Adolf Hamster

i can understand it, i'm happy to trade the grin factor for a gun that pretty much only works in summer but i get why others ain't so happy with that.

yeah, this is where the different compounds/patch shapes come into play with a larger contact patch/softer compound needing less pressure to get the desired spin. of course you're always gonna lose something. it's a tricky one because the question then becomes how/when fps is measured ie off versus hopping game weight personally i lean on the latter, as turning the hop completely off as some sites ask can lead to erroneously low fps readings because the bb has half rolled out of the barrel before firing.

i thought it was why graphics cards cost more than cars these days.....

fair enough, it's one of those guns that's on my list, however initially i decided to go with the WE option for dat gas blowback goodness which is a decision i have yet to regret. however maybe for a winter gun, when i win the lottery......

what's the consistency like? might be that's just what you're losing in spin?

ooh, a man of taste and refinement. i would like to request copious amounts of pictures when you get it

as mentioned clipping springs isn't the wisest idea. the float valve spring can in some scenarios be clipped to reduce fps output, had a kwc co2 makarov that had it done to bring it from "you have got to be kidding" fps down to 1j. however needless to say such a permanent mod runs the very serious risk of screwing things up. i wouldn't do it without a spare sitting around. you could maybe try an NPAS? pretty sure the WE float valves are similar enough for most of their pistols and rifles for that to work, if you're worried i can try pulling the one from the dragonuv see if i'm right about that. barrel change would be my normal go-to for fps adjustment being both consistent and non-permanent, problem is when dealing with pistols the barrel is that short that there's not much scope to shorten it further, and as you mention in the op normally that sort of thing is fitting a longer barrel to increase fps. as for consistency, the only thing i can say is gas sealing, the nozzle-hop tension (maple leaf autobot rubbers are good for this with their metal c-clip, plus they're good hop rubbers), nozzle-piston (some aftermarket piston heads that function similar to aeg piston heads seem to work well) and mag router-nozzle fitment (9-ball routers or simply not having worn mags/mag catches) are the key areas for gas to leak, after that you're down to fundamental gun design (weight of slide, volume of gas in the mag etc). as @heroshark says WE's are famously averse to the cold so an inability to just mag-dump a 50-rounder is something you might just have to live with.

Or *shudders* rear wired buffer tube ak's..... That was the day i simaltaneously found out spade connectors onto deans tabs works surprisingly well and that i hate the buffer tube......

That mag, its triggering me......

thought the PU only had mosin style mounts? i dunno, i kinda like the pso, it's not good by modern standards but it's very simple and afaik the doctrine was mostly a case of "if he ain't really far away just hold-over is good enough" as opposed to the more western dial in for a perfect shot

cmon, what else are you putting on a dragonuv

damn, forgot the whole dmr fps thing, so used to building 1j guns to lift the super heavies yeah 40 (i think that's what the green is, might be 50, there's another colour even softer might be what i'm thinking of) probably a tad soft, maybe the tan too. tricky as you want soft for good easy spinning but you want hard for air seal (which is the main reason to R-hop so you can have both) worth a shot, honestly it's a case of fiddling to find the setup that works nicely. always the way, overhopping is gods way of telling you to use heavier ammo, underhopping is gods way of telling you to get a better hop not that bad for me, but then i'm using .48's at 1j so got plenty of time to track

to add to that- stiff wire is good for routing in the gearbox, holds it's shape nicely.

tbh the omega nub is really meant to match up to their rubbers, not sure it'd work so well with a flathop as it doesn't have the bulk that your typical flat hop nub has. i'd try either a 40 degree macaron with the omega or the modify nub (not used modify rubbers in a while but the last time i did they seemed kinda plasticky) i'd also say going a bit heavier on the ammo would be a good shout too, for a flat trajectory you want the bb to stay in the sweet spot for lift as long as possible and a heavier round travelling slower initially won't slow down so fast. i know what you mean about the pso, i have a similar issue with mine (real sword pso on a we dragonuv) and if i'm setting the rise for extreme range you do end up having to apply copious amounts of kentucky windage.

would be cool if they did. i'd be interested, not as a skirmish gun just for generalised plinking.

^pretty much that. The signal wires are pretty thin, not too hard to route.

the problem with tm's, is that they have a pretty high base level of performance for the energy they do, it can be improved upon (especially for outdoor on mainland limits) but if you don't need that extra performance such as in cqb then it's by far the easier option to settle for good enough and leave it stock. for sure cqb is somewhere where player skill can be used to overcome pew performance.

Case looks about right but looks like they forgot the bit on the end.....

For cqb? I'd leave it stock (note in my book putting proper connectors on a gun doesnt count as a mod) You dont need the range, so the usual low fps problems arent really a thing, and the stock accuracy for a tm should be more than up to the task. You could make an argument for snappyness/trigger response but frankly if you can deal with that then no reason to mess around there. There are reasons to tinker with pews, but unless your definition of cqb is radically different to mine then i cant see the need for expending the effort.

not to mention that sight setup "what do you think an optimal rise for an optic is?" "yes"

this is a fair point, i'll confess to not planning on doing it myself for various reasons that ultimately boil down to excuses. so i'm pretty much exactly the mouse (well hamster) wishing the cat would have a bell on its collar. in my defence, i do have a cat, tried to get him to wear a collar, and he refused by repeatedly removing collars, which feels like a parable for how me trying to do anything political will end up

https://gunfire.com/en/products/1873rs-rifle-replica-real-wood-gold-1152228401.html i mean at least it doesn't have an m4 stock?

in with the buy a bunch of land and make a site crowd. have some multi-story buildings, a mock fort built from concrete rather than plywood and hope, emplaced site guns etc. tricky one when it comes to running it, for starters i'd want to play and secondly wouldn't want it to end up cliquey.

i'd rather a governing body with some accountability to airsoft were setting the rules than some pencil pusher in parliment with an axe to grind against all things gun-shaped. not really, if the governing body is setting rules it'll be stuff the sites will merge in, if anything it'll be the opposite because folk will be used to the standard ruleset so it won't need explaining in minute detail at every site because people will know the score.

pretty common one with a lot of guns. if you "twiddle" it into the right position generally it won't shift, but this is part of the motivation behind aftermarket hop units.