Review: MP7

[WANCHO]

ok, why the heck do i post reviews of guns that arent even in our armory? wala lang, just to let us all know whats available out there. doesnt hurt to know more about other guns aside from our usual m4s and mp5s. Read on guys!

Arnie's Airsoft is fast becoming my best friend for its good gun reviews. Well, FAS lost all of its good reviews... Sayang..



MP7 Review by: FarEast
Taken from: Arnie's Airsoft

I picked the Tokyo Marui MP7A1 up from Frontier for an excellent 17,980 JPY along with a spare battery and some magazines. (That’s right TM finally managed to release the Mags and Batteries on the same day!)

TM has done an excellent job packing the MP7A1 up with a great cover picture of the MP7A1.




The internal layout really does give you a nice surprise.






Straight away you aware of the effort TM has put into making the MP7 a complete package for the buyer. And you really feel it when lifting the MP7 out of the box! This is in no way like the toy feeling I got when I picked up the AEP 18c this has some weight to it and a familiar feel for those that have used MP5's, G36 and the G3 ranges.

Apart from the weight of the weapon you also notice the ergonomics and balance. It feels totally natural to fire the MP7 from either a pistol grip position or a more firm firing platform using the fore grip and shoulder stock, but more of that later lets look at the weapon itself!

[WANCHO]

Let’s take a look at the trades, As some of you remember I took a lot of photos at the 'Blackhole Show' earlier this year of the MP7 and its trades and I have found a few more that you will all be happy with.

Nothing around the selector area has changes and still supports the Navy style options of fire along with the calibre markings



Also on the pistol grip it still sports the 'HK MP7A1' markings on both sides.



On the right side of the gun you have the Tokyo Marui stamp, now never fear as I know for a fact that some one on these forums could possibly making a plastic pressed foil to go over this with the Heckler and Koch trades.



Now one of the new finds is serial number plate found on the lower receiver next to the retractable stock, this is a beautiful touch! Unfortunately these are not individual for each gun as I inspected the 3 I have and they all carry the same markings, possible the second batch might have a different serial number but we will have to wait and see!



The magazine is a low-cap and will hold 50 rounds of ammo. In my opinion it’s made to a lower standard than the rest of the weapon, I know it's only a magazine but they do add to the feel of the weapon.



The magazine is released by pulling down on a latch located on the bottom of the trigger guard exactly like that of a Walther P99

[WANCHO]

***ok, the review of this gun at Arnie's is really long. So, ill cut to the chase and get to what we are more interested in, the FPS. after all, we pinoys dont care about how it looks as long as it delivers a good "love tap".. here its fps report still, from the same guy at the same website.



Cont....




The only accessories or extras available on the day of release were batteries and low-cap magazines.



Now For the Tests!

First of all the FPS tests. These where done in an indoor range using SIIS BB's.
The weapons where held in braces to prevent movement.



The Joules were worked out using the program available through Arnies Airsoft

As you can see the initial Tokyo-Marui trials were obviously done with 0.12g BBs to exaggerate the power of the MP7 but when compared to the 18c it is clearly obvious something is very different to the internal workings of both guns.

The second test was the Rate Of Fire test. This was conducted by timing from the 1st shot to the 1st dead mans click, due to the need of special equipment this is a rough basis to gage the rate of fire.



Again the MP7 clears an average of 11 BB's a second over the Glock's 9, Over all I would have to say that the internals of the MP7 are probably of either a totally different nature or utilise them better than the 18c. But only the striping of the two will yield the truth.

Let’s take a look now at the groupings and range.

The target was set up 15 meters away using 0.20g SIIS BB’s while the MP7 was set up again in the braces to prevent movement. This is to make sure the gun does not move during the test, thus affecting the groupings between shots.



As you can see from the semi-auto groupings they are very close together, the first two landing almost in the same location while the third is slightly off by 5mm. Not bad at all at 15meters.

The second test was done in fully auto mode depressing the trigger for around 1 second.





Again you can see even in fully auto the deviation is only around 23mm at 15 meters. To say this is a stock weapon I’m impressed with the groupings. Needless to say as you increase the range of the target the groupings will drift further apart.

The effect range of this weapon is within the 20 meter area possibly to around 30 meter for indoor games or our door games with good weather. Using 0.23g BBs really makes no difference to the ranging within the 20 meters though.

[SnakeDoctor]

I fired one personaly stock right out of the box owned by Tiny of team Charlie Cats.

Also got shot by it too! and its OUCH!

Its a great cqb gun a futuristic replacement of the MAC10 sub machinegun.

Pro:
-light weight plastic construction but very sturdy construction
-realistic markings
-good in stock mode for ROF and FPS

Con:
-limited upgrades or accessories (mags, etc)
-expensive 10k to 12k (you can get an M4 w/ that much money)
-limited battery space

[WANCHO]

hey... you got to hold one? what are the possible upgrades for this guns? can this hit atleast 350? i hear hearsays, totally baseless..

im not getting one... pero ano ang options dito?

[SnakeDoctor]

as far as i know... NONE for making it stronger

Maybe putting some spacers in the piston and porting the piston head...

But there are spare mags available now both standards and hicaps.