bump good sirs bump....
i was looking on airsplat and shortyusa....are those good?
The best is probably Airsoftgi. I ordered on 6-10 3 parts from airsplat and I haven't gotten them yet. To be fair they were back ordered, but didn't tell me until I got a box with only one part and still charged my CC for all 3 parts. I have done business with them before and they weren't terrible just not the best. AirsoftAtlanta is also OK and have gotten all my orders from with no hiccups. Precision Airsoft is where I got my first gun (m15) and they are a great company but don't always have the best prices. If you are feeling brave and patient you can order from overseas and get some very good prices. Im not sure about guns but I have gotten everything I ordered without trouble from wgcshop.com. I have never done business with shortyusa so I have no comment. The best for a n00b would be, as said above, Gearbox. When you break it or it breaks and you have no idea how to fix it they can look at it and fix it up. Ebay is a bad idea, but the classifieds on here are good. To sum it up
Great-
Gearbox in Tempe
AirsoftGI
AA Classifieds (for the most part)
Good-
AirsoftAtlanta
Precision Airsoft
WGCshop
Fair-
Airsplat
Poor-
Ebay