Unit 318 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Aw, that's a let down... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnotherJesus Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 I've seen it done in a TM. I say done... Basically, you just jam the famas mag in, and friction holds it there. It fires and everything. I don't see the advantage over a VN mag though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
angel_wings Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Â Question about the mechbox for you lot. Â The bar the connects the gearbox to the trigger basically seems to not be working, when i look at it with the box open the plastic bit inside the gearbox connects fine with the part for the electrical contacts but when its closed i can only pull the trigger a few times before it stops responding. Â Any ideas on a fix? Â Or is this a completely different problem? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X Lupin Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Question about the mechbox for you lot. The bar the connects the gearbox to the trigger basically seems to not be working, when i look at it with the box open the plastic bit inside the gearbox connects fine with the part for the electrical contacts but when its closed i can only pull the trigger a few times before it stops responding.  Any ideas on a fix?  Or is this a completely different problem?  Check the fuse, and be sure that the plastic which connects the two bars is firmly grasping both bars. You can play around with it by just removing the stock/upper receiver. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
angel_wings Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Â Fuse is fine, like I said it works as soon as the gearbox is resembled but then fails again pretty quickly. Â As for the white bit, this is me using it just by pulling the gearbox end of the bar, before its even resembled into the gun, so it isolates any problems with the trigger etc. Â I'll get a pic up soon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dliberty Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 sounds like the contacts in there are going, open up the box and make sure the two contacts are close enought together that they can easily touch the activating contact when the trigger is pulled but make sure at the same time theyr not touching. also check for corrosion, if the contacts are discolored you can scrape some of it off with a knife or sand paper. this happened to my famas, my contacts were so corroted that they had holes burnt through them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dismemberd Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Well, what do you mean by not responding? Can you feel the movable(sp? that's supposed to be the ability to move) contact snapping back into place? Or, is it moving forward but not far enough? Or, is it moving as far forward as it needs to be, but making a bad connection. Â I would say it's either a bad connection, like dliberty said, which you would mean there's either corrosion, or both of the non-movable tabs aren't touching. Open your gearbox, and look for corrosion on all 3 contacts, and then slide the contacts together, and make sure that the non-movable ones are BOTH touching the movable when it is extended. If it's not a bad contact, then it may have to do with the trigger position. When you have the mechbox outside the gun, and pull the trigger bar, you are pulling it as far forward as it goes, but when you put it inside, the trigger only goes so far before it stops. You can adjust the position by either twisting the mechbox trigger bar, which is threaded to the piece that pulls the trigger contact forward. You can either extend the bar, so the trigger doesn't pull the contacts as far forward, or you can decrease the length so that the trigger pulls the contacts farther forward. From what it seems, if this is the problem, you would want to twist the bar in more, so the trigger is pulling the contacts forward. Also make sure that your entire trigger unit is set where it's supposed to be. I don't think the trigger is really made to be adjusted though, I think it should be set so that when the mechbox is in the gun, when you attach the plastic piece to connect the 2 trigger bars, it should be at the same length as the plastic piece(if that makes sense to you) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
angel_wings Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Â Several bits of solder and the tightening of some screws later...ITS ALIVE!!! Â Now I just hope it stays that way! Â Â And for anyone who's interested; an ICS mp5 laser. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alston251 Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 (edited) Heres my Jp famas with the marui sling, scope rail and a chinese made tasco replica 6* scope: Sorry for the bad quality i had to use my phone cauz i can't find my dad's camera and i've lost the charger for mine for like 3 years lol.... Edited August 29, 2008 by alston251 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spiderpig Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Ok how about a little review. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victory Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I'm curious about the JP as well. Â -Vic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dliberty Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 theres some information on it in previous pages, couldnt have been more than 2 pages back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheaties Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Hey I'm looking into possibly getting a famas and I would want to use it for woodland, so how is the range on one of these stock? and how lefty friendly are they cause I'm a lefty :] any info would be appreciated thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dismemberd Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 It's completely ambidextrous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
X Lupin Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 (edited) Took my FAMASes out to the field the other day. (Pics were taken in staging area, as per the no masks. Â Â And as proof that FAMASes are completely ambidextrous... Â Â Edited September 14, 2008 by Walther Lock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheaties Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Thats nice I'm diggin that m203. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wolfsbane Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 there is a red wire on that famas with the 203. Â you using the 203 as a battery compartment? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheaties Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 If you maximize the picture, it looks like it's just a zip tie not a wire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wolfsbane Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 sold this baby off already though..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
si3n4 Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Too bad you sold it already since one of buddies looking for something just like that. Â -S Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vamp V^^V Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Â I guess this belongs here, as it was/is a Famas. But I apologise to any Famas purists out there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dliberty Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 famas, purists are few and far between. most people actually enjoy the idea of cutting one to peices. yours looks good but i think you could use a little more bondo, sanding and painting to smooth out your seems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vamp V^^V Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Thanks And I agree, it's not finished yet, I need to polish it up. But I'm happy with it so far, and it's rock solid. It solved a lot of the creaks that the standard TM has. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donut Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Could anyone give me some pictures of a FAMAS with M16vn mags in it? I want to see if it'll work with my project. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
angel_wings Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008  Incredibly old picture, but yea, VN mags. Although I'd suggest not using KA mags.  Whats the project? May be able to give a bit more advice about it!   Wings  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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