaning/unjamming rod, a test sample of 200 "Extreme accuracy" .2's, a poorly translated manual. The box inside the cardboard is Styrofoam. The manual actually has some helpful diagrams for stripping the gun, although it is quite self explanatory. The picture on the front is one like they CYMA AK-47.
The Box:
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Manual:
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Bb's
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No burr's, yet rough
NiCad Battery: Battery is VERY light
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It seems as if their Ni-Cad batteries are only in their larges, while their Ni-Mh batteries are in their mini's.
Charger
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As Seen...
Output - 8.4v at 250 mAh
A little red LED light will light up when a battery is inserted.
Sling - The metal on the sling is very weak and I wouldn't recommend using it.
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Gun first impressions:[/b]
This is one of CYMA's best rifles! Even though it is slightly chalky, but I think this is because of the fact that most of the metal is in fact, Matte. I've shot and sometimes even owned a lot of CYMA Guns, which include the 027, the 028, the 031, and the 030. With all this metal it weights about 7-8lbs but have not really weighted it yet. It weighs about the same as a Tokyo Marui or JG AUG. It comes pre-assembled, and is VERY long. Iron sights are pretty darn good since they also have the little M4/M16 style wings. The style of sights are the peep-hole with the aim blade. I just thought this gun was pretty damn sexy to be honest with you. Not many people like M14's, but a Military mechanic I know in fact loves M14's, and is actually quite amazed on how good of a replica this M14 is. The adjustable sights on the gun, to be honest, were harder then heck to move. You need to adjust the tightness of the screw to be allowed to even adjust it for windage.
The Gun:
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Height comparison to buyer: Buyer about 5' 10", 5' 11"
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These things are VERY long. They don't take much to ram into trees and such.
Length Comparison: CYMA M14 to JG G36C
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Another length comparison The length difference is huge. The M14 is really used for long range assault then.
M14 Front Sights:
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Very long protection wings.
Using M14 Sights:
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The sights are a lot like M4/16 style sights, and don't seem to be hard to use. I like the, now the real question is do you?
Externals:
The Externals are pretty damn good. CYMA's externals have always been pretty good in my opinion. The wood grain is still the same compared to the AK-47 model, and compared to the Kart/UTG model, is about the same but a bit duller (Light reflection). The Plastic itself is pretty smooth. There was a little indent on the right side of the gun next to the front sling mount.
The external parts such as the bolt and the slide are greased, but they are METAL. Its a Matte black paint job, and isn't as shiny as the UTG/Kart Model. Its interesting how its greased, cause I would of just left it dry. The flash hider is actually not painted orange, but a plastic orange ring has just been glued on the front of it. This allows you to do the illegal thing of removing it, but also leave the flash hider itself not harmed paint wise. Everything on/in the upper receiver is metal except for the electrical components (duh).
All parts that is except for the heat sheild are pretty much metal.
This gun also feels VERY solid. Comfortable to hold, and feels like you can drag it through mud. The color job on this is in 2 tones, Wood and black matte. Nothing much is effected externally cause CYMA has had a good job with both of those colors. The whole butt cover and butt plate is metal. Everything on it is metal. The battery plate on it is also metal, which is a jump up from the Kart's plastic one. It's also quite hard to even pull out, which shows of the not much flex allowed to be able to open it. The bolt catch is also an improvement to the Kart model because its actually FUNCTIONAL! It is actually able to hold the bolt back like the real steel. When the bolt is pulled back, it sounds exactly like the real steel Semi-Automatic Springfield M14 I have handled before, and sounds a bit better, yet more scratchy then the Kart model I have owned.
The motor adjustment hole is actually pretty big compared to the Kart model too. It's not some little ol'hole that you stick that 1.5 metric Allen wrench in (No pun intended), its a big one. I was amazed on how big of a hole it is because really its not needed, but it may also be a renforcement to hold the V7 metal gearbox in.
The small Indent, but it also shows you the type and quality of the wood grain.
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Flash hider With orange cap:
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Flash hider without the Orange cap:
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Magwell Shot: Everything is metal!
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Front Iron Sight:
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Back Sling Mount : This is stationary, and will not swivel no matter what!
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Since it won't move, it means that its intended to have the other sling end up at the front. The sling mount though is quite beefy, and will not break anytime in the near future.
Greased Bolt Track
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It seems as if CYMA wants this gun to last a very long time. Its a lightweight grease resembling a whitish color.
