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Finally, pictures of my 'finished' G&G MP5A4 EBB. In the second pic you can see the rear drum sight is chipped, still looking for a replacement. Upgrades/changes as follows; Rocket Airsoft high torque motor Rocket Airsoft 12:1 high speed gears ZCI 240mm inner barrel Maple Leaf Macaron Bucking Maple Leaf Omega Nub Gate Pico SSR3 MOSFET (just to let the gun run 11.1v LiPo) CYMA MP5 Low profile mount Nuprol M110 Spring Rocket Airsoft Rotary Bearing spring guide New Guarder tappet plate Rocket Airsoft Piston Full metal piston rack CYMA metal RIS handguard Standard Tamiya connections rewired to Deans Genuine HK 3-point sling (I believe) ASG B&T Tracer unit. Changed the outer sleeve with a knock off one which fits perfectly and removes the ugly trademarks. Olight Odin with tapeswitch. Gun no longer 'twangs' when fired and has a high RPS but I haven't got a chrono to tell properly. 11.1v 30c batteries get toasty after a lot of semi fire. FPS is a steady ~339. Hopefully going to take it to a CQC field later this week and put it through its paces.

“Surprise cock fags!” HAPPY COLD WAR WARRIOR DAY Saint Alice’s day isn’t until the 15th of June, but what the heck. Saint Alice is the patron of the blind and paralysed. Make of that what you will.

I meant to do Tudders this weekend, day and night. I love night games there. I had a memorable one were I lost both contact lenses and didn't notice until the marshals saved me from wandering around in the plantation chasing a marshal wearing a nightstick that I mistook for a torch... Poor chap was most unimpressed that some idiot was potting him despite the hi-viz. What I did was wake up at 13:30 with a pounding hangover, a sense that the preceding evening had gone awry, and that a bit of rest was required. Shame as several people have commented on how good it was.

did a test print of the Manta and it fits the Angrygun can no problem. Black is the Manta and coloured is a painted fanta I did ages ago.

Part of the reason I want to do it is it has a quick change spring, so if something happens to my m4 and I need to use the l85 differently or we go to a different sight I can bring it back down to 1.14j.

Apache & NGRS

https://www.lannertactical.com/product-page/magpul-bipod-for-1913-picatinny-rail-fde £137 https://www.livens.co.uk/product/magpul-bipod-for-1913-picatinny-rail-in-black/ £139 if you want it in Black Is it me or would you expect it to be about the £120 mark (tops) considering it has no warranty, and was won in a competition?

I think it's almost certainly down to the costs associated and the number of players needed to make it viable with using these venues and whether the venues are actually good for Airsoft. For anyone that did operation blue fox at the fire college, it looks like it should be awesome, crashed trains, planes, oil type platforms, industrial rigs, office buildings, replica motorways with cars etc. Play was awful due to the distances between each set area, all attack routes were via open fields with no cover, attacking areas with great cover, excellent sight lines etc. A lot of existing Airsoft sites aren't actually big enough to host these sort of events (such as the sandpit, which is now closed). There's a few sites that I have the impression might be big enough but for whatever reason (probably financial) big events are being run there. Not every event provider wants to do more than provide skirmishing

I think that's it. Only reason it's economically viable is because they get a few hundred players. That said, this one is going to be limited to only 300, down from the 400 of the recent events and the 500 from events years ago. The last two places (Citadel in Dover and the shopping centre in Rochdale) could not take 400 players which was what contributed to the gameplay being centred around meat grinder chokepoints (and the only way people pushed through during the Citadel at least was by charging through them in massed numbers with a few people blatantly not taking their hits). I'm considering it because a lot of the staff from Worthing are thinking of going and are friends with the organisers (as some of them have been going to AI500 for over a decade) and I've enjoyed the previous two AIs I've been to, despite them being a bit of a shitshow, as I play differently to how most people at the events did and was able to make it enjoyable for myself. Still waiting to see the rules in full, but they say they'll be allowing bolt actions this time; I'll wait until the inevitable "only at 1.48J" they slapped on the Citadel event 😂

Short stroking a DMR? No.

