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Cant believe this is really a question. I have given bbs, tracer bbs, various batteries, pyro and I even gave a kid my back up aeg because I felt sorry for him even chucked in two batteries and charger. Maybe I am too generous but one day it might come back around.

I'm thinking maybe some of us need to start a new team...."Team Fluffy Unicorn" maybe. We could all have a patch of a VERY fluffy unicorn and people would know they could ask (nicely) for a bit of ammo and not get sent away with a flea in their ear.

I mean....yes the guns are expensive and in many cases the gear is too but one of the things that sets airsoft aside from paintball is the cost of ammunition. A typical bottle of 3000 rounds costs what, a tenner? So 0.33p per round. So let's say you give away a hi cap's worth, we're only talking about a quid. A mk5, £2? Maybe £2.50 if you've bought it onsite. If these tiny little amounts are that big a deal to you then maybe you've chosen the wrong hobby... Think about it this way - some rental kid who has clearly been having a load of fun (on account of having run out of ammo) asks you if you have any spare. You look in your bag and yes, you have more than you actually need. You could just say no. He'll go away deflated and you'll have either a sense of pride in having managed to keep that extra pounds worth of ammo for another day OR maybe you'll get that niggling little doubt in the back of your mind that actually, ACTUALLY you could have been a better person back there. Alternatively you could actually say "yeah sure, fill your boots" (hopefully he wouldn't really fill his boots cos that's WAY more than a hi caps worth). He goes away happy, you get a warm sense of pride that you've improved someone else's day and maybe, just maybe you've made a new friend. Is your life so full and rich that you don't need any more friends? I seriously doubt it. Life is short. Don't squander it being mean.

I always carry spare ammo but have never been asked for any. I feel left out now

Not just the sport but life its self. Far too many selfish people around.

Mid-game - I don't really carry loose BB's, but happy to lend someone a mag if it'll fit, or if they have a hicap to empty the midcap into. In the SZ - I usually take a back-up bottle of non-tracer BB, so happy to let someone dig into that if they've run out and no cash on them to buy more (done this once for a solo hire-gun kid walking round the SZ offering to be a human shield in exchange for BB's, he got through 2 rooms of people saying no (for shame!) until i gave him the bottle) Way i figure it is even if someone manages to eat half a bottle of BB from me, then that's still only the price of buying someone a pint, and the games a frivolous money-pit anyways.

I've needed a few rounds or a magazine myself in one game & borrowed them so in my respect it's only fair to help out plus if rentals & noobs see you helping then it gives a good face to the site where everyone helps eachother but you do get those guys that look at you & say piss off I personally will help out where I can for example, rentals were saying they didn't hit anything so I took them onto the range & helped dial in there hop & now 3 of them are regulars

Yeah we are the same happily give out bbs mid game if someone is out have just given them a mag to use before as easier than digging out speedloader etc.. I kinda live by the do good to others and they do good to you, plus it's a hobby and we all want to have fun so after shooting loads of people a little dose of good karma won't do any harm

I always carry a full hi-cap as a spare because one weekend my son was having a bit too much fun & managed to empty ALL FIVE of his mid caps in one game & had ran out of ammo. He couldnt see where I was & some dude threw him a full hi-cap so he could fight on. Back in the safe zone I refilled the hi-cap to hand it back to the dude who told me that my son could keep it as he never used hi-caps, it was just his spare & he had a few. I now keep this full just in case anyone would ever need it. the next time someone ask's me, that hi-cap is theirs & I hope that person will do the same. I also do this with Gaffa tape, I have given out loads of rolls to people in need. It comes from my mountain biking hobby, I'd never leave a fellow rider stuck with a puncture or at the side of the trail. Same with any airsoft dude.

That's the thing, helping people is what the sports about, welcoming new players

TBH i would have been happy to fill a mag of his, 350 BBs out of 3000 from a single bag isnt going to break the bank, but if the same guy kept coming to me then i might have been a bit pissed.

Could get two one fluffy unicorn and one care bear medic. Thinking a care bear with medic symbol, ww2 helmet rushing in with a bottle of bbs.

