Recent content by Ragingrental

I guess americans does explain it well haha. It's just so weird honestly. I don't care that I bought a lot of nice parts. I can maybe get a boneyard VFC or other good M4 in the future and put them in it. It's just that people think you need the best parts to have a nice gun that  bothers me. I...

The advice given on there seems awful. Everyone tells you what to get but not why to get it. Everyone tells you what upgrades to put in your gun but  doesn't consider how much better they really are than the current parts in the gun. Seems like it's lots of people that simply recite things...

Picking up a dremel some time soon to finish the build off and shortstroke 1 or 2 more teeth. I am NEVER going to  use a file on an airsoft gear ever again. Took me around 2 hours of constant filing.

@ak2m4 When do you get the E&C gearboxes in stock?

So as far as the gearbox cracking I  probably just got unlucky?  I'm not sure what to do about the cracked gearbox as I am afraid of fitment issues.

The order for the G&G got cancelled by the retailer. I might just run the cracked gearbox with some amendments and be kind on the gun.  I wanted to add a sorbo pad to soften the impact and make the gearbox less likely to crack.

It's really frustrating how airsoft guns are such fragile toys. I've had airguns that cost less than my airsoft gun that were made out of better materials and still work without a problem and have never had a single part break. Ffs how hard can it be to make  the most fragile parts out of better...

I picked up a replacement G&G one. No  quick change spring but i'll radius it and pray for the best. I can't add sorbo pads because the AOE is already virtually perfect. I know it isn't the best since G&G but ehhh I can pick up a stronger one later down the line when I pick up a gate...

Aaannd I got hit with the specna arms curse. The gearbox shell cracked in the  corners near the piston despite having been radiused... Ffs.

Yeah I really underestimated how hard airsoft gears are... I guess I just got to keep going. Luckily the gun will definitely be skirmish ready by sunday and should be shooting around 340fps. Probably will lower a bit more once the spring breaks in.

Anyone here able to offer some advice on short stroking? Trying it on my old gears right now with some needle files and it's infuriating. Only need to take 1 tooth to get around 340 fps.

So I took a drill and my old barrel and sanded down the bucking lips. Worked great with a nice smooth finish. Then I cleaned the barrel and bucking and proceeded to install it all in the gun. Chronoing at around 360 fps with around 1 or 2 FPS deviation at most. So now I probably need to just...

Btw, if anyone wants to know screwfix sells fine grit sandpaper from 200-1200 grit for about £3.99 a packet containing 10 A4 sized sheets. Pretty worth it.

Alright so my longer lonex spring came and the overspin and gearbox locking up is greatly reduced. However when it does lock up the gate X ASR flashes red and green. On the troubleshooting card  it says that this shows the "Trigger wire is connected to the negative motor wire". Says to check...

The reason I say these people aren't trustworthy is because I asked on reddit and that can be a bit.... meh. It has a higher concentration of idiots than these smaller, secluded forums.