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isn't fucking up a perfectly good gun the best bit of the hobby?

It could be simply a money issue. A limited budget meant buying what they could afford at the time instead of saving up and having to wait longer. Or because they did not do due dilgence first and just bought any old BB gun. When they realise that the stock gun is not good enough and have to upgrade it to be on par with other players. Alternately, some players just like tinkering with toys and seeing how they work or experimenting with different set-ups, so upgrading is more of a hobby.

Because they can. /thread

For me, it's because it's easier to say to the wife: "I've just ordered a new part for my rifle" Instead of "I've just bought a new gun" She'd go livid if I kept buying guns. Upgrading the existing gun is good for keeping her sweet. Plus I'm well happy with my rifle since ditching the standard barrel and hop unit for a Prometheus/Prowin combo, so I don't need a new rifle just yet (saving my pennies for a TM Recoil mind...). Just could do with a better spring in the Specna and it'd be perfect.

Because those cheap guns perform exactly the same as the £300+ ones. I would take a Cyma AK anytime over a G&G or G&P. If you know what you are doing, you can get better stuff for cheaper. If you don't then it's a safer choice to go for the expensive guns.

Not everyone has tonnes of money to shell out on their hobby. certainly not me anyway. If i could improve the performance of my AEG by buying some relatively inexpensive parts and fitting them as time and money permits then what's the issue? As long as your happy with what you're doing, what you have and you still get enjoyment from playing with it then that's just fine. opinions are like bumholes. everyone has one

If you're coming to the Mall Game I'll introduce you to my Custom (has a foregrip and a tracer) M4.... She's called Esmeralda Hasslewaithe the 3rd. <3

Yes but one actually serves a purpose and the other is a bit sad.

As does giving it a name

144a is fine for summer use, green should be OK for when it gets colder. I use Nuprol green in my TM HK45 with no issues.

Same reason people upgrade mundane cars to sometimes ridiculous levels of performance. Whether it's cost effective rarely comes into it. It's not uncommon to see the £2000 car with £20000 of upgrades and work outperformed by the untouched car that cost £10000. But I think it's very possible to take a £120 CM16, spend £100 on carefully selected parts and have it perform at least as well as a £350 rifle. It would arguably be a better Airsoft gun... Lighter, tough polymer that can take a few knocks... But given the choice between the Plain Jane that works really well or the average performing but high spec appearance, which do you choose?

TM MP7 GBB + 8 Mags MP7 FMA Rail adapter

Account settings...somewhere there.

It's been a while, and ooooh, look at this, funky new website... and an argument about naming guns, business as usual XD (I can see how an object can become more than the sum of its parts, but naming it is a little far imo) I finally got my Christmas present. Took this long to replace the incorrect version I got, I'm extremely fussy but I wanted a E1 instead of an E2... (Probably should've turned the flash off, looks a bit naff) P.S I can't seem to find the signature edit bit on the new layout, anyone know where it is?

I'm with Trigger on this one. I did have a status on here a few days ago where I shared my disagreement of naming guns after watching this review (I deleted the status after realising that quite a few of you probably have named guns, or find naming guns important...) I watched about 30 second of it before seeing the description: "Stryker reviewing his Nuprol Delta Sopmod A.K.A Sophia" The man's pseudonym was bad enough but the "AKA Sophia" bit made me want to stop the video immediately. I see it daily on the airsoft subreddit "here's my first airsoft gun - TM P226. What should i name her?" I'm also the same, cynical and grumpy bastard when it comes to naming Cars, motorcycles, guitars etc. They are things, not people. Grumble grumble, moan moan etc...

More than most I reckon. It's a tool nothing more I don't name my spanners, I like them to be clean and shiny but name them erm no. I reckon most airsofters give their guns girls names because its the closest they get to having a woman in their life