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Operation Paramount 2 – 28-30/07/23 Fawkham Kent – Sierra Bravo Airsoft A really fun weekend. We left for Kent at an anti-social 5am to beat the traffic, and ended up at Ultimate Wargames for about 7:10. We had a leisurely trundle with no stress at all. Bit much to have to leave so early, especially after a full on night in the gym, but there you go. On arrival we parked up, got our sleeping bags out and a few basic bits of kit, and found somewhere to sleep for a few hours. Since this was a full on weekend game, we would be sleeping in the field and hopefully not go back to the car until Sunday afternoon. We found the most light tight building in the village and had a long nap. The basic premise to this game was to build on last year’s instalment. An insurgent force, almost unchecked by a local military devoid of funds or supplies, is waging war against a US task force liberating their country with some freedom through extreme violence. A team of arms dealers possibly linked to the Kremlin add to the fun; so far so straight to DVD movie but seriously, what a set of characters to play. The loadouts were the best of any game this year. The police team had sets of matching uniform based on Serbian paramilitary units complete with cuffs, night sticks etc. The National Army looked like they dressed by rummaging in a skip outside a Russian base and the terrorists were straight off the set Carry on Camel albeit with guns. The taskforce team were made up of a couple of groups of players who play as teams in Milsim games. They were well into their kit, but a damn good laugh too. It’s hard to take oneself seriously in such a setting tbh. Saturday started with chrono and safety brief. This was very brief as everyone was an experienced player who knew the ruleset, but still covered the essentials. Questions were welcomed and game specific rules clarified. For one, the taskforce took a limb hit by self-torqueing said limb (loosely), being medic’d for 30 seconds for torso hits, and taking head shots as KIA. The site is mainly woodland with a village area of buildings and a few isolated structures such as The Towers fort. There is a CQB area to the South full of rat runs and old vehicles. As a member of the Jallal militia/insurgents, I had to locate and retrieve mines and then lay them along routes likely frequented by Taskforce or NA players. We also had to engage TF as civies in order to work out their numbers. As we camped together as factions, this was genuinely useful, as we were kept apart all Friday night. Part of the TF came into the village that we were stationed in and as one of them tripped a mine on its perimeter, we nicked as much of their kit as we could as they dived for cover/followed the bang. The Police proved reliably dishonest, hiding our booty and then charging the TF to ‘find’ it. For our part we accepted bribes manfully and promised cooperation. We then learned that one of our team had actually tripped the mine, having forgotten where he put it… luckily he was leading two TF at the time. The next task was to ambush the TF and blend back in with the civilian players who spent all morning and afternoon setting the story, making the game run smoothly. This accomplished with some trouble, as they were no fools and not easily led. As usual, the key to success is hit and RUN. Honestly, sticking around never works as players as good as this re-group like greased lightning. After our hit and run and a showdown with the NA, the TF decided to teach us a lesson by raiding the village. This was a real highlight, as the organiser had arranged for a pyro expert to lay large theatrical charges all over one corner. As the TF got to the centre, a huge bang sent ash clouds about 20 feet in the air, and I opened up with the trusty RPK. Again, we legged it sharpish after a long few bursts that found their mark. The lad used his VSS with scope to good effect and the rest of the fellows had a variety of AKs that joined in the carnage, mainly, it was discovered around the campfire, of CYMA make. Having surprised the hell out of the TF it was good to get back into the woods and hunt small sections, ambush in small squads until the next set piece, an attack on the CQB section of the site. This we had to defend and keep the chief safe. This went less well for us. As they knew where we were, and we could not hit and run, the better organised team were sure to give us a drubbing, which they did. We lost both the loot and our HVT in short time. I got a grenade lobbed neatly between my feet for one. Next up we had to find the components for a bomb. We could not locate the last of these, despite managing to follow the arms dealers who were leaving them. These chaps had on occasion been chased by TF all over the map, and helped us when it suited them. We were searching when the whole TF showed up and I and two other players had to hit the mud. In a forest, and we had to be caught in a bare patch of dirt. We scrabbled into the mud and stayed still, unseen by a miracle. We saw that they obviously expected people to be there in good numbers and so watched them as they seemed to concentrate around The Towers. As soon as they left we ran to the Towers and found the last component! No sooner had we picked it up than we were rumbled and chased. Component dropped due to weight, we legged it and hid, only radioing for backup when a good few hundred yards away from our pursuers. No backup was forthcoming, as we were told to assemble in the village for a major assault. Two of us decided that the best thing to do was become selectively deaf and ignore the order. We gambled on the whole TF leaving the area for the attack, and went back. We found the target and got it back a.s.a.p. Last objective complete. What happened next was a perfect end to the day. We fought it out in the village in the dusk, and then dark, for about an hour and a half. I had not had time to swap my mesh or pick up a torch, so crawled around until I saw a target and let rip with the RPK. Luckily I know the site extremely well and managed to hide behind a pollarded tree as a fire position. My companion disappeared into the night and I slotted away, getting the odd strafe in along the windows of the occupied L-shape building. Despite NV and thermal equipment on the TF side, we carried on until game end at 10:30. A full twelve hour airsoft with no breaks save grabbing a pasty and a few choc bars through the day. Saturday night was very subdued. We were all absolutely knackered and I only manged to cook our steaks with my eyes closed for rest. No pan, so spuds cooked in a stainless camping mug and a bag of salad. Honestly, one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten. A packet of cookies and a few scotches later and we still stayed up till three am getting pissed and reliving the day. Sunday dawned far too early as some daft sod forgot to reset his alarm from the weekday setting. I did not appreciate being woken after three or so hours kip. Anyhow, when we did get up, we had a surprising amount of energy once the coffee was boiled. Today was the much loved fallback game. We fell back across the map anti-clockwise. This was a great airsoft setup and much more skirmishy tbh. Just simple gameplay for the hungover but still keen. Both sides were diminished, the opfor a little bit more. We were not quite steamrollered the first game, but despite being skilled players, we had not worked out our crossing fields of fire too well, and we lost our key position too quickly. The next position that we had to defend, a mate and I made a decision to sit 40 yards outside the perimeter and wait until the enemy had moved up on it. Since we were the only players on that side it was a tempting target and one that was taken. The TF were well in range when they popped out of cover to have one last conflab before hitting the fort. At that point we raked them with fire. We did eventually get hit together so no medic for either and we felt that we had let the side down, only to find that we were the last defenders left. The next position was even better. I sat on a likely inception route and raked a whole squad with one burst. Like a silly sod I sat around to pick off anyone getting a medic, and got hit by someone moving up unseen. Should have run! Anyhow, I returned from respawn and hid in some really thick cover that overlooked the final objective. At the final shout of ‘All clear,’ I opened up on three TF. Thus followed a satisfying chase until I radio’d in that I would pull back and let them have a crack at the next target. I drew them into deeper cover as they knew that they faced only one opponent. Bugging out as soon as I’d fired to a pre-seen hiding spot got the job done. Shame Mrs TPH had to stay at home as she would have revelled in this bit of play. The last firefight was truly epic. I have never seen so much plastic get slung. Taking position in the L-shape building upstairs in the village, I could have walked on the BBs in the air. Weight of fire wore us down as we were much depleted and the TF concentrated their forces very effectively. Another grenade as we cowered from the plastic storm saw me and the lad out of action for good and game over. What a fucking blast. A whole game of quality play, tight rulesets with no marshals required, and really good social afterwards. A quick debrief and we were going home. The return took nearly five bloody hours. I’m still knackered and still a bit wired if I’m honest. Monday morning saw me stiff as a board. Thank God work was rained off. Cheers Sierra Bravo! Land owners can shoot deer with a 12g using no less than AAA shot if foodstuffs are being eaten if memory serves. You'd have to be no more than 15-20 yards max or so though, I would have thought. AAA is around 5.5mm so pingy as fuck at 1200fps, the same as .22LR subs.

