renegadecow

So SHOT Show 2020 is coming up and Chiappa on their FB announced they'll be demonstrating their airsoft version if not just have it on display.

Saw project Boris on YouTube?

You get a larger air pocket with the back oriented since liquid only fills to the end of the full valve. Same as how mags with long fill valves will hold less vs one with short ones.

Doesn't a back oriented fill valve limit the amount of liquid you can get in a mag (especially narrower pistol mags) vs bottom oriented?

Just a small update. For a time my Thompson has been disconnecting in full auto unless I push forward on the handguard. Nothing seemed out of order and I surmised that sheer inertia was tripping the disconnect after its spring had worn down some. Pushing forward merely cushioned the blow of the bolt. I couldn't replace the spring outright with a stiffer one as it's in a balance between being stiff enough to hold the disconnect and soft enough to be tripped by the bb follower. To cut things short, I just had to stretch the spring (part no. 66) out by 10° and retempered giving it just a little more pre tension.

If you need a grenade that throws bbs with some speed, AI Cyclones shoot out at an advertised 240fps. I use them myself and are highly effective though a bit of a chore to set up at times. Limited to hard surfaces though as soil/grass is often too soft to get it to detonate.

Made a Ruby pistol holster for my French kit. No airsoft Ruby though so Detonics takes its place

It looks like the front and rear most tabs that are imbedded into the frame and actually engage the slide guide rails are carbon steel. The blocks holding the trigger and striker appear to be a different material but could be MIM steel.

I'm glad the projected price is closer to my estimate but that's still money I'd rather put into the Modify PP-2K and/or Raptor Grach

The Minebea 9mm threw me off thinking the Uzis were to be static props made by that Japanese company selling resin garage kits.

Does appear like that. Real Glocks kinda work the same way. What's worrisome is the price. With all those features it'll at least be $300

And here I was ready to trash it for being just another TM clone.

Judging by the mag it looks like they widened it a bit like they did on the CT25 to hold more gas. This means having a cutout on the grip panels so real ones will have to be modified accordingly.