Billy Bob the Sniper
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I'd love AS global if they fixed their frekin website to work with safari and firefox
Us mac users are screwed as a result....
I cant stand it, but I just use the search but still its alittle annoying when you scoll over it and the gray box appears.
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get a new suppressor-dunno what barrel length your running but a QDSS nt4 would be good. Also get a lmt style buis, the chopped ones look... errmm yeah. I would go aimpoint with a wilcox mount.
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Its a WA. I put a Xfire threaded barrel on it.. But its not really for scrimmaging, the thread part is meant to be able to be taken out when no can is on it. But mine is stuck on it. Kinda ulgy but what ever.
I will try and sand down on my frame as its a PITA to get it off.
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MCXL: Do you have a hard time getting the light off the rail? It takes two people to get it off.
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^ looks like my kimber.
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Systema PTW MAX 07.
KAC RAS.
Prime CNC lower.
Crane stock.
AN PEQ-2.
TA01 ACOG.
Surefire M951.
Stream-light M3.
I am still playing around with the flash lights, I think I am going to sell the m951 and get a scout light. BUIS is in the mail.
Also tried to make my PEQ more realistic...
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That's all for now. I'll get to addressing these niggling negatives tomorrow after work. And will shoot, chrono and otherwise test it. I'll post more then. I'll also be skirmishing this thing on the 23rd at Springfield and will report on those results after.
But before I go, I'll say the gun feels solid. DEFINITELY heavier than the Star. Not quite CAM249 heavy, but maybe A&K M249 heavy (they're lighter). Aside from the loose bits, the main gun body felt quite solid. No squeaks or rattling. And teh externals are much nicer than I expected and easily a cut about the Star. Which is pretty damning considering this is cheaper (or was for me).
By way of comparison, here are the two guns' pictures taken. Same camera, same pose, same floor.
First the Star:
And next the A&K:
Even in these pictures you can see the higher level of detail in the A&K, and in person this is greatly magnified. The A&K feels beefier, looks beefier, and has more attn to detail front to back. The metal is thicker, the foregrip and othe rubber and plastic parks are thicker and of a better feeling material, and the bits like the bipod and sights are more functional and more stout. Here's hoping it's skirmishable....
And one more of the A&K to close with for now:
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Speaking of southpaws - plenty of room for big hamhock hands to fit past the ammo pouch hanger, see below (I wear an XL glove):
And on the receiver we come to the first negative. Note the text in the manual:
Now look at the following picture of my gun. Note the charging handle pulled back, and thusly in the "open" position. Note also the absence of a hand holding it back. There was no resistence to the charging handle. I suspect a part (like a spring) is missing or not connected. Note also the faux "bolt" is not pulled back along with the charging handle: on my gun these were completely not connected to each other - in fact I couldnt even move the fake bolt with my hand. I'll have to investigate later.
The rear sight. Quite nice. Lots of very nice detail. Lots of stuff to fiddle with. Oh btw it was loose:
The trades. With tape:
and without:
They are painted on and not etched. Still they look nice.
Its hard to tell in this picture but in person they appeared to my eye to be slightly crooked.
The barrel assembly (outerbarrel, gas tube, inner barrel, hopup chamber) all comes out in one piece, by flipping the attachment lever near the rear sight (see above). Like the Star (and the real steel for that matter) it was somewhat loose. That never affected shooting on the Star so oddly enough I'm not worried about it here. Unlike an aeg you never touch this barrel, its a semi-free-float. Here's a shot of the front cradle with the barrel assembly removed:
You can see the connector for the rheostat in the bottom tube.
Here is front sight:
It was loose.
You can also see there how far the duckbill flashider screws on to be tight. If you screw it to the correct aligned position... its loose. Use the attached o-ring and you should be fine.
Here is the back of the barrel assembly - with the hopup chamber.
It was not loose. In fact, unlike the Star, whose inner barrel slid, rattled, rotated, and shimmied... this thing is pretty well locked in there. With only a sliding adjustment of about 1/2 cm forward and back (spring loaded) to assure a seal.
Speaking of seal - note the oring on the hopup chamger adjustment wheel, mine came split. Luckily I have a pile of those.
