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I used to do 'em quite well, but these days I need much bigger windows lol 🐷

Spending a year on developing a glock pdw frame(spare mag font grip, 4 level retractable stock, build in magwell,raiser optics & flashlight mount,double side qd sling, silencer compatible)

I don't just need a bigger window. I need a set of steps up and down. 😲

Finally settled on a gun, although not the one I first set my eye on. I had my heart set on the specna arms edge E-11 but been out of stock for weeks with no foreseeable restock before my next game. So went with the last Ares Amoeba AM-008 patrol base had in stock, and although I was looking to spend a bit more, at £145, I can't complain, as I plan of this being the one I tinker with when I buy more 👀 Will be breaking it in at @Ace Airsoft War Games on the 12th September, so to the usual guys, see ya there 😉

Hi guys new here and only been playing airsoft for cpl of months. Have a nice collection of rifs courtesy of friends lol

Get the NGRS and a TM sidearm. You only live once. Why fuck about with enjoying yourself? Since you don't actually need a pistol; choose what the hell TM you like. I use a 1911, but my lad has a G18C that he neglects horribly and never cleans. I've scraped the gunk out of it once since 2016, and it still performs spot on. You can get a £100 rif to perform wonderfully, but you need a real affinity with tinkering, or a good tech. The CYMA M14 for example can perform magnificently, but the V7 gearbox is horrid.

So I get a lot of stick from my airsoft mates about my window breaches. Yes sometimes the go wrong but other times they are graceful and tactical as F! What do you think?

Cars packed,kit sorted,guns ready and I have patiently sat and listened to the do's and dont's from her indoors( it's a small price to pay) YES! I will change my underwear...sweetness.🙂 NO I won't drink too much... Early start for the national airsoft festival in the morning 🙂 Silly but really missed it last year so this year will be great👍 Oo I don't think I will sleep tonight lol Regards

Lol, definitely my style, last time I played serial 20 at Hythe ranges I attempted to vault a fence while at the same time trying to not damage my TM m4, managed to emulate a well known film star 😏

Suppressor, Holo sight and maybe some PTS mags..and your good to go.

Yes, you can use that stock, but the G&G stock you linked to has a smaller battery storage area (read:zero) compared to your King Arms. I would recommend the PTS EPS stock if battery storage and easy access are top requirements. They are more expensive, but the quality is outstanding and they hold their resale value if you choose to sell it on at a later date.

Better trigger discipline than most airsofters

Thanks, a little bulky/deep looking for me, i know OTGs are PITA, especially when you want to wear specs AND look cool 😆 All of us spec wearers are envious of people with 20/20 vision!

Thanks for the welcome. That’s not the question I asked in my OP though. It was specific between TM 416 and a novice buying a different gun and upgrading internals. And I did state I am well aware it’s horses for courses. Having said that I do appreciate your advice of asking to use peoples weapons and listening to their opinions on said weapons. This is why I posed my question to a wider audience. Having done that I have confirmed that a well performing OOTB will better suit me as I am in no way confident about what modifications would be best if I went down the route of upgrading another weapon. That’s something best left until I am way more experienced.

Yep I usually keep a small stock of over glasses frames. Don't have them on the site as I can't always get the same frames so it's a pm to order job.

It's finally done and I test fired it a few times to see how quiet it was. I still can't believe just how silent it is! It blows my mind and I think it may be quieter than my VSR, but I'll have to test them side-by-side this weekend to confirm that. I'm so happy so far and looking forward to obsessively tuning it this weekend and I'm hoping to be hitting out to 60m accurately. Targeting 1.14J on .32s with maximum effective range and maximum air efficiency. And yes, that's a long line coming out of the stock, as I will put the tank in the stock pouch, though I do have a line and larger tank that I can use if I need. I think this might be my magnum opus airsoft sniper rifle build. The worst part about this is the quality of my camera, because my phone is about 5 years old

So ive always wanted a classic soviet looking ak optic. Specifically for my plain ak74 but unfortunately they are pricey and im a cheapskate. So my next project is to take this aimpoint knockoff and this old cyma side mount and make some kind of soviet looking thingimajig.

I'm going to guess that he's keeping schtum because it was something really stupid.

Thanks, that's very informative. And that's less so. Why do you think the Specna metal bodies are more robust than the G&G? Do you disagree with the above? Truth is, either one should be fine, as far as airsoft toys go. Just accept that they are very expensive toys, and not pieces of quality engineering. I'd agree that G&G have been more historically consistent, but Specnas offer more features and better value for money - if you get a good one, which you probably will now. It's always a bit of a gamble. I also agree that the plastic bodied G&G CM16s are pretty good for the price too, and it's a really nice, light but strong plastic that's likely to take a drop better than random pot metal bodies. But then they've still got dial hop units rather than rotaries and no QC spring, so again, Specna Cores (or the cheapest Edges) beat them on features. None of them are bad choices, just get whatever you fancy and enjoy it.

