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Perhaps this tech uses crystals? For all we know, he could have put serious time in raising the rifs vibrations. Does the thing shoot like its chakras are balanced?

I was digging around to get my TM 1911 out as I will want to do some work on it before 'Namsoft season starts again and decided to pull out my other 1911, from a time when trademarks in airsoft were slapped on literally everything without a second thought; bought my Bell 1911 back in 2008 in Spain as it was a project gun that the shop built and then the person didn't want it, so I bought it for a decent price. It feels so nice to hold being full metal and I think I may give it a tune up with CowCow parts if they work well in my TM 1911 and run it on red gas or something due to the heavy metal slide not wanting to move on green gas in the UK climate (though not sure if TM magazines will handle red gas without blowing up like mk23 mags do, so might need some Bell 1911 magazines...). Managed to get the stock magazine gas-tight at least It's entirely possible this gun has been in airsoft longer than you have 😂

Justbbguns offer 1000 shots or twenty minutes. Whichever comes first. 😂

Oi! I resemble that remark!

Have you seen the one-foot-in-the-grave-brigade that make up the regs on here??

Latest addition - SIg Air (VFC) MPX AEG

Have I been sucked off in the back of a Games Workshop?

That is my litany of faith every time I hear the seductive whispering of the Financially Ruinous Powers. It's their property, they can do as they like with it. But it's our fandom, and our money, to spend or not as we please. I don't expect a visit from the Legal Inquisition, but then who does?

from what I understand he used to have a good rep..... and then things started slipping. I think it was dave oakfield/renniks (of maple leaf tactical for those old enough to remember!) did a big post about him about a year ago and how he hadn't done the honourable thing with quite an expensive PTW A2 (memory is fuzzy, could have sworn it's Jtac) leaving him quite out of pocket etc. I don't know if that got resolved. Unfortunately this is the sort of thing you hear every now and then, someone is good, they get a good rep and to keep orders flowing in their prices stay the same, they get flooded with orders and can't cope. They either increase their headcount etc (which is a massive gamble as employees generally aren't as good), they up their prices etc. or stuff slips. Some unfortunately just try to soldier on, work all the hours, barely make any money, good service turns to bad and suddenly they're in super deep and stories like this start coming out. I reckon most of them aren't doing it with the intention of being bad, just that real life happens and they get overwhelmed or lose the passion for it and have an honest intention of "I'll get that sorted next weekend"......next weekend become the one after etc. I don't know the specifics for Jtac or the situation there, but it's a name and a company I personally avoid based on what I have heard.

I was discussing Citadel Minatures the other day when I went to the comic shop to get a copy of 2000AD. I went cold Turkey on GW a long time ago. Their business model, hmmm. And I’m not sure I’d like to work for their management. The strong arm tactics with “Astartes” and other fan made art was the action of grubby little fucktators.

Yeah I got sucked into Kill team when GW re-released it a few years ago, really enjoyed making small teams of completely custom miniatures. I had tried 40k before but just didn't find it enjoyable making the same models over and over again, building and painting an entire army just felt like a chore. Eventually my mate I used to play with moved away and I never really touched the models again, the rest of life takes over and I have enough other hobbies and jobs to do to fill my time but I did have a lot of fun with kill team when I did play it. I really love the lore behind the 40K universe and I even have a copy of the Only War tabletop rules and expansions somewhere but could never convince anyone to play it and again the tabletop group I played with a couple of times just drifted apart as everyone moved on with their lives. I feel sorry for your wallet if you are getting back into GW models, and I really hope this post doesn't tip me back into it as I don't have enough time to work on airsoft stuff and cars without getting back ito another hobby that is a huge time sink XD. I bet along with your finished armies you still have a big collection of grey plastic like the rest of us left over form well intentioned projects that never got completed. i still have way too many boxes of sprues from model kits I have never made, not just games workshop stuff.

