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Yeah CETME was first, some Germans went to France after the war, then Spain, worked on a new gun based on the StG45. Eventually (after lots of iterations) the Spanish adopted the CETME in 762 NATO in the late 50s and the Germans got a few along the way. Those guns became the basis for the G3. That's the super compacted version. If you look at the metal base/sockets on stock of the Stg44, 45, CETME and G3, the single pin at the bottom that holds them and the rough shape of TMH/lower receiver on each you can follow the lineage along pretty nicely.

I dunno man.. that's a short barrelled AR coated in a Multicam Black type camo with a pistol brace, Magpul pistol grip, F1 Firearms style handguard, Radian style safety, can modelled after the SureFire RC2, SureFire Scout Pro with SR07 on the M-LOK mount, Strike bits and a Sig micro red dot.. and I only reiterate all that because it's ticking all the 'hotness on the gram in the past few years' kinda boxes with every parts choice there lol. Pretty cool little gat frankly, I definitely like it.

Ace Airsoft War Games is literally 5 minutes from where I am currently, but until recently I thought the site was just a place that did paintball/kids parties/axe throwing etc. If you look at the spot on google maps with a wider perspective you'll see Warped Sports which is the aforementioned type activity centre, but if you carry on zooming the marker for Ace appears. It is very much.. a woodland airsoft site. It's fine. I certainly wouldn't tell anyone to avoid by any means, but I don't think it needs to be on the top of any must-visit site lists. More on account of the physical size/shape of the game areas than anything, they're all fairly long but pretty narrow, which even with only around 25 per side just made most of the games very stalemate'y. In a way, if you just want to shoot all day it actually works out, because it's a short walk to regen then you're back at it and it wasn't massively overcrowded, there just wasn't much movement. Nothing to be done as the borders were set as wide as they can be within the land. Track from the road to the car park somewhat lengthy and a bit bumpy but they'd put a lot of work and material in to filling the holes so could've been far far worse. Decent amount of safe zone cover and table space, not a lot of chairs but equally there wasn't too much sitting around in there either. I didn't make use of the shop or food facilities myself, looked alright though. Staff were pretty good overall I'd say. Works out to about £26 for military, £24 for members or £29 for pre-booked walk-ons. No lunch included, but that seems about a fair price for woodland in the west mids. Definitely some 'chatty' characters but I guess every day has that, everyone seemed sound overall which combined with the basically perfect weather did work out nicely. The one event that kinda pissed on my morning's play was standing up from my cover spot after the staff all shouted game over etc and catching a full auto burst all across my head and torso; couldn't spot the culprit but oh well. 🙄 2 other issues I had. The first that really won't matter to most people is that one of the game areas is thick with some kind of plant (and I mean thick, it's a carpet of the stuff) which stinks to high heaven. Someone near me said wild onion. The entire area has a sort of dank smell to it an my boots stink now even after being scrubbed immaculately clean in the shower. Maybe I've just got a sensitive little nose but it was pungent to me personally and I'm worried as to whether it'll ever come out of my boots. Secondly, this pic was taken on the path that leads from the SZ to the afternoon game area. There's maybe 6m between it and the M54 with absolutely no screening for a portion. Now, I'm assuming it's been this way for years with nothing untoward happening so fair enough, but I certainly made sure my gun was held down below the waist when going by. To me, just the lightest bit of sparse visual screening would be fine here since it's a dual carriageway with the usual 70 limit, but I was surprised by this uncovered area tbh. I'm sure nobody would be stupid enough to ever just fire BBs at a car......

I'm not an anime fan but that's some great work on the paint. Also at this point I sometimes worry that nobody else has the same deep Masada/ACR love that I do, so any sighting is a relief.

That place had been on my list for a good few years.. but yeah, past tense for now lol. Cheers for the warning though, very valuable.

I only know slightly more than zero and mostly only about the replicas that PTS have done, which luckily includes this one. Like I've probably watched dozens of videos about cans on GunTube over the past decade, but end of the day the majority of them are just another black tube (at a glance) and they don't even vary greatly in size or shape and rarely have truly distinguishing features externally. You've got to deliberately go out of your way to get info and differentiate most of them, doubly so since some airsoft models aren't based on anything real but even the ones that are don't generally use the real name. There's a few standouts like the old KAC NT4 or the Osprey or some of the Q models but.. well I think this page makes my point fairly well - https://www.silencershop.com/silencers/5-56mm-rifle.html

Back on Arnies there were a few people who were legitimately militant about AK purity so I got a King Arms 74 and AR-15 adapters for both the front and rear ends specifically to offend them. There were a couple of iterations of this but this one is the most heinous. Was also loaned this long ago by a shop to publicise; WE GBB AK in an SRU 3D printed bullpup kit.

