Mike Force Game on July 1
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BAASH.com Resurfaces
Relief for many of those who've emailed me... The BAASH website is back up. 

Mod' P90!
Russ sent this:  

Hi X,
Just a quick note and a couple pictures about the New TM P90.
Feel free to add this info to your site. I haven't posted it anywhere else yet.
I may also be the first to have actually done this. :}
I added a long length internal barrel and a suppressor/barrel shroud.

With these modifications in place, the overall length of the gun is only about 4" longer than an MP5 A4 AEG. The A4 in the picture has an Omega 93R "suppressor" attached.

The internal barrel is a Systema Sig 550 Tightbore (second longest stock AEG barrel behind the PSG-1!). Adding this barrel was a breeze due to how easy it is to remove the upper receiver from the lower/mechbox.

The suppressor however was another matter altogether. Buying a suppressor to install is not an inexpensive matter. For this length of barrel you'd need at least a 305mm tube, which costs $60 (plus international shipping!), and then you'd need to find a thread adapter to make it work correctly.


What I used was a 3/4" PVC pipe connector to fit onto the P90's threaded muzzle break. I then used a length of CPVC pipe, cut to the appropriate length (about 2" longer than the gun's internal barrel) for the outer barrel. A piece of dense, closed cell packing foam served as the internal barrel support near the muzzle of the suppressor and a 3/4" PVC barrel cap, with a hole drilled in the center, for the business end of the unit.

I used a dremel tool extensively to shave down the inner edges of the tube so the 3/4" connectors would fit correctly. After some slight custom fitting, and a little amount of rubber cement, the unit was complete, except for painting.

I used some Krylon exterior flat metal spray paint (3 coats) for the base, and covered it with a layer of Testor's dull coat to protect it.

All told, the whole project took about 5 hours from start to finish, including painting, and cost me about $15 including paint.

It suppresses nicely, and the internal barrel gives it a higher accuracy than a stock P90. At 120 feet I'm grouping shots the same as I was shooting a stock P90 at 75 feet. However, by adding the long barrel and not upgrading the mechbox internals has caused a drop in FPS. A stock P90 shoots an average of 284fps. My modded P90 shoots about 240fps. So, it looks like an M100 spring is in my future. :}

All in all, I like the P90's features and style, and having a barrel almost as long as a PSG-1 isn't all that bad either!

Russ at Wayland@paulbunyan.net
NNA Airsoft at http://nna-airsoft.com/

Prize Winners... and next game on July 1
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X-ring in LA and San Diego
I'm heading to SoCal for a few days of meetings with Infogrames, Sony Online (formerly known as Verant, also known as The Station), and MusicMatch.  If anyone down there wants to  swap airsoft tales, etc., email me pronto!  We can meet at Coronado Beach to watch some BUD/S training up close. ;)

Win a Taurus PT92 at ShortyUSA!
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The winner of the May Trivia Question: Thomas Vallely IV tjv3@lehigh.edu wins a Desert Eagle with full trademarks intact! Congratulations! Enter the June Trivia Contest and you could win a Taurus PT92 Electric Blow Back. This months question is: Where is the headquarters of Taurus USA?(city and state please)  Go to http://shortyusa.com And see all of the new guns we have added. Many new guns are Factory authorized like Taurus and Uzi.  These guns have full trademarks just like the real steel.

Here is a hint http://taurususa.com ;)