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Guys, we should give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure he meant 45, not 450! Right? Right...?

So been working today on L115A3. Doing it based on ones seen in Afghanistan theatre. Now all sprayed up and weathered. Given a light dusting. and carboned up the flash hider. Just need to find/make the correct style suppressor.

In the interest of transparency, order arrived this weekend, and it’s spot on perfect. Just lack of communication and tracking numbers was worrying. defiantly direct from Ali Express, but don’t care as only one that the same on Ali Express costs more than I paid

I’m half tempted to send a cheeky offer haha

God loves an optimist but that’s something else.

Very nice build @Rollade miss mine but you can’t keep them all

Had a very long but enjoyable day at Special Ops' new CQB site. Day started off a bit pooh though with me arriving without my battery bag. So had to rag it home in the car to get back in time for the briefing. I lost track of the number of games we played, but numbers started off with around 20 players. This dropped off significantly at lunch time; then again at 4pm there was only 9, then at 5 ish there were only 4 of us. Game of the day fro me was the VIP games where teams took it in turns to get the drunk VIP from the pub to the car at the opposite end of the building. Lots of close calls and last minute reprieves for both sides to be had. Then we had various rolling retreats, TDMs and "Get to the Choppa" games. Once the numbers were down to single figures we had the pyramid game where each player on a team was given a number; which resulted in said numbers being the rotation of the players in the game. At the start player 1s would be 1v1, then when that player died, they'd get player two for their side and so on. 5th kill was the end. This was a great game as the sides were very evenly balanced with a speedy boi softer on each side, a youngling/first timer, an experienced slower player and someone in the middle. The twist was that the game was played 4 times and they rotated the numbers around so every player got a chance to be 1v1. When it was just the 4 of us left; I was the more experienced, and physically much bigger player. There was a 14 year kid who was tiny, but turned out to be a deadly shot with his Glock which he was using for most of the day. There was an American teenager on his first time and an older teenager who is a regular at the outdoor site. This American dude got a tooth shot out in the morning in a freak incident with his full face mask, but he got back in the game and seemed to enjoy himself. We had a blast of "winner stays on", 2v2, and a fun game where I was a guard patrolling the centre of the game area on a fixed path whilst the remaining younglings had to sneaky sneaky around to get to the bank to retrieve the gold. Little buggers were lucky that when they made a dash for it, one of the marshalls was in the way LOL. Get to the Choppa was an unmitigated disaster for our team as the opposition had Thomas - the notorious Special Ops runner - and twice in a row they won the game in less than a minute with barely a shot fired. In my defence, I nearly got them on their approach, but my pistol mag had decided (unbeknownst to me) vent itself and pulling the trigger resulted in sweet feck all. Due to my size I tended to stick out past walls and couldn't always duck low enough for cover. As a result, I was domed more times than I can remember. I also managed to get a BB up my nose. Which I didn't notice until talking to a player at respawn and it rolled out mid sentence, much to his humour and my surprise. Comedy moment of the day also fell to me as I snuck up behind someone in the Bank and stood there with my pistol pointed at him for a good 20 seconds deciding where to shoot him - which in the end was the back of his helmet. The overseeing marshall and I exchanged a knowing glance. 😎 Its a great venue. I think 30 players is the practical limit before overcrowding and bottlenecking becomes an issue. Ironically as the numbers dwindled the day got more fun. Not because of the players, but Carlos and the marshals adapted the games to match the players. I have never run pistols as much as I had today. The Specna is still having troubles, so I needed up with my Double Eagle as rifle of choice, one of my WE glocks isn't cycling properly; but fortunately I had a spare (of course) and the Boy's TM Glock also served me very well. I managed to get all my mags leak free so was well stocked with 6. Also the Double Eagle was throwing out .2s bang on 349FPS, and won me a few lovely kills, one of which was the 14 year old whose eye level was the same as the partially opened window of the delivery van - I got him from the far end of the building under the tail of the Choppa. The day was certainly better than I expected - as a Woodland player mainly - and getting game play from 10am to 6pm (including a lunch break) was great. Now i am resisting the urge to buy a better pistol and a tracer unit. My face and legs however look like a dot to dot picture, and the guy behind the counter of my local shop wondered what had happened. Hopefully they will go down before the big family Easter Dinner tomorrow LOL.

