Airsoft AGM MP40 Repairs and Upgrades

One of the hot Chinese custom clone airsoft guns seems to be the AGM MP40. World War Two airsoft reenactor's who wish to play German roles at airsoft games are reporting these clones to be fairly reliable and I would have to agree. The MP40 features a metal body and barrel and consists of about 70% metal parts. The easy field take down makes jams and other simple field repairs easy and quick. The off and on switch located at the bottom of the pistol style grip functions as a safety switch since the selector switch has semi and full auto positions only. The fully adjustable hop up is located behind the cartridge ejection port.

AGM MP40 Internal Airsoft Parts are tucked away inside a modified Version 3 Metal Mechbox that has a pretty decent build for the low price tag on this AEG. The motor is easily accessible and adjustable once the mp40 mechbox has been removed from the airsoft gun body. A modified trigger switch assembly features a push rod trigger control that you will notice when you disassemble this airsoft gun. Care must be taken to not bend this rod. I have pics of this airsoft trigger assembly and more Airsoft AGM MP40 Repair pictures here.

Once inside this mechbox experienced airsoft technicians will notice the plastic V3 spring guide and plastic bushings. I highly recommend you change these parts or have them upgraded the first time you service this airsoft gun. A simple metal spring guide and steel bushings will add the durability needed to stand your ground at those big airsoft games. There are many more upgrades that can be added to the MP40 such as a stronger spring, metal cylinder head and steel gears but these are more expensive performance upgrades and frankly I think the AGM MP40 performs awesome with just the durability upgrades I mentioned above. OH, I almost forgot to mention that the batteries that come with these clones are short lived in most cases and will need to be replaced in 2 to 3 months.

In closing let me say that I would recommend this MP40 AEG as an awesome starter airsoft game gun. Add the upgrades mentioned and you will be ready to hold off General Pattons finest when they come marching in on Airsoft game day.

Airsoft G36 Repairs Echo 1 Quality

WOW time flies when your repairing airsoft guns, playing airsoft games and enjoying lifes finer things like...well work. Here is one of my recent pictorials and mini reviews on the Echo 1 G36. I have about 30 more pictures of the internals posted on our Version 3 Airsoft Mechbox repair pictures pages. This nice little addition to any ones airsoft collection retails for an average of $150.00 or less and has some pretty sweet airsoft clone attributes and bonuses added in by this company. As I have repaired and fired Marui's, JG and double eagle versions of this AEG I would have to say these E1's are a bang for your buck and a worthy investment.The mechbox has upgraded steel bushings factory installed and the internal build is very nice. Not sure why they have left the plastic spring guide in place and added steel bushings but this is an easy upgrade I would recommend. I have seen these plastic spring guides fail at roughly 30 to 50 thousand rounds in most applications, sooner in some, so be ready to replace this part. This G36 came in chronographing around the 365 FPS average that E1 and other airsoft clone companies are getting famous for.


The sector gear cam is another nice addition that will improve performance and help preserve the life of your tappet plate. All the internals and even the hop up are all standard parts meaning they will be interchangeable with other airsoft brands and manufacturers parts, which is another huge plus for these E1 guys. All in all I am pretty impressed...Again, by these Echo 1's and would highly recommend this G36 to any player. Keep it up E1 your making my airsoft field in Wisconsin a dangerously fun place to be with all these nice well priced clones showing up!

Airsoft Expo 2008

Good to Go! If you have not yet visited the Wisconsin airsoft expo website to vote on the location for this years airsoft festivities then do so now. The WI locations available this year are Milwaukee WI, Green Bay WI, Wausau WI and Madison WI. The voting ends on Jan 31st 08 and the promoters have scheduled the official location and date public release for February 4Th 2008. I attended last years 2007 WAE and met a ton of new players, got acquainted with several airsoft teams, watched everyone else win door prize after door prizes...None for armsdealer nope I gotta be one of those do gooder types who volunteers for stuff, so since I am on the committee that runs this event...I Can't Win...That's a dumb rule who made that up.

Anyway, back at the topic...
Last years airsoft expo was a great resource to pick up handy tips and DIY airsoft repair and tactical tricks from some of Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota local airsoft repair specialists. One day is hardly enough time to soak in all the information available at this event and did I mention Airsoft Shopping! We are talking about airsoft super center prices for 1 day a year only. Discounts on airsoft parts, aeg's game gear and more. Airsoft Freebies! Yes lots of door prizes and hourly prize drawings from the US Marines and US Army, Airsoft Extreme, Airsoft Guns USA, and more. Last years expo was also featured on page 14 of the U.S. Tactical Airsoft Milsim Magazine. Kudos to these guys for giving us a full page pictorial by Wisconsin Photographer Aaron Slusarek. I also renewed my Wisconsin Airsoft Association membership at their informational booth as well, and got to chat with some of the safety reps and officers of the organization, face to face instead of my usual member participation by online forum chat. So if you are a Air Soft geardo or enthusiast who will be in Wisconsin this July, Come on down and see why Wisconsin's Airsoft Expo is... Good to Go!