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Picked up some parts from a couple sellers here to build out my VFC into a vintage model, super happy with it

Skirmished my 416 today properly for the first time, oh myyyyyyy I don't care how skint I'll get I'm not selling 😍 I did some test firing with the gun yesterday just to check it would pass chrono, and it was bang on 350fps with 0.20s, no hop. And in spite of what I've said elsewhere it was actually very consistent. Maybe it had some silicon in the system before when I used Abbey Predator, but switching to Ultrair has cleaned it out? My order of Geoff's 0.40s don't turn up in time (thanks Royal Mail '1st class', delivering after 3 days or more used to be 2nd class, didn't it?) So I had to run it with 0.28s instead, and of course I've still got just the 2 mags and a speed loader. Well that worked out alright (in fact it adds some extra jeopardy and excitement to the proceedings!). The joy of landing a well placed single or double tap along with the recoil and loud banging and clacking of the bolt and general malarkey was just so tangible and rewarding I think the ambient temperature was up around 14 or 15 degrees C which of course helped immensely... the gun never missed a beat. I was topping up the mags like a mofo when in cover, but I stuck to semi only, and regassed between games, and it just kept on trucking. Accuracy seemed good, though not perfect... I'm not going to be hitting half a head peeking a corner at 40m, but it's good enough to make them duck out the way 😋 That might improve once I've got the heavier ammo in there. I did go back to The Stalwart (the Double Eagle m906) for a couple of the games, but while that's better at reaping 'kills' it was just not as fun. And I used a gazillion times more ammo in that relatively short time. Through the day I let some fellow players have a go. They all loved it. I love it. GBBRs for the win!

It was what you said: "CO2 is primarly for cold weather when regular gases couldn't cycle your pistol anymore and even then you should be gentle." Is green gas more convenient? Does changing a capsule give you a headache? We don't find either of those statements to be accurate. My son uses his a lot; I use mine somewhat less, but neither of us has encountered any significant issues over several years. The key advantages that we find with CO2 are that it gives a lot of shots per capsule, you don't need bulky gas cans and it is much more reliable. What you should not do is run CO2 in pistols that are not designed for it; that could be problematic.

Another quick and dirty squint a bit movie clone build 😛

I love visiting Poland, to find a shop with my exact size DNC UBACS and Trousers and the exact size DNC Windrunners for my bestest battle buds. Sadly couldn't find any Maskpol Mapa Boonies and BDU jacket. But you can't have it all!

Pump will be used once with optimism, you'll then be back to ask what kind of dive tank you should get. Just go dive/airgun tank in the first place.

I never said you can't but CO2 only makes sense when it's cold because green gas is a lot more convinient and not gives you a headache each you time you refill your mag. If you use your pistol like 99%of of the people (holstered for decoration purposes) I'm sure you can run it forever without issues. 🤣

... a politician being asked to define a woman.

Arcturus AK12 with a LCT AK19 pistol grip and mag release fitted. VFC AK74 with Soviet stock and handguards fitted. Also has a Ares slim motor and pistol grip. The Magazine is a RS plum shell with G&P internals.

Had similar feelings when I first rebuilt and shimmed a gun (circa 2006ish) - but once you've rebuilt a few guns from the ground up, you learn pretty quickly whether things will go bang or not. Pretty much every gun I buy now gets disassembled into it's constituent parts and rebuilt - warranties be damned. Voltage sag is an issue with Airsoft batteries as they are amongst the lowest quality when it comes to hobby LiPO packs - internal resistance is pretty high on a new Airsoft pack, so much so that RC guys would bin them as 'end of life' for their RC Quads/Planes/Helis etc. Don't believe the C or capacity ratings either. For example - I have 3-year old Turnigy 1300mah 25C Lipos intended for RC that completely outperform both Vapextech 1300mAh 25C Airsoft packs I bought last month - both in capacity and ultimately ROF.

I once saw him sprinting across a site with a double ended light saber. Got kills too.

'There's @GAMBLEwith a melee weapon in his hand. ' I believe he was born with one there tbh...

Sun's out so while I fitted a grip to the mod1 got a group photo of these 3

Another great write up, as always. Yesterday Red Alert ran their first Battlesim LITE. No kit restrictions. Arm bands in use. No medic rule. Only break was for lunch. Basically one long skirmish day with set teams and shifting objectives throughout the day, and one constant objective. Red won the day convincingly (boo hiss), and overall the day was a great success. It was a good intro for anyone interested in battlesims/milsim/filmsims that don't want to invest in specific kit. Discussion is going on about what worked and what didn't, in order to tweak the rules as this may become a regular event every couple of months or so. I had great fun, with the highlight being escorting two WWII jeeps across the site to an objective point. But by the end of the day my back was giving out to me (I'm an old git), so I switched to war reporter mode and live streamed the last 20 minutes to Facebook, which I've now uploaded to YouTube and included below. I also took off my facepro and subsequently took a round right on the top of my nose (shown on the livestream🤣) Disclaimer: video contains foul mouthed old crusty! Red Alert's next actual Battlesim (not lite) is on the 21st of May. Book at this link: https://redalertpaintball.co.uk/battlesim/

bit of a blast from the past. a Prime LR300 kit. It's had a bit of tinkering with a Gate Aster and some Maple leaf to bring it up to date inside.

RIF from HK stuck at customs 😭 HMRC say I need a RIF declaration form that doesn't appear to be readily available on the internet. Hopefully Parcelforce come good tomorrow when I ring.