Ares Amoeba Striker AS-01/AS-02 Owners Thread

[Solly4568]

One Problem holds up however. The AA Hop Up Chamber always loses a bit of its material when the cylinderhead goes into it. Is there any way I can fix that or is it even that big of a problem? The Bucking always has a bit of an aluminum shaving "ring" on the outside after I fire a few rounds through it.

I would give it a small bit of a sand just to remove the paint but apart from that you should be golden, just make sure to clean your hop rubber regularly and it should all be good 

 

[MP5WHEN]

Seems I have a similar mate.

He's had the AA hop chamber fitted and a stronger spring. Now the bolt is super tough to pull and the BBs either get chopped or double feed depending on the adjustment of the BB stoppers. If I get the stoppers to actually not double feed the nozzle doesn't seem to want to seat forward properly. Is there any way to fix this beyond putting the original hop unit back in?

I had this problem. The aa hop chamber was sitting too high and my cylinder scraped its way inside and chopped my bbs a little. I loosened the feed tube, pushed the cylinder in and then retightened

 

[Skara]

Airsoftpro piston (+ useless spring and a nice bearing spring guide) worth anything?

 

[Solly4568]

Airsoftpro piston (+ useless spring and a nice bearing spring guide) worth anything?

Yeah, I used the Piston for ages until I got one of the bespoke airsoft ones. Works well with a good air seal and smooth pull. The spring guide is also very nice and I am still using it but a word to the wise, if you where to get it I would put some lock tight on to the threads of the spring guide as it has an annoying habit of unscrewing and messing up the cylinder.

Hope this helps

 

[Skara]

I'll probably not even use it tbf.

With a SP100 I get right on the 1J limit with the stock setup, the bearing spring guide will up it too much, unless I put something like a cut down SP90.

Will order as soon as I get to the office

 

[AJ_WORSELL]

Hi All,

Am looking at getting into airsoft sniping and am interested in the AS01, however looking at all the reviews and upgrades people do. Is it worth just starting with the AS02. I personally prefer the look of the AS01 longer barrel just looks more like a sniper. The site i go to has a limit of 500fps.

Is it possible to have a good gun with the standard length barrel.

Thank you.

 

[Skara]

Hi All,

Am looking at getting into airsoft sniping and am interested in the AS01, however looking at all the reviews and upgrades people do. Is it worth just starting with the AS02. I personally prefer the look of the AS01 longer barrel just looks more like a sniper. The site i go to has a limit of 500fps.

Is it possible to have a good gun with the standard length barrel.

Thank you.

Hi and welcome.

I'd say not possible to get a 01 without throwing an incredible amount of cash at EdGI parts I'm afraid.

The 02 fixes some of the issues the 01 has (90° sears and piston, less crappy locking pin, better cylinder to barrel volume ratio).

It still needs some TLC to turn it into a good gun (stock cylinder is still crap, hop rubber is nothing special and will break after very little use, AA hop wheel is mandatory for good consistent pressure).

But one thing you could do, if you have access to a 3d printer, is to buy the 02 and do the usual upgrades, but instead of dishing out for its dedicated suppressor you could simply buy a 01 outer barrel (i'm sure there is plenty to choose from, as most 01 users shortened down their guns to fix the air volume) and design, print/mill a barrel spacer + baffle chamber.

This will allow you to run the longer 550mm outer barrel with a 300mm inner, and use the remaining outer barrel lenght as an integrated suppressor.

Win-Win really. You get the look you want and still have a perfectly functional gun

 

[AJ_WORSELL]

Hi and welcome.

I'd say not possible to get a 01 without throwing an incredible amount of cash at EdGI parts I'm afraid.

The 02 fixes some of the issues the 01 has (90° sears and piston, less crappy locking pin, better cylinder to barrel volume ratio).

It still needs some TLC to turn it into a good gun (stock cylinder is still crap, hop rubber is nothing special and will break after very little use, AA hop wheel is mandatory for good consistent pressure).

But one thing you could do, if you have access to a 3d printer, is to buy the 02 and do the usual upgrades, but instead of dishing out for its dedicated suppressor you could simply buy a 01 outer barrel (i'm sure there is plenty to choose from, as most 01 users shortened down their guns to fix the air volume) and design, print/mill a barrel spacer + baffle chamber.

