Fatboy40

I watched a couple of minutes of his latest video, downvoted then closed it, with it leaning so heavily into "toxic femininity". Is he now the airsoft Andrew Tate?

If SBA pull something magic out of their hat due to this then Novritsch deserves a pat on the back

To me it's so close (on paper) to beating the TAC-41 platform but just falls at the last hurdle, however I do think it has to be the best VSR 10 "style" platform (I say "style" as it's not 100% compatible as it has some proprietary parts). Personally I'd discount the 50 rnd mags as game changing as Action Army did this a long time ago with theirs. What interests me most is the air volume, so what the bolt pull is like considering you'd not need too powerful a spring.

How much do you have in the bank? It could costs you around £100 or £1,000 depending upon how far you want to take it (just want to hit the DMR power limits with an AEG, build a great electric DMR, or maybe bite the bullet and just buy an MTW and go HPA). A simple spring swap will do this, however if you want accuracy at range and consistency (and an electric RIF that survives the punishment) you'll need to do more work. Unless you're playing milsim games your "DMR" does not have to look like a real steel / world one, use whatever platform you want that makes you happy (with the right setup an MK 23 pistol, or an AAP-01, could be classed as a "DMR").

I've spoken to them / him and the response was... I’ve forwarded the below including the pics to Hadron who assure me that these are just machining marks that very few of the units will carry. These won’t have any bearing on the performance of the unit. ... so I'm happy to go ahead and install it, but will stop if I feel the inner barrel catching at all. The response also implies that some other purchasers of it will have the same marks. I'll probably install it during next week and then pop down the farm my brother works on to test it safely at range in a quiet field (and compare it to my DMR). Also in your last photo that's certainly not one of the assumed side arms to go with a sniper. It's good to be different though 😃 (I run an AAP-01)

I've just gone with the SBA one to start with, a fair comparison to the stock AEG one, and if the change to GBB / the Pegasus is great I'll probably get a stainless steel inner barrel when I have the money for it. ### And it begins (see the below for numerous images)... https://imgur.com/a/FDCCGHO However, I'm a little surprised by the marks / marring inside the hop unit itself as shown below... ... as if something too wide has been inserted into it, and this is it straight out of the plastic container (I'd only taken it out of the delivery packaging from Longbow BB, no inner barrel or other object has been inserted by me). I'll contact Longbow BB about it before I assemble it.

Are you allowed to talk about the patches?

I've been having hop issues / quirks with my TAC-41 P for a while now, I've gone back to my trusty DMR, but I thought f**k it and put in a pre-order for the Hadron Pegasus GBB hop unit (and bought the Sniper Mechanics TAC-41 Dampened Cylinder Head (GBB) + 60 degree Flamingo Bucking). I can't see anyone else here discussing the Pegasus so I though I'd start a thread on it for us all. Also I now need to buy a good 510mm GBB inner barrel to pair with this all, and not one that breaks the bank. What brand etc would people here recommend? (I'm only up to speed on AEG inner barrels, also am I correct in the assumption that too tight a bore really isn't good for GBB / bolt action?).

Yep, been there. However, it was with the holy grail to some, the Retro Arms AR15 CNC hop unit. I bought two of them and the first shock was their internal finishing which had burs here and there, but easily sorted. They were ever so slightly too long though in four AEG's I tried them in, with the upper never going back on properly (both metal and polymer receivers), other than in a G&G Firehawk. The Maxx Model M4A-PRO though, hated by Reddit, fits perfectly in every AEG I put one in, but had to change the nozzle in all of them to get the best out of them.

Around £90+ spent on parts but never dealt with the prime problem with the Firehawk 🙄 (its absolutely shit mechanical trigger, which leads to jams on semi, so it just needs a basic optical controller / ETU with cycle control and then its a great CQB AEG)...

If I wanted to be "gear light", have a good amount of ammo, and not rattle, I'd just use a good battle belt + mag pouches and buy a box of these... https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/emg-230rnd-daniel-defense-mid-cap-magazine-for-m4-ar-15-6-pack

No, I mean Warhead Industries. Redux (Luke et al) had their falling out so started their own business, with their own branded BB's and motor. Warhead Industries in the UK are now run by different people and their BB range is called "Alpha", coming into stock this month I think, and their 500g bag of 0.48g non-bio BB's is £22 if they honour the price they showed on Facebook below...