This thing is able to be pushed down XD : Bolt catch
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Pushing this little button down lets the bolt to be able to stay back like the real steel. Overtime this will wear down, but it wont anytime soon.
Trademarks:
There are no real trademarks on this gun. The back receiver has no real trademarks on it. This helps slightly for the custom trademark-happy people. The trademarks that are on this gun are CYMA or real gun style trademarks. The CYMA trademarks are the CM.M14 on the magazine (Look in lower sections). That is all I can see at this time. They Also have Hop-Up trademarks too! They aren't the ones that dont show which way to turn, they actually show which way to turn! The metal they used on the receiver seems strong enough for custom engravings. The black matte paint might not go along the best with the color of carved metal.
Receiver Back:
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Entire Back Receiver:
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Windage/Elevation Trademarks:
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Hop-Up Adjustment
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Magazines:
Included is a 400 round High Capacity magazine. Its painted Matte black, and has a pretty distinct feel. The winding gear is pretty low compared to the Kart model's. It appears to be TM compatible, but no hard evidence is shown. There is no cut out on the back side so that is how I think that its possible. The tension applied to the gear though shows that the spring inside has a nice strong strength. This is a Major step up from the CM.028 magazines which fed horribly. They sit real nice in the gun too, with no mag wobble. The way it opens is also an improvement, by having it actually open up like a swivel unlike the trap door Kart type. This also helps by enabling you to load a lot faster.
Magazine
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Inside Hi-Cap mag picture: You can also see the gear in there!
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Bottom of Magazine:
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There is a marking on the bottom end of the gun that says "CM.M14". Every CYMA Magazine for the M14 says this. I bought 2 other magazines off of PointAct and have the same exact markings.
Preparing gun for firing: More to come
What you do to prepare the gun to fire isn't much. You charge the battery, and put bb's in the mag, and wind. You must charge the battery for about 4.8 hours. I got this by dividing the amount of mAh outputted by the charger, and divided it by the capacity of the battery. The Ni-Cad battery won't last much rapid on off charging due to the chemical nature of the battery.
Battery Cover
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Battery Compartment
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Mini connectors are used in this gun. Don't know why either!
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Internals:Body
The body seems a lot higher quality than a Kart. A lot better because of the fact that the molding lines were going crazy with the spilling and the cooling fact, but more controlled, making it a bit nicer. DisAssembelly was quite easy too. All you have to do is remove the trigger gaurd like any normal M14, and you can pop off the entire front reciver of the gun. Doing this requires much strength though, because the metal hasnt been warn down. The bolt spring is also a shiny spring, allowing it to be compresed smoothly, and at the front of the bolt is a little bumper type thing. Everything came apart like a normal M14 too. Its quite simple. Just follow a guide placed on the internet and it will be roughly the same.
Both Recievers
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Wire Popping Out
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Great Quality Control?
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There is no mess here compared to the Kart M14. The mess would be the molding glue used to hold it togeather, and it seems like CYMA is doing a good job with being nice and not using much.
Bumper
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I don't have much insight on what this is for. I think it is to help the impact and slow it down a tad bit.
Internals:Gearbox/Related
Wow, that is all I can say for this beauty of a gun! It is just an amazing gearbox if I do say so my self. Full metal gearbox. Enough said . This gun is a real step up from what the CYMA's used to be plagued with. CYMA guns used to be plagued with plastic bushings, XYT standard gear set, horrible shimming, bad grease and so on. This isnt the story anymore for here! Now it has METAL bushings, a STEEL tight bore, reinforced ZN/XYT Gears, Great hop up system/bucking, great motor, just great everything! A great looking gearbox from the outside. Heavy duty metal with good painting. No grease trails on seen bushings, and polymer intact
The grease was a light weight type of grease, but a slight green color. Eww? The ZN gears have not been herd of before, and I think this is the first time I have seen a gear of this stature. The ZN Gear has 6 AR latch notches! 6!!!!! Usually the bevel gear only has about 2 or 4 on standard gear sets. The most I thought I saw was 5, but not anymore. Also the Spur gear is true about the whole "TM compatible small spur gear". It is smaller than a standard spur gear, yet it is also XYT, not ZN, and beefier than regular spur gears!. The Sector gear is a total amazement to me. The sector gear has so much more beef on it than before. It comes with a HUGE tappet plate notch. I guess CYMA agreed on the poor feeding of their old models, and wanted to beef it up to help. There are no other markings on the Sector gear though. Metal bushings seem of high quality, and the shimming is great.
