EMG x Strike Industries Tactical Competition AEG w/ E-Shooter Kestrel ETU - CYMA (Model: SBR - 400 FPS / Blue / Gun Only)

"After reading everyone’s reviewing saying the orange barrel cap was hard to get off and they had to grind the grub pin down, I got a littler nervous.

ITS TO EASY. I used a small punch and was able to drive the pin out, causing no damage to the compensator. I was able to get the orange cap off with using my hands and no tools. There is some residual glue stuck, but not enough to complain about.

People made it sound like an ominous task to remove the cap, but in the end, it was way easy.

Have yet to fire it, but will update.

"Great gun. Mag well sticks a little but it makes a tight fit and no mag wobble. Super satisfied worth the money 100%

"Great feeling gun. Only downside so far is it's a pain to get the muzzle break off. Mag fits nice.

"Straight out the box it feels solid. Mag is nice and snug also had tippman med cap mags that fit great too. Trigger response is great. Using the 11.1 lipo can definitely tell its shooting strong. Stock is nice. Comes with a 6.05 tight bore Barrel. a bit loud but overall great purchase.

"Great looking and feeling gun. It's got a nice weight to it and the SI furniture is amazing.

It's snappy on semi and decent in full auto.
I am having problems with the aster though. It shoot in full auto every 3rd or 4th shot for about 4 cycles before stopping. Currently working with evike to get the problem fixed, if I can get that worked out I'd give this a 4/5.

"Really wanted to give this gun a 5 star. My 1st review does not display. So i will keep this short.

Pros:
-Looks wonderful
-fast trigger

Cons
-very loud
-non quick change spring
- gear box is very difficult to work on. Most are torx screws
-have to buy blue link to fix the over exposure error when playing on sunny days
- stock gun burned motor after 2 months
-stock tappet plate snapped after 3 months
-stock spring is weak

"Bought this gun sometime in March. I've gone to 3 games with it and alot of shooting in the backyard. I want to give this a 5 stars i really do but it really is such a hassel of a gun. It looks phenomenal! I am by no means a tech. I bought the blue SBR version.

Pros:
-looks bad ass!
-trigger response is phenomenal
-light gun and feels good to run around with

Cons:
- it's crazy loud, especially if you decide to upgrade the motor
- motor burned after 4 months of use with no upgrades to it just stock(3 games and use in the backyard)
- not quick change spring system
-gearbox screws are star head
- magazine release button is a tiny star screw

Out of the box gun felt great and shot great however when i 1st took it to the field it completely failed and was not able to use it at all. I bought blue link and the diagnostic says the sensor has been over exposure. So to fix that issue just use blue link to recalibrate when on the field.

Once motor burned( app using blue link told me motor was the issue) i took that opportunity to upgrade it. That's when it went from a 5 star to a 3 star gun. Bought a new motor, hop up, barrel. Nub, and spring. The hassel was the spring it was incredible difficult to put the new spring in while making sure the trigger spring doesnt pop out or the gears slip off. I am in experience with teching so could be completely my fault but still beware for those wanting to put a new spring in there.

Hopup was a max cnc one and it didnt fit in quite right. Had to lightly sand down the turn wheel so it would turn while in the gun. Barrel and nub was easy to install along with motor. All in all i still enjoy shooting it and playing with it but definitely not a 5 star anymore.

PS: after upgrading it shooting pretty consistent and fun to play on the field.

"The gun shoots great. Pictures are deceiving, the red on the receiver set is slightly different than that of the accents on the puffer tube area. the gun shooting is very crisp and has a good rate of fire. The gate aster is an unreliable MOSFET. i was shooting the gun on binary which I programmed it to, I stopped shooting and the gun continued shooting till i switched it to safe. As a tech myself, I do not have huge problems with this as i can just fix it myself, however, it is very disappointing buying a $350+ gun and it not being reliable out of the box. in addition, the muzzle is extremely difficult to get off, and the threads are positive which is annoying.

TLDR: gun shoots and looks fantastic, but isn't super reliable due to the aster MOSFET. do me, this is 4/5, but to the average person who wants a reliable gun out of the box, I'd say it is a 3/5