This started out as a Jing Gong MP-5J with a collapsible stock I got new a while back. It was a fantastic little gun and I gave it a very favourable review in the review section. Fired quite accurately and with good range.
But I did buy this thing with the intention of building it into that I wanted. The upgrades started with a CA metal cocking tube. That added significant weight to the gun and made it feel much more solid overall.
The MP5J / A5 look is not one I really liked. I seem to have a thing for full stocks on my guns. I'm prefer the more solid feel of a full stock over something collapsable. So I added a CA full stock to get the A4 style, and was much happier. At the same time, I bought a B&T trademarked CA metal upper receiver which I finally got installed last night. Now the gun feels significantly heavy and more substantial.
Other than the lower receiver, the externals (and some internals) have completely been upgraded with Classic Army parts. Currently, I'm missing the cocking handle and inner cocking handle support in this gun right now. I have a complete new CA front end ordered (including flashlight grip) that should be arriving any day now, and that will complete my gun.
- CA metal front end / cocking tube
- CA metal upper receiver
- CA stock holding 8.4V 2500 mAh large Ni-MH battery
- CA grip motor plate
- CA hopup unit
Internally, it still sports the totally stock, never opened JG mechbox (complete with nylon bushings). I want to push this thing to the limit until it breaks to see just how durable the internals are. It's had over 10 000 rounds put through it and still going strong. Once it blows out, I have a Guarder mechbox with some quality internals that I'll be installing as a replacement.
So here are a few pics of what it looks like now. Photos are of lower quality. I realized I forgot my camera at a friend's house and took these with my iPhone. They're not bad, but no fine details.
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.ph...1&id=500800452