Information on custom work?

[FarFromEinstein]

I just got a Marushin M1 carbine (6mm) from airsoftclub.com. on the ad it said "90% new" well it wasnt at all. And I wanted to have some custom work done on it. Some things that can be done easily are the -14mm on the outer barrel, Ron told me he can take care of that, and a couple other minor things, but some things I wanted custom that arent so hard would be things like the inner barrel, I want a 6.03 inner barrel for it, and then the hopup is messed up. And I cant just buy another one of those. Also I wanted to make this into a scout rifle, so I wanted a rail on the front of it, much like this:

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That part for the m1 is 80$, which isnt bad.. if it would fit, which it does I think, but it would mess with some of the parts, so I cant get that.

I dont know much about this gun... yet, because its not like its a popular gun at all. But hey.. I didnt know much about the aps2 rifles either, and look at what I know now :-D!

If you know any shops in AZ that would do custom work, please post.

Thanks

Justin

[sNiPeRWoLf88]

Custom work...

M_79 Grenadier.  He's the solution to anything airsoft related.

[Bucket]

I agree with Sniperwolf, Grenadier can make just about anything.

Send him a PM and see if he can do it and what he'll charge you.

It never hurts to ask.

[Firehead]

Or for a closer solution, Paul D Wog does some wicked work. I haven't seen him in a while, but damn... i swear he spends his life doing custom crap(for those of you who know him, you know what i'm talking about).

[Bucket]

Never met him but he sounds like someone I would like to meet.

[studdermonkey]

Or for a closer solution, Paul D Wog does some wicked work. I haven't seen him in a while, but damn... i swear he spends his life doing custom crap(for those of you who know him, you know what i'm talking about).

I see him 50% of the time I go to JT. I'm gonna head down there in an hour.. I betcha he's there! (PHX)

[FarFromEinstein]

Yeah, I know Paul, hes a cool guy, do u know if hes able to do this kinda stuff? Like the custom inner barrel and what not..

[Paul D Wog]

A custom inner barrel is not something I have done before but there is always a first time.  I would recommend starting with a proper length AEG barrel and work on the hop up to interface with this and the feed system for the gun in question.

[Firehead]

A custom inner barrel is not something I have done before but there is always a first time.  I would recommend starting with a proper length AEG barrel and work on the hop up to interface with this and the feed system for the gun in question.

HE'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[m-79_Grenadier]

First off, you are going to have to mic (micrometer) the original inner barrel to figure the outside diameter before you start cutting a new barrel up. You can also use a pair of calipers. If you get lucky, the standard AEG barrel will be the same diameter or slightly smaller than the OD of the original barrel. If it happens to be a larger diameter than the original barrel than either the AEG barrel must be turned down on a lathe, or the Outer barrel of the gun must be reamed out to a larger bore.  

After you get it to fit in the outer barrel, check the chambers on both barrels to see if they are similar, and see how the hopup rubber is different fon both barells. Ive done this kind of stuff alot, and sometimes you get lucky, and sometimes you dont. (But fortunatley for me I have the machines to do it) Now, if the hopup rubber is different than the marui rubber, and the hopup slots in the barrels are also diferent than you might have a problem. But before you loose all hope, put the marui hopup on its barrel and see if it will fit into the hopup unit in the gun. If it does happen to fit snuggly, then you got lucky, and check to see if the slots match up where the hopup depression point of the chamber is by turning the hopup up. If they dont line up (rubber dosent protrude from the top of the chamber wn you turn the hopup up) than the slot on the barrel will need to be milled either farther up or farther back depending on the placement of the depression point in the hopup unit.  
If all happens to fit correctly than you can usually finish it off by super gluing a small portion of the inner barrel inside of the outer barrel to keep it from sliding forward when in use.

If you have any problems that you feel that you cant remedy, or you have somthing that needs to be machined, then feel free to pm me. I Like to consider myself a "discount machnist" and the airsoft community dosent have many machinists to begin with. So if you have any problem you dont think you can tackle yourself, Id be glad to get it done for you. (at a fraction of the price a regular machinist would run you)