PPA Magwell impressions

[Psychosis]

I took the liberty of ordering one of these, as Paypal promises a $15 rebate on purchases made before the end of the month or something like that. I don't have a camera handy, and the G36C I ordered hasn't arrived yet, so these will be initial impressions:

- The Private Parts Airsoft logo is quite phallic.

- The surface seems somewhat rough - there's a little bit of flash on the edges

- I can't comment on how previous versions of the magwell were, but TM standards fit very securely in there - there are small ridges inside the magwell that "grip," for lack of a better word, the sides of the magazine, and I don't feel as if it is more "wobbly" than the magwell of my M733. Note, however, that I haven't tried to put other types of magazines in the magwell yet. There is the potential for a little bit of creaking of the magazine inside the magwell, but I don't see it being a problem unless you specifically make it one, such as shaking the gun left and right or the mag itself.

- The mag catch is fairly simple to reach and use, even for a left handed person.

[bigc]

pictures???

[Jacko]

Pictures can be found here.

[Psychosis]

Well, I got my JG G36C in today and took the liberty of installing the magwell, a pretty easy process (Jacko has it down in his thread.)

The hole for the long washer at the back of the magwell, for lack of a better term, is a little too narrow - I used a 4.5mm hex wrench to widen it.

Now having actually installed it, I can see some issues more clearly, which have been stated in other places:
- the finish seems to match the JG well, though I'm not looking at it under the best lighting.
- the magwell has rather sharp edges.
- there is more wobble with the magazine now, I presume because of the G36 mag catch. I don't see it being a big problem though, if you don't touch the magazine; it's not necessarily going to wobble on its own.
- TM M4 mags feed fine, as far as I've tested.

Pictures will be up when there's more natural lighting available.

[Pr1m3]

I had a PPA Magwell on my CA G36C, and I couldn't seem to get it to work right... Although I'm not sure if it was actually the Magwell, the Mags I was using (MAG M16 Midcaps) or a combination of the both.

Also, I believe that I read an review stating the excess wobble of the mag in the magwell was cause by the magwell being sized to fit almost any TM/CA based Magazine. I took a small file to soften the sharp edges after almost being cut when I was changing mags...

[Psychosis]

I should amend my previous statement - TM M4 standards feed fine on semiauto, there are some issues on full auto but like pr1m3 said, I don't know if it's the magwell, the fact that the mags are old, or both. However, since I usually play at the Dirty Dozen's semi-only CQB field, that shouldn't be a huge issue.

[kustom]

Just got mine yesterday. Installed in seconds, works great. Ran a few CA THERMOLDS (130rd midcaps with MAGPULS, yes they look that sweet.) Thing shoots great. I'll run a few highcaps thru it this week and give my thought son those. Well worth the money, and I haven't even played with it yet. It'll let you know.