Hi all. About half of the members of our WW2 airsoft group do Japanese impressions. But as you know, there's been a huge lack of Japanese airsoft guns for game use. Last year, a sculptor friend of mine brought home a demilled Arisaka type 38 and made a fiberglass/resin cast. These casts were used extensively for the small reenactments we had of the Battle of Bataan. But still no airsoft version. The problem with the arisaka is that it's really tiny, diameter wise. Most of the donor rifle internals are too big to fit into an Arisaka stock. Also, there's been a lack of the cheaper JG Bar10 in recent times. There was also the lack of motivation on my part because i didn't do a Japanese impression. But the scratchbuilding bug bit me again and, with help from the group, we decided it was time to build one.
One member donated a fiberglass replica for me to gut, and another donated an old, defective AGM MP001. Although i would've like to use the JG Bar10, it turns out, the AGM MP001 was better suited for the conversion. It's smaller than the Bar10 and has a lower profile. Yes the internals are cr@p but these are going to be replaced anyway. After doing some planning, the best route was to take the resin front end, and join it to the MP001 stock; similar to some of the M1903 builds. This was also the best way we could come up with kits.
Things were going relatively well when, unfortunately, i dropped the MP001 receiver...you know how some china clones' pot metal becomes brittle with age...well the receiver and trigger box shattered...I was about to shelve the project until this came in from my machinist:
The bolt handle came out great so i decided to go own with the project, if only cosmetic-wise. So i epoxied the receiver back together and started joining the stocks together. I also got an aluminium outer barrel for it.
It still needs a front sight and a paintjob..oh and a whole new MP001...
BTW, does anyone know if the AGM L96 has the same triggerbox and receiver as the MP001?
More progress soon...
I am prety sure you can't swap parts over.
The L96 takes a narrower, longer piston than the MP001 (VSR10 clone) so I expect that the receiver is significantly different and you would struggle getting one to fit in to the other.
The L96 trigger is designed to be used with a 90 degree angled sear on the piston where as the MP001 (VSR10 clone) has a 45 degree sear so again not compatible.
Learned alot about this lately with my own troublesome conversion.
Ranj
Thanks! Actually, the AGM L96 isn't like the other L96 clones..it's sort of like a VSR10 clone in an L96 stock. I'm almost 90% sure it uses the same trigger box and 45 deg system as the MP001, but you are correct that it has a longer cylinder. I'm just wondering if the receivers are swappable because the AGM L96 is more common around here than the MP001.
