Barrel compatiable between Bar10 and HiCapa?

[Corkie121]

Hey all,

 

Need to know whether the barrel from the JG Bar10 is compatiable with the Marui Hi Capa, odd question I know but I really can't see whether or not it will fit and I don't want to take the Hi Capa apart to find out. Does anyone know for certain?

 

Cheers,

 

Corkie

[gisburn20]

Well they both take the same hop rubber, same as the TM Glock 17 and MK23, and I know for certain that the TM MK23 takes

 

G spec/ VSR barrels.

 

Jim

[DarkLite]

Yes.

[Punkypink]

I'm just curious to know why you're comparing the barrel from a rifle to one from a pistol. Sounds like an interesting project there.

[greg]

Yeas, the vsr barrel & hop rubber are compatible with the Marui hi-cappa.

 

Most Marui pistols use this hop rubber & barrel configuration.

 

The silliest I did, was to slap a 555mm vsr barrel into a socom mk23! Great, semi auto vsr. Do a search as this was well documented at the time. I slapped a scope on mine & 'Wallysquad' even went as far a adding a shoulder stock!

 

There was a spate of these type of 'sniper pistols' a few years ago, inspired by the stti stealth assassin. This gun is a cheap copy of the Marui mk23. The silencer contains a barrel extension, which, when fitted, is not particularly accurate but raises the power to about 450fps.

 

This sparked interest in what could be achieved by extending , with a decent quality barrel.

 

You probably won't get too much in the way of accuracy, as the hi-capa barrel floats & moves with each cycle of the blowback unit. (the socom does not) However, you can expect some healthy increases in fps.

 

 

Greg.

[Corkie121]

Cheers to all for replying and apologies on the search, I couldn't seem to find anything. Depending on funding this project may or may not go ahead but at least I'll have the info.

 

Thanks again,

 

Corkie

[Utty]

I'm surprised at all the positive answers.

 

VSR and Hi-Capa inner barrels are not compatible. They take the same hop-up rubbers, yes, but the two cuts in the barrel that match the locking ridges in the hop-up assembly are in different positions.

 

I don't know about the MK23, but the Marui Glock 26 has the barrel cuts in the same position as the VSR, making them fully compatible.

 

That said, it's a trivial matter to make new cuts in the correct position to fit the Hi-Capa hop-up assembly.

 

[greg]

I'm surprised at all the positive answers.

 

VSR and Hi-Capa inner barrels are not compatible. They take the same hop-up rubbers, yes, but the two cuts in the barrel that match the locking ridges in the hop-up assembly are in different positions.

 

 

That said, it's a trivial matter to make new cuts in the correct position to fit the Hi-Capa hop-up assembly.

Astonishing, you are quite right.

 

I don't know how I missed that.

 

I just tipped a bunch of barrels out. The VSR & Mk23 are common.

 

The, hicap/1911 is different, as you indicate.

 

Having successfully replaced the mk23 with a vsr barrel & noted that the others shared the common rubber, I had incorrectly assumed that they all shared the same mounting/alignment slots.

 

Well done & thank you for that correction.

 

 

Greg.