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    Steyr AUG …. But which one ?

    Lonex hop unit, No idea about them. The stock plastic units are fine. Maple leaf hop rubber - I can't comment on that either. We have 350fps and cold weather here in the UK. So soft 50deg rubbers are generally more our thing. I'd run the stock rubber and hop unit till it breaks...
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    West Midlands firing range?

    There's a 150KW charger location a couple of miles away at the Esso on Hinkley road. I think it's like 3.6 miles from the range with an Asda, Tesco, McDonalds, And a huge Home Bargains within walking distance (the Home Bargains used to be a toysrus and it's insane). Charger is located at CV2 2QN...
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    West Midlands firing range?

    Greyhound in north Coventry. You'll need ID for your first shoot. It's an air rifle range, Targets to 50 yards. Ask them on arrival about airsoft stuff. I've taken my stuff in a few times and they have had no issue with it. I think it's £7 to shoot all day, and there's a decent pub next...
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    Airsoft AUG Stock made of fiberglass reinforced nylon?

    Both of my current augs are ABS, I have never seen a nylon variant. Never had a flimsy feeling aug body tho. The AEG variants feel less dense, but they don't generally have a flimsy feeling. ABS is far more impact resistant than nylon, and doesn't scuff and scratch as easily. It's also far...
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    AEG gears and balancing...

    It makes no difference. The only gear that isn't balanced is the sector gear, but the sector gear is arrested and under load from the piston/spring  and spur for 50% for the time. So you will see more load wobble from that than you will from gear imbalance. SS 2 teeth and you can't even...
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    Recommendations for a budget AK?

    Cyma, They do AK's right. Scopes and stuff on the AK I know nothing about. I know there is a side mount that the gun I have linked to doesn't have.  I'm not sure how much fettling you would need to do to make it all fit. https://www.tacticalairsoftshop.co.uk/CYMA-CM-031-AK74...
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    Steyr AUG …. But which one ?

    You can just cut that 3rd position into the safe bar :D
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    Steyr AUG …. But which one ?

    It really is. It's the fact it's a standard metal V3 gearbox, just with plastic bushings. Those bushings aren't actually that bad. I've been spouting on about budget augs and the upgrade path you can take with them for a few years, and even now it's more than relevant. For a £110 base gun...
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    Steyr AUG …. But which one ?

    I've written quite a bit about AUG's. However I'm out of the loop so to speak. You can visually see the difference in 2 of the budget bodies. JG uses a smooth body all over, same as the TM and CA. APS/AA and a few others have raised textured areas on the stock and pistol grip. Of...
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    Glad it's all working out :D Have fun with it :D

    Glad it's all working out :D Have fun with it :D
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    Playing with expensive kit...

    I'm into my G3 over £1K with the scope and everything else that runs with it. The most I've done to really protect it is make a polycarbonate scope protector. There's absolutely no point buying the gun you really want, just to look at it. I mean a smartwatch is knocking on the door of £1K, so...
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    Aug's are defiantly one of the oddities of the airsoft world. Unlike other platforms like the...

    Aug's are defiantly one of the oddities of the airsoft world. Unlike other platforms like the m4 where the gearbox is locked in place and you reference everything to the gearbox, Augs have no reference or fixed points internally. It's more of a relationship. The only real fixed point is...
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    Sort the hop unit before you strip the gearbox. Chances are it'll want a hop rubber as well. I...

    Sort the hop unit before you strip the gearbox. Chances are it'll want a hop rubber as well. I tend to stick with mounded types, and either g&g green, or prommy purples. I've never used a maple leaf in an aug. Air nozzles on the gearbox are an absolute pain in the ass. The ASG...
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    All of the plastic hops i've used in augs have been good. CNC ones however are not as friendly...

    All of the plastic hops i've used in augs have been good. CNC ones however are not as friendly. You have to spend a little more time with them to get them right, and that time doesn't translate into the hop working any better than the basic plastic ones. I have never played with the lonex/ASG...
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    Grease Experiment Results

    You can get PTFE impregnated silicone grease on ebay dirt cheap. Been using it for years. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391399159157?hash=item5b21353575:g:fDUAAOSw6fBclQTY   My favourite gear grease is moly. This is a nice cheap one that works well...
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