A&K M249 Pics

kdouglas

Howdy lads, my nice shipment of m249s arrived this morning, ordered 2 Para versions and 1 MK2 version, Mk2 is for myself, and one each of the PARA's for Dar and SamFisherJK

haven't had much of a chance to play with them this morning, but i did take the opportunity to snap a few pics (see attached. apologies for the low quality, had to use camera phone as camera battery is dead)

I was actually slightly surprised at the MK2, it's lighter than i expected, of course the plastic full stock is what makes the difference here, as the para has a full metal folding stock on it, however once a battery is installed here it will make a fair bit of difference to the weight.

Finish quality of the metal is excellent, couldn't see any signs of bad metal like you usually do on alot of clones

on the para version, you install a mini battery in the foregrip, this is accessed from the top by removing the forward barrel assembly, it can easily fit both an 8.4 and a 9.6 (see pictures) although the 9.6 doesnt look like it fits, the barrel can still be installed over it

mk2 battery is installed in the rear stock, although it is wired for a mini battery, it can comfortably fit a 9.6v large battery and there is plenty of room for possibly even 10.8v or 12v batteries (of course you'll likely need to upgrade a few internal components for that kind of voltage)

havent had a chance to fire it yet with bb's in the mag, but the rate of fire dry firing with a 9.6v sounds nice

was surprised when i took the barrel out that there wasn't too much gunk inside it, usually with clones, the barrel needs about an hour of cleaning before being usable, although this remains to be seen when i actually fire it

ill be offline for most of the weekend, but ill hopefully post a full review early next week, feel free to ask any questions in the meantime and ill let you know the answers when i have them

Note: these were downgraded to 1J before entering the country









For larger pics, have a look at: http://www.airsofthacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/

padmundo

They certainly look good, I'm anxious to hear how they perform, I'm still a bit sketchy about clones.

Fallschirmjager

jeeze dude...that is art...gimme gimme gimme...

i was sure the battery was in the magazine box...but its in the stock...

man how did you manage to leave them this morning?? cant have been easy!!!


not being too nosey but was the charge by tnt much as i might order one

kdouglas

total order value was about 800 euro, approx 200 of which was shipping, there was 141euro customs charges on it that i had to pay at the door

thumbs up for TNT aswell, ive never had anything shipped through them before, they contacted me yesterday to get the OK on delivery with the customs charges so that i would know to have the cash ready, then the driver left me a voicemail this morning to ask what time i would be home at during the day and when i rang him back he was on the way to my house and gave him directions to my front door.


Fall: from what i know, the battery is in the box mag on the Star version and/or the CA version

Fallschirmjager

kdouglas wrote:

total order value was about 800 euro, approx 200 of which was shipping, there was 141euro customs charges on it that i had to pay at the door

thumbs up for TNT aswell, ive never had anything shipped through them before, they contacted me yesterday to get the OK on delivery with the customs charges so that i would know to have the cash ready, then the driver left me a voicemail this morning to ask what time i would be home at during the day and when i rang him back he was on the way to my house and gave him directions to my front door.


Fall: from what i know, the battery is in the box mag on the Star version and/or the CA version

wow...wish a few more of the companies were like that for shipping...

thanks for the info on the batts dude...

kdouglas

padmundo wrote:

They certainly look good, I'm anxious to hear how they perform, I'm still a bit sketchy about clones.

i can understand your skepticism but i currently own all clones except for my tm p90 and ive never had problem with them, but personally ive no problem getting stuck in and rebuilding a gearbox if necessary, i probably wont even skirmish the 249 until i've given it a rebuild. although it is easily skirmishable right out of the box

padmundo

Well I had to open up the gearbox on the DBoys M4 that I bought last week after it jammed at HRTA and it took a heap of fiddling and three of us looking at it to make it work... and at that we are not sure what we did to get it working again. Gearboxes scare me!

Fiach Dubh

Very nice! Lovely build quality on the body.

[--SC(+)PE--]

They look savage Kd *gets all jealous*

H.O.T.A.S.

*Best Red-Neck accent* “Damn fine lookin shooters der boy! Dem commie sunsab!tches aint gonna knows whats hit’em” *Crotch scratch* *Chew Tabacy* *Crotch scratch*

Fallschirmjager

H.O.T.A.S. wrote:

*Best Red-Neck accent* “Damn fine lookin shooters der boy! Dem commie sunsab!tches aint gonna knows whats hit’em” *Crotch scratch* *Chew Tabacy* *Crotch scratch*

disturbingly visual...hahahahah

Cuddlesworth

Sweet, can't wait for my mk2 to arrive. I think I creamed myself looking at those pic's. Can you fire it and tell me what the feed from the mag to the gun is like with a 9.6volt?

kdouglas

krazy_8s: im in galway for the weekend and haven't actually had a chance to test fire it yet, but it will be one of the first things i do on monday after work

will let you know how it feeds, from what i know the mags dont have too much trouble keeping up with the rate of fire.

