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@Tacklethis person is an LLM/bot/AI.

I used long thin metal files which meant I could only tackle the job from certain angles. This resulted, try as I might to avoid it, in other parts of the gearbox in line with the file also getting a very light sanding, but this shouldn't really effect anything.

Why are they so cheap? Surely they're not that mechanically different from regular AEGs? Or am I mistaken?

I recieved this email yesterday which may be of interest: Warhead UK IS REBRANDING SOON - 10% OFF ALL ORDERS FOR MAY 2025 Over the coming months Warhead Industries UK will be rebranding with a new name of Redux Airsoft (www.reduxairsoft.com) website coming soon. This will take effect over the next few months and we are excited to show you what we are working on going forward. Why are we rebranding? About a year ago Warhead UK separated from the rest of Warhead Industries. The decision to rebrand has been a difficult one, but ultimately it is the best decision for us long term to make this move. The original Warhead UK support team up until recently were dealing with all of the customer service queries, repairs, problems and sales for Warhead Globally and have dealt with thousands of queries and problems for our customers. The Warhead UK contingent have built a reputation of being honest, decent guys who have tried to help and give advice to as many customers as possible and we intend to continue this trend going forward under the new brand. With little choice but to start again and invest in designing new products and parts for AEGs both myself (Ben) and Luke (AKA Negative Airsoft) decided that we would launch a new brand and start from scratch. Who are the owners of this new brand? The owners of this brand are the current owner Ben who has operated Warhead UK for several years and was one of the original team who developed the Warhead Motor, along with Luke (AKA Negative Airsoft). Will we be selling the same BBs in the future? Yes absolutely. We will be selling the same BBs under the brand Redux Airsoft. Over the years we have built up a very good rapport with the owner of the factory producing the BBs and we will continue to use these going forward. This will not change. We will also be selling a larger range and focusing on being the best priced high quality BB on the market. Not only this but soon we will be releasing our own parts and other accessories, along with a range of upgraded airsoft guns specced out by Luke (more information on this coming in the next few weeks / months). Will I keep my loyalty points? Yes of course you will. These will be available as normal on your account. The rebrand will not affect this or have a negative impact on our pricing. In fact you will have a larger variety of products to spend your points on in the near future. When will this rebrand happen? We already have our rebranded BBs on the way so in the near future you will be seeing them coming. We are also working on some other parts along with our modified gun range which will be available in the near future. We hope that all of our current customers will join us in supporting the new brand. We have both spoken to many of you personally and appreciate not only your custom but your trust in us. Going forward we are very excited to show you what we can do with Redux Airsoft. Ben + Luke Interesting times ahead.

No, I will REFUSE to see the light, and I WILL wear twice my weight in armour. Nyeh. It makes me feel... sexy. (Here is an interesting article (A) from West Point about the weight a modern infantryman should or should not be expected to carry).

hehe yeah . It's cos the parts didn't cost much and I was probably thinking "they MUST make the gun better cos I'm spending money on it". I'll hang onto the stock parts though in case I want to put them back in.

It took me a while because of the ambidextrous bolt releases (I forgot how to put it back together and needed to go hunting on Youtube), but it's functioning again. I will admit that a sense of impatience did overcome me toward the end, thus the shimming is probably "good enough" rather than "good". A few test shots show an FPS of around 285 on 0.25g with no hop. This did fall down to 275 on a second test - not sure why, but the fake bolt got a bit stuck around this point and wouldn't seat itself all the way home, so possibly that indicates something. Almost certainly the air seal could be better - I thought chucking money at it all (see below) would result in something consistent, but I should probably take it apart again soon and see if there is any wear on any parts where there shouldn't be. I've done no AOE correction - it didn't look like it needed it (and I've been down a bit of a rabbit hole with regards to if it is really necessary...) For my own reference, the parts swapped are: Falcon ETU > Perun Hybrid V2 Stock spring of unknown strength > XT M105 Spring Stock bushings and bearings > Zero J-Caged 8mm Bearings (potential clearance issue with the selector plate if I were to shim the gears perfectly? but no issues so far). Stock 229mm brass barrel of unknown diameter > XT 229mm stainless steel 6.02mm barrel Stock rotary hop unit > G&G rotary hop unit Stock bucking > Maple Leaf Macron Green Stock nub > Omega nub Stock piston > XT 14 Tooth Piston CNC Stock piston head > SHS Piston Head (6 Vents Aluminium) Stock cylinder head > XT Cylinder Head Aluminium V2/V3 (Wide Pad) More shims added (stock DE M906C has x4 0.5mm, x4 0.2mm, and x2 0.1mm unless I've miscounted) I attempted to add an SHS Safety Latch (V2) but the selector switches really didn't like it, so I gave up on it (and it's not necessary thanks to the Perun). Hopefully soon I'll get somewhere where I can test this out at range. As for upgrades, the next thing has to be a motor - the stock DE/Chaoli(?) motor is lethargic at best (and I could feel it getting every so slightly warmer than the ambient temperature after just a few shots). Dunno if I need to go brushless tbh - I'm more woodland focused than CQB, so I don't need the snappiest of snappy trigger responses. Anyone have any thoughts on how to monitor how the new parts are all interacting with each other? I'm probably gonna have to take it all apart again relatively soon right? (...oh crap I probably haven't put enough lubrication on the gears lol)

Sector bottom - 0.8mm Sector top - 1.0mm Spur bottom - 0.5mm Spur top - 0.8mm Bevel bottom - 0.5mm Bevel top - 0.2mm Ugh. I never want to be an airsoft tech thanks to shimming. Gonna try and put it back together. (If the numbers above look horrifically off to you, please say so.)

Held off on putting it back together as I needed more shims, which have now arrived. I've never shimmed before so I want to do a good job, but my god is this a boring process. It's like I've acquired a subject-specific instance of ADHD just for shimming. That aside, I think I'm going to have to shim the sector gear higher than planned as I think it's making contact with the tiny screw holding in the Perun. Weirdly its only sounding like its contacting it with the same timing as the teeth meant piston rack (i.e. on off on off, not constantly in contact.)

Yes, apologies, I misread the instructions as saying that the magnet holder shouldn't be in contact with that post (it should!) I don't have a dremel to hand but some hand files have done the trick. Have done the sensor tests and it's all working! Now to reassemble it without too much cursing (ambi controls and working ambi bolt catches make for a poor first timer attempt at this sort of thing...)

I've already run into my first problem: The Perun won't sit flat against the side of the gearbox case because of the "bump" circled below. The Perun magnet holder that is affixed to the trigger is making contact with the horizontal post indicated with the arrow. As far as I can tell the "bump" doesn't appear to do anything. I'll have to file these down to make everything fit. What tool do I need to obtain to do this?

Happy Easter all. Apologies for the necro, but there is no better thread for me to run in a panic to when I inevitably balls this up. My beloved completely stock M906C gave up the ghost earlier this year, and after cracking it open I (rightly or wrongly) determined that the Falcon ETU was just broken, refusing to turn the motor (and only beeping after a lot of coaxing from me. Its been a while and I foolishly didn't write down what exactly it was doing). All other parts appeared to be in good working order, nothing stuck or caught. So I'm sticking a Perun from @ak2m4into it, new bearings (cos why not), new XT 6.02mm stainless barrel (cos I like the colour and I had a new G&G hop up unit that I wanted to pair with it) and a new m105 spring. Motor I'll sort out later. Please pray for me.

Website probably more broken than it appears. I've asked for a password reset, and nothing has arrived.

You can't stop me, I'm doing it right now.