Inokatsu 2012 - M4

[Black Templar]

Heeeeeelp!

Just got the above, just don't like normal rail systems so wanting to fit either a DD18 or Viking rail, no matter what I do I cannot move the locking ring from the outer barrel to the body. It just will not budge. Any ideas?

[dave38x]

Re: Inokatsu 2012 - M4

Do you have a barrel nut wrench?

[Black Templar]

Re: Inokatsu 2012 - M4

Yes Dave, also a large vice, WD40, a torque wrench and determination. I didn't realise they torqued them up to real tolerances. All sorted.
Inokatsu = Just amazing.

Cheers Dave.

[dave38x]

Re: Inokatsu 2012 - M4

Haha good times! Have you seen the torture test of the viper-tech m4 built to a similar spec on youtube? Horrifying doesn't begin to cover it.

[SamBallantine]

Re: Inokatsu 2012 - M4

Yeah mine was stuck on pretty damn tight too!

[Heinz]

Re: Inokatsu 2012 - M4

They get stuck on because not a single bloody Airsoft manufacturer does the job right. From G&P to Inokatsu, none of them use any lube or the correct torque to do the barrel nut up (as per US Army TM 9-1005-319-23&P), i.e. molybdenum disulfide grease and 30 ft/lb of torque (triple torquing method) + whatever it takes to ease the barrel nut to the correct orientation to slide the gas tube into place. Older copies of the TM stated that you should never tighten past 80 ft/lb - though this little bit of info has been removed from recent editions.

One of my US contacts, who spent much of his service time at Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, told me that he never sees them go above 50 ft/lb

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[dave38x]

Re: Inokatsu 2012 - M4

Mine is not torque'd up enough (because the dytac/g&p receiver is too fragile) but it's been strap-wrenched up to as tight as I dare (double torqued) and greased!

[Heinz]

Re: Inokatsu 2012 - M4

It's probably torqued up more than you think it is. 30 ft/lb is nothing really!