Cap n pickles wrote:Ash wrote:Cap n pickles wrote:Ash wrote:Cap n pickles wrote:SAWs (M249) are really cool, but i am not willing to put up with the crappy box mag and the block of gear box in it.
Get the new CYMA RPK, and run the 800rnd High caps in it. SEXY.
Box mags for M249 are not crappy, and what is wrong with the gear box. The PGC style M249 gear box's is one of the best gear box designs.
The Gearbox is fine, but i found that the design of the inner guide rails for the Piston are off or too high and cause's the engagement of the gears to hit the lower part of this piston, resulting in piston failure.
And the box mag is just too over done, a simple hose and a winding wheel atthe bottom of the mag would work, as a team mate has done just that and it seems to work just fine.
Do you own any M249's and how many of their gearboxes have you worked on?
Also most of the brands of M249's are fed by a winding wheel attached to a feeding hose, So I have no idea what you are talking about.
Our Squad has a A&K M249, also having worked on the New A&K M60 that Android has, he keeps blowing pistons due to the design being off.
You do not have to believe me, but its not hard to grasp the concept that a china Company would make the Castings for a Gearbox off by 1mm on the Guide rails. Thus the piston gets raised higher and makes a weak AOE on the Gear.
Some guns just do not want to work, and its mostly due to the castings of the gear boxs. Yours may work fine, but some just eat pistons like no other.
The A&K M60 does not have the same gear box as the M249. They are similar but not the same. So if you were talking about the A&K M60 gear box you should of said the in the first place and not a general statement about how airsoft M249 gearbox's have issues.
I have worked on and owned several CA M249's, A&K M249's and A&K M60's gearboxes and have never had the issue you are talking about.
So to generally say that all airsoft M249's have crappy box mags and sub par gearboxes is pretty unfounded, since you do not have the experience or knowledge about all the brands and models.
It would be like me saying that all airsoft AK’s suck, and have feeding issues.