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You are trying to upgrade a dollar store spring pistol Nobody can help you

[Much typing deleted, I just do this] I'd stress being careful to heat only the last coil, and just enough squish it, as the heating will de-springify it. If you only want to lose a small bit of energy, you can just heat and squish a coil without cutting it at all. [EDIT] Right, basically what @Pseudotectonic said.

Perhaps we might prepare young people for the society that we'd prefer to live in.

In my case I've actually tried heated up one end of the spring (with 4-5 coils compressed with a pliers) and aimed a heatgun at it at 500C for like 10 seconds, and held it for a minute or two until it cools down, and after it cools down it keeps its shape in the compressed form (had to do several passes to get the shape right because of pliers being uneven and to get the FPS down enough) I ended up able to reduce the overall length from ~170mm to ~155mm and bring down my FPS from ~355 to ~340 which is hopefully more chrono friendly So yeah, heatgun worked for me, no cutting, and you can fine tune it gradually if you do it in several passes The ends are still flat, there was some very minor surface oxidisation which I buffed out with sandpaper, but the original end coil flats are still there

Whats a "human oran" and why can't you shoot it?

Sorry Oli but the truth is that's just a toy and not real airsoft. There's nothing you can do with it. The cheapest pistol you can get that's actually worth having is THIS one or THIS full setup.

A logistical dilemma caused by the convergence of the last rehearsal before our 25th Birthday gig and the London Marathon means that I am spending tonight in a Premier Inn in Woking. However, every cloud has a silver lining, so this seemed like a good opportunity to spend the afternoon at Driver Wood, a site about which I have heard and read a lot but have never visited. So, this morning, in addition to my video mixer, projector, video loops etc, I loaded my airsoft gear into the car, including the lad's C7, which I had done some work on last Saturday evening as it seemed to have lost power. Arriving at Driver Wood was a bit of a culture shock; there were paintballers, kids' parties, airsoft beginners' sessions and about 60 airsofters. This actually seemed like a proper business! Checking in was straightforward; I got my wristband and I was in. I found a table, chatted to the players on the next table, one of whom admired the C7, and chrono'd the C7 (1.04J and great range). The safezone was well organised, clean and had WiFi! The only negative aspect was a number of signs stating that no food or drink could be brought in. I then sorted my own stuff out, remembering to ensure that barrel socks were in use in the safezone, chrono'd my rifle and pistol, and set off for balancing of teams, distribution of us afternoon arrivals to teams and a mercifully short but complete safety and rules brief. Immediately after this, we set out for the game zone, passing various areas full of kids having great fun shooting paint and BBs at each other. The first game of the afternoon involved collecting a downed pilot, getting them on to a stretcher and transporting them to one of the helicopters. Each side had a stretcher and, if the two players carrying it were killed, they had to drop it; the opposing team could then try to prevent them recovering it but could not steal it. However, if the pilot was on it, they could transfer him to their stretcher if it could be brought alongside. I teamed up with a few players who decided to try to work around into the enemy's left flank and rear; this went rather well until we encountered an enemy force who had decided to try to work around into our right flank and rear. This resulted in some great fights; I found a spot in a ditch under a bush from where I could control the convergence of two paths that the enemy were using; it was what WW2 U-Boat crews called a Happy Time; a target rich environment and a hidden Colin with a very accurate rifle. Ultimately, as for the U-Boat crews, the Happy Time ended and I was sunk. Regenning, I encountered the two chaps from the table next to mine and we fought our own little war against a group of enemy who were continuing to try to push into our team's tactical rear, holding them off until the end of the game, which our side won, getting the stretcher and pilot into the helicopter after a stand off. Hurrah! After a short break, we started the second game of the afternoon; a three point domination. The targets were the green tent, the six wheeler and one of the helicopters; whoever controlled each of them at every 10 minute interval got a point . I have no idea what happened at the six wheeler or the helicopter, as I was solely involved around the green tent, which the enemy grabbed at the start of the game. This was a really good action, with people flanking all over the place, hiding in bushes, and generally popping up where they were least expected. Despite us pushing hard, the enemy held the green tent for most of the game, with us only capturing it for the very last point. My first impressions of Driver Wood are positive, despite the signs about not bringing your own food and drink. The playing area reminded me somewhat of Battle Lakes, albeit without that site's bottlenecks and choke points. I will definitely be going back. After the game, I stopped off at Surplus Store UK in Crawley, with the possible intention of buying a JG T3 SAS. However, the size, or rather the lack of size, of its battery compartment, put me off. Armband watch: Bright green (I thought they were yellow!) and purple. Weapons used: SRC T-91 ASG Commander XP18 (CO2)

How do you expect to sell stuff if you don't publicly disclose where its sold?

