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Hello all, I have only recently gotten into airsoft (played my first game on the 19th December 2021) but already hooked. my fiancé has bought me a gun already and since playing that first game I realised I needed a torch and better sight. so here is my work in progress. It’s a Bulldog M4PI RIS CQB with a M300a Tactical Torch & a FOCUHUNTER 2 MOA red dot sight. I know it’s not the best but everyone starts somewhere and this is mine. Planing to keep playing with this rifle for quite some time then invest in a different riffle after expecting everyone else’s on game days. I also completely forgot to order batteries too so have been able to set the sight up properly or test the light but it should all arrive Friday. So will update you all when I have chance to set it all up.

"Suddenly"? Got to be one of the most wish-listed ever. I'm surprised nobody has come up with a bodykit. Imagine the ignominy of being bayonetted by Kraut Space Magic.

The 4th July 2021 was also the start of a five day test match attended by 17,500 people; most of whom travelled hundreds of miles to get there. The initial Bristol protests were attended by around a 1,000 people, although the subsequent support protests were much larger. I Googled sports events on that date, but I could have chosen theatre re-openings or concerts or whatever.

I was there as well on that day, ShadopOpz at Richborough. It was the most surreal thing ever. Stripper parts at the end 🙂

Without exception the most entertaining airsoft games I've played over the last 16 years have been limited ammo games. I know that won't float on an open day, but I get by just fine with real cap mags, and internally deride the tactical maracas bunch.

Some of my proudest collections. Took some real efforts to find stock and get into my hands: Umarex full size G36 VFC AEG M27 and GBB HK417 20" G&G M14EBR limited 22" silver version NPOAEG SR2M (Could have been the last one available in the world) Ares L115 gas sniper E&L AK74M with a real Soviet 1P29 King Arms R93 LRS2 gas sniper (not the ordinary springer one) Also got a VFC Mk20 GBB stuck at customs due to Christmas and covid...

This topic has come up a few times already 😉 In my ideal dream world, airsoft pews would have the same rof as their real counterparts. This would mean there would be actual reasons to choose particular models and there wouldn't be any stupid 30+ rates. Of course it's just a dream... 😟

Ultimately cheats will always cheat, & dicks will be dicks. & too many sites are only interested in chasing pound notes than enforcing rules, even their own ☹️

Suddenly everyone wants a G11

DMRs are an odd one, many different power limits across different sites, where as full auto and bolt actions are fairly universal in their power limits. Depends on your local sites I guess. Though a 1.1j build with a dmr playstyle is pretty fun. And definitely get a second gun before tinkering. You don't want to be canceling game days because your gearbox is in pieces on a work bench 😅 But most importantly, do what is fun, even if its not logical. If it gets you playing its a good thing.

I like the way that you're thinking Loki. Far too easy to chuck money on Gucci kit and sell it for a loss when you realise that it isn't what you really want.

Been selling off my old PS3 collection to reduce my credit card debt. PS3 games have gone up quite a bit for rare ones. Sold a copy of World of Outlaws, Aussie only game, it was in mint condition. Fairly expensive (50 quid). Buyer asked for a return saying it didn't work. Which is odd, because not only do I test the games I sell, I also run data integrity checks on EVERYTHING. Returned game and confirmed that the disk was screwed with some kind of dull patch on the bottom. Checked the top label and saw that there was more white(It's a sort of grainy white that happens with modern label production, click on the photos to zoom in) on the black label of the disk (Just below/above the small writing) I sent out then on the disk I received back. It's a real subtle difference, easily missed but seems pretty clear it's a switcharoo. Original I sent out Disk I received back. Original Returned Playing dumb at the moment as I realise how much Ebay sides with the buyers. Have emailed the buyer "Hello. It looks like you have sent the wrong disk, there is a printing difference between the one in my advert (1st attached photo, See the extra white in the black part of the CD Label) and the one you sent me back which has very little white in comparison (2nd photo). I understand mistakes can happen, please return the original disk to me and I can process your refund. Kind regards." I haven't sent a refund yet, though the buyer can petition ebay and they will send one automatically. What are my chances for an acceptable resolution boys?

When the anti maskers/vaxxers compare their choices to the murder of 6 million people I'll give them the respect they deserve

Duno, some of those paint jobs could disqualify you 🤔 😆

How come every topic I start ends up messy 😂

Yeah. Regardless of where you stand on vaccinations, it's rather terrifying this is all that it's taken to divide populations and turn people against each other. Rather disgusting really. Sure, you can say it's dumb or selfish or whatever for eligible people to turn down vaccinations that statistically are doing a lot of good but some of the vitriol that is coming out from certain people is borderline sociopathic.

