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TL:DR Long story short, we're the best at forumming. And ARRSE is filled with the dregs of the forces who never made it far enough in life to have anything better to do than talking about the forces all day every day and are a bit sore from all the butthurt the modern world provides.

I like to be as self reliant as possible... I think while most sites will have a First Aider by necessity to tick the H&S and Insurance box, (apart from the few sites that have medical professionals on their day off) they will generally be no better qualified than the average office or factory first aider, and that's hit and miss quality wise. And while they can maybe do the whole CPR thing (I've never seen need for this - thankfully), in my humble opinion, while they may love stocking their first aid box with all the gauze, eye wash and burn dressings they can, maybe with a defibrillator (for which, they aren't trained) tucked under the sling and surgical scissors, when it comes to most typical skirmish injuries - bumps, scratches, nettle stings, welts, hi-cap finger, ankle twists, and assorted boo-boos etc, they just don't make things better the way my mother can, so I'd rather try to do it myself. If it's something more serious than a bit of a boo-boo, site First Aiders tend to be unable to really help anyway, and refer you on to A&E, your GP or local GUM clinic as necessary. And I'm always mindful of announcing my injuries too loudly, lest the resident survivalist come up offering his KFC wet wipe, needle and thread all pulled from the handle of a Bowie knife.

Hi guys, its me again (duh lol) The activity on this site is brilliant, pretty much everything you need to know can be found here With not much luck of interweb searching for the answers I need, I came back to the guys in the know Both me and my teenage boys (both over 12) live in Weston super mare, I'm looking for nearby skirmish sites so we can tag along and watch for the day, talk to the people involved and see what the crack is Does anybody know of sites in and around Weston super mare ?? as I dont drive, transport is an issue Nick

Get Sealcon to refund you.

So I finally got round to finishing my ergonomic grip for USP project. I actually finished making the grip addition yonks ago, but it wouldn't allow me to use a SERPA. Grinding a bit off the outside SERPA flap has sorted that... When I 1st finished it I was majorly underwhelmed. During the sculpting process I had made it completely smooth and it had turned out looking very professional, but then I decided that it would function better with a textured surface. I tried a few options for scoring it, but couldn't get anything to look right. I went with using a posidrive to make rows of cross-dimples, thinking I would be able to make them very neat... well, as you can see, that didn't actually pan out so well. Trouble is by then, if I had wanted to change it, I'd have pretty much had to start over. TBH that is what I should have done I could have used rough sand paper to squeeze into a smooth surface for textured panels, leaving the bits which this could not do neatly, the ridge details, smooth. Ho hum... I had been considering throwing it away and making another, but looking at it now I think it is sorta cool though. Pig ugly, but cool! Functionally it is excellent. It fits my hand exactly. It puts the pad of my trigger finger exactly on the trigger, so squeezing it pulls straight back, there is no under or over reach pushing or pulling L<=>R on my aim. Because it is shaped from my hand holding it arm extended aiming, it is not possible for me to hold it in any other way - as soon as I grip it and extend my arm, the sights are lined up to my right eye so it is only the elevation I need to correct before pulling the trigger. The method is simple: wrap the pistol grip in no more than 2 layers of clingfilm; kneed the FIMO until it is uniformly warm and pliable; pack it in rough shapes onto the film; (using washed and talcum'd hands) squeeze; remove excess and bulk up the ridges which your grip naturally forms between your bones; squeeze again and aim; rinse and repeat until you have it. Bear in mind that it is the ridges digging in to the underside of your knuckles and the bit on the opposite side which the heel of your thumb presses against which form the perfect aim, but for comfort you need to use enough bulk that the bit in between, where the centre of your palm goes, makes solid contact. I did this by extending the ridges further back than just squeezing the FIMO produces - it looks waaay better like that when it is smooth too! Also note that the top (above that decorative circle/hole/majig) forms a ridge to keep your trigger finger exactly in place. Once you have it sussed, leave it in the fridge for a few hours to take some of the pliability out of it, slice the cling film and carefully slide the lot off the pistol grip. If you have made it as 'wraparound' as i have here, it will not come off without a little bending, which obviously runs the risk of warping the whole thing; chilled FIMO does have a small amount of springiness to it however and you just have to be careful that you have the formed shape imprinted in your minds eye so that as you proceed you notice if it does bend beyond its elastic limit and by how much. You also need to find something ceramic, stone or metal to rest it on while you bake it. I used a stainless steel grill-pan handle resting on a piece of stone from the garden; this meant that the thumb-heel part rested lightly against the baking tray, but none of the FIMO's own weight had a tendency to bend it during the initial stage of the bake. TBH I've forgotten what temp and for how long, but I do remember being worried that my gas fan oven might not be able to work cold enough! I did open the oven door a couple of times to let some warmth out, just in case. Anyway there are loads of tutorials online. My advice is to err on the side of caution. If it doesn't quite work 1st time you can always bake it again, but if you over do it, any thinner bits near the edges will go crispy, brittle, and come off in use (that happened to a couple of ridge ends when I did one for my SVD - although TBF the design for that wasn't as robust as this anyway). Don't forget to remove the clingfilm before baking The final attachment was done with Evo Stik, but Araldite, UHU, Bostik or any decent impact adhesive which remains flexible would do the trick - you can see in the last pic how successful I was at baking this one so it kept the intended shape, ie very: there are no gaps where those ridge ends curl around the grip, which would be the most obvious place for a fuck up to manifest, but nevertheless it did not come out of the oven as perfect as when it was sculpted on the clingfilm - there are a couple of <0.5mm gaps above that circle/hole/majig decoration and where that part squidges inside the trigger guard, so flexible glue is the way forward.

