I finally got my hands on one of KWA's latest offerings. A KWA SR10. It is an M4 variant with a very high performance gearbox.
I still have a 1st generation KM4A1, I still use it as my primary, and it still runs smooth as butter. I know KWA has had their ear to the ground about what can be improved in the new generation of KWA AEG's. So I am really anxious to see what KWA has done in to improve an already solid AEG.
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The gun was packaged well in a simple black and silver box with "KWA" printed on the front.
Pretty standard setup inside of the box as well.
Included is the usual KWA Manual in english! (Imagine that) Barrel rod, sight adjustment tool, safety cap, allen wrenches and a 300rnd hicap.
EXTERNALS
The first thing I noticed about this KWA AEG was the new Matte Black finish. It is really nicely finished off in comparison to the previous KWA M4 offerings.
They also toned down the KWA trademarks that seemed to be griped about on the first run of AEG's.
The SR10 features a free floating 25cm Knight's type railed handguard and employs a low profile gas block to complete the look. It has laser etched markings for quick reference when swapping optics on the fly.
With the absence of the A-frame front sight, KWA added a Knight's type folding front sight. This sight retains the same type of silhouette that an A-frame type of front sight would have when viewed from the rear sight.
The rear sight is an Arms style flip up sight mounted to the flat top rail. This sight is typically associated with S-System styled guns. One thing to note about the sights and other similar little details. They are so precisely casted and finished. I beleive this is a product of KWA's gas gun heritage. At any rate all the parts look and fit great.
My rail did have a slight wobble that required me to tighten my delta ring. It is a quick fix but a little disappointing. I am sure KWA has already addressed this issue. *eDiT* (KWA staff has advised me the issue has been fixed on the rail systems)
Charginig handle pulls back the faux bolt to reveal hop up. Pretty standard stuff here.
Forward assist is non functional. Included is a dual loop buffer tube sling mount.
The gun utilizes a crane stock as a battery solution. Slides in and out smoothly with very little wobble. At no point does the sliding motion get interupted by wires or anything.
It slides smooth as butter even down to the shortest position. This is the first time I have encountered such a fool proof crane stock system. The battery loads from the buttplate, so the plugs in the front are just dummy's.
Gucci'd up pic
Old KWA M4A1 and New KWA SR10
PERFORMANCE
Using .2g SIIS 5.94mm(full auto) BB's The gun chronoed at about 390 fps
5 shot string read like this...
1.) 390 fps
2.) 394 fps
3.) 388 fps
4.) 390 fps
5.) 388 fps
Shoots very consistently +/- 3 fps
One of the main complaints about the original KWA m4 was the average range and accuracy which was mainly due to the bucking.
KWA sure rectified this problem with a Japan made Inner barrel and 2G
bucking. There is really nothing you can do to improve here other than use precision bb's.
Here is a shot of the barrel crown, bucking, and hop hop up housing. Very precision work here. The one piece outer barrel is rock solid and hugs closely to the inner barrel. The hop up unit fits snugly and precisely and the whole front of the upper reciever is reinforced with a steel insert. Everything about this set up screams DMR like accuracy. I was extremely impressed by the new set up.
The rest of the review continues here.
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. Dang it.
