I picked this up yesterday, and I gotta say, it's one cool airsoft! The rifle did come with a orange plastic ring glued on, but it came of with ease after a stint in some boiling water. Likewise the inner-barrel was painted black, but the paint came off easily to reveal the brass barrel, which I prefer. One odd thing, is that the first wave of these had the front painted orange, and the inner-barrel wasn't painted. I think my only complaint is that it came with a few preexisting scrapes to the bolt, which I would have preferred to have been clean, but oh well. As mentioned above, you'll also want to trim down the magazine, or purchase a spare to do so. It is also quite heavy, which I prefer for a prop replica, though I couldn't imagine trooping with it.
And a comparison shot to one of the unmodified Hasbro blasters: