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Headed down to my regular monthly site, Splatoon in Essex. Great day (Well, half a day...) as always. Took the VSS and my new E&L AK105, sun was out, the team was all there minus one, the day was looking hopeful! And then... My battery I had taken with me for the AK105 didn't fit under the dust cover, then the other skinnier batteries I had - Same thing, luckily a team mate had a battery I could use that did in fact fit. Great! Off to the first game, for a warm up. 3 spinners situated throughout the middle grounds, yellows had to put the spinner yellow side up, non bands (Me) with the red side up. The yellows held it down amazingly well, until the last few minutes when we managed to get it red side up! Sadly for the yellows, the point went to which side it was up at the end. Sadly though, I missed out on half of this first game as the E&L was shooting up and far left, regardless of where the hop was set - Very disappointing for a brand new gun. So that was out of action for the rest of the day. Second game was an attack and defend game, non bands was the attackers and had unlimited lives to push up and push back the banded team until a non banded player touched the grey helicopter in field 4. I decided to take out the VSS and give it a run, straight away the scope fell off the dovetail mount so I was running iron sights all game. Got a good few shots in though! Game ended after roughly 25 minutes, when one of our team ran up to the helicopter ending the play. When I got back to the safe zone for lunch, I had noticed my LiPo I had tried in the AK had doubled by at least half its size - Bye bye battery! After a good chat with the team mates for lunch, we geared up for the third game - Only to find out, my gate had drained the battery of my VSS over lunch (Due to me forgetting to unplug it, to be fair) and wasn't until I got to the top of the field that I realised I had no battery, sadly putting an end to my day... 😢 On the positive though, the LCT VSS had some nice range and accuracy despite the lower power output which was a lovely surprise!

My Ares L1A1 worked lovely! For half a game...

New parts from Ak2m4 came in this morning, fitted the new cylinder (full seal) etc and all okay. The nozzle doesn’t fully reach the hop up rubber still (I did however buy a spare longer nozzle just in case) On chrono I was getting 1.36 joules roughly (.25g bb’s) so about 355 (I think. I’ve forgotten 🤣) Still not 100% perfect, but I’m going to run it this weekend and see if it’s shooting nicely or definitely needs the new nozzle. Thanks everybody for their help so far!

Much appreciated! From what I’ve seen/experienced the mag catch on the WE stuff does tend to wear really fast

Still not had a reason to order from KY 🤣

I'll be renewing the whole lot tomorrow so will retest though.

Yeah, there was only a tiny bit of movement

Third times the charm?

If only there was a part of the forum where you could list replicas and other items that you have for sale... I think it started with a c and ended with lassifieds... 🤔

It never even crossed my mind to be honest - Hopefully this'll solve my issues. Definitely a fun learning experience though!

I found a solid one in a parts box I can experiment with, see if it improves along with the new compression parts

I’m assuming that’s this part?

Considering replacing the cylinder assembly and trying that, but at the same time I don’t want to keep spending on a project 😂 Maple leaf rubber with standard barrel and I’m getting this constantly with the hop arm all the way forwards 🤔 Edit: Didn’t realise how “cheap” replacement parts would be. Poor ak2m4, he’s had like 4 sporadic orders from me this week already, and it’s only Tuesday! 🤣

Gearbox is completely Lct standard from what I can tell, the only thing I’ve changed is the short nozzle for a longer AK version - And the titan of course. The original shorter nozzle had no compression behind it at all, I took the o-ring from it today and it’s seen better days for sure.

I’m trying for around 410 FPS, on the stock rubber I just chrono’d it at 259.5 (Highest, hop fully on) and 162.5 (Lowest, hop fully off) with it being 239.5 in the middle (With a variation of 1 roughly, it was like .7, .1 etc) - This is on .25g BB’s Chrono is suggesting that at 239.5 fps it’s 0.666 joules

Just trying to give myself hope 🤣 I ordered 2 new nozzles from ak2m4, I’m going to try the original rubber and test it - Mostly as something to do 😂

The hop rubber that came out on the left, “standard” in the middle and a maple leaf on the right. I wonder if that’s a potential causer of the air leak?

Never seen a game, only shot in my Nans friends aunt's cousins uncles brothers back garden. Shoots like a laser will easily outrange teh bestest snipers! It's fully upgraded with every part £700 buyer pays fees, postage and for the box it comes in!

I'll keep an eye out for you!

No bud, not out playing until the 9th (Next weekend) at Splatoon 🤙 Appreciate the offer though!

That's what I was thinking haha! I'll get a replacement ordered and hopefully it'll fix my issues. Thanks!

Actionhobbies has them listed for £450, landwarriorairsoft has them listed at £400 so following the general rule of thumb of 70%, you're looking at £280 - £315

Would it be at all possible for a measurement on the nozzle fitted? I have a sneaking suspicion the guy I bought it from has messed with it prior, as the one I replaced had 0 air seal and was about 1/2 the size of the one I fitted to test. No worries if not of course, as they're not the easiest things to get too!

Aye, battery goes into the suppressor. I have a battery cradle I 3d printed to hold the battery off of the barrel (That also acts as a second barrel stabilizer). Starting to think I'm paranoid about barrel stabilization...