So I am interested in finding one of these. When did AKA stop making them? Which one do folks on here generally prefer in terms of performance? Which one is considered more desirable from a collectible standpoint?
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Viking is super fast open bolt poppet.
Excalibur is very quiet, closed bolt, slower.
Both Really well made.
Vikings are a lot like older WDP Angels really, but no roto-breach issues. Aside from solenoids wearing out after 20 years of use, they are pretty trouble free.
I have owned many of each, and currently own one green 2k2 (same as 2k3) viking. It shoots just as well as the day it was made. Fast, efficient, pretty quiet. Big, but not onerously heavy.
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performance wise, the viking was faster, with half as much stuff to break/leak..
the excal is more valuable from a collectors standpoint, both from a lower number produced to the fact that, to this day, it's still one of the cleanest ways to accomplish the idea of a pure closed bolt electro, there's never been another one since that i can recall
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Originally posted by Ecapnation View PostHonestly.... Aside from their efficiency I never could get into them..just so damn large. Same reason I couldn't shoot older shockers. It was like trying to snap shoot with a VCR.
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I keep my eye out for a Blind Excalibur with no fancy milling. Unlike some in the thread I don't want a "modern" electro as to me they lack soul and never felt concerned about "heavier" markers not that AKA markers really were heavy or unwieldy to me.
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Originally posted by Olsson View PostWhat is the approximate value for a functioning Excal, just the standard one with no fancy milling or anno?
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