Thread: JW15 piece of shit

Originally Posted by Joe_90

So with the earlier black tip models. I've just acquired one, should I feel bad about planning to cut it down to 15"?.

No, its still a budget Chinese copy of a Brno.

Second hand ones probably better anyway because someone else has worn some of the rough edges off.

A mate bought a new JW15 maybe 5 or so years ago, accuracy was ok-ish but felt rough as guts. Last round from the mag would misfeed every time, safety was so stiff you thought it was going to snap off or break your thumb... a few hours amateur tinkering improved things a lot - bent and filed the mag lips slightly to change the angle and make it feed, sanded off off some sharp edges of the bolt so it slid along without feeling like it was gouging lines out of the action, whatever else looked nasty and easy to improve. Awful build quality for a brand new gun to need that much work to make it tolerable, but the design is fine.

After a few years of use everything smoothed out a bit more, its not too bad now.