★WELL VSR-10 Spring Airsoft Sniper Rifle★

Description

WELL VSR-10 Spring Airsoft Sniper Rifle
Specifications:
- 400 fps (0.2 g BB) / Range 200-250 feet
- Barrel Length: 17.5 inches / 44 cm
- Magazine Capacity: 30 Rounds
Features:
- Integrated top and front rails
- Adjustable Hop-Up
- Bipod and Scope included
- Airsoft Gun Review Available - Click More Info
- Made in China

WELL MB-02 VSR-10 Spring Airsoft Sniper Rifle Manual

WELL VSR-10 is a bolt action, single fire sniper rifle. The top rail on the gun allows for mounting of the 3-9x40 scope included with the package. The front rail allows for installation of the included bipod. This is a compact sniper rifle ideal for a scout sniper. It allows for long range shooting, while keeping the gun compact enough for constant movement, even through urban environments.

Well, it's almost fall project time, so I guess I'm starting this one a bit early. Someone posted a thread on scout rifles a while back, but I can't find the thread so I can't give credit to the person that got this idea in my head.

Here is the more or less finished project, read the thread for details on its buildup:

Basically, I wanted to build a proper scout rifle, based on (but not following to the letter) Jeff Cooper's ideology.

The rules are simple:

1. Must be short, 39" or less.
2. Unloaded weight of less than 6.6 lbs (too random, I'll stick with sub-7)
3. Forward mounted low magnification scope (I'm not doing it for his reasons, which I'll get into later)
4. Ghost ring BUIS
5. Accuracy - 12" @ 180' is my goal. Not really high, but just what I need.

Now, this isn't designed as a sniper rifle. This is going to be designed as a scouting rifle, something light, maneuverable, easy to cock quickly, and accurate to the distance I need it to be.

My starting weapon is the Well. I have had loads of luck with the TSD SD700/MB03, which has become my "race" bolt action rifle. I was blown away by the performance, especially when considering the price. This is just the short barreled version of the MB03, so I would feel right at home.

Airsplat was kind enough to contribute a brand new Well to this build. The gun is available HERE priced at $79.95, including a scope and a bipod. Once you see what this thing can become, you'll be pretty amazed with the price as well.

Here is the gun bone stock:

Not much to look at now, but we'll fix that in a bit.

The first thing I needed to do is to strip the stock down to nothing, as it is getting sent out to Hydro Dip for application of a Multicam finish using a Water Transfer process. If you haven't seen this type of finish, you'll be in for a treat. The stock should be back in a few days.

Now on to the functional bits. The gun chronoed at a respectable 430 FPS pretty consistently out of the box. The bolt pull is light and smooth, and the spring will likely not get changed. I did, however pull a trick I learned when working on my MB03, and I custom lathed the cylinder head for a smoother flow. This was VERY easily done by clamping the air nozzle in a power drill, turning it on, and shaping the inner edge with a dremel tool and sandpaper.

You can see the before and after here:

Stock

Tweaked

Now, why do this? This leads to smoother airflow out of the cylinder (in theory). In the real world, I netted a 15 FPS gain (!) with no other change of parts. It now chronoes at 445 FPS very consistently.
Next up were the iron sights. I happened to have some ghost ring iron sights from an ACM shotgun that I no longer use, so they were donated to the cause. I removed the scope mount (which will be mounted forward) and put the rear sight on the front of the receiver, using the existing screw and hole. I put a grub screw in the front hole to secure the outer barrel. The front sight was mounted using a self tapping metal screw, into a pilot hole drilled into the outer barrel.

So, what's next? The scope mount will get relocated just forward of the receiver, and a long eye relief scope will get mounted. It will use high mounts in order to use the iron sights without having to remove them. The upper receiver may get painted a tan color to better blend with the upcoming Multicam stock finish, but we will decide when it arrives. Hopefully in the near future, I will be able to get one of Noobie's new hop-up systems to install in here, but we will see when they are made available.