New gun and gear - let me know what you think

I will be buying my first ECHO 1 gun, an M4A1. I own 2 TM's already, but I want to see what E1's are like, and to see if they live up to their name. Let me know what you think. Click the item to view it. Also note this is just the bare stuff I'm getting. I plan on upgrading it, and adding more.

ECHO 1 M4A4
Madbull Quick Silver Barrel Extenstion, Black
Leapers TACTEDGE 7" Red/Green Dot Scope
OE TECH Crossdraw Vest
x2 AE M16 High Cap Mag
3 Point Sling

Echo 1 is just rebranded JG, incidentally. I'm actually trying to sell a JG M4 with upgrade outer barrel and handguards. Let me know if you want to get it (send a PM, preferably, since I don't check this forum regularly).

Echo 1 guns are pretty solid, although I think there are better ACM's out these days.

That is now completely false. The V3 Echo1s have metal bushings, while the V3 JGs DO NOT.

Airsoftguy wrote:

That is now completely false. The V3 Echo1s have metal bushings, while the V3 JGs DO NOT.

Oh yea? That's interesting, because a good portion of the JG v.3's do, in fact, have metal bushings and metal spring guides. Take the G36C, for instance; the internals are identical to the Echo 1. I've seen some JG M4's with metal bushings, and some without, but the internals aren't nearly as good as many of the other ACM's, in any case, be they Echo 1 or JG. I can't say I approve of Echo 1's business practices, but at least they picked a decent ACM manufacturer to rebrand. There may be minor internal differences for some of the guns, and they usually have the fixes a month or more before JG releases the equivalent new generation.

Not true. JG discontinued their V3 G36: http://www.airsoftgi.com/product_info.php?cPath=139_24_166&products_id=2593