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Rawbbeh · February 25th, 2014, 05:16

KenTsui, thank you for making this thread. I just recently got my MG42 and so far the information you have provided has been immensely helpful to me. I had to create an account here just to thank you and you ask you some questions that I hope you would be willing to answer and help me out with as other concerns I have come up.

First of all, To remove the gearbox I see that you need to remove some screws from the outside of the body, from the looks it appears to be 4 (two on each side) there along the top of the receiver. I take it these screws are Metric sized as my Imperial allen keys do not appear to fit well enough to turn the screw without fear of stripping it? If so I need to get me a set of metric keys then.

I ran into the same issue with the box mag that you did where I could pull the trigger and only fire the gun and not the box mag. With a little extra "squeeze" on the trigger the box mag engages and everything works fine. I saw that you mentioned that you wired your box mag to the main battery...are you running your magazine off of the main battery power as well or just so that it ensures both the gun and the box mag activate when you pull the trigger? Can you explain where and how you wired it to achieve this?

Lastly, one issue I have encountered...When firing my gun, sometimes the springy feed-tube for the BB's that you insert into the plastic hopper box actually retracts and comes out of the plastic hopper box because, from what I can tell, the force of BB's being loaded into the spring create a back up and that pressure makes the spring tube back up and pop out of the hopper unit. Have you had this happen to you and if so what did you do to resolve this? Or is there something I am doing wrong here? Right now I am simply using a few small strips of duct tape to hold it in place and it appears to work fine with that.

Other than those questions I highlighted in pretty blue, I might have some more come up in the future as I look to upgrade my own MG42... I hope that you would be willing to provide help should I need it.

Thank you for any and all help that you provide!

Thanks,

Rob H. from Houston, Texas.

February 25th, 2014, 05:16	#5
Rawbbeh Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2014	KenTsui, thank you for making this thread. I just recently got my MG42 and so far the information you have provided has been immensely helpful to me. I had to create an account here just to thank you and you ask you some questions that I hope you would be willing to answer and help me out with as other concerns I have come up. First of all, To remove the gearbox I see that you need to remove some screws from the outside of the body, from the looks it appears to be 4 (two on each side) there along the top of the receiver. I take it these screws are Metric sized as my Imperial allen keys do not appear to fit well enough to turn the screw without fear of stripping it? If so I need to get me a set of metric keys then. I ran into the same issue with the box mag that you did where I could pull the trigger and only fire the gun and not the box mag. With a little extra "squeeze" on the trigger the box mag engages and everything works fine. I saw that you mentioned that you wired your box mag to the main battery...are you running your magazine off of the main battery power as well or just so that it ensures both the gun and the box mag activate when you pull the trigger? Can you explain where and how you wired it to achieve this? Lastly, one issue I have encountered...When firing my gun, sometimes the springy feed-tube for the BB's that you insert into the plastic hopper box actually retracts and comes out of the plastic hopper box because, from what I can tell, the force of BB's being loaded into the spring create a back up and that pressure makes the spring tube back up and pop out of the hopper unit. Have you had this happen to you and if so what did you do to resolve this? Or is there something I am doing wrong here? Right now I am simply using a few small strips of duct tape to hold it in place and it appears to work fine with that. Other than those questions I highlighted in pretty blue, I might have some more come up in the future as I look to upgrade my own MG42... I hope that you would be willing to provide help should I need it. Thank you for any and all help that you provide! Thanks, Rob H. from Houston, Texas.