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    Comprehensive Ares AW .338 spring version (MSR-006/7/8) review.

    in Sniper Reviews

    Posted

    I've only ever been abroad to Portugal and Australia, unless you count Dubai and Singapore whilst the plane was refuelling...?

     

    ANYWAY!

     

    I've managed to more or less fix mine, been playing around with it for about... 7 hours I think. Mags still aren't seating properly, but it's not filling the cylinder area with BBs and crushing them anymore, and it's actually firing as well.

     

    What I'd advise is NEVER slap the mags in, that's how I damaged my feeding tube (that holds the 25 bbs) and started all my annoying problems.

    The VSR parts that fit are the hop bucking and arm, pistons, springs and spring guides.

     

    The cylinder, cylinder head and trigger parts are proprietary as far as I know. We'll just have to wait for some trigger upgrades to come out, though PDI have made a cylinder set for it, but it's for 350fps set ups (so it's basically worthless).

     

    The barrel is an L96 cut though, so you can at least get a better barrel and hop for it. It's actually very consistent in terms of the fps right out of the box, so it might be alright with a new barrel and hop. Mine was appallingly bad out of the box though, got maybe 10 hits over 2 games with it, all from around 20m away and only 2 people took the hit. Then it broke.

     

    Now I've got an upgraded piston, spring and spring guide fitted it's actually doing alright, shooting with relative accuracy out to about 60 or so metres.

    Your measurements sound about right by the way, 25m - 120m sounds fair game with 550fps at your disposal.

     

    Also, sears are part of the trigger mech, they're basically the parts that lock the piston in the rear position and stop you being able to fully pull the bolt assembly out. Correct me if I'm wrong guys. I'm new to sniping too.

     

    As for worrying about the trigger, mine's still alright, there are signs of wear, but I don't think it's going to give out too soon. Maybe hold off ramping it up to 550 immediately though, I've got mine around 450 at the minute.

     

    I think that's everything you asked covered, let me know if I missed anything, or you need anything clarifying.

    The angry thread!

    in Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    I'll suggest advertising a bit more at the next Skype meeting, Marcus. I think you're right, what UKAPU get up to really doesn't get put out there all that often.

     

    And I can see why that might be frustrating, Finius... Maybe a ritual sacrifice to the god of airsoft is in order.

    Milspec Solutions Gasblowback specialists.

    in Places to Buy

    Posted

    Does anyone have any experience with these guys? I met them at The Arms Fair last May and I've emailed them regarding an AK I'm thinking of picking up and so far they've been incredibly friendly and helpful, with immensey impressive, and prompt communication, despite the owner being away in Dubai at the moment!

     

    I think they deserve some love.

     

    Does anyone else have any experiences with them?

    The angry thread!

    in Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    As a defence? Never.

     

    You can get discounts at a number of places by showing a UKAPU card though, both sites and shops. They're all listed on the UKAPU website. I can't think of any aside from JDAirsoft and my regular site, Skirmish Airsoft, off the top of my head.

    The angry thread!

    in Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    Well, you might as well just get UKARA to be fair, it's not like it's a difficult thing to get sorted. When I switched sites and mine expired, I had another form filled out and sent off, I was back on the database within 2 days of realising I was no longer on it.

    Load-Out / Loadout Picture topic

    in Guns, Gear & Loadouts

    Posted

    Ed if you aren't happy with the we, take a look at the ghk. The new versions are meant to be quite good.

    I'd be worried about parts compatibility and availability with the GHK, otherwise I would.

     

    WE are opening that UK distribution centre soon, remember? So that's quite a large attraction. Thinking of going for a WE CQB M4 now, with all the RA Tech parts pre fitted of course.

    I thought you'd decided gas rifles were for masochists, Ed? It is pretty though.

    I did have that opinion, yeah. Though it was mostly because when I got a gas rifle initially, I had no idea what I was doing with it so it ended up being useless.

     

    That said, I've had a pretty shite history with pistols as well, they never seem to work properly for me. It's like I'm a human freezer and when I touch a pistol it has to behave like it just got teleported to me from Antarctica.

     

    I was very impressed with a WE Glock 17 Gen4 I got to have a play with today though, so I've asked Stef to get one in for me.

     

    But yeah... Hopefully things will go better for me with the gas rifles this time around. I think that because they're entirely mechanical, having some knowledge of how they work ought to prove them simpler to use and maintain than AEGs, they'll just require more attention, which is something I always liked the idea of, having to actually maintain a gun. Especially since they strip down the same as the real thing and everything.

    Comprehensive Ares AW .338 spring version (MSR-006/7/8) review.

    in Sniper Reviews

    Posted

    So as an update, I received the parts today.

     

    Springs, pistons, spring guides - all fit.

     

    VSR sears do not fit, and cylinder heads don't fit either, as the Ares cylinder has different threading. However, if someone else finds that VSR cylinders fit, then obviously the cylinder heads will too.

     

    I also tried to sort out the feeding issue by sticking some washers around all the screws to adjust the height of the feed tube in relation to the mag, in an attempt to make the holes line up better - I failed. It wasn't down to lack of trying either. I went bloody mental for over an hour trying about 500 different combinations, different numbers of washers on different screws.

     

    No joy.

     

    I also encountered an issue I'd previously forgotten to mention, which is that when the bolt is to the rear, BBs can fall out of the back of the hop unit into the area the bolt fills when it's forwards. Meaning when you push the bolt back forward BBs get caught between the hop unit and the cylinder head, getting crushed to buggery in the process, as well as preventing you from pushing the bolt full forward without forcing it, which then ruins your air seal, prevents proper loading of the next shot (if it's even working properly anyway) and most annoyingly, can't be fixed without dismantling the gun and taking the barrel off.

    Which wouldn't be so bad if you had faith it wasn't going to then happen again immediately upon trying to use the gun again.

     

    All I can say is that this is the single worst gun I've ever owned and it has become an exceedingly expensive (£550 with the scope, mags and upgrade parts) useless, wall hanger.

     

    I've emailed JDAirsoft, where I bought it from, and if they'll take it, I'm going to return it for a refund.

     

    If they won't, I will murder everyone on this continent.

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