The air nozzle is just a normal TM compatible air nozzle, but made of clear plastic. Also it has a small notch to keep it centered, and still. It does not have an o-ring though, so it seems as if they air nozzle will provide as much of a air leak as a Tokyo Marui. The spring is of CA length, but a lot harder/more tense then a CA. The piston seems of good quality, and is made form some sort of polymer. The piston head is some black ported one, which gives great compression too. There is a slight leak though, but that can be fixed with a brand new #14 O-ring from your local hardware store. The way it is held on is by a TM style weight, yet a huge square is needed to hold it in instead. Weird huh? The spring guide isn't a V7 though. I guess CYMA came as usual, and stuck their AEG gearbox for the M14 with the classic, bubbly, and clear, V3 style spring guide. Seems solid. Only time will tell if it is strong enough or not. The cylinder head has a bit more rubber for the bumper compared to the UTG M14 I've shot, so I guess thats why it is a bit louder. The Tappet plate is also good quality, a good white ABS plastic or so. White color, and has some flex, yet with the amount of shots that its gone though, no damage is seen and seems like it will see many more rounds in its lifetime. The spring used for it was a lightweight grease, but was in the wrong spot for a grease.Any outside plastic though is made out of a JG type colored plastic. Seems of good strength, and will not snap. This type will bend because of the type of plastic it is
The Motor was/Is a slight problem for me though. Yes the motor connections were removable, yet one of them were soldered on! Because of this, the motor connection broke off. Other than that it is a lot like the UTG/WELL R6 Motor. Silver, rough metal casing. The electrical system is the standard M14 style, and isn't as high of quality to the Kart model in my opinion. I think this because its actual copper, not plated copper. The plastic though seems to be able to withstand more of a beating compared to the Kart model.
Gearbox:Right
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Gearbox:Left
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Motor Top
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Metal Bushings
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Inside of Gearbox!
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ZN?
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Internals:Steel Tight bore
Here is what most of you want to hear. The Steel Tightbore. The steel tightbore was and still is BEAUTIFUL! The weight is a worry for me though. Compared to a TM 509mm Stock barrel, it is about 1/3rd of the weight. The crowning is nice, and the barrel is quite shiny too. The barrel came stock quite clean, compared to some stock AEG barrel's I've seen. The hop up system is made out a nicely molded ABS plastic. It says CM.032 on the sides too. It provides quite a good seal between the barrel, hop up bucking, and the air nozzle, allowing close to now air out when pushed together. The hop up bucking seems of good quality and offers a good, consistent hop up to a .2 bb. The texture of it makes it kind of seem like a ICS bucking from what I remember. Also, many extras to the hop up have been done by CYMA. The holding piece for the barrel was lock tite'd, or some form of sticky glue. Also a brass centering ring has been placed on it. The entire hop up system delivers a supurb hop up, sending the bb flying in the path you wanted it to go.
Tightbore
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Hop-up Unit:CM.032 Marks slightly visible. Lock Tite visible
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Crowning
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Front Half:Showing Texture
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Performance:
Poor man's chronograph punches clean through both sides, but does not penetrate the bottom. This means that this gun shoots above about 340FPS, but shoots less then 380Fps. These are not accurate, and actual FPS ratings will be different, and more precise. The rate of fire (ROF) isn't very impressive. I would expect only the same ratings from the CM.028. The only difference difference is just the overall quality from when I had a CM.028. The tightbore barrel makes the gun VERY accurate. I wouldn't have expected so much range from this gun. I guess the spring, a good hop up, a good tightbore, and a good air nozzle/seal pumps the range out with .20g bb's. I would expect to have this gun shoot about 150' to 175'. Impressive? I think so. The accuracy can be thrown off though if you rest the muzzle on things such as a branch. It will cause the plastic to flex and cause the barrel to be pointed way upward.
Entrance:
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Exit: Very Clean
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Bottom:
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Performance:Groupings
My tests are done at approximately 50-70 feet. I am limited on space due to the backyard space of the owner's house lot, so please bear with me. The test will include both open iron sights, and low profiled scope mounted. Distance tests will be done on a 18" by 18" square target to show greatest effective range with .20 Gram Team SD High Polish Bb's. Wind conditions were that there was some, but not a lot. It was overcast if that matters any bit with humidity.
Bb's being used include...
-Team SD .20 Gram Bb's
Test Platform(s)
-CYMA M14
-Iron Sights
-Lawn chair
-CYMA M14
-UTG Scope Mount
-China 3-9x40 Scope
-Low profile scope mounts
-Lawn Chair
Here are so accuracy readings in the pictures shown.
