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Indeed. That would be a mental CQB gun.

With respect one ingredient - LUCK

the one thing you can not buy or find easily when you need to

the v3 box is a weirdy one - the piston rail is a stub

see here:





now some boxes have full rails

but mine had stubby rails - wtf ???

providing only partial support for piston

6mm bushings & stuff & weird nozzle

(a shs m4 works correct length but the shoulder is too wide

need to stick in say a drill  or something & sand down the red paint

on the "shoulder" of nozzle)

I know people might say theirs was a full rail...

but here is a T238 in a Galaxy MP5k - with short rail...






Taking nothing away from Luke

a legend walk on water etc...

(honest - not sarcasm)

the gun's quality shines through - the pinion fell off

it really is a slapped together dinky gun

where quality & precision just glows the moment you open box

(now that is sarcasm)

ergh nope - the box is not on par with cheap Cyma/JG v3's

(though wonder if it was a batch of cheap old JG's or casting

coz looks like it takes the v3 cylinder heads with "lugs")

As said taking NOTHING away from Luke...

it was just fortunate that shimming was OK

& meshed lovely with the other motor

plus the Perun install went in so smoothly

(though with his regular experience of installing them it will go more smoothly)

But to drop stuff in and it work nigh on perfectly

comes back to the element or sprinkling of luck/fortune at times

We have had good easy builds - a few

and plenty of nightmare ones where shit just doesn't go quite right

(these are the ones you learn from and grateful for the lucky ones)

NB: I'm not saying Luke's awesome skills are lucky...

but he was fortunate in that it all went so smoothly first time all round

(though with his experience he knew what to expect & checked stuff

as he went about some replacements & install of Perun etc...)

Point I'm making in all of this...

Be careful about rushing out to buy one based on this fortunate install

coz I think there was a fair bit of good fortune in this

that another Galaxy MP5k may not be oozing with based on the cheap slapped together precise engineering of them at times

Be interesting to see if Luke purchases one himself

& it all goes so swimmingly as the first one

but sometimes you get a gun that is nigh on slapped together with fortunate precision or luck FROM THE FACTORY

(not saying Luke himself slapped it together - well yeah kinda he did)

I just tend to feel this gun was one of the lucky guns in this lottery of China toy guns from 5 year old sweat shops

yes a Perun optical will improve it

(costing as much as the gun)

and maybe the default settings just worked as is

the less you mess with stuff the less dramas you might make yourself

But reckon this was perhaps a little bit lucky or fortunate out of box

plus yeas the plastic covers need to be removed anytime you adjust hop - shit model that one with plastic rails crap with allen keys

& battery space is a c*nt - ffs choose battery wisely

I'd say hold off running out and buying another toy just yet

and concentrate on getting your present ones sorted

Well done Luke nonetheless, awesome little build

though I think there was a little bit of good fortune

(like I have always said - this sprinkling of "luck" comes in handy)

is that the TM fairy dust that people often refer to I wonder

(that often falls out when people try to upgrade them)

Yep.

I've already found a couple of 2nd hand ones

Trying to get the price down to 30 posted