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Impulse

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  • Impulse
    Action Army m700 hop unit is the best hop unit I've ever used. it's TDC, uses VSR rubbers and has four grub screws that secure the barrel in place and make sure there's no wobble or rotation.

    Just took the 85 degree rubber out of my m700 and put in a 70 degree. Hopefully now it won't overhop .48s into the sky at any power over 1J (and even 1J I had to put the hop completely off for it to be fairly flat)

    Impulse
    A question to the history buffs: when did the 10rd removable magazines for the m700 release? Was it before the Vietnam war, or were they still using the 5rd internal mags at that point?

    T
    Tactical Pith Helmet
    Stick with the 5 round mag.  The rifle has so many variants it's not easy to say when anything was introduced.  

    That said, no bugger ever sees you in game, so use what you like!

    Impulse
    Does anyone know anyone who could do custom sorbo pads? v7 gearbox sorbo pads just don't seem to exist in Europe

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    Impulse
    Impulse
    Honestly, part of the reason for the consideration is because my HPA m14 has been a disappointment. It likes to jam itself open when I take the mag out and fire it to clear it which is a pain in the arse. I have a 2nd m14 and already had most of what I needed for a good build with it, so figured I may as well.

    ak2m4
    ak2m4
    I still have some silicone material left over and a proper hole punch kit, if I knew the measurements I might be able to make something

    C
    clumpyedge
    The Cage have a fair few sizes from recollection or may be able to make a custom one but as above you'd probably need to know the size you want 

    Impulse
    Anyone who enjoys sniping, might I recommend a gym membership? I just played my first game since starting in the gym about a month ago, and all the slow, deliberate movements, keeping my aim steady, low crawling etc are all waaaay easier now that I'm packing on a bit more muscle. Makes the game so much more enjoyable!

    Impulse
    Great. Now I have to add a gun to the "I want one" list. At least the "I want one maybe" list. I think a WE m14 might be a bit of fun, but I also have an aversion to anything WE...

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    Impulse
    Impulse
    Yeahhhhh, they look like so much fun and I'd totally tweak mine if I did get one (as I do with all my guns). DO I think it'll shoot as well as my HPA m21? No. Not in the slightest. It'll be loud, inconsistent and temperature dependent, but maaaaaaaaan would it be a fun gun to use.

    But yeah, it's also a WE... I've seen a lot more WEs fail spectacularly than work spectacularly. ?

    Druid799
    Druid799
    Playing devils advocate it’s the parts you’ll probably swap out anyway that have the potential to fail ? ?

    plus just to stick an extra bit of ‘no pressure’ my mate had put a wooden stock on his and quite frankly I’d say it was as near to handling the real McCoy as you could get in this country ? 

    Impulse
    Impulse
    Thanks. Now I am adding it to the "I want one" list instead of the maybe list. I think if I was going to do a build I'd want a proper wooden stock for it. My HPA m21 I have already is silent and tactical, this build would be LOUD and PROUD!

    Impulse
    Installed the new internal parts for the MWS so all that remains are the externals, but that can come later.

    it's so much harder to get to the barrel and hop unit in the MWS than the TM GBBR AKM

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    Impulse
    Impulse
    Welcome to my world of guns. I think I only have a single gun that is stock and it's an AEP. Blame it on me doing sniping for 16 years where the mentality is "change all the things!"  :P  

    Though considering I do want to build 3 more upper receivers for it (CQBR, M16A4 and XM177), this is only the beginning! 

    Druid799
    Druid799
    Outstanding ! ?

    MILITATED
    MILITATED
    If anyone has a spare MWS bolt carrier going, let me know ?

    Impulse
    You know, I realised why I prefer my m700 over my VSR, even though it won't ever shoot as well. VSR feels like a toy, m700 feels like an actual rifle.

    Skara
    Skara
    That's the main reasoning behind metal bodied guns.

    Though, as soon as you start viewing your blasters as tools rather than showpieces, you'll fuck off the M700 pretty quickly :P

    Impulse
    Impulse
    Both have the same metal parts, but the m700 stock is far thicker and substantial than that of the VSR, which is pretty small. Also, the realistic operation just feels like a dream to shoot. Been in the hobby for about 16 years now and I am definitely a bit of a collector. Once this m700 is done, I'm revisiting the Tanaka m700 to make it shoot just as well because it's my rarest and most eye-catching piece.

    Though I'm under no impression it will ever shoot as well or consistently as the VSR (unless I HPA tap the magazines and that would defeat half the reason I like it...), I will do everything in my power to make it shoot as well as possible. Very impressed with the Action Army hop unit for it.

