Matrix M1903A3 Bolt Action Spring Powered Airsoft Rifle by S&T
(Model: Faux Wood Stock)

"This rifle is absolutely solid. The bolt is indeed stiff to operate in the beginning; however, once you send a few hundred rounds through the rifle, it only gets smoother and smoother. I also applied some silicone oil to the bolt to help it move more smoothly. The biggest warning I can give is to NOT overload the plastic stick magazine. I overloaded one of my mags, pulled on the release slide, and broke the internals of my magazine. The description says it can hold around 20 rounds; I'd say stick to 15-16 bbs, roughly 4-5 full push-downs on a speed loader. Sometimes the bbs also get stuck on each other in the magazine, but a few bashings of the magazine with the palm of your hand can easily solve the issue.
I personally chose to add the scope attachment to turn my 1903a3 into a sniper variant. Important to note: when you disassemble the rear sights, the base slides to the right of the rifle. It was hard for me to slide it off initially, so I grabbed a towel and really pushed it, and eventually it slid off. The rail that you can buy is Picatinny, so it really leaves a lot of opportunities for different sights. I just went with a Umarex scope that can be adjusted from 3x to 8x.
The range is very impressive. I only use 0.32g, and it shoots at least 200 feet, and there's still room for the stock hop-up to be adjusted more for heavier bbs.
Even though it is Faux Wood and it does indeed feel light for the price, it is really worth it; plus, once I added the scope mount and scope, it gets heavier and less like a light toy.
10/10 would buy again.

"Update on my first impression of the M1903A3. I will list them
1- Pros it is a great accurate out of the box rifle I still love it and use it for target practice, with frustration but that frustration I learned is not the M1903A3 it is the Mag that causes this rifle problems.
2- The bayonet lug does not fit the M1903 or 45 bayonet unless you grind the lug down so I bought the actual lug for it and this fit fine but the outer barrel is too short by about an inch, the bayonet fits the first lug but cannot reach the second which is the locking part and I have the real bayonet. But again, I did not buy the rifle to run a bayonet course so that gets a pass from me.
3- When a bb gets into the bolt area you cannot get it out by pulling back the bolt hell you don't even know it's there you have to bang the rifle a few times turn it upside down and shake it to get the bb out or the bolt locks on you and will not seat in. in order to clean this you need to field strip the rifle.
4- The problem with number 3 is the mag. sometimes when you push in the mag it releases some bb's and some go into the bolt area or just into the barrel which both are a pain as the jamming rod will not go past the hop.
My final thoughts on this M1903A3 is not the rifle but the mag a different
more like the Double Eagle Magazine for M59P mag would make this perfect I have Double Eagle Type 96 M59A and no problems at all with the mag and I use this rifle allot.
So my final thoughts are the M1903A3 is a great rifle and I love it to the point I put up with the mag.
Unless you are someone like me that loves to look at the legends or own a replica of them then do not spend the money on this and if you do get the real wood cause it feels like the real thing the Faux is too light and feels like a toy and I bought both first the Faux then the wood.
I will still give this rifle a 5/5 cause I love just picking it up and the memories I have with the real one
safe shooting

"Got mine yesterday. Feel in love with it. Had no problems with it except shooter problems meaning me. First i overloaded the mag but i did that on purpose to see if I could get more then 12 in it. Then I did not pull the bolt back far enough an few times and shot double BBs from it. Other than that the gun was perfect the color was great and it was accurate I hit everything I shot at and the distance was at least 50 to 100 yards. Once I got started I could not put this down.
For me the only down fall was I got the Faux Wood because I could not wait for Evike to get the real wood in mistake on me because it is not heavy enough. The bolt is a bit hard to pull back yes but that is fine it will wear in and they put a little too much grease on it so clean it.
Overall, this is a 10 not a 5