a&k m249...is it any good?

codwyer11

hi i'm thinking about purchasing an a&k m249 and i'm just wondering despite this gun being chinese made is it of good quaility and does it compare to other manufacturers version of the gun ...any advice will be greatly appreciated:)

windingo

I had a friend buy one, nice rof and 315 fps out of the bx which was a plus. Last game of the day and his hop had piratically disintegrated. Once he got that fixed though he hasn't had any problems with it and has been running it as standard with the only upgrade being the hop for about a year and a half now.

codwyer11

thanks for the advice if thats the only problem with the gun i would seriously consider getting it ... if anyone else has the gun please feel free to post what you think of it

bullets

bought one from eirsoft when they were at a great price (they are much more expensive nowadays)

I bought the full length version with full stock. LOVELY piece of kit.
Lovely rate of fire off them stock.

They have three weakness's the Barrel and the Box mag.

On mine the outer barrel keeps popping out its held in place via some roller bearing that puts pressure on a ring around the barrel. Since the barrel is soft metal is wears easily, And I've found on mine its never secured itself.
It might of been just mine, but people that bought the Para Version of this gun dont appear to have this issue.

The Box mag that comes with it. (Some retailers nowadays dont sell it with a box mag) is prone to jamming and needs modification to fix it.
(Something I've yet to do with mine)

Lastly is the bi-pod. When you unfold the bi-pod and it locks into place there is a little Lug of metal that makes
it lock into a notch. Since the bi-pod it made from pot-metal/monkey metal (cheap alloy) it means its a little
delicate.

Amazing bit of kit! I cant remember what I paid for mine but It would have been under 300 Euro at the time.

Good review here and has tips to fix issue:
http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/reviewpost/showproduct.php/product/797/sort/7/cat/16/page/1

also check out this thread.
http://www.filairsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55013

~B

T4RGET

one of my mate has one and i work on it a lot, not because it breaks just because he wanted it painted or the barrel shortened and then lengthened, anyways like the other lads here are saying it is a very good AEG, especially considering its a China, although A&K are one of a few. as far as I'm aware they now have a 'Gen II' out much like what G&G did with their F2000, it hink the new one has a better gearbox, better externals and more accurate trades but i could be wrong on the whole gen two thing. The hop up is crap, as mentioned. Also Seairsoft have it on special right now might be a good thing to have a look on their thread, get a better battery for it though.

codwyer11

thanks for the advice guys really appreciated will probably buy the para version:) because of being smaller and as bullets said it has less problems.......thanks