Hi guys!
Figured most of you see my posts on occasion, but, its not everyday that I throw out a build thread.
So! here we go!
Some of you may remember my thread on my Classic Army Dragunov, in which I posted up a review and a semi upgrade log on one of my favorite DMR builds. Well, I love that rifle to death, and have upgraded the heck out of it. and intend to use it for a long time to come.
BUT.
Its time to try something new.
SO, I bought a PSG1!
In typical longwinded fashion, with gross written detail and adequate punctuation, I present to you,
EXARACH's PSG 1 Build Thread
A work in progress.
SO!
Anyone who cares to bump in for updates every few days is welcome!
All the rest of you can just wait lol/
***DISCLAIMER!
All the opinions in this are my own, ect.
THIS WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS AN UPDATE! A semi-update, with a fully written dialogue, and a smaller, technical post that gets straight to the point, for those of you who don't enjoy reading. They are not mutually exclusive, I just want to go a step above for the fact guys.
So, feel free to join me in embarking upon this crazy journey of upgrading marui's prototypical rifle.
THE GOAL!
To take Marui's, outdated, underpowered, and increasingly harder to find rifle, and turn it into a field usable weapon capable of outmatching the performance of similar DMRs seen today. To make marui''s wallhanger into a solid DMR rifle for field use, and to make the G3 series look damn cool while doing it.
End goals:
550 FPS
Rock Solid
Capable of torso sized shots out to 250-300'
Grouping less then 4 inches at 150'
Durability for use over multiple years
Capability to be used as an effective airsoft DMR.
Wanna watch me do it? Read on!
Part 1 - The plan
Owning a Marui PSG 1 is relatively easy, you have to find one on the internet, and you have to be crazy enough to buy it. And in reality, there is a reason no one does.
1. Its long
2. Its rare
3. Parts are seriously rare
4. Its a Marui
So why would I go and buy one? Because I can. Because its cool, who cares this isn't what your here for lol.
The PSG-1 is a semi automatic rifle made by H&K for police and military snipers around the world.
The TM PSG 1 is a replica of this rifle, in which a bunch of Marui techs sat down, and tried to devise a very accurate, very precise, and very cool looking gun, and then proceed to build the thing out of the worst plastic known to mankind.
So, like I said, its a Marui.
Where am I going with this?
Problem #1: Wobble.
Movement in a DMR type rifle is bad, it kills accuracy and consistency, and changes every shot, every time, SO, the first thing I decided to tackle, was the horrid and unbearable wobble inherent in the PSG 1. One of the primary reasons the PSG 1 never took off, (Odd, expensive, large, weird, uncommon, ect.) was that Marui is REALLY good at making hopups, and REALLY BAD at making gun bodies. The stock PSG-1 creaks and moves and whines like a nest of rats having an orgy. The damn thing doesn't shut the hell up. This kills stealth and any semblance of accuracy in one go, as the barrel wobbles, and the gun goes "creaka creak" everytime you touch it, see rats^,
There was no solution for this issue for a long time, but finally, a solution came in the form of the G&G Metal body and the PDI chamber block, both of which worked fantastically at making the gun usable, were extremely expensive, and were promptly discontinued.
Well, to be fair, you can still get the metal body, its just $180+
So, I set my scope asearching, and in an AMAZING stroke of good fortune, was able to find BOTH the G&G metal body, and the PDI Chamber block, TOGETHER, for a decent price. This was beyond rare. I purchased immediately.
Now i could get on with the serious work.
