heh, yeah, it's airsoft. I'd love to have a real one... but there's no way the wife would let me spend my next 3 years worth of income on a real one. 
It fires an impressive... 6mm... round (literally... it's a ball!) and accoring to the factory tag it shoots appx. 333 fps (110.9 mps).
I already used the wire wheel and buffed the orange paint off the muzzle (there was like 3 layers on there!) and steel wooled
it smooth again and then repainted it flat black.
The scope rings I bought turned out to be low profile, and since the rifle mount is already low, they won't work.  So I need
to see if I can return them for a different set. They were only $6, so it's not a real huge loss if I can't return them.
The Ares is a pretty nice piece overall. It's very heavy and doesn't have any kind of sling attachment provision, so I'll likely have to
loop material around in a couple key positions if I want to add a sling. The cheek rest can be removed and flipped if you're a left
handed shooter, not that you have to worry about shell ejecting or anything like that. The only part near as I can tell
that Isn't metal is the locking bracket for the bipod that the legs lock into. On the real ones it was made from a spring steel,
this one is a type of plastic.
Trigger pull is smooth, the bolt action isn't too hard. The BB magazine is an oddball with a mag well in the lower rail and a
spring actuated follower rod that you slide into the lower rail to feed the BBs. It seems to work okay, but there won't be any kind of
quick reloads in a (airsoft) combat situation.
It comes with a removeable metal magazine and 3 prop bullets for bragging purposes. It too is kind of neat.
The Walther trades as near as I can tell are painted on and don't seem to be laser cut or milled into the side plates.
The shoulder pad is adjustable up/down and in/out and has a nice rubberized end.
I think the hex bolts holding the whole thing togeather are metric as I couldn't find a standard size one that would fit the
weaver rail on top. The socket cap bolts on the foregrip seem like a standard type and not metric as I was able to remove
those easily.
Overall impression... it's pretty frakkin' nice! It's not Semi-auto, which the real ones are and this is in MY opinion a detraction.
I'm half tempted (only half mind you...) to try and put an AEG mechbox in there. Sadly, like the Pulse Rifle, the interior
real estate looks roomier from the outside than it really is. The way it's constructed is very similar to the original design
and should be very durable in the long run.
Here's a size comparison between the Ares and the M42 Scope Rifle.
Looks like a Scope Rifle has an 8 hole vent, I think I'll put a 10 hole vent on mine. 
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