A&K Airsoft M249 SAW Review By: Joeshred

I got the chance to get hold, test fire & briefly examine the new A&K m249. I was notified by a nearby shop, that this eagerly awaited gun has arrived, & he was having trouble putting the barrel back in when he decided to remove the whole barrel to put in the battery up front. So there I went & helped out. 

The local seller took the pic before I arrived.
 

Putting the barrel back in was a pain in the arse, it would not install properly if you are alone, cuz you'll need another guy pushing it back in. After assembly we tested & it accepted the Jing Gong M4 mag.
Once we were able to put the gun back together, we decided to chrono the beast using a F1 Chrony. It shot between 408-412 FPS.

Once back indoors, I decided to carry it around to check out it's weight, and it seems lighter than the stock CA m249 para.
Lifting the top metal feed, I noticed that the material used is lighter compared to my CA, its possible thats its partly aluminum, this alone made the thing much lighter

  I decided next to check the quick spring change feature, & to my amazement its just like the CA

The stock spring was very very long, that could be the reason why it had a high chrono reading.

 That picture was to compare the spring length, however, I seemed to miss my focus with this, sorry.

All in all, I think this is a good buy if you are interested with airsoft SAWs & want to skip the plastic feel of the star

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  I believe this thing is slightly lighter than the CA, which weighs 6.5kg stock. This gun weighs around 5.75-6 Kg

Unit is from sir baker