Opinions on Running Heavy Ammo in Pistols?

[Impulse]

My hicapa is the one pistol that seems able to take the abuse of running .48's.

Ive noticed bulging on my WE guns, the nozzle plastic isnt quite as good and is a bit thinner on their 15mm bbu's compared to the hicapa.

I've not personally had any nozzles actually burst, but i've heard plenty of secondhand tales of it happening.

Tbh a maple leaf autobot, i key and a pdi barrel in a stock tm will fire .3's as far as i'd wager most people can actively shoot a handgun in action.

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Yeah, I'm going for a crazy jet barrel, MR hop (as I already have a 50 degree rubber spare) and a fang plate, as well as an upgraded piston head and magazine lip seals. For me it's because during the summer my local site is super overgrown and there are areas where I basically can't use my bolt action due to a combination of relatively short ranges and low rate of fire, so I tend to fall back on my pistol a lot and want to make it as high performing as possible. Heavy BBs help punch through some foliage, as well as being able to shoot at any range effectively, but at the same time I don't want to ruin my guns

 

[Adolf Hamster]

Yeah, I'm going for a crazy jet barrel, MR hop (as I already have a 50 degree rubber spare) and a fang plate, as well as an upgraded piston head and magazine lip seals. For me it's because during the summer my local site is super overgrown and there are areas where I basically can't use my bolt action due to a combination of relatively short ranges and low rate of fire, so I tend to fall back on my pistol a lot and want to make it as high performing as possible. Heavy BBs help punch through some foliage, as well as being able to shoot at any range effectively, but at the same time I don't want to ruin my guns

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punching through foliage is a good argument for running heavier.

is the piston head an expanding o-ring style like an aeg head? that *should* mitigate some effects of bulging as it's a dynamic fit.

mag seals isn't something i've done, but more because nobody makes them for the makarov

 

[Davegolf]

I built a matched pair of P226's a few years back, they were very accurate at 50M and obv range out further than that. (EDIT; TO CLARIFY IM TALKING MARUI)

All the consisted of was;

Longer barrel, 120mm i think, PDI Raven barrels.

PDI W-hold, excellent fit bucking in the TM hop unit, and excellent nozzle seal.

Hi-Capa piston lid seal, they did not like the O ring types.

Prommy purple gas routes.

0.36g BBs

Also of note witht he TM P226s is checking for moulding marks rubbing of outer barrel to underside of the slide, wet-or-dry paper gives consistency improvements here.

Likewise with any GBB always check for free motion of the BBU / nozzle.

They out shot most MK23s

Said it before but not a fan of crazy jet barrels.