Airsoft Upgraded Kjw Vs Stock Tm

KJW Glock 27 Total Metallic Version
by Calvin R Chau
(KJW G23 FMV pics courtesy of airsoftmarine.internet, included for reference)

	Stock Specifications
RRP	103USD
Length:	172mm
*Barrel Length:*	45mm
Weight:	640g
Ammo capacity:	15 rounds

KJW

Introduction Most people consider KJW and other companies that are based outside of Nihon to exist 'inferior'. Most of the time, this is not the case. In fact, the KJW G27 FMV is the exact contrary! I will get to comparisons afterwards.

First of all permit me list out the 'upgrades' the KJW G27 FMV comes straight from the manufactory with:

The gun is designed to fire with green gas since KJW is Taiwanese company. You tin withal use HFC134a, but why would yous? Lets move on.

Relationship between TM G26 and KJW G27 To clear a few things up...the KJW G27 is an exact re-create of the TM G26. They took the design and improved upon it. So everything meant for the TM G26 should fit. Another note- The KJW G23 is not a copy of the KSC G19, it even so uses the same TM G26 internals, they just put them into a bigger frame. So this means yous CANNOT use KSC glock mags in the KJW glocks, or vice versa.

What comes in the box Gun comes with ane standard magazine, manuals, some targets & 100 bb'due south. The manual is in English and it has clear picture diagrams.

Build Quality Well as y'all can run into from the pictures, it is first-class fit & finish. Have detect of the ABS trigger and mag finger extension, at present compare the finish of the ABS to the HW Frame.

Detect the divergence? The Metallic Slide and Barrel are as well top notch. It'due south most flawless, however in that location is a seam line going through the HW Frame, it's a tad more noticable than say a KSC Glock's seam line, but retrieve- Real Steel Glocks have seam lines as well!

Another small annotation, the TM G26 does not come up with a metal magazine release, but the KJW G27 FMV does.

Function It'due south a glock. It has the patented trigger condom and just like the TM G26, information technology has an extra prophylactic. The serial no. plate tin can be positioned to 'safe', and it will lock the trigger. Information technology's a overnice perk, but I never utilise it anyway, because its positioned pretty badly. It has an adjustable hop up using a punch simply like the TM G26.

The Magazine This is the single #1 reason why I love KJW guns. KJW's magazines leak no gas at all while filling. This is due to a small-scale oring on the outside of the fill valve. This actually saves y'all some gas and information technology makes filling mags with gas much more easier.

Firing This is the best part! With all the 'upgrades' this gun really packs a punch. Using green gas it can hands go over 300FPS using .2g bbs. Recoil is very nice for a gun this size, compared to my WA P14 which sports the 'magna' blowback system, the KJW G27 FMV comes suprisingly close (Take note that my WA P14 has already been upgraded with metallic & power upgrades already). With one gas fill up, I could unload vi mags worth of bb's. That is 90 bbs on 1 gas fill! But take note that this was on a actually hot day (90 Degrees Farenheight). In 'normal' temperatures information technology can still shoot out 3 mags of bb's before having to refill.

Accuracy It has a curt inner barrel, but this does not limit the range and accurateness of this slice. With the hop upwards appropriately set, you lot tin can hitting one.5-two inch groupings at almost 20 ft (I was prone shooting at a target indoors). The sights are dotted simply only the rear sight is metal unfortunately, the forepart sight is ABS plastic that is secured to the slide by a spiral.

Disassembly Very simple, just make certain internal hammer is cocked, pull & hold downwards disassembly switch and the push the slide forward. Yous can easily field strip the gun by taking out the recoil bound first, and then the outer barrel should slide right out. It is all demonstrated in the manual.

Bug/Complaints Well there are a few minor complaints nearly this particular replica. First the retainer pivot that is to the left of the disassembly lever gets knocked out of place sometimes during firing, not a large bargain but all the same annoying. Likewise the magazines require a bit of 'breaking in' since the metal magazine release seems a bit tight, this results in a scratched magazine but also not a big deal.

