Nick G

Couple of pics of mine with a loaded mag in, that's in the resting position sat on the mag catch.

Unless the mag is sitting very low once in position which could be the catch, it still feels like a nozzle issue to me .

Just following on from my last post, my mate reported a significant improvement in range and accuracy after I had given it a go through. He certainly nailed me with it a couple of times ! That is still on stock barrel and hop rubber running Geoffs .30's, so I'm inclined to think any gains from a M/L barrel and or rubber are going to be marginal.

Just looked at mine, when i first put a loaded mag in the bolt release bar does rotate up, however when I let the mag drop into it's 'resting' position , IE sitting on the mag catch, the release bar returns to normal resting position. Obviously with an empty mag the bar remains raised even when mag sat on catch. Are the mags working ok in the M16 ?

If it does it with all the mags , and still does it with upward pressure on the mags, I'd be looking at the prong on the loading nozzle to see if its damaged.

Same, I've used them several times with no issues.

I would assume so.

That's a very good point, at 11.1 V when it's under load it could well be dropping low enough to trigger the LVC. Gun looks to be one of these https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=8343dead8f63cfd8JmltdHM9MTcxMzA1MjgwMCZpZ3VpZD0zNTU5ZTUyYy04MDJiLTZlMzUtMjk3YS1mNzQ5ODFlMDZmNDUmaW5zaWQ9NTIxNQ&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=3559e52c-802b-6e35-297a-f74981e06f45&psq=g%26g+sbr8&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGF0cm9sYmFzZS5jby51ay9nLWFuZC1nLWFybWFtZW50LWVtZy1zZWVraW5zLXByZWNpc2lvbi1zYnI4LXdpdGgtOS1yYWls&ntb=1 Dud battery or bad charger if it's a Lipo look likely.

Have you tried it on a different battery ? The exsting one, could possibly be losing power under load. G&G are usually pretty solid, but dud's can always happen. I'd try a different battery , if that still doesn't work then send it back again.

New 'inexpensive' DMR build. Base gun is a polymer GE 417, for weight and low price. Out of the box it was pretty horrid , but tbf for what it cost I wasn't expecting much. Gearbox is a long V2 with a mosfet and some sort of electronic full auto set up, no COL and a micro switch whitch enables full auto. I'm not realy a fan of mosfets as I see it as adding unnecisary electronic crap, ( and I'm normally running GBBR) but I'll concede that the lack of COL is handy in a semi locked pew. I've replaced the piston head and added a slightly longer double o ring nozzle, compression is now awesome. Switched to a ZCI rotary hop and inner barrel, along with a M/L rubber and Omega nub. Also a high torque motor. Now running at 1.78j on my home chrono on .36BBs. Quick blow over with Halfords paint to make it look a bit less plastic and added a few spare decals I had. It'll get a run out next game to shake it down, but happy with that.

Also worth checking that the buffer is actually in the tube . And I've also had something similar if the buffer tube isn't screwd in far enough.

Here you go, the screws shown are M4 x 8mm You will probably want countersunk head ones. They are not screwd fully home in the pics and there is plenty of space if they end up protruding slightly. I suspect the stock ones are 5mm long, or even 4mm.

If you post up a pic of the location fo the screws you are missing I can have a look at mine and see what length etc the bolts are , should be easy enough to find.

Yesterday's setup, can't beat old school DPM in the woods. GBB L119 A1 and aeg 417 both got a run.

Had a fun day yesterday. Numbers were low , mainly due to the weather warning I suspect, but fast ,punchy games including a couple of 30 minute back to back ones . So lots of fast tactical play, all very good natured and a total blast all round. Gave my new Golden eagle polymer 417 an outing, it's going to end up as a DMR , but wanted to give it a run as is to try and got some good kills with it. And my GBB L119 got its usual run out .

Given that the 229 is basically just a stubby 226 I would imagine that WE 226 mags would fit fine

Had my VFC one for 2 or 3 years now. It's still comppletely stock. Nothing has broken or failed despite getting lots of use . Regular maintainance like all my other GBBRs but thats it. I field it in a woodland site and never feel out gunned , range and accuracy are both very good, run mine on .30's same as all my GBBs. I THink VFC must have upped their game, 'cos my M249 is awesome and the HK 416 I had on the bench recently for a mate, just to check over and set up is also a beast .

Isn't it though ! I particularly like the way he has written it to sound 'gangsta '

ups are without doubt the biggest most incompetant swoer of shit in the delivery world, hate them with a vengance !

I cant speak for the MWS as my GBBR's are mainly WE but I'm sure it's not much different. Remove the loading nozzle from the bolt carrier, on the WE there is a pin visible on the bolt which secures the return spring. Ant nozzle guids also need to be removed. Once out you need to open the nozzle, again on the WE there is a pin half way along the nozzle that secures thhe front and back together and locates the return spring. Take the valve and it's spring out of the nozzle, replace the valve with the NPAS,( note orientation needs to be the same as the original valve, ) and reuse the valve spring. Then re assembley is as they say , the reverse .

Thanks for the reply. Now you mention it , I'm sure i remember reading about a M/L rubber being fitted. Seem to recal it needed the locating nub removing. Sounds like the difference is marginal then. I think I'll suggest that he and I have a comparison of his 416 against my L119 A1 which does have a crazy jet in it, whilst different brands they are at least the same basic platform, if mine is demonstrably more accurate or more consistant, I'll put a C/J in the 416 . I'll report back either way once we've had a try.

I've got one of these beasts on my bench at to moment, belongs to a friend who has asked me to give it a go through. I've adjusted the NPAS to give it a decent but usable power level, done the usual clean and relube and cleaned the barrel, zero'd his red dot and it's shooting very well. What's the thoughts on barrel and hop rubber on these ? I normally go to a M/L crazy jet barrel and M/L rubber in my own GBB kit. But my MP7 and 249 are both running the stock barrel and rubber and frankly dont feel like they need a change, so I'm debating if it's worthwhile on the 416. Any one swapped them and was it worth it ?

Should work. Try it and report back 😁

The 249 got a run out today, I love how much fun it is , got some nice kills with it . Didn't have a single issue with the gas block releasing itself, so the replacement mag catch does seem to have sorted that.

My game day on Sunday was fun, only 28 players , so nice and tactical. I believe we lost most games, but fair play to the other tem who played very well. I Managed a couple of long sneaky flanking trips to get behind them though which was satisfying, In the last game I played I worked my way round and took out 2 players who were holding our team back, then just as I settled down in a bush to cover if they came back, the heavens opened. There I am sitting in a bush , absoluty soaked , thinking ' remind me why I love doing this' 😂