How to upgrade your MK23 [4k]

[@denialcustoms9813]

For anyone attempting this with a clone MK23 (ASG and STTI), you will likely have a couple of issues when it comes to disassembly. Firstly, pushing the safety through in order to release the slide is massively stiff and will need a good few whacks to push it through, you’ll have no hope just using your fingers. Secondly, the outer barrel isn’t held on with a screw as it is with the TM MK23 as shown at 4:01. it will likely be held in place with a pin that, again, needs to be whacked out from right to left (when looking at the assembly from the same direction you’d aim). I had to spend ten minutes constantly whacking it with a hammer and a thin-pointed file and was convinced it wasn’t going to budge but eventually it did. Once this is out, the outer barrel will be very hard to pull off, so I wrapped the hop unit and the outer barrel separately with masking tape in order to get some grip on each and pulled, pulled, pulled until they came apart. All in all it’s a horrible job!

[@KrimboPlays]

Absolutely fantastic video, every other forum post or video I have seen is just: "Buy this this this and this". As a first-time modder this is a gem of a video, cheers.

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thank you for the awesome feedback!

[@Munky7930]

Amazing contribution to us mk23 enthusiasts, even I with my two left hands managed to follow this guide step by step and get this done right. I had to drill my outer barrel because I bought a 150mm inner barrel and it wouldn't fit through all the way, apart from that - everything went smoothly. Thank you!

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@jasonsharpe4996]

That’s one of the Best tutorials I’ve seen, very clear and easy to follow, it will give me the confidence to do my TM MK23. Great Job 👍👍👍

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thank you so much!

[@odyssey1174]

This is the best tutorial vid i have ever watched

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thank you dude!

[@irishbushwookie]

hey ya pal, found this tutorial brilliant !! first time taking my ASG Mk23 apart and fitting new nub and hadron tdc and this made it easy .. tip of the boonie to ya

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thank you my dude!

[@mercenaryairsoft8068]

Cheers for the link to this Bushwook 👍

[@k.thomas295]

I wish you did more teching on other guns. This was the most clear and well shot upgrade i have seen...... absolutely amazing!!

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

That’s awesome, thank you for the feedback! My plan is only to release super clear content when it comes to instructional videos! Ido plan on doing more! What would you like to see?

[@k.thomas295]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 personally, i would like to see AEG upgrades, but i want to see the true difference. So if you upgrade gears, what was the trigger response and rate of fire before and after. Same idea for mosfet, barrel, etc

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

I can probably do that!

[@smiffy.airsoft.ghillie5861]

Wow. Best tutorial. Imma attempt this on my ASG

[@operatormack8244]

Great review, I’m making one shortly on my channel on the asg mk23. Keep up the good work

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Cheers dude, appreciate the feedback!

[@operatormack8244]

@Saladîn A BEST Airsoft Pistol for RANGE and ACCURACY under £100

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

If you’re happy with upgrading it yourself then go asg, you will get better performance in the long run. If you want out of the box performance go novritsch but remember it doesn’t come with a suppressor

[@elliotkarsenbarg9321]

A great video! Really clear and easy to follow

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Awesome, thank you!

[@ghisalbertigianluca6956]

Bel video, molto utile per upgradare la mia STTi MK23.Grazie!!

[@predatorkiller07]

Nice video and good explanation in detail

[@thomashara7760]

I'm having nozzle grabbing issues with the Crazy Jet 150mm and 50 deg. Maple Leaf 2021 Autobot Bucking. I'm wondering if I did something wrong or bought a wrong component?

[@Therealvuvux]

Awesome vid 👍🏻

[@wayneuk9657]

Thank you very much, this was a godsend👍👍

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@ralfkappmeyer5549]

just did the upgrade, but without the barrel. We'll see... Thanks for the vid

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Good luck

[@ralfkappmeyer5549]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 after first test the result is quite good! grouping is good on 35 m, but not as accurate with the silencer on (with the second inner barrel in it). So is opened the silencer at the front, took the cap off and the inner barrel out. Then I took the installed spring out out too. I stretched the spring to the length of the silencer and wrapped one layer of 1cm thick foam around the spring and put it back into the silencer hull. Some alignment to the spring and the cap goes back into the hull. Result is very silent and without any loss in accuracy.

