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Post by brettpeterson on Sept 1, 2014 19:45:11 GMT -5
I'm really having a tough time deciding, I wanna choose one of these base guns and make them into something awesome, first is a classic army sig sport line, or a jg or lonex m4, I couldn't care less about internals because I've worked on a v3 and v2 gearbox and both will not be original when I'm done, so the question is m4 or sig?
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Post by shotysnipes77 on Sept 1, 2014 19:50:38 GMT -5
I think m-4 you can do many things with it and could make a real nice custom
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Post by emuguy1849 on Sept 1, 2014 21:33:11 GMT -5
If you are going to work on the internals, get a SIG. M4s are everywhere and you should get a SIG to pimp out both outside and in but still have a more unique replica.
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Post by T6e9a on Sept 2, 2014 5:48:18 GMT -5
If you want to go for unique/not common on the battle field, go SIG. But M4s have just about anything you might want in accessories. V3 gearbox has a better structural design for longevity if you want reliable internals, but the same can generally be achieved with V2.
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Post by Deuce on Sept 2, 2014 9:28:10 GMT -5
Everyone here is right, based on their opinions on the platforms. Basically what it comes down to is what do you feel more comfortable using and what you like the most. I personally love the m4 platform, thus I use/had a lot of them. In addition to that, I have a thing for 7.62 platforms. That's not to say I only use that as I have also owned a mp5, mp7, g36c, mk17, and an m82 (just to name a few).
Internals should not be a problem regardless as both gearboxes are relatively similar and both easily upgrade-able. With that said you shouldn't base your final decision off of the gearbox version.
My personal recommendation, if you haven't yet, try to find an local airsoft store or someone/group of members on here whom has both platforms. This will allow you to physically handle both and see which ones you prefer over the other. Like I said, at the end of the day it is what you feel is best for you.
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Post by TheEnd on Sept 2, 2014 21:26:12 GMT -5
I would strongly suggest you look into reviews of the SIG first. I've worked on a few CA sport lines and they were pretty cheap feeling externally and internally they weren't much to brag about either. I know you plan to replace the internals, but if you are going to go through all the trouble make sure the externals are worth the work. There are other SIG options out there (TM and ICS). Maybe look into those?
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Post by Bulletproof on Sept 2, 2014 22:55:05 GMT -5
I would highly recommend an ICS SIG if you do go that route. I had a SIG that was a TM clone and the worst thing about the gun is just simply taking it apart to get to the gearbox. It is long and complicated. It's not a bad design per say, just highly inconvenient to work on. ICS redesigned it so that their disassembly process is closer to the real thing, and it is much easier to take apart and maintain or upgrade than the Marui style SIG. Also, I have heard nothing but great things about the ICS SIG lineup.
On the other hand, the nice thing about an M4 is there are parts everywhere and you can do just about anything to it. While with a SIG you are fairly limited, with an M4 you will have a whole mess of choices of parts, magazines, rail systems, stocks, receivers, you name it. This is simply due to the fact that the M4 is much more common than the SIG. The M4 is an American standard platform; the SIG is a Swiss assault rifle. The ICS SIG will probably come more externally nice than the JG simply because the ICS is of higher build quality.
In my opinion, the ICS would be a better gun right off the bat, but the M4 would probably be more fun to customize because of it's wide array of parts. Look into external parts for both, since internals will be pretty easy to find (sometimes the SIG barrel lengths can be honky though), and try to plan what you would do to each gun, and make the decision based on which end product you would prefer.
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Post by snafu on Sept 3, 2014 7:34:02 GMT -5
I've seen King Arms makes a few different models of the SIG as well. They are licensed through cybergun so they have authentic trades and have very nice looking externals.
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Post by T6e9a on Sept 3, 2014 8:28:50 GMT -5
Not sure about the Sig models from Classic Army, but the quality of the CA sportlines leave much to be desired. I would say JG would be better in the circumstance even.
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