Question about FPS

[Whiskey11]

Thanks for the feedback.

The diagnosis is 1 in 4 shots went through the bottom center of the can (.2g)... im guessing im just a hair below 400.  I'll get it chrono'd to be sure.  

For the first time this morning I shot it out in the desert with unlimited range.  Holy smokes... these things are impressive!  As an engineer, I'm pretty impressed what these things can do!  Now I realize why they cost so much.  Far greater range then I imagined.  Granted you can't hit a bullseye at any distance.. but a human sized target.. darn near as far as you want!  This is my favorite new toy by far!   ...wish I could get my wife excited about airsoft... wouldn't that be nice.

You are an engineer, and you are impressed with an airsoft gun?  Wait till you open it, you'll be cursing the ever living shit out of the manufacturers for designing something with such piss poor tolerances.  Even high end guns lack serious tollerances and there isn't much we can do to fix that issue.  I've seen a Classic Army M4 with bushing holes that where so far out of alignment you could visably see the misalignment by putting the two halves next to each other and that was when CA produced worthwhile AEG's...

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that we have this system, but your adventure with airsoft guns is just beginning.  Wait until you open her up and try and put some upgrades in it and realize that not all of your V2 compatable parts are compatable with your V2 gearbox and then the headaches begin

[BoneMan]

Ouch... don't rain on my parade, I finally found something I like.  I am a nuclear engineer and work mostly with large power plant systems that were designed in the 1970s and because of NRC regulation cant easily be updated to modern technology, so these little things are pretty tight for me.  Heck, even our control rod systems can only move rods by the inches.

I still haven't opened up my echo 1 yet, but I'll try to stay optimistic that I won't be disappointed.

[I Slap Fat Kids]

Don't open the gun if you don't need to.  Guns usually seem to begin having issues once they've been fiddled with.

On the note of wanting a lower FPS, the easiest thing you can do is purchase a velocity reducer (I saw one at Gearbox about a week ago).  From what I've heard, it should fit.  I'm not very familiar with outer barrels on MP5's, though.

[Shadow]

On the note of wanting a lower FPS, the easiest thing you can do is purchase a velocity reducer

Keep in mind that velocity reducers only work in semi-auto mode.  On auto, the membrane only slows down the first shot or two because it doesn't close.

[Whiskey11]

Don't open the gun if you don't need to.  Guns usually seem to begin having issues once they've been fiddled with.

On the note of wanting a lower FPS, the easiest thing you can do is purchase a velocity reducer (I saw one at Gearbox about a week ago).  From what I've heard, it should fit.  I'm not very familiar with outer barrels on MP5's, though.

Why would you ever recommend a velocity reducer to someone?  They DONT work, and never have, they are also not an acceptable way to lower FPS in 99.99% of all airsoft Op's and organizations because they dont work correctly either in full auto or higher FPS in which they can actually fall out or be removed.

And I wasn't raining on your parade, just pointing out the irony of an engineer saying that an airsoft gun (especially a cloned one ) is impressive lol.  Even 1970's Nuclear tech is better than these airsoft guns

[I Slap Fat Kids]

I remember someone telling me a long time ago that they allowed them at CQB AZ, so I figured that they worked.  However, I guess they don't.