I clicked on it and it played the video. Didnt have a clue what was going on though. Lol

Good day at Gunman Tuddenham today for a filmsim game. Started off a bit wet and windy but warmed up for the second half of the day. Got a chance to use my new MP7 and Ferro Concepts Slickster. The MP7 was great fun, but I'll be sticking with NGRS for now at least. The Slickster on the other hand will be staying in the collection - I've not always been a fan of plate carriers but it easily retained 4 magazines plus a speed loader and radio, fitted nicely and will be well complemented by a decent belt set up. Gameplay was standard, a few instances where people claimed that dead players were spotting for those who hadn't been hit - and one poor show of a player swearing about the game (because they weren't winning/didn't appear to understand it), and then refusing to engage with the marshal who was trying to understand their frustrations 🤷🏼‍♀️... Otherwise a good day with some amazing shots and attacks through the woodland. Might be the last Airsoft day for a while due to holidays but looking forward to the next one already.

To me, that all sounds like bollocks, hence why until someone reputable vouches for you, I'll trust you as far as I can throw you. Have a nice day 😏

Hi, Welcome. Are you from, or affiliated to, a particular manufacturer?

Been faffing with my load bearing gear for the past few months trying to get it just right ..... nearly there I think! Started as a bog standard Viper Spec Ops Chest Rig but I kinda wanted it to be a bit more high speed/low drag/tacticool ....so I ditched the bungee retention for the mags and bunged some 5.56 retention inserts in there with added velcro glued to them, and inside the pouches for added security. Then the the 3 pistol/torch pouches that sat on the front were removed. In place of the torch pouch on the right hand side, I've attached a TQ holder with TQ, sharpie and medical shears. On the left hand side I've adapted an old holster panel and now the knife is attached directly to the rig on the outside of the radio pouch. Finally I used fabric glue to add some velcro on the rear so the dangler can be used Bit of fancy bling in the shape of a dummy flashbang and some speedcuffs and I'm pretty happy with it. Next thing is to increase carrying capacity for additional stuff such as water, jacket, food etc so a small molle pack will be added on the harness straps (not pictured)

I got some WE fill valves off firesupport

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A certain rated spring takes into account the length of the spring to arrive at the strength the spring will be used at. For example you can increase the strength of a spring using spacers to pre-compress it or it can be longer than another spring with same spring constant which ends up pre compressing it when installed. In fact all the springs seems to have a degree of pre compression when installed. For springs that are the same length they need to be stiffer, thicker wire or some such. Looking at the springs I have what seems to happen is that some springs are just longer than an otherwise identical spring, until you need to use a stiffer material because you'll run out of room to compress it. Springs are cheap enough, I wouldn't bother cutting one. Take off a bearing at the guide end if you have one on the cylinder head perhaps, you don't need 2 bearings.

Best too eat them upside down so the texture is on your tongue. If the nut inside is not enough for you.

It’ll be on a longer fuse than others

Some more examples: (PM me if you want something done) Right side designed by me And a classic

Whether it's a joke or not, the comparison to Nazi Germany is insulting to those persecuted there for simply existing. As already said, halls of residence inspections and monitoring internet usage aren't exactly a novelty. Universities have reputations to uphold and especially in this age where Britain is becoming more like its ally from across the Atlantic with its litigous tendencies, they have to be vigilant to avoid being held liable and thus give grounds to be sued. To that point about being sued, universities have something called public liabilty insurance to protect or mitigate themselves from injury to people or damage to property within the confines of the university. As the halls of residence are the responsibility of the university and that it has a duty of care with internet usage, it doesn't take an overactive imagination to guess that many public liability insurance policies for a university are contingent on them not allowing weapons or replicas in the halls of residence and that they have safeguards and "counselling" policies in place over web usage. University culture isn't "absolutely mad" in that respect. It reflects the society we live in today where you have to be especially careful to keep your arse covered.

