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Comprehensive Ares AW .338 spring version (MSR-006/7/8) review.

I've bought some upgraded VSR sears anyway, so once they've arrived I'll let you know if they fit. I've still not opened up the trigger mech though, so I hope it's not too complicated.

 
If its anything like a vsr's ed, it'll be a doddle. Nothing even to spring out and lose or anything as all parts are held in under the springs retention.

 
As I can't measure both to check I can't be one hundred % sure. BUT it does look identical so I would assume its the same.

 
So as an update, I received the parts today.

Springs, pistons, spring guides - all fit.

VSR sears do not fit, and cylinder heads don't fit either, as the Ares cylinder has different threading. However, if someone else finds that VSR cylinders fit, then obviously the cylinder heads will too.

I also tried to sort out the feeding issue by sticking some washers around all the screws to adjust the height of the feed tube in relation to the mag, in an attempt to make the holes line up better - I failed. It wasn't down to lack of trying either. I went bloody mental for over an hour trying about 500 different combinations, different numbers of washers on different screws.

No joy.

I also encountered an issue I'd previously forgotten to mention, which is that when the bolt is to the rear, BBs can fall out of the back of the hop unit into the area the bolt fills when it's forwards. Meaning when you push the bolt back forward BBs get caught between the hop unit and the cylinder head, getting crushed to buggery in the process, as well as preventing you from pushing the bolt full forward without forcing it, which then ruins your air seal, prevents proper loading of the next shot (if it's even working properly anyway) and most annoyingly, can't be fixed without dismantling the gun and taking the barrel off.

Which wouldn't be so bad if you had faith it wasn't going to then happen again immediately upon trying to use the gun again.

All I can say is that this is the single worst gun I've ever owned and it has become an exceedingly expensive (£550 with the scope, mags and upgrade parts) useless, wall hanger.

I've emailed JDAirsoft, where I bought it from, and if they'll take it, I'm going to return it for a refund.

If they won't, I will murder everyone on this continent.

 
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Phew....I'm across the pond and then across some more land mass.

 
Hello Ed, and followers of this topic... I am a fellow from Turkey.

I recently bought a ASG .338 AW this monday, which is a rebrand of your Ares .338 spring,
anyway, ill come to the point,

( its equiped with a 3-9x40 scope ) ( also bloody thanks on the info about tightening bolt/cocking indicator screws , i thought it got busted, you made me relieved a lot with that info and your disassembly info's )

i will play & chrono it this sunday , tho, with turkey currency it got to me about 1000 liras ( 370 pounds ) and i want it to last long, have good performance and durability...
as much as i can say, i finished about 400 rounds , ( 200 .20bb, and 200 .28bb ) without any chambering problems ( after 50 rounds, remaining 20 in feeding tube doesnt chamber , same as yours, so i am just shooting 50 and reload after )and after reading your review, i got quite sad, I am a big fan of this L96-155 platform and, I want this to be my fav-main loadout ... Our airsoft regulations for spring sniper rifles is about 550 fps, min shooting distance for 25 meters and max for 100-120 meters ( im not good with imperial systems )

what would you advice me to do ?

what i can think of is a new spring and a spring guide with new piston , a tight-bore barrel for accuracy and thats about it right ?
would a stronger (1.6-1.8 joule ) spring blow my trigger away ?
and since i am new to sniping, what does this Sear group does ? whats its importance, and would stock spring and sear get damaged as i play with it ? How much compatibility does this merchandise have with VSR group parts ? and how good it is straight out of box ?

Thanks for your time and advices , in advance.

cheers,
Styrmir

PS : This is my toy



PPS: Forgot to add : 25m practice shoots after zeroing is about 5 shots to the 5cm diameter, didnt tried farther, but 10m grouping 5shots to 2cm as well.