This will allow you to run the longer 550mm outer barrel with a 300mm inner, and use the remaining outer barrel lenght as an integrated suppressor.

Win-Win really. You get the look you want and still have a perfectly functional gun

Thank you for all the info. I will look into this.

Do you happen to know where the upgraded cylinder kit maybe in stock as cant find anywhere.

Thank tou

 

[Samurai]

Don't get a longer barrel unless you get the bigger volume cylinder.

Get the as02 and a suppressor to make it longer and quieter.

 

[Skara]

Guys.

Lockdown is fucking me up pretty bad

I'm thinking of turning my 02 into a kneecapper..

Does anyone know where I can find the short outer barrel and handguard without having to buy an AS03?

 

[Solly4568]

Hummm after having a look around I don't think you can buy the parts outright. But I think that if you where to contact Bespoke Airsoft they might be able to help you with that. They are producing a line of kneecappers and Mad Max guns and they might still have some spare parts. It's always worth a try.

Hope this helps

 

[E21A]

Guys.

Lockdown is fucking me up pretty bad

I'm thinking of turning my 02 into a kneecapper..

Does anyone know where I can find the short outer barrel and handguard without having to buy an AS03?

No. No no no. No. No

 

[Skara]

Why not?

 

[Hazmat]

Hi guys, I recently bought an AS01, second hand, to get me started on sniping. It's had some upgrades, some done rather poorly, but I've managed to tinker and get it firing consistently. Main issue I'm having is that the bolt handle doesn't want to return home fully once cocked, not without some elbow grease to return it down. Seems to sit about 2mm further back than it should, still fires fine and once fired the bolts sits back down again where it should be. The only case of this I've been able to find was on youtube (link below) its around the 35 second mark that you'll see the same issue I'm having with the bolt, but the guy who posted the video annoyingly doesn't explain how he fixes the problem, or has replied to any of the comments asking! (Grrrr)

The upgrades that have been done as far as I can see are:

Upgraded steel cylinder set

CPSB steel spring guide

CPSB Amoeba piston

Lycan Romeo sear

Lycan trigger

Everything else is stock I believe, any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

[Samurai]

Never charge any airsoft spring boltie like in that video.

As for the problem. You should find out what exactly stops it from going fully forward. The hop unit, the bucking, something in the receiver or the trigger unit. Take it apart and examine combination without the others.

 

[Hazmat]

Never charge any airsoft spring boltie like in that video.

As for the problem. You should find out what exactly stops it from going fully forward. The hop unit, the bucking, something in the receiver or the trigger unit. Take it apart and examine combination without the others.

I've had a good look ever it as you said and it seems as though the spring is pushing the actual cylinder out those last 2mm, as there is spring retention on those last 2mm. I might be wrong but it looks like there is a small amount of play between where the body pin and the spring guide sit, if I were to mill out the bottom of the inside of the cylinder, just enough to close the gap so the body pin and spring guide are touching, theoretically it should get ride of the stiff bolt return? 

 

[Samurai]

That doesn't sound right. Don't mill out anything until absolutely sure that's what's needed.

If it's like a spring then can't it be pinching the hopup rubber?

I meant to take it apart and get the cylinder out, get the hop unit out with the barrel and try to push them together. Or just the bolt with the receiver, but without the barrel and hop. Etc.

 

[Hazmat]

That doesn't sound right. Don't mill out anything until absolutely sure that's what's needed.

If it's like a spring then can't it be pinching the hopup rubber?

I meant to take it apart and get the cylinder out, get the hop unit out with the barrel and try to push them together. Or just the bolt with the receiver, but without the barrel and hop. Etc.

I did as you said and took it apart and compared and everything else works together as it should. It's definitely the this gap between where the spring guide sits and the body pin, the pictures probably aren't doing any justice but hopefully you can see what I mean.

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[Solly4568]

Na man it can't be that, think about it you bolt still goes in to the hop unit even if it takes some doing. You not bending metal like that every time. I had a similar problem for a while, put the whole thing back together without the new sear and see if the works, if it does, take a file and drag it across the sides of the sear which is what helped with mine. Don't mill out you bolt they all have a gap like that 

 

[Sneaky]

Awaiting to receive my AS-01 today. Read up on his thread yesterday before making he purchase.
 

Excited!