New Receiver Building

[Priestpel]

Just got a new MadDog M4 Receiver (bought it 2nd hand from forum but it's new in box)

All I can say is...don't get one!
Admittedly, this is my first time assembling a brand new receiver, but the instructions are completely useless and most of the parts don't even fit together! Really struggling not to throw the whole thing out the window!

[stevemoid]

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What exactly is wrong with it?

Do you want to post up pics for us to have a look at?

[a_flea]

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I don't think many people would expect a £30 receiver to be problem free. From pics on the net, it looks very poorly cast...

[Priestpel]

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Well the instructions just completely miss out parts, luckily i was able to put things together correctly after I had already put pins in place.

The pins for all of the holes don't fit, so I have to reshape them before I hammer them in.
Just found that the selector switch doesn't lock at each setting because of the spring mechanism inside it isn't big enough...

I just find it to be a horrible kit to be honest and the fact I can't follow any of the instructions is the worst part. I'm having to take parts from the receiver I'm replacing to make this new one because the old parts work better...

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New development, Gearbox doesn't fit

[WTP_Trust_ME]

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Lol, I had a 'big dragon' reciever i got off here - didnt even have instructions. Just a box of bits - youll figure it out!

[Priestpel]

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Well since the gearbox doesn't fit it's outside of my ability to get it all together... I don't have the tools or experience to mod the receiver itself so I'll probably sell it at a loss and find another which is already built!

[No1_sonuk]

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Lol, I had a 'big dragon' reciever i got off here - didnt even have instructions. Just a box of bits - youll figure it out!

The brand new G&P M16A1 receiver I bought didn't have instructions, either.

[Andrew March]

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When you say the gearbox doesn't fit, what gearbox are you trying to install in it?

Oh and for the record, any receiver under £80 is likely to have some issues and you would need to pay over £300 for a receiver to be almost certain of no issues and in excess of £500 for a guarenteed no problems receiver, you gets what you pays for mate.

[No1_sonuk]

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£300 for a receiver? Is it gold plated?

[Andrew March]

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The G&P CNC process receivers are £450 mate and top gear they are too. Then you've got the the replacement upper receivers for the TM SOPMODS that cost more than most complete receivers.

[PureSilver]

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OK, so maybe he's overstating it slightly. But at lesser sums, it holds true - I've never even heard of a receiver set for £30 until now. Going by pistol slide/frames, the bare minimum for a good Guarder FMK (which categorically will not fit without filing, polishing, smoothing etc) is £130 and for a totally ready-out-of-the-box-no-fitting-at-all you're shopping in the PRIME/PGC/Pro-Win range and looking at easily £300+.

[jssmitty96]

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can get great madbull receivers for around $80 BUT...they dont even include the mag catch fire selector nothing....redic when your wanting one to build from scratch and dont have the bits

[mrpugster]

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I bought a couple of Big Dragon ones haha, ok but expect to get the dremel out :-)