As cold be , obviously you will get the dick’less ass hats who will ignore the rules but it used to be if a marshal did think you where taking the piss they’d keep an eye on the player then do a quick round count to see what they had(if someone’s been hosing the crap out of the other team but STILL has a couple of hundred bbs on them odds are there ignoring the site rules?) so yea did actually world fairly well .

Sniper sidearm done 😁 just need a little spray on the rails but happy with it although may change the rail system for one slightly less bulky when I can find one

I'm again going to have to ask: who is to blame for Israel's high case rate, given their rapid, early, and near total compliance with sweeping interventions up to and beyond three vaccinations? This is going to go on for years, globally, regardless of what we do. Is it? July to September 2021, yes. It had already fallen to 35% by October. And yet you'll still see 90% repeated as "the latest figures" into December. There are plenty of headlines today about one ICU doctor repeating that 90% claim again, along with saying that it's patients in their 20s and 30s requiring care. Just about every media source is running with the same story, using the same wording, which is a good indication that it's being "nudged" via the revolving door between Fleet and Downing streets. Now, it may very well be true in in London. However, we don't know, since once of the doctor's complaints is that daily figures for care-vs-vaccination-status aren't available. And here's the thing you wouldn't guess from the headlines: the number of people requiring ventilation is falling, not rising. See the NHS figures here, Daily Admissions and Beds. The peak for mechanical ventilation was in early November, and it's actually trending down this week. If that's due to Londoners finally getting vaccinated, good, about time too. Or it could be due to better treatment options. Again, that's good news. Just please, let's look beyond the headlines, and keep things in perspective. Do I think that anyone still stubborn enough to be unvaccinated at this point is engaging in self- and societal harm? Yup. Do I think that calling them "plague rats" and engaging in a Two Minute Hate is likely to be constructive or persuasive? Nope. I'd rather that we celebrate the wins rather than turning on each other, no matter how cathartic it feels.

I bought this mask like 6 months ago, first time taking it out the box;

This. It can also be applied in game as well as to your gear

@Rogerborg Yes, hopefully we're over the worst and as you said, it should follow the trend of past pandemics like the Spanish Flu. I still think the situation will improve faster if everyone takes it seriously and tries to reduce the risks of contamination. Follow the advice of the medical experts not the government or politicians

Your hop unit arm is different from that in my DE M904E, mine 100% did not have the cut-out that held a bump on top of the cylindrical nub. I've just dug the Maple Leaf packet out, from under my computer desk, that the old nub is in and it's just a cylinder of black rubber with a hole through the middle (no retaining "bump" on the top). And what Adolf said is 100% spot on with the nub 👍 Also my youngest son's getting an M906C for Christmas, so it will be interesting to see what's inside of his when he lets me crack it open (ML bucking and nub are the first thing I'll tweak for him before he plays with it in anger). Also at some point you might have to crack the gearbox open and re-grease the piston head O-ring, I had to do this on mine recently to get it back to the FPS it had out of the box. Lastly I'm finding that the QD spring guide is getting harder to remove and re-insert each time, the metal ring that's holding the ball bearings in place appears to be slightly warping, I think a sign of the cheaper build quality and materials used by DE. I'm going to take a punt on one of these in the New Year... https://www.maxxmodel.com/cnc-stainless-steelaluminum-spring-guide.html ... also, just in-case you're wondering, I'm not trying to hijack your thread, just wanting to help out another M90X buddy

Very true Rostok. Though it doesn't really depend on the leaders and governments but the people. If everyone in each country treated this seriously and did the right thing it would help in the long run. The authorities are responsible for organising the vaccines (and hopefully there will be more co-operation and help from the richer countries) but if people refuse to have them through ignorance and false information this could drag on for many more years.

Have a turn out before you arrive all’s good 😊 I heard dirty burgers are good for your biome 👀

Decent toilets always outweigh food. Clean, toilet roll and soap trumps some dodgy hotdog. Bringing your own food will possibly even remove any desperate need of the site toilet facilities.

