ninety percent of the issues you describe regarding to the M203 are directly airsoft related. I had several airsoft M203s before enlisting. In basic we had a single day at a range to learn the concept and fire chalk training rounds. When I got to my unit they were slowly replacing the M203s with M320s. I made friends with the armorer and convinced him to issue me one of the last M203s we had in lieu of the M320 I was supposed to have as a team leader. As a result I stopped using airsoft M203s because of how horrifically terrible they feel, attach and operate compared to the real thing. The barrel of a real M203 has zero wobble. The trigger guard is nearly impossible to dislodge without unlocking the barrel clamp and sliding the whole thing forward. Also the hefty recoil means you DONT want to be shouldering the rifle normally while firing. Tucking the stock under your arm and grasping the magazine with your right hand as an ersatz pistol grip for the 203 allows you to safely fire it without injury or knocking yourself off balance. This is presumably why your XM148 quadrant sight is so adjustable, so as to allow the shooter to align it with their line of sight while firing from a kneeling position while tucking the stock between the torso and the bicep.
In the book _Death in the Delta: Diary of a Navy Seal,_ SEAL Gary R. Smith mentions how he actually preferred the XM148 over the M203 during his operations in Vietnam. He disliked how, just as you had mentioned in the video, having to take his right hand off of the rifle's pistol grip to fire the M203 was slower and less accurate than he could be with the XM148. He found the ability to just move his trigger finger an inch forward to actuate the trigger linkage and fire the launcher quickly to be nifty. After fielding it for a bit, he ended up swapping back to the XM148. *Also wanted to add, SEAL Darryl Young mentioned in his own book that his team preferred the XM148 as they deemed it "more dependable" compared to the other launchers. (He also included that they managed to fit one onto a Stoner 63a, which would've been quite a sight to see...) Even with how finicky and complex the launcher was, it seems the SEALs really liked it and made good use of 'em. Excellent review!
Thank you for sharing this with us- it's always cool when airsoft guns can give us some relevant insight into the strengths and weaknesses of their real counterparts.
I'm actually like loosing it this is so cool. I remember playing BFV and using the xm148, and to see it in airsoft is just insane. Such an amazing piece of history
I know VFC's FAL is the wrong pattern but please mount this to one and make an Australian b*tch gun L1A1 build! You're the only channel I know of who would be crazy enough to make one and do it right
ninety percent of the issues you describe regarding to the M203 are directly airsoft related. I had several airsoft M203s before enlisting. In basic we had a single day at a range to learn the concept and fire chalk training rounds. When I got to my unit they were slowly replacing the M203s with M320s. I made friends with the armorer and convinced him to issue me one of the last M203s we had in lieu of the M320 I was supposed to have as a team leader. As a result I stopped using airsoft M203s because of how horrifically terrible they feel, attach and operate compared to the real thing. The barrel of a real M203 has zero wobble. The trigger guard is nearly impossible to dislodge without unlocking the barrel clamp and sliding the whole thing forward. Also the hefty recoil means you DONT want to be shouldering the rifle normally while firing. Tucking the stock under your arm and grasping the magazine with your right hand as an ersatz pistol grip for the 203 allows you to safely fire it without injury or knocking yourself off balance. This is presumably why your XM148 quadrant sight is so adjustable, so as to allow the shooter to align it with their line of sight while firing from a kneeling position while tucking the stock between the torso and the bicep.
Wish more airsoft companies made unique grenade launchers. Like the ones for the AUG, MP5, MP7 and G3.
Still need the arx160 launcher
I wanna see someone make a BS-1 tishina grenade launcher, now that would be sick
And GHK AUG gernade launcher would be sick
Absolutely NEED a BS-1 Tishina
In the book _Death in the Delta: Diary of a Navy Seal,_ SEAL Gary R. Smith mentions how he actually preferred the XM148 over the M203 during his operations in Vietnam. He disliked how, just as you had mentioned in the video, having to take his right hand off of the rifle's pistol grip to fire the M203 was slower and less accurate than he could be with the XM148. He found the ability to just move his trigger finger an inch forward to actuate the trigger linkage and fire the launcher quickly to be nifty. After fielding it for a bit, he ended up swapping back to the XM148.
*Also wanted to add, SEAL Darryl Young mentioned in his own book that his team preferred the XM148 as they deemed it "more dependable" compared to the other launchers. (He also included that they managed to fit one onto a Stoner 63a, which would've been quite a sight to see...) Even with how finicky and complex the launcher was, it seems the SEALs really liked it and made good use of 'em.
Excellent review!
Thank you for sharing this with us- it's always cool when airsoft guns can give us some relevant insight into the strengths and weaknesses of their real counterparts.
I'm actually like loosing it this is so cool. I remember playing BFV and using the xm148, and to see it in airsoft is just insane. Such an amazing piece of history
The Xm148 was not in BFV, seeing as WWII precedes the XM148 by over 20 years
@@masonbartelt9959 bfv meaning battle field Vietnam. I bought a box copy of it in 2018. Played it religiously
@@masonbartelt9959Lol I can see the confusion, but he's talkin the O.G. BFV: Battfield Vietnam
@@masonbartelt9959🤓
Great video as always. Some mods i didint know about, will fix the soft safety tension spring.
I know VFC's FAL is the wrong pattern but please mount this to one and make an Australian b*tch gun L1A1 build! You're the only channel I know of who would be crazy enough to make one and do it right
This needs to happen
That would be cool as. I'm going out as an Aussie tomorrow with my VFC FAL.
Video on the homebrew Tag shells when please?
Please
i want one of these.
Is this on the version 3 system? If so I just ordered one minus the grenade launcher (soon) I can not wait to get my hands on this thing!
idgaf what people say about the m16a2. That is a badass looking rifle and every young airsofter wanted one back in the 00's
What did you do to the back crescent shaped attach point to get it to fit? This part doesn't fit on my classic Army M16.
Dremeled out as needed to clear. The XM148 is designed for the VFC GBBRs so modification may be needed for it to work with an AEG.
@@ExplosiveEnterprises So you dremeled out the outer rear area and it fit alright?
I feel like for the m733 the m203 makes more sense for accuracy and xm148 for Vietnam era builds
Could you do a review of the vfc xm177e2 v3?
I bet EE will be all over the NE FAMAS ASAP.
Could I write more acronyms in one sentence ?
anyone else having problems making the hand guard fit ?
Will you be reviewing we stuff anytime soon? Sure there’s a bunch of videos on the internet. But no one goes as in depth as you.
I'd like to see a review of the WE MP5SD. I want to get one but i haven't seen much of it out there.
+ it has mad drip
Cool!
I really want to get into gas blowbacks I live in Northwest Florida so the climate would be perfect
It doesn’t matter because there is different gas systems for diffrrrnt environments like nuprol
Minkle called it lol
Dont you love it when they release barely functional garbage that you have to fix after spending 400$ on it?