Ian_Gere

TBH I'd tend to agree, Josh, but i love fast trigger response and high ROF comes with it unless you get an expensive MOSFET (I'm still not willing to commit to KK BW2...)

The only thing about the externals of a CM.048A which may piss you off is the side mount. It moves less than 1/2 a millimetre, which translates into 2-3mm movement in a sight mounted to it. It doesn't rattle though or move on its own, you have to push it, and it returns to its original position so it doesn't matter as far as a red dot sight holding zero goes. The CYMA ergonomic pistol grip feels fine in the hand and all the ones I've seen do not have excessive mould seams - the texture looks good also. The polymer used for the RIS handguards is good quality and holds accessories well, however the side rails (like the real steel) are pretty small and bolted on so it may not be a good idea to fit a sling mount to one - not that you need to: there is a steel sling mount on the barrel which is positioned just fine for 2 or 3 point slings. The steel black on my CM.048 has generally resisted scratches well, so far, and i'm not gentle with my guns. The tips of the heads of the rivets have worn silver, but that's about it. Bear in mind that's after being slung in a bag with my SVD or another AK, not just being skirmished.

No.

Excels are Z1 iirc... but i've never heard good things about them before.

For what you're after, the SHS high speed motor would be a decent drop in to what you already have then. BTW, have you upgraded the wiring to 16AWG and soldered the motor contacts? You'll get a couple of RPS out of that straight off and, what's better, a faster trigger response. 2nd edit: and at least 0.5RPS out of Deans connectors. 3rd edit: and may as well get a £20 AB MOSFET while you're at it (search fleabay). 4th edit: bolded SPEED

High torque motors are not for high speed, they are for high... er... torque. High speed motors are for high... you've guessed it You can use a high torque motor in combination with high speed gears, with a low ratio 13:1 - these make it more difficult for the motor to pull the spring, so a high torque motor overcomes that problem and the gear ratio reduces the cycle time of the gearbox. Depending on which high speed motor you go for, the can be considerably more torque-y than stock motors also, so you could also get 16:1 gears... But simply putting a high torque motor onto your gb in place of the stock motor will not increase your ROF (unless it was utterly shit to begin with) and may even reduce it.

Silverback PP-19 Bizon 2 AEG Airsoft Rifle Full Spec-Ops Kit here.

I'm sooooooo jealous. From AW or where?

No, LCT externals are not twice as good as CYMA. ICS do make a tactical AK-74 here @landwarrior for £195 so you could put accessories etc on it no problem. Where you will have a problem is if you want to change the externals that come with the gun, the furniture, the stock, the flash hider, etc because only ICS parts will fit without modification. Also that listing says 300FPS - I find that unlikely, but if it is true you will need to upgrade the spring. Best to email landwarrior and ask them. One thing is for sure, if you do upgrade the spring, you will not have to upgrade the motor or gears as they are better than most out of the box - probably better than you would get in an LCT in fact. However my ICS AKS-74U spring was so tightly attached to the piston head that I found it easier to replace the piston, piston head, and spring rather than risk breaking the piston by trying to get the spring out... so if landwarrior say yes, 300FPS is correct, try to get them to do the spring upgrade for you unless they charge you more than £30 you're probably still getting a better deal than trying to do it yourself...

Actually, i do change mags before going for any kind of rush assault, because even though i have AK mag changes pretty slick, it does take a few seconds, which gives the opposition time to think...

^^ICS, but they are not parts compatible with other manufacturers, so if you get one, make sure it's the gun you want, because changing it is not going to be easy.

For me it's more than just time efficiency, i'm hoping that i will not have to think about cover while i faff - that it will make using bangs more effective because i can get one out and throw it without breaking the momentum of the attack - never giving the opposition time to think.

