STI Executive - Open Division Race Gun

[Shirley]

Originally Posted by m102404

Spend your time with ladies who have money...problem solved!

Very smart Mr Gigolo

[Crunchmeister]

I just can't get enough of this gun. It really is quite amazing. I'm always thrilled to see one of your new gun pic threads. It's always something pretty special.

Originally Posted by Styrak

Time, money, ladies.

Choose 2.

Not sure I agree. IMO, as soon as "ladies" is in the mix, you can kiss the other 2 goodbye.

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by Crunchmeister

Not sure I agree. IMO, as soon as "ladies" is in the mix, you can kiss the other 2 goodbye.

Touche.

[ILLusion]

Originally Posted by Mr.Hitman

Wow nothing stock.
It's like completly built from scratch.
Brian, you have so much time, and money! How about the ladies?!
lol

I wish I had more time. My gf hates my airsoft habit, because it's a bit too consuming. I juggle my career and airsoft over her sometimes. She says airsoft is my gf, and she's merely the mistress.

Originally Posted by daiviet

I can see about 9 things that are stock on this gun, most being tiny parts/springs, and the largest being the grip safety.

Let's see....

1. Screw that connects mid frame to the grip's trigger guard
2. Grip safety
3. Leaf spring
4. Rear sight assembly (the assembly in this state actually consist of 7 parts. 8 on a standard Hi-Capa 5.1)
5. Hop Up Chamber assembly (the assembly consists of 7 parts)
6. Disconnector cover plate
7. Disconnect trigger
8. Disconnect trigger spring
9. Valve knocker spring
10. That lever that sits between the trigger stirrup and the sear
11. The spring & lock for the magazine catch
12. The guide and the tiny pin that holds the hammer spring in place
13. The screw in the cylinder/nozzle that holds the valve blocker in place
14. Plug spring

If I break the list down further in to their specific part numbers, there are actually about 30 parts on this gun that are still stock.

So for all those people who still always ask me: no, it's not easy to build a Hi-Capa from scratch. Sourcing all the tiny parts are very difficult.

[RacingManiac]

You need a base gun that contains all the support bits, and the most of the rest can be replaced. I probably wouldn't gone as far as replacing the plunger, but in my Hi-Capa and one that I am planning for the future most will be replaced....

[ILLusion]

Originally Posted by daiviet

oh dear, I gotta try to beat this build now with my own. Brian, you think switching yours from a 6.03 inner barrel to a 6.01 will make your accuracy better? god knows it'll add to your fps...

I just did the test:



Full size here:
http://www.pbase.com/illusive_airsof...6/original.jpg

It looks almost the same as the previous grouping test, but I overlayed both images on top of each other in Photoshop and drew a circular marquee against the major grouping (discarded the 1 or 2 strays) and noticed that the 6.01 inner barrel was marginally tighter. Not by much, but enough.

On top of that, velocity went up - peak velocities were as high as 325.4fps w/ 0.30g BBs, which is 1.48Joules. That power shooting a 0.20g BB will yield 399fps.

In the past, I was able to get this gun to shoot as hard as 1.55 Joules, which is equivalent to 408fps with 0.20g BBs, and this was through the Nine Ball 6.03mm tightbore. I have changed a lot of parts since then, so I'm not surprised to see a change. I believe the part that would have brought the higher FPS was the Nine Ball Air Seal Chamber that I use to have in it. It really does increase velocity by 5-15fps.

[Daiviet]

damn, very impressive. looks like i'm gonna pick me up a PDI 6.01 tightbore soon then.

[ILLusion]

Just throwing this on this page, since it's also an Executive. If I didn't already have a couple of Standard Division type pistols, I would have kept this one... was really nice, and shot pretty hard for an internally stock gun:



No time to take more pix than that. I'm sure you've all seen Executives before. If I had kept this bad boy, I can guarantee a good chunk of parts would still change... externally, it looks great though. I love the look of block cut slides/frames.

[Shirley]

It's a smooth nice looking STI..
Too bad you don't have it, I would've made out with it on the range.

[ILLusion]

It's okay, I have another block cut pistol you can put your tongue into:

http://airsoftcanada.com/showthread.php?t=27422