Not all of us, with respect. This opinion is also available. The people issuing the laws, diktats, rules and guidelines, clearly, demonstrably, don't believe that they're necessary. Their actions give the lie to their words, and I mean all of them, all politicians of all parties, all meedja talking heads of all channels, all podiumed scienticians: everybody that we see lecturing us on our Telescreens every day puts on a performance, whips the mask off the moment they think the cameras have stopped rolling, then gets their mistress round to nosh them off at a cheesy wine party. We are to do as they say, not as they do. Long term, we should be clear that SARS-COV-2 being endemic means we're all going to get the coofs, multiple times, no matter how much we mask, wash, clap and jab. Blaming each other for something that is inevitable won't really achieve much except for keeping us perpetually angry, suspicious and weaponised against (REQUIRED_JABS - 1) refuseniks. On jabs, vaccination now is likely as good as it's ever going to get in combination of coverage and efficacy. Coronaviruses mutate faster than we can keep up, and vaccines are always going to be multiple variants behind. Israel, Gibraltar, Malta, all past their third doses and onto their fourth, all with transmission still through the roof, and with waning efficacy against omicron. The ONS are reporting, quietly, without a headline summary, that the more jabs you've had, the more likely any covid diagnosis will be for omicron than for a previous variant (table 1b). Please note that I'm being careful with the wording there, I'm not saying anything that I'm not saying. In terms of how bad it is, raw "cases" are numberwang, and driven by testing rather than rising positive rates. If I were to tell you that there are 2 billion bacteria on your toilet seat, it's because I looked for them. There were 2 billion yesterday, and the only thing that's changed today is that you know, and might be worried about it. Looking at the daily hospital numbers for England, the number of beds occupied by people who have tested positive for SARS-COV-2 is rising. However, deaths are not rising, either with or from, and significantly, mechanical ventilation number have barely budged since October. Yes, bad cases of delta are very very bad, and it's genuinely harrowing for the ICU staff dealing with it. If we could eliminate SAR-COV-2 tomorrow, I'd be delighted. The bad news is that we cant, but the good news is that the numbers that matter, deaths and suffering, aren't anywhere near as bad as the "cases" headlines. If we accept the argument that we have to mask, jab, isolate, jab, distance, jab and jab in order primarily to Save Our NHS from winter pressure, then I cannot see any reason why this won't apply every winter. Our NHS is three weeks from collapse, always has been, and always will be. So I'd suggest that whatever happens this year isn't just for this Christmas, it's for every Christmas to come, forever. I'll respect differing opinions, but I'll respect them a lot more if they're your own independent thoughts, and come with some up-to-date source citations.

Quite right, you wouldn't whip your Glock out at the local Club Chlamydia. Good point about the dick-rule covering this issue, and it all being down to proactive, constructive marshalling. One thing I'd pick up on is the belief that it's OK to flip the wankergun-switch to punish an OMG CHEETAR. It doesn't solve the underlying problem. I'm not saying that it's not funny and satisfying to do so, just be honest about why you're doing it. You're only making the situation worse by escalating it. On the ultimate sanction, I'd like to see a lot more players getting hoofed right out of the hobby, whether it's for persistent cheating, cheat calling, or wanker-gunning. I'd be willing to bet that regularly inviting the most toxic player of the day to not come back would pay off in terms of the potential players that get silently lost because of them. Hard to quantify though.

Id happily pay that but needs to be banging hot food available FOC

Your ability to keep finding new stuff to strap to your poor SCAR never ceases to amaze me

Santa (UPS) arrived early this year... But I'm not going to open the box until Christmas morning. Oh, the anticip...... .... ation Also... 18,000 Bio 0.28g BBs, an M105 spring, and a nozzle and fuses for my AK.

Spot on, I played at an old power station in Kent years ago, great morning session, broke for lunch & approx 30 min later the organiser asks for everyones attention, turned around thinking it's the briefing for the next session, next thing stripper music comes on & some bird starts taking her kit off, I turned my back on it & got back to getting my kit in order, at which point I teammate nudges me & says "oy tack, you gone gay", I tell him "I've come to play, not watch some ropey tart get her kit off, there's a time & a place for this crap", load up & head outside. Point is, gamedays are for playing, sure you can have some bantz when doing it but hanging around for anything that doesn't involve shooting peeps, not my bag, & if a sites not on top of this, I usually don't go back 😏

Dragon Valley run all their games limited ammo (or did last time I played there) only allowed to carry 600rds on you but you can go back to safezone to bomb up . Support guns 2000rds BUT it’s only classified as a support gun if there is a real world equivalent, so no claiming “this is my support gun !” As you stand there with your M4 pistol and a drum mag ! 🤦‍♂️

I've never been a fan of banning things as the issue is usually the soft fleshy bit holding it. I'd rather sites booted those who act like twats, whether it's not calling hits, overshooting or something else

My first paint job Used plastic primer and tamiya acrylic paint.Two coat of clear coat

I got my Golden Eagle gas boomstick from them earlier this year and had no problems. One thing to take into account with reviews is that a happy customer will tell one person, whereas an unhappy one will tell 10.

