This is just my initial impressions, since I believe it will take some time to come to final conclusion on this gun.
Part I
What you get in the box. You get the gun, magazine, loading tool, manual and assorted other printed material. The box itself is fairly plain.
The gun shipped with the trades covered by stickers that where easily peeled off. An orange flashhider was glued on and had to be chipped off. The original flash suppressor was in the box.
The guns upper and lower receiver are plastic as is the front sight post and flash suppressor. The RIS, carry handle, buffer tube are metal.
The trades are decent.
The selector lever feels almost the same as a real steel. It has safe, semi and auto. I'll go more into why the selector feels real in the disassembly portion of the review.
Look ma no motor
The working bolt gives the weapon a very realistic look.
Those of you familiar with real steel M series weapons will notice that the carbine has a star chamber as well as locking lugs on the bolt face. So even with the bolt open the weapon still looks very real.
More to follow.
