Customer Reviews

UTG AccuShot Competition Shadow Ops Sniper Rifle

5 star:		(70)
4 star:		(15)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Construction: Built just like the real 7.62mm sniper rifle the ABS stock of the MK96 is made of two halves bolted together over an aluminum frame. Weighing in at 8.5 lbs and measuring close to 4 feet long this sniper rifle is not for the weak. Most of the weight is contributed to the high metal content of this rifle.

Metal parts include: barrel, receiver, bolt, bolt handle, safety switch, trigger, magazine release, magazine, front sling mount, rear sling mount, bi-pod quick release unit, bi-pod adapter and bi-pod.

Its real steel counterpart was made for extreme cold weather use so you will see on this airsoft version that it has an oversized bolt handle and trigger guard for use with heavy gloves. A trigger safety as well as a thumb safety is featured on the MK96. The center section of the trigger must be depressed in order for the main trigger to be pulled. This rifle was designed to be scoped so it is not equipped with iron sights. It features a 7.5 inch weaver rail along the top of the receiver for mounting a scope or red dot sight. A nice feature is that the magazine has a spring loaded assist to help eject the magazine upon moving the magazine release lever. It also has a bi-pod quick release adapter. This railed adapter is pushed into the opening at the front of the stock and locks into place. With this adapter you can mount the included folding bi-pod or an optional rail mounting laser or flashlight. The cheek rest is adjustable in height and the stock can be adjusted in length by removing spacers under the rubber [...] pad.

The Hop Up is adjusted with an allen wrench which is inserted into the magazine well just forward of the magazine release.

Performance: This is not your average sniper rifle. With a muzzle velocity of 450+ fps the MK96 means business! With an adjustable Hop Up system that allows you to use several different weights of high polished BBs and a precision brass inner barrel the MK96 is capable of taking out a man sized target a 200 feet! Surprisingly the cocking effort is the same 25 lb pull as the M324 although the action is so smooth it feels even easier to [...] the MK96.

Goodies: Included with the UTG MK96 are two 23 rd magazines, tri rail quick release bi-pod adapter, UTG weaver rail bi-pod, UTG speed loader and a sling.

Shown with but not included: 5th Gen 3-9X40mm Scope and Full Size Weaver Scope Mount.

These Specs Are TRUE. There Are Alot Of People Who Dont Like The Fact That UTG Made An Amazing Sniper And You Will See Them Bash On It. Take It From Someone Who Owns It, It Is Amazing. USE only with .28 BBs. They Work The Best! You Can Actually Headshot People From About 200 Feet. And That Is Great For A 160 Dollor Gun. Buy This It Is Great. Also For Those Who Are On A Tighter Budget: i Reccommend The UTG M324 Sniper.Its Not Quite As Powerful Or Long Ranged. But Its Silent As The Grave At Only 100 Dollars, And Its Range Is Still Great. 170-185 feet. Hope This Helps You.

-The Russian Sniper

Perfect gun, about 450 fps with 0.20g bbs. I used 0.12g bbs and the fps was over 600! This gun is what modern society today would call a BEAST!

It comes with a high quality bipod, and 2 magazines made of metal. About 80%of the gun is pure medal including the cocking mechanism (bolt-action).

It is a pro level sniper for the mid-entery price.

Only thing is that you have to buy a scope seperately.

I give it 5 out of 5 STARS!

This is a very good gun. Its doeesn't come fully assembled, but it is quick to assemble it, since theres only 2 main pieces. (The Barrel which is made of metal except the rubber red tip. And the stock which is made of a hard plastic, except the butt of the stock which is made of rubber and is ajustable.) Unfortunetly this gun doesn't come with a scope. So I would reccomend looking into this scope if you don't have one (UTG Mil-Dot Airsoft Master Sniper Rifle Scope) Its definetly dead on acurate at 30 meters, otherwise you will have ajust it at longer distances). The bipod that comes with is pretty neat, but the attachment piece that connects to the gun is pretty loose and jiggy, Not sure if all models are like this, But this attachment piece can have 2 more things screwed onto it, Like ... a flashlight, or a laser pointer.... So I guess I can live with it. Now this gun has power and mean powahar! This can pierce a soda can at 1 - 100 meters, (haven't tested at farther ranges) But this thing will leave a hole in the 3/4 inch in diameter in the can, at 45 meters and it will exit. Finnaly the gun even comes with a extra 25 round clip, and with a nice size bag of a .20 bbs.

This is by far one of the most efficant and effective airsoft i have ever used to date. Please ignore my spelling errors throughout the review :D

You would expect a gun that can shoot 450fps to be loud but is was very suprised to how quiet it was. If you ever shot a spit wad then thats KINDA how the gun sounds a bit. Just a bunch of air rushing through the barrel.

