Can you take the scope off the both elephant xm8?

Answer 1

Yes, you can!

And this is how you do it:

You see these metal pins all around the gun? Some of them are REALLY small and a pain in the ass to remove, so make sure you have something very thin, long and strong to remove them before you begin.

1. Remove the pin furthest to the back located on the riflebutt. Remove the riflebutt.

2. Now you remove the pin that looks just like the first one located on the foregrip.

3. Now, there's another pin, but this is one of the small ones that are really annoying. At least on my BE XM8 it sits like melted in... It's located just in front of the carrying handle. (You know, the black long thing that's attached to the scope we want to get rid of..)

Now you are able to remove the foregrip. Shouldn't take any force at all.

4. Now, you have to search for another small pin. It should be easy to find now that you have removed the foregrip. This one is a little tricky to get, but you just have to work a little with it and it will eventually cooperate.

Now, lift up the top of the gun. Let the rest of the gun be left alone.

5. Remember when you removed the butt? Just above the hole where the pin was, there's another hole. And there it's a small screw. Get it out.

Now you have to separate the top into two halfs and this is where things get a little unpleasant, because you have to use some brute force. (at least I had)

Just work it, take one step at a time. It helped me to remove some of the heavy steelpieces that the gun's filled with. This is tricky, so you might spend approx. 10-15 minutes the first time you do it.

6. Now you should have two halfs and the half that is interesting is the one with the scope. The scope might be a little stuck here, but just do it slow and forcefull. Some small pieces of plastic is a likely sacrifice, but this is no big deal. Just makes it a little easier the next time you open it.

Now the scope ought to be easy to slide off the carrying handle.

If you want pictures with it, check this site out. Sure helped me a lot when I was in your place. It's for the AGM XM8, but the design is very much the same =)

http://www.airsoft-forums.co.UK/?showtopic=57#entry152