by phucheneh » Sat May 22, 2010 2:43 pm
i like the combat machine as-is. it's very light and with a hand on the front of the reciever (you can buy a reciever/magwell grip to make it more comfortable) and the stock at about the second position, it works very well as a compact weapon. i've added a supressor and an M16 length barrel to mine and it's still not overly nose-heavy.
that said, a real pistol grip does help maneuver and is easier on the arms- especially if you can get your elbow tucked all the way into your gut, saving your arms some stress. hence the greatness of the receiver grip. also helps stabilize the weapon, but that seems to matter little with AEG's at normal ranges.
you can get one of those dinky little RIS add-on rails and a vertical grip, but it'll probably wobble. doing a real RIS converion and elimining the spring-loaded delta ring is the only way i would go, i know i'd end up pulling the lower grip loose with just an add-on rail.
use the gun like it is and focus on the guts. TBB, quality hopup. i'm hoping a new hopup will fix the feeding issues on mine, then i'd like to shim the gearbox (i've heard that they're pretty bad stock) and up the spring a little.