These results will cover you off hopefully. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=0bc39af9d1d15b37&rlz=1C1GCEA_enGB1083GB1083&sxsrf=ACQVn0-3-M9uH3Ah8lxM0i75F7IzKRiPtA:1713120313677&q=aac+suppressor+with+breaker&uds=AMwkrPsg_JvUfmGZWVnIanpSJbfwnKbExZIbfOINTnU_2hv3LDGIbh6nq50jlYfKh8HcnlDp8QSmCjLoN4FsgbQiExLs3qOc3Kp_ZDW3LHZUXzgA2qrO6hoBII6IWGnJjZiHe_bS1U1WBzMil8Byv7_F0YnM8hf_K5nXmaxgBfsp9Of3Wbp01dANgSHPHwTfY7yj1XAc9CN-ybLIHBgA8XNOzElz5bin0n4n3o_KSY3yLYQTIoRi5suk_KqCkxR6QkKpM3yIYQoNMV6FTlSHCqlDSNlGvPd9qUZ_X-Z1IrqIpRPq6jmizWo&udm=2&prmd=ivnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjw74O-rsKFAxUSZUEAHWXDAxQQtKgLegQICxAB&biw=1745&bih=828&dpr=2.2#vhid=OUQTLWDHPfV2WM&vssid=mosaic

Where do you play? Not much use having magnification at any indoor site (that I know of) for example, but at a really big site with lots of routes it can be super handy to try and spot people and especially team arm bands. Within a couple of games people usually have their preference established; you either find yourself wanting that zoom or you don't feel a need for it. Decide on whether you want the magnification, then within the category you've chosen do as mentioned above and google reference pics to see what style of sight you want.

Which country are you in? This is primarily a UK forum and perhaps the most well known airsoft techy type guy here states on his site that he only takes UK customers (one example).

Your options are: -Pay more for the LPC with ROC buckles (quick release cummerbund), placard front and built-in admin pouch -Pay less for the DCS but no quick swapping of front pouches and you've got to do the big velcro ritual for the cummerbund every time UK-T's pouches names are way overly-specific tbh. Double pouches with flaps for AR mags will hold at least one of every other common type of mag. If you're on a budget I'd go for this and you're literally set for anything you'll likely to ever actually use in one fell swoop. https://www.uktactical.com/product/warrior-dcs-m4-plate-carrier-combo-with-5x-556-m4-covered-mag-pouches-2x-utility-pouches-18873#?variant=209 I think WAS may be moving all (or at least a portion) of their production over to laser cut stuff since they setup in the UK, so it may be worth grabbing the non LC line stuff if that's what you fancy sooner rather than later. Just a guesstimate though.

"So yeah.. red team will start by the zombie infection site zero laboratory.. yellow team up in the North East by the Wehrmacht bunker complex. After proceeding through the graveyard that's underneath the medieval fort, the attackers' spawn will then move along to the missile launcher trench complex. Once they've taken the CQB windmill they can then plant their bombs in the Vietnam ambush valley, but watch out for reinforcements from death ridge! Oh and naturally when crossing the Bridge by the fuel depot you can snipe down from the bus as long as the fence line that borders the farmer's field is free of cows and sheep today. Never forgetting the SUPER VISIBLE fishing line boundary marking that runs from grid square echo charlie and through the woods over to firebase Potato". ... Personally I can barely remember the last time I played the same site twice on the bounce. I'm also pretty sure that almost every single game ever played on a commercial site has always had at least a portion of first timers and/or pretty new players. I don't know, maybe my navigation and layout memorisation abilities are rubbish, but I wish game briefs didn't always sound like this.

Man.. I think I first saw that pic on Arnies probably pushing 13-14 years ago, did not expect for it to pop up ever again. Got to be one of the first ever 'viral' airsoft images. What a throwback.

If I could get a bolt action that's decently accurate and close to the legal joule limit out of the box with fairly realistic looks for sub £500 I'd definitely be quite interested.

I've definitely become a fan of replicas of cheaper guns on the US civvie market vs ultra gucci mil-only 'we supplied 7 of these to Delta force and that's it' guns that cost thousands in their original firearm format. Personally I'm crossing my fingers for something like a PSA or Aero AR AEG, hell even just better availability of the BCMs etc.

