At the end of this month I will be buying the final parts to complete my BE Type 89 project. I really fell in love with this gun the first time I took it out into the field - the 3-round burst function was just so amazing and the whole package felt sturdy and well put together. My original intension was to use the BE Type 89 as a fill-in while I saved up for the Ares FNC (a similar type of gun), but after using the Type 89 just once I couldn't see the point.

So I started planning a slow upgrade path using Laylax accessories to build a tricked out version with EBR stock and RIS system...

This month I can buy the RIS system, only there are two versions and I am at odds about which one to get! One keeps the long rifle format while the other turns the Type 89 into a nice little CQB buster (Laylax also produce the special outer barrels require to finish off the custom job).

Decisions, decisions!

And finally, a very frustrating video!
While on the subject of my Type 89 upgrade process I happened across this frustrating video on You Tube. Someone has managed to get an electric blow-back system working with the Tokyo Marui Type 89 (which means it would work with my BE version) - but being in Japanese there is no further information I can glean about who made it, if it's an upgrade kit or whatever! How bloomin' frustrating!

...Postscript...And even more frustratingly, I tracked down the kit - it's made by TOP - but it turns out it's a Goddam GAS blow-back conversion kit! :(