Hi-Capa Woes

I like Hi-Capas. I have four. Three Marui and a WE. The only one working is the WE. Two of the Maruis are stripped down to the slide and the third is complete - just not working. It looks the mutts nuts though. You see, I made the mistake of upgrading. Now, there's nothing wrong with that but pistols, it appears, do not like me. My black hi-capa, the complete one, has a Guarder black steel barrel, a Guarder black recoil rod, a Davidson Custom slide, a Tanio Koba grip, black trigger and black hammer. Internally it has a PDI Raven barrel and a Nine Ball hop rubber. It should be a the ultimate combat machine. Except... the steel barrel has worn down the aluminium slide where it picks up the barrel to return it to battery. As a result the barrel is picked up a millimetre or so late and promptly jams the thing. Same with the other two, a nice dual stainless 4.3 and a silver 5.1. Minor problems causing the barrels to jam the slides. I've spent hours on them and have now got past the can't be arsed stage. From now on I'm taking the same approach I had with my TM Glock, new internal barrel (usually a PDI 6.01), new hop. Same slide, same outer barrel. It works fine and is more accurate than standard but just a reliable. Basically anything that moves at high speed is staying standard.

Serendipitiously, a Tanio Koba Hi-Capa grip in OD arrived by mistake from eHobbyasia. It should have been a Glock OD frame. It must be fate. I'm already envisaging a black 4.3 with OD grip - which allows it to fit in a Blackhawk Serpa. The slide and barrel stay standard. I'll put a PDI palsonite 6.01 internal barrel in it though or perhaps a PDI Raven 6.01 and a Nine Ball hop rubber of course... Maybe an extended slide release. Oh, and a dual safety...