Nowadays using 0.30g BBs I don't often find many people wanting to take a mag from me, but I always offer. The cost of 300 BBs is just nothing compared to everything else this money pit of a hobby costs me so being a nice doesn't cost me anything. In a year I have perhaps given away £6 worh of BBs total, but in the process I have made about 10 people happy and some of them have turned out to be team mates I play with a lot. Its just another ice breaker. I do view there beingn a difference between in game and in the safe zone, in the safe zone there ought to be somewhere to buy some so its kind of cheeky to be asking mags to be filled by others, but I have given BBs for the purpose of testing feeding and magazines and guns before, in practice its just not a lot of money in the end. I understand those doing this on a tight budget might not want to give up BBs, I am not going to hold it against them but from my own experience I have found it beneficial to hand out mags like they were free. Haven't had anyone fail to bring the mag back.

I do know someone actually. Leave it with me. It's gonna be a thing.

But of course.

I had a guy asking if anyone had green gas & I had just over quarter of a bottle left, he offered me full price to which I said no mate as I had a full bottle in my bag so you keep it, he bought me a few cups of tea during the day to say thankyou

It depends if they ask nicely. I had a kid from the other team ask me if he could have a mags worth last Sunday while we were changing ends. He was a good kid. I couldn't say no. If he'd been all chavy and a bit gobby it may have been different. I don't tend to agree on the theory of what goes around comes around as I seem to help people a lot in life and get my fingers burned. Bu I will keep fighting the good fight!

This.

Ok, let's just stop. You're quite obviously advertising crap on the Wanted classifieds for this website and don't know anything about UKARA, we've already had people like EPICLlama spamming us with this crap. Any future posts mentioning Spraythemag will be removed. I'm also doing this so new players don't pay the prices you charge for the stuff that you sell which is just laughable. Sorry, but this is just getting boring.

Sounds like the trigger contacts are screwed. Easy fix, cheap parts.

Haha, love the direction this thread is swerving in XD

Be careful with that depending on the shape of your lid you might end up looking like a nob, by that I mean literally a camouflaged penis.

Sounds good to me What about this https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/s320x320/e15/11420865_1643193242565232_1295677014_n.jpg

Force core Fc-09 for £120 Asg mk23 for £30 Halfords camo green spray (sprayed my revolver from shitty two tone) Happy adam

We will have to get the patches now. Do you know anywhere?

I'm kind of with lozart on this one, tend to use .28's for my main, but always keep some cheap .2 and .25 as a throw away for anyone running out mid game (I've got 2 of those ammo pouch bags, one for each set). hell, when I first started there were plenty of times when I ran out of ammo, and some kind person lent me a couple of hundred to tide me over till endex, and I'm all for encouraging the younger players. all for one, and one for all

You miserable barsteward where's your humanity and sense of camaraderie. Should hang your head in shame. 😔

An old asg trishot for £15, none of the shells worked, stripped and lubed the they all feed perfect! The only problem is I like shotguns so much I fancy a tm m870 breacher!

I've got no problem giving people ammo, although I generally don't take loose BBs out of the safe zone. When I started it felt like BBs were a valuable commodity, but now it seems pretty trivial. Quite a while back I played at a site where they didn't have any BBs for sale, I think they forgot them or something. Now I pack enough ammo for two people just in case something like that happens again - I don't generally buy ammo onsite anymore as it tends to be comparatively expensive and means you have to make do with whatever they are selling(yay Nuprols!)

I've given out bbs in the past. I carry a small speedloader and sometimes small bottles that contains about 500 bbs each. In a lot of cases the player is just caught short if the game has gone on longer than expected. Usually they offer to top me up when we get back to the safe zone but it's no big deal if they don't.

The amount of times I've been asked if I have any BB's! plus the worst one I've found "Can you hold my gun" or "Can you pass me my gun" F*CK RIGHT OFF!!!!! If you turn up for a game with half a bottle of BB's then you're an idiot (Not the OP).

Jealous :/ Now go sit in the corner and think about how you've made me feel.

Games finish between 8-9 depending what's going on and who's there... Here's an idea of what's there, this is downstairs the upper floor has a full size 3 bedroom 2 story house, a train, church, balconys and lots more...

Thank you for your replies, I will try this out tomorrow. I have been looking for a long time, not continuously but I didn't know it was a generic sort of thing. Sorry for the noob post but I really appreciate your long, detailed replies. I haven't used the gun since it made those noises and I didn't let it do it too much so hopefully it will be ok. Again, many many thanks guys!

You could get Care Bear patches, in MMOs it used to be used as a derogatory term for players that helped others out(the monsters!)

Hahahah I'm looking forward to this

Not fluffy enough.Needs to be lilac or pink unicorn with a rainbow horn, just think as camp as possible.