Scoped
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Iron Sights
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The accuracy of this gun is quite good. The only problem with these readings are that we had a storm start to come in, in Washington state and it kicked up quite a bit of wind. Some of those "Fliers" were the fault of a big wind gust, altering the line of fire of the gun and causing the accuracy of the gun to go way down. Each one was shot with 10 shots (Except for the flier one where a total of about 13 shots were taken).
Modifications:
No modifications are needed to have this replica almost operate the same as the real steel. The one and only modification I would recommend is a removal of the 2nd tooth on the piston to help prevent pre-mature contact with the sector gear. Also a standard re-lube/re-shim job would be nice too, to help keep this gun running smooth, along with long lasting.
Pros:
-Metal Bushings
-Steel Tightbore
-Great Wood grain
-Matte Black paint job
-Fully TM Compatible
-~340 Fps Velocity
-ZN Gears
Cons:To come
-Never the same precision as Tokyo Marui
-No trademarks
-Matte Paintjob might turn some off
-Some seam lines are visible
-Greased bolt lines
-XYT gears aren't so recent, but still work
Overall:
Personally I would say this gun is the best bang for the buck. It comes stock with a couple of upgrades most clones never come stock with, and sometimes even high end AEG's. CYMA has proven themselves again and again overtime to provide great LPEG's and great mid priced AEG's. $89.90-USD for the full length M14 and the SOCOM model at GunnerAirsoft along with shipping is a great deal. $115-USD off Pointact means this will get you one of the best, and the cheapest, cloned M14's for about 2 1/2 times less than the Tokyo Marui model. Stock this will be a great assault rifle, and also a great platform for a DMR for the budget airsofter of the modern generation, not looking to spend much on a gun. Realistic wood grain, great metal, great gearbox and others create a good gun for almost anybody!
As of right now there are 2 upgrades in this gun. The upgrades include a Guarder SP-110 spring and a Guarder Ver-7 Spur gear. It shoots with a great FPS rating and get more than enough range.
Special thanks to...
Pointact Wholesale Service
Nelson B.
Booligan
Wikipedia
Enjoy and follow the links
Table of Contents:
Real Steel History
Ordering
First impressions
Included
Gun first impressions
Externals
Trademarks
Magazines
Preparing gun for firing
Performance
Internals
Modifications
Pros/Cons
Overall
Real Steel History: - Quoted From Wikipedia
The M14 was developed from a long line of experimental weapons based upon the M1 Garand. Although the Garand was one of the most advanced infantry rifles of the 1940s, it was not a perfect weapon. Modifications were beginning to be made to the basic M1 rifle's design since the twilight of the Second World War. Modifications included adding a fully automatic firing capability and replacing the 8-round "en bloc" clips with a detachable box magazine holding 20 rounds. Winchester, Remington, and Springfield Armory's own John Garand offered different conversion designs. Garand's design, the T20, was the most popular, and T20 prototypes served as the basis for a number of Springfield test rifles from 1945 through the early 1950s.
The rifle served adequately during its brief tour of duty in Vietnam. Though it was unwieldy in the thick brush due to its length and weight, the power of the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge allowed it to penetrate cover quite well and reach out to extended range, developing more than 2,400 ft·lbf (3,250 J) of muzzle energy. However, there were several drawbacks to the M14. The traditional wood stock of the rifle had a tendency to swell and expand in the heavy moisture of the jungle, adversely affecting accuracy. Fiberglass stocks were produced to resolve this problem, and the rifle was muzzle heavy, however, the rifle was discontinued before they could be distributed for field use. Also, because of the M14's powerful 7.62 × 51 mm cartridge, the weapon was virtually uncontrollable in fully automatic mode. The M14 was developed as a means of taking the place of four different weapons systems — the M1 Garand, the M1 Carbine, the M3 "Grease Gun" and the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). It was thought that in this manner the M14 could simplify the logistical requirements of the troops if it took the place of four weapons. Although it proved to be an impossible task to replace all four, the weapon excelled as a replacement for the M1 rifle, fixing many of the previous rifle's shortcomings. The cartridge was too powerful for the SMG role and the weapon was simply too light to provide as a light machine gun replacement for the BAR. The M60 machine gun better served this task.
