Spartan09

sorry, i should edit for clarity... im currently using .28s to bed in the 249, and i want to use .3s or .32s once its bedded in

damn, beat me to it.. I saw this video last night, but didn't get round to posting it here. I will probably only do the nozzle spring mod to my one, as improved accuracy is never a bad thing, and i may also add the washers in the bolt carrier. i definitely wont be HPAing my one though, nor will i be doing the AEG box mag conversion. still need to get out to a site and set up the adjustable nozzle valve i fitted last month (only been to one game since then and it was a CQB site, so i dont think an M249 would be very welcome there XD)

as the title implies, i am looking for a source of heavyweight, high quality tracer BBs (.30g and above). every site i have looked at seems to only list .2, .25 and .28. i mainly use .32 in my main rifle (Tippmann M4v2) and am looking to use heavier ammo than the .28s i currently use in my VFC M249 once the hop has had a chance to bed in

Oh yeah, it's fine to use in the safe zone on a table, but out on the field between games, it's a pain... so an adapter is definately needed

Currently using .28s, but will probably try switching to .30 or .32 when they run out. I also load my mags to give 5 tracer BBs to every 20 normal BBs, loading each mag to the 175 mark. Hoping someone can make a 3d printed adapter to fit on a my G&G speed loader, as the supplies speedloader is a pain to use, and the adapter won't fit without a lot of messing about.

I have one of those suppressors as well and it is indeed cool. I have mine fitted on my VFC M249. I have fitted a tracer into my one by removing the front cap and replacing it with the front cap of a boneyard Spitfire tracer, then fitting an acetech brighter R (with rear cap removed and some tape to centralise the tracer unit) in the space where the spring normally sits behind the generator. With regards to the fluid, I have read that you can make your own using distilled water and vegetable glycerine, but I have yet to try it myself. (Or the same fluid for model trains/tanks should work) Used it at AWA Herts the other week, and the combination of GBB M249 and smoke generator suppressor definately drew a lot of attention Only issue I had with the website was the tracking number for my order. Initial tracking number didn't work, but I got an email with a new tracking number that did work. Within a couple of weeks of ordering, I had it in my hands, and no hassle with customs

Quick pics on my living room floor (rug needs a hoover. Got to buy new hoover after motor burned out) Got a Theta Optics red dot on top, and a smoke generator suppressor on the front, with an Acetech Brighter R tracer unit fitted behind the smoke generator. Had to modify the suppressor by replacing the original fore end cap with one from a boneyard Spitfire tracer to give the needed clearance, plus removing the rear cap of the Acetech in order to fit the tracer unit in the suppressor casing. Gives an impressive effect, and certainly turns heads at sites. Don't have a video of the smoke effect... closest I have is an action shot from a game day after firing, as the smoke is being dissipated by the breeze Just looked. Out of stock

Nice, currently looking for one myself, preferably UK based given my ongoing struggles with border force. And I forgot to upload a pic of my beast as I said I would... Will dig it out tonight when I get home from work

Got my one done last night, pin was just bloody tight in the nozzle. Now to charge my chrono and see if it will work so I can dial in the valve to my preferred Vorsk V6 gas

@1st commando have you got round to fitting the adjustable valve to your one yet? Asking as I'm currently stripping my one down to fit the part (as well as clean and lube the workings) and i just wanted to check if the retaining pin for the nozzle return spring needs to come out one direction rather than the other. Don't want to force it the wrong way and break the nozzle assembly

Give it a few days. I have emailed VFC about parts to replace the bits that border force broke, and it usually takes an average of 4 days to get a reply

Ran mine today at AWA Herts. Got a few kills with it, though I'm still dialing in the hop so accuracy isn't perfect yet. I had a small issue in the middle of the first game where the gun decided it didn't want to work with a mag inserted, but would dry fire without a mag hapilly, so I dropped to my tippmann for game 2 then had a look at the 249 over lunch. Turned out the square block on the recoil spring was sat askew because the cross pin had worked its way to one side. Easy fix, just used a pistol mag to tap the pin central and the gun worked flawlessly all afternoon (I also gave the workings a wipe off and reapplied clean silicone gun oil and gun grease). I will be applying some loctite or similar to the pin when I strip the gun down again to hopefully prevent a repeat occurrence. Filled the box mag with an entire can of green gas and that lasted me easily 8 mags filled to 175 plus a couple of half mags (I was refilling all mags to full between games so didnt keep an exact count) I also have a smoke generator suppressor fitted to the end of the barrel that I have also fitted an acetech brighter R tracer unit into, and the combination drew a lot of admiring looks from both teams and even the marshals (I will upload some pics once I have sorted dinner and unloaded the car) Also had the adjustable nozzle arrive yesterday, so that will also be fitted at next strip down

And ordered

Just want to make certain... is this the part you mean? https://gbbparts.myshopify.com/products/cl-project-design-adjustable-floating-valve-for-vfc-gbb-rifle?_pos=1&_sid=8f11af9c1&_ss=r

Didnt know there was an adjustable nozzle for the 249. Do you have a link to where I can get one myself?

