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Not really what we see in Mack's, but this seller is dreaming if they think they they're any good with photoshop

Now I know my finger isn't really on the airsoft pulse any more, but things can't have changed this much, surely? Please? https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/bolster-armouries-moonstone-special-edition-precision-hi-capa-gbb-pistol?pv=19742 Because that is nothing short of mental. The decimal point must be in the wrong place?

There's actually quite a few Amazon listing that could be a shoe-in for Mack's. Lots of horrifically over-priced helmets with dodgy eyepro made of the finest Chinese plastics. Examples:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/OneTigris-Airsoft-Fast-Helmet-Protective/dp/B09Y84MBRW/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680633&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-5 Yours for only £115... cost about a tenner to make! https://www.amazon.co.uk/CZMYCBG-Multicam-Paintball-Protective-Adjustable/dp/B0BM8SXFHS/ref=mp_s_a_1_15?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680633&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-15https://www.amazon.co.uk/CZMYCBG-Multicam-Paintball-Protective-Adjustable/dp/B0BM8SXFHS/ref=mp_s_a_1_15?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680633&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-15 Over 200 quid!!! Holy hell. Fools and their money etc... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multifunctional-Tactical-Military-Communication-Replaceable/dp/B0BCP3PYXQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_26_sspa?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680825&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-26-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfbXRm&psc=1 Another pile of plastic that breaches the golden £200 mark. Mental... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Will-Outdoor-Protection-Application-Paintball/dp/B07L9WH5NW/ref=mp_s_a_1_15_sspa?crid=2CM13IHQKHQS1&keywords=airsoft+helmet&qid=1680680825&sprefix=airsoft+%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-15-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRmX25leHQ&psc=1 Special mention for this one. Its listed under MOTORCYCLING ffs. You'd have as much protection wearing an IKEA shopping bag over your bonce as this. No ear pro either...

After all it is airsoft..... 😉👍

My 2007 VFC AKS74U has just been brought out of retirement (much like the owner...)

WTF.....is it lubed with the tears of the Virgin Mary herself????

Pressie to myself, Elliot Brown Holton Professional. Solid build, clicky bezel and comfortable strap.

Bolster armouries. Airsoft for rich idiots. Kid had one last sunday, his first RIF. Looked okay but really not worth that much money.

I had some tanaka's available but my snubnose sold. I am actually in the process of remaking the tanaka magazine system for other revolvers and im gonna try to make my own short handled snub noses.

I wouldn't have been surprised to hear all that a few years or even months ago, but I seem to have been blessed with all sorts of ammo that actually feeds reliably in a number of different guns. I'd now be rather shocked if handling Bio BBs did anything to them unless you soaked them in water, left them in the sun, dropped them on the soil and then stamped on them a bit. When BBs degrade they actually shrink rather than expand, according to an article I read that had been published by one of the manufacturers. But of course (1) the tolerances in a tight bore barrel are very fine and (2) one piece of sales puffery on the internet does not equal a scientific fact If you had moist balls, I wouldn't be trying to force them up some tight pipework, that's all I'm saying. Keep them out of direct sunlight and keep 'em dry and clean, but there's no need to get OCD about them

Came in to give advice as someone whgo works with paint a lot, but good advice had been given, and then... ANARCHY I TELL YOU!

And a review noting that it doesn't seal and provides a nice route for BBs to ricochet around inside it. Well, you can't fault them for exploiting a market that will cheerfully spunk hundreds on crappy plastic and pot-metal toys that all perform much the same because "u get wut u pay 4 m8". And to be fair, if you added up a decent combination of lid, lower face, Revisions, Peltors and a ExFog, you'd be up around £200. Except that then you'd have Revisions, Peltors and an ExFog rather than whatever unknown bargain bin specials are being thrown into those systems. When the electrics fail or the "polycarb" cracks after 31 days, you can whistle for support or your money back. The part that really winds me up is that they're selling tat at premium prices but they can't even be bothered paying for coherent marketing copy for it: the OneTigris is for "Sooting Wagrgame" and you need to "inatall" things on it.

do you only get the double-shot with 11.1? overspin. check the cut-off of course but it's most probably too weak a spring for the motor/battery combination. Short-stroke with higher spring and/or 22tpa motor can often fix, or just run with 7.4v

It's finally ready (thanks to Negative Airsoft) - my Magpul M4 with olive drab furniture. Not based on any real world firearm, just a rifle completely done in Magpul's design language; a collection of bits and bobs I find aesthetically pleasing and to match up with the G&P Magpul receiver (manufactured back when Magpul and PTS had a partnership). Came with Magpul PTS tan furniture originally (which I might sell), but I much prefer the two toning here with olive drab over tan, as it seems a little bit more special, a bit more "military" and a bit more uncommon (to me) than tan and black. Very pleased with how it's come together (although Luke suggested that aesthetically it would be better with an EOTech). No doubt the M203 will come off after the first game. Looks cool though! And it's got a Perun, so it beeps confidently which makes me giggle every time I play with it.

