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Originally Posted by MT2008
Not sure what details you mean, but keep in mind that because airsoft guns have to accommodate electric motors, gearboxes, batteries, etc., it's sometimes necessary for the manufacturer to alter the weapons in some way for all of the internals to fit. Most airsoft guns have magazines that are narrower than those of the "real steel" weapons, for instance, or slightly wider pistol grips/receivers. I recently handled a Real Sword (Chinese company) replica of a Type 56-1 that was very impressive - all metal and wood construction - but its pistol grip was noticeably wider than that of my own (real) Type 56, because the battery was stored in there.
The fact that the names aren't accurate is the main thing I have never understood, especially with Tokyo Marui. Their MP5s are just one of the many goofs they make with names. Here are some others I've noticed:
(1.) Their AKMSU is called the "AK Spetsnaz"
(2.) Their Steyr AUG A1 is called the "AUG Military"
(3.) Their AUG A2 is called the "AUG Special Receiver"
(4.) Their XM16E1 is called the "M16 Vietnam" or "M16 VN"
(5.) Their HK51 is called the "MC51"
What's so funny is when I see people referring to those guns by the names that Tokyo Marui has given them quite often, even on forums as reputable as the Firing Line and AR-15.com!
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I was referring to cosmetic details that aren't dictated by the internals, like the Classic Army (?) XM177E2 that's really good, until you notice that the idiots put a Heavy barrel on it. WTF? The XMs never had an A2 style heavy barrel. Or the Tokyo Marui SG1 being that weird light grey that doesn't exist in the real world. I've compared a bunch of their AKs to the real deal and alot of the cosmetic details are wrong. I went into an Airsoft store once and noticed that all of the (King?) FALs were wrong, i.e. inch pattern front ends with metric pattern back ends .... again ... WTF? I'll post a comparison pic one of these days.
As for the AUG special receiver, the A2 is the military version...BUT many of the special AUGs with rails imported into this country were called "Special Receiver" (and this was before the airsoft company made a copy of it), so that's not incorrect. AUG special receivers are very sought after since so few were imported into the U.S.
A bigger nomenclature change is calling the AK-104, "the SLR-104" (or something like that). I have some airsoft friends who only know the airsoft version of the gun, and when i mention the real name, they look at me like I spoke Greek or something.
Heck we on IMFDB keep calling the Norinco guns the Type 56, when the vast majority of them in the U.S. are actually marked AK-47 on the receivers (which was the export name for the US market).