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@TackleI removed the steering damper. It had got 1000 quids worth of bitubo rear shock which solves the issue. Really don't need a steering damper with a proper shock. Naff bike to ride slowly or round town, loads of fun, and far too easy, to do silly speeds. I got rid on my return and bought something a bit more me. Anyway, I won't hijack this further, to summarise in the game of morrocan crime gang glock paper scissors, glock won.

Second weekend in a row. The pith helmet is seeing some action. Du ban GI!

Afternoon all, Been a while since I've done a forum introduction anywhere! I'm Steve, from just outside Colchester, Essex! I used to play a lot when I was younger, but work commitments got in the way and I stopped playing for nearly 5 years. When I was planning my stag do, however, I knew that I wanted to play airsoft at my local site, AirsoftGB. Due to me catching covid 2 days before the skirmish day, we postponed until last weekend (a full month AFTER the wedding, I'll add) but I had such a riot, and I've already been looking at when I can next play. I'll post a couple of photos from the Stag do, I wore antlers and a pink shirt for the first game, but it was just too hot unfortunately! Current gear is an ASG g36, G&G CM16 Raider, and a TM G17 AEP. Looking forward to getting back out there more!

It's got far too many rails/mods for a FAL. Needs an angry sweary 4 x divorced platoon sergeant attached to one end and that's it. I have the beginnings of a particularly cursed AK build in my head/gathering the parts to. If it comes to fruition, I will post here to induce vom.

One of my grandfathers served in the Royal Navy in WW1, seeing action at Dogger Bank and Jutland. One of my great-grandfathers served in the Second Boer War and in WW1, ending up in Salonica. I still have his mess menu from Christmas 1918, when he was still in Salonica. Going back a bit further a relative was at Rorke’s Drift, winning the VC, while, even further back, another served in La Legion Irlandaise (later the 3e Regiment Etranger) in Napoleon’s army, rising to the rank of Chef de Bataillon and being awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 1814, although he never received the actual medal as Napoleon abdicated and the Bourbons returned to power for a while. I just remembered another relative who went to America in 1861 to fight for the Confederacy (Boo! Hiss!). Having managed to join up, he was captured and sent back to England, where he got on another ship and went back again. According to family legend, he was again captured and, this time, was held prisoner. He was pardoned after the war and one of my cousins still has that document.

Wow, some amazing stuff here already! In spite of being fascinated by WW2 when I was a kid (Sven Hassel being my favourite author for quite a while, Commando comic being avidly read...) I never really questioned any of my family about the war. A massive wasted opportunity. I do remember my granddad on my mother's side telling me a tiny bit about his war service and so I've only got this as first-hand history: He was in the artillery as a gun-layer on a 25 pounder He bought home the gunsight off a captured 88mm Flak gun, He showed it to me once when I was very young. Mint condition in its velvet lined case, I remember being very impressed with whole thing, especially the reticle when looking through it. He told me he was one of the very first of the artillerymen to advance over the Rhine, but because he'd got a terrible case of the trots, he had to go across with a cork up his bum My dad told me one great uncle was one of the very first POW's, as he got shot down in a Blenheim bomber doing a leaflet drop over one of the Low Countries, right at the start of the war. Poor bugger must have spent 6 years wishing he'd at least been dropping bombs on the enemy. I do vaguely recall being told my one of relatives flew as wingman to "Johnnie" Johnson, famed Spitfire ace, but never found out any more about that.

It comes with age apparently. Unlike maturity

Glad you're both safe!!! Shall we start a motorbike appreciation thread to go alongside the Family History one? LOL Brother inherited this and doesn't ride bike's - said I could have it but SWMBO put the kibosh on it... He also had these: Had a very happy summer getting them "ready" for selling. Honda hadn't been run for nearly 15 years - started on the third try - once I remembered to turn the fecking fuel on. I stand to inherit an AJS 550 - as long as the old man rebuilds it before he goes.