Also the gun is too scale and to weight. When recieveing the L96 box the gun is in 2 pieces and is fairly easy to snap onto the stock. What i found that was very neat that you could shoot the gun without the stock because the barrel and the trigger mechanisim were all together with the barrel.

The bad news is that it doesn't come with a scope and i HIGHLY RECCOMMEND you get one. The reason being is that sense this is a sniper rifle it doesn't come with an iron sight and you can abrely hit a soda can from about 10 feet away. But any form of a sight will significally improve your accurracy.

The gun is bolt action but that actually gives it a nice feature that i like. When cocking the gun make sure the the handle you use to cock the gun is all the way down or it won't fire but with some use it will be like second nature to fire a bb in 2-3 sec.

It comes with a great bipod. When u get the bipod on its wabbely but the reason to that is so you can adjust your aiming with ease. The bipod can go on any gun with a rail. Heck it could even be put on a spring loaded pistol but it'll be awkward.

The magazines are almost pure metal but weigh like the real one. When you put the clip in it doesn't stick out of the gun for maximum comfort when holding the gun so it won't be in the way. When getting it out it like pops out with a little spring clip next to the mag.

stopping power is the best i have used in a long time. Almost regardless of range it will hurt to get shot by this. With point blank range, it will penetrate 4 cans and leave a shield shape dent in the back of the 4th one or might even go through it.

Overall i think this is a must have sniper rifle and even though it set me back a bit i have no regrets. Hope my first review helped you on making your decision.


_----UPDATE

Its been a 1 year and a half and this gun is still doing wonders. Its better to use .20g bbs in this thing because the .12g will not go the way you want it or it will get near your general target. Took a lot of a adjusting with the hop up and UTG Leaper Scope but manage to make .12g to it somewhere your're looking through the scope.

So far ever sense I got this rifle, my friends have banned me from using it say its " over powered" or " Im not getting shot by that!" Gotta love it when you hear someone say that when your holding an artic warfare rifle. Out of boredom i made my self give the L96 a paint job and give it red tiger stripes. I know a MW series spin off but who doesnt want your gun to look Awesome. (Gonna post a pic on amazon) Now the few that still had the guts to play with me had givin up sense it was way too intimidating. 120% no regret there.

Just recently it snowed here in Dallas, Texas which is a rarity espically the amount this year. This time we did a get together and had an airsoft war with a 3 versus 5. ( me on the 3 ) That seemed like th only way for them to let me use the L96 for yet another Bloody showdown. Never used this gun in the conditioned before but knowing this gun was meant for this type of weather. So bit the bullet and hoped for the best. We all thought that our airsoft guns couldn't penetrate the snow but sure was I wrong yet again. The playing field was a clear field with tons of snow. just made little walls for every 10 feet. Started out with both teams as far apart from one another. Initially we ran to take the middle avoiding to run and shoot. That failed epically so we fell back to the higher parts of the walls. Taking my first shot with the L96, aiming for the bottom side of the body, pulled the trigger with my snow gloves on and missed epically, BB just swerved straight up after it left the barrel. Noticed that what I shot was a .12g so I switched to the .20g and aimed my shot once more. This time they had more there bodies behind so out of curiosity aimed for the weaker parts of the wall and where they were, took the shot and still lokking through the scope, Felt like slow-mo, saw the bb fly almost perfect with the black crosshair as it punctured the snow wall leaving a hige crater followed by a loud scream. Was entirely surprised, with evil smiles on my face just shot bbs left from right though and above the snow hitting the enemy one after the other. After the super unfair fight we checked the battle scars and all but my team and I had bb size pimples on stomachs, sides, legs, and even managed to land one on the finger....

Well that just proves that this gun is and still be a good buy with not too many draw backs.

PROS---
-Overpowered spring
-full metal body and internals
-not going to be easy to break unless you go out of your way
-good size clip ( 26 I think )
-sleek feel
-very good weight (even broke snap after a year)
-and and actual hop-up you can adjust with reasonable results

Neutral----
-DONT EVER SHOOT SOMEONE AT POINT BLANK WITH THIS GUN, ALWAYS DO IT 10FT OR MORE, WILL PENETRATE SKIN IF SHOT SOMEONE IN THE SKIN 2 FT OR LESS
-great if you can have this for lefty's

CONS---
-sometimes the front where the bi-pod goes just comes off but that depends how you use the gun
-needs to come with a scope
-needs riser for low scopes
-needs strong straps for intense usage

OVERALL---

My opinion still hasn't changed and this gun will still be #1 on my airsoft rack...

this gun is insane i just got it today and was able to hit a 1' by 2' target at over 150 feet. It does need .28g bbs. The hop up was strong and made even .25g bbs shoot over the target at a 100 feet. Insane gun!

