Well, as you say - fair play! There are more reviews filtering in, and people on the user groups discover little factoids. For example, the stock barrel is pretty good but it's also very slightly wider than other AEG barrels, hence swapping them out can create feeding issues. Easy fix but I'm sure there are more tweaks to come.
I heard the same thing regarding the barrel, and it may mean issues with alternative hop buckings. Based off of the videos I have seen the motor seems really slow, albeit with pretty respectable torque. To that extent emailed Silverback about brushless motor compatibility with their ETU. They said that they tested with a Solink and it was not compatible but they said owners have reported that Warhead motors worked, but they haven't confirmed that for themselves.
Faceless reports it's less than 1mm difference but as you know, that combined with a different thickness of bucking can throw things quite a long way out. I'm sure he said he was using 60 degree buckings with his barrel and it works fine but the hop chamber is such a snug fit it can be tricky.
You can either take some emery cloth/wet and dry to the barrel and gently thin it out (less than 1mm overall) or use a softer rubber, or both. I've heard the same regarding Warhead motors but I'm just going to wait a little longer until some more tests are reported. So many folks have theirs at this point it's only a matter of time
Yeah, I just need to put my patience pants on at this point and wait for the reviews to roll in. My concern is going to be less with the buckings fitting the OEM barrel and more as to what extent I'm going to need to modify an aftermarket barrel to fit in it. I can sand down a barrel if it's too big and get a snug fit, but I have less confidence when the barrel is a proverbial hotdog down the hallway that is the outer barrel/ hop unit.You can either take some emery cloth/wet and dry to the barrel and gently thin it out (less than 1mm overall) or use a softer rubber, or both. I've heard the same regarding Warhead motors but I'm just going to wait a little longer until some more tests are reported. So many folks have theirs at this point it's only a matter of time
Upgrade barrel & compatiblity post.
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As some of you previously reported you haveing hard time to install aftermarket barrels.
I just installed my hybrid 6.04 and figured what is causing the issue.
The inner barrel mounting/alignment surface is slightly shifted in some brand of barrels, this is a 0.5-0.8mm difference compared to the stock silverback barrel.
Previously this does not caused an issue, since most chambers has less stricks mounting clips allowing such play going unnoticed.
The chamber shells of the MDR sits really tight around the barrel. If you install an aftermarket one it's highly possible that the sifted surface will not let you close the chamber shells OR if you press the barrel further in the chamber, that puts more pressure on the bucking lips, combined with the stock rubber 70° hardness the nozzle can not feed. Resulting in jamm.
There are several solutions for the problem. The most simple is keeping the stock barrel because it's not bad![😃]()
You can also slightly file your new barrel to have a proper placent in the chamber without excess pressure on the bucking. (It's literally less than 1mm)
The ideal solution in my opinion if you choose a bucking which is softer or slightly thinner on the front.
My personal solution was installing a 50° silverback MDR rubber (not to confuse with silverback SRS rubber) this softer rubber let me press the inner barrel slightly furter in the chamber, close the shells and preventing feeding issues. In the current external temperature I expect it perform better than the stock rubber too. This rubber should be available at distributors afaik.
If I'm being brutally honest you are very correct. Even at half that asking price I would expect an ETU, and you can even find some programmable options for less than that. $600 is understandable for a very specialized replica: at a certain point you stop paying for performance and start paying for the opportunity cost of a unique platform. That's not to say that said platform at that price range shouldn't have competitive performance.
