Rob15
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I'd guess no blowback (in theory) reduces demand for metal kits, people tend to like metal GBB pistols because they think the slide will crack if it's plastic and they use green gas/propane.
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It's amazing how impatient some airsofters are, allowing just 5 working days for international delivery with standard airmail and threatening to lesve neg feedback if they don't get a refund today... Makes me want to just give up and get a regular job :/
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Honestly speaking these days I don't care how long something takes to get to me as long as I know up front what the likely time from order to despatch is and the lead time based on current postal nonsense e.g. if I order something from WGC, as long as I know it's in transit I'll binge on Netflix till PF demands some money off me.
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Bellends everywhere.
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Hell, I'd be plum happy just being assured whatever I pay for actually gets to me.
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A stock TM is pretty worn after 1000rnds? What are you doing to poor defenceless TM pistols! 1000rnds is only 40 P226 mags worth of shots, I'd be expecting to put a lot more through one with suitable gas for the temperature before seeing any real wear.
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I'd say there was a 50/50 chance it was posted or mentioned in IRC, I remember he did try the metal slide on the TM Mk23 and I know it was a pre-S7 KSC Mk23 with aftermarket slide as it was well before KWA started selling them with the upgrade to NS2 so I certainly wouldn't assume that the newer slides would fit if the old one did. Ideally you'll have a friend with a KSC/KWA Mk23 of any era who'd be willing to try swapping it to confirm it fits or not, but I'd guess that's not the case and given the cost of aftermarket Mk23 slides I wouldn't risk buying one on the chance it does fit myself
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In short, no. Long answer, Hissing_Sid tried a metal slide (probably SD) from his pre-S7 era KSC Mk23 on his TM Mk23 and from what I recall it did fit, not sure if there were any fitment issues with the internals but it's your best bet I'd say. The clone Mk23 fixed slide/NBB is all plastic much like the TM, although the quality always left a lot to be desired even when compared to the TM which isn't exactly amazing.
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When they originally came out there was a batch/batches with poor efficiency, it wasn't uncommon and I got a TM P226 soon after it came out, didn't even manage one mag before the spring blew out the back of the flow valve and sent it into full auto, so yes, some truth to it but it was so long ago and seemed to be an issue in such a limited space of time people have forgotten about it and it's not something to worry about now.
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What's to do? Broken nozzles on the old spring tri-shots don't seem be that common, certainly nothing like issues with these newer gas shotguns and when I have heard of issues with them it's usually sounded like the user has slam-fired, tried to force jammed BBs or it was just a very well used shotgun. Spares are available anyway, and before someone says "I'd like an aftermarket metal nozzle", most people would like one of those, very few would like the price tag that'd come with one. http://www.fire-support.co.uk/product/marui-cylinder-for-spas-12--m3-super-90-series -
For those who've bought one of these Evike has some OEM Marushin spares available now, not a big range but given how uncommon Marushin spares are it's good to see some for sale. http://www.evike.com/search/?search_in_description=1&sort=3a&keywords=marushin+5-7&x=0&y=0
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I've got a very small finished batch anodised, packaged and ready to go but as always seems to happen all the work has come at once including sorting out a new website to replace my soon to be closed down existing one which is due to be 'finished' very soon, I'll drop you a PM once I have them listed to order
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The MP7 nozzle issues seem to be a limited problem and one that was caused by a manufacturing defect rather than a design flaw, Demoncase wrote a long post what about probably caused it during the injection moulding process in the MP7 review thread and from what I know about injection moulding it seemed spot on. With the MP7 nozzles what we don't know is if TM produced the mould and parts themselves or if it was subcontracted out, if it was subbed out (which is entirely possible) then it might be the fault of the manufacturer of the mould, although TM are still responsible for tracking dow
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It's one gun and a varient of it with what does seem to be a design flaw, not exactly worth slamming the entire TM range over, they are still doing better than most other manufacturers on the new product design and overall reliability front. These M870s seem to have the most complex internal system of any of their modern releases so it's not too suprising it's got issues, earlier comments about it being better if it just had 3 shot or 6 shot mode and no selector seem to have merit though, I think keeping it simpler would have been better.