Whilst I dont care what patches someone wears, again I'd apply good taste and considering what's going on right now, having Zs on your shoulders or brain bucket is probably not the cleverest thing to do is it. As for spreading as the title puts it "questionable politics", I.e. the complete and utter spanner referenced in @Rogerborg's post above, I think we'd all agree that we want none of that shit anywhere near Airsoft. Eezer G

I mean, c'mon. Surely not going to stick the Ugg boot on a FAL, surely not?!? (The red dot is bad enough) Of course it's not quite as vom-inducing as the Bullpup FAL prototype I've posted before... But that had the excuse of being a test-bed, rather than someone thinking it's a good idea to spoil the beloved FAL Edit: In a homage to the "What have they done to my boy" meme someone posted for that bullpup abomination, I commented... And it got a reply. He really actually wants to do that to it.

Whilst that FAL is fugly I'll always approve of anything that makes the purists cry

Think this has rather gone off topic.

Pretty tame family history compared to others here. Of note: Great-Great-grandfather was 32 when he died serving in the RAMC as a medic onboard the Glenart Castle Hospital ship, sunk in 1918 by a U-boat. Family tradition, that all first born sons carry his first name as our middle name. Maternal Great-grandfather served in the East during WW2 and ended the war as part of the occupation force in Japan. Supposedly had photos of the aftermath of hiroshima, which he'd smuggled home. My nan used to say he was in a 'commando' but I've tried to research formations that ended up in Japan and I couldn't see any. He was from the Isle of Lewis, with McLeod surname, so I presumed he'd joined a jock unit. I maybe wrong, and he could have transfered between units/formations. My mum said he never spoke of the war and very much had PTSD. My mums paternal grandfather was a train driver in London/Kent during the war, so was in a protected occupation. He did have a small box of paraphernalia, such as helmet for air raids, which I did see as a child. Unfortunately this went wayward on his passing. Dad's side. His mother was born in Danzig to Polish/German parents. His mum fled Danzig via U-boat with her mother and brother in 1945 as part of Operation Hannibal. Supposedly they were meant to escape on the German liner the Wilhelm Gustloff, however secured passage on the U-boat and avoided the greatest maritime disaster. Not sure about the rest of her family, but it's probably safe to say the men would have fought/served on the German side in some capacity. I know she had cousins who remained in Germany and my dad kept in contact until the last remaining one died of cancer in the early 2000s. Their family surname was Hess. Dad's dad was born in Hertfordshire and served in the RAF Regiment for his national service, completing the majority of his time at an AA installation in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus. He came home, became a salesman and learnt to fly, and flew in civilian airshows in planes like the gypsy and tiger moths. He remains a plane fanatic, only stopping flying within the last decade.

Probably won't help you - my grandad, I think, was in basic training when the Boer War started. LOL Just waiting for my dad to send me some links and pictures.

Yeah, we are Bravo too mate 👍

That's page 69

As there's always one, what page is make the same shit jokes you make every week that nobody but you find funny?

Ive got some history somewhere as well. Great-great grandfather on my father's side was Henry Hulbert, a Brit who joined the US Marines prior to WWI due to some less than favorable circumstances, received a handful of medals including the Medal of Honor for actions during the Second Samoan Civil War, the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in Belleau Wood, and the Navy Cross and the French Croix De Guerre posthumously after he was KIA on Mt Blanc in 1918. He had a Clemson-class Destroyer (DD-342) named after him, which was stationed at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th, and is believed to be the first ship to have opened fire on the Japanese that morning, destroying one torpedo bomber and damaging several other aircraft, claiming an assist on a dive bomber. That was the really only moment of noteworthiness for the USS Hulbert, as she sustained no damage over the course of the war and spent most of her time as an escort, working with the newer US Fast Attack Carriers. She is accredited with rescuing a dozen pilots during that time. She was decommissioned in 1945. Her bell is on display at the Marine Corp's Barracks in Parris Island I believe Great-grandfather on my mother's side was Arthur Rogers, a bomber commander in the Pacific theatre during WWII. He was the driving force behind the upgraded B-24D class of Heavy Bombers, during which he flew his personally-modified B-24 the "Connell's Special" on a solo bombing mission, taking several Japanese fighters down with the new nose-mounted ball turret he and his men salvaged off a crashed B-17's tail. Notable exploits of his were the allowance of Pappy Gunn to use his AF for fuel and ammunition (if you don't know Pappy Gunn look him up - he took a B-25 and mounted a French 75mm anti-tank gun in the nose, and used it to attack Japanese naval convoys by himself after the Japanese killed his family in the Philippines, where he worked as an ariel mail delivery service prior to the war), as Gunn at the time was essentially using a stolen B-25 for his vigilante attacks and some wanted him arrested and tried for it, and for the creation of the heavier-armed B-24D variant. He was involved in the Bikini Atoll testing in some capacity, though Im not sure to what extent. He passed away before I was born.

