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At last a reason to carry my entrenching took other than for frying eggs. Although with a name like “enimine” I was expecting Denis Quaid to front it.

*insert futurama take my money meme here

I agree that this is an issue, particularly with many Gen.Z'ers. It always puzzles me when people will start threads on this forum, along the lines of "Does anyone know how long it usually takes >insert retailer here< to send items?" However I don't think that applies in this case. If I've already gone out of my way to be loyal to them (ie going to their website first), why should I go to the further inconvenience of calling and "negotiating" the postage cost. Especially when the times I actually get a moment to shop for this kind of stuff are usually during my lunch break at work, or in the evening when they're closed.

G&G Combat Machine given a down and dirty yellow paint job.

What no MC51 fan’s? Had Noboby gone G3 SAS slap happy? Call yourselves airsofters? I am ashamed! G3 AM BESTEST GUN!!!!! GOAT!!!!! Anyway enough if that. I do find it amusing when the post starts with “I am being controversial for not using an M4, but something that looks rather like one, but with a slightly thicc(er) mag.” 😆

Airsoft companies have been over charging for years sadly. Some do it to try to get the customer to order more items in the attempt to justify the shipping etc. I actually subsidise 90% of the shipping fees in order to retain customers. £12.99 is very high for some BB's, what was the total weight?

Bianchi brand double pistol mag pouch. Usually seen on military security and police belt kit. There are double (shown) and quad mag versions. The Lower stud accommodates single stack mags. It has a plastic insert so protects mags better than the standard ALICE version which is just fabric.

Not sure about these trousers from AliExpress...

I recently went online to a well-known and regarded airsoft retailer I have used many times in the past without issue to stock up on some BBs, only to find I was quoted a shocking £12.99 in shipping (more than the cost of the BBs themselves). Previously it was half this for non-RIF packages like BBs, gun addon tat, clothing etc. I know the cost pressures everyone is facing - my wife has a business and has had to change couriers due to exorbitant costs (mainly due to the out of control price of fuel). I can understand courier charges for RIFs, need for insurance, secure transit/delivery etc. However to charge more for shipping than the price of an item definitely ventures into the arena of taking the piss. With Royal Mail the size of said package would cost no more than a fiver... I went instead to EBay and bought there, for the same total price the well-known retailer quoted and got double the amount of BBs. Shipping was included in the price too. Said well-known retailer has now lost my business forever. Sad really.

Will bear this in mind for my new G3 I just bought today

Research has proven that if your parents didn’t have any children then you won’t either

Good point and one I'm not averse to - although I am rather more old school and take people at their word. So if something is advertised at price x, that's the price, no nudge nudge wink wink ere ahhs abaaht a deal then me old mucka. Can't be arsed. If it's advertised on your site at x that's what I pay, or decide to go elsewhere if x is too dear. As for InstaSpam and ShitTok, pah, a pox on their houses.

They are what i take to most skirmish days...i only ever use the folding stock zenitco aks74u...the others are back ups just in case! I have a wood and metal RPK with drum mag but need another case to take that and the wood AK74S i also have...but rarely use....when is too many AKs officially too many?

The pinion will either be a push fit or it will have a grubscrew which will no doubt be embalmed in threadlock. If it's a push fit you'll want one like the "large vice" version here https://www.ant-supplies.uk/assorted-tools/motor-pinion-gear-tool.html because the type you have linked to will only pull the pinion off, it won't help putting it back on.

It might not though, then that time is sunk. And it could have gone into finding that you can get much better value elsewhere even if they shipped free and gratis. Similarly with used sales (gnus, cars): crazy asking prices on the assumption that you'll do the dance, mate, haggle them down, mate, everyone knows that, that's just the game, mate. I know some people do enjoy the thrill of bargaining down to what you can just click on elsewhere, but I suspect that's going to become an increasingly niche selling strategy in an era of easy comparison shopping.

Only 1kg, would only be £3.95 via Royal Mail 24 Tracked service. My guess is in order to simplify their website backend shipping function they just use a single shipping weight. It's a pretty lazy way doing shipping but very tempting as it can cut a huge amount of confusion. Took me a few hours to get my head around how the shipping worked and I had to "fudge" the system in order to get it working as I wanted. So many work-arounds.

If you are referring to the bit that sits on the motor shaft between the pinion and motor can, then yes, they are easy to transfer. It's getting the pinion off in the first place that can be the problem. You might need a pinion pulling tool if it's a press fit.

Preaching to the converted my friend. Scottish Highlands, we get sodomised mercilessly by courier charges as we are "not part of the mainland" despite the map saying otherwise and that A9 going all the way from Stirling to Thurso. 😡

Had to call an ambulance today. A woman was unconscious on the luggage carousel of our local airport. 'Tell me if she comes around,' said the operator. 'She does about every five minutes,' I replied.

Literally a 1kg bag, i.e. sod all. A joke considering a RIF from the same supplier is £20 for delivery (still excessive IMO but at least understandable). As I say, they've fucked themselves with their own cock as far as I'm concerned.

Well they were cheapest for PTS recoil mid caps. So ordered. So far email confirmation up dates have been good.

They're actually one of my preferred retailers. Always been really good with me and they've ordered stuff in for me in the past from Europe (they order from https://www.airsoftzone.com/ semi-regularly). Super helpful for me because KJW m700 parts, magazines and after-market upgrade parts can be hell to find in the UK, but airsoftzone orders them in regularly. Can't recommend them enough. Always done well by me and thus they're one of my favourite retailers now.