So, credit where credit’s due, Vector Optics have replaced my Frenzy optic free of charge. I noticed the optic was cracked the day after a game and emailed them, not really expecting them honour the warranty which at first glance seems too good to be true (see below) Your Vector Optics Continental, Taurus, Aston, Scrapper and Frenzy line products are covered by our T-VIP lifetime warranty. We will, at our option, either repair or replace your Vector Optics product without any cost if it is damaged or defective. If we can’t repair your damaged product, we will replace it with a brand new one in perfect condition. we proudly stand behind our products. You have our word that we will do what it takes to retain your business as a satisfied customer. You can count on our T-VIP lifetime warranty. Unlimited full lifetime warranty: Reply to you in 1 working day. Free repair or replacement. Fully transferable. No invoice or receipt needed. No question asked, however, we do appreciate your feedback. We pay for shipping back to you. This warranty does not cover the product loss, theft, deliberate damage, abuse, misapplication or modification. This warranty does not apply to the electronic components or batteries. Anyway, two weeks later a nice shiny new Vector Optics Frenzy arrived in the post. Reckon I’ll be sticking with Vector for my next optic.

Hey guys, Got an email come through from Helikon recently to download a free eBook all about the history of camouflage (mainly Europe). Helikon-Tex Link I haven't read through it all but it's short and quite interesting in a nerdy way. You have to subscribe to the newsletter but it's easy enough to unsubscribe afterwards and I quite like their gear anyway. Screen grab from the back -

New pew day...

