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Repro TQ finally arrived today, now just to get the GP-25. LCT AKS74 from a seller on here, given it a light weathering and messed up the wood a little too much but it'll do until I can find some real handguards! Slim grip fitted too, which is an absolute game changer - Just wish they wasn't so expensive!

51k 😎

51k 😎

Picked up a VFC MCX for a good price today. As it's VFC it will need a bit of work but happy that I now have one of these.

I started a project a while back to make a copy of the Black King rifle seen in Netflix's Shooter and it led me down an autistic rabbit hole of early 2000s precision shooting that I have to post somewhere. It's an ugly rifle but in that unique way that is way too memorable to leave alone. I started with my TAC-41P as a base. For no other reason than it's what I have to hand. It's not accurate to what's seen on screen but it's a solid base. I planned on printing most of the parts out of carbon fibre reinforced ABS with a few off the shelf screws and metal parts holding it together So let's start off with what it is I'm trying to replicate. The rifle seen in screen is a D&L Sports MR30PG. Which is an issue since as far as I can tell they're custom build rifles built to order. Which has led to me finding at least 4 distinct rifles each with different details. These were M700 long action recievers clamped into a solid aluminium chassis. This gave an immensely heavy rifle perfect for long range shooting with minimal felt recoil. It also gave a solid interface between the receiver and the stock, something that was hard to achieve with the more common wooden and synthetic stocks of the time. This was in the late 90s-early 2000s, when the only precision rifle using a modern chassis system was the Accuracy International L96 so most rifles in the US used for competition were basic polymer stocks. These would have to be reinforced and bedded with glass fibre and metal inserts to avoid shifting zero under recoil. The MR30 gets around this by replacing the stock with a big lump of metal. Not an elegant solution but very effective. It eliminated the internal magazine so it was a single shot. This is often done by long range competition shooters to avoid bending the cartridge as it is pushed out of the magazine (It's a whole other argument if this even makes a difference but we're talking about people so anal that that will load their own ammo and only use bullets and brass from particular batches as certain dies have slightly better results than others). The distinctive carry handle simply made it easier to lug this overweight beast between your truck and the range. Having such an adjustable stock was something of a novelty at the time, allowing for cheek height, length of pull and even shoulder pad height adjustments as well as the rear monopod. The barrel seems to have a lot of variation between rifles but the one used on screen is a fluted 20" bull barrel with a unique spiral muzzle break drilled into the barrel. All of this worked. In the only video I could find of one actually being shot, a random YouTube video from 13 years ago it barely moved when shot and made easy hits at 1000 yards. So I know what I'm making, now I needed reference pictures. That's where things got tricky. Screen grabs from the show were basically useless, too low quality and at unhelpful angles. After finding out the name I was able to find some more examples, mostly old listings of ones being sold second hand. Of those only one had all around shots and up close detailed looks at different parts. https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/benchrest-and-target-rifles/d-l-sports-mr30-professional-grade-precision-rifle.cfm?gun_id=100897224 I also found a rendering done by a 3d artist in blender. That had a lot of useful angles but was made by an artist, not an engineer, so while the general shape was usable, the details couldn't be used than anything more than a reference. But what it did have was a side shot I could use as a template in Fusion360. https://thuanha823.artstation.com/projects/Aq6YrN So that's where I started. I modeled up the receiver, bolt, barrel and the most difficult part to draw accurately, the magwell. Then I lined up the template picture, using the length of the original stock and the barrel length to scale it. The TAC-41 receiver is loosely based on the Mcmillan Tac 338 which has a .388 length ejection port instead of the .308 length one of the original so already some inaccuracy there but it could be worse. I also left the original mag sticking out of the bottom instead of the completely flat bottom. Maybe if I come back to this at a later date and design one for a VSR it'll look closer but I'm happy with how this has come out. The stock has been thickened up a bit compared to the original too as the plastic I would be printing this in wouldn't be as strong as the original aluminium.

Solved the long G3 top rail issue as I was finding it not only difficult to find a B&T one, they are also expensive Grabbed two long G3 rails from amazon they are about £12.99 each Cut one in half and used the acog to help clamp two together, as well as using each one to clamp to the upper 👍

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It's not that cold, is it?

Solved the long G3 top rail issue as I was finding it not only difficult to find a B&T one, they are also expensive Grabbed two long G3 rails from amazon they are about £12.99 each Cut one in half and used the acog to help clamp two together, as well as using each one to clamp to the upper 👍

In true AK style , much hammering , bashing took place , but also progress .

