Month: July 2007

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Manufacturer: Tokyo Marui (Japan)

Tokyo Marui – Type 89 Short Style Magazine

This give a hint of what's incoming next 😉 This is the Tokyo Marui – Type89, 70 Round, Short Style magazine. It is designed like the original Type 89, 69 Round Magazine and has the new type of follower which feeds all bb's.? These feed flawlessly as with most TM lowcaps.

Tokyo Marui – Type 89 Short Style Magazine

Just like the original Type 89 Magazines, although they appear to be the same dimensions as other M4/M16 magazines, they only work in Type 89s and on G36's fitted with the PPA magazine adapter.

Tokyo Marui – Type 89 Short Style Magazine on TM G36c with PPA adapter

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Manufacturer: A.C.M. (China)

A.C.M. – M14 100 Round Midcaps (2 Pack)

I placed another small order with RSOV for some miscellaneous parts recently. I noticed he had a 2 pack of A.C.M. (All China Made) M14 Magazines that cost about $14.00 U.S. Had to check them out at that price.

The are all plastic magazines. But a very thick solid plastic was used. The magazines fit perfectly into 2 of my TM M14's unlike some other midcaps that have recently released into the market (i.e. no filing needed for fitting onto a TM M14). They look similar in design to MAG M4 Midcaps in that they have an access door on the magazines bottom to access the spring and follower. Unfortunately these have a weak spring installed, possibly even weaker then G&P magazine springs. In full auto with a 9.6 battery you will get results like:

• bb, bb, no bb, no bb, no bb, bb, bb, bb, no bb, no bb, no bb, etc…

And it will not feed the entire magazine. Already tried the silicon oil trick, but same problem It's a little better with the slower ROF of an 8.4, but it will still miss. At this time i cannot recommend these as a viable alternative to M14 magazine. Will keep working on them though and update if I can achieve any better results.

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Manufacturer: Classic Army (Hong Kong)

Classic Army – AK74 Bakelite 74 Round Magazine

MUCH better magazine build the G&P Bakelite magazine. While more orange in appearence, build wise it feeds and fits in magwell correctly. It is a mostly plastic build.