Riot
08-21-2003, 02:18 AM
Hey everyone, I've been reading tons of forum postings about trying to fit a v-shaped battery in the grip of a m733. From what I've been reading nobody's found a way yet without the grip bulging. I found a way last night, and wanted to share it with everyone. It didn't require any dremeling or even fuse removal (unless you're using a 9.6, then I think you'd HAVE to take the fuse out).
Here's what I did. I started off with a V shaped 8.4v battery from airsoftupgrades.com. I split it down the middle so you have a 4 cell group and a 3 cell group. To do this you only have to remove the glue and cut one connection. I then took some wire and soldered the two back together. So basically you've got something that looks like a crazy nunchuk battery. So you can fit one half on top, and one half on bottom. From there, if you reverse the grips, so the one that is meant to be on bottom is on top, you can get it to fit just fine. The reason is the bottom grip already has grooves cut on the inside to fit a battery, the top doesnt. But the bottom of the barrel has a chunk taken out, so even with a grip that doesn't have the inside grooves cut it, you can fit half of the battery easily. That gives you the half of the grip with grooves cut to use on the top where there isn't a part of the barrel missing. I don't know if a 9.6v will work, but a 8.4 fits perfectly. Granted it takes a tiny bit of adjusting wires to get everything in right. But when it is in there is absolutely no bulging, and it feels just as solid as when it has a mini battery in it. I hope that made sense... If not ask and I can try to clarify.
Here's what I did. I started off with a V shaped 8.4v battery from airsoftupgrades.com. I split it down the middle so you have a 4 cell group and a 3 cell group. To do this you only have to remove the glue and cut one connection. I then took some wire and soldered the two back together. So basically you've got something that looks like a crazy nunchuk battery. So you can fit one half on top, and one half on bottom. From there, if you reverse the grips, so the one that is meant to be on bottom is on top, you can get it to fit just fine. The reason is the bottom grip already has grooves cut on the inside to fit a battery, the top doesnt. But the bottom of the barrel has a chunk taken out, so even with a grip that doesn't have the inside grooves cut it, you can fit half of the battery easily. That gives you the half of the grip with grooves cut to use on the top where there isn't a part of the barrel missing. I don't know if a 9.6v will work, but a 8.4 fits perfectly. Granted it takes a tiny bit of adjusting wires to get everything in right. But when it is in there is absolutely no bulging, and it feels just as solid as when it has a mini battery in it. I hope that made sense... If not ask and I can try to clarify.