BoggyB Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) Was this with just a completely stock set up with no mods done by the user? Mine has been chugging for a bit longer than that and still is. 2 year is still no slouch though. The annoying thing for me is the stock tube getting loose. The front part is easy work 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. Edited July 29, 2013 by BoggyB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honzo Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Getting a new lock ring is probably the most important upgrade you can do. What does it do, keep the buffer tube from getting loose? How is it different from the stock one? Just curious by looking at a pic of it and wondering how it works. It's out of stock at echigoya though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arne71 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 The threads runs deeper, preventing the buffer tube coming loose. Echigoya has been out of stock for some time. Still available at Eagle6: http://eagle6.co.uk/shop/laylax-hard-buffer-ring-castle-nut-for-tm-sopmod.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoggyB Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
druid799 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 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. M90 and a bearing spring guide will get you to that , no need to mess around with new inners and the hop . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honzo Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 The threads runs deeper, preventing the buffer tube coming loose. Echigoya has been out of stock for some time. Still available at Eagle6: http://eagle6.co.uk/shop/laylax-hard-buffer-ring-castle-nut-for-tm-sopmod.html Thanks, ill look into it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arne71 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I also suspect that it is made from better metal than the original lock ring. But I may stand corrected on that one..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ltolstoy Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 This is my dream AEG, would have this over a systema! heard alot of great things about it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curly68 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I also heard good things about these, was in the market for a new aeg so went for a lightly used sopmod. I Love it! Recoil is excellent, range and the noise is awesome. Best thing I have spent my money on, can't see me selling it for anything else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoggyB Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) M90 and a bearing spring guide will get you to that , no need to mess around with new inners and the hop . 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. Edited July 31, 2013 by BoggyB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blablabla Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Anybody knows if they still make the Marui clones ? The army r41 and r43 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoggyB Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 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 . >_< Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blobface Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 This one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoggyB Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 (edited) 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. Edited August 3, 2013 by BoggyB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Y Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 might be a viable spring in this set http://eagle6.co.uk/shop/upgrade-part-s/upgrades-aeg/springs/shs-spring-set-for-version-7-gearbox-s.html Notice the long one.. also the one that looks remarkably like a good alternative for the bolt catch spring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Y Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Im putting a large TM order together for Original TM Sopmod Parts.. Its one of those i order and like 3 months down the road i get a random email saying ready.. Please see link below it has a LARGE sopmod PDF manual you can download. Somewhere near the bottom is the parts break down. Please note there are no individual part numbers for things like selector plates, i will have to have them made locally or source aftermarket parts for internal gearbox parts. How ever alot of the little external things you loose over time are on there with part numbers. below is my current list and current ordere quantiys, so if you need anything adding to it then youve got about a week to shout up. http://eagle6.co.uk/shop/info-sopmodm4 Tokyo Marui - Sopmod m4 MGM4-12 – Sopmod m4 hop unit set = QTY 10 - gold dust NGM4-4 = Sopmod m4 ejection port cover = QTY 5 - someone said they lost this NGM4-34 = Sopmod m4 Stock tube = QTY 5 - threads wear .. nuff said NGM4-38 = Sopmod m4 Wire cover = QTY 5 - someone said they lost this NGM4-39 = Sopmod m4 metal guide = QTY 5 - someone said they lost this NGM4-110 = Sopmod m4 Connector block = QTY 5 - someone said they broke there metal connectors or lost it doing a deans conversion NGM4-28 = Sopmod Grip Set = QTY 5 - someone asked for original grips NGM4-31 = Sopmod Grip end set = QTY 5 NGM4-116 = Sopmod m4 Butt plate = QTY 5 - someone said they lost a butt plate NGM4-15 – Dust cover = QTY 5 - someone asked for new dust covers NGM4-18 – Metal Piece for recoil blow back = QTY 5 NGM4-16 – Springs for recoil blowback = QTY 5 NGM4-19 – Blowback recoil parts = QTY 5 - these break.. im sure someone needs them NGM4-20 – Blow back bar and springs = QTY 5 - someone said they lost the sping NGM4-21 – Complete Gearbox Sopmod m4 = QTY 1 - omg expensive.. Jen prices are all on the manual, you can see just how pricey something like a complete gearbox is! so bare that in mind before ordering 10 hop units and 3 gearboxes to make your own sopmod... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hatchet Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 NGM4-114 - Rear Fuse assembly. If they do it, as I slightly melted mine. Still works, but it probably wouldn't hurt to have a spare... As an aside, having got one of the BTC Chimera's on my backup AEG I am even more keen for them to finish the SOPMOD version - they're absolutely brilliant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Y Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 ok matey added. Im not sure how some places get the original internal parts, i can only assume they buy the gearbox and split it.. as surely they cant order without a part number. Would be hard pressed to break even as no one would want half the bits inside .. lol would be like ARL 20 quid haha.. could be an idea though. Everyone would just buy up the contact switch block and Bolt stop lever and spring and leave the rest haha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berggy Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Wanna know if a lower receiver can be ordered? broke mine when i dropped it hlash hider down Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hunter512 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Might be worth seein if you can get the little wire guide/cover as seen on the SOCOM and apparently quite useful for anyone planning on front wiring? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Y Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Unfortunately I would have to get the socom gearbox and break it too bits for that and even then it would only be 1 ! Also I'm not ordering the lowers as unless you guys can give me a good reason other wise the laylax are available and it's a better reciever and same price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weekenny Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 Can't open the manual on my phone, what's the CQB length outer barrel cost? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curly68 Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Used mine at a game yesterday, first time using it after fitting a Prometheous TB and Firefly hop and nub that I bought from Eagle 6. Accuracy was awesome and range is getting better. Had so many kills, it was great! 95% were on semi as well as we have an ammo limit whilst playing so I don't use auto much at all. Best rifle I have had and it should only get better Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FTZ-WildeCard Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Hi folks, Just a quick query about magazine adapters for these rifles so you can use regular AEG magazines. How are they fitted? They look like push-fit extensions - just wondered how secure they are (will they fall off in a skirmish) and if there are any feed problems with them? I did run searches both forum wide and on this topic specifically, so apologies if these points have already been addressed somewhere. Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PureSilver Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 I haven't used one - but I really would avoid them unless you're only going to run hi-caps. The original SOPMOD midcaps are frankly brilliant - switchable 30/82rd capacity, faultlessly reliable and well-made - and critically they will engage bolt-lock to prevent you uselessly dry-firing at the enemy, plus you get the added realism of smacking the bolt release to resume fire. You lose the bolt-lock if you use the adapter, and frankly there's nothing so wrong with the TM originals (or the PTS PMAGs, which are helpfully higher-capacity, too) that you need to use non-OEM magazines unless you just can't live without flash-magazines or something like that. I will concede that the OEM magazines are a little pricey, but otherwise they're pretty much perfect - and the only other possible failing (low capacity) can be remedied by the also-very-good PMAGs. I really would stick with them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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