by DRAGON64 » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:11 am
I have the pleasure of owning all three at one time or another, and here is my take:
The m14 from WE is an awesome replica gas blowback rifle. It works hard, cycles nice, and rattles like crazy when doing so. It also wears out really fast, with the action becoming very loose in the plastic stock. It was quite in-accurate, and way in-consistant due to the use of propane. HPA would be a challenge with this platform. This rifle is heavy...
The G&G G96 is a well built rifle, a tank if you will. With propane, the rifle is inconsistant (from an fps standpoint), however I have yet to do any accuracy work on mine. I really like the rifle, but I have not finished evaluating its potential. With a scope, this rifle gets heavy...
The WELL G96... let me state first and foremost, that my rifle was built from two boneyard rifles that were suffering from two different failures. I was able to get one working rifle by combining the good part onto the best looking stock. The magazines leaked gas. The striker spring was not strong enough to fire a pellet more than 75ft. The bolt would hang everytime it was cycled (very well known issue with this platform). The bolt would hang by hitting the back of the "lips" that retain the bb's in the magazine clip, and would eventually break the lips off. I do not believe that HPA could have saved my rifle. It is heavy as heck! Note again, I did not purchase this rifle new, it was cobbled together from two boneyard purchases I picked up from Airsplat.
My youtube channel has videos of both the WE M14 and the G&G G96. My youtube profile is xxDRAGON64xx
If you are serious about any of these rifles, then I would recommend the G&G G96 because one; it is cheaper than the other rifles you mentioned, and two; it has quite a few upgrades already installed. For another $75 you can install a Leupold M1 sniper's rifle scope (clone) from Evike... the scope comes with a one-piece scope mount, and the G96 would look jam'n.
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