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Saw the MP5 with Wolf Armouries for a reasonable price, so took the plunge and it arrived today 🙂 First impressions really good, amazing build quality as expected, although I'll have to wait a while to try it because I have no Tamiya wired batteries 🙄

Well that's an interesting development https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hamas-fighter-image-ai-guildhall-square-londonderry-b2440873.html https://www.psni.police.uk/latest-news/statement-derry-city-strabane-district-commander-chief-superintendent-nigel-goddard

"can you give me this for 50 pounds including postage? Not to make profit" That's exactly what a lowballer would say when they intend to resell for a profit, especially when they lowball with such an insulting amount.

What a complete and utter mong. What a pity that his dad didn't pull out.

Not to be that guy but I have one of the first batch (technically pre-production) versions of these and I ran it for a full game on Sunday (29th Oct) and can confirm that it is an impressive bit of kit for the price. It was hoping .3s at least 60m and that was in the colder weather and usual Scottish rain (Yellow Met Office Warning). I was using the Action Army AAP Drum as well as WE Glock mags and they all fed without any issues. It is a massive improvement over their last GBB which was the MP-443 Grach under their Raptor Branding.

I did try the etched shims and even with maximum ocd engaged it was a bugger to keep track of them. So i opted for just stacks of 0.1 shims, dont gotta keep track of sizes if you only got one size

I find the etched shims that you sell perfectly adequate. Having the size on each shim is very helpful. Given that I am very old and wear glasses that would not look out of place on a Japanese sniper, you young chaps should not be struggling to read the etching. SHS shims; they are good.

I'm sure I've got some coloured and shaped shims. It was a three size pack with one size silver and one bronze and the third size was octagonal shape. It was really useful being able to tell the apart, so I'd be up for more sizes which can be differentiated.

I have on my SR25 - think i used three O-rings on the inner barrel sandwiched between the hop unit and the end of the outer barrel in the end, but very much trial and error. Just added/removed until i seemed to get good feeding. I hadn't thought about the accuracy benefits to be honest - no idea if it has made an improvement to my SR25, but i did it as i had swapped out the stock hop unit and didn't have a suitable spring to pop there.

It's weird how people now automatically turn to AI rather than good old photoshop. This is most likely a photoshop. I don't think it has any of the marks of an AI image. Guess AI is the trendy word but it annoys me when people use it in the wrong places. Thinking about it, I'm sure anybody walking about in Londonderry looking like that is gonna be handled pretty quickly even without the links to HAMAS!

What an utter fucking bellend Correct. 6 months of trying not to drop the soap in the showers and a £5000 fine under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2/proscribed-terrorist-groups-or-organisations-accessible-version#proscription-offences

Before you start bunging a heavier spring in, have you checked that the airseals (piston head, cylinder head, air tube to nozzle, nozzle to rubber) are all good? If they are, a somewhat stronger spring would be a good idea.

A full cylinder will lead to over voluming; in theory, a 1/2 cylinder would be the best match. If you are in the UK, do not try to achieve 350fps (I assume you mean when using a 0.20g BB); given the variability of site chronos, there is a decent chance your new toy will end up going back in its bag. Running between 0.97-1.05J on your preferred BB weight with a good hop unit (ZCI?) and a Maple Leaf Macaron with an AK2M4 red nub will give you all the range you need.

Just had these delivered from WuggyNuggy... Don't have my L85A2 as it's still with our local tech so I thought I'd show Dan Robinson what the elcan might look like in situ.

I've never played with him not tht I know of anyway. Personally I think the guy is abit of a bell end as the majority of us are there to have fun. We minimise head shots don't intentionally shoot people in sore places don't go round calling everyone cheaters. The guy intentionally aims for the head or sore places even when a plate carrier or somewhere thts not gonna hurt as much is open. Sits in bushes whistling for people to turn to shoot then in the mostly upper part of the body it is amusing don't get me wrong but aim further down dude. Its all to get a reaction for his YouTube channel for views. He mag dumps people (little child I've seen) yet when it happens to him he goes off his head. On calling people cheater's half his shots miss if you look very carefully and sometimes people don't feel getting shot from distance due to clothing or armour. From the videos I've watched I almost feel like he enjoys hurting people in a sadistic kind of way. Cheaters are actually few and far between from what I've experienced anyway and I've been playing for a good few years don't get me wrong I have come across a few genuine cheater's but most of the time you think you've hit someone it's either not as a bb is extremely small and hard to follow through the air to target and because of wind range bb ballistics clothing or armour. Just try again. He seems like an awesome player tactically and gets round the field well but the fact that he's obviously baiting people to bite and making content for YouTube through headshots dirty painful shots then running up and laughing (personally I always apologize for a nippy shot) to me let's what could be a genuinely awesome player down. Need the "hits" on the tube I suppose.

