Jing Gong Thunder Maul Dragon

Jing Gong Thunder Maul Dragon Review



Gun Specifications:
Weight: 6.45 lbs
Length:
-Stock Extended: 25.5"
-Stock Retracted: 22.4"
Height (Sight to grip): 8.75"
LOP: 10.1"-13.2"
Sight Radius: 11.75"

Specs on Box.

Specification:
# Length: 560/650mm
# Magazine: 190 rds + free 450 rds magazine normal m4
# Power: 375 FPS with .20 bbs
# Firing Mode: Semi, Full Auto
# Hop-Up: Adjustable
# Battery Size: Mini Type 8.4v Battery
# Dragon special tactics and rescue inprint
# Package includes: ( AEG, Battery 8.4v, Charger 220v, Manual, Magazine, Cleaning Rod ) The gun can use Marui , Star or Mag M4/M16 STD/HICAP Magazines
# Weight: 2785.00
# S.T.A.R. USA Custom IKA Zuchi Type-O Middle Range Battle Rifle. Package includes AEG (Gun)
# Maker: S.A.R. USA, JG
# Reinforced New Li-poly ready "Black" Metal Shell gearbox.
# Redesigned carrying handle from original IKA Zuchi to enable a scope mount and optics.
# 6 Position Retractable stock with metal tube & sniper cheek pad.
# Cut off M4 190 round hi-cap magazine included. (300 round standard M4 magazine Optional).
# High Torque Motor
# Upgraded M120 Spring

Bought this AEG for my younger boy a few months back and thought I'd throw up a quick review. I won't bore you with a full teardown because you can read a great review on M4's here.

http://www.airsoftretreat.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=297

Instead I'll give things I noticed with it.

First Impressions - Holy crap is it ever short! Holding this whepon is like holding an uzi or other smg. Really comfy but has a cartoony look with all the rubber furniture on it. Considering how small it is it shoots pretty hard, actually shooting further than my Scar. Most likley due to the fact I really need to do some upgrades and this little gun had a factory installed M120 spring installed. My only pet peeve with it is that they put plastic bushings in the gearbox. Anyway for an AEG with only a 7¾" barrel it has pretty decent range.

One thing that I noticed too was shooting it, the bb's would fly straight for about 60 feet then hook up and to the left. (found the hop up rubber wasn't in right).

So it was fielded for a couple of games now and he didn't have too much troubles with it other than the factory mini highcap mag is kinda useless.

Modding Time!

Thanks to a good friend, now doing upgrades, It now have a ris front end to put on it with a longer barrel, almost twice as long! After an afternoon of getting acquainted with the m4, I can take it apart quite easily in a few minutes. Now my boy has a little more of a serious AEG!

lol Great, Now I'm the only one with a Sci Fi gun

No Dawson has one as well. Glad to see you made good use of that front end, any problems getting it on and lined up?

Nope putting the front end on was the easy part, feeding the wires and getting the hop up just right were a pain in the a$$ though. Broke the cheap plastic adjuster on the hop up, so I'll have to replace that in the future. but holy, does it ever shoot far now, gonna have to get a m120 spring for mine!

not 100% on this but I think the 120's are just over the fps limit for full auto, good for semi though.

i think it depends on the gun, this Jing gong with the factory installed m120 shoots as follows.

Performance:
Stats with 0.20g TSD BB shot through a Madbull Chrono:
363.6 FPS over 15 shots
110.8 MPS
1.21 J
17 RPS recorded using Audacity
1020 RPM

So even though the FPS is slightly high the joule level is low. And we only but .25's now since that is what Brad is stocking.

I don't know the systema 120 is 380 to 400

It all depends on the brand...

hay great review.
did all you have to do is buy the front end and simply attach it or is there some moding involved. I got the version that comes with a jb kurtz silencer instead of the highcap. mine shoots hard and straight with 0.2's no hopup but im going to soon put 0.25's and start using the hopup.

i was wondering if a larger cell battery would fit in the shell...

great gun i would think jg and star beat G&G anyday

The front end attached very easy, it was a Well front end but installing it left no place for the battery, the mock silencer used up all the space. designing a "box" to go on the side of the gun. I haven't had a really intimate look at the G&G stuff yet, there are some corners cut on the Jing Gong that annoy me but I'll get over it, out of the box the G&G has more preinstalled hopups like full bearing gearboxes etc.

Ball bearing bushings suck. Don't be fooled.

I totally agree with beach, not worth the little amount of gained ROF for the damage they can do when they fail.