Both of the BB's you've shown are massively overpriced for what they are! I use 0.48g in my TAC-41 P and I buy... https://shop.super5ives.com/shop/item/132186/bls-precision-non-bio-bbs-048g-1000-count-bag-ivory.html ... at £23.00. Also Warhead Industries in the UK are about to sell their Alpha BB's in 0.48g as well and the pricing for these should be very good.

I may have missed a post in this thread but why would you need to remove any material from the standard gearbox shell of a DE M900 to fit a Perun V2 Hybrid? They're as basic as they come and for example a GATE Titan II juts drops straight in, no modification required, so a Perun V2 Hybrid should be just the same (personally I go with GATE controller as I prefer an optical trigger).

One to add to the book of challenging wanks ?

So, progress is being made. I bought a used DE M904E, which was in a worse state than I'd assumed, but it had its stock gears replaced with 13:1 SHS ones (short stroked by two teeth, I'd rather they had been as is) so there's one less thing to buy. I'd spent far more than I wanted to, but the inside of the gearbox was a bit of a shit show, and remaining parts will arrive soon for me to crack on and hopefully get it running ready for the Red Alert Battlesim Lite next weekend. My attempts with painting / rattle cans continues...

Thanks (after doing it I thought a dash of tan would have been good as well)

I've some time on my hands at the moment so thought I'd play around with some posh spray paints and templates, a few shots of todays results, and I very much welcome contructive criticism...

Putting WD-40 DRY PTFE on the outside of your cylinder...

They really don't like active braking, they can stutter etc., and pretty much handle stopping themselves using their own circuitry / speed controller. As the Perun AB++ is an inline MOSFET, it's not an optical controller, it's not smart enough to monitor the cycle of the sector gear. I'd bet an "optical controller" would immediately resolve this, telling the motor to stop at exactly the right time to prevent overspin. I'd try a slower / brushed motor first if one's available, and if all is then good consider your options.

Reading all of this a few months back, all the back story, it was better than Coronation Street ? In a perfect world we'd just have AK2M4 and Negative Airsoft working together to make the pinnacle of UK pro-Airsoft manufacturers / retailers ?

The biggest improvement for me came from the bucking, not so much range but a massive improvement in grouping. The silicone Maple Leaf bucking's have worked really well in it, they're incredibly "grippy" so they're terrible in AEG's, but I've a feeling that with the slight amount of oil in "green gas" they come into their own. Like others have said replacing parts in my AAP-01 has been disappointing, with inner barrels really making little difference to FPS / range / accuracy. These though have probably been the upgrade that I've been most happy with... https://www.ctmtac.com/en/product/182 ... in that you get a few more BB's to each mag / can drop to a lower pressure gas / the added weight just makes the AAP-01 feel more satisfying to handle.

"AEP's" with the Tokyo Marui "CMG" gearbox in them, so the MP7's / MAC 10's, can have work done on them to make them damned good (Kingdom of Airsoft in Scotland can do this / sell parts, but is it worth buying a £200 AEP and spending another £200 or so on it?). My son's has a CYMA AEP with a MOSFET in it and my God the trigger response was still terrible, it was the first airsoft item he ever sold on. @Twist under very specific circumstances an AEP can be used in a skirmish, if you're well hidden so see the enemy first and they can't see you, but the real downside is the awful trigger response so you'll never win in a one to one firefight (the AEP trigger delay is enough for a good GBBP player to fire and duck a little).

Worthwhile loading them up with cheap 0.20g BB's fully first and leaving them loaded for a week or so (taking a little tension away from the spring).

No "counter" but a good alternative... https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/emg-230rnd-daniel-defense-mid-cap-magazine-for-m4-ar-15-6-pack ... but to honest the orange counter in the EPM1 is really only for guidance as it's (edit) inaccurate. I'd say overall the updated PTS EPM1 is still king for me. (Editing coz I can't spell / am stoopid)