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*Please note that if you want to travel to a specific part of this review, please copy the tag next to the section you want, then hit CTRL-F on PC’s, or APPLE-F on Macintosh’s, and paste the tag into the box.*
**All airsoft guns I refer to are stock performance.**
Review: HFC USR-11
Author: Dr Burke
Published: 11/2/2007
Discuss this review in the Forums.
Table of Contents
1. Intro [I1]
2. Basic Info [b1]
3. First Impressions [F1]
4. Metal Contents [M1]
5. Loading up for the first time [L1]
6. Hop up and Safety [H1]
7. Barrel [B1]
8. Light Disassembly [D1]
9. Upgrades [U1]
10. Shooting and Accuracy Tests [S1]
11. Chronograph, the poor mans way [C1]
12. Pro’s and Con’s [P1]
13. Final Thoughts and Ratings [F3]
Intro [I1]
I had been wanting a new airsoft gun since January, and have been going through, what seems to be, the normal stages. I first wanted a cheap HFC spring glock. Then it was to a spring MP5, then over to some AEG’s, then to GBB, then to NBB, and so on. Well, my mom told me that we can go to Airsoft Atlanta this weekend if I do certain things. So, I had to find a gun from their website that I liked. So, in the end, I got the HFC USR-11, since I decided to take the role of a sniper, and knowing all of the elements of a good sniper, I.E- record and report enemy info, a sniper is not what the movies say they are, etc. Anyways, I wanted the HFC version over the Tokyo Marui version for several reasons:
-Price. It was considerably $100 less than the Marui version.
-Upgradeability. It is 100% compatible with the Marui version.
-Insides. It has the recoil. I know that the “Real Shock” version of the VSR-10 (the Marui version) is the same thing, but if I were to take out the Zinc weights (causes the recoil), this gun would fire at (reportedly) 360FPS, all for a total of $0! Plus I heard that the spring is stronger in the HFC version, making this gun have a higher velocity (stock) than the Marui version (stock).
Basic Info [G1]
Since I live less than 30 minutes from Airsoft Atlanta, I just went there. It was quick, easy, and a place where almost every gun they have in their inventory is on display. I paid a total of $108 without shipping, obviously. In the box was the upper half of the gun, lower half of the gun, 500 HFC BB’s, the poorly translated manual, the screws for the gun, a wrench, some circle thing, and a speedloader. The actual inside of the box was some kind of fabric cloth. Overall, the appearance of the gun looked nice, but the box cannot shoot, so lets get to the getting the gun its place.
First Impressions [F1]
I first thought it would be as heavy as my friends AK-47, and that is really all I expected out of it. Well, after I opened the box, the gun is in multiple pieces, much like with any bolt-action rifle. I first picked up the lower half of the rifle, and noticed that it weighed down the back of it. It felt like it would be weighed down. But, those worries were gone when I picked up the upper half. Together, the gun has its weight balanced throughout the gun. There were no creaks or seam lines in the gun, surprisingly. I have heard that if you obtain this problem, stuff old shirts in the stock. I don’t know if this actually works, though. It is long, measuring in at 43’ long. That is pretty long, almost 4 feet.
Told you.
The finish/texture is nice because it looks like a SWAT sniper, which the SWAT just so happens to use this same model in sniping, the Remington M700. Anyways, the finish and the texture of the gun was smooth, and jet black, which is supposed to be nothing like the Tokyo Marui version. The sling mounts are also plastic, as to the Tokyo Marui version, which are metal.
The finish/texture and the butt of the gun
I looked at the barrel of the gun (before any projectile was ever put into this gun) from a distance, and let me tell you, I’d hate to be at the other end of this gun. After examining it all, I put it together.
Metal Contents [M1]
ShortyUSA says it is full metal. I can basically believe it, because it has that metal feel.
Outer Barrel
Inner Barrel
Iron Sights
Bolt
Trigger
Hop up unit
Trigger Unit
That really is all the contents of the gun.
Bolt
Loading up for the first time [L1]
Ah, my favorite thing to do. The included magazine looks standard of any other spring rifle on the market, except this one holds 30 rounds (BB’s).
So, there are two ways to load this thing up.
1.-
Get your speed loader, fill it up, and put that little knob on the little black ball in the magazine. Now, just press the stick down and up about 7-8 times. Usually at 5 it’ll stop, put if you push harder, it’ll go.
2.-
Take about 28-30 BB’s and put them somewhere where they won’t try and run off. Once done, put one BB in at a time, until you reach 15. Once here, you’ll notice that it gets harder to push. Keep pushing, and at 25 BB’s, it’ll feel like 30 is in there. If you really want to, keep pushing until you get to 28 or so BBs. I stopped there, saying that 28 is still enough, but I am pretty sure that 30 will fit.
Once done with one of the ways, take your loaded magazine and put it in the area in the front, but underneath the gun. There will be an area. Trust me, you can’t miss it. Once you put it in the area, give it a nice pop with your wrist, because these magazines are tough to get in. Airsoft Atlanta’s blog recommended to do this. I can see why, now. Anyways, after that, pull the bolt back, then fire. Easy. To release the magazine, press the button next to the small screw that you screwed in earlier. Then pop it out.
Magazine area. The button to release is the second circle on the left side.