There is a sticky post in this sub-forum relating to retailers. "A topic with a link to your website and a description about why players might wish to do business with you is absolutely no problem. Even better if you can come back to the forum and answer any questions that might be posted in your topic. Your own topic full of copy and pasted marketing spiel will get no replies (before it's deleted) and it won't look great on you." So this is permissable. Be good to get some more members' views on their shopping experience.

My friend Dave asked me if I could think of anything that could go wrong with a sentient spacecraft I said "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

100% On Sunday we were defending our 88's and thinking I was pretty well covered I spotted a 'red' making a dash to get our flag, as I popped above my cover to stop him in his tracks I spotted another 3 or 4 reds to my left... I got hosed big time, don't even think I got a shot off.

It actually feels less toyish than TM to be honest. I was actually tempted to buy one despite not liking the MWS platform

Yeah I suspect it’s just not the game for him, I think he just learnt that during an unusually tough session. Possibly a blessing in disguise, rather than getting invested and then deciding its not for you several £££ down the line. Like you say, might just have been heavy BBs. For the benefit of balance, it was notable but not something that spoilt our day or gave me any concerns about safety. Even the heaviest impacts were negligible compared to stubbing your toe. Under yours and @RostokMcSpoons revised parameters I’ve elevated my performance to ‘genius’. In any case I’m having a whale of a time in the thick of it so no intention of changing my strategy. Yeah sorry, for the avoidance of doubt, I’m quite happy being shot and consider it an essential part of the game. Me and the boy are regularly in the thick of it and as far as we’re concerned its all good stories to tell on the way home. My gist in this example was that we had a particularly heavy morning (by airsoft standards) which I think, at least in part, put off the first timers we brought along. Nothing inherently bad about it, just one of those luck of the draw scenarios.

Amen ? @Gunboat Diplomat, I've taken a few noobs to games over the years, & quite a few have complained about being shot, usually because it sometimes stings, but my response is always the same........ "IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SHOT, WORK HARDER, GET YOUR ARSE LOWER ON THE GROUND OR MOVE FASTER WHEN UNDER FIRE, & MOST OF ALL, THINK SMARTER" Obviously I'm not suggesting your not doing any of these things, but I consider this to be a competitive sport, if speed & fitness doesn't help your play, then sneaky tactics & use of the terrain/cover will help you win the day, just gotta find your playing style that gets the best results, rather than following the herd of codsofters lol.

Here are some snaps I got

A silly day for me yesterday. All I took out: TM Desert Eagle TM PX4 Storm TM Beretta M92f Hwasan Mad Max double barrel sawn off Tag launcher And I had silly fun. Not a great number of kills, though I did manage to get one with the Hwasan and its leaky shells that are coughing out .2s at 109 fps ? Also a few kills with the tag launcher, which is always hilarious. Running triple pistols was great fun. Balls to reloading. Empty a pistol then pull another. The day was pretty wet, so we left early, but I still had a laugh. And I dressed super seriously as always.

Just curious to see what my Bear Paw SVU could sell for (Aluminium receiver, Steel barrel and muzzle device). Has the following: 7 gas tight mags with 4 double mag pouches in digital flora pattern, Orga magnus wide-bore barrel with autobot 60 deg bucking, fitted NPAS and 3D printed speed loader. Original inner barrel / bucking, rocket valve, and original Aluminium outer barrel and muzzle device included. Original box with manual. The scope is a real steel PSO-01 which has the IR detector switch for NVG compatibility and to detect opposing snipers IR illuminator. The range finder goes down to 1000 metre instead of the usual 400 metre commonly found in the 1M2 models. Original turret protectors, original rubber eye piece, and a 3.5v to 1.5v LED converter (Illumination now works perfectly and runs on AA batteries). *Due to this not being a sales post, I have an older picture of the package with my Discord username.

Stack up Airsoft is an independent store specialising in 2nd hand Airsoft kit. We have been around since 2019, and buy trade and sell everything from RIFs and pistols to pouches and scopes. Based at Red Alert in Berkshire, we have a physical shop along side our website. Check us out in store or at www.Stackupairsoft.com

Nah, just went on a shopping spree to boost my collection with some long awaited rif & pistols. An Specna Arms M16A3 with M203, A WE 6" Luger with Snail Mag, & a TM Mk23 socom with lam.

If everything is working , clean , tidy & boxed I’d work on 3/4 of new retail price ( forget any labour for custom work ) but expect a little haggling , if your wanting quicker sales then go 2/3rd from the off . broken , faulty , missing parts , modified beyond being able to put back to OG , painted etc then expect less .

