Fatboy40

Over a year ago my youngest son spent his own money on a used AKM being sold by a local shop's staff member, which on paper looked sweet, however it was very unreliable with the Perun optical controller just craping out every few shots. Finally bad Dad has sorted it out and installed a GATE Titan v3 and a 27k Warhead brushless motor, with it now running very well (especially on full auto). With it having now been worked on by me I've taken a few photos that were interesting and have a few questions for others. When he first bought it and when it did work, for the first few shots, it had great range and consistency and a few things probably helped this in that there's a 3D printed block keeping the hop unit steady, the inner barrel has PTFE tape wrapped around it, and there's also a sliver of a tin can and masking tape below the inner barrel at the front of the receiver (all of which I suppose kept things very much in-place). Is this all a smart thing to do with an AKM? It's no specific brand either, it's very much a mongrel. The gearbox is CYMA, and like a boneyard CYMA MP5K I sorted out there was this awful thick green grease in it which I had to clean out. The receiver and wooden furniture is a bit of a mystery, I've no idea where the wooden furniture is from, however the receiver says on the bottom it's APS and the front left of the receiver has painted Russian symbols and numbers.

I've finally sorted out my son's AK that he's had for well over year, which I now understand is an AKM? It didn't come with a mag, so the one I've bought may not be historically accurate, and the small tube at the bottom is missing (I've no idea what it's called). It's a mongrel with a CYMA gearbox but an APS receiver and possibly the rest of it as well, and now a GATE Titan and a Warhead brushless 27k and half a day of my sweat a tears (I must do a full post on it as AK aficionados may find it interesting)...

You could argue the toss back and forth, however as Patrol Base finally have these back in stock... https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/emg-230rnd-daniel-defense-mid-cap-magazine-for-m4-ar-15-6-pack ... I'd just buy a pack and that's you and your wife sorted for a very good price👍

I can keep going all day

As an AEG DMR player to get the best you need to commit to the "very very very very very fine-tuning" lifestyle to get the best out of them, but moving around without a "tank and line" is so much nicer The trifecta for me has been air volume + hop + BB weight, get these all perfect and you're there (so me = full cylinder + Maxx Model M4A-Pro / Concave Metal Nub / Snipetor patch + 0.40g).

I'm going to be controversial but that's why sometimes it's better to hit an area of the target that's more likely to feel the shot if you know what I mean, sorry 😔

Those of us who like to pretend to be bracken, bushes and trees know the crafting materials aren't cheap (even with AliExpress being an option for some things). One person / place I've never bought from is Theyma HP... https://www.facebook.com/TheymaHP/ ... so I was wondering if anyone here has? They're only over the channel in France, but not being traditional retail I'm wondering if language / shipping / taxes get in the way and mean overall it's just easier to buy certain crafting materials from KMCS now and again? I expect that I'll message them soon anyhow, but I thought I'd ask here as well just in case.

As a bit of a DE M900 aficionado I'd love to know what's implied by "fully upgraded" as well. Externally I see slapped on paint, a 3d printed stock extension, and grip tape applied to the stock pistol grip, so let's say a generous £40 on parts there, so where has the other £180 or so gone? To replace the weaker components in it, hop unit + bucking + nozzle + spring + motor, you could do all of that for £90 with parts from AK2M4.

It won't be for fitment into the magwell but for the spring and follower inside it. I'd be assuming that only the seperate internal part of the mag, not it's shell, is made with the impregnated plastic.

Yes... https://www.igus.com/company/self-lubricating-plastics

For various reasons I'd never buy one but the Novritsch SSR4 MK2 is a good all round AEG, and what I like is that it has it's own dedicated spare part page on their website... https://eu.novritsch.com/products/gun-systems/all-rifles/rifles/the-ssr4-system/ssr4-mk2-spare-parts/ ... and YouTube disassembly videos so in theory it's something that you could run for years and cover all sorts of things that might fail. Beyond that I'd be looking at key features like... a branded controller / ETU pre-installed (so effectively a GATE Aster or Titan) so you get cycle control etc. + quick change spring + no non-standard or proprietary parts + standard AR buffer tube so you can use any stock you want + standard M4 / AR15 mags. Also as you say you'll play at a "relatively big woodland site" I'd be thinking about keeping some money back so that you can set yourself up to use heavy BB's like 0.32g, so you get good range and know your shots can pass through light foliage. Some of the money you keep back may need to go on a stronger spring + better bucking + possibly a hop unit with some sort of TDC.

