Empire Resurrection body swap to an Inception FLE body
With the release of our new body kits for the Empire Resurrection and Empire Sniper I thought I would make a thread to show how simple it really is to do a body swap.
I made it very picture intensive to help explain it all, but it's actually very straight forward.
With the Resurrection you shouldn't even need to time the gun afterwards. It should work just as well after you finish as when you started :)
First, here's your Resurrection and your new body kit.
Remove the bolt from the gun.
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Take off the lever from the feedneck completely.
Then take out the bottom clamping screw and put it into the threaded hole from the other side. Put a dime or a washer in the gap and gently tighten the screw against it just enough to open up the feedneck and release it from the body.
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Then place it over the feedneck stub on the new body and back out the screw completely. Put the screw back in from the correct side and tighten down with the feedneck aligned correctly along the body.
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Next remove the eye covers from the original gun.
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Take out the ball detents and put them into the new body. Then replace the eye covers. Do one side at a time as you remove it from the old gun install it onto the new body.
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Now remove the grip frame. Rear screw is recessed into the frame.
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To access the front frame screw you need to pull the trigger back and out of the way.
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Next disconnect the macro line.
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Then move the frame down and to the side slightly so you can disconnect the 3-way rod.
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Slide the 3-way spool out of the 3-way body and put it to the side somewhere where it won't get dirty.
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Now we are going to remove the front block all in one go. As you start to unscrew the front block screw with a long allen key you will see it come out of the front block, you MUST move the front block up with the screw to avoid damaging the pneumatics.
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Bring the bolt sled (mid block) out to the side and separate the body from the front block. Be careful to make sure the sled doesn't rotate around the pump rod. Put it to the side somewhere safe.
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Next we are going to remove the IVG. Take a look at how far in it is (maybe even take a photo with your phone) and count how many turns out it takes to remove it (write it down!) this way you can put it back in the same amount and get to the same exact velocity after the rebuild.
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