I've managed to get from Tom Andrews at Elite Action Games an SRC mp40.
It's a solid gun weighing more than my AGM and with non of the stock wobble. It has electric blowback which looks quite effective although I'm unsure how long it will last. There is no fire select, it's fully auto, but it does come with 2 high cap (280 round) mags, so not switching mags every contact will be a change and make it more usable on the open days. I did find on a quick test that the mag winder is a bit fiddly but will just take some getting used to. Unfortnately my AGM mp40 is away being upgraded at the moment so I cant check magazine compatability, but we had a quck look with Pimm's gun on Sunday and they didnt appear to fit straight away. Having said that I'm sure the guys on this forum wont take long to fettle them in!
The gun has the Bakalite finish which looks quite realistic although I dont have anything to compare it to. The steel body comes with a standard matt black finish, so I can see the "Weathering" guys having to work their magic, but being steel, it might come up with a better finish than pot metal. It does have a couple of nice discreet markings on the body.
According to the box, which has "Schmeisser" Maschine Pistol 40 emblazoned in Germanic writing across the front of it, it comes with 8mm bearings, a Mosfet circuit and a one piece metal hop up chamber.
All in all a very nice looking gun and one certainly going to be on my want list. Unfortunately the one thing I dont have is the price, this model is for demonstration only at the moment, but I believe they may well be sub £200.
I've taken a couple of pics with my phone and will upload them asap.
Considering their liking for real materials, I'd not be surprised if it's real bakelite...
Personally I would be surprised if there was that much more steel in it than an AGM, maybe the barrel and sights. As for the grip and the lower receiver I doubt it.
Action hobbies get things wrong all the bits here appart from the receiver tube will be pot metal.
There is just too much work to make it in steel, I was going to try it a few years back and can see how hard it is.
That lip you see running round the trigger aperture and the sling hole would be thin plate steel folded over on a real MP40, it isn't economic to make it that way these days and it won't be cast steel.
Also if you look close at this immage I think you can see the casting line running round the inside of the trigger aperture. The bakelite may be brown plastic all the way through if you are lucky and not just painted.
So if you intend to take the blow back off as they give jip I would just stick with an AGM and some good mods.
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You do know their new MP5s are pressed steel, don't you?
If they do it or them (AND unique serial numbers), why not for the MP40?
This one says stamped steel, too:
http://ontargetairsoft.com/store/index. ... cts_id=307
It looks like pot metal to me in the photo as you can see the casting line, the odds are it is a slip up made in the advertising and the retailers have continued with it without testing it.
An individual serial number can also be stamped in pot metal.
I could be wrong but I don't think so 
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Casting isn't the only process that leaves a "seam". Those lines could easily be where the 2 stamping dies meet. Stamped spanners have that mark before they're cleaned up.
http://www.starrainbow.com.tw/product.p ... =47&id=621
SRC's web site says "STEEL STAMPING RECEIVER".
That doesn't mean it was made exactly the same way as the real-steel.
Also, the parts you indicate might not actually be classed as the receiver. On the OFFICIAL nomenclature of the Thompson, what most call the "lower receiver" is called the "frame" on the drawings. Likewise, what most call the "upper receiver" is just "receiver" on the drawings. So you could honestly say a Cyma Thompson has a full-metal receiver, despite the lower being plastic...
In the case of the MP40, that would be equivalent to the "tube" and mag well assembly.
I still suspect it will be painted pot metal, I bought the ICS AK a few years back when that was advertised as metal and it turned out to be plastic with thin metal plate over the receiver. I know of other guns also advertised as metal or steel and have ended up not being what they were advertised as.
I will believe it when I see a magnet stick to it 
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ZB could do that test !!! Since he's got the MP-40
Yes I don't mind being wrong in this case, as it would be nice to see a low cost Steel MP40 like this.
The stock on this also looks like cast pot metal near the hinge.
It seems a shame and strange that they would go to all the trouble to make it in steel then make it look like an AGM by painting it.
See the difference in the colour of the metal parts here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch#v=3zX_V56BBKc
Also here it is 2 tone, the barrel stock and lower frame look like pot metal and the other parts look like steel much like the AGM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch#v=Fq3O8_Pt ... re=related
If you look here you can see a MP40 stock should be made out of round pipe and the ends fitted into it like AGM have done but the SRC looks like it is cast out of one piece, with a hollow in the back so not full tube.
http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/image ... lab_20.jpg
See full de-ac here NICE GUN
http://www.deactivated-guns.co.uk/deact ... d_330.html
On youtube someone is saying that the mags are both way compatible so that could be good news.
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Blimey when I posted up about the gun I didn't expect it to turn into a major discussion about what is steel and what isn't!
But the sticking magnet test was simple enough to do so here's the results, Magnet sticks to the buttstock but not the tube, upper body (bit above the bakalite) but not the end where the stock tube attaches. It sticks to the magwell and the portion of body above that. My apologies for not knowing the correct terminology about the guns parts. It doesnt stick to the barrel or the end that unscrews but it does stick to the front sight cover.
Hope this helps 
It's a nice looking gun whatever it is made of.
