Ok I'm going to start this review with a disclaimer. This gun came broken from AEX. It was covered with dust and had a price tag attached to the gun. It also has a fair amount of being handled wear. My belief is that this gun had been hanging on one of their stores walls for an extended amount of time. AEX is now sold out of Uzis so i think I got their last one. Instead of going through the trouble of sending it back, I attempted to fix it myself. As with anything else I try and "fix", I made it worse. So off to FPS Unlimited the gun went and now is in fine working order.
So now onto the review. Now your probably asking "hey Nachos why are you doing a review on one of TM older guns?", well my answer to that is, there are not to many of these floating around. I think the reason for this is two fold. The first reason is that the Uzi seems to have fallen to the way side in popular media and modern combat. More modern uber cool weapons have popped up to take it's place. The Uzi definitely has that mid 80s Chuck Norris feel.
The next reason is there is not much you can do to upgrade a TM Uzi. Part of this is because the Uzi is the only AEG to use a version 5 gearbox and replacement parts are very difficult to find. The way I see it, this is a which came first the chicken or the egg situation. Nobody makes parts because the gun is not popular enough but the gun is in part not popular because nobody makes parts.
What's in the box. The gun, one mag, front sight tool, loading tool, clearing rod, tracer unit adapter, and the usual TM manuals and catalogs.
The gun has a plastic body with the stock, top portion of the receiver, barrel, barrel nut and few other small pieces being metal. The gun is very solid even with the stock extended.
As far size compared to other SMG series. Here are some pics for comparison.
MP7 is more compact.
MP5K is about the size but does not have a stock.
MP5 and UMP are comprable sizes with buttstocks extended. However I feel the Uzi will be far easier to conceal.
Battery is fairly easy to change. It's housed under the the top of the receiver. The release is just in front of the rear sight. It is with out a doubt one of the easiest battery changes out there.
The battery compartment pretty much limits you to an 8.4 stick. I'm sure some sort of external rig could be made, not sure why but it could be done.
More to follow