£100 for the p226 is sensible provided the mag holds gas, otherwise you might need to price it a bit lower as they are 25-30 quid each. Not sure about the rest

If it’s working then ~£100 for the P226. Looks like the E2 variant?

I share your pain

I’ve just found one of my unicorns, waiting on it arriving later in the week If it makes you feel any better, it’s running 30 round mags and I’m only getting 4 with it! - BRING IT ON! ?? And Samoon have none in stock (only clue you get?)

You lucky bastard.

Umm - I don't think it has a dedicated ruler function - I've just use the line tool and the very good snapping system to measure things . The 'CAD for artists' term thrown about means that it'll do a lot of modelling like Fusion (as opposed to software like blender) with enough precision for 3D printing etc, but it's not as engineering focused as Fusion so is missing things like an analytical tools section. Kind of a half way house between the traditional 3D modelling software and CAD. Try it for 30 days, follow a couple of tutorials and see what you think - they don't ask for any details/payment/registration information - it's a straight download from the site - just install and go.

I hate this place. There's always something that empties my wallet. Seriosuly though; it's a great place to pick up bargains. Second hand rifs and kit, in good condition, or sell some of your own surplus. If I need something these days my first port of call is stack up. If Graham doesn't have it he knows where to get it. Obviously, sometimes, with a second hand rif there may be an issue. It's a second hand rif, after all. Example; a friend's son bought a pistol. It went wrong first time out. Graham took it back, fixed it, and now it works perfectly. Stocked with loads of standard stuff but also lots of oddities, and run by people with a wealth of airsoft knowledge going back many years. I'd definitely recommend.

Yup, it's this I think I paid a fiver for a pair? Here you go... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breakaway-Tackle-Development-Co-Ltd/dp/B006SIBGL0/ref=asc_df_B006SIBGL0/ There are nice aluminium zoom levers for not that much more cash, but this works great BTW - has your TNT barrel/hop kit arrived yet? Keen to hear how you get on with that!

Bonus point to you. ?

Get me some dimensions and you can have one in aluminium or steel...

Kokusai TA-GO

Fusion 360 is free, but it can be a bitch to use. A lot people will start to use it, get frustrated, then bin off the whole idea of making their models. I am currently learning Plasticity 3D at the moment - a 'CAD for artists' Hard Surface modelling tool. I've been using it for about a week and I am impressed. They do a 30 day trial, and costs $99 USD to buy, but it's so much easier to use than Fusion that I'm actually thinking of paying for it. It's still very new as a product - but theres quite a few videos on youtube to get you started. Lightly inspired by this thread, I knocked this up in under an hour this morning as a bit of a learning exercise - just eyeballing it from google images (yes - it's missing quite a bit of detail but you get the idea). It's also good if you have reference images - this is a WIP project to eventually build in RC (bonus points to anyone who can guess the aircraft) It's also pretty good for low-poly game assets - my son needed a super-quick placeholder RPG model for a Roblox game he's working on - 10mins later it was in the game:

custom gbb workshop SPRINGFIELD 1911 L.A. Vickers Custom KJ gbb airsoft deep marking cerakote detail fix

good on ya man. 3d printers like anything just have to buy one, jump in and muddle around. see some people use silicone molds for zanak casting now, handy for when you want to make more than one unit. you can make me 1000 gearbox shells if you want ?

I saw it, i wanted it, i bought it

Went Absolute Airsoft last sunday to bring my Girlfriend to Airsoft for the first time, absolutely loved it. shes really wanting to have a vietnam era sort of load out, of course i gave her the m16 to play with that day, great game day all in all. also bought a new toy after the game day cant way to show it off when it arrives in a few minutes

My family have all gone onto a fruit only diet. I'm fed up with it. The fridge and the cupboards are full of it. It's enough to make a mango crazy!

Sorry to hear that. On reflection those HPA guns might not have been shooting hot, but they might have been throwing some heavy BBs. Whatever the reason its not great when the end result is an unhappy player who won't take up the sport. With regards to 'being crap'.. what do you mean? In my book the crap people are the ones who are at the back of the field cowering in cover and occasionally pinging shots that will fall 20m short of the enemy. Anyone who gets killed a lot trying to push up or get in range to add their weight of fire to the front line is doing a great job ?

