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Just back. 1900 ish players was Urm interesting. For me and my personal view I would say I experienced much less cheating than last year. But with that number of people on site and playing just getting anywhere involved a huge firefight. Lots of bottle necks on the paths. My team played Saturday most of the day then only about half of us went out Sunday for an hour or two. After Only really playing the pit and milsims this year the number of two tones I saw in evidence spoiled things somewhat for me. Not because the player wasn't as good but sometimes it made things awkward for PID'ing targets. Eg. Delta (white tags) with orange two tone (orange is bravo) patrolling towards you. Can only see the gun as it's in front of the tag leading to blue on blue. Or you are sneaking through the brush and the guy down the line with the two tone gets spotted which gets you all shot. There was lots of good sportsmanship on show. I did a sneaky patrol through the ferns next to heartbreak and got 8 others in the back With single pistol shots. Each one either patted me on the shoulder, shook my hand or congratulated me as the went to re spawn. A guy apologised for putting a full auto burst into me from about 5m away. The social side of it is second to none for the airsoft games I have gone to. But unless they find a way to better coordinate the teams and keep the flow going I probably won't go go to many more. Our team is talking about maybe doing every other year and trying some of the other weekenders out.

I use Colemans in my GBBRs, the 465g bottles last me about 1.3 or so game days. If I buy green gas on site it's about a tenner a bottle and I need about 3 bottles to last me a day. £30 vs £7.20? You really think propane isn't worth it? Propane just seems to go further.

No, but your reply could easily have been misinterpreted. Just FYI, JT Sports, Dye, Sly and Proto are all decent makers of paintball masks (among other kit) that are more than acceptable for airsoft use.

well there you go, sorry, had no idea thought it was one of those Chinese companies, never really said they were bad though thanks for clearing that up.

Two Tomtac 11.1v 1300m 20c lipo's 15 pound each

My old WE g39 and two mags.

Combat Machine with custom paint job.

dont buy the charger from there its a rip off!!! same charger on component shop where alot of people get batteries from is £7.50, chargers like that dont cut off so you have to remember to take them off after about like 3 hours. better off with this one, a simple smart charger. just plug it all in and it all charge the batteries and then go on to trickle mode once they are done to stop them over charging. http://www.componentshop.co.uk/600ma-smart-charger-for-7-2-8-4-9-6v-battery-packs.html

£15 for a speed loader is steep, just because it's a TM. If you're planning on using that 450 hi-cap mag you won't need a speed loader.

The thing to bear in mind is that soldiers don't get paid much, when you consider what they are called on to do for the money (in between long bouts of make-work and playing at it with blanks). The only way you're going to get people to be prepared to risk their lives is 'esprit de corps'. The sad truth is that you can reach a lower common denominator by teaching them to find common ground with each other because they are all against someone/thing else, than you can by trying to teach them all to be for someone/thing. I mean, the queen? Really? Who would risk the steam off their piss for some uber-rich old dear in a big house? The British Government? Lying, expense fiddling, sleaze-meisters doing their best to feather their own nests before they'd lift a finger to help a constituent, and even then they'd only do it for the publicity... A rag on a pole? The bloke next to you? Who is he? He hates lefties, liberals, and walts too, he's alright...

Bloody hell, just ready that thread and it's not pretty. You know when they say there are no stupid questions, well I guess we can put that one to bed ;-) Or is it more like there's no stupid question, just a stupid place to ask it? I can see why you asked though. It would be interesting to get feedback from serving and ex-forces about our hobby. I know the site I'm a member of has a number of serving soldiers come along every now and again and they seem to enjoy it. I'm ex-army myself, a number of years ago now, but I really enjoy airsoft and take it for what it is, a hobby, a sport, a way to blow off steam from the day job. No one I know involved in airsoft takes it any more seriously than that and I think with the amount of money we spend on weapons and loadouts we can do whatever the bloody hell we like. I am 100% behind all our armed forces, but unfortunately there are some who are just a bunch of knobs, like there are in any job. Good effort for putting yourself in harms way like that though, I dare you to ask again ;-)

Nothing off the shelf will fit perfectly. But if you look on the DIY thread you'll see how to mod the mask to fit better. Any decent set of goggles will work fine but you'll need to make the effort if you want to minimise fogging. Revision Desert Locust seems pretty popular, could also try Bolle X1000 or my personal preference ESS V12 Advancers.

Mateyguv. £40 for them.

