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hmm?

durex are better ?

I don't like em that much. They seem to take off loads more FPS to lift heavy weights then other rubbers

@Asomodai curious what you're comparing them to?

I might be a big fan of them but always open to other alternatives.

@Adolf Hamster Prommy Purples and Guarder Clears are my goto rubbers these days. Though I am giving the new G&G split blue a go in the F2K soon. 

Never really rated the prommy purple that highly, better than a lot of stock rubbers but i'd generally go for the pdi w-hop (sounds like what g&g are going for with the split blue?).

However they're only good for up to the ~.3g range, have to be ml for the proper heavies.

I might have messed up the hardness, 50s appear to deform a lot when hop is applied, causing the energy to drop by 0.2J with consequently decreased range.

Will have a go with the new silicone 60s I got and see what happens..

I can only echo what @Adolf Hamster is saying. Never had any luck with maple leafs myself but PDI W hold is a real dark horse.

They only come in 50 or 70 but my buddy has a 50 he's been running for a couple years in a DMR and it flicks 36's out new issues.

Possibly going to try some 32s myself on a <350 build in a few weeks so will wait and see.

Bonus of a W hold though is you don't need a concave nub.

@Skara makes sense, i'd normally run 50's but then i'm not dealing with an italian summer

@Steveocee yeah, i'm running a 1j limit so the W-hop can't go much further than .3g but i can see it being more effective with a bit more energy behind it.

I firmly believe ML's rating chart is naff, or that they should make a dual hardness rubber.

70/75 on the feed lips, 50 on the patch. That would be super awesome as you still maintain rigidity on the lips but at the same time have a rather soft patch that doesn't require much pressure.

I'm also gonna buy a CU hop chamber for the ak because I just broke the fifth C clip -.-

double shotting a hop rubber could be interesting, although i dont know how well it'd hold together. kinda like how they've done the c-clip for their vsr style rubbers.

it is the main advantage of the r-hop is having a softer patch compound but not entirely convinced it's all that relevant unless running higher energies (although at higher energies you need less spin too)

the CU chamber is very good, you won't be losing you barrel with one of those

It's more about breaking a clip every time I need to work on the hop/barrel.

My outer is stuck in place so I have to disassemble the thing while it's still inside the receiver

I'll see if I can find one in Europe, failing that, will order from GS.

Does it take the E&L magwell spacer?

ahh, that might be tricky then, the CU unit has a grub screw under the barrel to hold the c-clip in place and you kinda need to assemble it outside the gun for that.

it does take the e&l magwell spacer although it is a bit of a squeeze.

howd you get your outer stuck?