Mmmmm Mp5 Mid Cap!!!

[ArmyHummer]

Well it looks as if G&P finished it finally. The G&P Mp5 Midcap is now in production and set out soon. Hopefully the retaielrs around here will begin to take them, as I will probably get me 2 of them myself.

More info and a picture found at:
http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/beta/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=569

Now all I have to do is wait on the Mp5/10 Magazines :)

[Fox]

cant wait for the AK mid caps...


I'll be selling all 8 of mine for them.

[Maynard]

thats kinda scary...did they anounce this earlier? cause Agent and I were talking on the phone several days ago about what the next G+P high standards would be...we decided it would go from Mp5 second, to AK third...

We'll have to see what they come out with next, but just a prediction...

[ArmyHummer]

Its not scary, its common sense and a matter of time. Its like saying back before TM made an ak-47, that TM would make an ak-47. Eventually, just about everything you can imagine will come out, in reachable limits, and given that the m-16 series is most popoular, 2nd to Mp5, then the g3 and ak's, its just working itself downward.

And yea, if G&P has any knowledge at all about marketing and making money, they will defintely make an AK mid cap, as well as a g3 mid cap, and so on for probably almost every AEG available.

[Tripod]

I can't wait for the P90 mid caps.....

[Fox]

They cant be hard... or expensive to make. 2 peices of stamped metal and a spring... so hard i tell you.

[Maynard]

lol, well, if you take it that seriously-I wasn't about to announce my own sense of telepathy or something-but like you said, it is common sense, and I was a little shocked to see that my line of reasoning is correct with G+P's.

I'm not proclaiming myself a psychic here, heheh.

[uglynerd]

how much do the ak midcaps hold. Does anyone know?

[Kendodude]

there not even out yet so time will tell how much they hold

[Maynard]

No, the AK midcaps are going to hold 150 rounds, I believe. So airsoft retreat says.

[Jedigreedo]

Airsoft Players has a really nice review of the G&P MP5 magazine right now, though it's a clear plastic sample.

Any chance of an Aug or Sig midcap?

[Sgt Watts]

Mp5/10 magazine would be awesome, but i like the mp5 straight clip better.

http://www.hkpro.com/mp5sdproto.jpg

The mag in the gun is what im talking about. Id like to have one of those.

[someone]

arent mp5/10 mags already straight?

[Ninj4]

wait..wha?..you guys cant be serious now..I've had 2 since like 2 months ago, and they were released a while ago.....its just that i sold my mp5 to my friend...they sell em at AEX and overseas..

[Sgt Watts]

:D Yea mp5/10 mags are straight. I just call the mag I showed a straight mag just because I dont know what they're really called.

[M4A1gunner]

I think G&P mid caps are the greatest thing that has came out for a while in airsoft. the M-16 ones are great i own 4. The one prob it that they are hard to shove the bbs in. I wonder if this is going to be with the others.

P.S. I really dont care about the color but if you they are diff from the TM. They are a little lighter color.

[uglynerd]

I'm pretty sure AEX does not sell straight mags.

[ArmyHummer]

I think you all have confused yourself.

First, we call them magazines. (mags)

Second, the AK-47 mid cap, i have HEARD about, have no word about when or if they are made, I checked WGC and saw nothing of them.

Mp5 mag wise, have one current midcap, and a second proposed.
A. The Current G&P midcap, normal banana shaped mag
B. The Mp5/10 Mag that was the link I pasted to - this is the straight see through and/or gray color

This is just to clear everyone up, its as if everyone talked at once, on the internet :p

[uglynerd]

pardon my ignorance, but could somebody inform me as to the difference between them. Although Ive never heard rifle mags referred to clips, many times pistols mags are. what is the difference?

[Jedigreedo]

This is just a newbie based theory after seeing "clips" mentioned on ebay and checking out the auctions. 'Clips' from what I can tell are fast loader pieces that the bullets go on and are then slid into the magazine instead of doing each one by one. Don't quote me though, I probably misunderstood it.

[ArmyHummer]

Basically, a clip has no spring, or anything, it loads from the top

A magazine, is side or under inserted and has a spring that loads rounds into the gun itself, instead of using gravity

A magazine loads and holds ammo, while a clip just holds ammo and doesnt really load it, gravity or the spring in the gun does that job.

[Joe]

Originally posted by Foxtrot
They cant be hard... or expensive to make. 2 peices of stamped metal and a spring... so hard i tell you.


Ahh...

But much work has to go into the spring. G&P I would imagine doesn't just slap any old spring in there. Springs of different tension need to be tested for reliability, strength, and probably long term use for EACH type of magazine they release.

Not to mention G&P has to create the correct molds for the magazine outer body, inner body, and the top.

Then might have to modify their current followers so they work correctly with the shape of the magazine.

[Tripod]

clips feed the magazine and the magazine feeds the gun, that's it basicly, pretty simple too

[gmaximus]

So how does this work? Does the channel that the BBs go into just spiral around a couple more times?

[Tripod]

no, they use quantum physics and put the BBs into a state where they aren't really there but they are. Very complex, but if you open up the mag then there's nothing but space....

JK, yes they just spiral around more...

[ArmyHummer]

Basically, instead of making the magazine hold rounds in just a U shape, its as if it is a U and another line curved and own into the U itself, adding somewhat of like 30+ rounds to a mag, the m-16 series mid-cap holds extra rounds and makes the feeding tube curved as well. This helps spomewhat, but also makes it feed easier, since it is a bigger mag. There are pictures out there of the clear see through internals, but unfortunately, I cant find it right now.

[Gek-Cobra]

Wait i dont really get what midcaps are.. are they just like standards with longer bb resovoirs that wind around and stuff more for more capacity?

[Locutus2999]

Wait i dont really get what midcaps are.. are they just like standards with longer bb resovoirs that wind around and stuff more for more capacity?

Exactly. It is a comprimise between a standard and a hicap. Increased cappacity without the hassle of winding.

[Jedigreedo]

Here's a review of the MP5 version that has comparison pics of the G&P MP5 and M16 magazines molded in clear plastic. http://www.airsoftplayers.com/gpmag/gpmp5mag.asp

Shows the bends of the spring very nicely.