Making the Novristch Ssp1 a Little Less Shameful

[Alimcd]

Sort of as expected...

Guarder Aluminium mag housings turned up. Random feed lips and routers don’t quite seal and one baseplate isn’t having it at all.

Guarder mag bottoms, TM feed lips and DP routers enroute to hopefully ensure better fitting.

 

[Alimcd]

Received and reassembled, the SSP1 is unrecognisable. As was predicted at the beginning, it’s a proper Trigger’s broom.

I present the Notritsch

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[Alimcd]

Made 4 working mags out of all the bits that I had ordered.

3 are full fat Guarder Aluminium housings, TM lips, 9B router, Guarder inlet and base and Guarder outlet valve. STI trades on the back and look/feel pretty swish

1 is a kitbash of the least shitty leftovers. Novristch routers are NOT authentic 9B for anyone following, they’re just purple... At least they aren’t proprietary!

New issue with the posh mags is that the random bumpers I’ve got don’t all fit. Has anyone got any views on the CCT ones?

Edit: 5 mags if I can find a bolt long enough to hold a magazine base in place

 

[Alimcd]

Mag baseplate bolt on order from Fire-Support. That makes 5 mags in total now 

I’ve got 5 AIP STI style base plates on the way, they fit the TM style mag bottoms and secure with a grub screw. They’re aluminium and cheap enough that if I have to go at them with a file to get them to fit it’s a bit of a non issue.

Looking forwards to trying the Notritsch out at the Zed adventures forum meet up.

 

[Alimcd]

A House move has been delayed due to useless solicitors and public holidays so I’ve been absent mindedly browsing websites and buying bits to take my mind off the move.

Got a side mount on its way for the Novristch.
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The mount is coming with what is basically a free Baby Hi-Capa. I think I’ll replace my Makarov with it as a chest-mounted back-up back-up. Can’t wait to get fiddling with that!

Ali

 

[Alimcd]

The devil makes work for idle hands...

Mrs has been playing Mass Effect all day so I’ve been browsing websites, looking at Hi-Capa parts again...

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[Alimcd]

I decided that, given 2020 was such a frustratingly dull year, I deserved a treat. The Notritsch is already going to have a facelift, now that I have a better idea of what I want from my HiCapas.

I’ve got an AM Mega Slide on the way from HK, along with some AIP FO sights for the Notritsch and for the Limcat. Hopefully an AM advanced frame is on its way via new retailer HiCapaHub, who seems like a knowledgable and enthusiastic guy to deal with.

I’ve got some magwells over with Mark at FMJUK being Cerakoted currently to match the tungsten grey that should be back soon. 
 

The latter part of January should be interesting for this thread. There will be three very distinct pistols built, two 5.1’s and one 3.8 for different roles. 

“Why a 3.8?”

Ive carried a Makarov on my chest rig for a while and always found it a faster draw than hip-mounted when carrying a long gun like the M14. Problem with the Makarov was that I only had one magazine. The 3.8 is having a normal 4.3/5.1 grip, so it’ll have access to 6 mags, problem solved. 

”Two 5.1’s?”

Yup, one more traditional than the other for woodland play and one superlightweight job for indoor play with a frame mounted RMR to not slow down the cycling time of the slide.

Ive also discovered the joys of the IPSC style holsters. I’ll post some pictures once the IPSC belt has arrived. They grip the trigger guard+barrel aperture so you can holster a hicapa securely, even with a RMR mounted via the frame. I’ll have to see how they hold up in a skirmish, but first impressions are good. I bought a £25 Amazon KO as a means of testing the water. If it holds up to the abuse, I’ll probably buy a real CR holster when this one breaks

Happy new year

 

[Alimcd]

Still waiting to get those magwells back but here’s a quick update.

The Notritsch has now got its optics mounted in a fashion I’m happy with and is running like a champ.

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The accidental Limcat is also almost finished. I think I’m just waiting on the magwell to come back. The Limcat hammer is a bit swish!

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The Baby Hicapa that came with the mount for the Notritsch is almost done. The outerbarrel causes the slide to lock up so I’m waiting on a Guarder barrel to arrive from Firesupport 

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Finally, the IPSC holster is amazing. Combined with the IPSC belt, the holster doesn’t flap about and makes for a nice, crisp pull. Need to see how it holds up!

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[Alimcd]

If anyone is wondering what happened to the rear sight RMR mount, the inertia of the effing thing caused it to tear the thread out of the BBU! Quite exciting watching it fly past my head though... hence the switch to side mount

 

[jsmithski]

If anyone is wondering what happened to the rear sight RMR mount, the inertia of the effing thing caused it to tear the thread out of the BBU! Quite exciting watching it fly past my head though... hence the switch to side mount

It’s not the inertia but the frame made of crappinium.

 

[Alimcd]

Although I’m growing less fond of that Begadi Alu slide, it’s not to blame.

The RMR mount’s only fixture point was the screw into the bbu. Aside that, it just rests on the slide. I’ve got a 3D printed one from elite that has the same tabs that the standard rear sights use as well as the screw and it stayed in place fine. Just a shame it was fuck ugly...

