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Skara

Skara

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  • Skara
    Starting to question the effectiveness of maple leaf rubbers...

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    Skara
    Skara
    It was already stuck when I got it, it's what you get for buying GunFire's stuff on discount I guess, but since it doesn't hinder performance, I'm fine with it :)

    Skara
    Skara
    OH, I see what you mean, noticed the grub screw holding the clip.

    Not an issue I reckon, I have to remove the gearbox anyway to work on the hop/barrel and I think I have plenty of space to work with.

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    Fair enough, its gonna be annoying to get together like that but once it's in you should be grand.

    Protip- your gonna wanna grease the adjuster wheel if you ever want to actually set the hop.....

    Skara
    12:1 installed in the ak.

    Shimming was literally the same, bar a different arrangement on the bevel...

    Also, E&L gears and SHS/Rocket gears are awfully similar ;)

    Now, Perun, hurry the fuck up and release your new V3 mosfet.

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    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    sounds like 11.1 is pushing her fast enough that the tappet hasn't the time to close and seal properly before the piston is firing.

    might need a meatier tappet spring.

    Skara
    Skara
    Was thinking of shaving the fin instead, but I might do it at a later date.

    Eeeh, we'll see how she does tomorrow :)

    S
    Sitting Duck
    Yeah likely tappet timing, full fin & a delayer

    especially if a long delayer like this...

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    not as enormous as some sectors like JG one...

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    now that is fucking silly, it is a one piece delayer

    that has a pin cast into delayer that goes through

    both halves of sector gear, so if you remove it

    you need to drift in an old axle from another sector

    to give you a pin to mount a more sensible clip...

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    You can just slip on a sleeve from old gears/sector

    to add a whisper more retraction than delay as such

    like what is only option on a DSG...

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    For the game, run it mostly on 7.4v perhaps

    or 11.1v if running support for example

    Wait until you need to open her up again

    then either:

    remove/change delayer

    or

    trim tappet

    or

    lop a couple of loops off tappet spring

    if you short stroke it at some point

    then you you should trim off about 5mm from fin

    not insane stuff like DSG

    but an inbetween full & DSG fin so to speak

    TBH running it full stroke at 29~30rps at 325fps

    is kinda sailing a bit close to wind for my liking

    so really stick to 7.4v...

    What motor is in there ???

    Think that is a ZCI 22tpa/20~22k rpm as 30k would be like 25rps

    Something like a 25k would have just put you into the 20's

    but tbh you are pretty damn close to what you wanted

    but low current/amp draw, snappy response etc...

    short stroking might not be an option on a 400~450 barrel AK

    So overall you are at what you sought to be

    plus when the v3 Perun arrives you'll have pre-cocking

    so all's well that ends well as they say

    I'd be tempted to look for a slightly quicker motor

    not much quicker, but if you come across a cheap 19tpa

    then that could fit the bill

    but 30rps on full stroke 325fps is getting a little close

    and tbh as it stands atm on 7.4v, touching 20rps

    that's a good rof on a full AK, with snappy response

    Skara
    Tfw you are explaining why heavier objects have more inertia than lighter ones, but the guy is basically a flat earther and doesn't believe in physics :D

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    Skara
    Skara
    There was a study done by some Belgian guys, they tested a wide (60ish) variety of guns with different hops, different power sources, different energy output, they tested about 11 brands of various weight bbs and done a fuckload of maths to come up with 0.33g being the "best" weight that gave the best compromise between range, time to target and consistency.

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    i do agree with the 0.3g range being a good compromise, but i have (being a mad bastard) ran .48's in an assault gun and it is supremely effective once you mentally block out the "ker ching" noise your wallet makes every time you pull the trigger.

    but these days i tend to run .32's as my baseline ammo because money is a thing and keep the .48's for the dragonuv because if i'm only gonna have 80 shots total it's not so expensive :P

    S
    Sitting Duck
    As said there will be variations depending on power/energy...

    CQB 300fps then yeah 0.20 ~ 0.25

    DMR/Sniper on 425/450fps to propel heavier ammo

    but reckon 0.12's are unlikely to be used much

    unless maybe if you are running Germany's sub 250fps limit

    for auto peew peew but reckon they'd fly everywhere

    and may not be felt unless the Germans play naked airsoft

    Kinky...

    towels-for-the-troops


    Skara
    If I turn a barrel from 6.02 to say 6.03/6.04 in the last 3/4 centimetres or so, will I fuck it up?

    My 247mm 6.02 ZCI has some wonky rock hard deposit of unknown stuff just before the crown and it keeps messing with accuracy.

    I don't want to bin it because I like the wider hop window.

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    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    i dunno, he also comes from the country that gave us beretta and franchi, so they can sometimes get it right.

    Skara
    Skara
    Woah that's racist ?