Hey man just wondering if youd consider selling the m2 carbine? Trying to get my hands on one just curious!

Just came back from a weekend of Gunman 'Namsoft up at Eversley Alpha and it reminded me why I do airsoft and why I love this hobby so much. Got a lift up with the usual pair I go airsofting with, one of whom is a pretty avid camper so it was as comfortable as it really could be camping in the woods and ended up having a great time. Met up with a bunch of people, old and new faces alike, and we ended up camping next to our resident @Tactical Pith Helmet and his family. However, it was a good time in a strange way because I didn't actually play much. I had rampant anxiety on the Friday night as Friday was a sweaty day due to the heat, having a wander around the site to get the lay of the land etc, and my mind was constantly like "hey, your heart could start doing its weird stuff again" even though I'm pretty damn confident I solved that problem. This meant I didn't get a wink of sleep and thus I couldn't play on the Saturday as I was absolutely drained as soon as I got out there, then on the Sunday I realised that being 20kg heavier (again, this was caused by my heart thing earlier in the year) and wearing pretty heavy, thick, all black kit in this weekend's weather was a recipe for disaster. I just... couldn't play, no matter how much I wanted to. It was truly disappointing! "So how was it a good time?" I hear you ask. Well, the social side was fantastic. I absolutely loved chatting with everyone, talking k98s with TPH and just seeing airsoft how it should be played, and I'm not talking about the filmsim roleplay parts; there wasn't rampant cheating, or people throwing their toys out the pram (too much) or people yelling about getting overshot. It was just a good weekend of BB wars and I was all for it. Also Josh, the organiser and owner of Gunman, is a joy to be around. That man has boundless energy and always loves for his games to just be a good time. I'm not the biggest roleplayer, for example, but that's never been a problem. As long as my kit looks good and my weapons are period-accurate, I'm never made to feel unwelcome just because I don't yell "GO HOME GI" at the top of my lungs (though it was very amusing for the otherwise silent forest to be punctuated by such yells that I could hear across the entire site while I was trying to sneak up on people). Fun parts where I actually played were fun though. I left my guns in our regen and took a radio that I tucked into my trousers, heading to a US-held area. I told them I needed to pass through the village and they searched me, but they didn't find the radio so I headed on through and... proceeded to relay their numbers and positions to my fellow freedom fighters. Then on the Sunday I managed to stalk through the bushes and take out four Americans with just a pistol by shooting and then moving. However, my 1911... in the words of Darth Vader, "you have failed me for the last time..." It just wasn't performing great, even though it was perfect weather for gas pistols. I've tried to make it good, but this was the last chance I was giving it, so moving forward I will run the AAP (it's converted to a Ruger .22) and the mac11 as a backup secondary (since the mac10 was used and they look the same, just slightly smaller) The really good things that came out of the weekend were: Social Josh being Josh Reinforcement that my heart thing is solved because it didn't happen on any night and every day was full of stuff that would've normally set it off, just my mind was telling me "oh but it could" all through Friday night Top quality airsoft for the 2 hours I played Learned that I need to revisit my kit for Nam games to make it a bit more practical Gave me a kick up the backside to lose weight and get fitter I'll let Mr. TPH give you a more accurate rundown of how the games went, but even from the perspective of me, a person who had basically everything conspire to stop me from playing, the weekend was fantastic and I'm already looking forward to the next one.

It's a shame that all the "bad guys" uniforms are invariably the best looking too.

