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The AEG I built using the Mk18 style handguard uses the 12" handguard because I couldn't get the 10" (or 7") version at the time for love nor money so I had to use a 12". With it, I can't lean through a doorway and aim at a 90 degree angle where with the MP9 I can. Like I said sub-guns are definitely looking like the best way forward for indoors play. It doesn't bother me that much as the AEG is unbelievably good when I use it outdoors so I don't plan on changing it. It's tight but not so much that you'd notice at first, but the doorways feel slightly thinner than they should be but without measuring it, I couldn't say They've rethought that 'no grenades' rule on main street because it just turns into a grind fest of two people constantly tagging each other back in behind cover with no way to clear them out.

Another quality session at District 23. Went to try out my L85A2 to find that my Sotac EXPS3 wouldn't adjust low enough for the BBs to actually land within the reticule. While trying to adjust it, it seems I turned the adjustment screw way past where it should have went and broke something and it's stuck all the way down. I didn't feel any resistance or a stop... it's like it just unscrewed from whatever adjusts the reticule. Didn't want to risk it with my HW S1. That was annoying. The issue with the height over bore being so big is that i'm literally not looking at the target when firing. To make things worse, because G&G are special, they made their version of the L85A2 outer barrel unthreaded so I can't fit a tracer to just walk my BBs onto the target and I have to use the optic. I have a smaller, and slightly lower, RMR styled 20mm RIS red dot that i'll try next time but in the mean time if any L85 owners have any suggestions, i'm all ears. Once I realised the L85 wasn't going to be an option I changed out to my MP9 as I had such fun with it last time and this time was no different. Quality bit of kit, I think i'll be using sub-guns at indoors sites from now on as it's just so much easier to move through the tighter spaces. Trying to move around doorways with my Mk18 with the 12" handguard is a pain. Many grenades were thrown during a game of 'main street' and the enemy team apparently had some cases of brown trousers.

Does anyone have experience with, or know anything about, the BO Dynamics P90? It's King Arms OEM and they upgraded it with a MOSFET but IDK what they used exactly. Can't seem to find much of anything on the internet about this and their own website doesn't have it listed, I assume it's because they're that old. I can only assume it's a simple MOSFET to protect the trigger contacts and let you use 11.1v safely rather than having any special functionality. All i've found about the King Arms P90s is that they're probably the best of the P90s before you get to Krytac and G&G.

I have the Earmor M20-T which are the ear-plug style ones. It has outside mode (more sound amplification), indoor (less sound amplification) and silent (no amplification). They cut out loud sound very well for only being ear plugs. I tested them in my garage with a 9mm blank and they cut out all of the 'loudness' of noise while it's still audible but safe enough for your hearing. Do the Earmor M32 totally cut out all sound when they detect something loud or do they just reduce it? I'm asking as I have an unknown brand headset which totally cuts out all audio when something is too loud rather than just reducing it.

Given that the images have been taken from another site, it's likely just a scam. Impressive that it's not been taken down though.

Oh god. I love the look of the Vector and always fancied the AEG version but now they're releasing a GBB one?

AND half a mag of BBs! Don't forget those! But yes, that's a Vigor L85A2 and "justbbguns" has them in stock for £35 plus he's missing the 'optic' by the looks of it.

I actually kinda like this. Nice MP9 by the way, is that the suppressor with or without the barrel extention?

I believe this is a Zero One G33 Style flip-to-side 3x Magnifier. The magnifier itself is actually pretty clear without any noticeable warping/deformation at the edges but the eye box is really tight. Not all that bothered about it's downsides, I bought it for looks rather than functionality. I'll have to try slapping it on a rifle and seeing how well it works for spotting. Picked it up for £15 which a good deal when they're £75 RRP.

Thanks for the info, i'll have to have a look into the size of that battery. Did you put the battery in the handguard then install it or is it thin enough to slide down the sides of the barrel?