After a lot of time spent looking for parts I think she’s finally finished to a point where i’m happy with her. Now to finish my other projects 😂 WE M14 WE EBR chassis 90% RA-TECH internals Blue force gear Vickers padded sling RS Ergo EBR grip RS SAGE broom stick RS KAC bipod adaptor RS Harris 1A2-L bipod RS flash hider RS auto lock RS SAGE DCSB RS Leupold MK4 med scope rings Replica Leupold MK4 3.5-10x40 scope RS Butler creek scope cover I may change a couple things in the future. Steel engraved receiver instead of the aluminium one and possibly a RS EBR hand guard if I can find one.

Flightradar24 app? I can’t help but find myself virtually watching flights Especially if I see a vapour trail coming off an aircraft at 40,000 feet I just have to know where it’s going I love knowing the whereabouts of particular aircraft as well, the C17 that was in James Bond Spectre, was used to fly the Queens coffin from Edinburgh to Englandshire Im not a plane spotter, just love the app

I've been after a tac41 for a while now the price was always just in that slightly uncomfortable zone. It looks like they are releasing some new ones with polymer parts at a cheaper price point. Due spring 2024. Tac-41 lite (a tac-41a with a polymer stock) £300ish Tac 41 lite sport line (as above with a polymer receiver and hop unit etc) 200 euros-ish. They are also sticking the polymer receiver in the full length tac41 p and doing that cheaper too. I'm guessing the polymer won't be as durable as the aluminium but I suspect it'll really depend on the polymer used and the structure of the receiver. https://www.longbowbb.co.uk/product-page/tac-41-lite I'm not sure why longbow say its not compatible with the M95 Newton spring "Warning: Not compatible with SBA-SPR-08 (95 Newton spring)." https://www.silverback-airsoft.com/pdf/silverback-airsoft_TAC-41_lite_user_manual_english.pdf

(Re-posted as I put it in the wrong place previously) WIP experiment in 'cyber ninja' loadout. Pretty sure the mask won't hold up to a heavy hit, so I've got eye pro underneath (and replacement panels are dirt cheap). Got some tabi boots on the way and I'll probably use the swords from my Deadpool set-up to finish the look. Emphasis is purely on mobility. It's refreshingly lightweight and agile, and should bring a few smiles.😁

I go with twist the hood from the bottom until about half remains and then fold the resulting “pocket” over the twist. It’s possible to secure it with the draw cord but almost anything else is easier! If you use the hood as a tie out as well it tends to avoid it somewhat. I’ve linked an old video by PackRat556. I have no stand for the phone to film and a video explains this much better. I don’t use reflective sheets quite the way he describes. It is a moisture barrier but you need an air gap for it to reflect heat so an air pad is needed. If you have a fire it would be more effective as the back wall. My technical support agrees. Next chunk will be general tarps and a ridgeline you can change easily. Plus a few useful but cheap accessories. Then maybe something on hygiene! The cat walked mud in. 🙄

Excellent! Thanks for the help.

Wants a new gun and a new car out of it too 😂

My WE G17 fits the knock off "WBD 6354 DO Holster" with absolutely 0 issues.

Bungee? Or the hood adjustment cord?

At least he was honest & admitted he wants a new gun, obviously he wants a much nicer one than that one🤣 #cheekycnut

100% agree, on not putting drinks powder etc. in your waterbottle or camelbaks. Only ever had clean water in mine, and never had any problems.

Jesus, grew up on coast drive. Loved watching the lifeboat call outs

Boom! https://prefired.co.uk/ads/g36-2/

A quick aside about drinks and cooking. At least one on my canteens or bottles is good for hot liquids. Not necessarily metal or useable for boiling but so I can keep and excess hot water. I also carry a plastic or silicon cup to mix any drinks in. I find putting flavourings or powder in your water bottle makes them go “yucky” quicker. Clear bottles, a bottle brush and denture cleaner tabs are your friend for sorting this. 😁

They're definitely not OG WA. They could be Iron Airsoft. They're the only WA spec mags that came with a polymer Pmag shell iirc.

