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Rossco66 · July 31st, 2016, 20:40

Long story short, I've never been overly impressed with the range of my KJW 1911 Les Baer. Using any BB above .28 would see an almost undetectable amount of hop regardless of how far I slid the adjustment.

Given I have been RHOPing AEG barrels for 2 seasons now, I decided to try to see if I could make it work with the pistol. Huge caveat, if you decide to use crazy glue to get the patch to stick, you will not have a high likelihood of success in the install. I have had significantly more success with my installs since moving to RTV for my adhesive and this is no exception.

Stock, the BB would travel about 80' before it would start to drop. Post patch install, I get approximately 180' with .32 BBs before the round starts to lose its flat trajectory. When I first installed the patch and reassembled the pistol, the .32s flew about 245' with a ski slope of overhop. Dremelling out a bit of the nub inside of the hop up rubber and flattening out the hop up arm a bit resolved the overhop issue and brought the range down to where it is now. No additional FPS but more than a double of the range.

I just thought I would put this out there in case anyone was frustrated like I was with crappy range from their pistol.

Cheers & happy modding.
Rossco

July 31st, 2016, 20:40	#1
Rossco66 Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Burlington, Ontario	RHOP patch extends range for gas pistol Long story short, I've never been overly impressed with the range of my KJW 1911 Les Baer. Using any BB above .28 would see an almost undetectable amount of hop regardless of how far I slid the adjustment. Given I have been RHOPing AEG barrels for 2 seasons now, I decided to try to see if I could make it work with the pistol. Huge caveat, if you decide to use crazy glue to get the patch to stick, you will not have a high likelihood of success in the install. I have had significantly more success with my installs since moving to RTV for my adhesive and this is no exception. Stock, the BB would travel about 80' before it would start to drop. Post patch install, I get approximately 180' with .32 BBs before the round starts to lose its flat trajectory. When I first installed the patch and reassembled the pistol, the .32s flew about 245' with a ski slope of overhop. Dremelling out a bit of the nub inside of the hop up rubber and flattening out the hop up arm a bit resolved the overhop issue and brought the range down to where it is now. No additional FPS but more than a double of the range. I just thought I would put this out there in case anyone was frustrated like I was with crappy range from their pistol. Cheers & happy modding. Rossco __________________