    I'm buying a new barrel anyway (zci 6.02x247, branded "gun five" here in italy, €16 lmao) so I'll use this ruined one for experiments.

    My club tech has a lathe I can use, so I'll give the crazy jet ripoff a go, if it fails, I'll cut and recrown and maybe use it on my PDW, or the AK even since both use 230-ish barrels  :D

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    you know we love ya :P

    Skara
    13:1 all the things?

    Only the AK is left to do now ?

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    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    probably.

    had to laugh when i was looking at them with the elite model "upgrade" over the advanced was just that you get access to the titan world rankings, woop de fucking doo......

    Skara
    Skara
    Well you do get a slider instead of 5 definite steps on the trigger sensitivity tuning and a few other things, but the extra €50 are not justified imo.

    Was comparing my Advanced with my mate's Expert and apart from that (which I solved with a MAXX adjustable trigger because swag and beacuse it's easier to fine tune a screw rather than a slider on a shit smartphone -.-) I haven't found anything worth..

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    The slider is on the advanced? At least i distinctly remember a slider.

    Maybe a beta feature?

    Skara
    PTS grips might look cool but they are a fucking design disaster..

    Holy shit.

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    Skara
    Skara
    Fine.

    I'll redo the wiring on the 933 -.- but if the motor sits at a fucked angle I'm returning both grips and try the beaver tailed ones (They appear to be regular grips, but with fancy textures)

    Skara
    Skara
    Asked for a return on one of the grips.

    Can anyone confirm that the regular EPG (the one with the beaver tail) is exactly the same as a regular grip?

    From what I have seen, the motor plate is 1:1 with an A2, so I expect the wire routing to be the same.

    Speedbird_666
    Speedbird_666
    I think they have the same geometry as the old PTS MOE grips (back when the still had the Magpul License). They had to change the texturing to distance the design from Magpul's when the license was pulled.

    The old grips were a PITA because of the base plate - didn't play nice with many motors (you didn't have enough height adjustment to back the motor out far enough). Hopefully that's been sorted on the newer design.

    Skara
    Is it me or Odin M12s are absolutely impossible to find??

    Lozart
    Lozart
    Zshot that were manufacturing them seem to have gone dark, maybe drop Odin Innovations a message and see if they know what's happening?

    Skara
    New helikon Competition pouches arrived.

    Holy shit batman the retention is fucking unreal ?

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    Skara
    Skara
    Grippy liner, similar to the one in WAS pouches. I expect it to wear out eventually, but the pouches still have two more retention "systems" in form of traditional bungee top and an adjustable shock cord going through the middle section of the pouch.

    All in all, for €18 per pouch, they are really, really well made!!

    I also got two pistol pouches but can't test them because I forgot my pistol mags at home -.- but they're basically the same thing, without the top bungee, scaled down.

    I'll try and get sum pics

    Lozart
    Lozart
    I just looked them up on the Helikon site.

    I take it these are stand alone pouches rather than the inserts?

    Skara
    Skara
    Yep they are standalone pouches

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    Skara
    So, I got a new gearbox shell for my pdw but it's an utter cunt to shim (Also I think I got a bad set of SHS bearings but they'll have to do since I don't have any spares).

    I'm gonna try the bevel to pinion method, spur first worked with every single AEG I've worked on apart from this little piece of shit.

    Fuck me :(

    Skara
    Can't find decent m4 mag pouches :(

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    alxndrhll
    alxndrhll
    Aye, which is made more confusing by the 'Fits one M4/M16 magazine, alternatively one M14 or G36 mag, or any magazine in similar size. ' in the description haha.

    Shaydee
    Shaydee
    I've just been using cheapo condor open top (the ones with the bungee cord retention) on my belt setup. Outdoor in pissing it down rain, brambles, mud, all sorts and have been working fine for me the past few years. That's including me swapping them out with a budget taiwangun pistol mag pouch for my VSR mags pretty much every game. Not really something that would fit the 'look' though I imagine ?

    Skara
    Skara
    Thanks for the suggestions :D

    I have been using those condor cheapo ones for ages and they performed relatively well, but I am slowly replacing all the clone pouches with the real deal (getting rid of those too).

    KYWIs are impossible to find.

    In the meantime, I have found Helikon competition pouches and Templars TACO clones, both reasonably priced. I have abandoned the quest for closed top pouches because it's either TMC or Crye with not much choice in between -.-

    Skara
    I love how there is absolutely zero trace of mp5 high caps and ak74 flash mags in italy -.-

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    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    Seems to be a huge shortage of MP5 midcaps in general from what I see. If I could source a box of straight one's it'd incredibly influence my "next" purchase but just can't find them anywhere.

