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[Cons]

hey,
just noticed that wolf are now in stock of the new P90 RDS.
Dont think this had been mentioned b4 as i have searched

Dave

[Habakure]

And so has zeroone

Edited by Habakure, 11 October 2006 - 07:27 PM.

[DirtyMoFo]

good stuff, i wanna get my hands on one

[Cons]

i still have one of the origonal RDS, got it when it first came out. in a way ists a shame that they re-released it cos i liked havin a *rare* item. but its great for all those who have been stuck with the sewage colourd TR.

[Lance Jackass]

Just a thought. With the p90 RDS, surely if you get the RDS shot out, thats it knackered, as opposed to the TR, where you buy a new sight. So why not buy the TR?

[Cons]

well with the new RDS that one of the things that Mauri improved the glass on the RDS is now stronger than before. and i allways thought that it would be fairly easy to just cut and fit a new piece of glass if it were to get shot out.

[FPBBrandon]

You would think, but it isnt. My friend's got shot out recently, and he investigated replacing the lens with no luck.

[Harmless]

You mean the lens was shot out of the new P90! Any idea what FPS he was shot by?

[FPBBrandon]

I meant cutting a new piece of glass. Not sure if my friend's was new or old version, but weve investigated a bunch of avenues of replacing the lens, and its getting more difficult with everything we look at.

[MikeG]

Yeah, I'm the friend he's talking about. The thing is, not just any glass will work. It has to be specially coated to reflect the red light from the LED.

[Stealthbomber]

Buy yourself a market stall springer which comes with a WORKING RDS. That'll supply you with a lump of the right sort of glass.
I just bought 3 springer pistols for $5 each (to provide a pistol and spare mags for a springer game) and it's left me with 3 cheap lasers and 3 cheap-but-functional RDS scopes.

If you were in the UK I'd smash one up and send you the lens for free.

[ColDaz]

So they have only changed in that there is a stronger piece of glass?

Internal upgrades?

[jaeger0416]

Why the RD over the TR? Mostly looks and functionality - with the RD you get ironsights. And it looks a hell of a lot better. I do agree that it would be nice if the lens were stronger or replaceable.

[sekiryu]

Hell, if it breaks just buy a real deal or get a rail to mount in its place. That way you get to keep the iron sights, but have the option for optics like the TR.

[curlyboy]

Well i have just got mine and the lens on the RDS looks to be a lot stronger than the old one and is fitted a little better.

I used to own a TR and got this because of the red dot and i am glad i did as it looks cooler and i far more functional than the TR, the only niggle i have so far i you cannot unscrew the flash hider to put a silencer on it which is a bit stupid as the TR has this as an option.



curlyboy

[Hvy gear]

Thats what i thought a first, but no. There is a very small grub screw under the flash hider, it's needs to be loosened before you can remove the flash hider. Odd how marui didn't include the correct size allen key, as IIRC they did with the TR version. It requires a very very small allen key.

Edited by Hvy gear, 14 October 2006 - 09:37 AM.

[DirtyMoFo]

same with the G36C by TM, they dont provide an allen key with that either, i guess they supply it with the TR cause it comes with a silencer so most people are expected to change between i guess

[sekiryu]

Ditto with the AUG.

Oddly their Type 89 flash hider doesn't have a screw holding it in place.

[antz]

Has anyone done a review yet?

[MikeG]

Really, it will probably be 99% the same as the older RDS. The biggest visible difference is the packaging.