Redfire Kar98k Top feeding

[brownien]

So, after reading in my deeper cartriage pocket thread about trying to top feed, I went to work. I had already tried to top feed by hand, but the location and nature of the double feed (instead of single feed, like most gbb pistols) doesnt allow for more than one BB to be placed in, without the previous popping out and rolling pre-maturely into the chamber. So I tried to place the speed loader adapter into that area, and it slipped in nicely. Only problem is, the speed loader would need to be filipped over to fit in that position. So I did.


This photo shows the positioning of the adapter. I needed to shave off the notches on the speedloader, and cut and bend up the bottom of the alignment housing to get the adapter to fit flush against the speedloader nozzle. After fitting, I glued and taped the adapter in place, so it doesn't pop off durring loading.


This photo shows how much of the tip needs to be cut off for the adapter to go into the feed space far enough. If you don't cut this part off, you will have BB's pouring onto the top of your mag, not into it.

Lastly, You may need to tip your gun slightly forward to get the BB's to feed smoothly through the speedloader. I tried this in my gun, and got 10 clean and quick reloads of my rifle! I actually modded my bolt catch, so that it can go all the way back, exposing the fill nozzle on the mag! Now I don't need to take my mag out for anything! I can load BB's every 10 shots, and propane every 30ish shots, all from the top! No chances of dropping and damaging mags while reloading.

Only downside is that I need to tip my gun over after reloading to dump out the extra 2 BB's that fall out of the speedloader. Maybe adding a tab in the speedloader nozzle will prevent this.

[shiftysgarand]

Very very cool! A realistic, no-shells way of loading!

[2nd Bat]

That is indeed very cool. I am still a little unclear as to how it actually works but with 10 successful feeds sounds great!

[brownien]

Thought this might clear things up, just rack the bolt back:

The adapter slips in over the feed lips of the mag


The entire speed loader will lay against the gun, and will be slightly cocked to the right, which is normal.


I prefer to preform the entire reloading task with my dominant hand, although either way will work.
Once you feel resistance to push anymore BBs in, just give the entire gun a flip to the right while pulling out the loader to clear any loose BBs from the reciever, and ram the bolt home again!

[newcomer]

just flat out amazing.

its threads like these that make me wonder why airsoft companies don't search the forums when looking for engineering input. A simple little adjustment of a speedloader.

[2nd Bat]

Brownien, Thanks for the photo tutorial. Neccessity is the mother of invention and the fact that your M700 mags didn't work lead to this creation. Very very cool. Again thanks for sharing. You are such a great resource for this forum.