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Nice one!

[@deankay8197]

Hi I have just done the upgrade with the 150mm inner barrel but I am finding the barrel from the surpressor sticks out so you have any advice on it?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

How do you mean the barrel from the suppressor? And in what way is it sticking?

[@deankay8197]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 when I screw the surpressor the inner barrel from the surpressor is pushed out the front of the surpressor

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

You need to remove the internal barrel if you’re using that version of the suppressor. For two reasons, 1: your barrel will stick out 2: your FPS will be way too high. 3: it will be quieter without the suppressor barrel!

[@nelly860]

Thanks for this, it's the clearest video on KZbin!! Will it work with the ASG version?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

It will, the only difference is there is a pin holding the outer barrel in place that needs to be knocked out

[@nelly860]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 thanks so much! That's super helpful. Subbed. Sorry for yet another question but what gas do you recommend? A video on gas types for different climates would be great! I've also heard that it can damage the gun to use high pressure gas, but different people say different things. Some clarity would be awesome

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

I use green has and ASG magazines and haven’t had any issues in two years. I have heard people have had issues but if they start to leak there are tutorials to fix them and after the fix you can even use black gas! Thanks for the feedback my dude

[@bollokmonkey]

extremely informative video, will definitely be following this to upgrade mine! can i ask where did you buy the parts?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Most, if not all of mine were from skirmshop. Always top notch service

[@tino897]

May not get a answer but my hop wheel on my STTI moves very little. Like this much | | That isnt much and its kinda incosistent with the range and accuarcy but what do you expect with a clone and stock at that.

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

I would look at upgrading to a tdc when you can. Should fix any issues with the hop!

[@atlas2328]

Nice, now I only need a MK23

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Do it!

[@atlas2328]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 Let's go with order: first a sniper then a mk23

[@chris_ackroyd]

Atlas - I’d go for a STTI ( build quality is not as good as the TM version but £50 vs £150!!) however you’ll get a working silencer rather than the screw in barrel extension. I did mine a while ago (single screw with standard barrel and can put 0.45 out to about 70m!,👍👍 It’s always a good 2nd weapon anyway😁😁😁

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

I might have gone stti or asg if I did it again but I bought the TM MK23 second hand for a decent price! That said I have recently helped a friend with an stti and it's been nothing but trouble!

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Nice one, shame about your stti! What’s your FPS limit?

[@titasdapkūnas]

Hey, if I want to use a 150mm Crazy Jet barrel, is there any modification needed at the hopup?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

You won’t need to modify the hop up, but you may need to drill out your outer barrel

[@jacksonleazer1697]

Thanks I know how to upgrade the pistol but I had no clue what parts to buy

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Happy to help!

[@jindrakral1492]

Great video!!!! :) Can I use 180mm crazy jet barrel and extended it to the silencer ? Or do I need some mod for this ? Or should I just buy a 150mm barrel ? Thank you :)

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thank you! You can, but you will likely need to drill out the end of the outer barrel for it to fit through!

[@jindrakral1492]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 Okay, thank you very much, that sounds ok ! :)

[@Christian-ki9dk]

Just a question, would the suppressor negate the effect of the crazy jet barrel? I have the ASG version where the suppressor has the extended barrel, so I'm not sure how this would affect the effect of the cover jet stream?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

You won’t be able to use a longer barrel if you’re using the extended barrel suppressor. If I were you I’d go for the 150mm barrel and remove the barrel extension.

[@Christian-ki9dk]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 Sounds good, thanks. And thanks for the great video! Nice to see someone explain it in so much detail.

[@MrCUMMYbum]

Ive bought all of these part but instead the longer barrel like you suggested, however this does NOT fit as the outer barrel gets smaller towards the end and will not allow for the barrel to protrude out the end?? Looks like I'm going to have to damage the outer barrel by chiselling the end out, which isnt ideal really...