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£279 does include 20% VAT though, 16.66% of the retail price goes straight to revenue and customs and retailers will have to pay some duty on importing them. Quite often when I look at the difference in price between buying something from HK and the same thing from a UK shop the only difference in price is the VAT, given that I mainly buy for R&D purposes these days I just buy from UK shops reclaim the VAT and not have to worry about having to pay it on import, then reclaiming it back, paying duty to the EU and a clearing fee to the courier ontop.
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Snap caps would be a safer option too I'd have thought.
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It's actually called Fibre Reinforced Nylon (FRP), to be correct, probably glass fibre reinforced as it's the most common, cheap and what H&k use themselves. Being made from fibre reinforced nylon doesn't mean it won't flex and creak, it's not a wonder material, if the design allows it to flex then it'll flex to some extent whether it's made from ABS or FRP.
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But at the same time it's probably the first you'd do it to, on the M870 the shells are completely unconnected to the gas tank so it's quite practical, on GIM GBBrs which would really benefit from external HPA/Co2 you'd have to be disconnecting the hose from the mag for each reload.
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To be honest the UK doesn't really seem to be the place for classics anymore, I ended up letting my MGC M12s go for something like £25, iirc after postage, PayPal fees etc I was left with £15 Granted it wasn't working properly but I wouldn't expect a good price for them anymore.
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You should only need to tighten the valve until you can feel the o-rings are starting to compress against the magazine body itself, then another 1/8 to 1/4 of a turn, that's how I always do them. This, I've found on TM mags you can back the valve off by 3/4 of a full turn before it starts leaking with a stock valve, the threads on the valve are such a fine pitch that 1/2 a turn actually equates to very little movement.
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Yep, it's definately one of mine Nope, VFC do a copy of the Surefire mount, mine is an original design I did about 5 or 6 years ago (single piece design machined from a block of aluminium, Surefire is a three piece design with only the middle machined).
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Need more HERA GCC kits! Finally said bye bye to the boring and extremely basic charging handle on mine and made a new shorter/lower profile one, just need to send it for anodising then find some money to buy more mags
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Interesting, just the sort of info I was looking for although I'm not sure what I'm more suprised by, opening a gearbox just to vent a piston head or the 40fps jump! It certainly sounds more like the vents actually work to prolong an airseal/lifespan of an o-ring but probably don't do much for well fitting brand new ones. How long ago did you email me? If it was a while ago then I may have just missed it I don't recall any emails about modifiying barrels, if it was recently then you should have had a reply by now. Also there are no 'guys', it's just me that runs LPE Indeed, lack o
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Yes I know the theory behind them, but I'm not convinced that in practice it works and I've never seen any actual evidence to say it does, in the 50 times you've done it have you not changed anything else in the gearbox at all other than adding the venting? If you have then I'd not consider it proper evidence that venting works, that's the problem, anyone who fits vented piston heads has usually changed something else at the same time, even if it's just adding bearings so you can't attribute any fps gain directly to the vents. I know there is a lot of force pushing against the o-ring, but
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Have you actually tested a stock TM piston head against the same piston head with vent holes added to it to see if there is any difference in the fps? The theory that the vents push the o-ring out is an old an established one, but one I also think is ######. Doing the 'compression test' any piston head with a good o-ring should seal immediately without any real speed or force applied, I know for sure my own airbrake piston heads do and all other brands I've tried over the years, there has never been any real room for forward air pressure to actually improve the seal. From what I recall
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I think you're missing the point of requiring a photo with the user name of the seller shown in it, the idea behind it is that it broadly proves that the seller actually has what they are offering for sale and haven't simply lifted photos from a search engine or another forum, like everything it has it's flaws but it can also help prevent one type of scamming. In your case the only way to have avoided buying a gun that would appear fine in a photo but is actually damaged would be to inspect it in person before handing over any money, that is just one of the risks of distance buying.
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I think keep it as it is, for now at least, there have been times where people have drawn attention to themselves by trying to spam to 100 posts and got themselves suspended/banned who've later turned out to have scammed people on other forums. It's not a perfect system and will put some people off staying here but realistically it's the only way Arnies can offer any real form of protection from scammers. One thing I did suggest to Marlowe was to lower the minimum post count to say, 50, but then require every sales thread to have a photo of the items for sale with the photo including a pie
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http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/apple-airsoft-50rd-spare-magazine-for-kwa-kriss-vector-gbb.html Other stores may have them, that's the only place I know of with them off the top of my head though.