I sweat like a paedophile in Mothercare so I feel your pain. Full seal goggles won't stop you sweating and you'll still get some fogging inside them if you don't use either forced convection and/or an anti-fog treatment. Or you can go with mesh (I have some @heroshark mesh and they're great). If there's one other thing I would recommend as a specs wearer myself - contact lenses. Glasses just gives you an extra set of surfaces to fog up.

All of the best performing things in life are boring, quietly jut getting the job done in the background! 😂

TM OOTB…. that should be a patch 😂

Yet another order fulfilled with your usual excellent service: SHS High Torque motor (one of the last things to upgrade on my AK DMR) ordered on the 22nd, despatched on the 23rd, arrived on the 24th, fitted and tested that evening. Absolutely faultless as always! There's a lot of much, much bigger companies could learn from this sort of service.

So what was it? Just in case someone else runs into the same issue!

I prefer Specna !

One of the best films of all time 😍

And so it begins... The gun wall. 3 Down... 8 more to go. (Once I make more room in me garage of course) **Yes the M16 is held together by gaffer tape..need to replace the metal retainer in the stock as it broke...gaffer tape holds it all together quite well.

Whilst I don’t own a King Arms rifle, in theory yes it should; all of these stocks are of a very similar design. However in practice, it may require shimming if the stock is loose on the stock tube. I don’t see why it wouldn’t fit, but there’s only one way to find out!!

Yeah, I know it's diminishing returns from a pure strength perspective, but being solid plastic adds some weight/heft and allows arbitrary drilling without crushing/smashing the Infil. And PLA+ is cheap.

You could try the kool-aid man method https://media.tenor.com/images/40d606370b8f31361335188a66290870/tenor.gif

Yeah spot on!

Like fuck it will. Wall thickness of the Specna 'Quality' body is really thin, even for Airsoft Standards - I have a stripped Edge receiver sat in front of me right now that I'm just putting back together. Again.

Welcome to the bottomless hole that is the addiction called Airsoft ! ☠️ plus congratulations on asking the most frequently asked AND most pointless question any new player can ask ! “what am bestest gun ?”🤦‍♂️ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 literally the definition of an unanswerable question , but why this statement I hear you cry ? All comes down to personal choice . Yes you could say asking which gun to get as a virgin fresh novice to the sport on a forum will help but problem is no one can give you truly impartial advice we all have our own preferences for which is the ‘best’ for a new player to buy , one mans ‘perfect’ new player gun is the next mans ‘perfectly terrible’ new player gun ! My advice would be have a look around the internet to see what you fancy the look off then at your next few game days while your working towards your UKARA registration just wander around in between games looking at everyone else’s gun and if you see one you like then politely and respectfully ask about it and I’m 100% sure the owner will positively gush about it (everyone loves having their ego stroked) and more that likely let you have a go too . Nothing beats real world hands on for making a choice for your self in the beginning. 👍

Yeah, I wear mesh on top of my glasses

Honestly? I never had an issue with cheap drop in quad rails wobbling. At least, not so bad that it was bothering me. At least if you drop a fiver on an AliEx rail and it's shit, you haven't exactly lost much! As @Speedbird_666 says though, a half decent one will have that little clamp bit that stops it wobbling.

It will probably fit. I doubt it'll be a great fit, but it should mount nonetheless. The RS KAC RAS has a 'claw' that clamps over the gas tube onto the delta ring, along with a sprung clip on the front of the rail that tucks under the front hand guard cap . Many cheapo rails do not have either of these. Decent airsoft replicas do have these features. I had a Lonex gun which had a KAC RAS style rail that exactly mirrored the real steel and it was rock solid.

The one thing you need to think about is your play style as while everyone here just shouts get a TM that might not be what is best. The correct ergonomics and weight can make the biggest difference to your day and to my mind trump everything as I can still do well with a gun that shoots like shit but is comfortable in the hand but not the other way. From arm length to hand to speed and agility of player all are things to consider. Take the glock mentioned above they are great performing pistols but for my hands they are not a good fit and that drops my accuracy especially at speed by half at least. Look at everything and imagine holding it all day, is the grip good does the trigger and guard suit your fingers, safety switch and mag release are they right. All that effects your day as comfort trumps everything.

I'll be running an RPK and PAVN kit. Sniping as VC is brilliant. Harassing the US is great fun. I usually run as support in a two riflemen, one support and one sniper fire team. All depends who shows up though. Shame you can't stay for the evening. The beer fuelled game post-mortem is a real laugh.

