RostokMcSpoons

Thank you so much, that did the trick, and so of course the line came straight off the small tank without any effort!

I'm going to jump into this thread cos I'm slightly stuck at the next stage of "filling up at home"... I've attached the small cylinder to the tank successfully, gently filled it up to 2.5k psi (rated at 3k) and so that went fine. The main tanks' valve is now definitely closed. But I'm getting some resistance from trying to disconnect the line from the small tank. I obviously am aware that high pressures aren't to be messed with and neither do I want to damage anything so I thought I'd best double-check: I am supposed to be pulling back on the knurled silver collar nearest to the black tank to release the line. There should only be a little residual pressure inside the line now, as the valve on the small tank will be closed too (due to the higher pressure within). That silver collar doesn't want to budge (presumably due to the residual pressure) so I'm going to have to lever it (as gently as possible) to make it disconnect. Correct? I'm not heading towards a "kinetic reduction in finger counting ability" am I?

Yeah, I've not seen a 907 in the flesh but I think that's a 'forged vs billet' look... or is that 907 vs 908? I forget. I did ask the question back when I was choosing the DE in the first place... but the big diff is the 904's polymer vs 907 metal receiver. I think some of the 904s have aluminium handguards, it's just(?) the G that is entirely polymer. I know lots of people talk about Chinesium pot-metal etc but to be honest I'm not sure I could tell the difference between good and bad metal in the guns I've seen. So I may not be the ideal judge on the DE. But damn it I love the thing regardless: Someone here claimed (a long time ago) that 'reliability' was an endearing characteristic. I pooh-poohed it at the time, but I've since entirely come around to that idea, given how well the DE has worked for me in the six months I've had it (with the exception of when the spring turned to cheese and the FPS fell off a cliff!) On the day I got it, plus Kobra red-dot. Current loadout with the camo cover (not done up properly on the stock)... and suppressor, stubby foregrip, PTS EPS stock, Amazon-special red dot, Lonex flash mag, single point sling attachment.

My M906C is a champ. Granted most of it is covered up by a Novritsch camo sleeve (front handguard, upper receiver, stock), but the exposed bits (mag well) haven't scratched at all, and it's it's seen plenty of rough action (yub yub, wibble). The metal seems pretty good to me, but then I've got limited experience with newer, top tier guns to compare with. The Spec Ops site runs some DE904Gs and I've only seen them in passing but they looked respectable and the site tech likes them. (The site also uses a lot of G&G Combat Machines, which I used a couple of times before I got my DE, and they were good too) The only thing we've had that's bad on the DE's is the provided spring. It's gets tired very quickly. So chuck that out and put in a better one for a tenner. Quick Change spring system means even I managed without buggering up the gun, and it took 5 minutes. A better hop rubber is a good idea too - but that's pretty standard advice for any gun.

D'oh! I forgot that! I've only ever played woodland. Spec Ops in MK are going to open a CQB site soon, it seems, so I'll pop that cherry...

I think I need a special key on my keyboard that always pastes this link https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/double-eagle-m904g-honey-badger-w-fire-control-system-edition?pv=13200 I think the only real downside to it is it's not a high RoF beast, so might not be so ideal for CQB. The CM.041L linked above with an advertised 25rps might be the better (but substantially more expensive) bet on that front.

Hi! Thanks for solving the mystery for me 😂 Mine is a v2 so it has the tdc hop as standard. It has a tight bore barrel in it at the moment.. Ive got a few guns where I could swap similar length barrels and go back to a standard bore, see how that works out. Is had the dwell mood but nothing else (as far as I can tell / what I've been told) Madbull seem to be the preferred hop rubber, I'll order one!

Sorry to bump my own thread, but hey ho... Well I just decided to try out my gun to see what it's shooting at right now... and things have perhaps taken a turn for the much, much worse. But as I'm trying HPA for the first time, maybe it's just a 'thing'. Knowing my luck.. it's not. Basically I went through maybe a hundred rounds of BBs in single shot with chrono attached. It seemed to be being 'respectable' in the velocity variance - a few outliers at 350 and 390 but mostly at 365-375. Too hot for skirmishing, but it's just testing. I thought I'd give a few bursts on full auto, to check the RoF. This is when things went South on me... the RoF seemed quite variable. Then it started firing in bursts. Then semi-auto started firing in full auto, and eventually it went full run-away firing at ever faster rates until it sounded like a very fast fart, and just kept going until I shut the valve. The gun still seems to function in that I can cock it and the trigger won't fire on safe, but does on single and full auto. But when I reattach the air and turn it, it goes run-away full auto again. The only thing I can see is the air pressure in the tank is quite low (less than 1k.... maybe 800psi?) but I think that's surely enough to make the gun function properly. And I can't imagine people wanting to use HPA if it does that just because it's low on air! So have I got a shagged gun? What's the fix? Edit: Oh thank Gaaawd. Yes, low pressure can cause "the fart of death" where the sear doesn't engage and it does the run away thing. Not very user-friendly but something I can watch out for!

Tippmann's chug along rather being the high-RoF-overkill-machines some of the other HPAs are... I'm ok with that given the extra immersion of the recoil, but it's personal preference really.

I bought a v2 recently. It's great fun to shoot, but not shooting as well as I'd like. So do test fire it before buying, and really you want to shoot it somewhere where you can ensure it's accurate at 40+ metres, not just at short range. This means the gun's power, innate accuracy (or lack) and the effectiveness of the hop can be gauged. Ideally take some heavier BBs with you for testing the hop. (If you can only test at short range, make sure it feeds properly in semi and full auto as the minimum. Try to take a chrono to test the velocity variance isn't too much) I started a Tippmann owner's thread, so feel free to bung specific questions in there. In terms of maintenance, the stuff I've meddled with so far has been quite 'mechanical' and simple - easier so far than fiddling with an AEG gearbox. But then again it's not working quite right yet... I'm a million miles from being the right person to ask

I want you all to buy one. And then tell me whether they're any good. And then sell me one at an insanely knocked-down price. Ok?

