AGM 055 Mk16 Metal Airsoft Rifle Gun TAN

AGM 055B Mk16 Metal Airsoft Rifle Gun TN
Specifications:
- Velocity: 350 FPS (0.2 g BB) / Range 150-170 Feet
- Barrel Length: 11 inches / 28 cm
- Magazine Capacity: 200 Rounds
Features:
- Side Folding Retractable Stock!
- Adjustable Hop Up and Sights
- Battery and Charger Included (Small)
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- Made in China

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This is an exact copy of the Classic Army SCAR. It is the newest addition to the AGM line of Metal Gear Box AEGs. It includes side folding and retractable stock, adjustable cheek rest, folding front & rear sights, integrated RIS, and much more. Comes with battery and charger for a perfect single ready-to-shoot AEG package.

This airsoft gun is not to be misrepresented as a real firearm or gun that is manufactured by FN Herstal and is merely an airsoft gun that fires 6mm pellets. The manufacturer of this airsoft gun is AGM.

Included:
Included with the Mk16 AEG are one 300 round hi-cap magazine, 8.4v mini type battery, trickle charger, cleaning/unjamming rod, front sight adjustment tool, magazine winder, manual, a VERY unusable sling (seriously, don't even try it), and a new addition from Airsplat, a sheet showing basic AEG functions, which will be useful to new players.

Gun Specifications:
Weight: 7.5lbs
Length: 29"-30.5"
Width: 2“-3.5"
Height: 10" (grip to unfolded sight)
LOP: 12.5"-14"
Sight Radius: 16.75"

Externals:
The externals on the AGM Mk16 are a combination of metal and ABS plastic, and everything that should be made of metal on the real gun is appropriately replicated on the AGM.

Starting at the rear, the stock is made of plastic and is the 2nd generation design. It extends to three separate positions, and the cheek rest is adjustable to two different positions. The stock also folds to the right side for CQB use, or for easy and compact storage. The stock serves as the home for the battery, which is kind of a pain to install.


Stock


Stock Extended


Cheek rest adjusted


Stock folded, take care not to pinch the wires when folding and unfolding the stock

The simplest way to install the battery is to fold the stock and unscrew the bottom hex screw from the stock portion. This will allow you to completely remove the stock portion from the assembly. You can now install your battery, connect the wires, and be good to go! Reinstall the stock and screw in the hex screw that you removed.


Shot into the battery storage area

Moving forwards, you will first find the one point sling mount, which is located just in front of the stock. The Mk16 features a one piece metal upper receiver which goes all the way to the faux gas assembly, and a plastic lower receiver which houses all of the fire controls for the gun.


Sling mount

The upper receiver, as mentioned previously, is metal, and features an integrated full length optic rail. It also houses the mock bolt assembly, which has a charging handle that can be unscrewed and put on either side, and can be pulled back quite far and released forward to give a satisfying metallic thwack. Pulling back the charging handle exposes the cylindrical hop-up adjuster as well as the upper portion of the gearbox.


Upper receiver


Other side


Mock bolt pulled back, exposing the hop-up


Charging handle can be mounted on either side

The lower receiver is similar to the M4 design, but has a few changes, namely the ambidextrous selector switch and magazine release. The selector switch on mine is slightly sloppy in its function, occasionally needing to be clicked a little bit further from the desired setting to properly function in that setting. The trigger pull typical of an AEG, not too light, not too heavy. The magazine release is nice because of the ambidextrous design. Just push the button on either side to release the magazine. The mock bolt release serves no function, other than to move around unnecessarily and generally irritate me. I would love the G&G functional bolt catch, but hey, this is a CA clone.


Lower receiver


Other side

The grip is of the standard M4 style, complete with a ventilated, flat head screw adjustable motor base.


Grip

The front of the upper receiver functions as the handguard, so it can get its own section. Basically, the lower portion is a big metal chunk which houses a 20mm RIS, about 7" long. There are two 20mm rails on the sides, each about 4" long. Lastly, above the side rails at the very front, there are two sling mounts, one for each side.


Handguard

The front assembly houses the folding front sight, faux gas system, and the 14mm- threaded muzzle. The included flashhider is a solid orange plastic affair, just begging to be replaced with something that has a little more flair.


Front assembly


Threaded muzzle

The sights are made of metal and are a folding design. The rear is adjustable for windage and elevation using hand adjustable knobs. The rear sight has a relatively small hole which makes rapid target acquisition a bit tricky. The front sight folds as well, but requires you to push a button located on the left side before moving it from either position. It is adjustable for elevation using the included tool. Lastly, there is a very long 16.2" long 20mm rail for mounting whatever optics you can think of, which has laser engraved numbers for consistent accessory mounting.



Rear sight



Front sight


Top rail

Overall, I was quite surprised by the external quality of this gun. The upper receiver is nicely manufactured with no seam lines or anything else. The lower receiver has a slight seam line that isn't really detrimental to the overall look of the gun.

Magazines:
Being that this is the “Light" model, it uses standard M4 style magazines. Included is a 300 round metal wind up hi-cap, which serves its purpose nicely.



Magazine

I've tried it with TM, JG, UTG, SRC, ICS, and MAG magazines and haven't found any that didn't work. The mags all fit in with very little wobble and solidly come out when you push the release button.