A 25 year old suzuki TL1000S. Not the ideal machine to be riding a couple of thousand miles 2 up. Worth 2 grand. Tbf the policeman that I spoke to the most said this particular lot will stab first and ask questions later. Gemma was upset but we went to Ghent and had 2 nights there instead of 1 in a cabin in some woods and it was a blessing in disguise. Ghent is a beautiful, lovely friendly place.

Managed to find a HWS 1858, bonus is it's a long one. Well, a pair in all fairness. I'm not too fussed about boxes but these have Clint Eastwood on the cover so that's gotta be worth +10 tactical

Thought I would treat myself to a new optic for the HK 416a5

I am definitely on the side of personal choice, wear what you like taking into account your feelings and personal opinions... But people making those choices have to personally take responsibility for their actions, own it and face any potential consequences. Also it makes it far easier to work out who the steaming piles of excrement are if they are public about it.

And this absolute whanger, which is why I'm not blasé about "mid century history enthusiasts" with a very specific interest in lightning bolts and friendship windmills. I draw a distinction here between generic Wehrmacht or Rooshan, versus sporting ᛋᛋ or Z emblems. At an actual historic re-enactment event representing the totality of a conflict you can (but don't have to) make the "Well, someone has to do it" argument. At an airsoft skirmish, or even a milsim, that doesn't apply: it's always a conscious choice to go full fash. And the warning sign for me is not how long ago the events occurred, but whether the ideology behind them is still active now. And especially if it's still actively recruiting. If it is, then I'll always doubt the motives for choosing to display and promote it, regardless of any public protestations to the contrary.

As if you have to ask.... Look at what we call a hobby FFS 🤣

"Sheath" :Snigger: Blimey, those things seem to have separate places for everything. I have questions, but I don't ever want to hear the answers 😅

End of the day, z/wagner shit is claiming hundreds+ lives every day, even today, on both sides, & let's not forget that some of those Russians aren't there out of choice, & others may have gone there having been misled by the dictatorships "free" media & state propaganda. On that basis, no site should be allowing these patches to be worn on gamedays, in 30+ years you might get away with them being part of a viable loadout (but I doubt it), but in 2023 they're just symbols of oppression & murder on a massive scale.

tell what ? That’s it’s a KAC PDW clone ? because it looks like a KAC PDW , with no trade marks . The original by VFC had fairly deep engravings if I recall . d-boys clone over WE AEG clone - smooth grip on the D-boys , dimpled on the WE . the rear takedown pin position is slightly different to the later versions so I’m going out on a limb and saying it’s an earlier version ( maybe even not D-Boys but someone like Galaxy ? ) also Fire selector looks off . memory is a bit hazy though , it’s been over 10yrs since I had hands on one . Ok , now I’m looking properly Look really closely at the magwell , there is some light trademarks / engraving there , here’s a review from 2010 https://www.popularairsoft.com/reviews/dboys-kac-personal-defense-weapon-pdw

I'm not sure our esteemed politicians give a flying fornication regarding that. Politics is politics, and faced with hysterical mania its a bandwagon our Internationalist, Interventionist, spend-thrift tax thieves will be all too willing to jump on to virtue-signal and show their peers how they "faced up to" "danger" and "took action". Meanwhile large numbers of perfectly innocent citizens minding their own business have yet another thing taken away from them, and the descent from liberty to totalitarianism quickens. Oops sorry for the rant. Forgot this was AFUK not Guido Fawkes.

It is amazing that any airsoft gun even works.

The cold war is a very bad example of the point you're trying (and failing) to make. Both sides were in an arms race as they both considered the other side to be wanting to wipe them out. As for your question about why wouldn't they use it, why would they go through the extra hassle of getting a gun when a knife can be bought for a fraction of the price and will have the same effect on the victim, whether that's making them comply or putting a hole in them

Kinell The end times are upon us.