Just letting anyone interested know; I received a package from hao yesterday via airmail. It took 12 days from order to receipt. So all seems good there again.

Heard this one the other day: Q: Why is Santas sack so big? A: Because he only comes once a year!!

It would be clearer scaled by population, and by tests performed. The reason that I mention Gibraltar and - excuse me, it was Cyprus I was thinking of, rather than Malta - is that they've done even more testing per capita than the UK and have - can you guess? - found more cases per capita. Israel has done less, and found less. But wait, what's the positive test rate? Or viewed the other way, how many tests has each nation done in order to find a case? In Cyprus it's 64 (1.56% positive rate), Gibraltar is 55 (1.8%), Cyprus is 64, UK is 33 (3%), Israel is... 27 (3.7% positive test rate). So I agree that right now, Israel are doing better. Their cases are still trending up though, and overall, despite moving faster and harder, it appears that they've done worse for suppression, and had higher prevalence. If this sounds like an argument against vaccines and mitigation, it's not. Israel has done much (much) better in terms of deaths per capita, and that's what actually matters. But rather than celebrating the win, they're doing even more of "this shit". There's no light at the end of their tunnel, no Old Normal, just more green passes. My point is that there is no magic bullet against an endemic, mutating coronavirus, and that even vaxpässen will not macht frei. So we can rage about it and play chase-the-cases, or we can put it in perspective as an also-ran in the mortality and hospitalisation stakes rather than losing our collective minds every time we have another cycle of cases leading to tests leading to cases, while ICU and deaths actually continue to fall. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

If there's anyone we can trust, it's the US military...

I would completely agree with everything you just said there @EDcase except the Omicron variant shows it's not just down to us all doing the right thing, it's down to all the leaders in all the countries trying to do the right thing too, and the rich countries helping the poorer ones with vaccines etc. It's a world-wide responsibility. So while I don't want that to be an excuse for people here ignoring the advice and the temporary rules, I fear that as long as there are pockets of the global community where vaccines haven't been widely distributed or used, there'll be new variants popping up that can cause more trouble. it's going to be a long while before we can get back to a truly normal existence.

looks like the stock hop nub (red bit) is a weird proprietary shape, but it also looks like if you slide it out sideways the omega nub will sit normally in the arm. reckon that extra bit of material that's in the top is to stop the nub from falling out (which is the inevitable outcome of cutting corners and not dissassembling the hop before pulling the barrel with a standard nub) normally i'd caution against spring changes until certain the air seal is pretty consistent, as a low energy reading could be an adequate spring losing most of its puff to an air leak, but sounds like 'borgs silicone down the nozzle trick has helped a bit in that regard (also possible the macaron feedlips are sealing better to the nozzle)

Something we can agree on 👍

Since we're well off topic now, I heard a player-marshal grumbling after a game that he'd "hit someone, and the cheeky cnut had put his hand up, then ducked back into cover." I kindly let him know that the cheeky cnut was in fact waving cheerily at him because his BBs were dropping about 3m short. Perhaps ill advised, but he was already convinced that he was hitting me and would have been salty anyway, so I might as well have fun with it.

My new baby Double Eagle M904G (Honey Badger)

Got me one of these from that there AliExpress... a £21 chronograph so I can check whether my 'upgrades' make things better or worse ... my God it's small! (it's about 1" in height) The tube that you shoot down is very narrow, hence those brass tubes which are used to position the chrono on the end of the barrel (here it's set up for my 35mm diameter silencer) It seems to work ok, but the normal-sized ones have the big advantage of not needing to faff around with those mounting tubes (or risking damaging the inside of the chrono if it's wrongly positioned)

That's pretty normal with a gas gun - as the gas expands it cools the gun and magazine rapidly, which has a negative effect on power. You really only want to use the gun on semi, or very short bursts (as you would a real firearm).

close enough to one of my fav guns from films as a child next to the auto9 that is

Go easy on me lads, first post of my two primaries - ACR GBB and AEG M16 setups