Did the Gunman Airsoft Night game at Tuddenham.......it was great, easily some of the most interesting events that are happening in airsoft in my opinion at the moment. It's their second attempt at running a night game (3 hours long) as one single game, it wasn't perfect but my god it's got potential and the site is very open to feedback. Previously their night games have been like skirmishes in a small, but interesting part of their site (the village if you know the site). These events take advantage of the whole site, extra buildings, dense woodland, open areas, tracks, ridgelines trench network etc. Single shot only unless you have a genuine LMG/support weapon, relevant medic rules, mix of objectives, regen hikes weren't silly. There was also really good use of additional lightning, a few big floodlights and lots of dark areas, the site is big enough to cope with what they are doing! Objectives were provided, with a map and grid references with times that the objectives were open for. Marshalls were present when needed (generally around objectives) but didn't ruin the night team sneakiness when not. Hit taking was good (night games are tricky to enforce). It seemed like a lot of objectives were near each other at similar times, or in a way that you'd have to cross the route from their respawn to their objectives (which we didn't know) to get to your objectives. Much confusion around who is on your team etc. There was a command net and command element that gave out a couple of extra objectives throughout the evening. It genuinely felt like the best bits of a mini milsim. Mix of players with and without night vision, thermal, some with torches and tracer units etc. Made it a really interesting evening. Some of the players had travelled from Derby and Watford for it. Every other night game they are doing is one of the more immersive types covered above, the others are basically skirmishes in the village. If you're looking to just shoot people in the dark, do the night skirmishes skirmishes, if you want that bit extra, do the more immersive ones. Very impressed with the management at Tuddenham, massive improvements to the site and the type of events they are running. Really upping the experience of what can be done and achieved, the sort of thing I am sure we all want from our sites. Re reading this, it sounds like an advert for the site but I am just a customer, albeit a very happy one.

It's a good shout, I run my M4 as a DMR, or with a spring, barrel and barrel extension swap, as a CQB gun pretty much interchangeably.

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I won't throw my "but why DMR?" into the ring as I think there are more than a few common misconceptions when it comes to DMRs (I have some strong opinions on DMRs), but I think the holy grail covers most points pretty well and you seem pretty set on it. I recently undertook a SR-25 project to run at 1.1J as a "DMR" because my local site rules suck for DMRs, but I also have a spring for a 1.88J variant which is nice and easy to install thanks to a quick change spring system. My opinion is that quick change spring systems are a necessity for DMRs, either that or a HPA setup (or the patience to take the gearbox apart to change the spring if you go elsewhere), since DMR rules vary across the country. I've seen 1.88J, 1.64J and 1.48J at different sites and events, so if you plan on going to many other sites or events you'll need to consider that.

Probably the only time you will confirm if a site actually has the proper cover is when the worst happens and you need to rely on it...

I wonder what the costs for one-off liability cover is for them - and whether they're actually obtaining it. It seems likely that there would be both higher chances of injuries happening and more chance that they will be attributable to negligence, in a venue with minimal time and money invested in it. That said, I take it on faith that my regular venues actually have cover.

Vega Force is usually written/described as VFC. If you Google VFC airsoft rifles you will find something similar. 70% of the new price as a starting point is rule of thumb. Here are a few: https://www.davescustomairsoft.co.uk/vfc-en-gb/ I've had to deal with going through a loved ones things after we've lost them too. Wish you all the best there is.

Glad to hear you're cutting back on the booze a touch! Does anyone know the amount of calories burnt whilst swimming in debt?

Honestly it was just stupid time-panic that meant I didn't use decent ammo in it (I had it in my mind to burn through all my 0.25g ammo I'd bought for my AUG before I changed the hop rubber in that, it just didn't suit the gun), and I didn't spend any time tuning the hop setting. Basically it left the range in the same 'happy at 15m with 0.40g ammo) setup as it entered it. Entirely my fault! I was also maybe too conscious of the fact I had 2 mags and therefore playing a proper skirmish with it would be a very different experience to what I have been used to ... i.e. laying down lots of suppressive fire as I push up.

I went back to Sainsbury’s, asking for a refund on a Winebox I bought. It says 'Once opened will last for 6 weeks’ It was empty after 2 days😵‍💫

One from the boy today: How do you get Pikachu on a bus … . . . . . . … Poke-him-on

manta complete meshed.stl Here's the STL file. let me know if you have problems printing.

