If you're really on a very tight budget, you might want to consider the Double Bell airsoft guns available at Airsoft GI as they're really for the budget conscious player... "Double Bell hit the market hard by releasing a plethora of airsoft guns all at once! Providing quality for a very affordable price! Starting around the $70 price range for an airsoft gun with a legit gearbox is INSANE! Cisco takes a deeper look!"
For budget conscious airsofters, the Double Kar98k airsoft rifle can be option if they're collecting period rifles. Just like the other Kar98k offerings, it is shell-ejecting, gas-operated with a 6.02mm inner barrel. The wood furniture is actually faux wood so you might want to find some third party providers who make real wood kits for it. In this video Mach Sakai does a quick review, checking its externals and operation as well its performance in steel challenge.
Dual Sector Airsoft does a quick review of the Double Bell RK AIMS AEG. A compact AEG, it has a metal top cover and a full metal handguard. It comes with polymer high capacity magazine that can take it 500 BB rounds. The folding stock, trigger, trigger guard, and the sights are made of metal and the pistol grip is made of polymer.
Affordable Double Bell AEGs are in stock at Taiwan Gun. These Double Bell 801, 811, and 812 AEGs are based on familiar gun designs from a famous German arms manufacturer... "Replica made by Double Bell with good performance and used quality materials. Magazine, flash suppressor, magazine catch, safety selector lever, bolt catch, charging handle latch, pins are made of steel, other elements such as outer barrel, handguard, receivers are also made of metal alloy. The stock and pistol grip are made of plastic.
Double Bell also provide a shell-ejecting version of their Kar98k airsoft rifle and Airsoft Mike checks it out if it is something for collectors and reenactors to consider... "Excited to finally receive a shell ejecting, full wood and metal version of the Kar98k. Join me as I unbox and test this Airsoft representation of the Karabiner 98 kurz, sent to me from SWIT AIRSOFT."
