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The 'What have you just bought' Thread
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Looks like they have all gone. Can't spot any others at that price. I did see the have a pre order for a Tectonic Innovations Eclipse Timed Grenade. Looks interesting but cannot find any info on it.
Enid_Puceflange
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Asomodai
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Decided to grab a new scope. The Vector Optics I got last year is a fixed scope (Didn't realise it at the time of ordering!) and the only adjustable zoom scope I have is a no name one that came with a JG SL8.
So decided to go for a cheap Nikko Stirling Mountmaster Ao 3-09x40. Yeah, its probably not that much better then what I have. But I am hoping!
So decided to go for a cheap Nikko Stirling Mountmaster Ao 3-09x40. Yeah, its probably not that much better then what I have. But I am hoping!
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Got one of those on my VSR and been using it the past few years, very good bit of kit for the price imo. Nice clear glass and decent relief, perfect for slinging plastic.
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Fixed power all day!! Switched from a VisionKing short dot to a cheapy 4x40 on my VSR and it's a world of difference
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Asomodai
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Nice! Looking forward to it
Fixed power all day!! Switched from a VisionKing short dot to a cheapy 4x40 on my VSR and it's a world of difference
Meh. I have been quite disappointed with mine tbh. It's been relegated to DMR.
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Fixed power all day!! Switched from a VisionKing short dot to a cheapy 4x40 on my VSR and it's a world of difference
agreed, any time i've run a variable it's been set to roughly 4x and left there.
for up close just stack a red dot.
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I got myself a x50 version and it’s bang on, the only issue I had was finding any flash hider’s or sunscopes for the Nikko bar chancing a Chinese knock-off from Amazon so I ended up making my own sunshade but the scope is bang on set @ x4 and 100 yrds
Supposedly these are meant to be hard to get hold of. Admittedly I did have to buy 2 guns to get 8 of them
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Probably not relevant as haven't just bought, but just rediscovered. In my shed. thought I would share them with anyone interested here before I dispose of the useless things.
Soz if this breaks any rules but thought it would be interesting and there isn't exactly a thread for it haha
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Soz if this breaks any rules but thought it would be interesting and there isn't exactly a thread for it haha
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Skara
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If they are ballastite rounds you need to dispose of those properly mate. They are illegal to own without a firearms license (on the assumption you don’t have one) as they can be easily converted to fire a projectile even if they are spent.
Strongly suggest that you take them to a police station and ask for the amnesty box, or take them to an Army camp/Naval base and speak to the Officer of the Day. He/She will take them off your hands and put them in their amnesty box.
They're blanks, not sure on the propellent, but I had them checked out with a firearms dealer who has some in stock. Legal to own without FAC, but yeah already arranged disposal by my local police station. They're Radway Green 5.56mm so presumably some kind of cordite.
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Enid_Puceflange
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They are our standard issue 556 blanks yes, but cordite was a thing back in the .303 days. Modern smokeless powder is a very different thing, though people often still say cordite and 'gunpowder' (aka, black powder).
Ballastite rounds are so long out of service they'd almost certainly be gnarly and corroded at this point if found in a shed in 2021. Also pretty damn rare in general I'd think, be surprised if more than a few exist even in the army's collection/reference storage and maybe some munitions museums. Been a long time since I've seen a picture of the 556 version but I think they were partially blackened towards the front hence folks sometimes mix them up.
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Some of these are blackened on the tip but I assume thats the wax or whatever is used to seal it
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