The M14 remained the primary infantry weapon in Vietnam until it was replaced by the M16 in 1966–1968. The M16 was ordered as a replacement for the M14 by direction of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, over the objection of Army officers who had backed the M14. Though production of the M14 was officially discontinued, some disgruntled troops still managed to hang on to them while deriding the M16 as a frail and underpowered "Mattel toy" or "poodle shooter". The early M16 also suffered from reliability problems which tarnished its reputation long after these were corrected. After the corrections were made soldiers on the ground nicknamed the M-16 the "the sweet sixteen". In January 1968 the U.S. Army designated the M16 as the "Standard A" rifle, and the M14 became a "Limited Standard" weapon. The M-14 rifle remained the standard rifle for US Army Basic Training until 1970.
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Real-steel 7.62mm (.308) M14
Ordering:
I obtained this gun from Pointact Wholesaler's (www.pointact.com) through a friend. He bought this gun for a total of USD-$115.00 plus shipping. This is one of the few retailer's selling this gun in the US, and it came decently fast with a great shipping. Cheep and reliable products were bought here. Great customer service, except for one small thing . They offered me (Us) a bag of .25's instead of the .23's which were out of stock. Apparently they weren't out of stock but we still got bb's. We ordered a total of 1 M14, 2 extra magazines, and 1 bag of .23's and was shipped very nicely in 2 separate boxes.
This gun was advertised with some quite attractive characteristics. For a Clone of Tokyo Marui, CYMA did a pretty darn good job. They copied almost every single aspect of the Tokyo Marui, and added a bit of extras to make it a better bang for its buck. It comes advertised with the standard V7 Spur gear, which is a bit smaller than a regular spur gear. This is an exact copy of the TM because on the other M14 models out there, they require a standard V2/V3 gearset. The gun also comes advertised STOCK with a steel tightbore barrel measuring 6.04 in diameter according to Gunnerairsoft. According to The Crimson Falcon, it comes stock with a set of metal bushings.
First impressions:
The Box it came in was the one advertised on Gunner's airsoft and ROSV. Simple CYMA box, but amazingly, not a copy of the Tokyo Marui box amazingly. The CM.0## symbols are still present on the box. A classic statistics graph is also printed on it. CYMA is written/printed on top right corner of the box. Also it says "Power Gun" in flame like letters. On the sides of the box was that the past models which include the CM.027, 028, 028-B, and the 031 just to name a few. Some instructions were also printed on the side of the gun
The box Itself:
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Manual's Information Graph:
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Included:
Included in the box are the M14, a 250 mAh battery charger, one 400 high-capacity magazine, an 8.4v 1200mah Ni-Cad Large type battery, very cheap sling, cleaning/unjamming rod, a test sample of 200 "Extreme accuracy" .2's, a poorly translated manual. The box inside the cardboard is Styrofoam. The manual actually has some helpful diagrams for stripping the gun, although it is quite self explanatory. The picture on the front is one like they CYMA AK-47.
The Box:
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Manual:
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Bb's
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No burr's, yet rough
NiCad Battery: Battery is VERY light
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It seems as if their Ni-Cad batteries are only in their larges, while their Ni-Mh batteries are in their mini's.
Charger
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As Seen...
Output - 8.4v at 250 mAh
A little red LED light will light up when a battery is inserted.
Sling - The metal on the sling is very weak and I wouldn't recommend using it.
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Gun first impressions:[/b]
This is one of CYMA's best rifles! Even though it is slightly chalky, but I think this is because of the fact that most of the metal is in fact, Matte. I've shot and sometimes even owned a lot of CYMA Guns, which include the 027, the 028, the 031, and the 030. With all this metal it weights about 7-8lbs but have not really weighted it yet. It weighs about the same as a Tokyo Marui or JG AUG. It comes pre-assembled, and is VERY long. Iron sights are pretty darn good since they also have the little M4/M16 style wings. The style of sights are the peep-hole with the aim blade. I just thought this gun was pretty damn sexy to be honest with you. Not many people like M14's, but a Military mechanic I know in fact loves M14's, and is actually quite amazed on how good of a replica this M14 is. The adjustable sights on the gun, to be honest, were harder then heck to move. You need to adjust the tightness of the screw to be allowed to even adjust it for windage.
The Gun:
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Height comparison to buyer: Buyer about 5' 10", 5' 11"
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These things are VERY long. They don't take much to ram into trees and such.
Length Comparison: CYMA M14 to JG G36C
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Another length comparison The length difference is huge. The M14 is really used for long range assault then.
M14 Front Sights:
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Very long protection wings.
Using M14 Sights:
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The sights are a lot like M4/16 style sights, and don't seem to be hard to use. I like the, now the real question is do you?
