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Those things make players look like Floridian Coffin Dodgers...

"Finest in town Guv...."

Quick share, GSPEC mode activated.
Using a new FAST hop with SBA 60 flat hop and a ZCI 380mm stainless @ak2m4 barrel, it does protrude into the suppressor a bit but wow does it feel more agile.

There's one in John Wick.
And one of the chaps in Seal Team uses one on and off.
There are others which escape me currently...

Touchdown! It's here. Awesome! Now the fun begins!
 
(Actually it's ice cold so I'll let it get to room temp first. I'll have to look in awe for an hour or so....)

Just cut a piece off, probably got enough to do 10 spring guides on 1 order of this stuff. Fit's perfectly, used a heat gun rather than a lighter. As it's thin it doesn't try to hold shape so pulled tight one side before the other but has evened out well. Silverback spring fits over it with little to no resistance at all although will give it a think layer of grease before installing. For £3.29 I'm happy.
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thin-Wall-2-1-Heatshrink-Tubing-Black-Heat-Shrink-Ultra-Thin-Tubing-Per-1-Metre/273904251393?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=573754623689&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Just got home to find a parcel from Magya Posta;
Faceless 509mm barrel
Faceless R-Hop patch
Faceless 100% seal
 
Got to say the finish on the inside of the barrel is immense! Looks out of this world and that's before I've run it through with 99% alcohol.
 
>Also got some heat shrink to test on the spring guide. The original one I bought was too thick to get the spring over but have found a "thin wall" version which should be better than electrical tape. Will link if it works.
>Aaaaaaand my order of 19mmx2.5mm O-rings has arrived so I can fix my Mk23 mags hooray!

No idea to be fair, I've not been there before. They do have a home team which is often a point of contention so for all I know the player being defended could have been a home team player - I really don't know. However I do know regardless he shouldn't be getting physical with the customers - he should be defusing not agitating/assaulting. I'll not return there.
 
Personally I had no issue but I didn't enjoy the layout or games, they didn't flow.
 
Anyway back to SRS chat.

SITE: Driver Wood, Crawley

Baby had her first run out yesterday. Was difficult to get a zero as there was a very sporadic crosswind, even when turning 90 degrees it seemed to whip around the woods but I get it more or less there.
Love how easy hop adjustment is on the FAST.
Mag changes weren't as bad as I feared.
Shoulder ached at the end of the day where the butt plate sits.
 
Set up to shoot 0.43's I chrono'd with 0.2's as per site rules and came in at 452FPS, that's using a sport stock barrel, full seal and M150 spring.

I tried the WD40 version PTFE, amazing difference isn't it. I've done the same with my VSR too. I also used the Muc-off disc brake cleaner on the VSR trigger set too and dry lubed that. I'll do the same with the SRS trigger once it's had a bit of use. Sooo much better than wet stuff.

Wow! Took it apart again the other evening and wiped out all the grease out of the cylinder guide area and off the outside of the cylinder. Relubed the cylinder with some Muc-Off Dry Lube and my god what an improvement! So much smoother bolt pull.

3D printed ext part (need to find some button head screw or print some washers).

 

Okey dokey, pig in a pokey...
 
SO I've installed the following on my SRS A1 Covert 16"=
 
W.A.S.P adjustable weight piston with full airbrake and heavy steel outer tube (heaviest of 3 supplied).
3 preload spring guide washers that come with the above piston.
Rapax APS2 Style Spring (2+ Joule)
Maple Leaf "The Last" hop unit.
Maple Leaf 410mm Crazy Jet barrel.
Maple Leaf "Maximum Range" 50 deg bucking.
 
Chrono on 0.43 = 340fps (2fps deviation going lower not higher)
 
Hopping perfectly in my limited range of 30m (so not a true test of accuracy etc but bang on the money where I was targeting)
 
Obviously none of it has bedded in properly yet but very pleased with the results.
This spring is very easy to cock even with the preload.
 
In the end I bought and mounted a VISIONKING 1.25-5x26mm - very happy with the choice, eye relief, clarity, etc...
Interestingly (although limited to the range I can shoot in the garden) I didn't have to dial it in! Crazy... it was just exactly where I dialed the hop by coincidence. I did the hop before I looked through the scope. No doubt on site it may need a click or two I'm sure.
 
All in all I can't wait to try the rif out this weekend coming. I'll report back my results.
 
Currently 3D printing something to meld the suppressor to the foregrip. I'll get a photo once mounted. Had an issue with the suppressor I bought, it doesn't want to screw on the whole way (Grrrrrrrrr). I may buy a 14mm ccw tap and rework the threads on it at a later date. It screws on enough to work but is fugly hence the model I'm running right now to fix it - it should work well enough for now. 
 
EDIT: Oh and the Match Knob is a very nice ergo upgrade.

Huge change of heart. Have just placed an order for a TNT Studio S+ barrel, 60deg TR hop buckings and a prowler nub. Will try to resist the urge to install said upgrades until March (Baby due E.O Feb so banned from playing in March) but meh.... I'll have the parts in a few days lol.

In reading and researching the SRS, it does feel like a more "drag and drop" mentality is used than some of the more "historical" VSR discussions where the rifle is treated with cotton gloves and is a delicate balance and each part is carefully inserted and confirmed.
The SRS is still a relatively new platform and there are not a huge amount of online resources. Sniper Mechanics guide is so far one of the better ones but there isn't pages and pages of different people trying different things (yet). @sonofsammo is doing a very good job though working his way through most parts 😁

Had to swap scope rings to large ones. Been messing about without a facepro and once I put the lower mesh on I couldn't get my eye low enough down. Not looking too bad now.

I agree. I just wanted to run it past the AFUK think tank as well.
 
In other news my boredom has driven me to order a differently coloured mag to the 4 I already have....dunno why. Just felt like it 🤷‍♂️

That IMHO is the answer.

Knew this would be a sink hole for money... lol
 
Ordered the Maple hop and barrel, 2 spare mags plus set of dogs dicks, a match Knob and a silencer plus a new spring.

Cool, I wasn't sure if the mags came with them installed as the one that came with the rif needed it to be installed. Yes, spares are a good thing. 👍
 
The Suppressor, Mags, dicks and knob (lol... what a phallic list) came from the banner at the top; Fire Support. I didn't get the DTSS as the covert comes with a standard CCW thread so I simply went for one I can print baffles for that's a good size (and it's a lot cheaper!).
 
Spring, barrel and hopup came from skirmshop.co.uk
 
 
I haven't done that for the SRS yet but for the VSR I did the heat shrink route, worked very well. 👍 Good tip.

For anyone considering buying a Faceless spring guide to silence any "twang". I bought some heat shrink and applied to my current guide, made it too wide for the spring to fit over (what a waste that was).
Second attempt I did a wrap of electrical tape with about a 1/3 overlap and cut the ends straight, has worked a charm, no spring twang at all.

Mags come with a dog dick anyway dude but always worth having a couple spare I guess just in case. Where did you order from? My normal "go to" places to order from have been out of stock of replacement cocking handle knobs and suppressors for a while?

Cool, thank you for clarifying 👍
 
 
look's like I'll be finding out

I’ve got the ML hop unit. I have a maple leaf barrel.
It didn’t fit. And I was somewhat fucked off.
There is a c clip, which fits into the grooves in the barrel and the hop chamber.
without the grooves (which my barrel doesn’t have), it doesn’t fit.
So nope, not marketing, sadly.
The hop unit looks to be well made (in the second version), but I couldn’t tell you how well it works yet lol.