VFC GBB M249

[Nick G]

9 minutes ago, JimFromHorsham said:

tell Me more , with more pictures and maybe a video 😛 

So far I've only put about one mag through it. But first impressions are very good. I plan to get the box mag for it but I'll order that from one of the the hong kong or Taiwan suppliers . Will do some tests at the weekend to see hom many bbs the stanag gas reservoir will fire before a refill. I suspect 10 or so round bursts will be optimal. Will try and get some video at the weekend.

Selection of pictures, everything has trades, even the bolt by the look of it.

 

Weighs alot less than you might expect, which will be down to the all Ali construction .

[Super64]

Got notification that mine is on the way. Probably early next week for it to arrive. Can’t wait 🥳

[Spartan09]

8 hours ago, Nick G said:

I'll order that from one of the the hong kong or Taiwan suppliers

If you do, I hope you have better luck than I did.

 

As I posted in the "what have you bought" thread earlier in the week, I recieved my m249 and gas box mag from SWIT,  only to find that some incompetent customs inspector has snapped the front sight off the gun and used a screwdriver to break off the end plate of the box mag, rather than just releasing the securing tabs

 

I was hoping to run mine this weekend,  but I will be unable to do so as I may be required to ship it back to SWIT as part of their claims process.

 

 

 

[Nick G]

It's bloody awesome ! not playing today but have been up to the site to try the 249 on the range. I've not done any scientific testing of gas fill to bb count with the supplied stanag , but I didn't seem to be refilling much . I suspect the box mag (on its way) might last a game if the gun is used in a sensible way. I was firing bursts and it just kept going. Bot over 150 BB's into a mag , dont think I'd bother trying to ram the max 175 in tbh. Range and accuracy were on a par with anything else that was being run up there today ( it is a game day I'm just not playing) . Actually the acuracy surprised me tbh. Tried it on .25's but may well go up to my usual GBBR weight of .30 will see how many BBs I am going through. Chrono'd it as well. Using green gas it was right on the edge of limits so won't be using red in it.  I can see taking 4 BB mags and a bottle of gas into a game will give me plenty of ammo for my play style. And god the sound of it ! it'll keep heads down just from that alone 🤣

[Nick G]

Did a bit of a proper trial with gas capacity. Fully charged stanag and I got 200 rounds out of it which I'm impressed with.  Lots of short bursts , did the first 100 then gave the mag time to warm up a bit. Then the second 100 . Nothing left in the gas mag at the end but it did it. Probably 150 reliably in a game . The second 100 were tracers , that was a scream !

[Nick G]

My boxmag has arrived , that beast will hold alot of gas !  I can kind of see how the customs monkeys broke the cover of Spartan's getting it off though I had to resort to a large screwdriver in the end.

Edited August 9, 2023 by Nick G

[mirinjawbro]

any chance of a vid

[Nick G]

Quick vid of it cycling . Not a great vid but this is the first time I've ever tried putting a video on youtube. I'll try and do a proper one at weekend. ( I don't do tech ! 😂)