    Skara
    Skara
    My comment was mostly a tongue in cheek to all the "if it doesn't weight 45 kilogrammes it's not realistic" people :P

    Impulse
    Looking at Magpul bits for the MWS and I have come across the hardest decision any airsofter ever has to face... Aesthetics! Do I go...

    - OD and be pretty unique (as I rarely see people with OD parts on their guns)

    - FDE and be oper8r, but then I turn up to the prom in the same dress as all the other girls, which is diabolically taboo! (I think it looks the best, but it's also by far the most common look I see and I don't like being like all the other girls!)

    - Or do I go black and be boring (I won't. If I wanted to stay all black, I'll just keep the original parts, thanks)

    Decisions, decisions. Accessorising really is the most important thing, after all.

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    alxndrhll
    alxndrhll
    Ultimately, like it or lump it, if you’re going with Magpul furniture you’re already in the same dress as most of the other girls. The colour is somewhat a moot point. Have nothing against it, but if you have the desire to be a snowflake in any way, shape or form avoiding Magpul is probably wise. I’d just got with whatever your preference is, irrelevant of what you go with you know full well you’ll run into someone with something almost identical on your first day using it.

    Impulse
    I might have just made a big purchase as I might have received an "in stock" notification for something in this time where things being in stock is rare...

    Should be delivered tomorrow too ;)

    Rogerborg
    Rogerborg
    Ah, the "I don't need it, but by God, I'm not going to let someone else get it!" reasoning?

    Impulse
    Impulse
    @Rogerborgin my defence, I've been waiting about 6 months or so. Then it was in stock and I knew I was going to be made redundant. Now I'm starting a new job and it's back in, so I figured I was allowed to treat myself ;)  

    Rogerborg
    Rogerborg
    We'll allow it.  None of us are on a rehearsal, so wring every moment of joy out of it.

    Impulse
    Off to my first Namsoft game this weekend. Time to hunt some GIs ;)

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    Asomodai
    Asomodai
    @ImpulseWhere is this namsoft game? Not sure if I have anything appropriate for it (AKM and Chicom? :D). But I am looking for something a bit different to play this weekend.

    A
    ARC Fives
    Also interested to know

    Impulse
    Impulse
    @Rogerborgwell, they let me in so I'd say rice-hats filmsim :P
     

    @Asomodai It was at Gunman Eversley Alpha. There's another one June 11th - 12th which is only £55 for the whole weekend if you come along as VC/PAVN. While I could only do Saturday of this one (Worthing game day on Sunday and one of the guys in our group is staff at Worthing), I'll be doing the whole weekend for the one in June! https://filmsim.co.uk/event/vietnam-june22/

    Impulse
    I was looking forward to playing this weekend until illness poked its unwelcome head in. Don't know if it's covid (don't have any test kits) and I don't care if it is or not. I simply won't go and spread illness to all my friends just because I want to play BB wars :(

    EDcase
    EDcase
    Sorry to hear but good choice ?

    Impulse
    Had a dig around my assorted kit and rejigged my belt kit to incorporate an assault pack attached to a back panel so I can now use my large HPA tank with my m21 (small tank was fine, but now I can shoulder transfer and have no worries of running out of air). VSR still uses small tank, as I had a very active day last week and still had about 1k psi left in the tank, but the m21 had a tendency to almost run dry on a quieter day due to higher number of shots. On an active day, I could see me running out, and I did run out many times during AI500 last year and had to quickly pump up the tank.

    Redid one of my chest rigs to use with the m21 as well, so I can carry 5 mags (350 BBs) plus a BB bag and speed loader in a utility pouch for those more active days. Also added 4 more pistol mag pouches to the rig in case I run the m21, a pistol (with 4 spare mags on the belt) and my mp5k on a sling with 4 spare mags on the chest rig. Won't be properly field testing it until spring and the foliage at my local site thickens up because at the moment I'm having way too much fun with my VSR and the open sight lines.

    Impulse
    Spicy take time. Plate carriers look stupid on larger individuals. I'm not just talking about carrying a bunch of extra pounds, I mean for big and tall people. I've got a carrier that I want to use with my normal rifles when I'm not sniping, but every time I put it on I think it looks comically small on my 6'5, heavy-set frame.

    This year I'm going to put together a CQB / speedy-aggressive / breacher loadout to go with a future MWS purchase (and also to use with my AK, but mags are nowhere to be found :( ). A bit of a change of pace from being a bush monster, but I want to diversify my loadout choices!