Externals:
The Externals are pretty damn good. CYMA's externals have always been pretty good in my opinion. The wood grain is still the same compared to the AK-47 model, and compared to the Kart/UTG model, is about the same but a bit duller (Light reflection). The Plastic itself is pretty smooth. There was a little indent on the right side of the gun next to the front sling mount.
The external parts such as the bolt and the slide are greased, but they are METAL. Its a Matte black paint job, and isn't as shiny as the UTG/Kart Model. Its interesting how its greased, cause I would of just left it dry. The flash hider is actually not painted orange, but a plastic orange ring has just been glued on the front of it. This allows you to do the illegal thing of removing it, but also leave the flash hider itself not harmed paint wise. Everything on/in the upper receiver is metal except for the electrical components (duh).
All parts that is except for the heat sheild are pretty much metal.
This gun also feels VERY solid. Comfortable to hold, and feels like you can drag it through mud. The color job on this is in 2 tones, Wood and black matte. Nothing much is effected externally cause CYMA has had a good job with both of those colors. The whole butt cover and butt plate is metal. Everything on it is metal. The battery plate on it is also metal, which is a jump up from the Kart's plastic one. It's also quite hard to even pull out, which shows of the not much flex allowed to be able to open it. The bolt catch is also an improvement to the Kart model because its actually FUNCTIONAL! It is actually able to hold the bolt back like the real steel. When the bolt is pulled back, it sounds exactly like the real steel Semi-Automatic Springfield M14 I have handled before, and sounds a bit better, yet more scratchy then the Kart model I have owned.
The motor adjustment hole is actually pretty big compared to the Kart model too. It's not some little ol'hole that you stick that 1.5 metric Allen wrench in (No pun intended), its a big one. I was amazed on how big of a hole it is because really its not needed, but it may also be a renforcement to hold the V7 metal gearbox in.
The small Indent, but it also shows you the type and quality of the wood grain.
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Flash hider With orange cap:
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Flash hider without the Orange cap:
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Magwell Shot: Everything is metal!
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Front Iron Sight:
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Back Sling Mount : This is stationary, and will not swivel no matter what!
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Since it won't move, it means that its intended to have the other sling end up at the front. The sling mount though is quite beefy, and will not break anytime in the near future.
Greased Bolt Track
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It seems as if CYMA wants this gun to last a very long time. Its a lightweight grease resembling a whitish color.
This thing is able to be pushed down XD : Bolt catch
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Pushing this little button down lets the bolt to be able to stay back like the real steel. Overtime this will wear down, but it wont anytime soon.
Trademarks:
There are no real trademarks on this gun. The back receiver has no real trademarks on it. This helps slightly for the custom trademark-happy people. The trademarks that are on this gun are CYMA or real gun style trademarks. The CYMA trademarks are the CM.M14 on the magazine (Look in lower sections). That is all I can see at this time. They Also have Hop-Up trademarks too! They aren't the ones that dont show which way to turn, they actually show which way to turn! The metal they used on the receiver seems strong enough for custom engravings. The black matte paint might not go along the best with the color of carved metal.
Receiver Back:
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Entire Back Receiver:
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Windage/Elevation Trademarks:
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Hop-Up Adjustment
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Magazines:
Included is a 400 round High Capacity magazine. Its painted Matte black, and has a pretty distinct feel. The winding gear is pretty low compared to the Kart model's. It appears to be TM compatible, but no hard evidence is shown. There is no cut out on the back side so that is how I think that its possible. The tension applied to the gear though shows that the spring inside has a nice strong strength. This is a Major step up from the CM.028 magazines which fed horribly. They sit real nice in the gun too, with no mag wobble. The way it opens is also an improvement, by having it actually open up like a swivel unlike the trap door Kart type. This also helps by enabling you to load a lot faster.
Magazine
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Inside Hi-Cap mag picture: You can also see the gear in there!
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Bottom of Magazine:
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There is a marking on the bottom end of the gun that says "CM.M14". Every CYMA Magazine for the M14 says this. I bought 2 other magazines off of PointAct and have the same exact markings.
Preparing gun for firing: More to come
What you do to prepare the gun to fire isn't much. You charge the battery, and put bb's in the mag, and wind. You must charge the battery for about 4.8 hours. I got this by dividing the amount of mAh outputted by the charger, and divided it by the capacity of the battery. The Ni-Cad battery won't last much rapid on off charging due to the chemical nature of the battery.
Battery Cover
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Battery Compartment
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Mini connectors are used in this gun. Don't know why either!
