I had been looking for an Airsoft rifle for about 3 months. When you live outside of the US or Japan it is kind a hard to find a rifle. My local store had a G3A4 in its window for about a month before I bought it. It was a good looking rifle, mainly in the MP5SD5 range, when I found out that the MP5 only had the 560 motor it turned me off. Then I read that the G3 had a new 700 motor, but I still want a solid stock, then I went to the Store and tried the G3A4 out it had a great feel, it was heavy, good looking, and had the 700 motor. The only thing now was the money, because in Belgium every thing is about 40% more then in the States. It cost about 21000 BF which is about $575, this included a battery and a charger. I now this might be expensive but you get used to it in Belgium (It's because of the high taxes here - 20% or more). I bought it, and I brought it home. There are only two things that bugged me about the gun. First battery is in the front hand guard, it is a pain to get in there, because of the narrowness of the guard, and the other thing that bugged me was the mag; loading the mag gets annoying because the first 30 you have to keep the loader out of the lock and the last 30 you put it in, that�s why I am getting a Hi-cap Mag. The range is greater than I hoped for, it can go over 45 meters with no trouble, and the best thing is if you use the .25 gram BB the wind doesn�t move them. Without the High-cap mag, on full auto you�ll run out of BBs fast, and you�ll change your mag every 2 minutes. Over all, if you need an Assault Rifle, but you don�t need the stock get the G3A4, it�s got a long barrel for accuracy, and a great fire rate. With the retracting stock it�s great when your friend needs back up. I love my G3A4 and I am thinking of getting a smaller SMG for just around the house, like an MP5 but that won�t be for a long time.