I had to spend Wed-Thu in hospital so I'm not even going to try turning up. Basically it's a big "fuck you" from me to all who are there. I'm soooooooooooo jealous. With any luck it will piss down, your guns will break, tents leak, lightning will stop play and the zombie apocalypse will begin in Ringwood.

Try the good people of Heroshark http://www.heroshark.co.uk/ If you specify the type of goggles you wear he'll custom cut the mask to the right shape for you!

Its a reflection on how thick most Army squaddies are....... *Now if that doesn't get a flash from an ex Army lot on here * Seriously, posting on there anything related to airsoft is like sticking your cock in a blender; obvious stupid and going to cause a lot of pain.

As long as you've not used it as a walking stick to cross the bog of eternal stench a quick wipe down and a clean out of the barrel should be fine. Disconnect and remove your battery when you're not using the gun, but unless you submerged the gun at any point I wouldn't be too worried about massive water ingress that could damage the battery.

It's not just that forum though. I used to regularly post on a bikers forum call The Rev Counter. If a noob said the wrong thing there it was a 15 page minimum flame war almost instantly. The general consensus was "welcome to TRC, grow a thicker skin". Unfortunately the rise of the keyboard warrior with the shield of anonymity has all but destroyed many online communities. I'm just glad it hasn't got to this place yet!

I really worry about the human race sometimes .... I didn't think people could stoop much lower then they have on those so called forums.

complete ass hats..don't have the mental age to handle a nerf gun much less a real one think they fell off the short bus and took a curb to the head...never seen such stupidity from people who claim to have served

The arsehurt, it's real. At least I now know that there are people less intelligent than some of the people that comment on Daily mail articles. And you never want to stoop that low.

Wow, some people are just so narrow minded I'm an ex serviceman and respect what people do for a hobby, I play with rc cars and boats (build a lot myself) but does that mean I can't cause I'm not a racing driver or in the navy ?? no it does not For some, this is the closest to combat they will get (been there, done it and then some) I find it a mark of respect if people are taking our military techniques and applying to civilian life, these people forget who started these hobby's in the 1st place.......ex military personnel Nick

Personally if it was hammering it down, I wouldnt bother going. I'm not there to pretend that I'm a soldier, I'm just there to play airsoft. I wouldnt pay £50 and get soaked all day. If it was light rain fair enough but I've got a full time job that doesnt pay sick pay, so if i get ill I'm buggered. The mortgage comes first in my life i'm sorry to say.

Good to see you posting again Ian mate!

all I'm hearing atm is pure chaos..... kids shouting and screaming, wife nagging, cat is even meowing like crazy oh yeah looking forward to a long weekend of this - when do kids go back???

What tickles me is how much the majority of airsofters dislike walts and try to replicate military uniforms in the most respectful way- without wearing badges they don't have the right to or by wearing berets with pins on and a bunch of tits on some forum call us all walting pen pushers. Nowt like sweeping generalizations is there?

i will try to go next year, sounds like great fun!

I've decided to go next year.

Have you listened to damien dempsey mate? The modern day luke kelly

Luke Kelly, legendary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkqK72W-HLk

What if you pierce holes in the tube, and install it along the width of your goggles, like those garden hoses with holes every foot or the like. That way, you'd get the cool air being pumped across the entirety of your lens?