Just because……. 😻

Respawn at AP is usually ok as they usually use a rolling respawn. Tower is small enough for it not to be an issue.

Oh I missed that. You could try acetone, like a cheap bottle of nail polish remover. If that doesn't work rubbing alcohol. Do it with warm water and a scaper or a rough sponge if you're concerned about scratching.

There is a thread on BBs here Empirically they're on a par with Geoff's, but at a cheaper price. I'm seriously thinking of getting 10kg of the 0.28 Bios

Thanks chaps, appreciate the input I've already had my eye on a Vortex T1 style sight - given they have lifetime 'any reason' warranties then I don't have to buy a protector (but I probably would, just to save the inconvenience). "Red Dot Engineering" on eBay have provided me with protectors for all my sights - except these two - at £10 a pop, and they're really good. I don't think there's any nitrogen in the Kobra, unless it's behind the lens where the laser is, and as for the cheapo sight - if it fogs... 🤷‍♂️ My soldering skills are ummm "limited" shall we say but maybe I'll be brave and open it up to see if there's something obvious and easy to fix, so I can present it to someone to sort for me. Usually I'd think of going to a watch repairer for 'fine engineering', but who does precision soldering 'in the real world'?

Sounds like loose contacts inside the unit. I guess it should be possible to open it up and re-solder / fix but I have no idea what sort of level of skill that would require! Plus the sights are usually filled with Nitrogen to prevent fogging when moving from cold/hot environments - going to be a pain to refill that with out a BoC account and a 90L bottle of Nitrogen 🤣

It's closer to a fortnight.

I realise it doesn’t answer your question directly, but if you’re looking for recommendations for a decent sight as a replacement you can do far worse than a Holosun 403B. I’ve got one on the MP7 and it’s had about 3000 rounds through it without skipping a beat. It’s been used in 35° heat and -5° cold without issue, and it’s been clattered off walls in CQB. I’d definitely recommend a front lens protector though as having it shot out is an expensive day! Being a proper optic there’s no parallax so if you’ve got something capable of accuracy and consistency the shot will land where you put the dot regardless of whether you can have the perfect cheek weld or not. Between that and the MP7 I was able to consistently shoot helmets and hands peeking round doors at 15m (perfect for CQB ranges), but also through slim gaps and tight angles. I saw one in the classifieds recently for about £150 which is okay, but they’re £180 new so the warranty might be worth the extra?

The lad and I wandered over to Airsoft Plantation on Sunday although, unbeknownst to each other, neither of us really felt up for it when we set off. However, it turned out to be a cracking day; about 120 people were present and a good variety of games were played, covering most of the rather large site throughout the day; the fallback/bomber game was particularly good fun, both when played as the attackers and as the defenders. The level of play was very good overall, with only a few hit taking issues, which were dealt with very robustly by the marshals, which was good to see. It also gave me an opportunity to test the latest iteration of the hand crafted steel COL for my Ares SLR; after a few issues last time out, the very subtle modifications that I had made to its profile paid off and it ran flawlessly. It was only on the journey home that we discovered that neither of us had felt like going in the morning; however, we were both very glad that we had. The next day out will be Tower Airsoft later this month; no game for us this coming weekend as we will be walking and wild-camping on Dartmoor. Guns used: Me: Ares L1A1 Hurricane Kit/G&P SR47 DBoys AKMS Milbro Classic M1911 CO2 (It really is crap!) The lad: E&L/CYMA AK74 CYMA AKS74U ASG Commander XP18 CO2

A bloke at work asked me if I knew anywhere he could get a second hand toupee I said “Not off the top of my head"

SBS, right? Does anyone have an embassy on a riverboat casino? If not, they should. <Ackchyually> if my gnu is in 9 distinct shades of very-very-very-very-very-dark-grey, and 11% blue, that's the "principal" colour, right?

I would argue if the juice was worth the squeeze on the upgrade the gun wouldnt be being sold........

Well, if it is a Kingdom of Airsoft Longsword, then it might work. That's one of their standard fUlLy UpGrAdEd packages, and they're still in business, so presumably they know what they're doing with it. Not that I'd pay anywhere near that for what is, at the end of the day, a toy gun that will sling plastic much like any other. And the absolute most that you can pay for the fUlL uPgRaDe is £1345, plus the base gun (half of which then gets thrown away), so he's asking new or near new money for it. Airsofters, bunch of wankers, innit.