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Internals:Body
The body seems a lot higher quality than a Kart. A lot better because of the fact that the molding lines were going crazy with the spilling and the cooling fact, but more controlled, making it a bit nicer. DisAssembelly was quite easy too. All you have to do is remove the trigger gaurd like any normal M14, and you can pop off the entire front reciver of the gun. Doing this requires much strength though, because the metal hasnt been warn down. The bolt spring is also a shiny spring, allowing it to be compresed smoothly, and at the front of the bolt is a little bumper type thing. Everything came apart like a normal M14 too. Its quite simple. Just follow a guide placed on the internet and it will be roughly the same.
Both Recievers
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Wire Popping Out
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Great Quality Control?
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There is no mess here compared to the Kart M14. The mess would be the molding glue used to hold it togeather, and it seems like CYMA is doing a good job with being nice and not using much.
Bumper
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I don't have much insight on what this is for. I think it is to help the impact and slow it down a tad bit.
Internals:Gearbox/Related
Wow, that is all I can say for this beauty of a gun! It is just an amazing gearbox if I do say so my self. Full metal gearbox. Enough said . This gun is a real step up from what the CYMA's used to be plagued with. CYMA guns used to be plagued with plastic bushings, XYT standard gear set, horrible shimming, bad grease and so on. This isnt the story anymore for here! Now it has METAL bushings, a STEEL tight bore, reinforced ZN/XYT Gears, Great hop up system/bucking, great motor, just great everything! A great looking gearbox from the outside. Heavy duty metal with good painting. No grease trails on seen bushings, and polymer intact
The grease was a light weight type of grease, but a slight green color. Eww? The ZN gears have not been herd of before, and I think this is the first time I have seen a gear of this stature. The ZN Gear has 6 AR latch notches! 6!!!!! Usually the bevel gear only has about 2 or 4 on standard gear sets. The most I thought I saw was 5, but not anymore. Also the Spur gear is true about the whole "TM compatible small spur gear". It is smaller than a standard spur gear, yet it is also XYT, not ZN, and beefier than regular spur gears!. The Sector gear is a total amazement to me. The sector gear has so much more beef on it than before. It comes with a HUGE tappet plate notch. I guess CYMA agreed on the poor feeding of their old models, and wanted to beef it up to help. There are no other markings on the Sector gear though. Metal bushings seem of high quality, and the shimming is great.
The air nozzle is just a normal TM compatible air nozzle, but made of clear plastic. Also it has a small notch to keep it centered, and still. It does not have an o-ring though, so it seems as if they air nozzle will provide as much of a air leak as a Tokyo Marui. The spring is of CA length, but a lot harder/more tense then a CA. The piston seems of good quality, and is made form some sort of polymer. The piston head is some black ported one, which gives great compression too. There is a slight leak though, but that can be fixed with a brand new #14 O-ring from your local hardware store. The way it is held on is by a TM style weight, yet a huge square is needed to hold it in instead. Weird huh? The spring guide isn't a V7 though. I guess CYMA came as usual, and stuck their AEG gearbox for the M14 with the classic, bubbly, and clear, V3 style spring guide. Seems solid. Only time will tell if it is strong enough or not. The cylinder head has a bit more rubber for the bumper compared to the UTG M14 I've shot, so I guess thats why it is a bit louder. The Tappet plate is also good quality, a good white ABS plastic or so. White color, and has some flex, yet with the amount of shots that its gone though, no damage is seen and seems like it will see many more rounds in its lifetime. The spring used for it was a lightweight grease, but was in the wrong spot for a grease.Any outside plastic though is made out of a JG type colored plastic. Seems of good strength, and will not snap. This type will bend because of the type of plastic it is
The Motor was/Is a slight problem for me though. Yes the motor connections were removable, yet one of them were soldered on! Because of this, the motor connection broke off. Other than that it is a lot like the UTG/WELL R6 Motor. Silver, rough metal casing. The electrical system is the standard M14 style, and isn't as high of quality to the Kart model in my opinion. I think this because its actual copper, not plated copper. The plastic though seems to be able to withstand more of a beating compared to the Kart model.
Gearbox:Right
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Gearbox:Left
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Motor Top
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Metal Bushings
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Inside of Gearbox!
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ZN?