Ok so I figure in fairness I will name the tech and give the story so there's some context. Back in March last year I contacted John Boycie Turrell formerly Jtac custom. I had dealt with him for parts and never had any problems or issues. I also knew he did a lot of work on kwa rifs before and wanted someone who knew their away around them. All was fine and the rif was posted away and received. He did mention it might be a few weeks as he was going away for a couple of weeks on holiday. No biggie I was happy to wait a couple of weeks. So towards the end of May I chase it up and he hasn't had a chance to look at it due to a new job and 60 hour working week.. I figure life hits and leave it there Late August comes round, I haven't played in months as I'm down to 1 rif and it's time to chase it up again as no communication. At this point I'm informed he hasn't been able to look at it and has passed it onto another tech named Adam and he should have been in contact. So he will chase it up. I should point out that at no point have I been asked if that's OK or even asked if I wanted it sent to another tech. Work jumps in for a bit and come mid October I send John the 1st sort of message indicating I'm not happy and would like my rif back. So far this other tech who I only know as Adam has made no contact with me. Once again promises he will chase it up. It then transpires Adam hasn't touched it, I'm invited into another conversation with another tech Jimmy who offers to sort the rif out for the cost of parts only if any are needed. In an a bid to get the rif sorted and home I agree. So December 9th comes around and I have heard nothing so I message Jimmy to see if he has seen the rif. Guess what. He hasn't received it. I know Jimmy's last name, but I'm not mentioning it as he is a blameless part of this saga. I chase John again, tell him I just want the rif back now whether it's in 100 pieces or 1 and I will sort it myself. I'm told he will get it back from Adam and get it sent back to me. Along with comments about how he hates letting people down and life gets in the way. I'm still trying to be nice at this point as I want the rif back and like a fool I trust people further than I should. December 30th cones around. A slightly sarcastic 'I guess there's no sign of my rif being returned then' message goes off. I'm told there is and it will be posted UPS on Tuesday(January 3rd) due to the postal strikes etc. So a little spark of hope flares. Tuesday comes and goes I wait until the Friday and chase it up. Message gets ignore. At this point I start to genuinely believe that the rif has gone, or sold or something. I had a few friends including my Mrs tell me i wouldn't see it again. A combination of bad work life, some pretty crappy normal life stuff combined with not playing airsoft due to only having 1 unreliable rif. Has all combined to have me pretty low and heading towards a depression spiral at this point. So Monday comes (January 9th). Probably due to me being a Moody git all day the Mrs says send him a more forceful message or resign yourself to never seeing it again. So I do, effectively asking why I haven't had the rif back, wanting answers and closure due to it affecting my mental health. A couple of hours later im asked for my address, email and phone number. I'm then sent a photo of a box with a UPS label on it that looks suspiciously like the one I originally posted. Sire enough 2 days later it arrives home (hoooray) and its the same package I sent away, it hasn't been opened, not even the plastic wrap on the outside. I have tried to give a full, lengthy view of what happened as I don't know if this 'adam' tech exists and if so whether the full blame lies with him or with John.

Jason @ Longbow has done an unboxing vid which is now on YouTube

But what would happen if you bought a 20Kg bag and found they were wank? Surely you would buy a small pack to test first before going balls-deep bulk buying? - otherwise you could be left with 19.95kg of useless plastic.

There are times when you'd be glad of having a water bottle of someone else's piss. An Ed Sheeran concert for example.

I am weak. I'm heavily into tabletop gaming, been playing since the 70s, mainly D&D, Traveller and Warhammer 40K. I stopped playing 40K about 6 years ago. Not a fan of GW's business model and I got tired of trying to keep up. I still have my armies, and an EXTENSIVE collection of rules and lore books, going right back to Rogue Trader. So, lately I've been playing a lot of Warhhammer 40,000 Darktide on PC, and it gave me that old 40K itch. And today this happened.... Any other tabletop nerds here?

GnBB Gas no blowback

If it’s build quality you want sir the blue Moskva sneakers are for you. Finest Ankh-morpork rat skin sewn with, well you don’t really want to know that… Ideal for invading Sto Lat if I do say so myself. Or my names not CMOT Dibbler.

It’s okay it only cost…… your soul. Have GW come out with a subscription service yet? WOTC are milking that cow.

Sitting by a lake. Playing the Cello. To an Eagle.

Literally what my better half said. But what trulys bugs me. If he had it, why couldnt he have just said 'sorry i have a new job and can't commit the time' Then i could have got the rif back and sorted elsewhere. Instead of several months of not playing, slowly spiralling mental health and beeing messed about. Thats why i gave a lot of leeway and let it run on way longer than it should, I have never had issues with John in the past but then also never sent him actual tech work. My previous dealings have always been for parts or advice in the past. Its a shame as it means a wide berth for him in future.

