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I am genuinely gob smacked at that.... I mean no offense but £800 for a cyma should make alarm bells start ringing across the nation.... 😂😂😂

personally I've never bothered. I just top up my mags with a squirt nuprol 2.0 after the games finished just to keep the seals in good nick. (for some reason it's a fantastic maintenance gas 😅) the lube free nature of the propane is also part of the reason I use it as it improves consistency/doesn't coat your hop rubber in silicon quite as badly.

I have one I use and it's definitely worth shimming if you want to use it at any range otherwise as you say it makes the point of aim a bit inconsistent. in the end I used the stock flash hider and had a shim 3D printed which makes the whole thing a lot more solid.

just added a few bits to my VFC MCX

nice, I completely missed that one!!! and now to do some googling...

so I notice angry gun uploaded some new bolt designs the other day... and I'm sat here wondering if the branded 416 bolt means they have more things in the works potentially? anyone have any thoughts or info on this?

I use the gun modify version on my A2 (possibly the same OEM?) they work well enough although the selector action is not as crisp as the original TM part. although the wiitech part does look better quality in the photos... I got mine from mle mart. https://www.mlemart.com/gun-modify-steel-cnc-ambi-selector-for-tokyo-marui-m4-mws-g-i-version/

hi @marine just look for any gas called propane or mapp gas. it doesn't matter what brand, although you will need something that you can get an adapter for. (mapp gas is typically used as a fuel source for brazing/silver soldering and therefore has the standard screw thread to fit on a blowtorch) pressure changes a bit with temperature, which is why it's kept as a liquid inside the can/magazine by pressurising the can and therefore the magazine. so I can't really help on that front unfortunately.

I use Coleman's gas in all my gbb rifles too... it seems to work well enough. 👍

apologies @Wo1f I forgot to put the link in. it was just a small comment at the end of the article; "On the other hand, don’t expect this to be the end of their SCAR plans. HAO’s CEO also mentioned an MWS SCAR will follow the PTW.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/thereptilehouseblog.com/2019/12/11/hao-scar-ptw/amp/ so probably not soon, but possibly in the next few years.

the only place I could find that had any in-stock and did bulk was so I'm tactical in fleet. although their idea of bulk is 25 cans... alternatively you can just go through ebay. link for Socom Tactical on a slightly different topic, I have also noticed recently that Hao have confirmed they will be working on a MWS system Scar L which may be interesting if you like UGG boots... but a different take on the mws is always nice to see 😀

I tend to run 6 (5 in the pc, 1 in the belt and one in the gun) however I will carry one in the rucksack for multi day events. if I'm expecting heavy contact for long periods of time I'm able to expand that to 12 (10 in the pc, 1 one the belt and 1 in the gun) but I've never felt the need to do that as that's a lot of mags and pretty heavy too 😂 I tend to run 6 (5 in the pc, 1 in the belt and one in the gun) however I will carry one in the rucksack for multi day events. if I'm expecting heavy contact for long periods of time I'm able to expand that to 12 (10 in the pc, 1 one the belt and 1 in the gun) but I've never felt the need to do that as that's a lot of mags and pretty heavy too 😂

yep, I run the original ergo grip, although I'm sure the gen 2 should work ok too.

likewise I also have a real steel ergo grip on my mws. it's an easy install and is really quite comfortable for me (even though it is quite thin as mentioned) so I really recommend them 🙂

my two arrived yesterday too, it'll be interesting to compare notes once I've installed and tested it properly in a few weeks. (they are going in two very different rifles though, my gas M40A5 and the mk11)

that's a strange one then @UKCYukarin most people seem to get on with them... there's not really anything I can add unfortunately. apart from possibly try a brand new can of propane. one thing I will say is that the mws mags hiss when filling(or at least mine do) and that's completely normal for TM mags I'm led to believe. just keep going until you actually see a cloud squirting out... I don't know, but that might make a difference?

which propane adapter were you using? I use a madbull "metal" adapter... I wouldn't go as far as to say it's anything like steel as they are about fragile. but that works well for me, the mags should be fine on propane too... or at least that's my experience anyway. 🙂

the small cog is called a star washer and fits directly under the mounting bolt to stop it vibrating loose. I hope that helps.

I do mine when I feel it needs it... super helpful I know 😂 but basically this is a quick clean after most games to get any dust and muck out and re-oil or a more thorough clean with a barrel clean, wipe off any old lube then a full teflon spray on the trigger group and re-oil to displace any water or dirt if the weather conditions were awful, like the rain all day last Saturday, or if it's really dusty etc. I'm sure others have their own routines though...

failing that the vision king short dot scope could work well for what your looking for. plus apparently the LPO short dot that it's based on has been seen in use although not many public reference images are available to confirm this.

hi @hunter511 the thing with almost all gas guns is that they release much more gas down the barrel than they actually use so they are effectively all massively over volumed anyway. but you will almost certainly be fine on 144 using .25 s. in fact the issue with joule creep is normally encountered when you can run much heavier ammo (I run .36s) the short barrel will make it pretty noisy but yes you certainly can put a shorter barrel on it without any issues if you can find one you like that fits. I hope that helps a little anyway 🙂

haha no worries, the tax stuff is a pain and seems to only apply sometimes... it gets even worse importing from the far East where the charge is dependent on which side of the bed HMRC got up that morning. 🤔 and that's good news, there's some hope there then @LVOA-D

sadly you would still be paying vat if you are within the EU. but I'm sure that they would be fine sending it to most other countries, it's not normally an issue as far as I'm aware. as always if you would like to double check it might be worth giving them a ring or send them an email. 🙂

I thought that it was about time to share a photo of a few of my favourite RIFs 🙂