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I had a custom made front placard made with 4x mag slots for MP5 Mags / Works with MP7 Mags as well. Used a company called Mission Tailors, matched the OD colour to the Warrior Assault OD as well as ensuring this worked with the WAS RPC Rig. More than happy with how it turned out

Is he a friend of Ben Dover?

Recently found some love for M81 woodland and mixed it with some tiger stripe Also was unaware my mate and I were getting our pictures taken, or I’d have sucked it in a bit 😂

Have you met my mate Wayne Kerr?

It's based on a dumb joke. Say my name very fast.

Just trying to keep it light and humourous. Where did your Airsoft/username come from? Nil points if it’s your actual name, sorry.

I knew an officer in the Rifles call Maj Richard Head. To be fair to him he owned it and was a top bloke.

Your all laughing, but spare a thought for my old manager at FedEx, his parents saddled him with the moniker Dick Swallow, that's some straight up evil/naive shit 🤣

Edi: nevermind

So uhhhh... I don't even have an MTW... ... yet. Had stock notifications for a bunch of these parts and I think Empire Airsoft must've had a restock come in because I managed to get everything I wanted apart from the extended blue nub. This, combined with the fact that Wolverine now offer an MTW 308 Unleashed that comes with the Wraith X pre-installed as well as the battery grip for a lower price than the sum of their parts, means that the MTW 308 has shot up the list to the point where I'll probably pick it up end of the month. The real-steel externals can wait until next month, but with all the internal parts I wanted to experiment around with now acquired, I want to build this thing. (Stalker nubs are for the SRS as that was having issues hopping heavy ammo last Sunday, so more nubs to experiment with, as well as more rubbers that I have dug out of my parts box)

As if I didn't have enough kit... https://eberlestock.com/products/bandit-pack Bought this in "military green", hopefully I can test it before the upcoming national finals, it'll replace the Tasmanian Tiger Essential..

So they replaced the batteries but stuck with the crappy burn your house down charger. I think the seller's name is missing a vowel

Patrol Base have rear wired V2 gear boxes by Delta Armory for £24.99 at the moment. Quick change spring, SHS metal toothed piston, SHS tappet plate. Only 7mm bushings, and no idea who the OEM is, but seems a good deal! https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/delta-armory-complete-version-2-gearbox-for-m4-ar-15-aeg

This is me as well. If I don’t get email notifications about it, I don’t check it for a week. Personally, I reckon it’s down to level of effort and quality of the goods. The sellers ignoring questions want your money and that’s it… if you’re inclined to ask questions, you’re probably already too much effort for them. The chances are you’d contact them once you received the goods and realised it’s not as good as you expected. Dealt with a few people over the years who sell dodgy kit and then block you once they’ve got your money and thrown it in the post.

Never understand why if you’re trying to sell items on here and other forums, questions posed by potential buyers are ignored. Not only is it bad manners, but for me it flags up concerns about how reliable the person selling is and will be. 🤔

Look out for offers on local Facebook groups and/or ask local independent retailers about the boxes their deliveries come in Their commercial waste disposal costs them money, and they will have limited stock room space to hang on to boxes & other packaging Locally my friend is always listing free boxes, and ideally with quick collection. (She’ll offer ‘same day/tommorow’ collection of good quality boxes before breaking them down (so anyone who wants boxes for removals or storage needs to get them quick) but for packaging they will still be just as good, as you would be reshaping a big square box into a long rectangular box. Even better that would make you popular with the shops is the extra packaging, such as foam wotsits, bubble wrap and especially their suppliers shredded cardboard recycled into packaging. Then add an abundance of tape, a bin bag black plastic wrap and stick on your label

People are skint more than ever and airsoft is a luxury hobby plus you don't need a new RIF every week compared to bread or milk. Brick and mortar shops are deemed to fail since amazon and other online retailers turned up. They killed high street shops nationwide. There are other reasons ofc but people are already mentioned it.