I was thinking the other day what an arse it is for shims sizing identification. Toying with the idea of getting some samples made up for testing as I'm not sure how the aluminium / anodized material would hold up to the grinding of gears. Nothing complicated 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.3mm and 0.5mm all different colours. Think it's worth a punt? Would you be excited to use colour-coded shims? Few other solutions like laser etching but so hard to see for those of us who need old man glasses 🙂 not to mention more expensive.

Amazing thanks everyone. I've taken it apart today and the internals seem shot. Plastic piston a little stripped. Nozzle not the best. I will replace the internals and let you know how it goes. Thanks

it's the cats fault, your P226 has allergies.

You need not feel so bad, the newsreader was overdubbed with my screechy awful German. Yeh we did

Would you like to know more? Next game 2-3 Mar 24

Yeah...but @ak2m4 doesn't. Yet.

ASG and Prometheus do them. I find it very easy to keep track of them; it just takes a bit of organisation. I would rather use a single 0.3mm than three 0.1mm; it makes it easier to try to work out where that odd one you always find after opening a gearbox came from.

Shims need to be hard, aluminium and copper are too soft for our purposes. Stainless or some other steel will work. Shims need only flat and hard, i put the various sizes on a bolt.

I just buy a whole load of 0.1mm shims and then I know exactly what size they all are! Colour coded springs on the other hand...

It works. I have done it on a couple of builds. I run a 125mm inner barrel M4 with an M105 spring, getting 1.02J. Sorting out airseals is cheap; better O rings, maybe a better fitting cylinder head and an O ring nozzle. Good airseals also help deliver more consistent power.

Something to give an example This will just be for some indoor & partially outdoor urban play this weekend and the footage just for posterity The camera is a generic SJ4000, upside down mounted on a rail mount. (It is set for upside down recording, so unless it resets itself the resulting footage will be the right way up) It’s mounted a long way forward. Which means it will be out of my hands way when gripping - but it can look like an odd position and won’t capture the barrel for ‘gun cam context’ @son of danSomething that none of us have mentioned is ‘tethers’. You should not rely on mounts, something will go wrong - especially when mounted in places out of your line of sight such as head mounts. Best practice is to use a mount plus secure a tether wire so that if something fails it hangs off rather than falling in a bush Ignore that I’m not practicing what I preach Another thing to consider is the lights. I’ll be in some dark underground areas so will be trying to remember to put some black electrical tape over the LEDs. The back screen is an option to black out - the disadvantage is switching off when thinking that you’re switching on. It does have a WiFi mode so its possible to check on a phone Also in use this weekend is a light Lights should of course be off for the majority of the time, not waving around giving away our positions - it’s for searching corners of dark rooms for props & goodies I was considering positioning the touch switch on the grip, and using a chopped up bicycle inner tube over the grip to hold it But instead I have gone for the elastic band that came with the inner tube and mounted on the side of the rail Tape is coming in case of emergency This allows for thumb contact to switch on Try to ignore the barrel. Those with a keen eye may notice the calibre

The Chief Superintendent in the second link I posted never mentioned AI, just that they think the image is "fake". Any mention of AI is down to the piss poor journalism typical of modern newspapers

You just place some o rings over the barrel until the maximum pressure is applied that still let's you put the receivers back together? Not heard of this before I will give it a go.

Once a month with the team for me. Occasionally we will do 2 games a month and we tap out for December and January just cause they’ve all got family commitments.

I now identity as a donkey. My pronouns are he/haw.

sounds like a good idea. i might need to try that with my SIG. I'm sure the Japanese bank would find it even fascinating

Either the sides get folded up a bit by the headband or you make cuts/do some sewing work.. or buy a really oversized hat to wear over it I guess? First 2 are what happens though, that's why folks wear either baseball caps under headsets or attach them to helmets. They're 2 items that are from different areas/eras of military kit.