    Impulse
    Anyone got any experiences buying RIFs from Rainbow8? I typically try to keep my RIF purchases in the UK and curious if people have had experiences, good or bad, getting RIFs from Rainbow8.

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    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    I buy from R8 at a fairly high frequency however haven't gone as far as a RIF yet. I do know they tend to leab towards EMS postage which is actually useful as it means it hits Royal Mail overseas so I'm yet to get tugged for customs checks however a RIF may be different. Generally really good to deal with though.

    Impulse
    Impulse
    @Steveocee That's my concern is that customs will be overzealous or that Rainbow8 won't put my UKARA on it and it'll disappear. I may have picked up a Tanaka m700, but I also want a KJW m700 to tinker with (and the Tanaka is more a display piece with its real-steel Remington wooden stock) and they're one of the few shops that has it in stock!

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    Check Paypal wording if you're covered, hit buy and worry about it later lol

    Impulse
    Evolution M40 project is going to be more complex than I thought... Stock barrel is about 480mm and is bridged, so the maple leaf rubber won't go on it. Also, the hop arm doesn't use a nub, so can't put the omega on.

    It's not the end of the world. I think I can get away with a Maple Leaf Crazy Jet 470mm barrel, maybe pop in a couple of barrel spacers to be sure it's nice and aligned as the way the stock barrel handles that is the end cap is the spacer, and I'll also swap out the hop arm for the Maple Leaf arm, either the concave one or the one with the I-key. Should still work, just will take a bit more than simply swapping out the rubber :P

    Impulse
    So I decided to take my broken mk23 apart myself and compare it to the STTI mk23 I have lying about as I typically do all my teching myself even though I've never dismantled the loading nozzle bit before. Found the issue from when it fell out of my holster at ai500 and hit the concrete floor; this little spring pinged out of it. The replacement part from Eagle6 is extortionately priced at £10, but I'll gladly spend £10 to get my most reliable pistol up and running again!

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    Impulse
    I'm stuck on what to bring to skirmish this weekend. It's between the spring VSR and the HPA m21. Both are 1.1J (haha, no MED go brrrrr), both are super quiet and reliable, but the VSR is a lot lighter, more reliable because spring and arguably more satisfying, while the m21 is just plain better and I need to learn to have more trigger discipline with semi-auto, as well as experiment with no chest rig and only 3 mags total.

    Would normally just bring both, but I need to bring my AKM to sort the hop arm and need to bring the m700 to give to a tech to work on, so I don't have the space!

    M
    Monkman
    Take both...then decide on the day.  (I normally take 3-4)  :)

    Impulse
    Impulse
    @MonkmanIf I had my own car and was driving myself down I would. I've got enough rifle bags for all of them, but I feel awkward even taking two of my rifle bags/cases (which allows me to bring 3 long guns, plus three sidearms). Usually I only take one rifle bag, which in fairness allows me to take 2 long guns plus 3 sidearms because it's a chunky bag, so I think suddenly showing up with three bags might be a bit much!

    I think I might just take the m21. I'll at least get a good upper body workout lugging it around all day

    alxndrhll
    alxndrhll
    I'd go with the VSR personally, make the most of the dwindling amount of foliage while you can!

    Impulse
    Got some new mags for the m700 and they're chronoing at different energy than the other mags.

    I'll love this platform once I've sorted all these issues, but my god is this annoying to sort :P

    Impulse
    Tested my m700 on my chrono and pretty pleased with the results. it's not as consistent as a spring or HPA rifle, and it varies from mag to mag, but 1.9J - 2.1J is acceptable deviation between magazines.

    Although one mag is chronoing at 4.1J so that mag isn't being used...

    strykerles
    strykerles
    section 5 anyone? ?

    Impulse
    Impulse
    @strykerlesYeah, that was my concern. No idea why it's doing it, since it's the same brand as one of the other mags which was fine. I fettled both mags to fit into the gun (they were both tight and one was pressing the gas valve slightly causing it to leak if I tilted the gun). I've managed to bring it back down to legal limits through further fettling, but the mag is a tiny bit loose now.

    strykerles
    strykerles
    my Vss had a section 5 scare tooo

    brought it, gutted it and changed all the internals to make a DMR, fitted a "supposed" M130 spring which should have given it around the 450fps mark

    on testing....................... 562fps ?

    Impulse
    Managed to connect all my AEP lipos to my fancy balance charger and storage charge all of them. I am no longer living in fear of burning my house down or blowing up my mp7

    Shamal
    Shamal
    Wot all at once?

    ?

    Impulse
    Impulse
    Oh dear god no. I think my smart charger would be smart enough to slap me in the face if I tried.

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