That battery is a deal breaker for me - the contacts are just spring loaded brass pins - they probably need to be 11.1V just to overcome the resistance of those stupid connectors for an average rate of fire. I haven't actually looked at how easy it would be to replace with Deans, but there's very little space in a lower handguard anyway, so once you add 2 connectors and their wires, I just don't think it looks like a good proposition. I mean, yeah, you can get small LiPo's but do you really want to be changing batteries twice in a day?

Dear old UNCompany - whose CEO must have shares in their fav courier or something because those RIF carrying fellows will receive the instruction "deliver this parcel to the customer" but will hear "bend the customer over and don't use lube"...

I've ordered a couple. It will be 3 weeks before i skirmish them though, so a review will have to wait until then.

I use a 45L bergen mostly. As an example, my WAS RICAS fits inside it and kneepads, elbowpads, and eyepro inside the vest, goretex kecks and small towel flat against my back inside the interior flap, mags and BB's stuffed into the corners, lunch & water on top - so you should have no problems. I don't usually use the rocket pouches so I zip them off to save weight, but on days when i want the kitchen sink or for weekend maneuvers they come in handy, plus the built in straps underneath and on top for a tent and sleeping mat. Cheap and reliable. To carry my guns I use either a Milan rocket launcher sock to which I added a zip around the lid (for my longest ones) or a surplus duffle bag (although my AK-74 sticks out by a few cm so i cover the muzzle with a canvas bag, but a sock would do it).

I'm 99% certain the CM.042 is a TM clone, not a VFC clone. Internally they are the same though.

I have used BB King 0.2s and they're ok - never had a misfeed or jam. I think that they're not quite as good as Blaster for ultimate range, but there's less than 5m in it. For CQB though they are fine and of course you don't need the performance at range of 0.25's either. What really recommends them is price - so much cheaper than Blaster that the difference is worth saving. Don't discount 0.12's simply on weight. The problem is that most of them are really really poor quality, but there are high quality 0.12's. Yeah they are shit in any moving air, but for indoor CQB that would not be an issue. Better to use high quality 0.12g BB's in a low power pistol or shottie and get hits than watch people sit back and change mags while they wait to dodge a 0.2g BB which you also had to aim up to reach 20m...

How much?

Can you tell us which Bastards, what you're comparing them to, and in what gun/s, please?

It depends what you want - most of the big UK retailers don't actually stock a huge variety of parts. In my experience you just have to search for what you want and go with whomever has it - sometimes you'll be lucky enough to be able to choose the cheapest of 2... but then again I never need any M4 bits... Bullseye Country Sport are great for prices (their shipping costs are low also, even though they are in NI - which just goes to show you how outrageous the shipping prices of many UK retailers actually are) and speed of postage, plus they're helpful if you email 'em about something (and they reply pretty quick too and not just during business hours). Fire-support prices are high and their shipping costs are bordering on taking the piss, but they can be relied upon to get your part to you quickly - so if it's Wednesday and you want to skirmish your busted AEG on Saturday, f-s is probably your best bet. Having said that, Patrolbase are going up in my estimation for reliable speedy delivery also and their prices are a smidge better.

No... really?

Bastards are said to be the best currently for sale in the UK - patrolbase have them. Never tried 'em so i can't actually recommend. Blaster 0.25's are good in my experience - i don't believe that the slight extra accuracy from Devils is enough improvement to standard AEG shooting to be worth paying extra for. In a DMR, yeah, but I'd be looking at a heavier weight BB in a DMR anyway.

I like 'em. The unpainted steel is an issue, but as you say tape will sort it out. Personally I would have a go with heatshrink to see if I could get a neater result first. I would buy some right now, but I don't use tan loadouts. Give me a shout if you make any in green. Oh yeah, are you attaching the striker strip to the holder?

Weeeeeeeeell... that's either an Element M105, or they have cut one. @11-15rps (standard 8.4V battery with stock wiring stylee) it's probably fine, but cutting springs leaves 1 end with an angle rather than flat, so there is going to be some lateral force introduced - IMO running a gb fast with that kind of thing is asking for trouble. Unless they have tuned the airseal as well as fitted an M100...