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Hopup "clip"

Postby ogrejager » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:57 am

KWA M4/M16:

http://www.kwausa.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1711

What does Part #2 do? Mine does not have that part, instead being wrapped in teflon tape.

I'm assuming the last gunsmith to have it apart (a reputable one on this forum) did this? When I got it back from him, it worked fine...for 2 days. Now the old problem is back--velocity has dropped to about 250 fps (from 380).
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Postby KA-BAR » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:59 am

i belive that sir is called a C clip and holds your hop up bucking in place. i dont make it a point to rip appart my hop up on a regular basis, so fuct if i know.
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Postby ogrejager » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:11 am

Oh, I get it now. The clip is what keeps the hopup and barrel together in the right place. That explains the barrel/hopup unit "wiggle" probably the resulting pressure loss when the teflon tape "fix" finally wore out and the barrel could move slightly out of alignment. Sound reasonable?
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Postby KA-BAR » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:55 am

yup.
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Postby Moparspanky » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:55 am

Yes. The clip constrains the barrel from walking forward. If the barrel moves forward or rocks you'll lose seal between the nozzle and the bucking.
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Postby terror management » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:18 am

Those little phony pony c clips break all of the time upon disassembly. Even when I am being cautious I can break one from time to time. They don't cost much of anything but to have to ship one sucks. Most other c clips from most name brand weapons will work. NOT ALL but most.
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Postby Cap n pickles » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:46 am

hehe, KWA...
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Postby dr.feelgood » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:50 am

I actually left my clip off in my l85 to reduce my FPS to in game legal. Accuracy seems to be unaffected...
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Postby CommieHunter » Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:08 am

Ogre: The scenario you described seemed spot-on. If the barrel was just taped in, as soon as the teflon tape stretches you'll lose your air-seal and FPS will drop.

Airsoft Outlet NW has those clips available. $2/per in store or $7 for a pack of four available online.
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Postby slipstream » Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:31 pm

I believe those AONW clips you are describing are the madbulls?

Nice beefy clips, very tough. But getting your hop-up unit to slide into your upper receiver might have more resistance than usual, because the madbull clips stick out just a little bit and rub against the receiver a bit IME.
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Postby ogrejager » Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:33 pm

Caffeine and Rage wrote:Airsoft Outlet NW has those clips available. $2/per in store or $7 for a pack of four available online.


Cool. I'll add them to the order I'm putting together. At $7, you might as well have a spare or three.
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Postby LiquidSnak » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:37 pm

Yeah, spares are nice to have around. I keep all the parts like that when I get new internals :D
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