Re-thought my money-spending plan - time to change my L96, a lot.

Next load of parts arrived earlier:

PDI Type96 Fluted Outer Barrel

PDI 6.05x495mm Inner Barrel

PDI Type96 Hop Chamber

PDI AI Flash Hider

PDI Type96 Barrel Spacer (2 Pack)

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And how the gun looks now:

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Yes, the Xbox controller and TV remote are important parts of it.

Having a lot of trouble getting the outer barrel to screw into the bolt housing. The threads on the old and new barrels are exactly the same (there's slightly less thread on the PDI barrel).

It simply refuses to screw in, at first, it would do have a turn then lock completely.

After a lot of brute force and ignorance (and ripping my hands to shreds on the fluted barrel), it now does 10 full turns and locks up. Screws in just over half the way it needs to.

Can't really install the hop chamber until I get a good bucking.

Rest of the parts should be ordered tonight, to be here for the weekend.

Should be almost complete on Sunday.

 
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Just keep at it with screwing the barrel in, I had exactly the same issue with a barrel extension I got last week for my L119 build. The threads were right but it just wouldn't move.

Lube the living shit out of it, tighten it as far as it will go and then give it a heave further, then unscrew and repeat.

You just have to keep turning it a tiny bit more at a time. Ended up taking me about half an hour, but it's on there now. It's a pain to get off though. Kinda destroyed my plans for switching to and fro between long barrelled and CQB set ups lol.

 
I've been doing that for hours Ed, hands are so sore and stingy now it's unbelievable.

It's really easy to screw until the last half turn, then it gets so hard and locks. Then it's really hard to unscrew and gets easy after about half a turn.

Planning for completion by the weekend now though. Ordering the trigger and cylinder from Fire Support, to collect Saturday at Urban Assault.

So will finish it off lunch time on Saturday and test/set hop etc. then.

EDIT:

Put the PDI barrel and flash hider on now:

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Close up of the flash hider (for Ed's sake):

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To put the barrel on properly, I had to cut 2-3mm off the end (threaded end) where the thread stops.

I think it's supposed to be like this, because then it will fit all clone L96 rifles as well due to different thread lengths in the bolt housing. Good idea if you ask me :) .

Still to do:

- Buy hop bucking, trigger and cylinder parts.

- Install all Laylax/PDI internal parts.

- Paint the stock OD.

- Set the rifle up to hit 100m+ targets.

Total spend so far:

Base rifle: £180

Scope: £40

Outer barrel: £120

Inner barrel: £90

Hop chamber: £45

Flash hider: £40

Barrel spacers: £15

Total: £530

 
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Now I have everything, apart from one little bit for the hop. Should hopefully come tomorrow or Monday.

The piston head is deformed and doesn't fit in the cylinder, so currently the only part of this lot in the rifle is the trigger.

Getting a replacement at Urban Assault tomorrow.

Laylax Type96 Zero Trigger

Laylax Type96 Teflon Cylinder

Laylax Type96 Cylinder Head

Laylax Type96 Spring Guide

Laylax Type96/APS-2 3-Element Piston

Laylax Type96/APS-2 170sp Spring

Laylax Type96/APS-2 Accuracy Cup Piston Head

And not in the picture; Prometheus Hard Bucking

New parts:

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Close up of the zero trigger, simply because it look amazing:

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All looks great :)

I cant tell from the pictures in the previous post, does the barrel taper towards the end?

 
I'm so jealous of you right now. I'd love to have a sniper with the potential of taking out targets at 100m+ I didn't think that was even possible for an airsoft gun, in fact I'd have thought it was on the brink of impossibility with a 12ft/lbs air rifle.

I'm going to have to see this for real at some point.

Certainly set on getting the Ares one as soon as I can afford it.

 
What do you mean taper? And inner barrel or outer barrel?

If you mean slope outwards a bit at the end, then yeah the inner barrel does.

 
The real fluted barrels gradually get more narrow towards the muzzle end, I assume he's asking if your's does the same.

 
Yeah sorry should've been clearer. What Ed said

 
I don't think so, if it does then it's hard to tell and unnoticeable.

 
Got it kinda sorted today. Sorted enough to have a few shots and chrono, not sorted enough to be happy.

Put all the parts in at Urban Assault today, Prometheus hard rubber included. Few shots through the chrono: 570-590 FPS. Shooting high, which I'm not too fussed about as I can solve that easily, the inconsistency is annoying though.

Didn't have time to do anything else to it though.

Took it home, took it apart, lubricated the cylinder and piston, cleaned the barrel out. Did a few test shots, which is where I encountered a few problems..

The hop rubber (Prommy hard) was too hard. The lip that stops it sliding completely on the barrel stopped the BBs, like it should do, for the cylinder head to push them into the chamber when I push the bolt forwards. As it's a hard rubber, the BBs literally jammed here. The rubber was so hard, that I had to slam the bolt forward (not a good idea, but I couldn't get it apart or anything as it was partially cocked). When I took it apart, it had damaged the BB badly, and ripped the hop rubber slightly.

I thought I had the rubber on wrong, took it off, re-assembled the rifle - same thing. Thought I'd risk taking a shot after forcing the BB into the chamber - it was jammed so badly and the air seal so good that it stopped the piston from reaching the back of the cylinder head.

Put a MadBull blue hop rubber in it (soft rubber), and no jamming issues whatsoever. Haven't chance to test FPS or accuracy/range as it got dark.

Any ideas on the hard rubber? As I'll be needing it soon for the best air seal possible. Otherwise may have to try a PDI W-Hold Bucking.

Another thing, when I shoot (a BB, not dry firing) the rifle 'rattles'. It only happens when I shoot, I thought it was lack of barrel spacers (was only testing at first and the spacers were hard to put in the outer barrel), but now I've added spacers, it's still the same.

This happens with any weight BB (from .2 to .4). I think it used to happen when I used .2s at 500 FPS. Could it simply be the high FPS causing it (.4s still travelling at 415 FPS, whereas they travel at 355 FPS when 500 FPS with .2s).

I'll upload a video tomorrow to show what I mean about the sound.

Any ideas guys?

 
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I must say the rifle is looking very sexy!

As soon as i have some money saved up ill be getting mine very similar ;)

When it comes to screwing the barrel into the bolt housing, the best method is two people, two tea towels and just hold on while the other person turns :)

 
I think we may need to modify the barrel slightly Arden.. I think it's where we had to cut it that's causing the cylinder to scrape, may need filing a little more?

 
Ah yes .... good point, well whip it out Tomorrow and have a look if there is a burr, i did file it a little but it could need more, i would of thought there would be more tollerance than that though?

Have you had any luck with the rattle, is it a possibly that it could be the hop rattling because its not very tight in the outer barrel

 
It's mixing brands though, PDI and Laylax, which is probably the cause of it.

Might be, I'll put one layer of tape or something around it tomorrow. It could be anything though.

 
Yeah will have to be careful though as putting tape around could affect the o-ring on that hop design, and also cause the levers not to move properly

 
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