With the gun in squeal-maker mode, you access the hopup wheel as you do on a CA or clone M249, via under the feedtray cover:
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This just arrived. Picked it up after work.
Box was in bad shape:
Oil all over one end and it took a shot from what looks like a crowbar....
Obviously the oil made it thru the nuclear wrapping paper:
But the styrofoam that was inside protected teh gun well. It was beefy styrofoam, the gun was well protected.
I can't fault A&K for the arrival state, nor even GlobalAirsoft where I bought it. I used to work loading shipping trucks, I know what happens. Regardless the box is well constructed to protect the goods, even if it's plain jane.
Oh look - the manual (wrapped for shipping in a nice newspaper, I spent a little time reading n getting up to speed on events in Hong Kong:
And here it is in all its styrofoam covered glory:
Yes thats styrofoam bits everywhere, not spooge.
The trades are covered by tape - which took all of 5 seconds to remove. The duckbill flashider is in the box mag.
What you get:
Ok lets get to what matters most: The boxmag and carrier. Ha.
The boxmag is a rigid design and seems quite sturdy. A nice touch is the feed tube (made of a wound spring to guide the bbs) has a rubber sleeve over it for a short length. good for keeping dust and moisture away.
The carrier pouch has a nice vinyl interior material - again, good for repelling moisture. But I'm not sure how mcuh good that does when the top of the boxmag isnt sealed. Although its not as open as the Star/Ares version.
Note the drainhole.
Uh oh - the boxmag internals look suspiciously like the Star's. If you weren't aware, I was one of the original Star M60 owners and that damn boxmag of theirs was the Khan of my Kirkhood. Hopefully this isnt as bad. It does run off the gun battery, which means its ~9+v as opposed to ~3+v. And the connector is quality.
Note - this pouch connects to the hanger on the left side of teh gun with two straps. The top strap however connects in a location that has a sharp corner to the hanger bracket. If you take this off and on over time I can see that wearing and eventually cutting the pouch strap. Word of caution.
On to the gun itself:
The feed tray cover - this is crucial to good "60"-ness. And this feed tray cover is quite nice. Its got the internal detail as seen here and is quite heavy and rigid:
It also closes with authority and latches like a bearclaw. Unlike my old Star that latched like a wet tissue and snapped open if my cheek rubbed it (I'm a southpaw). Oh, and when I say it closes with authority I mean if you have your finger in the way it's going to take a chunk out, like so:
Naughty M60. Oh yes, bite me. You know I like it....
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Well sold the 'akm' today
but it has funded my purchase for a LCT AKM '09. YAY! -
Go register at Red Alliance and contact Tascabe he has 3 cell and 4 cell chicoms for pretty cheap. Got mines for $25 shipped to Hawaii.
I am trying to but the haven't approved m registration yet....
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Gunaholic: Where did you get the 4 cell chicom? I want one so bad.
Also I know a place that sells AK mag shells for about 3 bucks a pop. I recently ordered about 12. 6 to make airsoft and 6 to put real internals into(bringing my real ak mag count to 20)
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Systema PTW '07 MAX.
-Prime CNC lower receiver
-Magpul enhanced trigger guard
-LMT Crane stock
-KAC RAS system
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GB tech standalone, G&P knights short launcher.
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Dang, dont see those to often. Great looking PTW. I hopefully will have a bigger and better one once I sell my CQBR I have now.
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Barbeque chicken, mac and cheese, brunswick stew. Oh so good.
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The Old and the New
Excuse the painted m203, I have a G&P knights 9 inch on the way.
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Just snaged me a VFC Aims PMC off egay for 180. Ordering a LCT AKM '09 in a few days to. Cant wait till I get em both.
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Only things on the my walls, Classic rock stuff, and some dogfight ink pictures.
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Watched the movie last night. Awesome gun.
How much did that run ya? I really want to get a gun modified by him.
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Pictures suck, took em with my iphone. There are windows look closer
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I tryed to clean my room up today, but failed. Heres some pictures of it dirty.
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Pictures didnt work. Lets try this again:
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Where can I get a G&P IR peq? I have looked around all I can find is normal lasers.
Also if anybody cares theres a PSQ-18 on ebay for about 900.