Sounds like you need to get a mesh mask and mod it as per Brightcandles suggestion. Having tried the smaller lower face only type masks and then getting shot IN the ear, I'd certainly recommend sticking with the bigger masks like the Raider style if you can!

Getting a mesh mask to fit under the goggles takes a bit of effort. I used a dremel, some wire cutters and a hot glue gun. I followed these instructions: I see a lot of people with mesh masks that don't fit under their goggles very well, the picture above being a great example with the big gaps under the eyes. With the big goggles Revision Desert Locusts the nose doesn't get covered and with small goggles the face under the eyes doesn't. I also think in a lot of cases the mesh mask is too long for peoples faces, it should just come to the chin and no further, but based on the way the headband pulls you often have to cut from the top and not the bottom so it naturally sits in the right place. You just need to spend some time with the right tools. I ended up cutting my mesh mask 3 times. The first time got the right shape but I had it sometimes interfering with the goggles at the sides, it could fit just not most of the time and it depended too much on where the goggles were on the face and it wasn't the ideal place. The second time I fixed that but then what would happened is the mesh would have a tendency to push the goggles up a little. I fixed that by trimming off the top and reducing the overall length and now its just 1cm past the chin. So its going to take a little while to get it right and its going to take a few attempts at cutting before you have it working as you want. But don't do what most people do and just live with it. Its easy enough to fix with some glue and some wirecutters, just make sure you can pull the glue off to modify it again in the future because you'll almost certainly want to tweak it.

Youth... trying to act like because you paintball, you were not a dork, but in fact cooler than the kids who could play Football. Maybe that was just me. The lowest I've seen the Vortex 2 for would be around £15 new (http://www.fatbobspaintball.co.uk/jt-vortex-2-goggle-fan.html#.U_cKO2Mxh8E). You can get alternatives. Proto do a fan, there is something called the Haber Extractor and others I'm sure. You may be better sticking with your own fans though if you already have them(?) The thing with the Vortex fan, and all similar all in one housing designs that I've seen, is that they only have only one fan, and that is off-set on the one side. The pics here show it (http://www.pbportal.de/forum/showthread.php?t=201494). I think this would be a problem, because you're left side might be fine, but the far right side of the goggle will not get as much air, will struggle and will eventually steam up (in my opinion). For CQB it may not matter, the distortion may be minimal. For for long game woodland, I need the dual fan type stuff like the FANZ (http://www.fanzkit.com/FANZ_Quick_Disconnect_DF20/p643134_5522876.aspx) I think.

I'm sure there's people like that in all the armed services and there the ones who let everyone down I personally served with guys who I never associated with in the NAAFI or outside of barracks but when push came to shove, I could put my life in there hands as we relied on each other

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Don't worry we're not all like that. But can you imagine having to share a room with people like that for a living? I can remember in basic, our training corporals trying to get us to look down on civvies as a lower class of human being. Wherever you go in the world there will always be people who think they are a step above and like to do people down but there was no need for that. If those low lives who made those comments are actually serving (which I doubt is the case), they in particular DO NOT deserve our respect at all and I am ashamed they can been seen a representative of me and my former colleagues dead and alive by some people or even themselves.

I'm not sure if there's quite enough space for a fan, you could maybe get one at the bottom in front of your mouth but it would be a squeeze I think.

Americans?

I see where you're coming from Teddy, it's the same with the people that say; "why don't you get a real gun"

It's an Alien world to them, I'm not justifying their actions just trying to explain not to take it in the worst way. Think of this way, you're a squaddie/ex squaddie, you've never played airsoft, all you see and of heard of it are the Walts, you're going to assume its all that way; we just do as humans, its the same way racism and all other descrimination happens, past experiences being associated with all future experiences, like cavemen learning not to eat a certain berry because it gives you the shits. Of course they're not going to understand, we're all men right (for the most part) , we all like guns and action etc. - They get paid to do it and given all the gear to do it with, of course they're going to think hmmpf mugs paying for kit we get for free and running around with toy guns.... It's just a source of banter for them, just like paintballers are for the majority of airsofters! I'll be honest before I got into airsofting, I'd always liked guns, had the odd airsoft gun to twat about with shooting my mates and plinking. I saw scout the doggies videos and thought that "airsofters" were insane paying grands for kit and £300 for toy guns. Then, one day I took the plunge, I got involved after enjoying a game of paintballing but desiring realism. I thought this is a perfect excuse to buy all the cool military stuff I've always put off as a waste of money. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying anyone is a c*nt for buying loads of expensive gear, I do it myself now, I'm obssessed with accurate kit!

