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  • How to build an Airsoft Gun (part 1)

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    Building an Airsoft gun from the ground up can be a daunting task. More so when you pick up a “boneyard” project; that is to say, a second-hand gun that is broken and needs some love. If you’ve been following my socials, you’ll have seen that this year at skirmishes I’ve been running my M727…

  • Triggers

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    I hate triggers. Triggers are normally by far the most expensive part of any rifle build. They tend to be machined steel, for the strength to hold the spring and piston, and that quality can add a lot to cost. I do know guys however who have run the stock trigger for years no problem,…

  • Barrels

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    Barrels are certainly one of the more important parts of the rifle in terms of accuracy and grouping. The three things to understand here are quality, bore and length. Quality first. There are many barrels available on the market ranging from the £5 stock one inside your gun that looks like it was hashed together…

  • The Cylinder and Piston

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    The most important thing to get right with the cylinder and piston, is airseal. Ideally you’d achieve that by using compatible parts, either from the same brand or from brands/designers who work together, for example the Stalker piston is designed to work perfectly with the Novritsch SSG10 cylinders. If you end up with a mismatched…

  • Hop units and Hop Rubbers

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    The hop is everything to airsoft, snipers twice as much. For those new to it, the hop bucking or rubber is a rubber or silicone mound in a window on the inside top of your barrel, that the bb brushes past to generate backspin. Without backspin, the bb wouldn’t travel very far at all. But,…