Hi all
2+ years ago I got a used CA M24, got a bit on the sniper craze, so when I heard this thing had a lot of upgrade parts in it already, I thought why not.
Sad story is it had a CA Advanced cylinder and CA Vacuum piston, 9mm guide, 13mm spring (Probably uprated too) and probably PDI hop up chamber (In brass/cupper finish, but it looks like PDI when I lay it all out and look at the PDI hop up manual) some o-rings were gone and despite replacing them and installing an expensive King Arms M3 scope I got terrible accuracy, so I havent really bothered with the rifle since.. Been using it for some quickie pot shots out the window now and then thats all.
Now that my interest in the rifle has picked up again, I`m a bit apprehensive towards going all out with upgrading it at this point, as I already paid quite a lot for it and already expected accuracy..
I put a new o-ring on the cylinder, and didnt install a new impact o-ring (Which did nothing anyway, right?)
With a 6.01 515 PDI inner barrel (8.55 outer diameter, and 2 spacers @ 8.55 inner diameter) you would have thought the thing would be pretty darn accurate, but every bb I fire hits differently.
5 bb`s spreads as much as over an inch at less than 15 yards, and sometimes I have to make MOA adjustments on the KA M3 scope for every shot.. 0 wind might I add..
Now, I have a few suspicions here..
1: Piston actually does need a impact o-ring, but at this stage I could might as well go for one of those cup pistons or w/e, but problem is, what piston should I look for? I`ve read about the Laylax Element 3 piston, but does it work with the M24? And where can I find the cups? Searched on WGC but cant find Guarder, Modify nor Laylax cups.
2: The hopup unit, the o-ring for the rubber arm is gone, the screws that goes in on each side to hold the barrel in place is gone too.. Theoretically, with each reload, the cylinder cap could possibly twist the barrel and hopup a little different each time, resulting in big spreads.. No?
Also the amount of spacers (only 2 pcs) could be a problem?
Theres also another problem with the broken bolt handle, but I put some paper between bolt handle and cylinder to help even the pressure when working the action so thats not my main concern right now, but then again it might very well twist the cylinder (And thus touch the barrel/hopup and change flight path, since the two screws that holds barrel in place in hopup unit is gone) a little when I work the action?
I dont have an understanding of how to get accuracy out of this airsoft, one thing is getting considerably better accuracy out of an AEG (I open and tune aeg gearboxes all the time), but from reading on this forum I understand that sniper airsofts are different, I`m in no way an expert nor am I here to start any arguments, I just wanna get this awesome looking gun rocking at long range engagements, hopefully with the wide array of knowledge on these boards
So therefore I came here to ask for help
Any suggestions from anyone who knows the ropes is appreciated
2+ years ago I got a used CA M24, got a bit on the sniper craze, so when I heard this thing had a lot of upgrade parts in it already, I thought why not.
Sad story is it had a CA Advanced cylinder and CA Vacuum piston, 9mm guide, 13mm spring (Probably uprated too) and probably PDI hop up chamber (In brass/cupper finish, but it looks like PDI when I lay it all out and look at the PDI hop up manual) some o-rings were gone and despite replacing them and installing an expensive King Arms M3 scope I got terrible accuracy, so I havent really bothered with the rifle since.. Been using it for some quickie pot shots out the window now and then thats all.
Now that my interest in the rifle has picked up again, I`m a bit apprehensive towards going all out with upgrading it at this point, as I already paid quite a lot for it and already expected accuracy..
I put a new o-ring on the cylinder, and didnt install a new impact o-ring (Which did nothing anyway, right?)
With a 6.01 515 PDI inner barrel (8.55 outer diameter, and 2 spacers @ 8.55 inner diameter) you would have thought the thing would be pretty darn accurate, but every bb I fire hits differently.
5 bb`s spreads as much as over an inch at less than 15 yards, and sometimes I have to make MOA adjustments on the KA M3 scope for every shot.. 0 wind might I add..
Now, I have a few suspicions here..
1: Piston actually does need a impact o-ring, but at this stage I could might as well go for one of those cup pistons or w/e, but problem is, what piston should I look for? I`ve read about the Laylax Element 3 piston, but does it work with the M24? And where can I find the cups? Searched on WGC but cant find Guarder, Modify nor Laylax cups.
2: The hopup unit, the o-ring for the rubber arm is gone, the screws that goes in on each side to hold the barrel in place is gone too.. Theoretically, with each reload, the cylinder cap could possibly twist the barrel and hopup a little different each time, resulting in big spreads.. No?
Also the amount of spacers (only 2 pcs) could be a problem?
Theres also another problem with the broken bolt handle, but I put some paper between bolt handle and cylinder to help even the pressure when working the action so thats not my main concern right now, but then again it might very well twist the cylinder (And thus touch the barrel/hopup and change flight path, since the two screws that holds barrel in place in hopup unit is gone) a little when I work the action?
I dont have an understanding of how to get accuracy out of this airsoft, one thing is getting considerably better accuracy out of an AEG (I open and tune aeg gearboxes all the time), but from reading on this forum I understand that sniper airsofts are different, I`m in no way an expert nor am I here to start any arguments, I just wanna get this awesome looking gun rocking at long range engagements, hopefully with the wide array of knowledge on these boards
So therefore I came here to ask for help
Any suggestions from anyone who knows the ropes is appreciated
