For what it's worth, the TSD/SRC Gen II G36's are pretty solid guns, definetly are bested by the Gen III's (OnTarget Airsoft has them in stock btw, a little more but definetly worth it). Having owned one myself, and having a team leader who is an avid G36 leg humper, we both agree for G36's the SRC is by far the best on the market in Gen III Format for sure, Gen II is just peaking over the rest. Dont take it from me though, take it form him, in his life he's owned every major G36 out there and done something stupid with them, and day after day I hear him say how glad he is that I bit the bullet and bought an SRC first, otherwise he would have never given them a chance.
Let me detail why the SRC G36 is the best G36 on the market all around:
-Best plastic body of any G36, of the CA's, TM's, JG's (and E1), and KWA's I've torn down, definetly holds true, my team lead agrees. The plastic body is unparalleled. I hate plastic guns and purchased a G36 on a whim, first day when I pulled it out of the box the first words out of my mouth where "F*ck, this thing is SOLID" For me to admit that about a G36 is pretty impressive. Lets cover this from a different perspective. I reviewed the G&P and SRC KV stocks side by side, care to guess which one won? Unfortunately for G&P it's not them. On overall quality of build, and material choice both my team lead and I agreed that the SRC KV stock was supperior to the G&P, and concluded that it's the best G36 body on the market right now.
-More metal content than other G36's. Why is that important? Because G36's are natoriously flexible and some can be quite fragile (CA's bodies come to mind). The hop up unit is metal, which isnt a real big plus, but at least you know it's not breaking anytime soon and it's a quality hop up unit. Mine was absolutely amazing. Metal charging handle, if you are going to be adjusting the hop up as much as I do, you will want one thats metal and wont break! Metal gasblock and outer barrel. Some companies have plastic gas blocks and tend to wobble really bad, the SRC wobbles, but not much! Maybe a mm or so in either direction.
-Solid Internals. The basis of any gun is it's internals. I've always operated under the "Change less means more reliable" I'm a tech, and have been for 4+ years so it's not that I'm affraid of internals, I just see enough everyday that I'm kinda sick of them ya know? Ideally internally on a Gen II there is only one part you should change right away, and thats the orange plastic spring guide, which is very weak. On the Gen III's you get a bearing spring guide
The motor is incredibly powerful, and is probably the most powerfull stock motor on the market right now. And in general the quality and attention put forth by SRC is pretty impressive. The rest of the parts are very well made!
-Body pin Spring Detents: I cant emphasize how much of a PITA the regular body pins are for a G36. I've had several fall out of clients guns while working on them. Talk about frustrating. The SRC's have a small ball bearing detent which prevents them from coming out of the gun. A nifty feature.
-Overall Price: For 170-240 (aprox Gen II price vs aprox Gen III price) you get a hell of a deal. I cant say the 2 hicaps are the best hicaps in the world (I tend to not use hicaps) but they never once misfed on me!
Normally I agree with the whole "Save your money and buy quality" crowd, but I believe the SRC is a quality gun, especially their Gen III G36's which come standard with Bearing Spring Guide, M120 spring in the box to be installed if you choose, 8mm bearings and the same nearly bullet proof internals of the Gen II's.
