Star M249 Para Examined...

[Wupjak]

Wild Monkey box is a drop in. There are no modifications required and shimming the gears is about 100 times easier than with the polycarb box.

 

Be sure to use the screws (the two thin-headed phillips) they give you for the trigger switch. The stock ones' heads are too tall and will bind the top half of the mechbox when you try to put it together.

 

The only thing close to an 'issue' I had was that the black paint used to paint the outside of the box set up in the bushing holes and made it very difficult to seat the bearings. Similar thing happened with the motor where it wouldn't move forward and back in its cavity until I sanded the cavity a bit.

 

Upside is that the metal box quiets down the mechbox noise noticeably.

[WarMonger]

sorry about that, kept giving me error messages when i posted, so i kept trying. oops.

[stevofett]

Which gearbox is better, the WildMonkey or the PGC?

[Foukus]

I recommend PGC. It's awesome peace of metal. Only thing that you need to know is get about M140 spring for 320fps.

[freq88]

I recommend PGC. It's awesome peace of metal. Only thing that you need to know is get about M140 spring for 320fps.

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whoah isn't that a little tooo low for an m140 spring? There must be an air leak.

[Foukus]

No, there isn't. Spring guide just don't give that compression to spring what it needs. Same problem with normal STAR gearbox.

[freq88]

I see. Anyhow somewhere in the middle of this thread someone showed a longer spring guide. I wonder what happened to that.

[staticzero]

All you have to do is put the spring guide in position two and you'll get normal FPS results.

 

Read from here if you don't know what I'm on about: http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/inde...ndpost&p=564854

 

It would also be wise to check your compression.

Edited April 25, 2006 by staticzero

[crazy4beat]

All you have to do is put the spring guide in position two and you'll get normal FPS results.

 

Read from here if you don't know what I'm on about: http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/inde...ndpost&p=564854

 

It would also be wise to check your compression.

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Hi. I am currently having Star M249 with Monkey gearbox settings. It fires around 340fps with M120 Spring. I bought used one, and the owner had an option spring guide for closer spring squeeze. (It has the same effect with the second opsition spring guide)

 

Now I got PGC gearbox for STAR M249, and I will find out whether the velocity goes higher, or lower. By the way, Staticzero, did you have tried with PGC's with your STAR M249?

 

 

My Star M249 with Hurricane Shrike.

[DarkLite]

That Shrike = The uber-sechs.

[chuBByleprecon]

That M4s hot... I figured out what my problem was today, the 2 metal parts that turn the mag on and off, the ones on the plate shown before had bent togeather, but today as soon as I thouched them 1 broke off, sence Im going to sell it I will probably have to track down STAR and get a real fix not jerry rig it.

 

 

 

Any body want to buy a saw?

[Foukus]

You can't put spring guide to LVL 2 position because you need to modify that clip what keeps spring guide inside of gearbox.

 

EDIT: That is problem with PGC gearbox. I have mailed to them but no answer. :/

Edited April 26, 2006 by Foukus

[crazy4beat]

You can't put spring guide to LVL 2 position because you need to modify that clip what keeps spring guide inside of gearbox.

 

EDIT: That is problem with PGC gearbox. I have mailed to them but no answer. :/

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Have you ever tried with the option spring guide above also?

Edited April 28, 2006 by crazy4beat

[Gunfreak]

don't know if this has been mentioned in this thread, but i have some problems with my gearbox, the gear's are just stukk, like totaly!!!!

 

no moving them at all.

[freq88]

can't find that phx adv part anywhere online

[Th3_Jester]

 

this all ive done to mine i dont have the technoligical know how to do what u guys do to urs but there well nice keep up the gd work

[blink281aa]

OK, so i've put about 5k through this thing and im just now having my first problem. I changed the box mag AA's, and now, whenever power is going to the box mag, it is feeding. I checked connections on the wiring of the mag and the gun connectors, but i cant figure out what's wrong.

[Sure Shot]

sounds like a reoccuring problem lately.Try checking for this problem in by the trigger assembly and check all of the connections.

 

http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/inde...ndpost&p=693922

Edited May 1, 2006 by Sure Shot

[crazy4beat]

can't find that phx adv part anywhere online

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I contacted with the manufacturer, and he will give me an answer soon.

 

Or, you can just simply make one from a lathe shop.

[Gunfreak]

what motor dos the m249 use..?

 

mine is f.ed what type om motor kan i use insted?

[freq88]

any short type motor.

[WarMonger]

Im having a hard time finding a replacement hop up rubber that seals well. what have you guys used successfully??

[Wupjak]

Guarder clear bucking + teflon tape worked in my gun. Just be careful if you have to disassemble it. The clear buckings tear easily.

[staticzero]

Yep, teflon tape is the solution if you're going to use a bucking other than OEM. I've tried nearly every AEG hop up bucking available in this gun, all of them fit loosely.

 

I compared a Guarder hard bucking + teflon tape to the stock bucking and got almost identical FPS results. This would seem to indicate it's a viable option.

 

Though Star has made their bucking available, it can be found on some HK sites.

[The Original SaXoN]

I've not sure if anyone actually posted this but I know Slo mentioned that he put an o-ring over his inner barrel as a spacer and I think Staticzero may have mentioned what size was needed but I can't find that anywhere ( I might of imagined it ).

 

What size o-ring will fit and act as a decent spacer between inner and outer barrel.

 

Thnx