FN Herstal MK17 Airsoft AEG Rifle(Model: MK17 / Tan)

The most reliable and fun fun I have ever purchased. Everything about it is perfect or near perfect, A lot of my friends have fallen in love with my rifle and always ask to use it for the next round and it shoots like a dream, if you are contemplating getting this gun or are a gun nut like I am, this is a must buy, everything down to the takedown is almost exactly like the real SCAR.

PROS:
-The battery can last for more than 72 hours.
-Accuracy, once you get it sighted in and the hop up adjusted, this thing is a laser for about 100ish meters
-Feel, the recoil and manipulation of the rifle is incredible and will help intensify a gunfight
There’s a bunch of other little details like the trademarks and the modularity too that make this rifle that much more better
CONS:
-The batteries and water bombs need to be purchased separately.

Just used this gun in a big event that is probably some of the roughest terrain you can find, and this was the perfect gun for the job. Long range was the name of the game and running .32s with the properly set hop-up made this thing shoot lasers up to about 200ft or more. With .32s the Chrono said I was shooting about 420-450. As the event went on I found myself trusting the gun more as I learned the range potential this gun has, don't let the short barrel fool you. I would have used .25s or .28s, but even with the hop up turned down they would still curve up, so .32 seemed to be the magic number. The shorter barrel made for a more comfortable weight than what I feel a longer barreled version would. I ran a simple red dot with no zoom and was hitting my mark nearly every time. Now that I've jumped back and forth a little I'll give some pros and cons:

Pros:

High accuracy

Long range

Rugged and easy to strip and clean (I recommend cleaning and lubricating as often as possible, I cannot stress how important it is to lube this gun)

Has a reciprocating handle with the open bolt system and has a very satisfying sound when firing and may scare players near you

CONS

The magazine is made of plastic.

Needs lots of maintenance because there's lots of moving parts that need a good amount of lubricant between them or you'll have lots of metal on metal contact and lots of metal shavings ( some are normal due to the gun breaking in)

Conclusion:

This gun turned a lot of heads on the field once they heard it fire. In almost all areas other than rate of fire, this gun can just about keep up with guns running hpa and high dollar guns, usually after a big game I have the feeling to upgrade some parts but I genuinely want to leave it the way it is. Btw switching this gun to hpa sounds like too much of a hassle because due to the fill valve being concealed by the mag well, you'd have to plug it, and then re-drill the mag in an accessable place for a hpa hook up, and then comes the difficulty of reloading by detaching the mag from the gun and hpa. But I'm no expert and you guys always seem to find a way so have at it lol

10/10 fit and finish.

Shoots lasers with 7mm water pellet, hard kick and a strong recoil spring for out of the box.

Dosnt come with replacement metal flash hider like some soft air guns do. Just FYI

Careful of reciprocating changing handle, it hurts.

Decent over seas upgrade support if you dont mind p