First skirmish in 10 months (ffs!). I should have been at other sites, but never got off my slightly-fat arse to go try somewhere new. So Special Ops opened up again, and I'm back on the field. I had a selection of new guns to try, so I basically took 'em all, except for the M14. I wish I'd taken that too, but no room in a long gun bag for it AND the sniper rifle, so the sniper got the nod. I made a spreadsheet to try to get a grip on all the bits I needed, and what I could do to check / fettle before the big day (I posted it on another thread, I won't repost here, I look like an OCD loony enough already). That approach actually worked quite well, I remembered everything I needed. However, the sheer quantity of stuff it enabled me to drag along became overwhelming. To cut a long story slightly shorter I had intended to take some time fettling my new VFC GBBR and the Tippmann, but with the very large number of people on site (87 players?) I didn't get around to spending very much time on-range. I ended up firing a few shots with each, didn't really do anything to them, and then concentrated on getting Ol' Faithfull (the magnificent Double Eagle M906C) and the TM AUG HC (shorter range spray'n'pray) ready for combat. So what had been intended to be a major effort to fix my two most expensive (and potentially fun) guns instead became a rush to sort out my kit 'just to play'. This really wasn't helped by the kit overflowing off the one small table I had to set up on. I spent too much shuffling kit on and off to make use of the limited space. Lesson learned : If I'm going to try to sort out a gun or two - just take them, plus the DE My mood took a distinct turn for the worse when someone started firing their gun *on purpose* in the safe zone. As the first shot actually fired a BB that pinged off a tarp very close to me, I very nearly lost my shit. I'm going to draw a veil over what followed, because the chap came over to me and apologised profusely and shook my hand afterwards. He realised he'd messed up big time. Lesson learned for him : just because there's no mag in the gun, doesn't mean the barrel is empty Hmmm. I've typed a lot already and we've not got to the chrono'ing yet The chrono'ing took forever because of the sheer number of people. There were already mutterings of discontent. (I don't suppose I helped, turning up in the queue carrying 3 rifles and a pistol, but I got through it quickly and painlessly) The safety briefing kicked off maybe 30-45 minutes late? Carlos and Will did their usual good humoured job explaining the site rules and splitting the players into teams. Eventually the skirmish kicked off. Zombies game to start, as a warm-up, then onto the normal stuff. The morning was a bit disappointing for me, and by the louder mutterings, quite a few other people. Basically there were just too many players given the limited vegetation cover - so it all bogged down too easily. People got tired of the long treks back to spawn after getting zapped by long shots from unseen players (as much 'too many angles to cover' as 'man disguised as tree with sniper rifle') Those mutterings of discontent got louder and more frequent. I don't think I've hear people complaining at Special Ops before. The good news was that a lot of people left at lunchtime (half-dayers and/or malcontents). Yet the next games didn't go brilliantly either. There was an unfortunate game where the out-of-bounds area was misidentified by a marshal, so a bunch of us were moved from our defensive positions just as we were being attacked in a 'no respawn' phase of a game. That didn't go down well. After that game, a bunch more left, and between the reduced player count, and a different style of game, things got a lot better. I finished the day much happier. I'd got killed (probably mostly by Dan from these forums, including a pistol shot to the back of the head!) an awful lot, and racked up relatively few kills myself, but I left happy enough. (If I'd gone home at lunchtime I would have been very disappointed with the whole experience) Personal highlight of the day : My first attempt at sniping, with my Rossi M40/VSR clone .. first 3 shots = 3 kills at 60m. (I could have had a few more with that but I'd loaded up some of the mags with 0.25's for no sensible reason, and couldn't get the hop adjusted. Also the safety lever kept falling into safe at very inopportune moments, so went back to my AEGs)

I’m sure some bits will change around once it’s getting used in anger but the arrival of the can and sling sees this one just about there.

Agreed with the above, You may find the sling when loaded, pulls down and the rear of it will be on your neck, I’ve seen players use a Carabiner through the “drag handle” on the back and through the sling to stop that happening. I’m sure a couple of decent cable ties would do the same. I tried cutting up a Yoga mat for simulation plates, was ok , but again too flexible so I managed to “procure” a couple of swimming floats A little 1/4” trim to help shape and they make my PC look like it has proper plates in it 👌

If I may, couple of tips that take seconds but will make it sit/look way better. The main thing is, if you haven't already, clip your gun in and test that sling, like hover the muzzle just above the bed and give it a serious yank to check the security, seen more than a few gats suddenly drop when airsoft single point slings with a 1" buckle haven't been up to the task. If it fails or feels borderline you'll be better off just relying on the carrying method god/evolution gave you vs thinking the sling has got it when it doesn't. Some cheap foam cut to fit inside the plate bags will add basically no weight and won't hinder but again, the rig will probably 'sit' better and it'll certainly look a lot better; more like the look folks envision in their heads anyway I believe. Obviously you'll have adjusted the cummerbund for your waist, but most people generally leave the shoulder straps too long. It's only airsoft, as I've said before it's not the end of the world, but generally the top of the front plate want's to sit where your collar bones meet in the middle. Some things to consider anyway.