I agree. Which game are you going to? If you are off to Luton give me a shout if you like. Plenty of room round our campfire.

Specna quality metal body will outlast G&G every time but the Orion in the Specna has always had problems but of late the newer ones have been spot on. I know a lot of this doesn’t mean much to you if your just starting,but honestly find a gun you like. Specna and G&G pretty much same except the MOSFET and metal body which is defiantly worth. But as mentioned Double eagle is really good for the price check them out too. But don’t just buy a gun just because everyone else has it. But I’m looking in getting a Specna because of the aster an the metal body one less thing I have to buy to put inside of it. An I have two Krytacs, Specna is really the best Bang for your buck.

Should of shot him twice with rubber bullets. What a total chump! Great cool control of the police.

OY OY OY, this is Mack's ffs

Long term you will most likely be a lot better off if the garment (whatever the brand is) uses legit MCT fabric, as highlighted by some experiences above. That's the big difference between more low/mid-range priced uniforms from proper manufacturers vs pure chinese cloners that only make copies for the airsoft market. Shirts and trousers from Tru-Spec and Leo Kohler are what I mainly find myself recommending these days.

he does say he did it because he didn't like the original finish, which is believable as folk do indeed recolor slides for that reason. front sight just looks like a preference thing, he even says it might not be to everyone's tastes. *dons flamesuit* besides, it's a glock, someone will put a speedtacticalpointdefendertigerdragon slide on it with some uberacquireultrabritespeedshot fibre optic sights on it, add a red dot which blocks the sights spend 5 hours with a soldering iron burning the frame for extra grip so they can hip-fire with a 50-round extendo clipazine. sorrynotsorry

As someone who works on m14s (which have different barrel cuts and shorter hop rubbers), this is par for the course in my opinion. Cutting hop rubbers is easy and it doesn't have to be 100% perfect; a bit of a jagged edge isn't going to make any difference. I still get flawless airseal in my m14s and I've simply used some multi-tool scissors to cut it down to size. Plus, as has been said, hop rubbers are pretty affordable.

Welcome to Airsoft Teching. This is par for the course. At least a bucking is cheap. Just you wait until you find that an expensive rail system or motor grip doesn't fit your gun and you need to Dremel the shit out of them. Pucker moments indeed. And if it works after cutting, why change it?

the Afghan army didn't really fold. You can't look at them as a regular western style army. They are basically a bunch of guys controlled by various warloards. These warlords have been around for a long time for a simple reason. they pick the side that is going to win and swap sides to whatever one that is. Right now that's the taliban but if Massoud's son manages to gather support up North then it might be a different story in 12 months time. Remember that the Afghan people have had a bit of more stable life within the bigger cities for the last 20 years so if the taliban start to behave like they did 20 years ago then the Afghans will be routing for Massoud's son. If the same warlords start to see a shift in power then they will barter a position in the new northern alliances government and switch sides again. I visited about 50 locations in Afghan over 6 years and the love for the deceased massoud was a bit like the british love for the Queen. It would be a very differnet country today if he hadn't been assassianted the day before the 9/11 attacks. As for the Afghan army well I've seen them hit targets at 1200m with a dragonov which is supposed to only be good out to 700, at -22C they are running about in sandels with a pair of socks on and generally not give 2 F's when someone is shooting at them. True, some of them are idiots but then show me an Army that doesn't have its share of idiots. Afghan is always going to be a crazy place. For the last 20 years the Russian's, Chinese and Pakistani's have had a large Western force within striking range of their borders and probably did as much as possible to undermine the Western army. Now that this is gone then the Russians will be worried about the Southern Russian states being influenced by the Taliban, the Pakistani's will be terrified that the Pashtun (the taliban are mostly Pashtun) population that is spread from Afghanistan to Pakistan and doesn't recognise the official border will cause problems in the North of the country and lastly the Chinese will be eyeing up Afghan for 2 reasons. 1 being it's full of resources that only the Chinese have the man-power to shift from Afghan to China and 2nd they will be a bit twitchy because they haven't got the best press when it comes to dealing with muslims. If Afghan is at peace in 5 years time I'm eat my kevlar hat. on a more personnal note, it's stange seeing the runway all over the TV as I lived in a metal ISO container for quite a long time on the edge of that runway. Right now 2 of my mates are sitting there and still in 2 minds about jumping on the next available Herc. The only reason I'm not calling them idiots is because I'm wondering how many Peq 15s, PVS 14's and ACOG's they can jam in a bag for me before getting on the next flight

Just airsoft fella, just airsoft. But thank you, I can assure you my wife would have me in front of our GP if I felt like this with anything else.

Surely you're not suggesting I add a touch more Farage?