G and G m4, in various guises, about to change again, simple because I was watching Sicario over the Christmas break….🤦🏻‍♂️

That is ridiculously cool 😎

Finally I can put this on here. (I didn't make it or take the pic and it's not airsoft, just to be crystal)

With the folding stock. 👌🏻

I'd love to use an m14 as a DMR and they're fantastically easy to convert to semi only (literally just disconnect the selector bar, it's a < 5 mins job), but the regular AEG gearbox air volume isn't enough for a 500mm inner barrel and the gearbox itself is fiendishly hard to work on, so if you wanted to use it at sites with different DMR limits it's going to be annoying. I think I'd only use an m14 as a DMR if it was either HPA (like my OD TM version, but I hate the line and tank so it doesn't get much use) or a WE GBBR version, but I don't want to spend £1500 on the setup as I've heard that you basically need to swap everything out internally to get them shooting well and reliably, and then there's the GBBR magazine tax on top of that 😢

Weirdly enough, the "traditional" rifle stock shape of the M14 seems to suit me better (at least in the dmr role anyway), whereas if I'm clearing buildings etc, then rifles with vertical pistol grips are a better fit. I think it's just what you get comfortable with, maybe a certain amount of muscle memory, all my younger marksmanship training & live firing was on traditional stocked rifles, mainly 7.62 & .303, guess it's like riding a bike, you never really forget.

Have you tested it with any other shells? Mine had an issue out of the box with the shell getting stuck and would not eject, I have found being a bit more forceful with the shell door release button it ejects just fine.

All three of my local-ish site do this: Gunman, Imperium and UCAP. If you want to go gas DMR, I’d recommend a SCAR H, either WE or VFC. Mine was lovely, shot very well, just wasn’t really my style of play.

If you want performance you stay away from vanilla gas guns. It's either hpa or custom built aeg.

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/custom-equipment/airsoft-package_i72404 Best case scenario: The seller is lazy and hasn't bothered to name the airsoft guns properly and establish why they're worth £860 with the case and mags. Worst case scenario: It's a scam where the scammer is winging the description just from what they see in the pictures

Damnit..

A lot of sites mainly ask that you do not strap a big scope and a drum mag onto a diddy M4 thats shotting at 420fps and call it a DMR

I got some fluffy socks from Santa which I could pair with some tactical crocs, sure they'll reach my knees so I could tuck my G3A4 into them as a secondary.

Jesus wept, man! Crocs, of any type, are absolutely not the future. Moose PJs and fluffy boots, however.. Can't store a Glock 18 in your Crocs, can you? 😏

There are two things i can't stand; people who are intolerant of other people's footwear choices. And people that wear Crocs. (Especially if you wear them with socks and/or leave the house wearing them.)

I'd go further than that and say that 99% of guns don't need them and that any benefits are massively over exaggerated

Yes, I do 50% hpa, and 50% aeg- I enjoy both. The Chinese regulator and line I got was a solution to different HPA guns shooting at wildly different power levels despite the same regulator setting. As I like to cycle through different guns each game, it was becoming a pain to re-chrono before each game, so having two sets of everything solved that

If you head to the British Forces image thread. I made a massive post about it. It's a long, but hopefully good read. And can see every little detail that went into it. And it's this detail going into this gpmg project above.

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Not 100% finished yet as I'm waiting for a couple of parts but thought I'd share the progress so far of my KS-1. how it started.

The fairly vanilla AR collection - 1. newly added secondhand TM MWS M4A1 for a Lone Survivor inspired set up (and my first foray into gas), not going full nerd as I don’t have the time or funds, needs a paint job and, if I can find a cheap one, an M203; 2. VFC HK416A5 in a configuration I’m extremely familiar with, other than the TacBelts sling and a lack of magnifier; 3. Specna DD Mk18 AEG for a more modern SOF style look. 1 and 3 for woodland games in God’s plaid/tan or MultiCam, 2 for indoor/CQB wearing black. At some point, there might be a CQBR if I can find and afford a second MWS upper.

Well gentlemen, what a painless process that was. A week after making contact with BF via email and requesting to speak directly with the officer associated with my case, my GHK Glock 17 Gen 5 has arrived. Can’t thank all of you enough for your sound advise, it’s been very much appreciated and will endeavor to help anyone in the future as you have all helped me👌🏻

I went into the garage and remembered how much i like to modify everything i own. First thing it needed was a QD sling point on the stock. Then added a Wadsn aluminium NGAL with pressure switch. Modified the switch clamps to fit the Delta rails with original screw locations. Wiring run inside the handguard. and a bipod because i wanted to. Also with its original mounting removed and drilled to fit the Delta rail. Now ready for Sunday's fancy dress game at RIFT.

Very nice here’s my pair , Umarex G3A3 with original furniture Umarex PSG-1 , LOGA tripod & as close as I could get to a correct ish scope 😛

Scar h , G3 , FAL , SR25 , MK12 are all good options . Avoid the M14 as it isn't as comfortable with weight as other designs although I still love my M14 it rarely gets a look in . My most consistent , accurate and long range rifle is easily my GBB fal and that's not even running at dmr power