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Internals:Steel Tight bore
Here is what most of you want to hear. The Steel Tightbore. The steel tightbore was and still is BEAUTIFUL! The weight is a worry for me though. Compared to a TM 509mm Stock barrel, it is about 1/3rd of the weight. The crowning is nice, and the barrel is quite shiny too. The barrel came stock quite clean, compared to some stock AEG barrel's I've seen. The hop up system is made out a nicely molded ABS plastic. It says CM.032 on the sides too. It provides quite a good seal between the barrel, hop up bucking, and the air nozzle, allowing close to now air out when pushed together. The hop up bucking seems of good quality and offers a good, consistent hop up to a .2 bb. The texture of it makes it kind of seem like a ICS bucking from what I remember. Also, many extras to the hop up have been done by CYMA. The holding piece for the barrel was lock tite'd, or some form of sticky glue. Also a brass centering ring has been placed on it. The entire hop up system delivers a supurb hop up, sending the bb flying in the path you wanted it to go.
Tightbore
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Hop-up Unit:CM.032 Marks slightly visible. Lock Tite visible
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Crowning
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Front Half:Showing Texture
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Performance:
Poor man's chronograph punches clean through both sides, but does not penetrate the bottom. This means that this gun shoots above about 340FPS, but shoots less then 380Fps. These are not accurate, and actual FPS ratings will be different, and more precise. The rate of fire (ROF) isn't very impressive. I would expect only the same ratings from the CM.028. The only difference difference is just the overall quality from when I had a CM.028. The tightbore barrel makes the gun VERY accurate. I wouldn't have expected so much range from this gun. I guess the spring, a good hop up, a good tightbore, and a good air nozzle/seal pumps the range out with .20g bb's. I would expect to have this gun shoot about 150' to 175'. Impressive? I think so. The accuracy can be thrown off though if you rest the muzzle on things such as a branch. It will cause the plastic to flex and cause the barrel to be pointed way upward.
Entrance:
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Exit: Very Clean
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Bottom:
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Performance:Groupings
My tests are done at approximately 50-70 feet. I am limited on space due to the backyard space of the owner's house lot, so please bear with me. The test will include both open iron sights, and low profiled scope mounted. Distance tests will be done on a 18" by 18" square target to show greatest effective range with .20 Gram Team SD High Polish Bb's. Wind conditions were that there was some, but not a lot. It was overcast if that matters any bit with humidity.
Bb's being used include...
-Team SD .20 Gram Bb's
Test Platform(s)
-CYMA M14
-Iron Sights
-Lawn chair
-CYMA M14
-UTG Scope Mount
-China 3-9x40 Scope
-Low profile scope mounts
-Lawn Chair
Here are so accuracy readings in the pictures shown.
Scoped
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Iron Sights
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The accuracy of this gun is quite good. The only problem with these readings are that we had a storm start to come in, in Washington state and it kicked up quite a bit of wind. Some of those "Fliers" were the fault of a big wind gust, altering the line of fire of the gun and causing the accuracy of the gun to go way down. Each one was shot with 10 shots (Except for the flier one where a total of about 13 shots were taken).
Modifications:
No modifications are needed to have this replica almost operate the same as the real steel. The one and only modification I would recommend is a removal of the 2nd tooth on the piston to help prevent pre-mature contact with the sector gear. Also a standard re-lube/re-shim job would be nice too, to help keep this gun running smooth, along with long lasting.
Pros:
-Metal Bushings
-Steel Tightbore
-Great Wood grain
-Matte Black paint job
-Fully TM Compatible
-~340 Fps Velocity
-ZN Gears
Cons:To come
-Never the same precision as Tokyo Marui
-No trademarks
-Matte Paintjob might turn some off
-Some seam lines are visible
-Greased bolt lines
-XYT gears aren't so recent, but still work
Overall:
Personally I would say this gun is the best bang for the buck. It comes stock with a couple of upgrades most clones never come stock with, and sometimes even high end AEG's. CYMA has proven themselves again and again overtime to provide great LPEG's and great mid priced AEG's. $89.90-USD for the full length M14 and the SOCOM model at GunnerAirsoft along with shipping is a great deal. $115-USD off Pointact means this will get you one of the best, and the cheapest, cloned M14's for about 2 1/2 times less than the Tokyo Marui model. Stock this will be a great assault rifle, and also a great platform for a DMR for the budget airsofter of the modern generation, not looking to spend much on a gun. Realistic wood grain, great metal, great gearbox and others create a good gun for almost anybody!
As of right now there are 2 upgrades in this gun. The upgrades include a Guarder SP-110 spring and a Guarder Ver-7 Spur gear. It shoots with a great FPS rating and get more than enough range.
Special thanks to...
Pointact Wholesale Service
Nelson B.
Booligan
Wikipedia