Well I really don't like AEGs. One of the reasons I play airsoft is for the realism of fighting, and I like the sound and kick of a GBBR. Unfortunately, I'm only 14, so UKARA really isn't a valid option. Like I said, I have a lot of money set aside so I can play airsoft, and I'm happy to spend another £100 on mags. I really don't want to buy an AEG, I just don't like them. Perhaps in the future I'll buy a G&P M4, but for now I'm sticking with GBBRs, and I adore the G5. I can use a slightly weaker gas, that should be okay. The 350 FPS is coming from .20 and green gas, and I need to get down to 330 with .20s, but they don't specify what gas type I need to use.

Definitely try CQB and woodland before picking a gun, especially as you'll need to go to a site 3 times in no less than 3 months to get on the UKARA database and retailers be willing to sell you a gun that isn't painted 50% orange (would be a shame to do to a £300 gun) As for FPS on a GBB gun, it's fired by gas not spring so you're right there. Different brands/types of gas will give you dif FPS, seen reviews of GHK G5 saying it's about 330fps, others 350, so with the right gas perhaps you wouldn't need to have someone adjust the valve. One thing to bear in mind is as it's gas and 30-40 round mags, you'll need to spend another £1-200 on enough mags to make it through a skirmish without having to hide in a corner refilling mags. Another is there's probably not a veteran airsofter in the land who's first gun is still their favored 'primary', it'll take a fair bit of playing to develop your own 'style' and once you have you'll want a gun tailored to it. IMO - 30-40 rounds per mag is shite and gas is a pain in the ass (some like the 'realism' in rounds and kick), you'd do better getting 2 x £150 AEG, one for CQB, one for woodland, or just a £300 AEG of carbine size. The default advice given to all new-players here is buy a £150 ICS or G&G M4, these will do the job for CQB or woodland until you've found your favored style.

As alot of others have said tbh i cant see an issue with topping up a mag or two. I only use tracer rounds but still happy to hand a few out if its asked nicely for. A: is only a game, B: is only a few quids worth of plastic. Allowing others to carry on llaying is worth way more than the few quid a bottle of bb's cost.

Tm mp7 gbb Ics Mp5 Krytac PDW Not necessarily SMGs exactly but best cqb guns in my opinion.

If its got a rainbow coloured horn I am in.

that's exactly what I did lol

Depends entirely on the organiser, the site and the intensity of the game. If it's a stirling or tier 1 game you're very likely going to have to sort yourself out for everything, though if it's at somewhere like the sandpit depending on the side you're on you may end up living in buildings etc. All very situational, absolute minimum I would recommend is a good warm sleeping bag, rollmat/campbed, waterproof jacket (that conforms to the dress requirements for the game, no bright orange regatta jackets!), 2 sets of clothing, gun, spare gun, reliable RADIO. Stirling and tier1 both have fairly comprehensive kit lists on their websites, though again depending on the game they may be too comprehensive! One thing I won't recommend is ration pack style food, it's something I see every newbie doing; warming up their packets of sludge over a shitty old trangia stove (or similar). Just pack some sandwiches and loads of high calorie snack foods; I like peanuts and haribo for this. If you absolutely MUST have hot food then hotdog sausages heat up really quick in boiling water.

If you play a lot of CQB then a helmet is a wise investment. Plus it stops you having to explain the welts on your fore head to friends/the boss/the other half and anyone else who's curious. For woodland though I prefer a boonie hat or cap - just because it's more comfortable. Anyway, welcome to the hobby and forums!

2x Nightwish tickets + guests 210 pounds..still gotta book hotel + train but it'll be the best fuckin december EVAAR

Can't - my schedule is too full what with ballet & violin lessons

damn vouchers - ooh I got £10 off says the fool who spends £100 coz it was a bargain honest dear - I know I said that was it - 2 orders ago but this was a must have at a discounted price yeah - mrs duck has heard them all - now I tend to just pick my moments to inform her whats - or some of whats turning up next atm - I'm still cheap over last 2 weeks or so, the kids expenditure has been a drain with little left for my more serious toy gun crap

You want an "over the barrel" suppressor. Like this one: http://www.patrolbase.co.uk/airsoft/swiss-arms-over-barrel-silencer-for-m4-aeg-series-14mm-ccw.htm#.VdX6CvlViko Basically the threads start halfway down the suppressor.

My wife thinks xbox is sad, my car is sad, my bike is sad, airsoft is sad, my drone is sad. my fish keeping isnt sad but i have too many tanks apparently so still get moaned at for that. anything i find fun is sad.