This gun is great but the biggest hassle to order. I ordered this gun a day after thanksgiving and have been waiting practically a month now. Once you get it though it feels great the gun is in good shape. The gun can shoot really far with the fps of 450. Take it from me if you want this gun it is worth the wait, trust me.

The UTG MK96 Shadow Ops is a steal at this price! I would compare it to high end guns like Tokyo Marui's PSG-1! Its good to go out of the box, except for it doesn't come with a scope. I bought a 4x32 Leapers and mounted it on the top Weaver rail and it shoots like a dream now that I have the hop up and the scope all dialed in!

The unique bi-pod is great. It mimics the actual thing, its supposed to be a bit wobbly to help you aim and make it more comfortable when your are laying down and prone.

A must get for a gun, even the 2 magazines that came with this gun are a steal!

When I first got this gun I was very excited to find that alot of the gun is made of metal and seemed very high quality. Putting the upper half of the gun into the stock is not totally difficult if you use the tools that they give you. I lost them about a month after I got the gun when I took the upper half out to paint the gun and it was a total pain to get back in with a normal allen wrench set. The day that I got the gun it was raining and I used the .28 gram bbs that are recommended. The gun shot straight about 3/5 times, but 2/5 times either the bbs were hitting rain drops or the hop up was breaking in and they weren't even close. But after that it pretty much went downhill; the barrel got REALLY loose, it became more inacurrate and the magazines wouldn't eject. And finally one day the bolt didn't close the whole way and I had just about had with this thing so I shoved it as hard as I could and it went in. I pulled the trigger and it made a soft pfft and nothing happened. So I reloaded and the bolt didn't close again so i rammed it and it made the pfft again. I considered sending the gun back, but they were trying to charge me $90! so I just shoved a cleaning rod down (for a real gun) with the bolt open and a load of broken bbs came out! So I shot and it worked, but the magazine was still a pain to get out, it was wobbly, and relatively inacurate, and on the last shot of every mag the bolt would jam up. I found that if you pull the bolt back and shake the gun and re put the bolt back in then it would be fine. But one day I let my friend try it and he didn't know what to do when the bolt jammed even though I told him.So I shoved the cleaning rod down and about 5 broken bbs rolled out! While taking the upper half out of the stock I noticed a REALLY loose little screw that holds the little mag ejecter in and I found The tiniest screw driver in the world and tightened it up. So I put it all back together and that little screw was causing all of those big problems and it fixed EVERYTHING! I used this gun in battle after I fixed it and nobody could even touch me. This gun is truly an awesome gun at a good price, it is worth it!! My only complaint is that they ship the gun more tightly assembled and make that little screw not unscrew itself. And the cheekpeice is way too high and it is removable, but somehow mine got stuck so that if I got it out it would be broken. BUY THE GUN.

i dont acctually own this gun but i have borrowed it from a friend of mine who loves it. he has had it for about 1 yr. and he still enjoys useing it... and i enjoy it alot too! it is an excellent sniper to use with extremely good accuracy. I shot a can from 30 ft. away and hit it over 10 times in a row! this gun has great quality for a low price. i would recomend this gun to anyone who wants to become an excellent sniper for there team. and i would definately recomend a scope for it.

This is a great gun. but you need to check your spacers along the inner barrel and find a way to secure them it will make it alot more accurate. Also I recommend cleaning the bolt of the excess lube they did go a lil heavy on the lube. Everything is easy and accessible makes it easy to take care of.Great gun shoots far and fast I recommend getting a 40mm scope allows you see more for those distance shots.( With a 32 I really wasnt seeing my round hit the target) I went and got a Barska Tactical Rifle scope for it works great. The Bi Pod is kind of lame though. I suggest leaving it set fully in or fully out. If your magazines are having a hard time staying in or getting out you need to either screw the barrel( the outer one AKA the black one)one full rotation in one way or the other.( for example if they wont stay all the way in screw it in harder one full rotation and visa versa for the opposite) I do warn you though it requires a bit of muscle.
All in all though once you get the entry TLC out of the way its definately worth the money it will give you pro performance for alot less then a pro rifle.
Also the sling sucks I recommend sowing in new connecters and it will be fine.
It shoots far, fast, accurate. Its also comfortable to shoot which is a plus. Its not as loud as you think and will touch someone at 200 hundred feet easy.