BoggyB

Anyone know off hand what size allen key I need to remove the flash hider from this?

Having read a bit more about them they don't seem to go nuclear as often as people make out. Advice taken, Lipo it is. Thanks.

Anyone know where I can get my standard sopmod batteries beefed up to 9.6v? Im trying to avoid lipos if possible but need some extra grunt to cope with upgrades.

Nay, not that one. In the spring upgrade video it's the smallest spring inside that fiddly as hell mechanism that he removes here. I've also managed to strip one of the screws on the wire cover on the stock pipe so I didn't even get to switch the damned spring and guide around. Starting to wish I'd sent the thing off to somebody who knows what they're doing.

I may have just ruined a rather expensive rifle by having a teeny spring explode out of the recoil mechanism and out of this plane of reality . >_<

Appreciate the advice. Ordered an m90 and guide from eagle6 so should hopefully get that installed over the next few days. I've taken the thing apart to try and get used to it all, and fixed the wobbly bits while I was at it, and it's not half as complicated as I thought it was. Incidentally I installed one of the eagle6 recoil spring upgrades today and the, not insignificant, increase in noise and kick is quite the thing.

If I'm wanting to boost my velocity and range a bit am I best going for an m100 spring on it's own or an m90 with a new barrel and hop rubber? I'm needing to keep under 350 fps and from what I can tell either option should get me to about 330.

The only 'mod' I did was to wrap some electrical tape around the stock pipe to stop the crane stock wobbling. Never wanted to risk busting it completely. [edit] Hurray! Page 222.

Ha, I suppose I should just man up and sort the damn thing... Just been looking over your site and I figure I may as well do it properly. Are you ordering any more of those M100 springs at all?

It's all starting to go wrong with my poor wee SOPMOD. After 2 years of near flawless use the front section is wobbly, the magazine stop has gone iffy, accuracy is inconsistent and jam frequency is slowly getting higher. I haven't got the nerve to pull the thing apart of fix it all so I'll be waiting for it to fall apart in my hands before finally retiring it. 2 years though. Its done well.