All thoroughly wrapped by Fire Support (surprisingly). I was looking to enhance my E&C M16 somewhat and was expecting the G&P stuff to be a lot nicer as their full M4/M16s from back in the day were overall nicer externally, but where the G&P bits turned out a cut above in a lot of areas, they also fell short in a few as well and on balance I couldn't/didn't choose to use most of the front end stuff. As an example, the 203 handguard has a much more realistic leaf sight than an E&C equivalent and maybe slightly better plastic but it's completely missing the metal inner heatshield (which the E&C has). Oh and don't buy an LCT Crane stock.. holy shit literally the worst quality plastic airsoft accessory I've ever touched 😂 Suuuper thin and awful plastic, sharp, pathetically lightweight, shiny and poorly fit with the side compartment caps barely held in place. The other stock is an ASG which lacks the QD sling mount but the plastic is matt, thick and sturdy; pretty damn close in composition to a real B5 SOPMOD. While I'm not their biggest fan admittedly, you just can't deny Helikon stuff especially the more recent lol. The cap is weirdly small but the (stupidly named) trousers are just stupidly good; got given another pair in green about 5-6 years ago and wear them absolutely constantly yet they still look new, so had to go for a 2nd set.

2 birds with 1 stone; gym sesh and a skirmish game combined 👌 Looking good mate.

I've seen a few US redditors run in to issues with being sent used/damaged items when ordering new stuff, so it's just an evike problem seemingly. At a guess they're probably the biggest airsoft retail company in the world, so presumably a lot of the CS and packaging/warehouse/dispatch staff etc will literally just be minimum wage workers with no interest in or knowledge of airsoft. When you get that big, some orders will go wrong for sure purely based on X% always going wrong combined with the volume of trade; doesn't make it ok but that is the reality.

I gotta be honest it seems clear enough on the site. When I went I think there was a sign/s up too (maybe?). But no argument if I had the experience Cf had I'd be turned off the place too.

Could step up to the actual HSGI Extended Pistol TACOs, that's the closest thing I know of to a PALS mounted shingle-style pouch for SMG type mags. Any of these BULLE pouches will be sweet, can just tuck the flaps in: https://www.flecktarn.co.uk/mainsearch.php?zoom_query=mp5 Most SMG options are inserts for placards these days though, so consider that type of rig too as an option. Bigger buy I know but can be worth it in the long run.

The Foliage/Desert warriors indeed have a rail on the frame that's a weird size/shape, I don't think there's any real firearm equivalent. Either make sure to buy from a holster brand that works with airsoft and specifically states they do a custom kydex fit to your gun and light when adding to cart, or look at the Blackhawk Omnivores if you've got a light that matches the dimensions of a Streamlight TLR-1 or SureFire X300 (or other holster that is over-sized and grabs the light itself). Or if you're using the pistol outdoors in the day time, just take the screws out and remove the rail from the frame, at which point any normal 1911 holster will work.

In the interest of pure balance I've also been and had no issues, none major enough to not want to return; but that was 1 person on 1 day of course. Their barrel sock rule is obviously out of the norm but the safe zone is quite possibly the nicest overall of any airsoft venue in the UK (not that I've been to every one but it's so far ahead of anything else that it's a tough one to beat). Lots of cool stuff in the game zone too and pretty big.

Every damn time...

Any ferrous metal can and will start corroding the moment it gets the chance and any moisture from anywhere can exacerbate that. Almost all airsoft guns use the lowest quality metals the manufacturer can possibly get away with, with very low grade (if any) surface finishes - especially with regards to steel. The one saving grace we actually have is that almost the entire construction of a budget AR/G36 AEG (which make up most guns at any given game) is plastic and zamac, which means said gun is mostly pretty impervious to rust. Parts which are prone could get a coat of grease/thick oil (if appropriate) which will solve a lot of the issue for a long time if not touched. Otherwise, as with a real gun, just dry it off as far as possible at the earliest opportunity. Luckily in an airsoft we have the luxury of going back to a warm, dry dwelling usually after less than 1 day and access to clean and dry kitchen roll. Same with any kit, if you shove it in a bag while damp and muddy then leave it for a week it'll go to the dogs in one way or another (just speaking to the ether here); basic maintenance is one of the best possible ways to save money in this game and I'm pretty sure that's a high priority for literally everyone.