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After owning the CA M24 for over two years, I have finally brought it into a fieldable condition. 10/10 shots on an 8.5" x 11" target at 200 feet. I did not measure it out but max range appeared to be about 300' with a 36" ballistic drop that was noticable beginning around 275'. Otherwise trajectory seem relatively flat within 12" between 0 to 250.
Using only AONW .43 (Black) pellets. MB .40 (Yellow) were easier to see, but must be horribly made, because they flew randomly all over the place. None of the pellets were washed.
The magic combination of upgrades and fixes in order of most significant:
1. Shimmed lever arm on stock CA hopup to elimininate lateral movement.
2. MB 6.01 Aluminum Barrel. Deep Fire 6.03 SS had a noticable Right-Hand spin.
3. MB Blue Bucking with largest silicone nub I could find and a teflon tape seal.
4. CA Advanced Cylinder.
5. O-Ring replaced with Y-Ring.
6. PDI 300% Piston and Spring Kit.
7. Set screw tapped into stock CA hop-up body.
8. Bolt handle "three-spring/bearing" assembly replaced with a teflon washer.
The operation seems loud to me, but others have commented on how quiet it is and often the targets did not appear to react to the sound of missed shots.
I have not chrono'ed the set up, but it was reported and visually appearred to be striking with significant energy in the most of the 6 hits, including an over 200' upper chest hit on a 14 year old boy wearing hoodie sweatshirt who stepped back and folded over on impact. An adult was hit at 100', initially did not feel the center mass hit was very hard, but shortly thereafter it was decided that the impact had cause the teeth of his closed sweatshirt zipper to pull apart.
After two years of constantly bad-mouthing this gun, I am really feeling some appreciation for it.
Using only AONW .43 (Black) pellets. MB .40 (Yellow) were easier to see, but must be horribly made, because they flew randomly all over the place. None of the pellets were washed.
The magic combination of upgrades and fixes in order of most significant:
1. Shimmed lever arm on stock CA hopup to elimininate lateral movement.
2. MB 6.01 Aluminum Barrel. Deep Fire 6.03 SS had a noticable Right-Hand spin.
3. MB Blue Bucking with largest silicone nub I could find and a teflon tape seal.
4. CA Advanced Cylinder.
5. O-Ring replaced with Y-Ring.
6. PDI 300% Piston and Spring Kit.
7. Set screw tapped into stock CA hop-up body.
8. Bolt handle "three-spring/bearing" assembly replaced with a teflon washer.
The operation seems loud to me, but others have commented on how quiet it is and often the targets did not appear to react to the sound of missed shots.
I have not chrono'ed the set up, but it was reported and visually appearred to be striking with significant energy in the most of the 6 hits, including an over 200' upper chest hit on a 14 year old boy wearing hoodie sweatshirt who stepped back and folded over on impact. An adult was hit at 100', initially did not feel the center mass hit was very hard, but shortly thereafter it was decided that the impact had cause the teeth of his closed sweatshirt zipper to pull apart.
After two years of constantly bad-mouthing this gun, I am really feeling some appreciation for it.