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@oxairtech

As promised, here are some pics of the gearbox mod to get a PolarStar F2 Direct Attachment in a modified Kyrtac Gearbox.  Installed with a Antech Airsoft shim kit and paired with a PolarStar hopup. https://i.imgur.com/uOR5ZjS.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/UIbeoMh.jpeg

@Desmodus

Fantastic guide! Thanks for posting. I can see lots of ways to build upon this depending on the game type too.

@F86custom

[quote data-userid="3" data-postid="87"] I'm looking at Shopify and wonder if any small business owners have any feedback or other suggestions. [/quote] Shopify has been really good for F-86. The statistics on sales, margins, ability to get stock input quickly and still look good has been a amazing. F-86 isn't my full time job so spending an evening entering data is a bit of work somedays. Shopify has made that easy. Going out to events as a vendor is easy, set location in your POS, add inventory to the location in bulk, sync to the data on your cellphone and take payment anywhere. Discounts, emails, shipping, financial trends. Its all there. Though I havn't checked recently, you do pay for it in a percentage of your sales and not sure if its higher or lower then square, lightspeed ect. This is on top of a monthly fee for hosting and such. I have no intention of switching.

@lockark

A related question to the store, but I was wondering who the artiest for the Beaver Rebel was? Knowing who the human artiest behind products matters alot in today's day and age.

@dbeezy

Would you say the EMP1 Shorties or the Regular EMP1s are more consistent? I bought a couple of the shorty ones and I haven't ran into any issues, is there any things you would recommend I look out for and know in terms of maintenance for them, or is it pretty much the exact same as a regular EPM1 in a smaller form factor?

@oxairtech

I haven't had too much personal experience with either the EPM1 shorties or the regular EPMs, but from the players on the field I see fewer problems with both compared to the 240rounders.  Really just depends on the gun and the factory parts.  Airsoft guns and parts have lots of tolerance inconsistencies, just the nature of the beast, and after all they are just toys, so the same stock combination, may not produce the same results. One of our local player bought a schwack of regular EPMs and could only half load them.  Fully loaded and they just squirted out the barrel, yet in a different stock gun, same make and model, no issue. As for maintenance on the mags themselves. Yes they should be taken apart and cleaned, especially if your a "mag dropper", I've cleaned sand, sticks, leaves, all sorts of debris out of the feed path that will impact feeding. They can be pain to disassemble and re-assemble, especially getting the spring back in, but when you get it apart I use Qtips and silcione oile to make sure everything is wiped down and clean and then dry Qtips and Blue Shop Towel to make sure it's nice and dry before re-assembly.  DO NOT LUBE THEM!!!  Oiled BB's don't hop very well. You can find replacement springs for some models of mags, but very rarely should you have to do that.  I have some 20 year old G&P midcaps still working.

@ZolenPerry

Personally, I like to run .3's at heaviest and .28's at the lightest. I don't go for anything super crazy long range, just to ensure I'm actually hitting my shots before making myself known to everyone else. When I resell BB's on the field though, .32's seem to always be the best seller. People like knowing they're getting the most range out of their BB's, and it really helps knowing what kind of internals or hop up you have so you aren't wasting money on extra weight.

@F86custom

Cheers to this. Its what keeps the community alive!