Echo 1 MP5 RIS/RAS

Vanchen · June 8th, 2009, 17:53

I got this gun about a month ago http://www.airsoftgi.com/product_inf...oducts_id=2610 and it has worked extremely well but I was wondering about the consistency of it. I was reading some articles and they said that a spring over 400FPS will detiorate the motor and the gun faster than a 360FPS gun. Is this true? Also, should I get gloves? Wouldn't they make it hard to do finer tasks and such?

SHÖCK · June 8th, 2009, 18:01

Nothing to do with the motor but the version 2 mechbox will eventually crack over a period of usage with an over 400 FPS spring.

Gloves are completely up to you.

Muffin · June 8th, 2009, 18:06

The tighter the spring, the more stress is on the gearbox and all its innards. I put my guns to 350 cause thats a safe velocity and is allowed in an indoor arena in a nearby city.

I wear oakley assault gloves and love them, hand shots suck.

Vanchen · June 8th, 2009, 19:29

How can you lower the spring power cause that was the stock FPS

TokyoSeven · June 8th, 2009, 19:39

Springs can be swapped out to change the FPS. A cheaper method is to take the spring and physically cut a coil or two off, however results vary with that method.

Vanchen · June 8th, 2009, 20:16

Wow if I knew it was this much trouble I would have got a different gun. I don't want to open the gun up because ill problably break it

theguy · June 8th, 2009, 20:18

Take it to a gundoc in your area.
A quick spring change shouldn't cost you more then 25 bucks labour+12 for the spring.

kalnaren · June 8th, 2009, 20:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanchen

Wow if I knew it was this much trouble I would have got a different gun. I don't want to open the gun up because ill problably break it

A spring swap will probably be the easiest thing you'll even do on an AEG mechbox.

Muffin · June 8th, 2009, 20:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanchen

Wow if I knew it was this much trouble I would have got a different gun. I don't want to open the gun up because ill problably break it

A fellow teammate of mine has the same gun, but I'm not sure I like it. It doesn't seem to be a clone of any generic MP5 as the takedown is rather odd.
Locate a gun doc in your city and have him/her look after it.

Gravewolf · June 10th, 2009, 11:08

Dont even think about taking apart this gun without any instructions because it has many screws and areas you have to watch out for. The first time i took it apart took me 2 hours and another hour to put it back again. But now i can pull apart this baby in 15 minutes or less and have been able to maintain my gun without going to a gun doc which saves me a lot of money and i have gone through 30,000 bb's with only changing the piston and bushings and im still at 400fps. But its safer if you just try to find a good gun doc to downgrade the spring, but if you are really serious about this hobby you should start doing research and ask a lot of veterans to learn to be able to tend to your own gun.

Vanchen · June 11th, 2009, 09:24

Thanks for the advice but I won't be in the sport for another 2/3 years.

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June 8th, 2009, 17:53	#1
Vanchen Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto	Echo 1 MP5 RIS/RAS I got this gun about a month ago http://www.airsoftgi.com/product_inf...oducts_id=2610 and it has worked extremely well but I was wondering about the consistency of it. I was reading some articles and they said that a spring over 400FPS will detiorate the motor and the gun faster than a 360FPS gun. Is this true? Also, should I get gloves? Wouldn't they make it hard to do finer tasks and such?

June 8th, 2009, 18:01	#2
SHÖCK aka SNK or Shaniqua Trader rating Join Date: May 2008 Location: Calgary, AB	Nothing to do with the motor but the version 2 mechbox will eventually crack over a period of usage with an over 400 FPS spring. Gloves are completely up to you. __________________ SHÖCK

June 8th, 2009, 19:39	#5
TokyoSeven Red Wine & Adderall Trader rating Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saskatoon, SK	Springs can be swapped out to change the FPS. A cheaper method is to take the spring and physically cut a coil or two off, however results vary with that method. __________________ "Its only a little bit on fire"

June 8th, 2009, 18:06	#3
Muffin Trader rating Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manitoba	The tighter the spring, the more stress is on the gearbox and all its innards. I put my guns to 350 cause thats a safe velocity and is allowed in an indoor arena in a nearby city. I wear oakley assault gloves and love them, hand shots suck.

June 8th, 2009, 19:29	#4
Vanchen Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto	How can you lower the spring power cause that was the stock FPS

June 8th, 2009, 20:16	#6
Vanchen Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto	Wow if I knew it was this much trouble I would have got a different gun. I don't want to open the gun up because ill problably break it

June 10th, 2009, 11:08	#10
Gravewolf Trader rating Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Philippines	Dont even think about taking apart this gun without any instructions because it has many screws and areas you have to watch out for. The first time i took it apart took me 2 hours and another hour to put it back again. But now i can pull apart this baby in 15 minutes or less and have been able to maintain my gun without going to a gun doc which saves me a lot of money and i have gone through 30,000 bb's with only changing the piston and bushings and im still at 400fps. But its safer if you just try to find a good gun doc to downgrade the spring, but if you are really serious about this hobby you should start doing research and ask a lot of veterans to learn to be able to tend to your own gun.

June 11th, 2009, 09:24	#11
Vanchen Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto	Thanks for the advice but I won't be in the sport for another 2/3 years.

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