Yesterday was our first game with our own gnus instead of rentals, so there was much excitement in the lead-up to the day. First thing I realised was how much extra prep there is now. Make sure then gnu's are fit to fight, get LiPos charged ready to go, check mags are feeding, don't forget your speed-loader, bring a USB LiPo charger in case you need an emergency top-up at lunchtime... On the plus side, both my Double Eagle and the boys Cyma G36 performed flawless all day long, bar some intermittent feeding issues on full auto for the G36. Reading around it seems the HiCap G36 mag may be to blame, I have a spare for him to try next time. First time going through a chrono check, his clocked in at 313 on .20s and mine at 290 on .25s. Was surprised to just be asked what weight I was using, I had assumed I'd be asked to load a few of the sites own BBs so that people can't under report to get through chrono. Game highlights for me were managing to push up a central line unnoticed whilst the enemy were trying to flank on the left. As they encountered resistance in their push they started to bunch up, effectively stacking themselves up for me to pick off. Also managed to get a few CQBish kills in some clearance action walking into enemy held positions. Got the drop on a couple of guys, then I heard voices in a tower, so rounded the corner and loosed off a couple of shots. A trio of rental kiddies started yelping and looked like rabbits in the headlights, so I stopped at that point as it was pretty close range. The two survivors repaid my mercy by lighting me up, no good deed goes unpunished. We had a couple of friends (Dad and son) with us for their first go at airsoft who did the morning session. Sadly I don't think they'll be back, the young lad didn't enjoy being shot and I think was a bit overwhelmed by the whole affair, the morning session was pretty heavy in terms of incoming fire, which allows me a segue into... I'm still too new to the game to really have enough insight, but I've played a few games now, been hit many times (I'm crap) and at close range and never had much of a mark to show for it. Yesterday felt much heavier in terms of incoming fire. I had a few hits that stumbled me, you had a huge welt on your neck, some other guy had one even bigger than that. The boy has some decent impact marks on his chest even through a couple of layers of MTP. As you say, not sure if that was a someone shooting hot or just something that can consistently get a lot of rounds down range right up to the FPS limit. We've come into the game as newbies expecting some variation both in terms of sportsmanship and game-days, so we just include this alongside poor hit-taking or team-balancing issues in the bottom line figure of what makes a good day vs bad day in the world of airsoft.

Fair enough. As you posted though it's the same offence. To me it looks like plod were just putting out a reminder to people not to be idiots but, in typical gutter press fashion, the paper are trying to paint it like there's gangs roaming the streets opening up on anything

GHK Kochevnik build is almost done externally. Internals are coming from Asia so they'll take a little longer, and there is a Zenitco pistol grip and charging handle piece in there too. Im also working on making a HPA drum for it since Kinetics are so hard to find and theres no news on a new batch.

That's more the sort of size, but nah, I'm not paying gun value for a flash hider. If I can't find the thing I think I'm thinking off, I'll probably just bust out the waste pipe and hot-melt glue or buy a 3D printer.

I inferred IF-to-RIF from: "In some cases, items are made to look more realistic by being repainted. If the colour of the items is changed to make them look like a real firearm, this risks causing unnecessary concern to the general public." But, yes, it could be either, and it's the same S19 offence regardless.

It is a one piece part so tapping it will prob be the cheapest & easiest option... check page 27 https://www.greekairsoft.gr/manuals/manual.asp?Manufacturer=JING+GONG&Filename=Jing+Gong+SIG552+S-552+082+Manual.pdf

I would suggest that you go for it; at this point, there is nothing to lose.