So you're a shop advertising for new customers. Might help if you told us where to buy stuff from you

This. Turning up at a site and thinking you'll do well with one of those pieces of crap is like entering a F1 race you your mum's old fiesta That's assuming the OP isn't trolling us

They have described it as an airsoft gun, but it is not something that you could use to play airsoft at any level. It is an extremely cheap toy.

Are we serious here at this stage? Perhaps try pulling the slide back harder, 🤪

I always keep some WE valves in my spares stash. Usually just add a couple to an order if I need anything from KY airsoft

Who are your UK dealers?

Not a necessity, but we have a lot of unknown entities joining & posting links in their threads, unfortunately more often than not their scammers etc, so as a community we try to look out for each other & raise awareness of possible risks. Don't take it personally, we just need to be diligent, anyone could join claiming to be xyz & use links that lead elsewhere.

Just looked at your website too. Seems legit. Theres no option to purchase directly from you, are you the manufacturer or a distributor?

It's a number of variables, length yes but most important being number of coils and thickness of wire. And as @Sewdhull says it's the N force in the 60mm or so in the cylinder. Every gearbox is slightly different so you'll get some variation. 1.3mm vs 1.4mm thickness makes quite a difference. Also quality of wire. I went through 5 Chinese companies before realising they their grade of steel wasn't good enough and in the end switched to Japanese steel. Quite a long, painful and expensive process! I've had my tester M110 spring now for 4 years, must be 500,000 through it so maybe I'll do a video on it soon and compare it to the new ones. For some customers who are unsure what spring to buy I've been sending out my tester M100 spring, along with their order. That way they can benchmark with the M100 and then either keep or return. Just saves a few pennies for anyone strapped at the moment.

And we have a winner... we have Godwins Law kicking in in the 13th comment. Just as well I'm a 56yr old bloke or I'd be offended or/and triggered.

Do you have a bearing on the cylinder head? If so you don't need the one on the spring guide. I cant recall how much i lost, ill go hunt down the post

it's an OEM KWA/KSC Glock. The mags are proprietary.

I'm not a Glock man but the logo suggests it's made by asg, action sports gun. I'm sure another member on here will give you more info 👍 Regards

I'm not a Glock man but the logo suggests that it's made by asg,action sports gun. I'm sure one of the other members on here will give you more info👍 Regards

Holding the spring with a pair of pliers, heat up the cut end and, when it is glowing orange, press it down against a metal surface.

Its probably the exhaust valve. If you can, take it out and oil it or replace the o rings.

Against my better judgement I've prepped the gas Golden Eagle 870 for sunday. God help me.

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Looks to me like you've fitted a 3mm wide bearing under the selector plate but a 2.5mm on the bevel gear. Ideally you need 2.5mm bearings. You can fit 3mm, in fact EZO (3x8x3) get their extra strength from being 0.5mm wide. EZO do 2.5mm wide but the set I tested exploded. Can you measure them?

Might as well, yes

That does look very wrong; the bearing should really not interfere that much with the selector plate. Unless you are building a super high speed gun, good quality bushings are probably preferable to the cheap and nasty bearings usually used in airsoft guns.

I'm not sure they always come back working TBH. I do my own teching and will work on mates guns for them and I've been handed a couple that had aparantly been to a pro and were awfull .

Magpul’d the Apache , Magache? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Yeah I ran the SNIPER HAVEN in Annie's in the 2000's Just went back underground to what we loved.... the long stalk Check out my historical airsoft ranty below. If you ordered the APS2 MK2 SPORTER through the post it was probably mine. Some got sold face to face I believe. That was a great rifle for its era and I must have shot hundreds with it

Royal Mail finally turned up. Metal AAP upper back from Airsoft Engraver and looking fine! Can’t thank Jack enough for his help, highly recommended

Now I just need a black leather holster and only speak in eccentric catchphrases