Mk23 Wooden Carbine – Take 2

Possibly cut hole for shell ejection port or attach aesthetic dust cover?

FPS Chart

Aug Gearbox Clean

Short Suppressor Mk23

I have been slightly bothered by the length of the suppressor on my Mk23. I have no problem at all with it if that’s the only thing which will give the same noise suppression. I put the question to Internet land and apparently it is possible. Several 3d printed ones were recommended but one recommendation

AK Perpetual feeding issues

Everything was cycling properly but almost no air was being moved. “Your nozzle is moving freelyGuess your cylinder is upside down with the hole facing the cylinder head” I’m not entirely sure what that means but there was more. “Could be an o ring gone. Happened to me recently.” “Yeah mine had dried out pretty

AK Feeding Issues (still)

To my dismay the AK has been not doing very well recently. After some mucking around, I am fairly certain that the problem lies where the barrel meets the nozzle. If I take out the barrel and press it against the nozzle, it seems to be shooting fine. What I think is going on is

AK Feed Issues

So after sorting the barrel on my AK, I had been having feeding issues with BBs not going through. Picture 1. below is what it looked like when I took the gun apart. I took out the inner barrel, removed the hopup rubber and re-set the nub. Putting it all back together was Picture 2.

Noodlefish (almost there)

I managed to get an STL file to 3D print a connector from the flash hider to the outer barrel. I had been prepared to just epoxy it on but given the option I would prefer to do it another way. I did find one for about £12 in the UK but between delivery and

AK Barrel Finishing

I raised the matter of cutting the barrel on an Airsoft chat which I am on and they recommended using a pipe cutter. The only pipe cutter’s I had used were very hefty things for large guage pipes (like 60mm pipe). Apparently there are smaller ones which work for Airsoft barrels. I managed to pick

Noodlefish Mod is Back!

I hadn’t taken pictures going through as I was really just going on a whim and didn’t think it would come to anything. I have had an issue with my AK for a while where the shots are veering off to the left. I can adapt for this so never bothered doing anything about it.

Mk23 Magazine Maintenance

Alright, so I had been making do with only two out of three working Mk23 Mags. Now, all three are leaking. It is not to do with temperature as I tested them all in a room temperature environment and was getting the same problem. After some work with the dremmel I managed to get the

Low Tech Indoor Target

I had some drawers from an old chest of drawers which we will be scrapping. I was looking at it and thought “that could make a good target.” So I started jotting things down. In the end I decided to go with a much simpler method than I originally had in mind. I got an

Wooden mk23 carbine

This may be a massive waste of time but I’ll have a crack at it sure. I found this image on Pinterest (via Google Search). It’s a bit rough and ready but as an example it points me in the right direction. Next thing was to clamp three parts together. Two vertically and one horizontally.

OK it’s Not Exactly Airsoft

With the sites closed (again) one has to do something to keep sane. I have a casual interest in wood working. My son asked me to make him a wooden to toy gun. I did not have to be asked twice. As it happend, I had a load of 18x28mm timber in the back garden.

EBM2 – Scrap Metal

This is a plan which came up more or less by accident. In the set of metal pipes which I reclaimed from an old clothes rack. I had been using it for the EBSG1. There were two sets of pipe. One, over 15mm in diameter and one smaller than that (around 10-12mm). In any case,

EBM1 – Prototype

I have the parts for the prototype of the EBM1 finally. I will have to do a good bit of sanding and spraying to get the plunger to fit. I had left a couple of millimeters clearance but apparently it was not quite enough. The measurements seem to have worked out fine. The only one

Camo Tape Conclusion

After all that, I head to Hobby Airsoft and just pick up some camo tape for a fiver. We live and learn. In fairness, it wasn’t on their website. Not much else to say. The quality is the same as the other camo tape. That is to say very good. It can be removed and

EBSG1 – Main Principles

Before getting too concerned with ignition or anything else, I will need to ascertain if the general idea is sound. Will the smoke pellets produce smoke wen enclosed in a tube with holes? I found some metal tube when trashing out an old house. It’s internal diameter was just over 15mm so the pellets slid

Smoke Grenade – EBSG1

In Ireland, naturally, smoke grendes, smoke bombs and all fireworks are illegal. This is fine. It would however be great if there were some form of smoke grenade which were legal and safe for use in the game. There are Smoke pellets which are ok for use in ireland. They produce a decent amount of

Camo Tape Continued

After bob knows how long, the camo tape arrived. I have not been posting much recently because the sites have not been generally open during the lockdown. I gather they are due to open again in December so fingers crossed that the government doesn’t extend the lockdown. Myself and a group of fellow airsofters have

Camo Tape Catastrophe

Ok, not exactly a catastrophe as much as a very mild irritation but I couldn’t resits the alliteration. I ordered some camo tape a while ago. Generally I’m not too worried about covering every single surface with camo or painting guns. However, one of the drawbacks is the length of the suppressor (and yes, the

Shotgun Home Testing (and some general house keeping)

It has been a while since I had the problems with the shotgun and I had not had time to test it. Same as at te field it was spitting the BBs barely a meter or two. Most of them just rolled out the barrel. I tried using existing shells and the ones which came

CM.045A Upgrade Research

I had been considering getting a LCT brand AK replica as I had the chance to test one of those out a while ago and it shot great. With coronavirus, I am less inclined to make any big purchases. With that in mind, I have been looking into upgrading my Cyma CM045A (AK74SU replica). I

EBM1 Update

This is just a minor update. Ultimately I will not know how feasible it is after printing a prototype. I have been having bit of trouble with the STL file for the experimental tripwire mine I am designing. I had done a conversion from the SKP file directly to STL. This did not seem to

Tripwire Mine – EBM1

This is something which has been on my mind for a while. It came into my head the first time out with my XL Bursts when someone asked if I knew how to use them as a trip wire. I didn’t and still don’t but I came across something else in the meantime which fired

Picatinny Tripod mount

This is something I have been keen to try out for a while. There is a lot of discussion about the effectivenss of various uprades (R-Hop, S-Hop, Flat Hop) but they are always shooting freehand. That’s all well and good but I want a platform on which I can mount the guns to test them,

WeaponLink Finishing

I am keen to try the WeaponLink in the field. I am going to have to finish attaching it to the Cyma AK. As I mentioned in the previous post, I could only use one of the existing screws for the rail. I will have to drill a hole in the body of the AK.

Noodlefish Mod

The first AEG I bought was an ASG Steyr Aug A1. It was a bit on the old side when I got it second hand. I don’t use it much for ergonomic reasons so I decided to have a crack at modifying it in a similar fashion as one Novritch did to his. So far