Hurricane Airsoft Products Now Available At Raptors Airsoft

Raptors Airsoft is now carrying airsoft parts manufacturered Hurricane. Below are some Hurricane products that we are now carrying.

Hurricane Airsoft M120 Upgrade Tune Up Kit   Available for M16, Sig, P90, G3, MC51, G36, MP5, M4, AUG, AK Beta, and AK47 AEGs.

Hurricane Bore Up Airsoft Cylinder Sets   Available For G36, MP5, XM177, AUG, P90, G3, Ak47, SIG, M16, and M4 AEGs.

Hurricane N-B Airsoft Cylinder Sets  Available For MP5, P90, G3, G36, Sig, M16, M4, AUG, and AK47 AEGs.

Hurricane Polymide Airsoft Pistons  Full teeth and half teeth hurricane polymide pistons are available.

Hurricane Aluminum Airsoft Pistons   Half teeth and full teeth aluminum hurricane pistons are available.

Hurricane Ball Bearing Piston Heads Polycarbonate   Hurricane ball bearing bore up piston head and standard piston head are for sale.

Hurricane Steel Ball Bearing Spring Guides  Available for version 2 and version 3 gearboxes.

Hurricane Airsoft Polycarbonate Air Seal Nozzles  Available for G36, AUG< MP5, P90, SIG, AK, M4, and G3 AEGs.

Hurricane Airsoft Bore Up Metal Cylinder Heads  Available in version 2 and version 3.

Hurricane Airsoft Metal Cylinder Heads  For sale for version 2 and version 3 gearboxes.

Hurricane Airsoft Cylinder Type 1 250mm - 430mm 

Checkout all of our cylinders, cylinder heads, pistons, and piston heads at our store www.raptorsairsoft.com.

Raptors Airsoft sells airsoft gear such as airsoft accessories, parts, magazines, and BBs.

We also sell airsoft wholesale.

New squidoo lens about airsoft upgrades

Here is a new squidoo lens you may be interested in.  It is The Airsoft Upgrades You Should Know About.  You will probably learn something from it.  By the way, if you have some knowledge about airsoft you would like to share, you should start a squidoo lens.

Army Of Two Masks For Sale

Raptors Airsoft is now selling a variety of different Army Of Two masks. You can learn more about our Army Of Two masks for sale here http://ping.fm/HRzoM You can purchase an army of two mask from here or you can learn all you can about army of two airsoft masks their.

Picking The Best Airsoft Bucking And Barrel.

I'm looking to upgrade my AEG with some airsoft parts.  I currenly have an m4 with a barrel lenght of 360 somthing mm, and what I wanted to do was put a fake suppressor on it.  I was going to install a 510mm tightbore barrel, so I was going to get a 190mm suppressor for it.

Which tightbore barrel should I get.  I've heard some good things about Prometheus barrels, and systema hop up bucking.  Do you think they would be a good choice for me?  Also, will I need metal one piece hop up as well?

I'm a little worried that my FPS (Feet Per Second) might drop if I install a longer precision inner barrel.  I've heard people say it will sometimes, but I'm not sure.  What do you think.


First I will address the issue of a drop in FPS.  Basically, if you install a longer AEG barrel for your gun, you FPS may or may not drop.  It will drop if your cylinder is not rated to take the length of your barrel.  But, if it is rated to tak the length of your barrel, you FPS will not drop.  So if you are getting a barrel that is 510mm in length, you cylinder needs to be rated to take that barrel.

Which Barrel Should You Purchase

Which barrel you should get will depend you. The Prometheus barrel you mentioned is a good barrel, but it is also very expensive.   If you want an ecnomical barrel that will perform well, a vanaras barrel is the best choice.  For a barrel that performs very similar to the Prometheus, Deep Fire is excellent.  The Deep Fire tightbore is an excellent barrel and is much more inexpensive than the Prometheus barrel.  If you have the money to spend on a Prometheus barre, go for it.

Which Bucking Should You Get

The hop up bucking you choose is going to make a difference.  One I recommended is the SHS airsoft hop up bucking.  It is a very affordable and high quality.

When you purchase these upgrades, get them from my recommended retailer.  There a airsoft parts category is http://www.raptorsairsoft.com/airsoft-parts-upgrades.html.  They have a variety of AEG parts available.

