A&K MK43 Mod 0 - Initial Impressions and Upgrade Thread
Hello gents, being as there is not a ton of info I've found on this guns internals I've decided to post this thread.
Recently had one ordered, arrived Thursday, Nov 27.
Very solid gun, but mine had no duck bill flash hider or bullet belt - disappointing. Shoots beautifully though! Chronoed at 428-430 FPS constantly with zero hop. Slightly disappointment in how 'dead' it feels. My other AEG's offer some feedback via a small amount of recoil. This M60 is likely too sturdy and dissipates the forces internally. it's made primarily of metal.
INTERNALS:
Opened it up yesterday, and I'm surprised it was shooting that hot given the internals are pretty much crap except the gearbox shell, gears, and cylinder. The piston, piston head, cylinder head, and nozzle are all poorly made plastic with really small o-rings. The piston was showing signs of wear after less than 200 rounds, and should likely be replaced along with the piston and cylinder head right out of the box for longevity. The spring guide seems good and looks to be a V2/V3 type attached to a spring guide extension for the quick change system - also had a thrust bearing. Gearbox/air seal grease/lube was more or less non existent. The spring is about 75-80% of a normal spring length. Will replace with a new spring once air seal is optimal. The bearings seem good, but needed to be re-seated as they were not inserted fully into the gearbox shell.
The majority of the internals were replaced with:
-Matrix one piece CNC cylinder and cylinder head.
-Magic Box Double O-Ring Aluminum Bearing Piston Head
-Mad Bull PX Piston W/ Steel Rack
-King Arms Tappet Plate (Broke, used original instead due to slight differences)
Shimmed, sanded out the guide rails in the gearbox to remove burrs and lubed/greased all parts.
chronod at 365-366 FPS consistantly. I have yet to fully check it but it seems the nozzle is the culprit. It has up/down and left/right play. I would imagine the original cylinder head had a larger bore than the Matrix one, or the parts were just poorly designed. Ordered a Angel Custom Teflon Coated Enhanced Nozzle for A&K M60 Airsoft AEG. This should help with air loss. I also ordered a Modify SCAR series nozzle w/ o ring as this can be cut down to fit the MK43 if the Angel nozzle is designed for a larger bore cylinder head.
Parts on order, to be incorporated:
-MODIFY VERSION 3 Rotary SPRING GUIDE W/ BEARING
-Angel Custom Teflon Coated Enhanced Nozzle for A&K M60 Airsoft AEG.
-16AWG wire
-BBA Motor Connector Set (Type A)
-GATE MERF 3.2 AEG Mosfet Control Unit
-Mad Bull 1inch Barrel Extension 14mmCCW (For new compensator)
-Lonex Titan A1 Revolution Short Motor
-Modify Air Seal Nozzle - SCAR Series
-Mad Bull Noveske KX3 Sound Adjustable Flash Hider Black
The rheostat to adjust ROF will be removed as it uses an ~5.5" heat sync - lots of wasted energy. The gun will be fully re-wired with 16AWG wire and a mosfet added.
BOX MAG:
It takes some practice to get on/off but is solid enough design. Feeds very very well, we'll see how it holds up. A replacement is pretty cheap from E Hobby Asia as well.
More to come!
Last edited by Magwell; November 30th, 2014 at 18:18..
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