I've ordered loads of bits and bobs from them. Most things seem to turn up next day as well!

An A1 I recently built and did my own salt water etching for the trades

My guarder body had those, I broke them off and used with a g&p lower. You are right jez, g&p never had those lugs.

Thanks for the followup, sounds like you're on a roll with fixing stuff.

Yeah definitely work, I promise... I am not sure what your "girlfriend" or Facebook has to do with this but you do you. I for one one agree with you in the most case, 80% of Airsoft Equipment is made in China one way or another but I am just saying Evolution have told us the guns are manufactured in Italy, most likely meaning they are put together/modified there, not every individual part made there. As for the lying comment you clearly don't know me personally nor have the right to make this claim, I for one will not sell someone something I don't think is worth selling, like the King Arms pistols we stock amongst other things. I am guessing you've never been to the store or spoken to us in any means otherwise you'd know this. How about pop down to the store one day and see for yourself?

The rear sight is odd admittedly but yeah I had 3 of those many years ago and the guns themselves are very nice for sure. That old school SR-15 setup pre-freefloat handguards is a real throwback, specially for those who know the old pre-NGRS TM AEG that's similar looking.

I finished this Umarex Buntline yesterday, after being a little underwhelmed with a KTW Winchester and acquiring a stock cheaply. Turns out the stock is from a Colt SAA 2nd generation, what they put with the actual branded buntlines in 1957. Barrel made from aluminium with brass internally, and a tanaka ejector. Assembles and disassembles as it was designed. Shooting at 0.9 joules and hops 0.32s on a flat trajectory at 40m, the limit of my garden. Probably a realistic 55m but the bbs will be travelling pretty slowly by then. Hammer mod to make the hammer sit more flush with the frame. Bottom one is also hopped but for 0.25s.

Yarp, those are much bigger bangs than .209 primers. There's no need for that in airsoft, tinnitus isn't something you can just rub some dirt in and walk off.

Is that wire going to the left somehow pushing up the feeding part so it is rubbing against the nozzle? Because there are some marks on the wire too not sure if it's from magazine inserts.

No. That's where you're losing your air pressure.

Very true. Something to bear in mind - having the correct cylinder is right, but also attention needs to be made to the quality of the piston head rubber. This tends to be forgotten. Learn from what you have found out so far, but when it comes to upgrades, like is more and bit at a time.

Ouch, if you have a husband or wife don't let them find out 😆 Just a GATE Titan BASIC, a Warhead Industries Base motor and a Maxx Model advanced trigger would have turned your Defender into a beast.

Fitment with the gearbox perhaps? The delta series has a slightly thinner gearbox where the trigger unit sits, and is fitted in the body with some small pins that are moulded on the receiver. On my ak21 I had to do some filing which I could see causing issues with nozzle alignment.

Wouldn't let me open the video. Most likely a compatibility issue with the Gate gearbox and hop chamber / Nuprol receiver. Can be a sod of an issue. Adding onto what @Fatboy40 said 1. What's the length of the inner barrel? 2. What's the cylinder type?

FPS same in semi and full auto?

https://www.highpressureairsoft.co.uk/package-deals/tank-line-and-regulator-package This'll give you an idea of what you need and is a good package. as for refilling the bottle, you could get a scuba tank, compressor or refill at your local site if they do that.

https://shop.super5ives.com/shop/item/120457/balystik-hpa-adapter-for-secutor-shotgun-us-foster.html or https://www.highpressureairsoft.co.uk/jag-arms-scatter-gun-secutor Either of these is what you're after mate.

Cannot remember so didn't want to call out an i'nnocent' I binned the bb's so cannot easily check.

I’ve tried a multitude of brands, both in my VSR and in GBBR M4s, the only one I’ve found to be reliably good quality is Geoffs Super Precision. I will now rather sit out a game with the VSR if I haven’t got enough Geoffs. tried Vorsk recently in my MWS and they left a lot of white residue and had a habit of shattering in the gun, they’re going in the bin. my advice would be to try some good quality ammo and also either keep it in its original packaging and try to avoid contamination (don’t empty your speed loader back in the bag/bottle) or keep it in another (clean) plastic container. The cloth BB bags I’ve seen some people use cause dust and fine dirt to accumulate on the BBs.

yep, it is indeed. good ammo is imo one of the first "upgrades" folk should do, it's the easiest variable to eliminate when facing the problem of trying to improve accuracy. can also help function, i've "fixed" many a misfeeding gun by doing nothing more complex than emptying the magazine and filling it with geoffs.

Currently ASG's. I've tried a de brands with mixed results, one wwll known and rated brands pellets being visually smaller, confirmed by my digital calipers, only a little but smaller diameter than two other brands I had to hand! May have been Counterfeit as a fleabay purchase. Given the money spent on buying and uprating airsoft hardwear it seems sensible to use reliable ammo.

G&G are excellent. Them or Geoffs

I have been using Geoff's tracers for a year now and had no problems with them at all, light up really well great seeing that green/red stream in the dark.

Cheapo Blitz in boxes of ten packets. I used both bio and non- bios before I used the even cheaper Kilo 9s from TG. Now back on Blitz for up to .28g. For heavier I use Geoff's.

I'll use Geoffs whenever I can, if not I've had no issues with g&g.

Taiwan gun have bumped there sale to up to 80% off , you can now get ammo pouches reduced from £3 to 41p ! edit at 22.20 Just sent an order off for two complete custom rigs for a total of £53 , and saved well over a £100 . Result ! 👍