Western Arms GBB Infinity 6.0 High Brid DX Review

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Western Arms GBB Infinity 6.0 High Brid DX






OK I saw this and just wanted it. I made an impulse buy.
In Hindsight I maybe would have bought the older model
will explain below.

I am hopefully borrowing a Chrono monday to check the FPS I am expecting it will be in the range of 245-290 using HFC 134a gas.

Note: The use of 134a gas and Not Propane.
No Guarantee if using propane with Western Arms
as they warn you about this damaging the internals.

I Dont know if this Pistol can take Propane/Green Gas
as the more powerful gas could:
A) Possibly but highly unlikely send it over the fps limit
May blow the valves on the magazine
C) Damage the pistol as its got an ABS/Plastic slide.

Total Cost including extra mag to my door 300 Euros.
Customs opened and Inspected the package
but did not charge me any customs fees.
There was a BB in the chamber so it may have been test
fired before it was sent. But the mags had no residual gas
in them which leads me to believe that the Customs Lads
could not resist sticking a bb in the mag and racking the slide to see if it fired (and they did not know about gas)

At the time I was drunk when ordering it and all I saw
was "FULL METAL Lower Frame Body & Outer Barrel" in the description. I never realised that the slide was going to
be ABS! until after I ordered it.

The other thing was when I realised that the slide was
ABS I was going to upgrade it to a metal slide....until.....
its the Hybrid with a special Barrel and Slide! that is uniquely shaped/cut and longer than the standard model.
Then from reading I was told that I would need to upgrade
both the leaf spring and recoil spring if sticking a metal slide on these pistols.

Of course now that I have the Pistol I LOVE IT!!!
and I dont think I will bother trying to do upgrades.

I was getting sick of all my airsoft stuff being black
so decided I needed to lighten things up a little with this
purchase.

Anyway on with the gun porn!

Firstly this Pistol was designed to be able to handle
cold weather better?? Dunno how exactly.

This is one heavy beast of a Pistol.
Its 2.5 pounds, It feels rock solid,

The Slide is very neat! and has no play on it!
and no outside mold lines anyplace to be seen.
When you touch the slide its very hard to tell
that it is not the same as the metal parts of the gun.
The Finish is almost perfect.
Its a matt gunmetal grey colour even though the photos make it silvery!
Also its sits on the rail nicely some GBB pistols if you look
at the slide side on you can see the spring and insides this one
no gap!


It uses the "MAGNA" Blow Back System

S.C.W. (SHIBUYA CUSTOM WORKS) Version 3
Fireing this using 134a feels like fireing a full
metal 1911 using propane!

I think this Pistol has a fixed hop up.

33 Rds Loading Capacity R-TYPE Magazine
These have a weird unfamilar design.
The appear to take a hell of a lot of gas.

Comes with Tightbore 6.03mm Barrel for precision shooting
Employed by Most IPSC Competition Game thats wot it
says on the ad!

Dotted Front & Adjustable Bomar Rear Sight.
These must have been adjusted pre shipping as
when I test fired the pistol the BB's were hitting bang
on target fairely consistantly. It fired low with the
other magazine! weird but I think this is cos I only
filled the mags partially. so one mag had more gas.





Magazine Well Lip This feels a little cheap and plasticy.



Textured grip is nice but feels plastic would have been lovely if it had a rubberised feel.

It Comes with 3 sets of extra triggers (4 in total) for various competition use.



Stripping this is different. When you take off the slide
the recoil rod? where the slide spring is wont come out!
It appears its made from 2 different sections that are threaded together (Very tightly) and you need to unscrew
these to get the rod out. (I have not done this yet as
I want to make sure that this is the case so I wont break it)




The Safety Catch will only engage if the hammer is cocked.

The Magazines are heavy and take a lot of gas.
I got two one of them leaks slightly.
When I first tried to fill them the gas went in one end
and out the top. There is some sort of slide that gets
pushed down when the magazine is inserted into the pistol well. This was touching the valve a bit causeing this to happen. Also to note on the mags. The Pistol did not come with a speed loader and also there is no catch on the mag
follower to lock it down while filling the magazine.
When filling the magazine with BB's by hand there is no need to shake the stack so the BB's fall into double stack
position. They do this on their own. This is caused (I think) becuase the section that holds the BB's is a bit wider
than most GBB mags and the BB's just fall into their correct positions on their own due to this extra bit of space.
The Finish on the magazines is ok but the odd place the metal finish is a bit rough!

When The Mag is in the Pistol there is a slight side to side
bit of play. The Mag release button on the Pistol has a stong spring on it. You need to push is a tiny little bit harder than your average GBB to releaese the mag.
The Mag Lip feels cheapish but can be changed. As can
the magazine covers to colour of your choice.





I dont like the way that the grips and the trigger guard
are all molded from one piece of ABS. I am always worried
that if a pistol made like this is dropped then the trigger guard will smash.




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