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Caesidious · December 4, 2021, 02:48 AM

Let me start with answering the first question. The gas rod does move. Think closer to an AK. Now move the spring to the front.

To answer the next question, again it isn't straight forward, yes and no. It is the same but different due to the bobbed bolt carrier. I do not know if the gas can be adjusted, I have no manual for it so... Lastly feel. It feels heavier than a standard 16.5 inch AR. Front heavy. Sure it only weighs 6.5 lbs but it feels more like an M16A2 with a 20 in. barrel as far as front end weight. It has more of a slap when it shoots. I feel the recoil is less than a buffer tube. There is less muzzle climb. If I were to choose I would pick the ZM over a Plain Jane hands down. I would choose it over some of the lighter, race style guns with the skeletonized handgrips. CONS. Parts, it will be hard to get some parts for this, BCG would need to be machined. a lot of stock drop in parts don't work. Lasers, and other forward top mount items are tricky due to the gas block system. Now, I would likely trade for a SIG 516 or a MR556A1...
I will work on getting some pictures of her private parts when I get a chance to show the BCG and gas rod.

December 4, 2021, 02:48 AM	#5
Caesidious Junior Member Join Date: November 27, 2021 Posts: 3	Let me start with answering the first question. The gas rod does move. Think closer to an AK. Now move the spring to the front. To answer the next question, again it isn't straight forward, yes and no. It is the same but different due to the bobbed bolt carrier. I do not know if the gas can be adjusted, I have no manual for it so... Lastly feel. It feels heavier than a standard 16.5 inch AR. Front heavy. Sure it only weighs 6.5 lbs but it feels more like an M16A2 with a 20 in. barrel as far as front end weight. It has more of a slap when it shoots. I feel the recoil is less than a buffer tube. There is less muzzle climb. If I were to choose I would pick the ZM over a Plain Jane hands down. I would choose it over some of the lighter, race style guns with the skeletonized handgrips. CONS. Parts, it will be hard to get some parts for this, BCG would need to be machined. a lot of stock drop in parts don't work. Lasers, and other forward top mount items are tricky due to the gas block system. Now, I would likely trade for a SIG 516 or a MR556A1... I will work on getting some pictures of her private parts when I get a chance to show the BCG and gas rod.