Yesterday, I wandered over to Tower Airsoft, one of my regular haunts. Unfortunately, the lad was busy working at saving lives at the lido, so I was on my own; this situation did not last long as I bumped into someone I know and a bunch of his friends. Unlike my last couple of visits, the site was busy, with all available under cover table space being in use and a few people setting up in the open. We started off with a "Capture the Fort" game; the Red Team (hey, that's us!) started at the church and, unsurprisingly, had to capture the fort. We respawned at the church while the defenders had one life within 30m of the fort and a second life inside it. Due to the heavy undergrowth and trees, it was difficult to get an overall impression of what was going on, but our group pushed up on the right flank, clearing the more open section of the woods of opposing riflemen and snipers before attacking the flank of the fort. An excellently thrown gas grenade from someone to our left cleared most of the defenders out of the fort, enabling its capture. This game was then turned round and it was our turn to defend. With a small group of other regulars, I took up position in the woods on our far right to block any attacks from that direction. We got into a great little fight with a larger number of Blue Team players, initially at long range and then up close and personal. After taking out a number of opposing players, I was hit and fell back to the fort, moving upstairs to cover the front entrance. Unfortunately, a BB hit me through the tiniest of gaps in the fort wall. I assume that it was a random shot; if not, well done to whoever it was, firstly for spotting a 2cm square gap and, secondly, for getting a BB through it into my back. Having reloaded in the safe zone, we played a fallback game. Starting at the buses, the attacking team (that was us) had to recover a mortar tube from the village and an ammunition box from the prison and transport them to the other side of the bridge. Defenders fell back 30m each time they were hit, while attackers had to fall back 30m and find a friend to respawn on. Our group tried attacking down the right flank, along the site boundary; pushing forward, we struggled in the face of well concealed snipers so shifted our emphasis somewhat to the left, breaking into the village alongside the rest of the team. Having obtained the mortar tube, most of the team headed for the prison and then directly towards the bridge. I joined up with a small group who pushed wide on the left flank, eventually attacking the bridge defenders from the flank in a well coordinated attack. The mission was accomplished with about 30 seconds left on the clock. After lunch, the fallback game was reversed. Our group decided to defend the same area that we had initially struggled with when we were attacking. We fell back each time we were hit, creating a rolling defence, until we came to a really strong location which commanded a number of routes through the very dense undergrowth. I settled into a position where I had good lines of sight on two paths, one being the path down the boundary. I shot a few players coming down this route, including one chap who appeared in exactly the same place four times. They then seemed to switch their attack to come through the village, which meant that the other path I was watching became another killing field. By now, it was all getting a bit hairy as, having taken the village, they were able to flank us, which resulted in some very close up exchanges of BBs and a glorious gas grenade throw by one of the opposing team. It came sailing over the bushes, landing a few yards from a few of us. Fortunately, the breeze blew the gas cloud back towards the thrower and his colleagues and away from us. However, we were slowly being whittled down and I eventually realised that I was all on my own in the deep, dark woods. However, at about this point the game ended; I never did find out whether the blue team achieved the objective and, if they did, how long it took them. On arriving at the safe zone, I realised that a very busy few days with very little sleep had caught up with me, so I packed my gear, said my goodbyes and headed home after a really good day of airsoft. Guns used: APS UAR LCT PP-19-01 Milbro M1911 Classic CO2

A mixed (but mostly good) day at Spec Ops... Took a few guns with me (as per usual), though the preferred VFC HK416 GBBR is out of commission until the replacement body pin comes from Taiwan * Double Eagle M906C (natch) * TM AUG High Cycle * JG SIG S-552 Commando * G&G G36C * TM 5.1 D.O.R Hi-Capa I decided to run the DE with a bunch of mid-caps instead of the usual Lonex flash-mags, just to make things a little more 'interesting' in terms of ammo management, and also stuck the recently acquired (used) Titan 7.4v Li-Ion stick in there, to keep the pistol grip from melting Unfortunately right from the off the teams looked unbalanced. A team of HPA'ers on one side, and us mere mortals on the other. Yeah, right from the first game it felt wrong. Credit to them, it was as much their squad play as much as the weight and range of fire that meant they knocked us on to the back foot from the off. But as the morning went on, it wasn't enormously fun. Luckily at lunchtime, Carlos and the marshals took the chance to swap a few people around, and the afternoon was much more competitive. I had some fun'n'games on the gun front: In the morning I took the DE and the SIG. The 3000mAH battery died just before lunch. Obviously it shouldn't do that after such a small volume of shots - it's not charging properly (it went from 75% to full suspiciously quickly) When I went to the tech trailer to retrieve my SIG I was told there'd been an accident - the cover on the trailer had dropped and snapped the outer barrel where the silencer was screwed on. Bugger. I'll need some advice on that - will post pics later. Lunch time intervened. Two tasty burgers, the option of chicken and salad too. I was going to run my G36 in the afternoon but discovered I hadn't brought the right battery for it, so went with the AUG instead. A good choice as it turned out. I also grabbed my 11.1v LiPo for the DE. First game after lunch I used the DE but damn, it gets hot quickly. Maybe the motor height needs some more tweaking, but really I need to order a new motor for it (the 22TPA with a fan from AK2M4) I decided to go with the AUG for the afternoon instead. The gun isn't as good as the DE when it comes to semi-auto, so I just leaned in to what it's built for - 20-25rps of bullet-hosing The damn thing is fantastic at suppression. The highlight of my day was the final round where we were playing an 'escort the VIP with a bomb' mission. We were tied up in the BBC base, with the bomb sitting just outside. I got a decent couple of kills on two enemies just outside the base, so thought 'sod it' and sprinted out to the best cover. Me and the VIP then pepper-potted down to the church, with me giving suppressive fire while the VIP carried the bomb. I got zapped between the Church and Ping Ping, but by then we'd all pushed on and the final step (getting the bomb to the tank) was inevitable. The heaviest rain came down after the game-play had finished. Thankfully. Even the medium shower that happened early afternoon was enough to get everyone fogging up. So bad news, I've got a dud battery and a cosmetically broken gnu, but on the positive side the hit taking was really pretty good (well, I had no definite problems, and I only heard a couple of comments across the entire day, which was massively better than last time). Damn, I wish Lonex made AUG flash mags. I'd buy a set, given how much I enjoyed using the gnu, and how much I don't care for winding high caps ;/ Now time for the unpopular opinion... As much as everyone might pile on to AirsoftSniper, I have to say I have concerns about HPA too... The previous game day I came back with just a couple of small ping marks on me. After playing against multiple HPA'ers yesterday, I came back looking like I'd walked into a wasp nest. At one point I got hit on my mesh face mask by an HPA guy at close-ish range and I felt the whole mask jump off my face. Hey, that might be the difference between running at bang-on the site limit, where as most AEGs are probably running at 300-330 / 0.20g, but Spec Ops only zip-tied the regulators for a game or two, they're not doing it now. Cheat-mode can be engaged with a twist of a knob, and I suspect the temptation is too much for some of them. Putting that suspicion aside, their extended range and volume of fire from just a few players can unbalance the game-play. however much they might want to stick together, it's best to distribute them across the two teams. That certainly prevents any grumbles and mutterings!

