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Posted: 7/3/2012 9:14:41 AM EDT
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I got my first gsg522 a few weeks ago and I'm pretty happy with it so far. Shoots great, lots of fun, but there are a few things that were bugging me about it, so I made some changes and want to get some feedback on them to make sure I'm not doing anything that has caused anyone problems in the past.
The first thing that was bothering me was the rear stock. I like the fixed stock, but I hate the light plastic feel it has. rather than do the expanding foam, mainly because I couldn't find any water based foam and I know what a mess the "normal" kind can be I opted to do something a little different. I had a tube of silicone caulking laying around, so I filled the stock with that. It took a few days to try but the feel is excellent. It really balanced the gun out. If anyone tries this, I would recommend doing black caulking. I could see the white through the holes in the stock (I used ear plugs to seal up the holes) so to "fix" that I masked off the metal strap piece and spray painted it black. It worked, but black caulking would have made things much easier. The next thing I didn't like is how it won't fire without a mag. If you read the manual, it says to always cary the gun uncocked. That's great if you have an empty mag around, but what if you don't? So I came up with an easy fix. I took out the trigger pack out and immediately lost the spring the the mag lock. It's nowhere to be found, but that's ok. I took a piece of aluminum and carefully cut it down to the exact length that the mag safety travels, and put it into the grove opposite of where the spring would live. This locks the mag safety open. I have put about 300 rounds through it with this mod and haven't had one issue, so I'm thinking it works well. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38844635/IMG_2680.JPG The last thing I did, and this is the one that I'm not completely sure I like, is tried to shorten the trigger pull. I read the writeup someone did about improving the trigger feel, but I found what seems to be a simpler and equally effective way of doing things. And I am a fan of simplifying. What I did was take more of that aluminum I had earlier and trim a piece very precisely to push the trigger forward to just before it fires. The pictures should help clarify. I put a small amount of epoxy on the back, plenty to hold it securely. In the event that the epoxy gives out (I've been using the stuff for years, it holds up to nearly anything) I put a little bit of aluminized tape over the block just to prevent it from getting loose and causing trouble. This makes a crisp and extremely short trigger pull, it feels nice. everything seems to check out, everything resets just as it should. I ran a few rounds through it and haven't had any issues, but I'm still not convinced it's a great idea despite everything working perfectly. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38844635/IMG_2674.JPG https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38844635/IMG_2676.JPG https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38844635/IMG_2678.JPG |
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