You helped me build it 😉👍🏻 Yeah I get that. Hopefully you get it finished one day. Even as it is, it looks amazing so nice work. I really appreciate clone build.

Hahaha, and even then the family keeps on growing. Since then. Now have a sterling smg and a colt model 602 issued to sas in borneo. For the L129. In term of parts... yes. Its bang on. Genuine lmt stock, lmt front qr mount.... etc. But I'm still to get the correct trades done. And remove the ambi bolt release. In fact theirs quite a bit of work to make it even remotely close. But I no longer have the time and money like I once did, to get this collect anywhere near as accurate as I once did. So will stay as is for a while.

Thank you. It’s taken like three years to get it where it is haha I’ve not weighed it yet 😂 i’m not a big built guy but it’s manageable. I play pretty relaxed so it doesn’t bother me to much. that’s with running a vest with soft armour and plates 🤣 They are absolutely stunning! They gave me such a big grin and some very bad ideas haha I know they’re common but god I miss my GBB L85. Have you gone all out on the L129?

I have flight radar 24 and it never fails to amaze me how many aircraft are in the air at any one time. I sometimes just cannot fathom the shear numbers of gas guzzling machines buzzing around our skies. Regarding what Mr Tackle says though the night sky is awesome.iI have a celestial telescope and it's just mind-blowing to look at the moon and near earth planets. I got my son interested and bought him a national geographic telescope five years ago and he has been bitten by the sky bug.He now has thousands of pounds of gear and is into astrophotography. Some of his pictures of galaxies and nebula are amazing.

I do like myself an EBR kit. It's one of those guns I don't think ever seems to go out of fashion. Some modern British 7.62 sexyness.....

The worst thing is it’s not even the right colour to try and match parkerising. Everybody knows Halfords spray is the best 💪

Silicone oil only has an issue with silicone orings and then not always. Decent orings will resist all oils, the plastics often dislike mineral oils. My go to is silicone oil on moving metal parts and a grease on gears or for assembly. Bearings like grease, bushings need regular lube so oil there. Exactly which grease doesn't matter that much, the pressures are low and temperatures fall in nearly all grease temp ranges.

I once looked up the ingredients of WD on the German TuV website. I think that it was 50%ish thinners; so an effective penetrant and degreaser. It will make steel corrode over time, and rots rubber. Given that stainless steel skinned Atlas rockets were deployed in San Diego, I dunno why people use this to lube or protect. Stopping 304 stainless steel from corroding in a climate that doesn't drop below about 10 deg. C isn't something that's exactly difficult. 3-in-1 comes in different grades now too, light and heavy. I think that the tin you inherit from your Grandfather is light.

On the cooker side of things, heard great things about alpkits bru kit, which is a copy of the jet boils and are about £50. I was always a fan of a hot chocolate flavoured protein porridge just before sleep, generally meant there was hot water for a metal bottle with a sock around it to act as a hot water bottle. Anything that helped me get good sleep in the 4-5 hours of rest I'd get was very welcome. Wet clothes were removed, but important clothes I'd have to wear again were generally added to my sleeping bag to dry them out (or at least keep them warm, warm wet clothes were better than freezing wet clothes).

Bankholidayatworkandithinkivehadtoomuchcoffeealreadyyyyyy

True, but that's like saying saying herpes is better than gonorrhea

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/rif-s/electric-powered/st-bar-m1918_i59446 So, £420 for a 397 fps full auto capable RIF with a dodgy paint job and broken body pins (Which are kind of important)... Didn't Patrol base just have a bunch of these in a while ago for £440 brand new? 🥴

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/rif-s/gas-powered_1/army-armament-r609-hi-capa_i59379 "The hi capa is stock with some stock upgrades done it" If you want to save yourself £10 and a stroke from trying to work out what the hell the above sentence means, you can simply buy it brand new: https://www.bespokeairsoft.co.uk/army-custom-5-1-hi-capa-gas-blowback-pistol-r609-silver