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

With a couple of the models the outer barrel tolerances aren’t the best. You may need to drill the hole out to make it slightly larger

[@MrCUMMYbum]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 i did exactly that. But drilled 'just' the width of the barrel so it sits in there flush and prevents any drop towards the end of the barrel. Sweet video though; Would be awesome if you did an SRS video as thats my next purchase 😉 Keep up the good work !

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Good idea! Haha, I’m more of a vsr man, myself. For now at least!

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

I appreciate the feedback!

[@Elizareads]

Do you have to leave the hop wheel in, or can you just put the arm on top with the in plate underneath and seal it up? I modded mine, and got it back together, and it shoots, but I wondered if removing the hop wheel entirely might let the hop arm sit a bit more flat on top of the bucking? (The hop wheel seems to pull it down a little squint from one side, if you know what I mean?)

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

If you find that it helps, remove it! I didn’t remove mine because I saw no need to

[@Elizareads]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 Great thanks a lot for a detailed video, was my first time opening the gun and really helped me. I'll try removing the hop wheel and see what happens!

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@balutraildog6692]

Thx dude ✌💪💪💪

[@fserafeimgr]

Nice video keep it like that!! It sounds ipmossible that a gun with 300fps, can lift 0.49g bbs 60-70 meters.. have you done a test video to see it in action? how is the grouping ? I have just got the same gun and I am plannign to install the same parts.. Thank you in advance.

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thank you! I haven’t, but I plan to do so in the future! Best of luck dude and enjoy! Which brand did you go for?

[@fserafeimgr]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 Stti, got it for a friend but he gave it to me since he bought another one..we have just installed hop rubber maple leaf the Mr.Hop version.. ;) Yet I haven't spend much time to adjust the pistol but for cqb we play it is really okay even with .25, but now I wish to change my playstyle I have enlarged in length and width my rifles barrel hop window ,rhoped it, and the .28 is just on the limit to start with...at 367fps, usually I use .32, and will see how the .36 will go, I want to play as a "dmr" player so I want the maximum of the st23.. I've seen a lot of people to use the crazyjet on the pistols but I am thinking to try the Prometheus..

[@xukelho]

I'm planning on transforming my SSX in a DMR, and one of the changes will be a 350mm barrel. But how do I hide it? An M4 outer barrel?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Depends on the kinda setup you’re going for? You could just get a longer suppressor!

[@xukelho]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 I'm planning on using a 3d printed body from foundry Airsoft. For a 350mm inner barrel I probably need 2 more suppressors. That's quite alot more than an M4 outer barrel. I'm keeping the multiple suppressors in my back pocket in case I find nothing else

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Oh I that case then definitely an m4 style front end.

[@xukelho]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 but how do I fit it in the mk23? Is there an adapter?

[@ShartR]

@@xukelho I have turned my ssx23 into an dmr with a 340mm barrel. I just hude it with the supressor. And fi you want to use the supressor 3d print an outer barrel

[@FPSsuper]

So with the twin screw TDC it lets you do corrections if your bb curves? I notice they have a 3 screw version would you recommend that one over the twin?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

The single screw is fine for most people but yes the two screw will give you better control. From what I’ve seen the three screw ones seem pretty pointless

[@hadlelistog8384]

Did this, but now my trigger gets stuck after i fire with the mag is in, its fine without the mag, it was also fine before the upgrade, when it gets stuck i can ether take the mag out or pull the slide back some cm. and then it resets the trigger. Any thoughts on what it is and what i can do?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

What have you changed? What parts did you use? And is everything tightened up again?

[@hadlelistog8384]

​@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 mk23 nbb modular tdc co, maple leaf autobot bucking 50* , maple leaf mk23 150mm 6,04 crazy jet inner barrel for nbb pistol, hadron designs fang for TM Mk23. yeah is all in place, had no problem until now

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Sounds like your return spring isn’t strong enough. Sounds like it might need replacing

[@nguyenoncracko]

Nice video

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thank you

[@tobymassoom]

Hard to come by a twin screw plate, will a single screw do?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

A single will likely do the job just fine!