Evike in the US. They also have the ICS adapter blocks. AirsoftZone in Europe. They didn't use to ship to UK due to Brexit but it looks like they are now. eHobby Asia. As previously mentioned, you will need the ICS specific adapter block/piece. Which looks like this. From personal experience, you may have trouble fitting a battery into that handguard. I've had to resort to using a PEQ battery box on top of the handguard.

Isn't that the general air surrounding S&T? I've been looking at their Tavor/Tar-21s but between them being, generally, crap and Ares using proprietary parts I really don't want to deal with one.

Need a valuation if possible. I've had people wanting to buy and/or trade for this but i'm not sure what it's worth in that situation. In total I think I paid around (a rough guesstimate) £750-£800 retail for the RIF, parts, accessories etc. G&G L85A2 ETU. Perun ETU++. Daniel Defence Handguard. B&T Dovetail to RIS optic rail. Bipod/grip. PEQ Battery box with 2 batteries. Sling included. Shooting 340-345fps, chrono results included. Blowback is still functional. Never been skirmished. I have a bunch of upgrade parts i've not installed yet like a new stainless inner barrel, bucking, nub and a whole compression set. Cheers.

It's a 1:1 copy of the stock A&K hop unit but CNC aluminium. IIRC A&K is a Chinese brand. I managed to find a Prommy purple (just in case I fuck up adjusting the ML hop rubber) and the pack of soft/hard flat nubs for £24. Will be a nice backup and if not needed just sit in my spares until next time That's a nice bit of info going forward, cheers.

I'm double posting essentially because this thing has gone from £95 for the RIF to £120... huh.

Hop unit options for MP5s are extremely limited and i've not found a company who make an aftermarket one. When I (or my tech) broke my G&G one, I just replaced it with the same one and it's been fine ever since. If yours ever breaks, email G&G directly and they'll sell you one, they're a nightmare to find in the wild. If you want a quick boost to range/accuracy, you need to look at the bucking and nub. I use a Maple Leaf Macaron 60 degree (yellow) with Omega nub in mine (and most of my AEGs) and it's great. As for barrel, mine came with one of those ultra crappy aluminiuml (i'm not sure what it's made of) inner barrels and the coating on the outside was starting to crack and flake. If yours is a brass one, try giving it a polish like @Leo Greer says or go straight for a stainless steel one. As I linked in a previous reply, the ZCI ones are about £20 and unless you're on a super tight budget, this is a worthwhile change. As for motor, sure, a high torque motor is never a bad idea if you want better trigger response but it won't improve much outside of that IIRC.

I wondered who bought that abomination!

@Lozart @Adolf Hamster Thanks for the insight, i've never ran into this issue so it's a new one for me and all the previous ML stuff i've used has just worked a treat. I've got two ML MR Hop 70 degree buckings so I might try "adjusting" the lips of the bucking to see if I can improve feeding. As for the PDI W-hold, the stock bucking looks pretty similar in it's contact patch/mound shape. I'm at a bit of a loss as for what other buckings/nubs to use in a flat-hop setup (if I screw up fixing my current buckings). I know Prommy/Laylax sell a hard (red) flat hop bucking and the pack of two nubs but i've seen some forums posts elsewhere saying that Prommy purple is more than enough for 400-450fps with a hard flat hop nub.

