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  1. AK & Variants Picture Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Liquid_snake

    the gearbox shell is a universal size, and both clone the VFC design in that regard anyway, only real difference is in the barrel.

     

    Really? Hmm Im not sure what the issue is there then, the CYMA gearbox seemed a bit too long and wide for the kalash reciever-sure enough I got it in but just wasnt right the body. Anyways Im thinking just putting a Dboys/Kalash gearbox in should do the trick, then upgrading from there.

     

     

    I thought they CYMA were clones of somethign else, the handgaurd on the two guns put beside eachother are completely different- I was also under the impression that CYMA wouldnt accept Mod'd RS grips whereas Kalash would

  2. AK & Variants Picture Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Liquid_snake

    Er no lol Problems lay within the gearbox practicality. Basically I attempted to switch (temporarily) a CYMA AKS74U's gearbox over but the Kalash bodies are a lot tighter than CYMA- Would I be correct in assuming this is due to each brand cloning different up-market brands?

     

    Anyways, the PA md 86 Idea is good, looks like the wrong reciever for the job though... all the same am mighty tempted now :D

     

     

     

    edit: Hop unit also sat waaaay to far forward, meant that mags wouldnt fit in either... ah well nothing ventured nothing gained!

  7. AK & Variants Picture Thread

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    Sitting with a copy of Airsoft International open in front of me, you could do it via a G&P Body for armalite stocks, King arms stock tube and a modstock from Gaurder. In the particular section Im taking this from they are attaching an armalite stock to an AK74 (CA SLR 105) so it is possible. However their explanation of the parts they are using is shall we say...vague.

     

    Hope this helps, have you tried looking around the web to see if anyone has managed to get an AK47 type stock adaptor to fit an AK74?

  13. CYMA AKS74U (CM.035)

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    Long over due update for this review, finally got around to fiddling with the gear box.

     

    Bascially I replaced the stock spring with a Guarder SP110 spring which is now putting out at around 300-310FPS. I reckon its a pretty common issue to have to change the spring for this gun as it has that clone habit of having a spring which is way to powerful.

     

    So inside the actual gearbox youll find metal gears, metal bushings and an all over relatively simple gearbox to work with. Im no genius when it comes to working with these so if you decide to change the spring yourself this is a helpful guide from mechbox.com Link (disclaimer: I like mechbox.com am not responsible if you balls this up, any work you perform is at your own risk.)

  15. CYMA AKS74U (CM.035)

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    I think your best bet for AK sights is the Cobra sight, there is a chinese clone but for the price of the real one you might as well get it instead of the clone rubbish, you can find a link to the cobra sight below as well as two others:

     

    Cobra: http://www.rusmilitary.com/html/sight_cobra.htm

     

    PK-AV: http://www.rusmilitary.com/html/sight_pkav.htm

     

    PK-01: http://www.rusmilitary.com/html/sight_pk-01.htm

     

    Those should mount via a dovetail system, the mount for it is already built onto the CYMA AKS74U

  16. CYMA AKS74U (CM.035)

    in Rifles (AEG)

    Posted · Edited by Liquid_snake

    Some corrections:

    The barrel is around 290mm, and it reaches up to the end of the flashider

    The Front sight is somehow wobbly. (I had 2 of them and both were like this)

     

    Both of them had metal bushings.

     

    Ah right OK, Ive been searching for a new longer barrel to run through a PBS-1 and couldnt find what the original barrel length was. The front sight wobbly problem can be adjusted/fixed in either 2 ways, you can take electrical tape and wrap it round the handgaurds, not covering the whole thing but just one length of it right beside the sights. Alternatively (this is what I have done) is that you can tighten the front sight screw but be careful in case of de-threading it.

     

    Mine was from airsoftworld for the princely sum of £130-oh and I forgot to add Ive tried over 5 different makes ofmag and the best Ive come across is the MAG AKM's and AK74 type mags, the work an absolute treat and are a mear £18 a go for 5 from ehobbyasia

     

    Cheers for the feedback chaps :)

  17. CYMA AKS74U (CM.035)

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    My first review so please pardon any errors or missed bits

     

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    Pro's:

     

    -Reliable

    -Full metal and wood

    -Relatively cheap

    -Compact, and can be made even smaller by folding stock

    -Large Battery Compartment

     

     

    Con's:

     

    -Short barrel so not so great accuracy

    -Over 1J out of the box

     

     

    Included with the gun:

     

    -Box

    -1100mAh Stick Battery

    -Sight adjustment key

    -Charger

    -200x.2 BBs

    -Cleaning Rod

    -Various instructions

     

     

     

    Ignoring the box and its contents for the time being we'll go straight to the gun. Now the gun itself is full metal and wood, a fair bit of it is of course monkey metal but there is some steel there to which includes the stock, receiver and upper receiver. Monkey metal parts include the front sights, flashhider and rear sight.

     

    So beginning from the front of the gun at the flash hider. As I just mentioned this is made of monkey metal, however its thick. Really thick. And its held on via a nic long thread with spring loaded locking pin that stops it from un-screwing, a nice touch and pretty handy. I believe the thread is 14mm CW but dont quote me on that one.

