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So I will be joining this thread on behalf of Airsoft Cymru. The first point I will absolutely defend to the death, is the use of a specna arms gearbox. We have never and will never use these gearboxes in any products. I have copies of all invoices to prove this as well. The second point is we were not accepting tech work at the time stated, and we only started accepting new tech work when we contracted out to White Wolf tech and build in may of this year (2023) after many requests to resume this service. Thirdly, at no time has any issues of this nature ever been raised with us personally or professionally. Fourthly, no tech worth their salt would ever downgrade a gear box when trying to maximise potential (personal opinion on Specna gearboxes from someone who does not profess to be an expert). Fifth, I would like to thank everyone who contacted us regarding this thread for allowing us the opportunity to defend ourselves. I am very sorry that this person has not had a good experience with their gun and wish them all the best with RAT. I am also very sorry that it has resulted in unfounded accusations and mild threats on marauder's part and having to resort to us ever having to defend ourselves from what is quite frankly libelous in nature, considering our positive footprint on social media and reviews platforms.

Yes, I am part of the team, and have been since the first day we came up with the grand idea of opening our own shop, from getting the keys, dealing with our first delivery, installing the new till systems to building and organising our first playing site at the checkpoint, to expanding again to include our current cqb site and shop in Treforest. It seems you do not know Parrot as well as you might think, as I am his wife and answer just as many of our emails, social posts, phone calls etc as he does. I simply choose to stay in the background and not be on the website, also because I was holding down my own career with the NHS when the business first began. As for the shop owner doing a "one off job", I can assure you he does no such thing. He is more than capable in his own right, however our tech chose to take a step back from technical work due to personal issues back at the beginning of 2022 when the shop had been open for almost a year. We did not resume tech work until we had sourced a reliable, skilled replacement after many requests from customers' returning business, because we do actually care about the services we offer and strive to be the best we can be in an ever expanding arena. Whilst I have also stated that I am by no means an expert in the field, Specna has always come in as a "starter" brand and the lower end of budgets. We have used Specna hop units as standard replacements, but when upgrading, there is, as a rule, usually a more robust and reliable option available or simply a higher spec option available. On a separate note, Many players and customers will have also seen me take up the marshalling reins at our sites recently. I have manned the shop singlehandedly quite a few times at the old shop on Crwys Rd as well as the new shop in Treforest.

bought myself a new toy for Xmas and just trying out a few things. Still trying to get to grips with using a Laser Cutter/Engraver but it seems promising.

No you're not, in fact the more this thread goes on the more I'm inclined to think the op is full of shit. His story has more holes than the Bismarck Check the companies house website and you'll find you're the one posting bollocks

Am I the only one questioning the fact the gun was working but somehow had a broken nozzle, which the op has then opened up their gearbox to replace. The gun then breaks, he takes it to a proper tech who finds several issues. How do we know op didn't create said issues? Some super glue to hold in wiring, ok that's not great but sometimes necessary (but granted too much is just stupid), and a broken gear which could happen at any time conceivably but conveniently straight after said nozzle replacement. Not pointing fingers, just curious 🧐

If it was indeed the ultimate question, we could answer that one. It's 42.

i'm gonna offer the alternative solution: don't bring anything or in longer form, trying to work on a pew in the safe zone is at best going to be an exercise in frustration and at worst the easiest way to lose bits. do the work at home, get your gun in good order, and bring a spare (or two) if you can't accomplish it with a leatherman within a minute, it's probably a job worth waiting until you get home.

Gotta love the BBC. Just list all the 'controversial' aspects of the Glock platform, ignore the fact that it has been deployed to numerous warzones, issued to police departments the world over, and oh....become the standard issue sidearm for the UK military for the last decade. But it was in the Matrix, a much more important aspect to report on....🙄

How often was the gun used between the gearbox having work done and the problems being found? Almost a year and a half is quite a while and the bevel gear could've quite easily failed after it was installed

I have barrel C-clips, D-clips, a spare hop unit for AK and M4, a few hop rubbers and nubs in different grades, E-clips, D-clips, shims, electrical connectors, gas o-rings, a battery tester/multimeter, wire, self annealing, gaffer and electrical tape, screwdriver with hex, torx, flat, Philips etc, non-contact connection tester thing, plus all of the various bits that I've taken off of rifs over the years. AK butt plates, mag-wells and the like. Being an engineer on call, I carry a fair bit in a big van. Your best bit of kit is sometimes the mobile phone and the University of Youtube instruction video! All the airsoft kit fits in two shoe box sized boxes. Another well useful bit of kit is an anchor magnet. It's worth its weight in gold recovering lost bits, especially springs.

