Is the tm7 same the mini

[Psycho91]

So I bought a leaky project tm7, will mini rebuild kits work in this

[Toestr]

Yep.

[Trbo323]

Yes

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[dano_____]

Except for the solenoid. If that is what is leaking they are proprietary to the tm7/15.

[Trbo323]

Except for the solenoid. If that is what is leaking they are proprietary to the tm7/15.

It's the same solenoid with a different manifold

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[Psycho91]

Thanks, Anything else I should know

[Psycho91]

Oh I need a feedneck for one of these as well are they the same as the feedenecks on the combat

[Cdn_Cuda]

Yes, I believe they use the same rail mounted feedneck as BT4s.

[Trbo323]

Thanks, Anything else I should know

Yes, sell it

Seriously, those things are prone to having issues. I fully believe empire designed them to be as cheap as they possibly could to produce with very little concern for the end user.

If you like the platform move to the tm15. Same internals but wrapped in a much more intelligent shell.

Personally I'm not a fan of anything that is a mini inside. I don't like the design. It's fairly temperamental. It should have been designed more like a typical FASOR, should use standard as568 o rings and should not have a hall effects trigger but none of those are true.

I can understand why some people like the mini and axe and even the tm15. The tm7 though, it's that bastard child that's a result of a drunken late night fling in a Wendy's bathroom that is now barely holding on to his job at the local bowling alley that he has held for the last 8 years. The local community college reluctantly accepted him and he is struggling with English 101 because he thinks words like "yeet" are acceptable in term papers.

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[Psycho91]

😂 😂 😂

[Psycho91]

Ehh it was cheap so I figured why not, if it works the few tines I pull it out I'll be happy, the mini sells like hot cakes so they can't be that bad, I do know the first gens had their problems

[Trbo323]

the mini sells like hot cakes so they can't be that bad

That's a pretty rose colored lens there.

Remember, the ion sold like candy before Halloween, that didn't make it good

The tm7 filled a nich when it came out, players could not afford the dye dam or defender and it was a milsim marker that was not a blowback. As far as I remember at the time, it was the cheapest non blowback milsim marker. So all those players with kitted out A-5s that wanted to move to something better were moths to the flame

I used to own a mini for personal use, sold it within 2 years of buying. Since then I've owned a handful of minis and axes, a tm7 and a tm15 all for purposes of flipping but I always go through any marker I get in. The 7 is easily the worst to do anything on out of that group.

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[Psycho91]

Sounds like your biggest problem with it is you don't like having to mess with the body 😂, in the end is a mini and I know they have issues it's all good, is there anything I can do or replace to make it easier to deal with

[Trbo323]

Sounds like your biggest problem with it is you don't like having to mess with the body

I mean you're not wrong but it's more than just the body itself stuff like the trigger just hanging loose the trigger spring being a little flap of metal that also just kind of sits in between the shells the selector switch works off of a hall effects sensor so it can have plenty of issues being misaligned or not reading. In this day and age and even when it was released I don't think there's any excuse for not having a system that you can easily remove things like the bolt to do regular maintenance

Unfortunately there's not too much you can do I do think the tech t mrt bolts are a worthwhile upgrade as they are not too expensive and do make a noticeable difference in shot quality I still have to say the best upgrade would be to move to a tm15 if you are dedicated to the platform, if the milsim aspect is not important move to the axe as it is much more user friendly

If the milsim aspect is important but the platform is not maybe look at an emf

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[Toestr]

The reg is a pain to get apart too. The only good thing about the TM7 is that it looks cool. The TM15 is only slightly better and looks worse.

[BrickHaus]

Im a total sucker for the tm15. Ive had qnd sold one a few times. I bought this one and pimped it out then I just pull it out from time to time.

Pot scrubbers glued into the internal baffles.
32 degrees nightstick
Ape board
Flasc single trigger


Its quiet as can be and the bolt out back design is far superior to the tm7.

[Psycho91]

Ahh you must mean like thoes steel wool pads

[BrickHaus]

No. More like scotch bright pads. Steel wool would ruse eventually.


Also. The tm15 is made out of magnesium which I always found cool.

[Psycho91]

Yeah thats what I was talking about