[@shawns.3376]

What weight of BB are you using? I just this exact upgrade, but I'm getting fliers all over the place and I can't see anything visually wrong with the bucking. Any advice?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Which tdc are you using? I normally use .28s but can go as high as .48 if necessary

[@shawns.3376]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 I have only the single screw version, since the double wasn't in stock at the time.

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Are they always flying off the same way?

[@shawns.3376]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 They started to come out of the barrel heading to the left and then curved back into the right. But then then started going all over the place :/ And that was with hop off and then some hop, same result.

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Give your barrel a clean and see if that helps. Is your hop rubber poking through properly?

[@superdx23]

Are there any specific reasons to use the Autobot bucking and Crazy jet barrel? Or is it that any GBB equivalents work? This video is terrific. I would have had no idea how to do any of this just reading written instructions on forums - they're always so vague!

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Thanks for the awesome feedback! I’m trying to make videos a absolutely as clear as possible! I chose this barrel and hop rubber combo because it comes so highly recommended! The maple leaf stuff has only ever been super high quality in my experience! But so far as I’m aware, any unabridged barrel should work!

[@superdx23]

Thanks for the tip! I've rewatched it 4 more times just purely for fun because everything is so clear. It's actually quite calming!

[@arkadiusztrzesniewski4237]

The basic question I would ask: is stock Tokyo Marui worth extra money, while compared to stock STTI or ASG?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Having seen them all, the TM has a slightly better construction than the other two and the quality control seems to be tighter. But considering the huge price difference for essentially the same thing, I can’t recommend the TM over the others.

[@arkadiusztrzesniewski4237]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 I was looking for mk23 replica for myself and what I currently see on the market most popular are made by brands Tokyo Marui, STTI and ASG Europe. TM is like some 5 times more expansive than STTI, while ASG is reasonanly mid-priced. So yeah, gap price is huge, enormous even. Considering all this, and the fact all 3 mk23s are currently available I will go for STTI. Thanks.

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Awesome! Enjoy it dude!

[@arkadiusztrzesniewski4237]

@ja nee Ok I see. What gas do you use in your TM replica? Is it safe to use Nuprol 2 or higher pressure gas like that?

[@arkadiusztrzesniewski4237]

@ja nee Thanks.

[@ELCUPRA77]

I dont now if i buy the TM mk23 or the TM hi capa 5.1 gold match?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

What’s your play style?

[@ELCUPRA77]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 cqb

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Do you prefer to play stealth or run and gun?

[@tobymassoom]

@@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834 Judging by the invisible reply I think he's a stealth man

[@Fesey_]

Nice one! been looking to upgrade my MK23 for a while. What do you think about going for a 150mm barrel of the 133? cheers

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

If I did mine again I'd go for the 150 for the slight bump in fps.

[@joshuaaarrrr]

Looking Cool is Not the Intention out of interest what kind of FPS were you getting with what weight of BB?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

I'll test it right now for you

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

On a 0.2 285-290

[@joshuaaarrrr]

Looking Cool is Not the Intention Really appreciate that mate, top man

[@dom6714]

how did you paint this? video plz :)

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Using camo pens, I may do a video in the future!

[@odyssey1174]

Are these the best upgrades for the mk23

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Depends on your FPS limits/play style. But I think so.

[@vulcan4020]

What does the price end up to be?

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Depends which base pistol you go for and which upgrades. Different barrels are different prices and the TM variant is considerably more expensive than the ASG

[@garyratboy9333]

Hiya does Yr silencer have the inner barrel in?

[@garyratboy9333]

Cause iv just bought all the upgrades u have fitted 😊

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

No, my suppressor is foam filled 🙂

[@garyratboy9333]

Would the barrel inside silencer work with the crazy jet

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Definitely

[@garyratboy9333]

Thanks just don't won't blow the thing up using the silencer with the barrel inside if wouldn't work haha thanks alot 😁👍

[@PurplePotatoBro]

mines arriving tomorrow

[@lookingcoolisnottheintenti1834]

Nice! Enjoy!