Invisiblesight AN/PEQ15, bank manager not happy! the IR laser is like a lightsaber when viewed through NVG though... so it's kinda worth it

Ok, good you got it sorted though. I was just browsing through ebay and saw it so I thought I better post it

part of the reason im attempting to distance myself from the military, im proud of what i did and my service but theres to many C bombs in and ex and makes me embarrassed to be associated some times.

Leaerning point - have a read around the prospective forum before you start to post... will save you a load of aggro in the long run (and avoid unfortunate experiences like ARRSE). Sadly, there will always be people who think they are better than you... Hopefully the reaction received on that forum will allow anybody with a modicum of intelligence to draw their own conclusions regarding the types of people who spend their time on there.

Good effort for posting there mate, I posted a question there about what their views are on the Community Covenant and all I got was paranoid responses claiming that I was the Press! A lot of folks on there are sound but I guess a few of those guys think of themselves as bodybuilders and you just asked if they like doin aerobics! ;op

Main topic seemed to be what biscuits they're all having. Hardcore.

Lol well you did stick your duck in a bees nest. May I suggests nipping over to Mumsnet and asking how much can childbirth really hurt? I'm not defending them, but like the aforementioned daily mail comments section ARRSE is reserved for a very select breed of fliptard!

Yeah I know I just thought telling me to edit would be more productive than straight odd banning the thread. Still guess they are just doing the job

I don't know if got banned, thought I did tbh said something about an infraction, is that not getting banned? Either way I won't be using it again

You sure? as I can see that your not banned at all http://forums.zeroin.co.uk/member.php?126513-team-flex

Well, it is against their rules, but the mods on arrse doing f*ck all about some of the abuse towards armysurplus is even more pathetic.

I had a problem with zero in. I said : what do you guys think about importing to evike, and what are your thoughts on importing a polarstar. I wanted to get another forums view. Of course foul mouthed replies on who the fvck is evike, I understand that they are in competition however instead of telling to post I got banned straight up... Like wtf

2000 people would mean they've made £170,000 from entry fees alone, that's immense. I wonder how much of that they need to actually run the event. They'll probably make that much again at least from everyone who goes as well, buying a new gun, some spare parts, some accessories, ammo/gas, repairs, or even food and drink. Mental money, wish I could host a gigantic annual airsoft event lol.

it's not 100% DIY as I bought all the parts... but this afternoon with a bit of help from humbrol and my airbrush I turned this: into this: pretty pleased with it

the french go for full blown realism. they wont turn up if they are expecting the other team to turn up

The site is mainly under fairly thick tree cover so you don't even feel it too much, just when your in the safe zone. The only thing is that the green zone / cqb area will be like a swamp as well as the main path to the bridges. Other than that I actually enjoy playing in the rain!

Basically, buy a two tone and then "use the gun so much the paint rubbed off" read as: Rub the paint off. Or paint over it. Personally I'd rub it off because adding more paint just looks shit. Then see if you can count on one hand the number of people who give a fuck. I bet you can't. You're only going to be arrested for anything gun related, if you wave it about in public or try and rob someone/a shop/an institution with it. And in that instance, that's what you're going to be arrested and banged up for. Not painting it black when it should be blue. The law doesn't give shit number 1 about two tone laws, and neither does anyone else. There are too many stupid loop holes for you to jump through to avoid the charges, that the charges simply do not exist. No one in the history of ever, have been arrested and locked up for painting an airsoft gun, selling one to someone under the age of 18, or any of the other stuff that's been mentioned in this thread. The Association of Chief Police Officers have actually issued a statement which says the section of the VCRA with relation to RIFs, is unenforcible. Meaning they can't do anything to you, even if you're caught. Which is basically down to the fact that you will NEVER be caught, unless you walk down the street pointing it at someone, at which point, as I mentioned above, it'll be the fact that you did that, that you'll be getting nicked for. Get your dad to buy you a two tone, then do what you want with it. Possession isn't illegal. Painting one is, but who's going to know? Who's going to care if they do know? Who's going to "tell on you"? If anyone does, nothing will happen because there's nothing wrong with owning a RIF. The whole two tone debate is so pointless that I can't believe I even bothered writing all this down, it isn't worth the time or effort to talk about.