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From Rental to M4

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Topic: From Rental to M4
Posted By: wgmikeyr
Subject: From Rental to M4
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 7:04pm

I have an old 98 that was used as a rental gun and I decided to give the old girl a new lease of life.

The external paint was in a bad way and she had a lot of scratches and chips:

http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2472 - http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&typ e=post&id=2472

The internals just needed a good polish:

http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2473 - http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&typ e=post&id=2473

The external body was cleaned, primed and resprayed:

http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2475 - http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&typ e=post&id=2475

The internals were polished with steel wool and a liquid metal polish:

http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2474 - http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&typ e=post&id=2474

And this is the end result:

http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2476 - http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&typ e=post&id=2476

http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2477 - http://opszone.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=Attach&typ e=post&id=2477



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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 7:17pm
Pretty sweet man.

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Posted By: RussianGuru
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 7:25pm
nice job man, for once i actually see someone doign their M4 right with the carry handle and all

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Posted By: Mr.Shake56
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 7:27pm
nice job


Posted By: xTippyx
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 7:38pm
very nice


Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 7:46pm
i like how you showed steps.  the marker isn't bad either.  quality first post!

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Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 7:49pm
sexy i like it

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Posted By: diedonimpact
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 8:14pm
ill give it an 8/10 aint the biggest fan of scenario guns but i like the fact that you took time to repaint and shine the internals of your gun

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Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 8:18pm
Meh, the magazine kills it. Everything else looks great including the restore job. But that mag is way too far forward, it's totally unrealistic. I hate when companies do that, make those mag kits that are way too forward. I also hate when scenario guns have double triggers but that's a different story. See if you could move the mag up against the trigger gaurd and I'll give it a 10/10.

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Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 10:19pm
nice lookin gun dude , you did a nice job on it

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Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 11:37pm
very nice, i love restoring old tippmanns

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Posted By: gdrumm
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 2:07am
Very nice work.

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Posted By: Monkey Dust
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 9:14am
Nice gun, Might see it at Flashpoint.

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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 10:00am
Originally posted by warbeak2099 warbeak2099 wrote:

Meh, the magazine kills it. Everything else looks great including the restore job. But that mag is way too far forward, it's totally unrealistic. I hate when companies do that, make those mag kits that are way too forward. I also hate when scenario guns have double triggers but that's a different story. See if you could move the mag up against the trigger gaurd and I'll give it a 10/10.


My sentiments exactly.


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Posted By: Monkey Dust
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 10:26am

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=1/2409255218.jpg&s=x4">

Like so



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Posted By: eliminator
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 3:23pm
Nice but move the clip back a little if you can. 9.5/10

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Posted By: Smitty
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 5:03pm
Not bad.  Nice project.


Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 6:55pm
Originally posted by warbeak2099 warbeak2099 wrote:

Meh, the magazine kills it. Everything else looks great including the restore job. But that mag is way too far forward, it's totally unrealistic. I hate when companies do that, make those mag kits that are way too forward. I also hate when scenario guns have double triggers but that's a different story. See if you could move the mag up against the trigger gaurd and I'll give it a 10/10.


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Posted By: wgmikeyr
Date Posted: 26 January 2006 at 6:58pm

Thanks for the appreciation.

Your right about the mag but it doesn't allow you to fix any other way, it uses the original hand grip postion - if you moved it to where it should be then the base of the hand grip would be exposed and it would probably need to be a gas through mag.

The best thing for me about this gun is the foregrip - it sits really well in my hand as I have large hands.

and Monkey Nuts - whose team you on at Flashpoint? (so I make sure you get extra special treatment!)



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Their home is their battlefield. Their calling is war. Their only loyalty is to each other. They are the Wild Geese.

The Wild Geese are supported by:

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Posted By: Cheetos3254
Date Posted: 26 January 2006 at 7:04pm
wow very nice I like the step by step pictures

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