Hop-up and Safety [H1]
So, you want to adjust your hop up, eh? Well, then, if you look on the left side on the gun, you’ll see a lever type thing on the side of the barrel. That is the hop up control. Move it up to make the BB go up more, move it down to reverse the effect. Do not push it all the way up, or down, because it’ll cause the BB’s to either fall out of clog the barrel. Also, while I am at it, many people have said that the hop up is bad and that it resets itself, and doesn’t stay in place. I do not agree at all. The hop up is good, and only resets if you slam the bolt in too hard. The only problem on mine is that the lever is supposed to go from the left of the sticker to right. Well, mine only goes from the right to the middle before stopping. If I were to disassemble the rifle, and grab the hop up, I would be able to move it all the way. Really, I don’t mind, because I leave it a three-fourths of the way full all the time.
Hop up unit. I’ll tell more later.
The safety is on the right side of the gun, directly to the right of the bolt. In fact, sometimes when I go to pull the bolt, my safety turns on, but luckily I notice it before I take the shot. In other words, it does what is supposed to do.
Safety. Behind the bolt.
Barrel [B1]
Surprisingly, it seems to be metal. I do not know how good of metal it is, but is really seems to be metal. The inner barrel is basically covered by the orange tip, so I cannot go into detail about the inner barrel. The orange tip also seems to be metal, and a separate piece of the barrel as well.
Barrel compared to my pistol.
Hey! Guess what I’ve found? The orange tip comes off! What you do is twist it to the left. It is unscrewable, surprisingly. I was messing around with it, and alas, it came off!
Light Disassembly [D1]
I recently got the nerve to do disassemble the gun. So, to start, you should unscrew all of the screws (look back at the magazine picture), and MAKE SURE THE MAGAZINE IS OUT. The gun will not come apart without the mag out. So, once done, Life up at a 45 degree angle, and pull up slowly.
Together
Once out, you’ll presented with two parts, the top and the bottom part of the gun.
In two parts
Grab the upper half, and you’ll see a little silver tab. Pull this down, and don’t be afraid. I was when I first did this, and all you really need to do is give it a good tug.
Once done, pull the bolt, but not as you would normally do. Just a light pull will do, since the bolt will come clean out of the bolt sleeve. There you are presented with the bolt, the upper half, and the lower half. This is as far as I will go, but for more information, go here: http://www.geocities.com/drilltheshockweights/
There, he will go into drilling the bolt apart.
Bolt out.
Ha! You know the Hop up unit I was saying I’ll talk about? Here it is!
Here is the unit altogether. My lever is hard to push after it gets half way, but if you push in the ABS body with the lever, it’ll go.
To put the gun back together, you must first do this. If you look where the bolt was, you’ll see a little silver thing, like this:
Hold that silver thing down, and put that cute little hex tool here:
Then, put the bolt back in its sleeve, then when you push it back, pull the hex tool down, and the bolt will go it. Push that silver lever back up, reassemble the upper half to the lower half, and you’re done.
Lever up.
Upgrades [U1]
This gun is 100% compatible with the Tokyo Marui VSR series. Any parts that work in that gun can work in this gun. I really don’t like upgrades, so I didn’t get any, other than if you want a scope, you’ll need a scope mount, and the only place to get them as of right now is PoweredgeUSA. Then the scope rings and the scope itself it necessary, as well. I guess those could count as upgrades. The upgrades available for it will cost some $$$, but it definitely has potential to be better than a VSR-10.
There is a way to remove the Zinc weights, which will stop the recoil, make the gun quieter, and make the FPS shoot up, but I decided to hold off on that.
Shooting and Accuracy tests [S1]
The gun is very powerful, and very accurate. You can adjust the rear sight to your needs, but factory-standard is pretty good. But all in all, its a pretty good shot. The wind was a little today, maybe 5-10 mph, enough to throw off the bb, but not a lot. It was either a little wind, or pouring rain and a lot of rain. Anyways, I don’t know that the “groupings” are, since I don’t even know what that means, so I’ll just show you the pictures.
25 feet, 50 feet, and 75 feet.
For closer up photos, look at this:
Now two or three of those shots were standing, and the others were prone.
Chronograph, the poor mans way [C1]
Well, I just happened to be drinking some Mellow-Yellow and glanced at the can long enough to see the “Coca-Cola Company” on it. The minute I saw it, I was out the door, loading up. So, I shot the can the way Red Wolf Airsoft explained it, and it tore through one side, and left a little mark on the other side, which kind of looked like a hole. Since there was no BB when I looked, I’ll just say that it went through both sides, until tomorrow. Well, according to Red Wolf Airsoft, that leaves this gun at 350-370 FPS. It is most likely that it is 290-310 FPS, because I could not see the exit hole clearly. Still, that is great, since the Zinc weights hold its FPS down. If the weights were gone, then I’d believe the 350-370 FPS.
Entrance Hole.
Pro’s and Con’s [P1]
Pro’s
Powerful
Heavy (I guess)
Accurate
Black
Solid
Cheap ($100, not bad)
Bolt Action
Ease of safety
Very easy to disassemble (basic disassembly)
Con’s
Kind of expensive ($100)
Heavy (not for your average pansy 10 year olds.)
Sling mounts plastic
Long, for you average American
Final Thoughts and Ratings [F3]
Overall, I was happy with my purchase. I have been known for getting those crappy, off-brand guns at Walmart, so this was my first purchase at an airsoft retailer. I was looking for a decent bolt action rifle, and instead, got a loaded up, really powerful, accurate rifle. So, if anyone wants to start off with an airsoft sniper rifle, this is the way to go, since it has the power, accuracy, and heftiness that any player would look for.
Weight- 10
Accuracy- 9
Power- 8 (for now)
Intimidation Factor- 10
Overall Value- 9.25
If you were to get this Tokyo Marui clone, you wouldn’t be disappointed. It may not be completely
compatible with the Marui, but still, its better than almost everything I've seen.
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