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Guide to Fitting an M4 Stock on an MP5
I decided to set to work on fitting the M4 stock as i felt that the MP5 stock was not particularly practical, this was for a friend as a back up to his sniper rifle (Aps 2 sv) and he has always wanted an M4 so this was one step closer for him. Well the M4 stock was left over as I had had my M4 rewired to take a large battery. In order to fit the stock you need to remove the PDW stock from the but-plate, and also remove the but plate from the gun. I then drilled a hole through the but-plate to accommodate the M4 stock bolt. Once the hole was drilled, i fitted a washer and a bolt on the inside of the but plate. I found these in my tool box, but they are all commonly available at most DIY stores. Once the stock was bolted on to the but-plate, i reassembled the stock. and then fastened the but-plate back to the gun, and voila job done, and looks very nice.
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Custom M4 Foregrip for TM M203 Grenade Launcher:
As some of you may have experienced when installing an M203 grenade launcher on an M4A1 you are left with a large gap as the bottom fore grip has to be removed. Well James (Jungle_JiM ) was worried about getting mud and water into his fuse box. So we set to work on a custom M4A1 fore grip.
We wanted to use the original fore grip, so we decided to saw off effectively two strips of the original fore grip.
You can use the edge of the replica gas parts as a guide so you can cut down in a straight line. It is better to use a large hacksaw, but one was unavailable at the time of making this.
Once both strips have been cut they were sanded down to give a smoother finish. The strips simply slot into the gaps, but they did not stay on very strongly, to prevent them falling off within a game some strong Velcro was added on the inside. This can not be seen from the outside. A picture of the finished product:
Converting a Lens to a Mesh Mask:
Hi, over the last few weeks I have seen several forum threads about fogging glasses and masks and i thought I would test these things out as my mask steams up a lot.
- I tried motorcycle antifog and it had no effect what so ever! if anything it made it worse.
- so I read one of the forum threads about replacing your visor with wire meshing. This idea was also recommended to me by someone at ambush wargames. so I went to my local b&q and bought some wire meshing, cost me £6 I thought it was a bargain as it was going to save me about £30 on a new antifog lens.
- so I set to work as soon as I got home, I took the lens out of my normal scott paintball mask by removing the pins that hold it in, simple enough.
- I then taped a strip of the wire mesh to my original lens and marked around it with a permanent marker pen, using the original as a template.
- I then removed the original lens and was left with the outline. I then used some strong metal scissors to cut out the outline that I was left with.
- I then slotted in the new mask lens and it fitted perfectly after a bit of jiggling around. it looked perfect, it felt much nicer and less claustrophobic than wearing a normal paintball mask.
- I thought oh I had better test it just to be sure, and this is were I was horrified, I loaded up my m4 and I loaded up an m203. I fired an m203 round into it, I was surprised at the hefty dent the rounds left on the meshing, so I decided to use the m4, I set it to full auto and fired about 3 rounds at the wire meshing, the first two rounds rebounded but the last round went straight through it. so as a result I have the meshing, put my original lens back in, and his weekend i'll be going along to my local paintball shop to buy an anti fog lens.
- I thought I would post about this experience I had just to warn you all not to make the mistake I did. not only was it a waste of money but it could have been potentially dangerous as a more powerful gun, if it hit the meshing whilst it was being worn would have fired razor sharp bits of metal into the persons face, so all together not very pleasant.
hope you learn from my lesson and skirmish safely!!!
Make sure any airsoft goggles or glasses you buy are bb proof!
Custom Painting Airsoft Gun Markings:
I thought my M4 receiver was looking a little plain and i decided to paint the engravings on my M4 receiver. The M4 has all its markings engraved, this makes them extremely easy to paint. Simply using acrylic paint the paint job can be done. Put a little amount of white (either leave it white or when dry add a different colour, but you must have a base coat of white first) and put it on your finger (or using paintbrush, or cocktail stick), then smear the paint into the groves, then with kitchen paper wipe of the excess paint that isn't in the groves, have a wet cloth at the ready to wipe of large amounts of excess. Once the markings are completely finished wipe over the area with kitchen paper covered in white spirit or pure turpentine. This removes all white markings on the rest of the receiver. Once finished wipe over the receiver with gun oil, this puts a protective layer on it, and makes it stay on better. This technique can be used on any engraving not just on the M4, for example the WA Infinity slide markings. P.S A large thankyou to Guevara for his ideas and help
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