He's a lovely puddy cat - he just turned up a couple of years ago. Decided to adopt my dad and step mum, and has been keeping busy with all the bunnies ever since. The boy was very annoyed that he was 2 for 0 this weekend. So now to shut him up, I just meow at him ?

Not an Airsoft day, but we were real steeling it with clays yesterday. Me, the boy and the ol' man went to Stumbletts near Horam, where the ol' man is one of the organisers. We didn't realise it was a competition day, so the stands were trickier than usual, but managed a decent (for me ) score of 24/50, the boy beat me AGAIN by one, but we managed to both beat dad - but then his eye's are terrible and he has new photochromatic glasses which made his vision even worse in the sun LOL. Bear mind I only get to do this a couple of times a year, and the boy has only used grown up cartridges and 12 bores 3 times. The boy also spent two days up dad's field with an air rifle hunting bunnies and pigeons. However, they got the better of him this time - although dad's cat which is both decrepit and pitch black, and called Satan, managed two clean kills just to mock the boy. Fun times.

Ammo clip for my H8R discs (holds 4 discs) came in over the weekend, now to wait till kydex customs sends me the holster and I finally can better take my H8R with me on skirms (already really love this revolver)

My 4th skirmish at Players of War Airsoft & 56 days from my first gameday, which means time to buy some RIF's. I'm not photogenic but here's some pics from today & the previous gamedays... Honest, I was holding the fort up in one pic (very Health & Safety conscious in my old age), The dodgy night pic is from around 1997/98 long after I left the TA so playing soldiers with springer L85A1 even back then. I'd like to add a big thanks to the site owners, marshalls & other players for the fun & games, I don't get many Sunday's off but have enjoyed crawling through the mud every time..

