I'm new to this board but saw this thread and thought that i would shed some light on it! I recently contacted Hakkotsu about this rifle.
My question:
"I have a question about the APM M40 A3's production. I was wondering what involvement APS has with this model?
Thank you for your time."
and this was their response:
"Since APS has its own production plant in China. The material, management, production lines are provided by APS. The APM40 design is coming from APS. And the engineering is coming from Hakkotsu company
Derek Leung
Sales & Marketing Representative
Pioneer Rich Technology Development
[email protected]
Tel: (0852) 2409 4466
Fax: (0852) 2409 9632
www.hakkotsu.com
"If you are perfect on the first try, you have nowhere to go but down" "
After reading this, I still felt indifferent about this gun still. It's a great looking gun, even though it isn't to spec for any RS model but cool none the less. Also, Hakkotsu doesn't have a reputation for engineering guns and APS doesn't have a reputation for making good guns... but I guess that AEG's and manual spring guns aren't very comparable. So i'm still split. haha although, there is always the ARES M40A5 coming out soon!
What do you guys think?