Either way, the RMR+mount adds around 50g to the weight of the slide, so I think I’m going to stick to the side mount option.

Should have an Airsoft Masterpiece Mega slide tomorrow to slap on there too

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[jsmithski]

Although I’m growing less fond of that Begadi Alu slide, it’s not to blame.

The RMR mount’s only fixture point was the screw into the bbu. Aside that, it just rests on the slide. I’ve got a 3D printed one from elite that has the same tabs that the standard rear sights use as well as the screw and it stayed in place fine. Just a shame it was fuck ugly...

Either way, the RMR+mount adds around 50g to the weight of the slide, so I think I’m going to stick to the side mount option.

Should have an Airsoft Masterpiece Mega slide tomorrow to slap on there too

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Got it. I have a 1911 where I also use the side mount, however I had to drill and thread 3 holes in the gun, not hard to do but needs some patience.

 

[Alimcd]

New slide in place, needs a bit of use to get it running as smoothly as I would like it to.

Overall, it’s glitzy enough and seems to be chronoing fine at 330fps on Red gas. FPS drops rapidly after a few shots but it’s 4* outside and my bench is right next to a draughty fire escape.

Front sight needs glueing and the magwells still aren’t here..

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[Alimcd]

...bought more stuff, haven’t I?

From an initial goal of rebuilding a SSP1 that had started to fall to bits Ive now put in the orders to put together a fourth. 
 

So, I saw a preorder for the Airsoft Masterpiece Battlecat 4.3 and now I’ve got all the bits for a black and gold Battlecat ordered.

EXCEPT

4.3 rear sight. Where the fudge do you buy a 4.3 rear sight?

 

[Alimcd]

Shout out to Kyle at Hi-Capa hub. He's been beyond helpful with my new search for 4.3 parts.

We're a bit spoilt now, what with Mike at Elite and Kyle at Hub both being super helpful and incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to tweaky high-end Hi-Capa stuff 

 

[Alimcd]

With my wallet well and truly battered, here are the fruits of my labour.

The Novristch is now sporting an Airsoft masterpiece Mega lightweight slide, short stroke kit and side mounted RMR. It’s quick, very quick

The Limcat has been a bit of fun and is a scratchbuild. Both are finished in tungsten grey accents with grey Airsoft masterpiece slides

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Just to add, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. 
 

I’ve felt lucky to have not only the incredible knowledge base of you toxic bastards at my disposal, but also the frank and impartial advice of Mike (http://www.eliteshootingcentre.co.uk)and Kyle (https://hicapahub.co.uk) neither of whom mince words or stock anything they wouldn’t use in a build.

Better see if anything is on the way for the Battlecat 4.3 that I’m making next...

 

[Alimcd]

God this rabbit hole goes deep.

So, Guarder parts aren’t quite the high-tolerance parts I had imagined. Three mags with Guarder feed lips have occasional feed issues with two Bb’s wedging themselves at the base of the lip. I’ve stuck a KJ lip in and voila, problem solved. At £3.79 a go for the KJW’s I can’t be bothered to sort the Guarder ones out.

Hopefully, Kyle at HCH will have an Advanced Frame for me at some point in the next couple of weeks so I’ve got something new to play with

 

[Adolf Hamster]

God this rabbit hole goes deep.

welcome to the wonderful world of compatible-ish, finding out rated brands are actually shite, realising sometimes cheap stuff is good, nothing ever fits quite-right world of teching.

hence the difficulty when someone asks "what upgrades do it get?" because not every part fits every gun and sometimes a really top-tier bit of gucci kit is crap when it's just not right for the build.

 

[Alimcd]

welcome to the wonderful world of compatible-ish, finding out rated brands are actually shite, realising sometimes cheap stuff is good, nothing ever fits quite-right world of teching.

hence the difficulty when someone asks "what upgrades do it get?" because not every part fits every gun and sometimes a really top-tier bit of gucci kit is crap when it's just not right for the build.

Too right! Yours has been one of those voices over the years that’s clearly HAD all the issues as opposed to having read something 3rd hand on the internet. Advice like that is always priceless and you and sittingduck are

largely to thank for the fact that my wankerguns actually work. 

GBB’s though, this is new to me. The brands are different and the informed are far more difficult to find. 
 

It seems funny at this point that the part that works reliably is the same that shipped originally with the Novristch!

 

[Adolf Hamster]

the problem i've found with gbb's is they're systems that are in very delicate balance.

the hammer spring, recoil spring, float valve, mag valve, how well the mag sits, the seals between the hop/nozzle and the mag/nozzle are all critical.

my general theory is it's better not to mess with the base mechanism too much, because throwing out those tolerance can spell real bad news. all i've done with the makarov is change the piston head to what i'd call an aeg type (as opposed to the solid rubber thing that they come with stock) and generalised tinkering with the hop/barrel. same with the dragonuv all i've done is a bit of spacer rubber in the magwell and some hop work, but even that gave a bunch of problems.

but everyone has their weakness, and i'll admit that i don't know as much about gbb's as i do about aeg's/hpa's, at least not to the level where i'm confident enough to be issuing advice on changing out parts etc.