By that "logic", I don't think you should be assuming it's only Brits responding 😂 ... and you're the one who effectively brought gun control / 2A into an airsoft discussion... Can't do a thing like that then cry when people respond to it 🙄

The Z/Wagner-patch douches are just edgelord/Rusfor-simping trash. Don't let them get to you... modern-day equivalent of rocking an SS uniform, accoutrements and all. Absolutely a mix of edgelords, trolls, and people severely lacking in critical thinking, common sense, or basic respect. If you're having trouble being around certain tools or Walts, and it's spoiling the fun for you, maybe a different scene is on the cards -- if it's particularly heinous I'd have no qualms calling them out on it, or ensure that they make for a particularly popular target that day, but appreciate that approach isn't for everyone. Definitely spend some time getting games in away from that crowd, keep enjoying your play without the negative elements sullying the mood.

Pull your head in, old boy; your angry man syndrome is showing. AI legislation and firearms legislation are two completely different situations. The former is a new and rapidly developing area and all governments are looking at its potential impact and how to prevent it growing out of control; it is not a case of "follow my leader". Do you really think that a US requirement to have markings on imitation firearms and some form of testing programme for the same is going to impact your right to own a firearm in the UK? I did NOT say that nobody needs a firearm; I said that, outside a few legitimate reasons, nobody in the UK needs a firearm; if you are going to argue with me, at least try to argue with what I have said. I stand by what I said; there are very few people in the UK who need a firearm. Your car argument is utterly infantile; cars serve a useful purpose in transporting people. As such, they are useful tools. In the UK, firearms are only useful tools for very, very few people. Comparing airsofters with Dietrich Bonhoeffer is utterly ridiculous and massively insulting to someone who had the guts to stand up to one of the most vile regimes in modern history. Give your head a shake.

I'd say both. They know exactly what they're doing and are only doing it for a reaction so can play the internet big man later, complaining about how snowflakes are upset by a bit of cloth. Imo the best way to deal with them is make sure the only attention they get is from a few extra bbs (especially to the more sensitive body parts). They're nothing more than attention whores who thrive on creating drama

The rest of the world, except maybe south Africa disagrees with you.😉

Play to play. The "sport" is full of assholes, weekend warriors and wannabes, I just ignore them and wear my "I'M A SPACEMAN" patches, because we're playing cowboys and Indians in the woods (hey, I said bang and you didn't fall down!). Play for the fun and don't let dickheads stop your enjoyment of something.

All good advice guys. Jim and Hudson, its the very back of the scope ( Bell) . From what I can gather it's an old scope that was mounted to a m14 and the angle is fitting for an impact/ fall . Thanks for all the input, I will just live with it

The part that I highlighted is incredibly simplistic; it is the classic argument that guns are not the problem and that "an armed society is a safe society". Guns may not be the whole of the problem but they are a very large part of it; having an armed society hasn't worked out particularly well for you, has it? Has it created a safer society? I don't think that there is anything that ordinary Joes like you can do; the situation has reached the point where you just have to accept that dead schoolchildren are the price you have to pay for an obsession with owning guns and a devotion to every word, comma, full stop etc of an outdated constitution that prevents people from accepting that the conditional clause of the second amendment is now obsolete, thus voiding the right to keep and bear arms.

Most of the developed world moved way beyond that incredibly simplistic view a long time ago. Unfortunately, I suspect that there are so many guns in circulation in the USA that you are truly fucked. You have created an armed, aggressive and fearful society with appallingly poor education and mental health provision, resulting in a situation where a reasonably large number of schoolchildren are going to be killed in mass shootings every year. But hey, that's a price worth paying for Billy Bob to own his penis extension.

lovely ! I think of all my GBBR it’s my favourite

custom gbb workshop gbb airsoft sig p226 classic

*not a licence.

The British Forces Collection family updated..... Row 1. Row 2. Row 3 L115A3. L108A1. L7A2 GPMG L86A2. L119A1 CQB. L100A1 (G3) L85A2 UGL. L119A1 SFW. L91A1 (A3) L85A2 TES. Model 723. L92A1 (SD) L85A2. Model 715. L128A1 L22A2. L1A1 SLR. L74A1 LAW 66 Pistols L9A1 (hi power) L105A1 (sas crw P226) L105A2 (UOR P226) L131A1 (gen 4 glock)

Ordered....😁My mate a Tippy owner has a portable compressor for filling,he's moving to one of these as well...🙂..thanks for the advice all.