 
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And I've been to Guildford and London, but that doesnt change the fact that i frigging love england and its army, and army issue weapons especially L96 platform :P :)
Also, im glad if you liked your trip, I like northern parts of turkey as well, rather than south parts, have you been to whole north deadsea shoreline ?

Back to the topic btw :D

 
I've only ever been abroad to Portugal and Australia, unless you count Dubai and Singapore whilst the plane was refuelling...?

ANYWAY!

I've managed to more or less fix mine, been playing around with it for about... 7 hours I think. Mags still aren't seating properly, but it's not filling the cylinder area with BBs and crushing them anymore, and it's actually firing as well.

What I'd advise is NEVER slap the mags in, that's how I damaged my feeding tube (that holds the 25 bbs) and started all my annoying problems.

The VSR parts that fit are the hop bucking and arm, pistons, springs and spring guides.

The cylinder, cylinder head and trigger parts are proprietary as far as I know. We'll just have to wait for some trigger upgrades to come out, though PDI have made a cylinder set for it, but it's for 350fps set ups (so it's basically worthless).

The barrel is an L96 cut though, so you can at least get a better barrel and hop for it. It's actually very consistent in terms of the fps right out of the box, so it might be alright with a new barrel and hop. Mine was appallingly bad out of the box though, got maybe 10 hits over 2 games with it, all from around 20m away and only 2 people took the hit. Then it broke.

Now I've got an upgraded piston, spring and spring guide fitted it's actually doing alright, shooting with relative accuracy out to about 60 or so metres.

Your measurements sound about right by the way, 25m - 120m sounds fair game with 550fps at your disposal.

Also, sears are part of the trigger mech, they're basically the parts that lock the piston in the rear position and stop you being able to fully pull the bolt assembly out. Correct me if I'm wrong guys. I'm new to sniping too.

As for worrying about the trigger, mine's still alright, there are signs of wear, but I don't think it's going to give out too soon. Maybe hold off ramping it up to 550 immediately though, I've got mine around 450 at the minute.

I think that's everything you asked covered, let me know if I missed anything, or you need anything clarifying.

 
Thanks for the swift response mate,

well now that i know i have to spend a lot more to get this baby a decent accuracy and range it seems...
as I said, I'll chrono it this sunday, and ill post it here too clarify ASG's out of box specs; but still if its 400-415ish something that wont be satisfying, if i get a 450ish-475ish spring with a guide and a hop unit , barrel , it means that the sear and trigger will hold for a quite a bit right ? or am I too optimistic ? :D

and also, if there is no possible mods or upgrades to the sear or trigger box, I wonder, did you opened up the trigger box ? is there anything that can be done to reinforce it ?

 
I can't say with certainty how long the trigger will last, but it ought to hold up.

The trigger mech looks the same as the HFC VSR 11 one, so you could always buy one of those and hope that the parts fit, so you can just keep swapping them out if they break.

 
Many thanks mate, will post after i get chrono / accuracy details , and after I start modding by your guide .

till then, take care,
cheers :)

 
I haven't yet, but I've been thinking about it, not looked into it though.

I want a copy of the proper L115A3 suppressors, which are fooooookin' mahoosive.

 
If your flash hider is the same as mine, then unscrew the screw that's at the bottom of it, and then see if the front part of it unscrews from the rest of it. Mine does and underneath that is a 14mm clockwise thread for silencers.

 
Hello guys, I Chrono'd it this sunday ;

400 FPS with .20 bbs, and 340-370 with .28bb's which i use...

I got some good kills, its decent , tho when played in forest ambush scenarios, it jammed on me couple times, also the bolt crushing bb's, bb's hitting flash hider and getting stuck in it, obstructing barrel problems occured... I opened it up according to your guide and cleaned , maintenanced it with some silicone oil...

seems you are right and it is a problem toy, nevertheless, ill keep using it as a perfect toy, a perfect L115,

will keep u guys updated if anything occurs...
and will ask for help also when modding,

Till then, take care mates, and cheers

 
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