Nonsense

no I don't think so - the motor is right inside - can't remove it from pistol grip like on "normal" TM design that is the norm.... The gearbox is all plastic and though looks similar layout to regular v2 box I very much doubt if it would fit properly or without serious modding etc..... besides it is bright orange - or the blue one not too bad. They are not completely crap if garden plinker or at a very tight push used at cqb if on a real low budget but you WILL GET OWNED at any woodland even Dragon from SRC will just disintegrate quickly so them or BullDog M4A1 is not a good idea either for £80 - I bought most crap/so-so stuff whilst going for UKARA and in general I speak from experience about buying $hite You really don't wanna buy B500A1 - even for plinking, that £60 could be spent so much better if you saved n bought a £100 G&G carbine - even in clear if no UKARA - somebody needs to ask G&G about doing Raider in clear with RIS etc I mean receivers on carbine are clear so it might nearly pass 51% 2-tone if say clear RIS or crane or clear flash hider.... but no don't even think about B500A1 - you could buy mine as I said before: skirmished once & very very low use - coz its crap !!!

JT used to be the Paintball goggles back in the 80s until Oakley started a big push over here. Another +1 here for ASG Blaster. Also don;t worry about the loading funnel - simply make a circle with your finger and thumb and put over the hole in the high cap then pour slowly - no problems once you're used to it.

you start of signing the oath of allegiance and pledging to fight for queen and country but in reality you fight for you and the guys fighting next to you no matter what they look like or whether you love or loathe them

Jeans and tee shirt is fine, no need for a puffa jacket! Also, bulldog BBs are dogshit, you might as well put gravel in your mags. ASG Blasters are cheap and good quality.

you need full face if under 18 either full face mask - mesh eye cover or googles AND mouth mask sites don't care if you over 18 and just want goggles but think they prefer younger players to leave still with their teeth intact - not scaring ya but it can happen so why so many sites insist u18 - full face protection doubt if ya rip through all them bb's in one afternoon but maybe 100 setting up n checking/getting used to target practice etc....... 2 mags taped ain't bad idea - should last morning games unless you really trigger happy, just will let you run free with nowt to worry about falling out your pockets. you can look at what others use for kit/loudout and think yeah next time I might get one of those....... give ya cousin the b500a1 - but make sure you got eye protection on - G&G will own bulldog so go easy and you should be doing this with supervision coz it can be fvcking dangerous - even ricochets can hurt or have your eye out soz for lecture but don't try to be hard or stupid - take care of your eyes chaps n stay safe - don't do it when mum goes out

small tamiya and smart chargers will not or should not overcharge/cook battery battery n charger will cost about £25 top whack, but it is nunchuck/crane stock ones you need with small tamiya connections think ya b500a1 had a crane stock battery supplied with it so you could use that as spare but charger was $hit so get smart charger so it charges ok and light goes out stops charging when done (as with any battery keep checking feel if hot etc on reg basis)

oh and any nunchuck or crane stock battery types will fit in the gun. not sure what the connection type on the gun will be, either small or large tamiya. i would hazard a guess at small tamiya but cant say for certain

Revenant - Am I Evil - Diamondhead Cover (long intro Metallica version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bBN4I7ftXM

yup flash hider glued on and gun is in 2 halves right down middle One of mine jammed very quickly using them cheap free pack of 50 bb's so had to open her up coz jam rod was useless - yup learnt hard way.... DON'T use them cheap 50 or 100 bb's you get in with lame ar$e guns they are even lamer than the gun - a bollock ache to put back n all, screws all look like they will strip and fit back properly, like a crap disposible lighter you use it for little while and just chuck it away in the end Luckily brands like G&G & ICS give you a bag of 500 or 1k of proper bb's but them tiny bags of cheap bumpy jammy bb's go in bin or have use some possible decent looking ones in my CO2 pistol - 400 to 450fps yeah that bb is coming out the other end for sure..... plus you look like a nob with it..... OnlyBBGuns do it it mainly in black with just a touch of blue but alas gun is still crap like I said and though it seems good and could be ok perhaps....... NO IT IS CRAP and you wish you saved your money to buy a £100 G&G

Massif combat shirt. I've done a lot of internet window shopping (and actual shopping) over the years and you can't really beat one of these for a quality FR shirt, considering the low cost on ebay. The fabrics are pretty much the same as my ICE Tactical FR shirt which cost way more. This is more for work than anything so I won't be airsofting in it myself, but my brother actually wears FR stuff most of the time he skirmishes (particularly at certain specific sites) after some really close calls with burning pyro and things that were set on fire by burning pyro in a couple of games.

ICS CXP Long ( like the look of this, comes with grip and suppressor ) Marui XDM GBB Pistol ( very nice!!!)