This is a bit of a stretch, as someone who keeps an eye on their products (but not yet bought any), but seeing their "in stock" items getting lower and lower each month and a lack of social media updates I get an uncomfortable feeling (with no evidence, but it feels like potential cash flow type issues).

I'm all ready to rock now, getting around 2.22J on 0.48g. Itching to use it in anger but now the weather this weekend looks poop for the Battlesim Lite at Red Alert I also had my son's old Viper ready rig, he just runs a belt now, now fitted with a couple of Kydex Customs TAC-41 extended mag holders.

Didn't I say this to you on Reddit only a few days ago? (I even shared the photo of it) 🙄 Edit: https://old.reddit.com/r/airsoft/comments/1i62jdq/double_eagle_range_issue/

Who's a good TAC-41 P... yes you are... yes you are... good boy...

As there's no easy to read long term discussions on this topic anywhere, posts on Facebook / WhatsApp just drift further away over time and I'm finding these events to be the most fun I have playing airsoft (reduced pressure and you can play the long game), I thought I'd start a topic on this. The link to their website is... https://redalertpaintball.co.uk/booking/airsoft-battlesim-lite/ ... and the rules are pretty much as a standard skirmish but... This will consist of a morning and afternoon non stop game with fixed point and rolling objectives given by your team commander. Teams will still be designated with tapes/armbands and there will be no weapon/ammo limits or medic rule as per a normal skirmish. ... and with Red Alert having such a big forest based site you can really lose yourself in the environment and fun of it all. Starting in 2025 they're doing them every two months, and in the summer of 2025 they were getting 120+ players for them. As long as the weather is good, I'm too soft to play in the rain and heavy wind is no fun, the next one is 2/2/2025. It'll be the first use of my TAC41-P in anger and God only knows how that will go (with my DMR as a backup). Is anyone else here planning on going?

I know about Gunman with their FilmSim games, but for Skirmish I've never seen that DMR's must be real steel equivalent (at least at Bravo). I've never played at any UCAP sites but their website rules do not state that a DMR has to be real steel equivalent, only "Realistic Immitations (sic) Firearms (RIFS) only", which is anything that looks potentially like it could be a real firearm.

UK sites? Personally I've not played at a single site that's told me my DMR has to match a real steel of any sort. Do you mind me asking what sites they are?

Don't worry, I know the reality 🤣 (one of my highlights from 2024 though was being sat in a bush for around 20 minutes after my team moved on, hoping I don't get cramp / ticks on me / wondering how wet my arse can get, and then an enemy squad wanders by and my DMR sends them all home with shouts of "WTF" and "Where did that come from") I'm hoping that all I need is the updated concave chub nub, 100nm spring and spacers, a couple of extra mags, and a new scope that's got a higher zoom than my DMR 🤞

Yeah, must remember the "P" has the longer inner barrel.

I've bitten the bullet and bought a TAC-41 P (in FDE) from Skirmshop, let's see how long it takes to arrive over Christmas. In the end I decided... I didn't want to buy second hand, I'm just not sure I'll trust what I'm getting. I thought it best to go with the longer inner barrel and the solid body (a bit more old school). So I've now got until 2nd Feb 2025 to get it just right, ready for the next Red Alert "Battlesim Lite". I think I'm going to go 0.48g and the 120n Silverback spring, but not sure which scope 🤔 (probably a LPVO, 50mm, and use it at around 10x)

Thanks, and as far as I'm aware it's the older fixed hop version. I really like it, but I'd never use it as I've multiple AAP-01's for different situations.

I'm a lucky boy and now unexpectedly have in my collection a brand new Tokyo Marui Tactical Master. I'm really not sure what to do with, but to make sure all is OK I put gas in the mag (no leaks) and dry fired it a few times, and thinking I'll keep it I took the tag off of it (doh!). If I did sell it here any ideas what I should be asking for it?