     

     

    Moving down to the front sight this is once again monkey metal but as was the case with the flash hider pretty thick and tough. The front sight is held on with a single screw in the bottom so youll want to tighten it up before you start skirmishing, its a pretty important screw. The sight system itsef is typical AK notch and post, however the gun comes as standard with the front sight turned 180 degrees, if this annoys you you can use the sight adjustment key to turn it round to create any thickness of post you like-you can also remove it if you want.

     

    NOTE: DO NOT glue over the front sight screw/seal it/make it impossible to get out, if you want to get a nosy at internals youll need to remove it.

     

     

    The handgaurds next, and they are quite happily real wood! Hoorah! OK well the grips themselves arnt exactly made out of Oak but then again they arnt indian balsa wood either. The standard varnish on them is pretty good, nice and smooth however the colour is a bit off so you can sand them down and restain to your liking. The upper grip is held on via the front sight, removing the sight lets the upper handgrip slide out freely revealing the inside of the lower grip. Now the lower grip is held on via a pin with a lever that fits into a groove in the barrel. Rotating this lever releases the pin and allows you to slide the lower grip off the end of the barrel.

     

    Next part we'll look at is the barrel assembly which is made of a mix of monkey metal and steel. The outer barrel appears to be made from Steel however the rear part that holds the hop-unit is monkey metal. Basically the whole gun splits into two parts, the front and reciever. This front section is secured via 2 screws just in front of the mag and is easily slid away from the res of the body as one whole piece once the screws are removed. This makes it insanely easy to tinker with hop and barrel settings, switching out a barrel should be a breeze for anyone.

     

    Right into the main reciever, this is made of steel and is pretty darn tough as youd expect. The main reciever houses the v3 gearbox and pretty much is the centre peice for holding everything together. The upper reciever is attached via a hinge to the lower reciever, this isnt removable for a good reason as Ill explain in the next section. The lower reciever also has a small hook on the left side to catch the stock when it folds so it doesnt go flailing about on you. This is spring loaded as well so when the stock is realeased via pulling the catch back it snaps back into place. Also, there is a sling hook on the right side of the gun which tends to rattle, so if you dont use it I recommend covering it in elctrical tape.

     

    The upper reciever is a great piece of design, instead of having to remove it like most AK's instead you simply push the button/reciever release at the back of the gun and it will pivot up about 45 degrees to allow you to change the battery-very handy indeed when a mid skirmsih battery change comes around. Simply snap the reciever back down when your finished and your ready to go. Another helpful feature of the upper reciever is that its hollowed out the whole ay along the gun, ala there is a battery compatment that stretches the whole way into the front reciever. The more or less allows you to stick in any size of stick battery without worrying that it wount fit. Definitey a huge plus

     

    Next is the cocking handle, now this is steel however some of the other bits on it arnt which is worth noting. The handle itself moves about half way back to reveal the hop adjuster (which is a slider) and also reveals your battery, really only useful if you cant remeber whether its in or not! Of course cocking the gun has no effects but makes a great clunk noise. An interesting mod if your bored involves opening the upper reciever and breaking off the small pot metal restrictor, this allows the cocking handle to go the whole way back and doesnt affect the performance in anyway, except make it 5x more awesome!

     

    Right onto the Stock, this is steel and and folds via a hinge and a small button locatedon the reciever. Now, this feature is actually far more useful than you could ever believe, the button stops the stock from collapsing in at any stage which is brilliant, but having a folding stock is unbelievably useful in itself mainly because you can lop 40% of your gun away in a tight squeeze. The stock can be removed via knocking out the hinge so if you prefer no stock all the time then its perfect.

     

    So that leaves only internals to do. Basically you get a steel gear V3 gearbox, standard hop up and a 6.03mm tightbore (260mm if I recall correctly). Its not much to scream about but its tough, it works and it wont let you down.

     

    Oh also the mag supplied, this is a 500rnd hi-cap and the most horribly orange colour youve ever seen, highly recommend scraping it straight away and putting in decent mags.

     

    NOTE: The gun's mag cavity is slightly bigger than most mags, therefore youll have to stick some gaffer tape or foam at the top of each mag to drasticly reduce the insane amounts of wobble youll get otherwise.

     

     

    Okies well to quickly sum this up, Ive had the gun for about 11 months now and have skirmished it a fair few times including once in the snow and so far no problems whatsoever. I gotta say Id recommend the gun to all, not because I bought it and wish to spread sh*te about it to make myself feel better but because it truly is a workhorse of a gun and wont let you down.

     

    Pictures can be found bellow

     

     

    http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq132/L...nt=P2010136.jpg

     

    http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq132/L...nt=P2010137.jpg

     

    http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq132/L...nt=P2010138.jpg

     

    http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq132/L...nt=P2010139.jpg

     

    http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq132/L...nt=P2010140.jpg

     

    http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq132/L...nt=P2010141.jpg

     

     

    And a recent photo after 11 months:

     

    http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq132/L...nt=DSCF1017.jpg

     

     

     

    Well cheers for reading folks, If Ive ommitted anything or if youd like anything gone over again Ill post it up with some pics

  21. AK & Variants Picture Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Liquid_snake

    Here's my AKS74U, its an old photo of it before the handgaurd got painted black for my MGS4 idea. Hope you like it. Am thinkign of putting a romanian style handgrip on it but not sure if it would fit right, any ideas on that?

     

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