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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.

Greetings to all and sundry. Complete noob to all of this but after a couple of rounds of CQB I believe that I may have found a new hobby. In a former life I got to play with real life bang sticks and had lots of practice at standing still in sideways rain. So, after ignoring the stigma attached to airsoft I took the plunge and went along with a bunch of work colleagues and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I shall be doing lots of reading before taking the next plunge and purchasing my own set up. M.

Looks like they need investors if you’re feeing flush 🤑

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

I quite like the look of that😈

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.

Hmmmm, with that vice tool priced at £25, it's looking like I'll just take a brave pill (or three), and try my luck with the £40 motor that I can pick up from a couple of miles away (good ol' Action Hobbies), rather than a-fiddlin' and a-faddlin' with stuff that'll take it's sweet time to get here from China, and all that pinion pulling malarkey!

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.

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.

I'd been thinking of getting a MC51, but as I've started doing cqb my priorities changed to even shorter gnus. Also im glad I'm not the only one who thought that about a 7.62 AR. For once I was being nice

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.

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.

viper concealment

Lancaster pistol, uses Cassieopiea shells. Wood just needs to be done and its ready but this shows the really unique trigger mech.

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.

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

Harsh truth is that you can keep shovelling money into it or you can give it to an airsoft tech who understands the details of how things work and will fix it for you.

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?

From the above I'm assuming you're using the same tappet plate + nozzle + hop unit as before? Also what was your previous gear ratio? (I'm assuming a stock Nuprol Defender so maybe 18:1?). It would seem sensible to start with checking your air seal in general as, in theory, the parts used should not negatively effect anything (and I'm assuming that the GATE Eon piston head has a bearing, so the spring would be compressed further and that in itself will give a few extra FPS). What FPS /. Joules were you getting on your chrono before and after?

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.

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

ASG Blaster Geoffs or Vorsk have always been my go to. Often depends on how you load them. I found when manual loading my MWS mags I would get breakages ECT that caused the debris to stop the follower pushing the next round up however since swapping to a Odin speed leader and MWS adaptor this has fixed all issues.

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.

Is it a secret brand?

G&G are excellent. Them or Geoffs

I usually just use whetever is sold on site. That's blasters at my usual site, but for the last couple of games I've used Vorsk as I've been visiting others

Cool. That's great making it a family thing. 🙂 Enjoy the day👍

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.

I used devil blasters in the past but moved over to Geoffs and been on thenm ever since.