It's a good idea. You'll want an unjamming rod somewhere in there, just in case, but here's my kit (which does move away from 'tools' towards 'accessories' I admit...) (It spans both a tool box, and a tool bag which lives inside my rucksack. The latter also holds my ammo and gas and goes to the game zone. The box stays in the safe zone) Allen keys, both metric and yank (... Very cheap from Amazon) Assortment of screwdrivers Assortment of tape (electrical, heat wrap, PTFE, velcro) Bungee cords Paracord Cable ties Head light, torch Reading glasses, spare contact lenses Anti fog wipes Lubricants (silicone grease and oil) Pliers Tweezers Scissors AR tool (for stock nut, barrel etc) Spare batteries (AA, AAA, CR2032 etc) Battery tester (for LiPos) Chrono Loctite thread lock glue (low strength) Super glue Assorted m-lok and RIS spare nuts and bolts, grips etc

The difference, for me, is the load times. Whilst I'm an Xbox user (yeah yeah, I know), the new generation has a game loaded and ready to play in seconds rather than minutes. Playing older games on series X makes some games that could be really frustrating on old gen much, much better to play - Fallout 4 springs to mind. On the other hand - as a born-again PC gamer (finally bought a new rig at the beginning of the year) I now barely play console.

Isn't that one of the main purposes of being a man? A cave of tools that only ever see the light of day every other year?

The graphics are getting better but to me the games aren't getting better, I think the industry is getting stuck in a rut.

As someone who was looking to "upgrade" from 4 to 5, are the actual graphics etc enough of an improvement to justify the additional expense. I don't actually get to play that much so I'm reluctant to buy an overpriced paperweight, especially as my lad is an xbox user (poof😜), don't want him taking the piss out out of me too.

Either return or sell it, buy pew pews, problem solved 👌

I'd be set for life.

Kat answered the email that I sent the company earlier today.

Taken from their google reviews. There's also mentions of Kat on their facebook page too.

Hey mate, didn't immediately recognise your username so thought you were a noob, shock horror when I checked your profile & see your more akin to a Chelsea pensioner in forum years lol😜. Jokes aside, getting in to sniping is a big step, your mindset & fieldcraft is just as important as your gun, maybe more so. Whats been your playing style up to now, & types of gun you favour ?, I ask as when players have previously mentioned getting in to the sniper role, I'll usually recommend trying a hybrid role first, think a single shot dmr role using their longest most accurate gun & focusing on the fieldcraft (& patience) aspects, no point in shelling out good money on a rifle & possible upgrades if after 5 minutes of concealment or crawling, you want to run towards the firefights.

At least they didn't perpetuate the myth of the "ceramic" pistol that doesn't show up on metal detectors....

More red flags than Germany in the 40's 😂

Action Army AAP-01 basically.

As above. For me it's a small set of allen keys, a couple of screw drivers and a roll of electrical tape. Anything which requires more than that can be done at home

With 25 out of 28 reviews being 4 or 5 stars it looks pretty positive to me

This👆, I've no doubt some, possibly all the work done is dubious at the very least, but raising issues 18 months later is open to all sorts of interpretation & assumption, not least by the "tech" your accusing who will throw counter accusations your way. Gotta ask, has anybody else had issues with this mob, because if their public profile is viewed positively, doesn't give your claims much credibility ?

The MOSFET has 2 extra wires otherwise it's the same as the Airsoft one. The motor is unlikely to be too strong, the effort in the gearbox is dictated by the spring. Isn't it possible the bevel gear was damaged when the nozzle hit the mag knob thing and the gearbox locked up? It doesn't sound like they have been diligent but the timeline is a bit confusing for me.

It may be nature (Darwin). It may be nurture (Locke). It could also be Nietzsche though. Maybe he has the will to power to be an arsehole. Given his bigoted nonsense, anything's possible. He doesn't deserve the oxygen of publicity, nor the oxygen of oxygen to be frank.

a long shaft screw driver, long cleaning rod and micro fibre cloth, small rubber mallet, a work mat, gas/battery powered soldering iron, solder, shrink rap (maybe a few deans connectors) a multi tool with wire cutters/strippers.

I bought some new bed sheets which says on the packaging it helps you sleep like a baby and they weren't wrong. Last night I shit myself and woke up screaming every 3 hours

It's adjacent at worst, think how many film and music personalities have different names than what's on their birth certificates. If I had access to his phone number or address and released that information, that would be doxxing. I've said for a while of him that there's two possibilities: The Kicking Mustang persona is a character that he uses to drive engagement, sort of like Borat or Keith Lemon. The truth being that he knows exactly how controversial he is being and its all done for a bit, for the sake of content, however his behaviour off field and online would indicate that's not the case. Or He genuinely is that guy, the few times when he's friendly to people is the mask (almost exclusively reserved for younger airsofters encountered in person) and that he truly believes every ridiculous thing he's ever said, including all the racist/homophobic codswallop he spat as his "Jedi Economist" twitter account. Honestly, he's so close to being the 'Airsoft Alex Jones', I feel like he's one strong cup of coffee away from claiming they're "Puttin' chemicals in the black gas to turn our mk23s gay!"

