Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here, I had a good holiday, thanks! Spent a really great month travelling around Europe, taking in Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic and Germany. Saw a fair few places and there’s still a lot more I didn’t get to see, so I fully intend on travelling around Europe again, at least another month next summer and then more whenever I get a chance.
Me sitting on the pier in Trieste, Italy
Didn’t get a chance to play any airsoft while I was away unfortunately, the closest I came to it was a store in Marseille which sold airsoft guns, it wasn’t exclusively an airsoft store as it also sold computer games and model cars and such, but they had some semi-decent stuff inside, albeit overpriced. Also found out that the owner of the hostel I stayed at in Bled (Slovenia, beautiful place by the way, definitely recommended) ran an airsoft site, but we were there midweek so there wasn’t really enough people to play against. Ah well…
Anyway, on with the show….
This will be a brief review of the Dboys M4, to be honest, there are plenty of reviews out there already on this very popular AEG and there’s not really much I can add to that….
The team weapon for Na Taibhse (The ghosts in Irish) is the M4, so I decided it was about time I picked one up. The m4 is quite a popular weapon in the airsoft world and you can barely turn your head at a skirmish without seeing one. Likewise, the DBoys (or Boyi as they are sometimes known) replica of the M4 is quite popular and this is for good reason.
I opted for the M4A1 with the metal body from rsov.com. As always, their service was excellent. On initial testing of the M4 out of the box, I wasn’t particularly impressed, some misfeeds and quite poor accuracy and range. As with most clone AEGs, the barrel was absolutely filthy at first, so I spent quite a bit of time cleaning the barrel, then finetuning the hopup and I also sprayed some silicone oil into the mags (where would we be without silicone oil eh?).
After cleaning the barrel, the accuracy and range improved greatly, the magazines were also feeding alot better now too. I didn’t bother with the Hi-cap magazine that came with the gun, instead opting for the 90 round mid-caps. After using the P90 for so long where one single wind will empty 90% of the magazine, I’ve gotten tired of having to wind in the middle of a firefight.
The rate of fire was good, although maybe a tiny bit slow in comparison to some other AEGs with the stock 8.4v battery, I decided to test it out with a 9.4v 1400Mah Intellect battery I had spare and found it to be a bit better. I didn’t think a 9.6v would fit in the foregrip of the M4, but I found it would fit in, although it is a little tight at first, once you figure it out it’s quite easy to install.
More on the RoF in my next post, where I will compare the stock DBoys M4A1 running with the stock motor, a Tokyo Marui EG700 Motor and a Systema Turbo Motor