Back again and i'm moving in the right direction, FINALLY. I sat down this morning after mulling over my options and remembering someone having a somewhat similar issue with their AEG being massively inconsistent and it turned out their bucking was causing the issue. I stripped the rifle and disassembled the hop unit. Here's what the hop unit looks like with the ML MR Hop rubber installed. I took the hop unit apart and compared it to the stock hop rubber as seen below. Apologies for the poor focus. Interestingly the stock hop rubber is a few millimeters longer than the ML MR Hop rubber. I put the stock hop rubber into the hop unit and as you can see below, despite being longer, the feed lips(?) don't protrude into the hop unit as far. I PTFE taped the hop rubber and hop unit in keeping with my first attempt at assembling the hop unit just in case the PTFE was somehow causing my issues. I rebuilt the gun and went to test it on 0.2g BBs and then 0.36g BBs. Results are below; Now i'm getting somewhere! Interestingly the power has gone UP from before and, thankfully, it's consistent! I'm impressed that on 0.36g BBs i'm getting 3.2fps difference across 20 shots, that's probably my best yet of any of the AEGs i've worked on. My issue now is; does this gun require a different length or type bucking to work correctly or is possibly just the ML MR Hop rubber causing issues? As for the power it's producing, i'm aware it's well short of the 420fps on 0.2g BB (313fps on 0.36g)/1.64Joule limit i'm looking for and I do have an M150 spring kicking around in my spares box somewhere. I would have slapped it into the gearbox but my screwdriver fell to bits on me this morning and i'll have to wait for another to arrive on Sunday which is a bit annoying but still... progress! @Leo Greer I'd like to pick your brain over the hop rubber issue. Have you ever ran into anything like this before? Should I just try trimming the feed lips by a millimeter or two so it matches the stock bucking length when installed?

Very loosely on the Ruger MKIV IIRC.

I love it honestly. I was looking at slapping in one of the TNT Studios kits but they appear to be sold out almost everywhere in the standard 143mm length barrel and I don't want to go for a longer barrel as I like how short this is.

ASG/KWA MP9R. A loud but tiny package. Might have to look into, somehow, making it quiet but as far as i'm aware, the majority of the noise escapes from the ejection port...

Had a skirmish at District 23 last night with the MP9 (go see gun pics thread) that @Ronin0033 sold me and man that thing is awesome. It's loud as hell so everyone can hear you coming and the 48 round mags mean you have to be selective with your shots. Carrying 3 mags means I only ever had a regular M4 mid-cap on me at any time. The gun functioned almost flawlessly except once the bolt got jammed and took a few minutes of racking the bolt for it to release, I thought i'd broke it within 2 hours of play It's shooting about 300fps on 0.2G BBs with the -50fps powerdown valve in it so I reckon i'll be changing the valve to the less severe power reduction one to squeeze the last bit of power from green gas. I was having so much fun with the MP9 I didn't even test the L85A2 i'd taken as well. The gameplay was great, only had one issue with a guy blatantly not taking a hit but never had the issue again. The final game of the night (for me) was "main street" which is just the single corridor that splits the middle of the arena where the objective is to touch the opposing teams wall or kill their entire team butyou can tag in dead teammates. The problem the enemy team had is that they brought no grenades and I brought eight. In a best-of-five style match my team walked away 3-0 and I had one last grenade left. I also tested some new Magflash samples sent by @Tugger which were amazing. They had no sparks but were blindingly bright. Unfortunately they left a lot of tough residue on the floor of the site so the marshall said these versions wouldn't be allowed sadly. Hopefully @Tugger can adjust the mixes so that it doesn't leave a lot of residue.

Mine has it too. Makes a half-decent *clink* noise when firing but i've got mine on 13:1 so sometimes, in auto, it literally can't keep up. I understand why people hate it though. ZCI inner barrel works fine in my G&G MP5A4. Personally I bought mine from TheCageAirsoft but they're out of stock in the 240mm inner barrel you need (stock length is 233mm). BombUpAirsoft have one in stock here. As for where to buy upgrade parts, it's not so simple. I tend to buy them from a few different places simply because lots of places are out of stock of different things. If you're going to upgrade the inner barrel i'd suggest doing to the bucking and nub at the same time. I use a yellow (60 degree) Macaron and Omega nub.

https://www.308-sniper.co.uk/mk5-thunderflash-104758393.html - 47 in stock. https://www.justpaintball.co.uk/collections/mk5-thunderflash-flashbangs - a few different bundle sizes. Not sure about availability but they're not showing out of stock. I'd just Google them and ring/email and ask about stock and the cost of shipping.