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Originally Posted by LastSpartan
Hello everyone.
I'm looking into upgrading estheticly my Hicapa 5.1
It's currently fitted with a Tanio Koba grip and the rest is stock.
I want to use it with my WWII kit, for its game-ability, but also try to make it a bit more "1911ish"
So I've been searching around a bit and I came across these two slides.
PGC Springfield ( http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/pgc-sprin...5-1-black.html)
AND
Guarder Sprinfield ( http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/guarder-a...ringfield.html)
I am hoping to change the slide, outer barrel and to add a bushing up front. Thing is I've read the PGC couldn't be used with a bushing.
What about the Guarder? I know they seems to have pretty loose tolerances on their slides, but I'm really into gaming, not into pratical shooting. If it can take a beating and still work, I'll be happy.
About Outer barrels, I'm really new between the one-piece, two-piece, fixed, rotary and all. I just thought it needed to be changed with the slide to ensure propper fitment, and also the slide not chewing the stock outer barrel. Amirite?
Except that, would I need to change also to a 150% spring and High flow valves?
Thanks! |
1. If you want to do a WWII impression, then get a Colt M1911A1 Government. Don't half ass it with a Hi-Capa hybrid. That's just my personal opinion and your own tastes may differ so I won't knock you for it. To each his own. I'm just saying that's what I'd do. With that out of the way...
2. PGC Hi-Capa slides will not accept barrel bushings. In fact, almost all Hi-Capa slides will not accept 1911 barrel bushings, with the exception of ILLusion Kinetics.
3. If you want to use a straight barrel & bushing setup, you'll need to get either:
a) ILLusion Kinetics slide with custom shortened barrel bushing locking spring plug. No Military Model markings/styling exist at this time for this brand.
b) A Shooters Design slide that has a barrel bushing notch, Shooters Design barrel bushing set, & Shooters Design straight barrel setup. All of these parts use proprietary dimensions, so you can not use parts from other brands/guns. No Military Model markings/styling exist at this time for this brand.
c) A slide that's actually made for the Marui Colt M1911A1 Government Military Model. At this time, I only know of such slides that come in full metal upgrade kits with frames. Depending on what set you get, you may also need to source out 1911 sights. These are not easy to find on their own.
I've noted some issues you may encounter with either of those options.
4. Guarder die cast slides are crap and I don't like them for a myriad of reasons. But suffice it to say: Guarder is crap. And oh yeah, it doesn't accept barrel bushings either. Oh yeah, it's also really crap. Not just in regards to precision/practical shooting... but more for engineering craptasticness, machining craptasticness... so yeah, it's crap. Oh yeah, it's really cheap so you get what you pay for: Cheap crap. On the upside, if you lose that pistol you won't cry so much because that cheap crap slide was a cheap piece of crap. Same goes if you scratch it, ding it, get sand inside it, or take a crap on it. It'll still be crap. It'll probably work after you put in a couple hours of work on it, though, and again it's really cheap. If that's all you need, then by all means, go for it.
5. Get an outer barrel that fits with your slide, if you want the least amount of headaches. If you're getting a Guarder slide, then you should probably just throw it out and get a new slide, because you'd be surprised at how many barrels DON'T work with Guarder slides right out of the box. SURPRISE! Even Guarder's own outer barrel won't work with their own slide! What was it that I said about their slides again? Oh, right. They're crap.
But yes, you will need to change your outer barrel when you upgrade to a metal slide. Otherwise, the metal slide will chew up the chamber.
6. Along with metal slide upgrades, and a metal outer barrel to support that upgrade, I'd also recommend an enhanced recoil spring, otherwise the heavier metal slide (heavier than the plastic one) will slow down blowback speed. Also, an enhanced nozzle is highly recommended with all these upgrades on propane use. The stock one's not meant to take that much pressure and is known to crack/explode.
High flow valves are not necessary, unless getting a big FPS boost and hard kicking blowback are also a requirement.