Performance:
Baseline performance after a 1000 round break in period is as follows:

FPS (Tested using TSD .20g BBs shot through a Madbull V1 Blue Chrono):
Low: 405.4 FPS
High: 416.8
Average over 10 shots: 411.5

ROF (Recorded using Audacity/stock battery after 100 round break in): 14 RPS

Range and accuracy were acceptable. It's not a sniper rifle by any stretch of the imagination, but the high velocity and effective hop-up combine to put the BBs downrange in a relatively consistent fashion. Using TSD .25g BBs, I am able to hit a man sized target at 145' 90% of the time, with the hop-up almost maxed out. As with most ACM guns, a replacement bucking will work wonders for consistency and accuracy.

Internals:
The AGM Mk16 features a V2 gearbox with a gear operated ambidextrous selector switch. This switch makes it a royal pain to get to the gearbox. In order to get to the gearbox, you must first unscrew the three allen head screws at the rear of the upper receiver; one on each side, and one on the top rail. With them removed, you can pull off the stock assembly. You then need to remove the front receiver pin, which will allow you to slide the upper receiver forwards, off of the lower. This will allow you to get to the hop-up and inner barrel. Getting to the gearbox is pretty similar to an M4/M16, with removal of the rear pin, grip, mid-receiver pin and magazine release being the steps to get to the gearbox. Once you do that, you'll notice that the gearbox won't come out of the lower receiver. This is due to the gear operated selector switch system, and the lower receiver needs to be pried slightly apart in order for the gears to clear before you can pull it out.

Inside the gun is, as mentioned before, a V2 gearbox, with no visible reinforcement. The gearbox itself is equipped with metal 7mm bushings and a metal spring guide. The piston appears to be nylon with a matching nylon ported piston head. The cylinder head appears to be made of a similar material.


Gearbox


7mm metal bushings


Selector plate


Metal spring guide


Nylon piston


Air nozzle


Gearbox Disassembled

Breaking down the Scar isn't a complicated process, 2 screws on the back and one on the top rail hold the stock in place, remove these and the stock comes off (be careful with the battery wires though!) and then you can pop the front body pin and the lower receiver will slide off. This gives you access to the hop unit which is a metal affair which was also covered in grease. That would explain the lack of hop! Anyways, the gearbox removal from the lower receiver is complicated and even needs it's own page in the manual! It involves removing the two pins in the lower receiver and then the pistol grip by taking the base plate off, removing the motor and undoing the screws in the bottom. Now this is where things get interesting. You need to pry the side of the receiver to the side and move the left side fire selector clockwise past full auto and leave it pointing at 6 o'clock. Then flip it over, set the fire selector on the right side to auto and pry the receiver up again whilst pushing the gearbox out. Difficult but gets easier with practice.

With the gearbox out you'll notice the two gears that fit in with the fire selector, much different to a normal V2 gearbox selector mechanism. Once the box was open I was overwhelmed by grease. It took a good half hour to scrub it out in the basin and get everything looking shiny and new again. Interesting things to note are the chromed polished cylinder, sector gear chip and brass (what look like 7mm) bushings. Overall the insides, apart from being caked in a small lake of grease, look to be good enough to take a beating.

After replacing the spring, regreasing and reshimming the box it now looks to be runnning about 360 fps, perfect. Now came what I dreaded after reading about Dboys Scars, getting the gearbox back into the lower receiver. Basically it's a reversal of the disassembly process and it's a giant pain in the butt to get it right. After doing this you must put the body pins back in now otherwise they won't fit in and the fire selector will not work properly. Then put everything else back together and it was good to go. Initially the gearbox was screechy and didn't sound healthy, after use and a reshim it died down to normal sounds.

The motor is a very high torque design, and is quite difficult to rotate by hand. Given that it pulls the M120+ strength spring with ease, it should handle most springs you throw at it.


Unmarked high torque motor

The AGM Mk16 features a metal 1-piece hop-up, which is a direct clone of the CA system. It is attached to a 280mm inner barrel, with decent crowning on the muzzle.


Inner barrel


Hop-up

Overall, the internals are very decent for the price, and offer plenty of room to upgrade if you want to trick your gun out. It appears to be a direct clone of the CA SCAR, so any upgrades for the CA should work for this.

Modifications:
SCARs don't have TOO much in the way of aftermarket support unfortunately, but the fact that there are a ton of rails mean that you can mount more or less any accessory you feel like mounting. I've mounted lights, lasers, foregrips, bipods, 40mm launchers, scopes, and pretty much everything else I could find. You can build it into a long barrel version with a simple barrel extension, or add whatever 14mm- extension you desire.

Pros:
Great price
Appropriate metal content
Impressive built quality
Lots of rails
Metal folding sights
Ambidextrous function

Cons:
Finicky selector operation
Battery installation is a pain
Can pinch the battery wires when folding the stock
Cheek weld is a touch high
Rear sight hole is a little small

Overall:
I'm quite pleased with the AGM Mk16 overall. It has a great build quality, good performance, and a solid feel. It is a very direct clone of the CA SCAR, and for about half the price. Overall, I like it, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a Mk16!

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