Today was a good one at Worthing. It was one of their skirmish+ days where they introduce a few filmsim elements into it and I think it was run very well. We had to arrive early as one of the guys was helping with the car park as we had 90 players in total booked in, which is a LOT for Worthing as it's not the largest site, so my friend was helping with the car park to stop it becoming a nasty mess as it usually does. I brought the KJW m40a5 (as usual) and the MWS as a backup just in case. There was rain forecast from 11am onwards, so I decided to take the m40a5 out, but if the scope was getting soaked I would come back, remove the LPVO from the MWS (it's set up as a recce rifle build) and just run it with the iron sights. I started the day by getting on the range nice and early, before it got packed, so I could comfortably set up both rifles. The m40a5 had a new scope, so that needed zeroing, and the MWS had a new scope setup that needed zeroing and a hop up that needed setting as I had recently installed an NPAS and a 510mm barrel, so I needed to make sure it was shooting down at 1J. Managed to get them both set up, took them through chrono and got tagged; with this many players they were tagging guns (which was good!). Got all set up, safety brief done, headed out to cause some disruption. The morning went well, with me playing a lot more aggressively than I usually do. I pushed up, taking an aggressive position watching the ridgeline at the top of the hill from their spawn, attemtping to cut off any cheeky flanking moves. With how quiet the m40a5 is, I was picking them off with them having no idea where the shots were coming from, which is always nice, and I brought the rangefinder out a few times to measure distances for shots, as some were creeping up to about 85 - 90m, and knowing exactly how far the shots were really helped me work out where I needed to aim the crosshair to adjust for wind and distance. Eventually got spotted because someone ran right up to the holly bush I had crawled under, so I had to take him out with the pistol and then transfer over to his friend who spotted me. Managed to get his head down with a few shots and then quickly crawled out of the position and ran off. The guy had no idea I had moved, so he peeked around again to look for me under the bush, but I had run about 30m off and had a clear shot on him now. Was a good exchange and really showed the importance of moving quickly once detected, as if I stayed and tried to take the fight I definitely would've lost. Moved back to another position as my team had all left the area and I didn't feel good being this far up with a bolt action, so I took a position behind a fallen tree. Continued to plink away, but the position was quickly overrun and I had to lie still next to the tree as the enemy was all around my position. Eventually one started shooting over the fallen tree, no idea I was there but it was only a matter of time so I quickly shot him, gave him a heart attack and then got traded by the half a dozen other players who were all around me. If I was in a full ghillie I probably would've remained still and just let them pass, but since I was in my hood and wearing a black t-shirt I knew it would only be a matter of time before getting spotted if I tried that. It was raining by this point, but I managed to keep my scope dry by obsessively keeping my rifle horizontal as it wasn't raining too hard. However, I had a massive scare as I walked back to respawn as the QD mounting point in the rear of the stock fell out. With the Model Works m40 stock being so rare, there was no way in hell I'd find replacement parts. Fortunately I found the parts that slipped out and will be threadlocking them in place this evening so it never happens again (as it's a screw that goes all the way through and holds them in place). Shortly after this was lunch, so we headed back to the safe zone. After lunch they split me and my friend onto different teams (sniper team too strong) as a bunch of people had called it quits in the (light) rain and headed home. We started with 45vs45, but by lunch it was 24vs40. After lunch the games definitely fizzled out though. With the newly rebalanced teams they didn't stay balanced for long as then a lot of our team headed home, leaving us at about 24vs15. Knowing who was on the other team, I took it upon myself to cover the rear, as I knew that some of them would sneak all the way around and nobody else was bothering to watch for it. I took one of them out as he came in from behind, clipping him with the pistol as he rushed before he could get anyone and then managed to hunt one of the ghillies down who had spent about an hour and a bit painstakingly sneaking around the trail of respawning players from our team. I know how rough it feels when that happens as I've been on the receiving end a few times, but I wasn't about to let him silently take out my team from behind, even if they might've deserved it with how little care they seemed to have for their own flanks Anyway, I continued my patrols on that side, before moving up to help defend as our team was getting pushed at a base we were meant to hold. I took one player out as he came up, seeing his friend had crossed over the path I started to reposition to take him out as well and... friendly fired. I get shot by about 4 of my own team. Thanks guys... Anyway, I head back to respawn and we've now lost that base as the guy who slipped across the path took all of them out (didn't even feel bad about that. It's karma!), so I crept my way back. I managed to take up a hidden position looking into the base, but didn't want to be detected so I waited for my targets to start shooting before I'd thread shots through the bushes to take them out. As I was doing this, another guy on our team had pushed from the other side and retaken half the base, so we now had them in a pincer and it didn't take long for the two of us to clear out the rest of the base. Excellent, we had contol again so I crawled out and started moving up and... shot in the back by the EXACT SAME GROUP WHO FRIENDLY FIRED ME THE FIRST TIME ?. I think I find it so annoying because I make sure to PID my targets before shooting and it's incredibly rare I do any friendly fire, so getting hit by the same people, despite being the only person in my kit setup on the entire site (black t-shirt and an uncrafted cobra hood) was rather irritating. Third time was the charm as I moved up yet again after being shot by my team. I managed to get into a position I like taking to defend that base and held it until the game ended, plinking a few targets along one of the flanking paths. Wasn't too much time left in the game anyway and I was about ready to pack up anyway. Definitely need to clean the m40a5, as the bolt wasn't acting as it should right at the end of the day, so I think some dirt got into it at some point. All in all it was a good day and it was well run with very little cheating observed my me, though I heard there were a few teflon players and some other players who didn't feel like walking all the way back to respawn, but they were dealt with by the marshalls. Managed to go the full day with the m40a5, despite the rain, as I kept the scope dry all day. However, the one take away I have from today is to just buy some flip up scope covers. During wet weather I think they'll be invaluable keeping my sniper rifle in the fight.

Played my first game since 2019 yesterday at GMA Tuddenham, even took my 14 yr old who i hardly saw the entire game as he was off enjoying himself and my brother who less so ? 2 dead batteries but other two were fine after all that time…. Now he has a shopping list and hopefully means I’ll get out more Still struggling with headwear, mask and eye pro fittings ???‍♂️

A few from the Battlesim Lite, with Outcast members @Smiling-Dutchman @Honey Badger 63 @GAMBLE and Joan Wick, who isn't on the forum, I don't think.