Metal hop up; advantages?

Corbin · March 24th, 2011, 23:59

http://www.airsoftpost.com/product_i...ducts_id=29788

I was just looking around for a hop up to upgrade my ak and came across this. Is there any real advantage to having a metal hop up?

mrbishi · March 25th, 2011, 01:35

Not unless you like jamming your mags in as hard and as fast as possible, a good plastic hop wil usually provide a far better airseal, usually only a few fps but every little helps.

For that price id go with a TM hop, or Element if youre on a budget.

deadlydayne · March 25th, 2011, 07:45

like mrbishi said not much, unless its cnc'd and oringed to hold and keep a good air seal, other than that, a metal hop up is good becuase its metal, you wont break it.

enemybrit · March 25th, 2011, 08:38

A metal hopup will help the shock transfer from your gearbox, into your hopup, then into your body ect. A plastic hopup doesn't help nearly as much. I would go for the prowin ak hopup, or one of those supershooter hopups, but then again, for a v3, it doesn't matter nearly as much as for a v2 system.

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March 25th, 2011, 01:35	#2
mrbishi Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toronto	Not unless you like jamming your mags in as hard and as fast as possible, a good plastic hop wil usually provide a far better airseal, usually only a few fps but every little helps. For that price id go with a TM hop, or Element if youre on a budget.

March 25th, 2011, 07:45	#3
deadlydayne Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Michigan, USA	like mrbishi said not much, unless its cnc'd and oringed to hold and keep a good air seal, other than that, a metal hop up is good becuase its metal, you wont break it.

March 25th, 2011, 08:38	#4
enemybrit Trader rating Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Northern Ontario	A metal hopup will help the shock transfer from your gearbox, into your hopup, then into your body ect. A plastic hopup doesn't help nearly as much. I would go for the prowin ak hopup, or one of those supershooter hopups, but then again, for a v3, it doesn't matter nearly as much as for a v2 system.

Metal hop up; advantages?

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