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As is so often the case, a rather dull Sunday morning saw the omniphagus Volvo conveying me to Airsoft Plantation in the rather curious county of Essex. 180 players were present, with an unusually high percentage being either first time visitors to the site or new to airsoft; nobody that I usually team up with was present. The first game required the Blue team, who started on the firebreak, to get two players onto the upper floors of the five two storey buildings in the village; they had infinite regens on the firebreak, while we had two lives. I started off in the two storey building by the now dried up pond, which soon became rather lively as the enemy attacked directly from the firebreak and flanked around past the border. After some great fights and several very satisfying hits, a BB found me and I moved back to the woods to help defend the sniper tower and the town hall against blue players who had flanked right around the far end of the site. We had a great time stalking each other in the woods and, in our case, providing flanking fire against attacks against the sniper tower. The game timed out with the Blues having taken two of the required buildings. The game was then turned around and I joined a group who were attacking via the suburbs; we pushed into the village and, after a hard fight, took the two storey buildings at that end of the village, getting the requisite two players onto the upper floors of each. Our colleagues attacking from other directions had similar success and we occupied all of the buildings with 45 seconds left on the clock. 1-0 to the Reds. Having reloaded, it was time for the briefing for the next game; before this, the site owner gave a very stiff talk about hit taking. I had not noticed any problems, with everyone that I thought I hit raising their hand and walking off, but it seems that there had been an unusually high number of complaints about it. We were informed that anyone found not taking their hits would be required to leave. Fair enough! The next game required us to transfer three bombs in a box to three locations in the mortar pits and set them off; the box required two people to carry it and the bombs could only be transported in the box. We had infinite regens on a marshal, while the defenders had two lives. Leaving the DEA base, we ran into a fierce resistance that initially brought us to a halt, but we found a way through and delivered our bombs to the bridge, the tunnels and, finally, the Bedford. When this game was turned around, a group of us initially took up a position in the Hill Fort, from where we slowed the enemy's attack. Eventually being hit, I fell back to the cover of a large berm from which I was able to pick off some of the enemy now occupying the Hill Fort. There was then a shout that the enemy were attacking in strength on our far left; a group of us ran over to help the defenders, who were trying to repel an attack along the flanking berm on that side; I hit several of the attackers before eventually being hit just as the game ended. The enemy did not bomb all their targets. 2-0 to the Reds Lunch followed, immediately after which we played a short game; starting at the bus in the mortar pits, we were given a 60 second head start to run and take up positions anywhere on that side of the firebreak. The Blues had to hunt us down and kill as many of us as they could in ten minutes. We had one life, while they had infinite regens. Having run away as fast as we could, a group of us took up a number of positions in the scrubland, potting attackers as we slowly fell back to the far end of the site, where we met up with others, including all of our ghillies, to make a stand. When the game ended, 45 of our team had been killed. In the return of this game, we set out rapidly after the retreating blue team, trying to to hunt them down before they could get organised, which we didn't quite manage to do; nevertheless, we managed to kill 55 of them. 3-0 to the Reds. For the final game, starting at the border, the blue team had to transport a very large bag of Bob Marley's favourite recreational substance to the Cock Inn in the village, where they could exchange it for a suitcase full of Colombia's finest, which they then had to get into the Cessna. They had infinite buddy regens, while we had one life in the village and two on the other side of the firebreak. My involvement in the first part of this was somewhat limited as a BB skimmed the brim of my boonie, sending me trudging off to the other side of the firebreak, where I set myself up in the Hill Fort, being joined by a few colleagues. We waited for quite a while for the Blue team to complete their transaction in the village; once they had, it became apparent that they were not heading in our direction, so most of us set off for the area around the Cessna, where a disjointed but fierce set of fights ensued as the attackers tried to get the suitcase into it. Lurking behind the rather overgrown biplane, I took out a fair few attackers before the game ended with them failing to achieve their objective. 4-0 to the Reds From my perspective, it was a thoroughly enjoyable day of airsoft; I did not encounter any hit taking issues, despite the concerns that some players seemed to have. Weapons used: ASG FLCN 5.56 (made by Double Eagle) Double Eagle Honey Badger/PDW ASG XP18 Commander (CO2)

thanks but sadly i don't have one

Easy enough if you have UKARA

thanks so much is it hard to import a gun over

https://www.wgcshop.com/products/vfc-m733-commando-gbb-airsoft-colt-licensed?_pos=1&_psq=vfc+comm&_ss=e&_v=1.0 In case you want to import one new

Ah damn, it sold. However, this is a decent deal:

thanks, i did look at the WE G36 someone is selling one with 7 or 8 mags for £300 so i thought that was quite good but i really want a m4 or ak thanks i did have a look at the Double Eagle MWS but still need to look into them, any chance you got a link to the VFC 733

For that sort of money you are looking at importing a Submachine gun like a one of the VFC HK series you can get a gun and several mags for £400. You won't be able to get a Rifle that doesn't need work and enough mags for that. I highly recomend checking out Explosive Enterprises on you tube for everything GBBR.

Sadly no replica of the voodoo-s thermal sight (Although I assume it won't be too long before somebody makes a replica via 3d printing?) although you could fit the Wilcox mount to at least have something there, that's what I would do personally haha

Would not recommend a KWA MP9 ngl, they're temperamental even when you replace all the badly designed stock parts. There's an updated Maruyama one coming out that seems to just run a tonne better out of the box. The Double Eagle MWS clones are pretty good. Avoid the DE PMags, they're really bad. Failing that, wait around for a deal on here. IIRC there's a VFC 733 going for £350 that you could probably negotiate down a bit. They're generally quite solid GBBs.

Just had a brilliant day of airsofting at over the top (OTT) on Anglesey. Took my lad and 2 mates. 10 till 3pm. 120 acres of woodland, and scrubland. Few bunkers and buildings scattered about. Smallish group of about a dozen or so. Got absolutely destroyed by a couple of young teenagers and their dad in Gillies. Covered in welts and splinters. Really nice marshall/owner. All the players were super friendly. Lots of different games and teams regularly swapped about. Highly recommend the place. We will be going back again soon. Half the travel to our other site in Chester. Got given some great advice about setting our hop ups and tactics. My new krinkov performed great, but it's bloody noisy. 😆 Pissed thru BBS, almost 3 full tubs between us. I liked just sitting in a nice warm comfy sneaky place and waiting for my victims to come to me. A successful day, and our best so far.

Undoubtedly one of the Double Eagle MWS clones. Around £350 depending on the model but they are all very solid and trade blows with their Marui counterparts. Leaves you another £50 for a second mag, but expect to buy more.

The VFC Colt M733 Commando, if imported, will set you back about £400. However, as Impulse said you'll be hard pressed to find a GBBR under £400 that's worth having... If you are open to move from the M4/AK platform... the WE G36 is cheap, cheerful, works fine ootb and retails about £280 in the UK

If you're only budgeting £400, you're not getting a good m4 or AK, partially because magazines tend to be £50 per mag and they're only 35rds each, so you will need at least a few. Not an m4 or AK, but the KWA mp9 has always been pretty decent and would come within your budget, including mags. They apparently do eventually need parts replacing later down the line for steel parts as some of the stock parts will eventually give up, though mine haven't gone yet. That said, I don't use mine much.

just joined this site today so I'm sorry if i put this in the wrong topic. I am thinking about rejoining the hobby again, after leaving the hobby nearly 8 years ago. I'm wondering what's the best GBB m4 or ak platform under £400 new or used. will be playing outside, ideally what is easy to upgrade, easy and cheap to buy parts for.