Newbie first game today

[MUKY]

Played my first game today, loved it!!! 

many thanks to Matt and everyone else at Finmere, had a blast and will defo be back next month, hopefully with my own gun as I think the rental let me down a bit ???

 

[Mik3F]

Welcome,

You will soon be showing off what you have bought

Have you decided on a gun?

 

[The_Lord_Poncho]

It's only a matter of time before you get a gun.. And a backup, and a backup backup!

 

[Angelvill3]

Welcome to the dark side. It's downhill from here. You'll start saving open tabs of stuff you want to buy.

 

[Galvatron]

Oh dear. What have you let yourself in for entering the money pit?

In all seriousness, glad you had a blast.

 

[Mik3F]

Money Pit, don't you mean a bottomless money pit

 

[MUKY]

It's only a matter of time before you get a gun.. And a backup, and a backup backup!

I already have the backup, just the main I’m undecided about 

Welcome,

You will soon be showing off what you have bought

Have you decided on a gun?

Not decided, I’ve always liked the MP5, but wonder if they’ll be a little short on hitting power & range. Otherwise I suppose it’s the many many M4 type. Double Bell 416 maybe ?‍ I honestly don’t know, you hear good and bad about pretty much anything. But whatever I get I’d like it to be upgradable if needed, but repairable with available parts if needed. 

 

[EDcase]

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Do plenty of reading before buying toys and gear to make the best choices.

 

[MUKY]

I’m all too aware of how it goes from my air pistol collection. I’ve had to slim that down in preparation for this

 

[Galvatron]

Money Pit, don't you mean a bottomless money pit

You're right. I was trying to ease him in gently. ?

 

[Rogerborg]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. There's always a big buzz after day 1, so try not to go too mad.

I’ve always liked the MP5, but wonder if they’ll be a little short on hitting power & range.

Perfectly solid choice.  Jing Gong, CYMA, both work. Put aside any real world assumptions, anything with 200mm+ of barrel length (or even a bit less) will be fine.  M4s tend to be a bit more easily fUlLy UpGrAdAbLe, you might want to find a way to secure the hop arm a bit better, but there's nothing hooky about MP5s. Mags are cheap, battery space can be a little limited, but lipos are compact enough that you'll be able to feed it electrons.

Have some welcome-to-the-hobby memes!

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[Anonymoose]

I already have the backup, just the main I’m undecided about 

Not decided, I’ve always liked the MP5, but wonder if they’ll be a little short on hitting power & range.

MP5s are great. They're compact, especially with the collapsing/folding stocks, lightweight, ergonomic, etc. I have two Maruis, with an upgraded barrel and hop rubber they're pretty accurate to 40m, maybe a little more. They're well below the power limit but they're fine.

Another advantage is with mid-caps you get a similar ammo capacity to others, but magazines are half the size. (At least comparing Marui 416 to MP5.)

 

[Cannonfodder]

Welcome.

I'd recommend renting till you get your site membership. Yes this is more expensive but it means you won't be stuck forced to buy a two tone. Do finmere rent anything else? If so this'll give you a chance to try other models which you may prefer.

Having posted that though, a MP5 can certainly be used in woodland. I suspect that any performance issues were down to the ammo provided. Sites usually give out .2g bbs with rental guns while regular players will probably be using something heavier (at least .28g)

 

[Rogerborg]

I'd recommend renting till you get your site membership.

I mean, sure, I'd recommend it, but I didn't wait. I also never played with a two tone.

What I'd definitely suggest is not dumping high-end money in. Tokyo Marui have that magic dust, but £110 for a JG SD6 is likely to be regret-free.

Yes this is more expensive

And maybe not as much as it looks, as you'll be getting BBs for the rental money. Granted, probably not the BBs that you'd want... 

If the rental gun wasn't great, it may just have needed the hop adjusted - this takes a few seconds, and is something you'll need to learn to do on your own guns anyway.  Marshals or other players will be happy to advise, and spot the BB trajectory for you.

If it was giving you serious trouble, don't hesitate to let the marshals or site runner know - renting should get you a trouble-free experience.

 

[Mik3F]

Or you could get a starter bundle that gets you everything you need to get playing with your own equipment and slowly upgrade / replace as needed

Once you get a UKARA then the range of RIFS you can get really opens up

Or check out the classified here for a suitable gun

 

[Cannonfodder]

I mean, sure, I'd recommend it, but I didn't wait. I also never played with a two tone

It's definitely a case of do as I say, not as I do?

 

[Anonymoose]

I mean, sure, I'd recommend it, but I didn't wait. I also never played with a two tone.

Same here. No regrets.

 

[MUKY]

So the site uses .25 bio BB’s, make of that what you will. 
 

I think I’m now decided on a Double Eagle M908B

any suggestions on battery make, shop I  plan to use seems to use a lot of BigFoot accessories, but also some WE batteries, acceptable?

 

[Mik3F]

Just make sure to get the battery with the correct connector on depending on what your gun uses

Deans, Mini Tamiya etc

Although you can change the connectors on them quite easily if you know how to solder

 

[The_Lord_Poncho]

I'm a great fan of HobbyKing for batteries: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/batteries-chargers/batteries/lipo.html?srsltid=AfmBOorewg7W7txZBp1sQQReaQMzHMCWYjhJXlxPgrnOlK4NhYdpUR7t&___store=en_us#q=airsoft

From what I can see, that M908 looks like it uses deans connectors. In terms of space, the M908 uses a 'crane' style stock, which does allow you to use 'nunchuck' style split battery packs. Personally though, I have a load of this type - they will fit your gun either in the stock or the buffer tube (bit that the stock slides onto), and are a versatile size that will fit just about any gun you choose to run in the future. I would get at least two, maybe three. They are only £6 each. Each one should last you at least 1000 shots/an hours intense woodland skirmish. https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-nano-tech-1300mah-2s-25-50c-lipo-airsoft-pack-t-connector.html