Do you find the mag pouches restrictive on your SAAV, Nick? I bought one in US Woodland camo before i knew my arse from my elbow and couldn't get it to work with any mags except STANAG so i sold it. My modern Russian loadout is just about complete: Kit List: VDV KZS Berezhka Jacket (Kecks not shown) in size 3 Splav Sniper harness Splav Suharnaya back pack Unbranded Sniper Belt Rig (4xSVD mags + 2 F1 Grenades) TO PKM 100rnd Belt pouch Unbranded Double Flare Pouch MilTek Comms pouch ACM 1.5L Hydration Bladder (w/ Camelbak stylee dtachable bite valve & tap) Unknown Pistol Lanyard Generic Drop Leg Pistol Holster Modified Condor Dump Pouch I'm considering buying some modern Russian summer boots - ...they look pretty comfortable and at £56.73 posted the price isn't such a kick in the bollocks! But I'm also wanting to get a Russian pistol I can skirmish anywhere, so probably a WE TT-33 (which will come in at about a oner with a spare mag posted), although I am sooooo tempted by the Gletcher Grach, but it would need valve mods on the CO2 mag/s to bring it down to 1.1-ish Joules and it has no hop, so it really would be £200 almost wasted - sooooooooooo pretty tho

HAHAHAHA! F*ckin love that mate! ;op

goes back to me saying if ya post count is low when joining a forum in a nutshell the longer serving members just think you are a noob or nob or both alas as with many forums you have to be posting for quite a while before "some" people start to take you seriously - kind of sterotype n all that of low post = low experience hang on - when the hell did anybody really take me or what I post seriously ??? oh well carry on chaps at ease n all that

Hahaha, there are some exceptions to the rule but most of us are tolerent and easy going people its just those ignorant and ill informed pillocks that let the side down Unfortunately we do need people like them to make the rest of us look good

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 never thought of civvies as lower class human beings when I was in I do now though they come across as a bunch of narrow minded bullys in which case, IF they even signed up, I doubt they would have passed out (out of basic training. I have no doubt that they have passed out through alcoholic consumption). their military references seem very vague and I reckon some simple questions would have them flustered quite easily or go straight for the jugular. Why airsoft instead of joining up and playing with real guns? Because an ICS L85A2 is more reliable than the real thing or more realistically, a lot of airsofters have injuries from military service which prevents them from being a reserve. I am planning on trying but I think airsofting is my limit due to my medical records the irony is that airsofters seem much friendlier towards their own kind than a lot of serving soldiers did at my first unit. It was very cliquey there (my next posting was completely different) but that has not been the case in any of the skirmishes I have been to (admittedly, all at players of war) so far

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

Shall we just call this the team flex thread and be done with it? Also, how many posts and stupid questions do you need before you aren't classed as a noob?

All this does is prove to me how superior the Royal Air Force is over the dregs of the Army that inhabit that forum....... *Ducks and covers from incoming Army pers flak*

F*ck you, the ground you walk on and especially the horse you rode in on.

You're never going to see where you're going with that big black thing over your face.

I think you need new friends before he turns into the next Jack the Ripper.

i remember a kid who unknown to him i remember from having done youth work where he lives and i remember him punching me in the balls... fun kid... anyway he came to our site and proceeded to shout orders at everyone and scream cover me when he came under fire(thats what happens when you give orders, you give your position away....) lets just say i may have left wide gaps for him to be flanked... lol then you get at the like of our last 'milsim'. 3 entrances into the enemy controlled ground. i was one of our sides team captains and we were supposed to be the quick response. anyway the 3 gates got efficiently shut down by the enemy. me and another regular were the only ones left at one of the gates as everyone kept probing to get through the others. eventually the defenders wondered off looking for kills and glory at the other areas leaving a skeleton force, and my team mate went for it. when i noticed he was away i followed. between us we cleared the site and finally managed to take down some objectives. and all down to the player that chose the harder path and was patient and skilled at it. respect for them over those who just go for glory....

Things are coming together. double stacker triple mag pouch with Midcaps Double pouch one with backup Hi-Cap the other for Mini Binoculars. Admin Pouch for phone and Car keys. General Pouch for First Aid Kit, Swiss Army Knife and spare battery. Single point sling 3l Hydration Pack and Radio Pouch on the rear Belt has a triple Pouch, double pouch and a fold up dump pouch. I use it in place of vest when it is too hot, Mich 2001 Helmet with mesh goggles.

SMLE=Length and Girth. Also it looks a bit mottled and grey, you should get that checked out at an SVD clinic

SVD's things of beauty

Swapped vest for a belt;

So, I've finally bitten the bullet and spray camo'd my baby! I was a little nervous of cocking it up, but it's actually pretty easy! I wanted to go for the kind of rough and ready improvised camo that is actually used by units for real, not the very neat and precise exact replicas of camo patterns or designs. No disrepsect tot them, they do look very cool, but I just wanted something a little more realistic, what do you think??...

She looks so unused =[

I put all the rails back on

It's so ... horrific...

So here's my first load out completed! I know, no marks for originality, but I like MTP, didn't get to use it while I was serving and it's the same with the M4 platform, so here it is! Kinda inspired by SF type load outs, some of the stuff was pretty pricey, some was cheap, some was free or I already had! Hopefully won't need to spend any (much) more on this, it should keep me going for a while!! For those that are interested the plate carrier is a Warrior Assault System DCS and the helmet is an Emerson FAST PJ advanced type, my rifle is a WE Tech HK 416D GBBR with a few mods and a fair bit o' pimpin'!! All comments and banter gratefully received!