Star HK SL9! Sweet new gun

[-Trooper-]

I hope they come out with the SL9SD as well.

[damage]

Originally Posted by Egria

I hope they come out with the SL9SD as well.

Yep Star has a SL9SD version. Not sure when is the release date.

[Mysteryfish]

it's actualy an SL-8 (try looking up an SL-9...)

And it's the "civilian modified" version of a G-36.

here we go:

"The function is identical to the G36, but because politicians have decided that folding stocks, pistol grips and flash hiders and for that matter, the color black = assault weapons, what we get is an SL8..."

All that is on the HKpro website...

Also of note, in the US, the gun is modified as to accept proprietary low-capacity magazines rather than full size G36 magazines.

Except outside the US. Snicker...

[Unrelative]

I'm new to airsoft and getting into it with a few friends. I was originall looking at getting a G36C, but when I saw this gun I fell in love. From what I've read and what people say, Tokyo Mauri is the ONLY guns to buy...but star makes this and from what I read here CA is comming out with one. Does anyone have experience with Star (and/or CA) as to whether they make quality guns that won't break? I've heard stories of cheap guns snapping in half and such, and didn't want to fork $500+ just on a gun to have it break. Thanks in advance to any replies.

[The Saint]

LOL, CA or even Star won't snap in half on you, they're way above that (unless you're fat and fall on them ). The flak CA gets is from poor quality control a few years back, which has improved tremendously since (although still not 100% where TM is, but most companies aren't). People love CA because it's got higher metal content and higher rated internals versus any Marui gun of equal model, even if CA guns can be a little inconsistent about their out-of-the-box reliability.

My first gun is a CA36E, and I've had no real mechanical issues.