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Barrett M82A1
as one of the most popular .50 caliber semi-auto sniper rifles
It not only serves in lots of military forces of different countries
also, its huge body and aggressive features fulfill the male's pursuit of masculinity
and makes it even more popular in video games
From some players' point of view
it even becomes a standard unit of the "damage" of guns
At the same time, lots of funny jokes are made, as well
such as "shooting lives with anti-material rifle is prohibited"
or "Barrett is not a gun, it's artillery instead"
which even make "Barrett" itself become a meme
However, it doesn't affect the popularity and distinction of M82A1
In the gel blasters market, there are lots of players wish that
the manufacture could replicate an M82A1 type of blaster
so they can feel the magic of great Barrett sniper rifle
Ze Hua had made a two-plastic piece version before
but the full auto gearbox and thousands of screw holes on the body
make people have no interest in it
Last month, Eastern released their separated structure M82A1 finally
This toy manufacture's name code is Eastern No.1
sounds like "The First Five-year Plan" of our Republic
The box is incredibly huge
It might be the largest gel blaster box that I've ever had
Open the box, you can see
the barrel and the receiver are inside the foam lining separately
and there is a handle, bipod, some accessories, as well
The manual introduces the usage and assembly
the maintenance section is interesting
there is a cleaning rod in the box for barrel cleaning
It's useful for long-barrel blasters
According to the manual
assemble the barrel, bipod, and the handle step by step
and put the screws on, then you finish the assembly
Oh, of course, can't miss that grandpa's 16x scope
Based on its outer appearance
This blaster is replicated from M82A1M which has the full-length top rail
Its classic V-style muzzle suppressor
is tan as a color tip
The length of this blaster is 1400mm
compared to 1447mm from the real steel
looks like it's not a big issue
When putting it with MSR or AWM together
the 50cal. M82A1 seems extremely huge
However, if there is no problem with your eyes, then you will notice
the scale ratio of this blaster is so weird
To be more specific, the entire receiver is shorter and smaller
but in order to maintain the overall length
the barrel goes longer than the normal
which makes this blaster look so awkward
For those players who pursuit excellent simulation
this is basically an unacceptable and unforgivable mistake
If you feel like you can't stand this scale ratio mistake
then you could click the upper right corner to shut this video off
However, out of my expectation
this set of stuff is very heavy holding in hands
I can tell that the material of this blaster is robust and sturdy
with the super long aluminum alloy outer barrel
the whole weight is about 3.5kg
You can search the real steel Barrett made by high-carbon steel
its combat mass is 14kg
We cannot compare its mass to the real steel
but comparing to the stock gel blaster with the nylon body
only a little of them could reach 3.4kg
The surface finish feels like the rubber lacquer
its texture feeling is great, and it's wear-resisting
so you won't leave scratches on it easily
Look at the right side of the receiver
the huge ejecting port
is the most noticeable feature on M82A1's receiver
Seeing through the port, you can see the cylinder and spring structure
obviously, this is a springer toy
Due to the limit of the cylinder length
the charging action is only 84mm
The nylon charging handle is pretty hard, feels nice to charge it
The whole receiver and stock are in one-piece
the upper part is locked by two pins at the front and the back
the rail is screwed on the receiver
Take the pin out, then you can disassemble the upper receiver
and the internals are shown
There are some weights inside the folding butt cover
and here is the only place with the adding weights on this blaster
You can clearly see the spring structure internals here
including the metal cylinder, piston, and the recoil spring
regular material set
M82A1 utilizes the same military-style grip as the M16 series
the selector switch is also the same type of lever
For those U.S. soldiers who get used to AR, this is easy to handle
The safety is an interesting design
when it's locked, the piston can't be hold and the trigger is also locked
The magazine release is at the back of the mag well like AK
its size scale is obviously incorrect
If you have a little military common sense then you can notice
the 50BMG, 12.7x99mm caliber
it's apparently much longer than 7.62NATO magazine instead of this 1cm longer
This mag uses a lever mechanism to feed
the top button will be pressed when charging the bolt
Lots of bugs of size scale and outer appearance of this blaster
but the receiver is actually durable
The full-length top rail goes all the way to the front
it's also screwed on the handguard
The handguard and the receiver can be separated
just like the receiver, it's sturdy enough and no wobbling
The metal carrying handle is mounted on the rail
this stuff is also one of the spirits of M82A1
feels wonderful when carrying with it
The general bipod with M60 is another classic design of M82
but the finish of this one isn't good enough
the outer nylon is too soft although it has the metal rod inside
and it will also move randomly when extending, hard to stand well
What makes me surprised is
the outer barrel is made of one-piece aluminum alloy
With the situation of 29-inch length barrel
it guarantees the outer barrel won't curve or change shape
very strong and durable
I remember when I was a kid, I had bought a plastic toy of Barrett
my mom always uses it to hang clothes out or grab something under the bed
as a result, its barrel broke quickly
With the aluminum alloy barrel from this Eastern M82A1
Mama will never worry about I couldn't find the slipper
The huge V-style suppressor
is an essential part to reduce the recoil force of Barrett
it's screwed on the outer barrel by two screws
There are some unpolished edges on the nylon surface
The first impression this M82A1 is actually not bad
the manufacturing of its huge one-piece receiver is nice
and the decent surface finish makes sure its visual expression
Also, the solid material use and the aluminum alloy barrel
its overall manufacturing is very nice
Ignoring the mistake on the size scale
I will say this is a great blaster with perfect manufacturing
However, except for the size scale mistake
this blaster isn't doing great on the detail simulation, either
Furthermore, M82A1 is actually a semi-auto sniper rifle
the springer here, it's the compromise of the toy
but it still feels a bit embarrassing
Load the gels first before shooting
and press the feeding lever to let the gels go out
then you are ready to go
The shooting experience of this blaster is not bad
8 meters range in my house
it's accurate enough to shoot the electric target
However, the feeding isn't very stable
sometimes one gel is stuck in the chamber
and then the next shot will give a double hits
Before I received this blaster
many players had already found its size scale problem from its prototype picture
What I want to say here is
this Barrett M82A1 from Eastern
its material use and surface finish won't be worse than JieYing MSR which at the same price level
and its aluminum alloy barrel is even better than JieYing
Even so, I still feel extremely embarrassed about its scale mistake
I can't deny that it has a pretty nice texture feeling
Therefore, I don't really know how to comment on this blaster
If its target position is at 100-200 bucks children toy or entry-level
then it will be a nice benefit on its decent material
who cares if the scale ratio is wrong, isn't it?
BUT!
the actual price is 688 (100USD)
definitely, people will compare it to JieYing MSR at the same price
If this blaster could keep its high material quality
then fix and improve their detail mistake
I believe there will be more stories on this Golden Artillery Sniper
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