Well that's half the battle right there, isn't it I think the AM014 was the first of the 'new and improved' airsoft guns I'd seen, after my initial shopping for TM / Classic Army guns, and I was mightily impressed with the polymer body's build quality (compared to the somewhat flimsier feeling construction of the TM AK). It was a cool gun. Glad it's been reliable for you

When I hear "honey Badger", I think of the original Ares with the top and bottom handstops. Is that the specific look you want? Given the low regard for Ares reliability, but if it's really just the long hand guard you're after, then I humbly suggest https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/double-eagle-m904a-honey-badger-rifle-w-falcon-fire-control-system

It's ironic how, given the Orion sales spiel, what an absolutely shite reputation it has for being poorly manufactured and prone to failure (This quote isn't directly from Specna, but no doubt gifted to a review site by their marketing team) "ORION gearbox is based on a reinforced frame and equipped with the function of the main spring release. The gearbox has arrays of high-grade parts right out of the box, which makes it characteristic for its reliability and preparedness for further tuning. ORION gearbox is ready for cooperation with M140 springs"

I was going to jump in with the 'brim, and brim again' advice, but I've been beaten to it. So that's good. I was definitely keen on the idea of mid-caps for a while, but then I had a few rounds where I didn't spend most of my time dead, and actually burned through a metric shit-ton of ammo. While I really like doing sort-of speedy reloads and looking tacti-cool, I don't have enough mag pouches for it. And so I decided I quite like high caps after all... and ordered a bunch of Lonex flash mags to kill off the other annoyance (winding). And yes, if you either move through the woods like a preying mantis (which is my current "energy-saving" / "can't be arsed to run much" / I AM STEVEN SEAGAL approach), or just really 'baby' the gun as you move, then the rattle isn't a problem - even with a nearly empty mag in there. The short little all-out sprints for change of cover or to close right up with the enemy are so obvious that a bit of rattle makes sod all difference. Movement + not using cover is more of a giveaway than sound, in my (limited) experience.

If you're up against the puffa jacketed teen terrors then 3 high caps will get you about 6 acknowledged kills...

It's not the nozzle the air is escaping from, I did check that. Here's the kit I bought: https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/xt-v2-v3-cylinder-piston-head-aluminium-silent?search=xt67 Obviously it's all tucked away inside the gun so I can't inspect it right now. Should I try swapping the o-rings over? I presume the cylinders all have the same internal dimensions? Certainly the old piston + head made a good seal with the new cylinder + head. (But then the piston got eaten) Here it is for reference anyway... https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/index.php?route=product/search&search=xt77

In the absence of actually being able to go skirmish, I've been making holes in my waste paper basket and throwing BB's around my garden. The good news is that the F2K is now running apparently quite well with the Nuprol 14 tooth piston I sourced from Action Hobbies on a whim, along with the mushroom piston and cylinder head combo I bought from @ak2m4 a while back. I've also re-shimmed and so was rather surprised to see the rate of fire at a positively wanker-ish 26rps, but I think that's being 'improved' by the fact the air seal with this piston head and cylinder head combo is pretty poor. When I put my thumb over the nozzle there's resistance but its quite easy to push the piston all the way in. So it'll make the piston be able to cycle back and forth very nicely, but the muzzle velocity is all over the place, varying from 200-255fps (0.28g BBs, hop applied, spring guide not fully extended) So I need a new piston head / cylinder head combo? Or is there some bedroom-tech shenanigans I can get up to?

Half the ammo twice the fun? This is my idea of fun...

... The bullpup version? I'm thinking not. Enjoy your gnu, its gonna be a beaut 👍

On the upside you can now answer the world's most unlikely pub quiz question "Name a gun with two (count 'em) trigger guards"

Right, so I wanted a picture of the FAL bull pup mentioned in that last section, and I found it. I rather wish I hadn't, it's melted my eyeballs and dissolved my brain

An update and a request... The request is that I'm sure someone here posted an advert offering a nozzle block (without the dwell mod) for sale here earlier in the year. I sent an offer via the message button but never got a reply. And now I can't find the ad. (Perhaps it was on another site, my memory is shite) If that person happens to read this - please contact me! After a second message sent off to Tippmann via their website, I got a reply back from Dave at KoreOutdoor.com. I've not had time to try his suggestions, indeed I've asked for some advice regarding the lube as I don't want to have anything combusting in the gun :] Here are his notes, maybe someone else will find this useful (I would take issue with his comment about +- 15fps being acceptable, I've just been firing a few shots through the DE, and that's +-2fps!)

An up vote from me too for the Double Eagles Mine has kept on going when all my other guns have been falling (mostly due to me trying to improve them, admittedly) Down vote for the errant apostrophe in "piece's" though 😉

My airsoft day has gone very badly. I got all my kit together over the last few days, including rebuilding my F2000 with a new 14 tooth piston, and it seemed to be shooting pretty well, so I had 5 guns to take for the day. New set of Lonex flash mags in my mag pouches. And I woke up this morning to sunshine. Marvelous! Drove to the site to be greated with an empty car park and not a sign of life. Did I turn up a day early? Nope, it's been cancelled and I'd missed the email 😬🙁😂 The local council has blocked use of the woods for airsoft. Bastards! I need to pew pew!