[Academy L85 review]

Ello everybody. (Excuse my bad english )

Now I'm quite finnished with my L85. I've done alot of work...

As you might remember from my other replies in this thread, my friend used a Famas-hopup. This was a very easy modification, he said.

But I didn't do like he did. Instead I bought a Systema M4 metal hopupchamber (with Guarder bucking), but this turned out to be kinda... stupid

 

The pipe, which feeds the BB's from the magazine, was way too short. I had to make it longer. Another tricky part was to stabilize the chamber, so it didn't fit loosely.

One thing not to forget is that I before all this had modified the magwell for Marui M16-mags. If you read another review on the net that said "It takes 2 seconds... blalbla" - it's a lie, or well, maybe not if you got the right tools/machines, but I used some usual and basic tools

 

At last, someone else who did the job with sandpaper, I was begining to think I was the only person stupid/patient enough to do that.

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My friend has done alot of modifications on his L85 ...I think he's on his way opening up the fake SUSAT to improve the dot/fix somehting right now

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wish him luck and tell him to tell us how to fix it when he does

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one thing though- the Famas Motor is wider than the academy one, and it neeeds some "gentle" modification to the black plastic case to ensure the fire select contacts(and now mine fires semi-auto in safe mode for some reason).

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Id vollunteer but A, i only got my ICR client to work right last night and B i dont wanna.

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that joel guy came back later under the name srg and started flooding the room with "LOL"s. of coarse it wasent him it was "a friend"

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Argos have 'em.

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Enzo's a mod?

 

The bit were TaQ says "be carefull not to lose bits" its best if you get a large sandwich bag (morisons own brand seems best) to catch the springs. If however your puting in stronger springs, just put gogles on.

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just use the caseing from the L85 with all the insidey bits from the FAMAS.

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well if you want a true L85 A1 just put a TM spring in 30 rounds and Chunk. jammmed. A2 will be a bit of a bugger.

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from the pics the sling furniture should fit *albatross* well as possibly the flash hider. its just possible that the barrel and its plastic in-the-hangaurd bit would fit but if it did it would need some severe choping to let the battery in but without bout to "experiment*" on i cant tell.

 

 

 

*rip to tiny bits

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Greebo if you could post some pictures of springer with its gut all over the place or even just the handgaurd off it should be possible for someone to see if the barrel is compatable.

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a pic of my gun lets see.... ah heres one of my SA80

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Right guys without giving too much away (i'm on a day off ffs!)

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day off from airsoft scotland or giving away trade secrets?

EDIT: BTW frenchie what SHOULD the academy piston look like? two winged guide slots or one ?

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My L85 only has the single FA-MAS style guide slot.

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thats weird mine definetly has one either side with "wings"- i was on a break from swapping my v6 parts back for the academy ones when i posted. maybe academy have different parts in different batches? I know mine was the one academy supplied cos it took me 10 minutes of turning and fiddling to figure out that the big silver "screw" was just an anti-tamper bolt.

 

Darklite: you dont need the m16 hop for 1j (although I haven't skirmished mine yet -ask again on monday) and with a 1j/m100 Id be thinking of putting in a FAMAS eg560 motor as i really doubt the academy has the oomph to turn it over- I'm not saying it wont but it might not.

 

the simplest option on upgrades(IE what I've done ) is to swap the spring and the metal lump that the piston head screws onto with the stock TM ones, and to cut out the two bumps on the hand guard that stop an 8.4 volt battery from fitting- you might also need to file the black plastic bit at the forward end of the hand guard but the easier option is to take a screwdriver and remove the black plastic latch- then use tape to hold the case shut. (NB- mini bats would also work and wouldn't need any cutting/removing- just use the adaptor that you use for your charger -or swap the connector if your more adventurous)- the academy gears should hold a stock TM spring . M16 mag conversion, well ive thought about it and come to the conclusion that it might be possible BUT the academy mags would rattle about in the mag well a little bit more than id like- if they would work at all- and since the hicaps are available now its a redundant measure unless you have a huge stack of M16 mags

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V2/3 may work (hell it did for sid) but V6 gears DO NOT WORK Neither will the piston- the v6 gears are very slightly different to the acadamy gears, this means that the gears do fit but they lock in and dont turn. the academy gears seem okay for a stock tm spring(in all 30 minuites/300 rounds ive put through mine) but the MP5 FTK would seem the way to go for 328+/- fps

 

on guide slots: if the famas only has one then the piston is useless in an L85(well mine anyway) as the piston in the l85 has two guide slots with "wings" on the back end.

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Im not sure if you have to, but I would(and will- eventually).

 

Sid theres something that you missed in the review mate- airsoft scotland have the hi-caps for this wee beastie. (and I have 2 as soon as there deliverised)

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the menu bar is back. the site actually loads. I am in heaven. now how about the ticker thingy from the top of the frontpage?