Problems W/ Echo-1

Hello all. I'm new to this forums and i own an echo-1 M4-A1.
For all of you people that might not know which AEG to buy, echo-1's are one of the best in their "price range" However, they do have some issues:
1: Hard to take gearbox out, which = hard to upgrade.

2: A part on the dust cover is plastic, and it does break easily. (mine broke)

3: The motor is hard to put back in when u take it out.

That's all i have to say 4 now, and theres more but i have to leave. If u disagree, just post.

Gearbox hard to come out? Hmm thats news to me. Are you fairly experienced with gearboxes on Armalites?

Well, the only reason why it is hard to take out is that w/ the echo-1 m4, its attached to the stock and you must first take out the bottom of the hop-up unit. Today, we took apart my m4, and had trouble putting it back together since i am not as familiar w/ m4's internals as ak-47s, since i just got this one in the mail. now there's something wrong with it. the fuse blew, so we got a new one and pt it back together. Somethings wrong with the selector switch. Sometimes when u just switch it to semi it fires in automatic until switched to safe. Also, the rate of fire is a lot slower.. what should i do?

Well "hard" is just an opinion. I don't know what they can be compared to, as they are exactly the same as Maruis. At least I'm pretty sure. The only way I can see it being hard is if you're inexperienced.

Nate wrote:

Well, the only reason why it is hard to take out is that w/ the echo-1 m4, its attached to the stock and you must first take out the bottom of the hop-up unit. Today, we took apart my m4, and had trouble putting it back together since i am not as familiar w/ m4's internals as ak-47s, since i just got this one in the mail. now there's something wrong with it. the fuse blew, so we got a new one and pt it back together. Somethings wrong with the selector switch. Sometimes when u just switch it to semi it fires in automatic until switched to safe. Also, the rate of fire is a lot slower.. what should i do?

Well why did u open it in the first place with out reading some guides or something?

err i like doing things the hard way and figuring it out and nvm i was just a lil unexperienced with m4's more experienced with AK47's