grinder Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 I have a cm16 raider L my fps hits between 335 and 340 chrono, and my sire limit is 350 I want to do some accuracy upgrades but im concerned doing anything will put my gun above the fps limit any advice?
Hef Legend Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Easiest thing to do without upping the the FPS by accident is adding a G hop or R hop. Both of which can be found on youtube.
Albiscuit Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 May i ask what the difference begween the 2 mentioned hops are?
TheGrover Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 From what I read. A g hop uses a chopped up hop bucking and an r hop uses a bespoke patch. I personally don't know if they're worth the Faffing around, just that they do involve some Faffing about and people speak very highly of the results. ImTriggerHappy 1
grinder Posted July 16, 2015 Author Posted July 16, 2015 ive just read about the r hops and they seem to be a good idea. It does look like a faff cutting and filing a bit of rubber to fit exactly in your barrel hole
Supporters ImTriggerHappy Posted July 16, 2015 Supporters Posted July 16, 2015 From what I read. A g hop uses a chopped up hop bucking and an r hop uses a bespoke patch. I personally don't know if they're worth the Faffing around, just that they do involve some Faffing about and people speak very highly of the results. Thats pretty much it and no they are not worth the faffing about. A firefly or maple leaf bucking will give you results nearly on par.Flat hopping will give you results that are just as good but to be honest the differences are not that much of an improvement over a standard set up.Wait until your bucking shreds then try something different until then best to leave alone.
Root Admin proffrink Posted July 16, 2015 Root Admin Posted July 16, 2015 R Hops are very much worth the faff, but aren't for the light hearted if you want to get them right. Frankly just get a better bucking and hop unit plus a decent barrel. Fiddling with flat hops can come later.
Supporters ImTriggerHappy Posted July 16, 2015 Supporters Posted July 16, 2015 People that rate rhops so high are usually just trying to justify their effort. They do improve things a bit but not to the level of the the urban legend they have become. At the end of the day its a little plastic ball that can be diverted on its flight trajectory by the slightest breeze. Mack 1
Root Admin proffrink Posted July 16, 2015 Root Admin Posted July 16, 2015 Most flat hops are brilliant, really. Larger surface area in contact with BB = more friction; more friction = more hop; more hop = heavier weight BBs can be used more readily; heavier weight bbs = longer range, more consistent trajectory and therefore better accuracy. They've been tried and tested enough to be beyond the snake oil stage now, but installation is tricky. The reason we don't see them on your standard AEG is just labour would cost far too much - with R Hop patches there are 3-4 different contours you get when you guy them, and each needs to be matched to a hop window. Cutting is a pain and glueing or RTVing them is harder. Then there's the filing and the wet and dry sanding with more testing. You will get 55 metres out of them if you know what you're doing. Edit: To address the thread topic again though: I wouldn't bother. Just buy a decent bucking and maybe a new hop and barrel.
TheGrover Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Seconded, a good hop will work well enough without having to faff with a g/r/z hop. I don't think a flat hop is much faff, I bet you can even buy a ready-made bucking to save you having to sand the mound off. I was lucky in that the Orga Magnus barrel in my g5 has a seperate cutting on the outside so you can flat hop it without modifying the bucking, a piece of cake to fit, but probably not suitable for an AEG due to the loss of power and the need for lots of air in the cylinder ImTriggerHappy 1
Supporters ImTriggerHappy Posted July 16, 2015 Supporters Posted July 16, 2015 Seconded, a good hop will work well enough without having to faff with a g/r/z hop. I don't think a flat hop is much faff, I bet you can even buy a ready-made bucking to save you having to sand the mound off. I was lucky in that the Orga Magnus barrel in my g5 has a seperate cutting on the outside so you can flat hop it without modifying the bucking, a piece of cake to fit, but probably not suitable for an AEG due to the loss of power and the need for lots of air in the cylinder Orga barrels work fine in aegs just need a spare couple of hundred quid to replace all the internals. I did it but honestly wouldnt recommend it unless your really committed to making it work.
TheGrover Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Orga barrels work fine in aegs just need a spare couple of hundred quid to replace all the internals. I did it but honestly wouldnt recommend it unless your really committed to making it work. Yea, that was my understanding. In a gbbr however it works like a dream if you're prepared to look after your bolt carrier assembly and keep the fps up
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