RELOADED G&P STONER M63A1
with an overall length of 930mm (but still with a 440mm inner barrel!), it’s not much longer than most mid-length AR carbines! Due to the design, with a very modern-looking pistol grip, full butt and sizable forestock, the Stoner actually handles superbly well and is as easy to manipulate as any rifle, even with the clever 1200 BB box-mag fitted. The butt, stock and pistol grip are made of a very durable polycarbonate/ glass-fibre mix, although some of the early models were reported to have a weak point of failure at the point where the butt met the receiver group. As someone who has done a full somersault and landed HARD with a G&P Stoner in hand, I can tell you that this initial weak point was most definitely rectified as production went on! The G&P is thankfully also rear-wired into the butt, so there’s a huge battery compartment but G&P recommended no more than a 7.4V LiPo for this AEG and even a small one will keep you effective for hours. The big thing that we all love about the Stoner is that it’s a select-fire model, just like your regular AR, so its fully happy in both full-automatic and semiautomatic modes and it’s equally excellent in both, as I mentioned earlier! This is a support gun that you can sweep the street with one minute and then happily and confidently switch to semi as you step indoors the next; it really is versatile, and it’s as accurate as many DMRs when you have it on semi! The Stoner is driven along by a V2 gearbox with 8mm Bearings, so no problems there. It’s nothing fancy, it just works and keeps on working but of course is very easy to work on and will accept most
off-the-shelf upgrade parts, so you can upgrade the gearbox if you so desire. Why you’d want to though is beyond me to be honest, as the AEG “stock” works pretty much perfectly. The Stoner also comes with an M120 High Speed, Long Type motor and high-speed setup out of the box, which is brilliant for a support gun where you want it to lay lots of BBs down quickly and this has proved to be not only highly efficient, but also massively durable. The 1200 BB box mag is another piece of “airsoft art” that runs from a separate battery inside (there’s a neat little compartment for this!) and automatically feeds BBs as you fire due to some rather wonderful electronic wizardry, and there’s even a little hatch so that you can bomb-up on the move without disconnecting the box first! Overall, it’s a stunning piece of work! The Stoner can be shot comfortably from the shoulder, offers pinpoint accuracy and superb range and what you have is still more than enough ammo for support use, as a trip to a number of “In Country” weekenders proved to me beyond doubt. The Stoner runs beautifully on that 7.4V LiPo, and although some of the original models came it pretty hot, mine was down-powered to 1.07 Joule/340fps on a .20g BB when it came in and has remained there ever since! And this is why we love it! To conclude though, I’ll pass the “Stoner Flame” over to Scott who, as both a player AND an airsoft retailer at the highest level, knows exactly what he’s looking for from an AEG…
“THE ABILITY TO RUN A “MILSIM” SPEC RIFLE WITH A BOX MAG AND SINGLE SHOT FOR INDOOR USE WAS A DREAM COME TRUE. A FEW GUYS IN STRATEGIC POSITION WHO COULD LAY DOWN ACCURATE FIRE WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE AROUND RELOADING EVERY 100 ROUNDS ABSOLUTELY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, UNLIKE MANY SUPPORT WEAPONS.” 76
OCTOBER 2021
