Featured Airsoft rifle for training

I love to shoot the real guns, but now ammo is the new gold.
I have tried to find a decent P90 AEG that won't kill my budget, like Echo 1 that I had years ago, but then I gave up and just got M4 instead: https://www.amazon.com/Soft-CQBR-RIS-Automatic-Electric-Airsoft/dp/B01LX6OTUB
and 10,000 bio- bbs https://www.amazon.com/BULLDOG-Airs...bs+6mm&qid=1610658900&s=sporting-goods&sr=1-1
for my backyard therapy/drills.
The gun itself is $129.79; sold and shipped by Amazon, so free shipping and free returns.
Ergonomically it is almost identical to the real AR/M4.
Hi-cap magazine that comes with the gun sucks as it jams a lot. So, eventually I am gonna get a mid-cap one. Other than this, I love my new "trainer".

 

Yep. Did you have one? How did you like it?

 

Thank you, very informative!
Speaking of P90 AEGs: any budget version that works out of the box? Like I mentioned above, I really enjoied my glitch-free Echo 1 P90 years ago, wish I didn't gett rid of it. It's mostly for backyard plinking, because I can't play milsim anymore due to my back injury.

 

Gas guns are not reliable enough for running backyard drills unless you want to get into GBB teching.
I run mine for backyard drills, but I have a few hundred hours into teching GBB’s at this point and a parts bin big enough for every problem I could face.
Would not recommend for a first-time airsofter.

An AEG like a SPECNA Edge is available in several configurations and at least one is close enough to a real-steel firearm to be a useful training aid.

FMA, Element and Night Evolution all make good replica lights and PEQ’s.
ShooterCBGear.com and WCGshop.com have a good selection of decent enough replica optics.
The most expensive piece of replica would probably be a PEQ-15 around the $75 and will have a low-grade IR laser on it. Far enough into the IR spectrum that you won’t see the dot on your target with a naked eye, but you will see the diode light up a bit.

While amid-grade AEG will not simulate every function of a real gun, it is one step up from a blue gun and will at least show you if you are MOA or Minute-of-manhole on CQB drills.

Stay away from KWA AEG’s. They have always been overpriced with iffy quality.

Edit:
Corrected NightForce to Night Evolution.

 

Cannot relate to this personally, it definitely applies to their gas M4s though. TK.45c, Ronin M4, G36C have been reliable on our field and most can be gotten secondhand for very reasonable prices.

Seconded, Night Evolution also does reproduction gear and I've been surprised with how close they are out of the box to the real stuff. Cannot comment on longevity though, I don't use them to skirmish.

A few brands I see sell Mk18 style AEGs, VFC and Tokyo Marui will be the best out of the box. GHK and TM do gas versions but those may be hard to find at the moment.