What Is An Airsoft Half Teeth Piston For

You may wonder what an airsoft half teeth piston is for. A half teeth piston is often used with helical gear sets. However, this is not always the case. Some flat gear sets use half teeth pistons, and some helical gears use full teeth pistons as well. So, before choosing the piston to use with your gears, make sure you know which one to purchase. You must use a half teeth piston when your sector gear teeth which mesh together with spur gear go out to far. If those sector gear teeth go out farther than the base of of the teeth that mesh together with the teeth of the piston, you need a half teeth piston. If you gear set does that be sure to purchase a half teeth piston and not a full teeth piston. Other wise you will strip your piston. If you would like to learn more about AEG airsoft pistons, you should read The Informative Guide To AEG Airsoft Pistons http://ping.fm/AAY6T . It talks more about half teeth pistons and has some pictures to help you better understand the concept. It also talks about the three airsoft piston materials (Aluminum, Polycarbonate, and Nylon) and which one is best. You will also learn about how many metal teeth your piston should have. As well as attributes that are related to your pistons performance. Attributes such as the guide rails, full rack excursion, how far the piston meshes with the sector gear, and its inner diameter. http://ping.fm/bS3Vh

My PDI 300 % Airsoft Spring Isn't Going As Fast I expected

I'm looking to upgrade my aeg, so I purchased a PDI 300% AEG Spring.  I was wondering what this spring is rated at, because now my aeg is shooting at a lower FPS.  Below I have listed the airsoft parts I have with my current gearbox setup.

Deep Fire 7mm Gearbox
Deep Fire Bushings
SHS Cylinder Head
SHS Air Nozzle
SHS Piston
SHS PIston Head
Element Spring Guide
SHS Anti-Reversal Latch
Deep Fire Hop Up Bucking
Guarder SP150 AEG Spring
SHS Gear Set
Deep Fire H-hop nubs
Deep Fire Tightbore Barrel
SHS High Torque Motor
11.1v 1600mah 20cc Firefox Lipo Battery

Once I installed the PDI 300% airsoft upgrade spring, my FPS was 460 with .20g BBs. On the other hand, when I had the SP150 spring, my gun was going 500 FPS with .20g BBs.  From what I have heard, this setup should be going 500 FPS or more.



I have actually heard people say that the SP150 spring can go 600FPS, but that is definately not true.  500 FPS is possible with an SP150 spring, but most likely you will not get that.  A reason why you may not be getting the FPS you expected is because you need a beter air seal.  You might consider getting a bore up set from a manufacturer such as Guarder or Deep Fire.  Other than that, you gearbox sounds good, but If you want to get an even higher FPS, you can just get a harder spring.  Many people are acutally suprised because they get a lower FPS than they expected with the PDI 300%.





To see a spring comparison chart, go here http://www.airsoftcanada.com/SpringChart.php.  It's a great resource.

Q. Which Airsoft Piston? A. SHS Airsoft Piston

The stock piston on my M4 recently stripped, so I was wondering what a good standard airsoft piston would be. I've been looking around, but I just couldn't decide which one to get.
Before my piston stripped, it was shooting around 385 FPS with .20 g BBs and about 330 with .25 g BBs. I have a 9.6 nunchuck style battery. I have SHS gears and an m120 AEG spring.
I'm thinking about getting a piston with full steel teeth or 7 steel teeth on it. Do you think this is good?


Since you are just looking to find a replacement for your AEG, you don't need to spend a lot. The pistons with steel teeth is probably a little over kill; at most your going to want a piston with a single steel tooth.

Some people would say you should get a G&P Polycarbonate piston, which is a great piston, but I think there are some better ones out there. If I was you, I would purchase the SHS Airsoft Piston with a single steel tooth. The SHS piston is not a polycarbonate piston, but it is instead made out of nylon. Nylon pistons have some advantages of a polycarbonate piston.

Another alternative to the SHS piston is the Element lightweight airsoft piston. The Element piston is a good pisotn at a decent price and recommended if you want to be as cheap as possible.

System Drop In M170 Gearbox

Question:
 I was thinking about purchasing an m170 drop in gearbox manufactured by Systema. I know Systema makes good airsoft parts, but I was wondering what you think about there gearbox.  I was also wondering if I have to do any modifications to install this gearbox. I was going to install it into a KWA.

Answer:
Yes it does fit and works well. It installs easily because its pen is in the same position. You can go to the KWA forums to view some photos of it.

Even though it will work, I wouldn't recommended purcasing it because it is way to expensive. You can purchase gearboxes of similar quality for a lot less. In fact I would suggest that you upgrade your own AEG by purchasing the neccessary parts. Some of the parts you will need will be a piston such as the SHS Piston or the similar SHS airsoft Piston. You will also need gears such as the SHS Airsoft Gears. You will also need a variety of other upgrades, but the parts will depened on what you want to achieve.

Airsoft Parts And Upgrades

This is a website sponsored by Raptors Airsoft.  It will be an airsoft question and answer site.  Since it is a new site, we do not have many posts up at the moment, but this will change as time goes on.  We will be posting a variety of questions and answers related to airsoft, and in particular, airsoft parts and upgrades.