Didn't really play much today as I had another of those days where everything went a bit wrong and we had to leave early anyway because the guy who gives us a lift had a family get-together this evening. MP9 mags need cleaning. I put BBs in one and they were all gunky by the time they got to the bottom. Going to give them a good clean! So that was out of play today because I'm not feeding disgusting dirty BBs through it. New holster for the HK45 is great, but I need to cable tie it to the molle platform as the buttons are utter shite and it kept coming loose and flipflopping around. Left-handed mk23 holster was uncomfortable as the molle drop leg platform buckles were digging into my side. I think I need a shoulder holster if I want to carry it alongside another pistol or SMG Forgot to gas up my m700 magazines so I went out into the first game with like... one and a bit mags. I managed to absolutely shut down and dominate a flank with about 32 - 35 BBs total, so that was nice, just waiting to take shots that I knew I could hit and not wasting a single BB was quite an exhilarating experience since a LOT of people started to push. Gassed all my mags for the 2nd game and spent a long time going on a large flank as I heard people fighting over where I wanted to go. I made it all the way around, came up on where I wanted to be, which had been cleared out by the time I got there, then game ended before I could get into position. However, it was still a successful day. I gave up on playing after the first two games as I wanted to set up my HK45, since I haven't used it since I bought the TDC outer barrel from Hadron, and I wanted to set up the SR-25. That's where I found my success. The HK45 was cycling perfectly even though it was a bit chilly and went through the whole mag with no issues. Slings .32s out to about 60m with the setup I have (Hadron TDC + ML Autobot rubber), but not accurate past 50m. More than enough for a pistol. The SR-25 is firing at 1.05J super consistently on .32s and sailing them out to 60m with no issue, hitting the target with most shots and the hop rubber isn't even properly bedded in yet. However, more importantly I took a walk down the range while my friend fired it. On semi-auto, it's barely audible at 30m and you just flat out can't hear it at 40m and that's on a quiet range with nothing else going on nearby. On full-auto it's barely audible past 40m, but at 50m you also just don't hear it at all. Very happy with it since it's an AEG and it's quieter than some people's spring bolt actions! Going to put the m700 away for a few game days I think. The gameplay at Worthing has been pretty abysmal recently so I feel like I'm going to need to play more aggressively which I just can't do efficiently with the m700. Nobody is taking much initiative and nobody is pushing, let alone pushing effectively; if I can lock down an entire flank with a bolt action rifle with about 35 BBs in total... Yeah. Going to put the full ghillie away and go with the cobra hood and the SR-25 for next game day and going to see just how much I can get away with. 650 BBs and an Odin speedloader with a universal adapter is a lot more than like... 80 shots from a gas-powered bolt action

3D printed "FANTA" cover for the surefire can, I only had red filament left so the paint has come out a bit lighter on top but I think that looks pretty good

After the last one its upsetting they're able to still sell out :(

bUt tHeY'Ve lIsTeNeD To tHeIr pLaYeRs aNd lEsSoNs hAvE BeEn lEaRnEd aNd iT WiLl bE DiFfErEnT NeXt tImE.

They're doing another one?! I guess they really like ai.....money. Seriously amazed people sign up to these still. Everytime people kick off after over the same issues and they're fobbed off and handled the same way again and again.

Why bother, might as well spend your money on something more enjoyable, like the clap😜

bought a KWA GBB Scorpion VZ61 for shits and giggles at UCAP vendetta on Sunday and after waving it about in the dark like a moron I decided it needed a torch and tracer adding. I found a file on thingiverse and modified it so that the folding stock could still fold and here it is.

Kwa ronin

Hey guys, greetings from Canada. Here's my CQBR

Did anyone sign up in 2020 to Kyairsoft to pre-order a Dominator DM870 Airsoft shotgun? i paid up front US$565.00 to them to reserve a special order and to this very day not received anything. I have constantly tried to contact them but they don’t even reply to emails. has anyone suffered the same fate as me? Jon

I never really throw them a great distance (usually just to clear rooms/buildings) The story of the fire. I was pinned down behind a fall tree and some shrubs, wriggling around until, eventually a bb broke through the cover and I got hit. Stood up army raised and bang, ouch and a burn sensation thought I had just taken a stinger to the side of the belly or caught the after shock of a flash bang. I was wrong. Apparently the pin on my bfg had snagged in thrle shrubs and as I stood up it had been pulled just enough to release the spoon on the grenade without completely pulling clear. The bang was a nice 9mm round going off. The sting and burn was the flash of the round exiting the grenade, burning through my Leo kholer atacs ix ubacs which apparently isn't fire resistant, then setting a section of my under armour base layer to thermo nuclear and melting it. The burn which on my side had various bits of said base layer in it and it took a good few weeks to heal up. Ofcourse my mates were sympathetic and decided i had gone full suicide bomber on them. Oh and yes I carried on playing the rest of the day and chick's dig scars right......right?