What's going to go wrong on a VFC M16A1?

[Bwian_eh?]

Hi all.

I'm about to pick up said VFC M16A1, I was just wondering if there are any common failures, so I could do a little pre emptive shopping and stick them in the tool kit.

Like the part 53 in the KWA MP9, the hammer on a TM G18C, absolutely everything on an Ares...

Thanks.

 

[EvilMonkee]

No idea, but my first port of call would be the Heavy Recoil Club Discord server, they have channels for each weapon and manufacturer, any issues are usually within the pins or a short search away.

 

[Socks]

Hi all.

I'm about to pick up said VFC M16A1, I was just wondering if there are any common failures, so I could do a little pre emptive shopping and stick them in the tool kit.

Like the part 53 in the KWA MP9, the hammer on a TM G18C, absolutely everything on an Ares...

Thanks.

Knowing most VFC V3 AR Systems, not much will go wrong unless you directly or indirectly cause it to go wrong and give it a reason to shit itself. I've owned many VFC GBBRs and they are super reliable and enjoyable in my experience. As someone else said, always check the HRC Discord

 

[LMKipper]

They're actually pretty solid, so out of the box there's nothing immediate. For better performance, standard stuff like different barrel/hop rubber etc or a 4UAD hop unit to go the whole hog.

Should come with an NPAS as standard but the VFC one struggles a little with inconsistency down at 1J, as they're near the bottom of their adjustment. The Waldo NPAS is supposed to be better suited for 1J rifles but I've not tried it myself.

 

[Austeyr]

They're actually pretty solid, so out of the box there's nothing immediate. For better performance, standard stuff like different barrel/hop rubber etc or a 4UAD hop unit to go the whole hog.

Should come with an NPAS as standard but the VFC one struggles a little with inconsistency down at 1J, as they're near the bottom of their adjustment. The Waldo NPAS is supposed to be better suited for 1J rifles but I've not tried it myself.

Can confirm Waldo NPAS is very good

Main thing on nearly if not all VFC's is the hop unit tends to suck and the inner barrel 99% of the time is a black aluminium thing. Other than that, as long as it's a V3 it'll be fine

 

[Anonymoose]

Should come with an NPAS as standard but the VFC one struggles a little with inconsistency down at 1J, as they're near the bottom of their adjustment. The Waldo NPAS is supposed to be better suited for 1J rifles but I've not tried it myself.

Can confirm Waldo NPAS is very good

Main thing on nearly if not all VFC's is the hop unit tends to suck and the inner barrel 99% of the time is a black aluminium thing. Other than that, as long as it's a V3 it'll be fine

Apparently compatible with SCAR-Hs too, so i've ordered a couple to try out in mine.

 

[Lyndication]

The Crimson NPAS is very good for UK automatic limits, I've ended up with it in pretty much every gun I own. Explosive Enterprises has a solid write-up explaining why it works, (though he's basically modifying normal NPAS valves to match it):

https://www.patreon.com/posts/adjusting-gbb-137179589

For the VFC M16 it's broadly fine, very little is likely to break. You may want a little more performance later, more kick, or better accuracy, if so here's a grab-bag list of reasonable replacement parts. Wouldn't say any of them are essential, but it's worth looking at:

- Real steel AR carbine buffer,
- AMG Winter Hammer Spring,
- APFG MCX Nozzle, (it's a bit of a fiddly task to replace it,)
- Waldo Crimson NPAS,

If you have hop issues and want it just sorted, then the go-to solution is:

- 4uad Magnus Pro Chamber,
- Unicorn 70-degree Competition Bucking,

The buffer improves cycling and recoil, and the winter hammer spring improves gas efficiency. These guns are made in Taiwan, where winter to them is almost summer to us, lmao. You can run winter springs pretty much year-round here.

The MCX Nozzle is an improved AR style nozzle. It massively increases recoil, and slightly improves gas efficiency. The Crimson NPAS, as mentioned above, just reduces FPS variance a tonne at 1.0 - 1.3J.

 

[Bwian_eh?]

This is all good stuff, thank you.