Ran my one today for the first time, after hearing back from SWIT airsoft that they are going to order replacement parts for the bits that border force broke, rather than requiring me to ship the gun back to them as I thought they might ask. Ran mine with the gas box mag, but found that the clip was rather tight and needed adjustment to allow the box to fit without forcing it on. Firing the gun drew quite a lot of admiring looks and compliments, particularly with the added features of a suppressor with a smoke generator and a tracer unit fitted. I will be stripping it down and giving it a good clean and lubrication over the next couple of days. One issue i do need to look at is perhaps replacing the nozzle as it was firing initially at 1.5j on .28s and VORSK gas. Regassed with nuprol 2.0 and fired a few mags through it and the power dropped down to just below the limit, and I rechronoed a couple of times through the day and it remained below the limit but too close for comfort. One other issue I need to work out... what's the best way to empy the gas tanks between game days? As unlike a standard mag, there's no release valve to manually vent the excess gas Not Had that issue with my one (yet), but it will be keeping an eye on it.

also going to echo the comments above, reforger is a great site. last week we played in the village all morning, then moved to checkpoint charlie, runway and then finally heartbreak ridge on the map below (copied from their website). so there is still plenty of the site to explore. everyone was informed at the briefing that we would be out in the game area all day, returning at lunch time, so we were all given the option of putting a small bag with some spare ammo/gas etc into the boot of a land rover that followed us to the game areas to allow us to rearm quickly between games rather than walk back and forth from the safe zone each time. village is a relatively large grouping of buildings in the base of a ravine, so as mentioned above, getting onto the ridgeline offers a good vantage point. checkpoint charlie was where we played a kind of tug-of-war game, where each team had to push a flag toward the enemy respawn. personally i felt this area became too bogged down with everyone fighting over one main path for the flag, so i focussed on trying to flank around and take out enemies from the side as much as i could and ended up playing cat and mouse with the enemy snipers in the woods surrounding the path. the "runway" at this time of year has quite long grass growing across the field, so there is plenty of cover for anyone moving towards the objective at the crashed airplane. i didnt see much of the surrounding area as i had dug into a fox hole to defend the plane and didnt move around much. also didnt realise at the time that there were two downed planes on the site with only half the site explored on my visit, i will definately be returning in the near future in hopes of visiting the rest of the site.

tell that to my overflowing sideboard and collapsing chest of drawers full of gun cases accessories, mags ammo etc etc... =P

yeah, the same issue we all have... never enough guns... and then never enough space to store all of these guns...

car is loaded ready to head down tomorrow morning. and as said in other threads, i wont be bringing my new toy, due to it being broken by customs inspectors

If you do, I hope you have better luck than I did. As I posted in the "what have you bought" thread earlier in the week, I recieved my m249 and gas box mag from SWIT, only to find that some incompetent customs inspector has snapped the front sight off the gun and used a screwdriver to break off the end plate of the box mag, rather than just releasing the securing tabs I was hoping to run mine this weekend, but I will be unable to do so as I may be required to ship it back to SWIT as part of their claims process.

thank you. im currently drafting an email now. probably wont send it tonight, as i am so angry and want to review the email in a calmer frame of mind, as i dont have the luxury of a second pair of eyes to review the email tonight

currently trawling the gov website to try and find out who i need to complain to, then figure it out from there also going to be firing emails to VFC and SWIT to find out if i can get replacement parts.

well, i should be happy right now... finally got my VFC M249 from SWIT airsoft delivered by UPS, but found the customs monkeys have got to it... boxes had been unwrapped, but then thrown back together with just a cross of border force tape holding the wrappings together and most of the inner boxes exposed due to the bubble wrap being hastily thrown around them first parcel contained the M249 and spare mags, every box and bag roughly opened, cardboard packing "frames" clearly disturbed. opened the bag to withdraw the gun, and found the front sight has been broken off. two of the tabs of the dovetail broken off and all the bits thrown in the bag. second parcel contained the external gas tank, again opened. this time the monkeys have used a screwdriver or something similar to pry off the end plate of the box to get to the inside (rather than opening it up using the two plastic tabs that hook onto the pegs on the rest of the box) the end result was that the plastic cover plate has been split in two different places. my brand new gun and its been broken by some incompetent, useless, clumsy customs monkey, i am FUCKING LIVID!!!! P.S @Skullchewer, this was the new toy i was teasing about bringing on sunday... but due to the damage i dont know if i will be bringing it now =/

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