Adolf Hamster

i *may* have had a similar moment, except instead of my pew getting catapulted it went straight for my ribs. fortunately wasnt hard enough to break any bones and surprisingly the gun was just fine too.

earwax does sound like the dried up box of a wallhanger. just don't remove it and it's fine....

also worth avoiding open dots (ones where the emitter and glass are seperate) you get one blob of rain on the emitter and bye bye ability to aim

it's been debated on here before, supposedly akin to being hit by a tennis ball (a statement i'm glad isn't from personal experience) the impact ones seem the scariest, insta-boom on contact feels like it's begging for some poor sod to peek a window at the wrong time. tbh you don't really see them much in skirmishes, it's more of a milsim thing.

i've had some guides that were threaded, or had a bolt hidden in one end or the other. press fit does make sense.

well that's a new one how was it meant to be attached? i've never figured out how you're supposed to remove it intentionally.

the square railed 226 is quite a tight fit in the nuprol paddle holster (presumably due to being setup for sig's curved rail), however if you leave the pistol in the holster when storing after a while of use it'll loosen up.

the stock e&l cylinders to seem rough but they tend to still have great compression regardless. the nozzle at full extension is a curious one. tbh though sounds like the culprit is more likely the nozzle-hop seal, either rough/torn feedlips or the nozzle isn't contacting the feedlips well enough. assuming you've checked the above and the new nozzle is the correct length then maybe it's hop unit positioning. if you're using the default screw system for hop mounting then the outer barrel position is important, if the outer is sitting slightly forward and you have the hop bolted to the barrel and not the box then the whole unit is sitting forward just enough to cause a leak. if you do plan on changing hop units then the combat union is the best i've seen for the ak platform.

fair enough, figured they'd be painted. the e&l's are about 1.5mm but then there's thicker sections spot welded inside to re-enforce.

warfet is a good shout, although it may still twang after a burst in auto if it settles in the wrong position. 105 length then? if that's the stock cylinder should be close enough, the compression tends to be pretty good on the stock hardware although the pistons aren't the greatest. you will need to adjust the aoe if you move from the stock mushroom head to a more conventional head, the mushroom is a bit thicker than normal. i have a suspicion, although no proof, that harder gearbox materials in e&l dampen everything down less, would explain why lct boxes are so damn noisy despite the shells being pretty decently made (just a shame the contents of the lct boxes aren't so good) ofc could still be things like shimming, or even just letting it bed in a bit, but sounds like gear whine isn't so much the problem.

they're tag shells, think a big nerf dart with explosives in it

pretty much this. it'll still twang in semi even with an aftermarket spring, but a precocking mosfet will sort that out no problem. i agree on the stock motor, it's very good certainly equivalent to the likes of the asg basic you get in an evo. has the previous owner worked on it? of the brand new ones i've seen they're really quite smooth ootb but that's a small enough sample size not to be conclusive. what length are we talking? a krink length could be you're getting barrel pop?

Could well be, but i preferr my version of events

What kind of thickness? Also whats the finish like?

whilst i can see your point, there is still some rough and tumble which can lead to issues over time and a weaker gun isn't going to hold up the same. i mean just look at every site's rental guns for testament to that and whilst players do take better care of things that cost them personally, there's still leaning it against a tree where someone knocks it over, or dropping it, or leaning it against cover when shooting etc. i'm pretty sure you can drop a real mg42 from waist height and not break it but not the agm airsoft version..... granted the preference/feel/look/weight thing is generally the bigger factor. funny story many moons ago when a younger hamster was still renting he tripped, his mind filled with "shit shit don't break the gun" and somehow (to this day i don't know where the grace came from) excecuted a perfect forward roll ics m4 tucked in his belly and emerged spreadeagled on the ground both himself and rifle completely unscathed to the merry chuckling of all who observed. real sword, although e&l's ak's are pretty tough in some regards, although granted the barrel mounting isn't remotely as solid as a real ak as you can't press-fit and pin a part that you later need to remove. never worked on a real sword so not sure how they get around that problem, unless you have to pull the hop unit off the back and slide the inner barrel out the front.

yeah, this is my thinking with the g11, prominently featured in a mainstream video game is enough to get a lot of guns made (eg the ww1 surge after bf1 released) but despite the g11 being surely an easy gun to mass produce being literally a plastic box it hasn't happened. i do agree there, the budget end is extremely well catered for but it seems the higher end stuff can have quite the limitations. but then i suppose what premium stuff is on the market (like the higher end gbbr's and systema's) proves the market really doesn't want to support such things.

i really wish i was making that up. i can imagine the conversation: "hey jonjoe you doin a run over the border?" "aye paddy got a wagon o' salmon for the market" "mind droppin off a parcel at the post office while you're at it?" etc....

tbh it's a wonder there's as much variety as there is in airsoft, but there are plenty of guns that aren't catered to. the bren is a good example (although afaik there is a zb26 out there) and the sks. the makarov at least has a decent offering in the WE version, doesn't like the cold but with a little tweaking it's a very passable gat as a holster-filler. not just guns either, optics, especially russian ones (that aren't a PSO) are quite poorly covered with only a couple of decent clones for the likes of the PK-A or Kobra. fortunately this is balanced by the real ones being both available and not insanely expensive as RS optics go. i think the problem is it's just so easy to do AR variants, mill out a worn-out mould to a chunkier style, change the handguard/stock and bam you have a "new" gun (psst, it's still an AR....) also how has nobody done a G11? that must surely be one of the easiest wacky aeg's you could make.....

given how bad the irish side of the postal system is that's quite impressive. there was an irish shop on amazon i got some stuff from and it took a month to arrive and stank of fish, this was pre-brevid too. honestly i wonder if in some parts they're just handing packages to lorry drivers who are going in vaguely the right direction.

this is curious to hear, as an outsider to the world of modded up hicapa's i thought mike was one of the go-to guys? although perhaps that impression was misplaced

if memory serves i'm not sure i'd want you to put them up for sale. mans bank balance can't take that kind of pressure

a fair point, regardless they need to be well constructed, good support and comfort for a days running around, doesn't matter how premium your gat is if you're unable to walk by the end of the day thanks to blisters and aches in your feet. good shout on the eyepro too- another area you don't wanna skimp on.

a fair point. only tm i ever had was about 4th hand by the time i got it, so plenty broke in.

have heard this about the ol' hicapas. wonder if marui is intentionally building them with tighter tolerances than are really needed just to they can loosen into normal functionality where a WE will loosen into rattle city?