Classic Army CA8-2 pics and mini review

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This is a superb bit of Kit with some minor annoyances.
+points are quality of build, solidness, long tight barrel, accuracy
-points are Rubbish optical scope with feck all eye relief, Hard to fit a battery in.

Got this a few days ago. Does not come with a Battery said I would
mention it, in case people that may be considering it their first buy
will know.

It comes supplied with 2 small slim line low cap magazines
I think these hold 20 BB's each am not sure. While these look amazing
they dont last at all before you know it they are empty.
The Standard G36 Mags will also fit this AEG however they
dont appear to click into place like the low cap-slim line ones.
This is not a problem as they do lock in you just dont hear a click.




The Barrel has a lovely matt black finish to mimic a phosphated finish, its crown is concave adding to the whole ""sniper'ish"" look to the aeg.


The Bibod's are not metal not sure if they are Nylon Fibre or ABS but are solid.
They lock into place when extended and the let the AEG cant from side to side. There is no height adjustment on them. They fold along the handguard
securely and very neatly.




The Hanguard is rock solid but it has some nasty looking mold lines.
There is a retaining pin that holds this in place. Its a very tight fit.
I needed to take a Plyers/Leathermans tool to it to remove it, causing some
paint damage to the pin. Removing the pin allows you to take the guard off
to install the battery. I tried installing a mini-battery but I could not get one
to fit (I am told its possible though) I also tried a single stick battery without any luck.
eventually I managed to get a nunchuck style battery in.
I did not take pics of the inside of the hang guard battery area because
of the frustration I endured getting the batter in in the first place.


Hop up is revealed when you pull back the ambidextrous cocking handle
it feels like there is a lot of adjustment in the hop up unit.


The Butt plate comes with several spacers to add to the stock length
which can be installed by taking off the allen key type nut and removing
the butt plate. Even with the nut all nice and tight these tend to rattle a bit
so maybe some black tape me be needed or some blu-tac between the spacers to stop them from rattling.


The thing I was looking forward to most and was disappointed with most was the optical scope that comes with it. Its 3x There is next to no eye relief on the eye piece so you have to crawl up close to it which makes it uncomfortable to use. Mounting the AEG to my shoulder I cant get full
sightpicture it means taking out all the stock spacers to get
a more natural shooting position. The Quality of the optics is not great either,
if hey used the same optics they use on the CA AUG it would have been great. The scope can be adjusted for wind and elevation but the eye relief
and eyebell cannot be adjusted.




It fires nice and has full auto selection but its not marked on the receiver.

~B