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The GBBR Thread

cavninja said:
The holsters attach via an allen screw, obviously IMI holsters fit, not sure on other brands, IMI do a holster for pretty much all the main modern hand guns, they're real steal holsters and ancils, I've seen them used by many police forces in various parts of the world.
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Thanks cav I have a imi belt holster for my sig 226 but that's being sold, I may just sell all of my handguns and buy one that I'm likely to use

 
Typical, the first skirmish with my new G5 and the forecast is for 0 degrees and snowing...

 
TheGrover said:
Typical, the first skirmish with my new G5 and the forecast is for 0 degrees and snowing...
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I've seen them work at 5 degrees, and from what I've heard it should still not be too bad- my we g36 works alright in snow.

 
Stick in as hard a gas as you can and minimise full auto use. They will work fine all year round but the cold does still affect them.

 
ill take it to the chrono in the morning, see if it can manage 300 fps and decide from there, maybe leave it til later on and see if it gets any warmer.

just tried a few test shots at home, and bloody hell its more recoil action that i was expecting from what's basically a toy gun. and it scared the shit out of my brother when he tried it :P

i cant wait for spring to rock round so i can try this properly at a skirmish :D

 
TheGrover said:
just tried a few test shots at home, and bloody hell its more recoil action that i was expecting from what's basically a toy gun. and it scared the sh*t out of my brother when he tried it :P
i cant wait for spring to rock round so i can try this properly at a skirmish :D
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Yup, some airsoft guns have fairly scary (i.e. pretty cool) recoil. The metal SRC AKS74U I got late last year in the Black Friday sale at Airsoft World is a bit like that. Both looks-wise and sound-wise, if I were to put a suppressor on it, I think it would manage a passable impersonation of a real one when it lets rip on full auto.

 
Chock said:
Yup, some airsoft guns have fairly scary (i.e. pretty cool) recoil. The metal SRC AKS74U I got late last year in the Black Friday sale at Airsoft World is a bit like that. Both looks-wise and sound-wise, if I were to put a suppressor on it, I think it would manage a passable impersonation of a real one when it lets rip on full auto.
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+1 on that, have a Noveske Soundhog on mine currently and it is LOUD for an airsoft gun. No doubt I will get rinsed if I game with it so also intend to try a suppressor at some point lol! But the noise and the bolt flying back and forth is just the dogs danglies so far! :)

As its currently putting out 380+ fps on .2s and propane I currently have the blowback valve out to see about restricting the outlet flow. I know I could use it on 144a but no idea how that would perform on a cold day as yet, plus the fact propane is easier to buy locally than 144a, and obviously cheaper!

 
Nah. I like the flared flash hider on the short AK74s, so I'd not want to lose the appearance of that. If it wasn't for that, I'd be inclined to give one a whirl. It's worth noting that the more expensive one is 320g, whereas the cheaper one is 550g, so I'm guessing one is alloy and the other is steel, and that's what you are paying more for.

 
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Does anyone know where I can get a we m4/416 charging handle local to Birmingham or by Saturday. I've looked at milspec but they're £20 wanted to see if I could get them cheaper first

Or do the PTS Rainer arms ones fit?

 
Pts rainier arms don't fit, try tactical Quartermaster

 
damn it, forecast for tomorrow morning of for 0 degrees and snowing... i think the G5 will have to wait for its debut :(

bring on the spring!

 
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I'm going to test my AKS74U on the range if nothing else, maybe a short game if lucky . . . :)

 
TheGrover said:
damn it, forecast for tomorrow morning of for 0 degrees and snowing... i think the G5 will have to wait for its debut :(

bring on the spring!
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It'll probably be fine y'know. My L85 and SCAR were both running without any issues last weekend and I know it wasn't that cold last weekend, but my rifles aren't known for working well in the cold, whereas the G5 is. Tiny, light bolt and a huge magazine = good in the cold.

If my L85 can run in +2C when the bolt is massive and weighs a ton, with the whole body made of a very refrigerator-y steel, then a full polymer G5 ought to shit all over 0C.

 
Used my AK on the site range today, no cold related problems at all, emptied a full mag easily (on semi I should add) and range and accuracy seem good out past the 40m target barrel, barring hop creep (read: it loses hop altogether after about 5 shots lol), just a case of fitting some washers to tighten the hop. Its been around 0-2 degrees max as hail which fell yesterday was still on the ground this pm.

 
i had some difficulties with my G5. not only are the mags bloody hard to load (actually got cramp in my forearm trying to force the 20th bb into the mag) but the accuracy of the rifle wasnt too good. the hop up couldn't lift a 0.25g BB unless it was all the way on, and even then, half the BBs seemed to ignore the hop all together and just drop.

Ive put it down to a filthy barrel, as i cleaned it when i got home and it was minging, as in, white tissue in, black tissue out, so hopefully it'll be better now. i want to try it but i dont have anywhere longer than about 5 metres to shoot at home.

and to add to that, my brand new shiny Hawke red dot sight was sent out with a dead battery. i got about half an hour of a dot so dim i couldnt see it outside before it just died completley.

but having said all this, it was still bloody fun

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Also, If i move over to using straight propane, can i simply avoid faffing around with adding silicone in the bottle and ensure that whenever my mags are stored they have some Abbey maintenance gas in them? if it works how i think it will, the seals will slowly dry throughout the skirmish day when the magic gas is swapped for propane, then at the end of the day, swapping back to magic gas re-lubricates the seals... right?

how fast will the seals dry out and start to leak if dry propane is used?

 
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TheGrover said:
i had some difficulties with my G5. not only are the mags bloody hard to load (actually got cramp in my forearm trying to force the 20th bb into the mag) but the accuracy of the rifle wasnt too good. the hop up couldn't lift a 0.25g BB unless it was all the way on, and even then, half the BBs seemed to ignore the hop all together and just drop.

Ive put it down to a filthy barrel, as i cleaned it when i got home and it was minging, as in, white tissue in, black tissue out, so hopefully it'll be better now. i want to try it but i dont have anywhere longer than about 5 metres to shoot at home.

but having said all this, it was still bloody fun

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Also, If i move over to using straight propane, can i simply avoid faffing around with adding silicone in the bottle and ensure that whenever my mags are stored they have some Abbey maintenance gas in them? if it works how i think it will, the seals will slowly dry throughout the skirmish day when the magic gas is swapped for propane, then at the end of the day, swapping back to magic gas re-lubricates the seals... right?

how fast will the seals dry out and start to leak if dry propane is used?
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You'll be fine if you get one of the AI propane adapter kits, they come supplied with a bottle of silicon oil, put 2 drops into the neck of the propane bottle before you put the adapter on, this lasts for between 8 and 10 mag fills, stick maintain gas in after each day is a good move but you don't need to fill them right up, couple of seconds is fine

If you haven't got the mag adapter for your speed loader then the mags are a complete pig to load, milspec sell them for £1.50

 
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