I'm not a fan of blow back, who will ever notice but you? That said, if you can disable it and the AGM/King Arms mags fit, I might go for one.
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The blowback is just there for Airsofters.... it looks quite cool! Of course it does sound quite different what with the dust cover and cocking handle going back and forth. Probably also not authentic / correct cycle or whatever, but great to show to yer mates 
Thanks ZB thats what I expected, if it was all steel even from China I think it would be more like £400.
It shows you the advertising it quite often wrong on these things.
Hope the gun works well for you mate
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No worries and it isnt mine, I just got hold of it to have a look at and thought I should post it up on here. It is on my want list but funds are low and I've run out of modern guns to flog! Would I part with my KA SLR for it? No 
No worries and it isnt mine, I just got hold of it to have a look at and thought I should post it up on here. It is on my want list but funds are low and I've run out of modern guns to flog! Would I part with my KA SLR for it? No
Thats what I thought you don't own one yet, this is why I thought I should point out that it probably wasn't full steel like some of the retailers are saying.
It annoys me when they say full steel and it isn't 
I still think the AGM is best value at least the metal is all one colour and it is cheap enough for you to spend some money on improvements and mods.
I think I am right in saying the FET is to reduce burn out on contacts etc as it does not have semi-auto anyway.
I used to use FET's for motor controllers in my Robot Wars days so have played about with them a bit.
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No worries and it isnt mine, I just got hold of it to have a look at and thought I should post it up on here. It is on my want list but funds are low and I've run out of modern guns to flog! Would I part with my KA SLR for it? No
Thats what I thought you don't own one yet, this is why I thought I should point out that it probably wasn't full steel like some of the retailers are saying.
It annoys me when they say full steel and it isn't
I still think the AGM is best value at least the metal is all one colour and it is cheap enough for you to spend some money on improvements and mods.
I think I am right in saying the FET is to reduce burn out on contacts etc as it does not have semi-auto anyway.
I used to use FET's for motor controllers in my Robot Wars days so have played about with them a bit.
Slightly off MP40's, but JImbo's KA SLR - mmmmm - me want one. i just wish someone did a Sterling.
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I got to hold (not shoot) an SRC MP40 at Airsoft World today.
1st impressions...........WOW it's solid! There is absolutely no wobble or give in the folding stock at all, whether extended or folded. It's overly stiff, if anything. Completely solid and a major improvement over the AGM.
The rest of the gun feels heavier and more solid than the AGM and unlike my AGM, I didn't find that the two halves of the gun wobbled where they meet behind the magwell.
From memory (I wasn't expecting to see one today, otherwise I'd have taken my AGM along to compare) the metal finish is better than the AGM. Other SRC guns I also got to hold felt much better quality than Chinese brands.
There is no fire selector or electic safety, as has already been mentioned.
The mags are hi-caps (godsend for me), however this is where I found the only two flaws :
1) The winder on the base of the mags is absolutely FLUSH with the mag, which means that it does not protrude enough for you to wind it easily. It's actually a complete pain in the arse to wind and will annoy most folk. It only fires 50 rounds (out of 280) before it needs completely rewound (so I overheard).
2) Unlike the AGM, the mags wobble like hell in the magwell. It's the worst mag wobble I've ever encountered, but may be solveable with some home-made jiggery-pokery using electrical tape.
I have no idea how it shoots unfortunatey, as it was part of the demo batch that AW are distributing around various places just now to get feedback for SRC, before putting them on general sale. Action Hobby's gets supplied by AW, so not sure what's happening there though.
Do I want one? Hell Yes! BUT it depends if AW manage to convince SRC to sort the mag winders out to make winding them easier and if the SRC shoots better than my AGM, which shouldn't be too hard.
Here's hoping the first few issues get solved. I can live with mag wobble as it's probably easy to sort.
Yup the winder is way too shallow and it did need winding a lot. I only test fired it on a floodlit range at night so there are blackspots but it certainly seemed to clear out past 40-50 yards. Couldnt find hop adjust, will play about with it more on Sunday when I hand it back to Tom.
Has anyone found a small diameter mag that you don't need to wind a lot, will test my TM Thompson mag later maybe and MP5. Because the wheel is small I don't suppose you will get many bb's in the mech properly like a AK mag etc. I know my Cyma (Thompson) mech in my PPSH has the same problem.
Story is the mags are compatible with AGM anyway so good if they sort them out, maybe the SRC mags will fit an AGM better 
I suppose SRC will also sort out the look of the gun before they go on sale as 2 shades grey and black look a bit off.
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hi there ,the agm 40 blues up nice as iv done that ,the only things that dont blue are the barrel and the stock trail arms cos cos theyre aluminium,but the steelwork and the potmetal blues lovley,i should imagine they are the same construction and potmetal will feature heavily in the overall make up of the src,i removed the selector switch on my agm and the crappy safty switch on the bottom of the pistol grip cos it was driving me nuts,the only thing i didnt like about the src is the fact the stock trail arms are hollowed out!but i wouldnt bother getting one as im happy with my agm,the ppsh is wot id be buying next!!!!!just my two pence worth!
I tend to agree with you mate not worth the extra £150 over the AGM to have no more steel than an AGM.
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