DmR build options

[chalkie]

Hey all.. I really want a dmr as my silverback srs sniper is a bit of a handful and I want to have similar range but electric charging.

 

Can anyone list a good setup of gun and upgrades to buy to build my own as purchasing good 2nd hand ones seem very hard to find.

 

Cheers in advance 

[ButcherBill]

I'm of a time when I remember your profile name as being offensive, am I being too sensitive/woke or are you ignorant?

[Fatboy40]

37 minutes ago, ButcherBill said:

I'm of a time when I remember your profile name as being offensive, am I being too sensitive/woke or are you ignorant?

 

So @ButcherBill can reminisce (mods, please delete if inappropriate)...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK9DCPl2nHQ

 

[Kls77]

Budget is the factor on dmr . Like most airsoft stuff

Hpa is probably easiest to use for dmr 

Electric . Nice stronng built gearbox with good high torque motor and mosfet . Barrel about 400 inner and rotary with maple leaf and flat nub a good start . Gun wise sr25 is about easiest to do . Plenty of them about form cyma to classic army . Or the 417 series from e&c is nice . Mdr is good out he box too and nice bullpup 308 rifle . And it's already upgraded from factory  

 

[Impulse]

I have four DMRs myself, so I'll give my two cents on your options. If you want to go for a DMR there are a few options:

 

AEG - Probably best "bang for your buck" option, but hardest in my opinion to build. Can get a pretty well working AEG DMR for a good price (though a good price is still probably at least £500 all in). I'd advise getting a RIF with a quick change spring system though, as DMR limits vary between 1.48J, 1.64J, 1.88J and very rarely 2.32J across the country. Hardest to build because there's a lot that goes into building a good AEG DMR that you have to manage, like gear ratios, air volume and cylinder to barrel ratios, motors, durable gears and pistons, and gearboxes are annoying to work on. I have a Cyma SR-25 and it's a very nice DMR platform, since it has a v2.5 gearbox which has more air volume than most standard gearboxes, and air volume is important for long-barreled rifles. However, it is in a box under my bed because I never use it and don't have space to have everything out, so while I think AEG DMRs are great, I personally don't like them much.

 

If you're looking for an AEG DMR, I'd suggest the Cyma SR-25, but it depends on what kind of guns you like. In terms of functionality, I'd look for something with plenty of upgrade potential, but also a quick change spring system. Outside of that, the world is your oyster.

 

HPA - Probably the easiest option, is the quietest, they're a piece of cake to tweak, but it's also pretty expensive. In my MTW,  all I've got is an upgraded barrel, hop unit, rubber and nub in it, but otherwise it's stock, and all I have to do for the power is adjust the regulator. You can also get an AEG and replace the internals of the gearbox with an HPA engine. This takes a little bit of installation, but it's still easier to do than working on a gearbox, however it is still very expensive. I have a Wolverine MTW 308 and it's one of my favourite guns in my entire collection, but I also have a TM m14 that I converted from AEG to HPA by replacing the gearbox internals with an HPA engine

 

If I was going to recommend an HPA DMR, I'd say the MTW. 308 or regular, it doesn't matter, they're the same internally.

 

GBBR - Probably the most fun option and sometimes doesn't require too many upgrades to make a great DMR, but it's also expensive (magazines are horrendously pricey), requires a good understanding of how gas guns work, it's loud and it's the least consistent. There are some really good platforms for setting up a GBBR DMR, and don't typically need too many internal upgrades if you go for a good quality GBBR like the TM MWS, but the magazines will cost you around £50 or more per magazine and they'll weigh a lot and be very low capacity when it comes to BBs. However, it will make you grin when you fire it because it's a lot of fun! I have a TM MWS that I have built as a mk12 mod1 and run as a DMR and it's a LOT of fun. Even though of all my DMRs it's the least practical, it's probably my 2nd most used one, only the MTW gets more use and part of that is because the UK is cold for half the year and GBBRs don't do as well in the cold.

 

If I was going to recommend a GBBR DMR, I'd say the MWS with some fancy externals or a conversion kit to make it long barreled

 

Pistol carbines - Probably the option I hate, but it's an option. You can get something like a mk23 pistol and put it in a carbine kit to turn it into a DMR. It's pretty easy to get a mk23 shooting at DMR power; all you do is have a longer barrel to allow it to joule creep heavier ammo to the correct power, and the upgrades for it are usually fairly easy to install (hop rubber, h-plate, TDC and barrel really...). I'm not best to talk about this though because I don't have one. I have two mk23s and I will never put either of them in a carbine kit!

 

If I was going to recommend a pistol carbine kit abomination, I'd say the mk23 with... some sort of carbine kit. I don't really know what's out there, but it's a good pistol for it. Wank trigger pull though...

Edited November 8 by Impulse