hey guys this is my vortex cap bbmg.
it is a 6 inch long 3/4 of an inch chamber and a 20 inch long barrel from an old air-soft gun.
in the video im running it at 120 psi. This gun is really fun to shoot. but wastes bbs really fast. ok any suggestions on how to make it more aesthetically pleasing(notice no tape haha) and more efficient.
sorry for no pictures of internals or anything yet, but there will be some. it is basically like irishers mini uzi layout on the internals.
thanx davidani for the vortex cap design:)
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:56 pm
by chinnerz
nice work mate!
to make it look better, well this is going to harm accuracy, but cut down the barrel, and paint it black. Also add a muzzle brake. and if there is a way, you could try and move the clip so its under the rail at the top.
o, BTW, as there is no airsoft in my country, i have no experience with making air soft guns.....
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:18 pm
by ckman
thanks I was just thinking about the magazine and I don't know if that would work with the bbs and all of the angles hmm I wonder if it would give reliable feeding.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:48 pm
by mark.f
Very nice!
Ding ding ding!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:04 pm
by ckman
haha I don't even know why I said that.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:15 pm
by deathbyDWV
Yep very nice. I have yet to make a vortex...
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:29 pm
by bobgengeskahn
mmmmmmmmm... this tempts me very much. I have a TM G36c just like that... but I have been debating doing this to a P90 in the near future. As far as hiding the barrel goes, you can get an airsoft G36K foregrip ( i think G&G makes some) and itll have the threaded outer barrel in there that you can then screw a fake suppressor to if you wanted to save the barrel length. (i have a G&G G36c RIS kit on mine and it is AMAZING, much much much much better than the stock outer barrel kit).
But yes, very nice job!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:32 pm
by irisher
I would recommend a fake suppressor over the exposed barrel segment. It will give you the same performance but should help with aesthetics. Also it looks like the magazine end cap is held on by friction. If there is a jam, it will send it flying. To stop this you can add a pin and an L-shaped notch to hold it on.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:35 pm
by ckman
no the cap is threaded and thanks for the idea on the suppressor I have a fake one that came with the gun hmm. and what paint job would you guys recommend I was thinking digital or fall
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:51 pm
by bobgengeskahn
multicam, digital multicam, or marpat digital... aaaaaaaaaaanything but ACU...
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:33 pm
by ckman
why not ACU? message too short
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:14 am
by bobgengeskahn
lol because ACU is the most useless camo ever developed. try wearing it in the field... anywhere... it glows in the dark, it never blends in, the only good thing is if it is your uniform, because after several months it will blend into the environment, but in a paint job its not going to blend (i.e. absorb the natural coloring of the operational environment)
I would go with multicam because the coloring and pattern tend to blend in a very large range of environments, but if you play in particular environments tailor it to that.
thank you those links are very helpful I never even know there was a difference between the two camos. . . . yeah that is a good point i think ill go with something like red tiger or urban or something.
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:34 am
by chinnerz
lol make sure you get RED and not something which looks like red..... or your urban will look like autumn...