Wow. That smells fishyer than a Bird's Eye factory. Personally I don't think this Adam guy exists and he's been giving you the run around to try and save face

Hello and welcome to the good ship afuk.👍 Perhaps check out PlayAirsoft.uk (I think). They list most UK sites along with info regarding times, prices etc. Hope you enjoy playing in the UK and I'm sure you will get to meet plenty of friendly players(we all are really lol). In the meantime have a wander around the afuk pages. Plenty.to keep you occupied on these wet,cold days.🙂 Regards

We laugh but reading some of their Google reviews, people expect way too much from their £20 springer or £50 AEG. .....or maybe we're the idiots for thinking £50 is dirt cheap for a toy gun? 🤔

Got a Chinese take out last night and as I got in the car I heard the bag rustle, so looked over and saw a pair of eyes looking out of the top of bag at me, then disappear back inside. I was so scared I nearly said profanities! I looked again, saw the eyes looking out at me then disappear again, so grabbed the bag and ran back into the shop. I asked the guy behind the counter “what the fuck was going on?!” he said "you asked for the Peking duck…”

Found a match on evike. They seem to be generation 1 Ghk mags.

Wow, that's a shit story, please please name the so called tech that's monumentally fucked you about so that nobody else gets suckered by him, maybe you should be thankful that he actually didn't open it, he sounds like a 'tard. As for the rif itself, sounds like you packaged it very very well, good job too, if you've opened it up found no exterior moisture or any signs of oxidation on the alloy parts, then I wouldn't worry too much, it should be fine to use, or at least be in the same condition you sent it off in. Hope that helps

Forgot to follow-up on this, thanks for the replies. The Novritsch team suggested screw glue and it seems to be doing the job so far.

Can you glue these in or something? Annoyingly this pin keeps making its way out. Today it fell out completely.

Yep. Was given to my boss as a gift for some work they did with Japanese officials quite awhile ago. He gifted it to me. I fit some Colt wood grips to it and its now one of my dozen plus pistols.

In a freak accident yesterday at a local wedding, a photographer was injured when a huge lump of cheddar landed on him. To be fair, the people who were being photographed did try to warn him.

You all heard about the non binary gold prospector? Dug up a fortune in them their hills

Speak to Jason at longbow, he it a great bloke and will help.www.longbowbb.co.uk is the website.

That's literally what he's done isn't it?

I bought 20 kg warhead 0.32 bb, test so far they are very good, better and cheaper than Valkyrie ones (which I also bought 10kg)

Try telling that to James (formerly*) of Enola at Paintfest/Airfest when I had prepared a revised format for the killhouse game on the first morning. Traditionally Enola and mornings do not go well unless they are snowboarding I had a good idea on my needs for smoke, as this hangs well in the kill house, so that was an easy one - I’ll have those for setting atmosphere, some of those and some of those Bangs were a different matter, with early morning zombified James and me trying to work out “We went through x before with y people, but I’m also planning to do this and might do a bit of that….” James hands me a case and tells me to go away Some of the pyro gets handed out to players, but most is for game atmosphere & manipulation (eg forcing players around the CQB maze towards each other) James then panics on the £s he’s just given away, freaking that at any minute I’ll send a runner over for more, plus the fact that we have another days sessions to follow …. Am I going to turn up for the same again? If you look up ‘relief’ in the dictionary you would see a photo of James face when I return late afternoon with a case of flashbangs, most of the contents still there, and even better when I tell him “I’ve hung onto a few which should last for tomorrow - I’ll send one of the guys if we run out” * ‘formerly’ being unrelated to this, he left Enola voluntarily for other pursuits (Unless the general stress of Adam and my event pyro ideas got too much)

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Its yet another DPM with the splashes of colour too small to break up the wearers outline. See also flecktarn/too many DIY paint job rifs etc.

Just watched it... And yeah i kinda had the same reaction from guys in my range this sunday... Guys were like - oh its a GBBR AK, noice, what manufacturer - TM - oh, is it that new one? is it real steel? - yes and no - meh not a real steel receiver... not interested, after i fired at the enemy seconds later the same guys that talked to me previously - damn that sounds nice, can i have some test shots - * after firing couple rounds * - damn, thats nice! i got to get one... What i want to say, its really well made, there is no play between parts, no jankyness, everything is smooth, really a quality product so it is easy to be loved, only the hop up arm has to be fixed to accept nubs and it will be shooting heavier bbs no time.