It's an even bet that he and his cronies are watching this forum thread and just stroking themselves raw at the comments about him. I'm one of the people that had been quietly trying to raise awareness of him and his antics for a while, but I became a bit more.... enthusiastic, about trying to bring him down when he doxxed my friends and several others from UKAL on social media. He's an absolute buffoon with a 99% non-airsoft viewer base, as well as strong evidence of using view/comment bots, which entirely invalidates his favourite metric of 1/8th the world seeing his videos. He's banned from 40+ sites in the UK, publicly and who knows how many more who just don't want the hassle of being known as banning him. He regularly outs himself as cheating in his own content, as several other creators have reviewed and highlighted inaccuracies in his narratives as well as his shooting. He's said in interviews that he doesn't see himself as an ambassador for airsoft and all airsoft is, is a way for him to make money. The sooner he's out of the hobby, the better. He's been getting away with literal crimes for too long. Oh and his real name is James Wool, not "Bailey" or "Trouble", so every waiver he ever signed for any site is void, that's a fun one for insurance, eh?

A crimping tool will last you a lifetime, you might only use it twice but it'll last a lifetime.

I used to keep a length of curtain wire in the Kit, already plastic covered, stiff enough to push or pull but flexible enough to not damage stuff, add a small crimped ring at one end that's covered with heatshrink at the joint, perfect for adding a small cloth strip for cleaning.

We Makarov? No rail but some creativity could add one. Certainly it can be made accurate, at least as far as anything airsoft can be.

The ideal is the two sides bending 180 degree back into the wire But with needle nose pliers an overlap is probably more practical (unless you have the perfect crimping tool it will be impossible to achieve the correct 180 bend) And arguably airsoft is not very critical application, so as long as it is secure enough, it is secure enough Nah multi-strand is not the problem. Don't tin it, it is going to be worse because tin cannot deform like copper and it will actually make it worse Also note there are two pairs of "legs", one is for the wire jacket which is just for the mechanical stress relief, and another pair for the actual copper wires and this is for doing the actual work of conducting electricity

It's also important to note that those that do mention tech work are all 5 stars. Tbh I'm starting to think we're not getting the full picture as the more this goes on the bigger the holes are getting in your version of events

Ignoring the time gap, what exact is your complaint? Tech work quality? Tech work advice? It seems there are four elements to your complaint: Tech workmanship related: "Non-airsoft" Gate Aster was installed Wiring with "metric ton" of superglue Nuprol motor "too strong" Advice related Being mislead into agreeing the work Can you provide pictures of the Gate Aster or anything that says it is "non-airsoft"? Can you provide pictures of the amount of superglue in your gearbox or where you think is the problem? Can you provide model name of this Nuprol motor and also your spring, gear ratio, and battery used? Can you describe what was the process of you agreeing to the work?

This. I used to have a mahoosive box'o'tools that I would drag to each game day. Problem is - if you have a technical issue that requires those tools, you should be doing it at home. I take one gun plus a spare per person, so myself and my two sons - 6 guns in total. Gun breaks mid game? - run back to the safe zone and grab a spare out of the bag. Great excuse to buy more too.

From reading this saga briefly, it all seems rather suspect to me. As Tackle said, an 18 month space from the work being done and the pew breaking is already a big stretch. Surely you tested the pew as soon as possible after the work was completed to make sure there was no issues? In my experience, if a wire is chewed up like seen in your first post, the pew wouldn't function and it shouldn't have taken long to get to the point of the pew shorting. Be honest op, did the tech steal your girl? 🤔

My eldest son runs Dye I5s: They are on the smaller side of Paintball masks - I can't use glasses with them - but I have a big wide head so I use Empire E-Flexs instead. You will probably get some glasses fogging issues under the mask, my middle son and I use goggle fans connected to a poundland powerbank mounted on the goggle strap, which pretty much completely eliminates it. Paintball goggles + Fan unit has been by far the best combo that I have found over the years for eliminating fogging when using glasses.

Well he says they're 2 different guns but provides bugger all evidence to back up his claims. This to me is a massive red flag

I agree. I said the same thing on part 1. I read it a couple of times and it just didn't make sense.

Anyone can use any name they wish, the only legal issue is an attempt to deceive A waiver signed is just as valid whether signed in your birth name, an alias or as Mickey Mouse

As I posted earlier in the thread doxxing has legal ramifications. Might be worth perusing that if it was recent. Agreed, but tbh I don't think you'll find anyone here would would argue against that Good luck with causing him as much hassle as you can

I think the point that everyone is missing here is that the sling techniques that apply to firearms don't really apply to airsoft. Putting tension on the sling is usually to help with stability and recoil control. Airsoft guns really don't have that problem. Set up the sling however is comfortable for YOU. If you want more tension on it, have more tension on it. If you want room to maneuvre the gun about have less tension on it. If you want both, get an adjustable sling.