Trademarks The gun has full trademarks with no indication that it is a replica, unlike the TM G26 and KSC G26. Yous tin can fully run into all the trademarks in the pics.

Comparisons Here we go, I have the following comparisons:

KJW G27 FMV vs. KJW G27 ABS- The KJW G27 ABS is exactly the same as the TM G26 except with full trademarks. The KJW G27 ABS does non offer anything over the TM G26 except improved internals.

KJW G27 FMV vs. TM G26- For about the aforementioned price, yous get a better gun with all these upgrades, information technology tin can handle green gas readily and as well comes with metal upgrades. Zero more to add together here.

KJW G27 FMV vs. KSC G26- Also for about the same price you get a total metallic gun. Besides you lot get full trademarks on both the frame and slide. The only thing that the KSC G26 offers is a 'ameliorate' design of the trigger area, it is more like to the actual Real Steel Glock design. Also the KSC G26 does not offer a HW frame.

Determination This has got to be the best deal in airsoft today. For just $103...you lot cannot believe how much of a value that is. The best thing is, KJW did not cut any corners in production. The gun is splendid, menses.

*Last note- the KJW G23 FMV is exactly the same as the KJW G27 FMV besides apparently being different in size, they both offering everything I've noted above.

Appearance: five/5 - Perfect stop
Build Quality: 5/five- Full metallic + HW frame, demand I say more?
Functioning: iv.5/5- Nifty Value for money 5/5 - $103 USD!!!
Overal Potential: v/5 - Many aftermarket parts & accessories available (That were originally meant for the TM G26)

Updates: 10/26/03 After a few months of great fun and plinking, the gun is still going potent, I think it has nigh ~thousand rounds fired through it or and then. I didn't skirmish with it, just the occasional plinking.

I just have a few new tidbits of info for all you KJW Glock owners. It looks like that piddling retaining pin that keeps popping out can be hands solved with some loctite BLUE threadlock. If yous tin can't find whatsoever of that, some skillful old 'krazy/super glue' can do the trick. Still, I do warn y'all, it might get messy...My communication, don't practise it, you might terminate up making a mess of things for such a tiny trouble.

Likewise I'm pretty certain many of you know this already, but the KJW Glock series does lack in a few areas compared to their KSC counterpart.

Offset, as mentioned somewhat before. The trigger. The KSC Glocks take a virtually idenitcal trigger every bit the real glock series. If there is no bullets (in this case, no gas) and the trigger is pulled, the hammer would be allow downward and the trigger would be locked to the rear. This does not happen with the KJW Glocks, and so if the hammer is down, the trigger doesn't lock back, not a real big problem just that trigger system is a good indenticator of the glock existence artsy and ready to burn down. Also the KJW glock trigger doesn't look similar the real one with the little lined grooves...

2nd- The Serial No. plate is very ugly equally compared to the real/KSC series glock serial no. plates, very minor detail again, merely information technology is a bit abrasive if you compare them caput to caput.

Third- Real glocks have plastic mag catches, heh. Kinda defeats the purpose of having a metal one...simply I think existent glock mags are plastic also.

Quaternary- Glossy ugly end on the magazines, not a big bargain since you can't even come across the mag in the gun. But the Matte black finish on the KSC Glock's mags are much more pleasing to the heart.

And probably the virtually important office, it seems like the KJW Glocks are off only a fleck versus the real Glock in scale. Very very minor, merely this means you can't apply glock accessories such every bit snug plugs for the rear. However this doesn't hateful you can't use the accessories meant for the KJW G23 track, that'southward still the same. Likewise you lot can't use real Glock sights on KJW Glocks, because of a diferent design.

I just recently got a KSC G19, and it seems like the G19 is much improve in terms of realism, but for the money, the KJW Glock FMV'due south still can't be beat, and they have the total trademarks...

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