DevilsBreath

Man they look lovely. OUrs better arrive next week or im taking a flight to Scotland to crack some skulls.

Crave

Where did you order them from?

Boston

gunner. Your signature is also massively too large.

kdouglas

Boston wrote:

gunner. Your signature is also massively too large.

indeed, crave, please resize your sig

sig rules

Fallschirmjager

KD, cmon man, you are killing me here....whats the deal with the 3 babes?

kdouglas

well i've only one left now had to give the two para's to their rightful owners

finally got a chance to test fire the mk2 version yesterday evening, ill be posting a full review some time this week after i strip the gearbox and such.

Fallschirmjager

most excellent news...


just as an aside, is it loud?

kdouglas

it's as loud as any other AEG really, i dunno, hard to say, ill post a video for you to hear it

Fallschirmjager

kdouglas wrote:

it's as loud as any other AEG really, i dunno, hard to say, ill post a video for you to hear it

no need KD, if you didnt notice it, its the same...but appreciate the offer, thanks

kdouglas

ill probably post some before/after vids anyway when i re-build the gearbox, but yea, i didnt think "wow, that's loud" or anything

Cuddlesworth

kdouglas wrote:

ill probably post some before/after vids anyway when i re-build the gearbox, but yea, i didnt think "wow, that's loud" or anything

So the gearbox does need to be re-built? I know I plan to do it, but not straight away.

Boston

when you say rebuild the gear box, what does that entail?

Hivemind187

Boston wrote:

when you say rebuild the gear box, what does that entail?

I think he means stripping the gearbox down to its skivvies and giving it a good clean, a proper lubing and replaceing hte parts that are junk for decent bits that will survive the strain of use.

... I made that sound a lot more debauched than it probably is.

kdouglas

Hivemind187 wrote:

I think he means stripping the gearbox down to its skivvies and giving it a good clean, a proper lubing and replaceing hte parts that are junk for decent bits that will survive the strain of use.

... I made that sound a lot more debauched than it probably is.

that's pretty much it, i took it apart there the other night and replaced the piston/piston head and cylinder head, i just threw some spares that i had lying around into it, gonna order some decent parts for it next week

krazy_8s wrote:

So the gearbox does need to be re-built? I know I plan to do it, but not straight away.

not really, you'd get away with leaving it as is, but i've got a few modifications in mind

Arcto

Stick an m203 on it


Im looking at how to mount a sun project one on my SG1. Think a ris rail mounted on the bottom would acomadate it nicely. Cant remember if sun project do the RIS m203 or was it the other crowd? ANYWAY: Wont know till i buy a ris rail and mount that first. My plan is so simple its fool proof....but im more than a fool so it might go horribly wrong :cool:

kdouglas

Well, i just ordered €300 worth of parts for this beast, mwahahahahaha

(that includes a large-ish battery and TLP charger aswell)

H.O.T.A.S.

kdouglas wrote: »

Well, i just ordered €300 worth of parts for this beast, mwahahahahaha

(that includes a large-ish battery and TLP charger aswell)

Know how you feel, I just spent around €330 of bits and bobs from RSOV. It's amazing how it all adds up in the end. Out of curiosity where did you order your parts from?

Fallschirmjager

Arcto wrote: »

Stick an m203 on it


Im looking at how to mount a sun project one on my SG1. Think a ris rail mounted on the bottom would acomadate it nicely. Cant remember if sun project do the RIS m203 or was it the other crowd? ANYWAY: Wont know till i buy a ris rail and mount that first. My plan is so simple its fool proof....but im more than a fool so it might go horribly wrong :cool:

bawhahaha...sweet jesus...no one would want to be near you with that LOL!!!

a 249 and a 203...dude you get the biscuit for today

zero19

Lol that's an animal, it must weigh a ton! Wish i had the money for one, or one of those €5k miniguns..........

zero19

hehehe clicky>>> http://www.montysminiguns.com/AirSoftPage.htm

kdouglas

H.O.T.A.S. wrote: »

Know how you feel, I just spent around €330 of bits and bobs from RSOV. It's amazing how it all adds up in the end. Out of curiosity where did you order your parts from?

ehobbyasia.com

ED E

You could always try for an IONKATSU Minority M60 (All-Metal) for €1.9k:D

kdouglas

i think Lemming is the only one crazy enough to do that, im happy enough with my 249 for now