The minimum I would use (and actually currently use) are Howard Leights like others have said. Having had (and eventually selling) 3 sets of Peltor XPs over the years, the HLs are about 90% as good for a fraction of the cost. I have tried some cheap Aliexpress electronic Earpro (a Walker razor clone) and it was monoaural - so no situational awareness at all. Binned it off fairly sharpish.

Aaaah! Bloomin' airsoft, it's a wonder that anything ever works.

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Of the 3, the Razors and Leights are probably what I'd steer people towards. I've been on the range with the Razors, can say they work for sure, the Howard Leights have been the go-to budget electronic ear pro for a lot of people for absolutely donkeys, see them all the time in the states; definitely proven - simple but effective. Neither are quite as fancily made as 3M or Sordin naturally but what you lose in electronics function and military application is made up for in price. Earmor on the other hand tries to do a full on tactical comms headset but at the sport ear defence price, reality is there's no free lunch and my guesstimation is that's why their reviews are all over the place. I get why that particular combo appeals to the airsoft market, 100%, but to me that's a product that'd only be for costume posing, not actually playing a game that involves pyrotechnics.

My MPiKM, strichtarn and M56/76 would like to know more.

We'll be Warpacing it next year. Have to sort the damn calendar out though.

Would you like to know more?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjgQ30IxRs Next game 2-3 Mar 2024

I went to the bank once with a pair of 1911s and the staff thought that they were so cool, they gave me a great wad of money for free!

Start with a basic action camera, then learn what works for you. GoPro carries the name, and does have the right features and specs which come with the price to go with them Alternative action cameras are up to the job - all in recent years exceed the ‘quality’ of anything you would be showing them at - YouTube etc Old YouTube footage from 15 to 10 years ago which looks like it was filmed with a potato gets highlighted with much nostalgia value and You are dependant on the sensor and chip set. If you’re going in and out of buildings then the ‘better’ cameras will cope better with the change in light conditions - but anything current should cope in a reasonable time frame Most important is what you want to do with footage. Are you making a full film of all your awesome actions, telling the story of your day? Are you making a click bait kill cam video? Are you making training feedback footage to review what happened? Or do you just want to film some stuff and see what you get? The ‘best’ footage is of multiple angles - but means lots more editing. eg barrel cam - which mostly shows the ground and air, but gives shooting footage Reverse barrel cam - films you Sight cam - which gives zoomed in ground and air Head cam - which shows where you were looking, but can make people sick when you keep looking left, right etc, and will also show the tree or brick wall that you were hiding behind Body cam - similar to head cam without the left/right twitching but more bouncy (check the stablisation specs) Back cam - Strap a pole to your vest and mount a camera that films a 3rd person view Combine a few of those and you can edit a story - for the extra cost of multiple cameras and mounts plus edit time Alternatively forget all of those, get a generic action camera with case and an assortment of mounts. Try it in different positions and see what you get Note that a scope camera is ‘better’ when accompanied by another camera giving a wider view

Anyone that puts Airsoft in a bad light or risks injury to other players for money is cunt.

But I do love the various names he's been given, all a play on "kicking mustang", Licking Cumstain being my absolute favourite 😂

Waaaaay back when I was starting out, I used to watch his videos and think "Christ, he's a really good player, tactically, and he's a deadly shot." As time wore on, I've realised that he is the absolute worst kind of click-baity YouTube bully who only wants to hurt people for content, and is the reason so many people think airaoft is full of walting wankers. That it emerged that he's a racist piece of shit as well is absolutely in character for him. I also can't stand that rat-faced cunt-rag Names Nicco, who is always hanging out the back of KM and copies his click-bait video titles, while being an absolutely awful player who needs a mag dump to hit anyone. Utter prick.

I'm not entirely sure where our super-luxury personal indulgence toys fit into any 5 Year Plans. 🤔

The gbb version is really good out of the box but I did some upgrades. PDI 6.00 inner barrel WII TECH aluminium nozzle WII TECH Rubber Pad Maple Leaf Hop Up 60° Running the TM on Black/14KG gas at 1.4J with 0.32gr bbs. I would highly recommend to upgrade the nozzle because the stock one breaks very easy.