Tokyo Marui G3 SAS





Hop-Up: Adjustable
Weight: 2,200 g
Length: 487 mm
Capacity: 500 rounds
Power: 260 fps
Motor: EG1000
Battery Size: 8.4V 600MaH Mini (Not Included)
Shooting Mode: Semi, Full Auto
Version II Mechbox


Whoo, first review time.
Okay, first a little of my airsoft history. The SAS is my first real AEG, before this I had a DE m85 and a CSI ak47s, both of which were crap. When the CSI AK broke I started talking to my mom about Marui AEGs, at first it was no, but after a few essays I finally convinced her and got the go ahead to order.
Ordering, I ordered the gun and a bag of .2 bbs, from trinityairsoft.com without shipping the total was about 215 dollars. I was slightly surprised when I didnt recieve any emails saying that the order was shipped, or if my order even went through. I also ordered, a g&p 1200 mah battery, smart charger, and adaptor from batteryspace.com. As I stated before I did not even know if my gun was shipped, but one day when I walked in the back door from school, I was sitting watching tv and I heard the cat on the porch, but when I walked in the porch, there was small brown box on the floor!(the cat was accidently forgot on the porch until the next morning) I ripped open the box, read the funny manuals, and preceded to write my review.


First looks
I was amazed with this gun, it looked nothing like it did in the pictures, it has a lot of metal, and the plastic is very strong, there is no body flex. As I was looking the gun over, I saw a black square above the mag, I realized that this was a piece of tape, after I bit of scratching I revealed the G3 trademarks! Overall this gun looks AWESOME!


Future/[u]
I plan on keeping this gun stock, to maximize the life of it, and because it is my first AEG. Within the year though, I plan on adding an m4 stock probably, and maybe a longer barrel in a silencer. I will mostly be playing in woodland, where the max range will be about 150 feet, but most shots will be inside of 100 feet.


[u]Magazine
The SAS comes standard with a 500 round Hi-cap magazine, great for for those who like to spray. I did notice though, that when the mag is in the gun, there is just enough left to right wobble to be worth mentioning, but I don't think that it should be a problem.


Accessories
I love the standard flashider on this gun. It is a bit tricky getting it off, you have to push in the little tab, pull back and then outward, you should now be able to turn the tab horizonal, and slide the flashider, you must take this off to insert the battery. To slide it back on just push the flashider onto the gun, turn counterclockwise(looking down the sights) and push the little tab in. The SAS is very versatile, it can take parts such as, g3 full stock, any mp5 stock, almost all mp5 accesories, most accesories from the g3 series, and with an attachment you could put a red dot scope on there.
Here we go, the moment that you have all been waiting for, shooting. As soon as I got home from school today I grabbed the battery, which had came ups off the front porch, and as it was storin a little juice, I started to look at the hi-cap. I poured the tm .25 bbs that come with the gun in the mag and turned the dial a few times, when I saw a bb in the top of the mag I decided that that was enough. I had heard from some people that tms have problems putting the battery in, but those people must not own a g3 sas, I found it rather easy to get in when you get the hang of it. I took the gun out to my backyard target range, which is several wood blocks hanging from trees, and flipped it on semi auto. With my old csi ak, when it would hit the wood the bbs would bounce off, but oh no not on this bad boy, the bbs were taking huge chunks of wood out of the logs! I was very surprised by the noise of the gun, it was more of a pop, instead of wirrpop, and after a few short bursts on full auto I came to assume that the ROF is about 750 rpm, which is a huge step up from the 400 rpm of the csi. Overall it IS the best shooting airsoft I have ever fired(which isnt saying much). Overall for target shooting, this gun ROCKS! See skirmishability section for woodland performance.


Firing
Today I took the gun out with a fully charged battery, put in a full mag, and after adjusting the hop up I was hitting targets out to 100+ feet! I was amazed for the incredible accuracy at that range with such a small barrel, and it is not like on some guns where after a certain distance the bbs start going everywhere.



Closing
I give this gun a 4/5 the only thing that it really lacks is the long range capability