I just painted over mine. Halfords OD camo paint worked a treat.

Retro rifles 👌

Ignore influencers.

ACOG is looking good on that...

US-inspired scout-sniper/recce kit is basically (most of) my summer kit and is what I'll be taking to AI500 in a month's time. Can use it in the winter too, but with more layers because I don't do well in the cold! I'm counting down the days for it to get warmer... Guns are a KJW m700 and a Cyma SR-25, both usually set for 1.1J because my local site isn't good for guns with MEDs, but can do DMR/Sniper power on both as well, and a TM HK45 Tactical as a sidearm. The sling is a genuine Magpul MS4 and the m700 is the go-to gun (I love that platform!), but the SR-25 is my ever-reliable AEG backup gun for if the m700 decides not to play ball. In terms of kit I carry, it boils down to: Warrior Assault Systems cargo pack (for BBs, gas, snacks etc.) Warrior Assault Systems chest rig with 3x double m4 mag pouch and an admin pouch (all old and mostly not available now due to newer stuff, but still strong; had that setup for 14 years now) Warrior Assault Systems gunfighter belt with slimline harness and (left to right): - 2x double pistol mag pouch, as I like running 5 pistol mags since I use it a lot - Medium utility pouch - Large general utility pouch (with an army surplus water bottle in it) - Personal radio pouch - Small horizontal utility pouch 8Fields universal drop leg holster (slightly modified so it sits tightly at the top of my leg to allow suppressors to clear the ground and not shake around at all when running) 5x mags (all in the belt kit for the m700, 2 in each small and medium utility pouch, but 3 in the rig and 1 in the small utility pouch for SR-25 because those mags are chonk) Vortex Crossfire HD 1400 Rangefinder in the medium utility pouch Odin speedloader (not pictured) also in the medium utility pouch if I'm running the SR-25 I'll typically wear it with Helikon US woodland trousers with neoprene inserts, a plain black t-shirt, Sprinter Custom Ghillie US woodland boonie hat (it's vented, which is nice in summer) and either a 200x100cm scrim net scarf to drape over myself and my rifle when I get in position, or my uncrafted Stich Profi Chimera hood to help break up silhouette. In terms of what I want to add, I might add a medium horizontal utility pouch and some sort of pouch to hold a pair of binoculars for recce duties to the chest rig, but we'll see how it goes. Will see if I can get snapped by a photographer mid-game one of these days, but my focus on staying hidden means that generally doesn't happen. Maybe at AI500, since I'm taking this setup to that and they usually get 1 or 2 across the weekend of me, but it's usually when I'm not doing much so don't expect any action snaps 🤣

This is ace. What kit is this, please?

Decided to try this tomorrow as my primary with my Makarov as secondary as my site is mostly buildings (HQ Airsoft) so should be good fun!

Decided to finally remake my mk23 that was "tactically acquired" last year by some rando. Unfortunately Hadron's stuff is taking a bit longer than Id like to get here so this one internally is a mix of Maple Leaf and older Hadron for now.

Outside of mixing up the clothing accompanying it I've been pretty set with gear for a while. I ended up wearing way too many layers at the start of Saturday having expected it to be a lot colder than it ended up being. Toying with having a tubes conversion made up for the FCPC, not entirely settled on if it'll be worth it.

Very late to the party but here are a couple of mine I've painted in a type of desert camo... Lots of others I've painted to be more realistic (except wooden furniture, no paint seems to do the job very well)

Glamour shots of the AK, the Scalarworks mount really finished it off imo.

long time project AEG. CYMA 0.28 Type 3 AK47. This is the recoil model similar to the TM NGRS AK's. externally it has some Inokatsu laminated furniture worn naturally and the magazine is a RS slab slided early AK mag modified for a midcap internals. Internally it is running a Leviathion V3 and ZCI 400mm inner barrel and Maple Leaf Mr Hop (50).

Whats the big silencer down the side of the cabinet for!?

On the other hand.... Having a child gives you someone to clean your pews:

Noice! What are they all internally?

Finally happy with my primary setup. Yeah there's a few more things I could do with it but she runs smoothly. Let me know what you guys think! RIF: Krytac CRB-M Externals: Vortex Sparc AR, Magpul MVG, PEQ-15, Marui Pro Silencer Internals: Prommy 6.03 TBB, Mr.HOP + Prommy nub, Warhead Ind. 35k

The white vans in the background actually make it look more like an eastern bloc military image. 👍😁