i have a question!

[Bowers]

Originally Posted by marsoncoleman

do you guys know of any teams in novascotia/new brunswick?

www.atlanticairsoft.org

local forum. go there.

[marsoncoleman]

thanks dude

[marsoncoleman]

so guys, do you think the kraken is a good buy? or will it fall apart if we play most every weekend in the summer?

[yuhaoyang]

If you don't get a lemon, and don't do anything to it, it'll last probably a year of continual play

[marsoncoleman]

is there any way to make it last any longer?

[yuhaoyang]

As i think I said before, metal bushings, reshim, relube, 340fps spring.

[pusangani]

Originally Posted by guysullavin

the kraken is a great gun if your under 18

there is NO "great gun" if you are under 18, don't put ideas in another noob's head.

It is the easiest gun to get without being age verified, but we do not condone underaged airsoft.

[guysullavin]

kraken is decent,
but if you have the cash buy a G&G http://007airsoft.com/products/htm/aeg-gg.htm
And if your age certified buy a metal-bodied AEG from the classifieds

[marsoncoleman]

whats relube? and where can i get that stuff and the other stuff?

[yuhaoyang]

.... I think this deserves a *facepalm*
Kay man, first, the kraken is only a good upgrading platform, why do I say this? It's fully TM compatible, but has clear plastic parts that break easily, yes that's the spring guide and nozzle... Why do I say this again? I have one. In stock form, it is 1 ladder step up from the Crosman Pulse series.
And if you google airsoft parts, as in airsoftparts.ca, it might help.
re-lube? as in re-lubricate?
it's 6mm metal bushings you want.
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[marsoncoleman]

lol sorry im clueless, but where do i put the lube?

[pusangani]

Originally Posted by guysullavin

kraken is decent,
but if you have the cash buy a G&G http://007airsoft.com/products/htm/aeg-gg.htm
And if your age certified buy a metal-bodied AEG from the classifieds

Originally Posted by marsoncoleman

but im not 18, but couldn't i just get my father to make an account and use it?

:facepalm:

[AngelusNex]

Originally Posted by marsoncoleman

lol sorry im clueless, but where do i put the lube?

oh nonononono, Not you. your going to want to pay somebody to do it for you. You have a high chance of breaking/loosing something if you try taking everything apart to do this yourself.

[marsoncoleman]

but g&g doesn't have as much fps

[yuhaoyang]

Kay, the lithium based (best one) lube goes on the gears, make sure not to overlube it. if you get the G&P lube kit from airsoftparts, then apply the cylinder grease onto the inside of the cylinder so the piston head can move smoothly. But most importantly, wipe out all of that green alien shyt that CYMA calls grease before you do that, you'll see what I mean when you open it up. Shims are washers that go on either side of the gears, and keeps them spaced out, there are a lot of shimming guides all over the internet, buy a pack of systema shims, and practice away. the number of shims vary for every gearbox, and even when you get new bushings, you will need to re-shim it. Start out with the spur gear, then go on to the sector gear, then the bevel gear. (google these names if you don't know them). After your done everything, close the mechbox up, then you need to adjust the motor height, googlable(sp?) as well. Good luck, it takes practice.

Or what sepulcrum said. I learned it all by myself with no problems though, and all of my guns runs fine, it just took more time. Especially since alot of the guns I owned started out as lemons

also, FPS doesn't mean everything, before you raise your fps, make sure your hop-up is as good as can be, and your air compression is perfect, along with a good tight-bore. This will increase your range greatly, whereas FPS may be able to carry your BB slightly further, it is not in any way an important upgrade. To put it in simple terms, everyone on here would take a G&G over a Kraken with no thinking, because that has good air seal, a good hop-up unit, durable gears, ect ect. The kraken just uses generic clone parts that are sub-par quality and wouldn't last anywhere close to the duration of the G&G