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    cyma ak mags aren't the nicest externally, but goddamn do the midcaps just feed

    recently swapped the springs out of a bunch of cyma mids into me e&l 7.62 mags so now i have shiny mags that also work :P

    Druid799
    Druid799
    Even though I’m a mid cap man through and through I still enjoy the guilty pleasure of going out on a game or two with just me gatt and a couple of hi-caps , no rig no pistol nothing else just the gun and a mag or two stuck in my pockets every now and again ! ??

    Skara
    "Hey is the XXXX still available?"

    "Hey, yes it is, need further information/pictures?"

    Then they disappear...

    What the fuck, why do you even bother asking in the first place? Fucking window licking inbreds.

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    DestrO
    DestrO
    kasaran that happened with my spare ghk m4 i sold. had it up for a while, few people interested, it sold, then it seems the moment it sold i had 25 people wanting it lol

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    in fairness the whole "completed" thing confused the hell out of me for a while when i joined. most of the places i'm used to topics tend to be edited by their owners to say "sold" etc.

    Skara
    Skara
    Yup, it confuses me as well, and I never look at the classifieds anyway :D

    anyway, 24h have passed, no response :D

    Skara
    First game of 2021 tomorrow..

    Feels like I haven't played in years :(

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    Impulse
    Impulse
    Jealous, but have fun!

    Skara
    Skara
    In theory sports can't be practiced unless they are of national relevance, we (federation) just engineered a workaround :)

    Airsoft per se isn't a sport, Practical Shooting with an airsoft gun is and has national relevance for some shady reason.

    So we had to register our competitions under practical shooting, since it's of national relevance we are allowed to train and travel unless we are in a tier 3 region. As of now Italy is just tier 1 and 2.

    In theory we have a tier 0 zone where most of the stuff is open and only a mask is required but no region has gone tier 0 yet (and it's unlikely to happen since the parameters to get in there are pretty much pre covid)..

    Either way I'll bring the wanker M4s to try out :)  kinda want to snipe but the part of the filed we are playing in sucks for sniping as anything longer than a 10" M4 gets tangled everywhere.

    Skara
    Skara
    Just to make you more jealous, we had a blast today!

    Played in the new area that we cleared before Christmas, gun behaved extremely well apart from a really bad scratch in my zci tightbore (throws off some shots), ended up being soaking wet but with a huge smile on my face ;)

    Next Sunday, sniper time.

    Skara
    Any decent surplus store?

    (Preferably in Europe but UK is fine too)

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    GenuineGerman
    GenuineGerman
    zib-militaria.de

    Seem to have some stock but haven't bought from them in a while so not sure how they are doing with shipping etc

    GAMBLE
    GAMBLE
    Hi @Skara! ?

    I can name a few in the UK, that I have used so far and did some Great deals, depending on what you look for? ??

    Last night was looking abroad at surplus gear, cheap.... but shipping prices, have hit hard for the UK! ??

    Buy abroad be prepared.... ?

    ?GAMBLE?

    Skara
    Skara
    It's about this thread, I need a small 5/10l backpack that holds a 3L bladder and is cheap enough to not feel bad when spraying and gluing/tying all sorts of crap onto

    Skara
    I need my airsoft fix ?

    Cr0-Magnon
    Cr0-Magnon
    Have you tried switching it off and back on again?

    Misery
    Misery
    haha im contemplating getting my nitro rc car running and getting the wife to drive that bout ther garden so i have a moving target llf

    Shamal
    Shamal
    MONSTER!!

    Skara
    Tfw you crack a gearbox open to short stroke and you notice that your tech shimmed it too fucking tight.

    Nonetheless it pulls 30+ rps ?

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    S
    Sitting Duck
    SHS gears are chunkier than KitKat Chunky

    or Yorkie bars - there is next little shim room

    (on bushings especially), bearings maybe a smidge more






    nah - fuck it, get over it ya triggered tarts 

    Skara
    Skara
    Yes it's a honey badger, don't have it anymore though, I sold it a few months ago @Shamal

    Skara
    Skara
    @Sitting Duck

    Yeah they are chonky gears and they're running on bushings :)

    Skara
    Dremel just got delivered, now SHORT STROKE ALL THE THINGS :D

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    If all you have is a hammer, every problem is a nail ;)

    Skara
    Skara
    Hehe :D

    I'll start with the PDW by removing one tooth from the sector, and go from there :)

    Plan is to shave off 1-2 teeth off all the sectors to avoid any possible PME with 30+ rps guns :D

    Skara
    Yay, my Airtech ETU Speed Trigger Converter has been delivered!!

    Too bad it took 2 fucking months (ordered in October) and I sold my ARP-9 lol

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    Skara
    Skara
    Mhm, lost faith in G&Gs, after taking apart my specnas I realized there is much more value in those.

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    Message the person who bought your ARP9 and offer it to them. Cheeky but it might shift it for you.

    Skara
    Skara
    Nop, when I sold the gun he told me he was going to fit a Titan in.

    No biggie though

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