Adding clack clack and shake shake to your PewPew – TM Next Gen M4 SOCOM review

So first things first, the rifle seen here isn’t how the rifle comes out of the box. It comes out looking like a plain Jane 14.5 inch barrel M4 with the regular round style foregrip, the traditional M4 sliding stock and a detachable carry handle. As the rifle stayed in its out of the box configuration for all of about 5 minutes, I don’t have any pictures of it in that state but I’m pretty sure most people know what a standard M4 looks like. Internally however this rifle is 100% stock and that’s really the part that matters.

What’s the difference between a ‘normal’ AEG and a ‘Next Generation’ AEG

In essence TM (and Bolt/KWA in different ways) have added a chunky weight and spring into the buffer tube of the rifle which, as the rifle fires, also move back and forth in an attempt to create recoil. Those…