A little*too* well, in fact! With an M95 in, and the 500mm XT barrel it was putting out 1.22J Luckily this version has a quick change gearbox so with a little rummage through my bag o'springs™ it's now a satisfying 1.1J.

Same here; that was a great little shop for a while.

Ok well I got around to trying out the Marui hop unit, along with an XT barrel and everything seems to be running very well. No misfeeds, drops in power or anything so far so fingers crossed, it all seems to be solved! 😃

Oh no, what will happen to their forum? Oh wait, they drove that into the ground years ago, nevermind.

Great day at Red Alert yesterday. The threat of bad weather seems to have put a lot of people off but numbers were good enough for balanced teams and good gameplay! The rain didn't actually appear until around lunchtime then promptly buggered off just as we were going out for the first game of the afternoon. So that was nice.

The social media handles all used to be REMF Tacticool as I am very much a REMF (POG, Fobbit, nonner) and love all that is tacticool. That name fit the format of '3 or 4 letter acronym/abbreviation - Tactical' as so many shops, training companies and other internet groups tend to use. I was finding most people didn't know what REMF meant though and always getting questioned on it when walking around SHOT show so I started looking around for something new. Wanted it short, punchy, somewhat familiar to folks and not too cliche within the realms of guns, gear and airsoft. The origins of the phrase 'the full 9 yards', 'give em the whole/full 9 yards' are widely debated and entirely unproven with tons of theories out there, but some years ago Forgotten Weapons posted a video telling a story of a small group of British soldiers in WW1 that using plunging fire to suppress an area they wanted to deny to the enemy; they did this using a few Vickers guns and fired constantly for something like a day or 2 days, with runners doing round trips to bring more ammo, more cooling water and changing barrels when required (Maxim type MGs are capable of doing this sort of thing). I think in that video he states that this event is the origin of the phrase, but evidence I've seen from Vickers experts suggests that's probably not case. I picked the name as some years ago there was a variant on the story that said the RFC/RAF in WW1 had a specific variant of Vickers belt which was 9 supposedly yards, which again I think has been debunked but people associate a lot with a name so I'm not changing it again.

Not much airsoft related news or purchases from me lately but here's some more plastic, glue & paint.

I think the point novioman is making, is that some sellers appear to ignore questions, even when renewing ads. Thing is, often when questions are asked, the information requested is usually relevant to everyone here, such as when a seller says collection only & then fails to state their location for said collection. Alternatively members, myself included, will ask a public question because of a concern of the validity of the ad, or even the seller themselves, again this is usually intended just to give all interested parties a heads up to do due diligence before agreeing a purchase.

I never get email notifications if a question is asked on my sales posts. Nine times out of ten, it isn’t until I go to renew the advert that I see the question/questions. Might be the same case?

My ones comes from my other hobby where I shoot 42.67 mm BBs and try to hole them. Hunting Pars shows my level of competence as I would starve if I would hunt birdies 😉 @GenuineGermanand you are not the only German in town as my Flecktarn loadout shows (although I still served in the old olive green drab)

Rude not too fits a holster I’ve had a while perfectly too , so I’m off for a martini now 😛

The solution for converting a DCS to take placards is very slick. And the spiritus etc placards are proven. The issue for me is the inserts. No offence to any one but not only is only being able to carry 4 mags is sub optimal (compare to Impulse's six on the same foot print) and also, and i suppose this is a me issue, just looks crap. I was looking at getting an MP5 a little while a go now but decided against as i couldn't find a set up I liked. I would personally go with: https://unobtainiumgear.com/products/smg-sleds-placard The GMR universal insert also looks good but a picture showing it with 6x rather than 5x mp5 banana mags is conspicuous by it's absence https://www.gmrgear.com/parasight/universal-kydex-insert

Personally I recommend what lokkers has done there; or whatever equivalent fits in with your preferences and/or current kit. You can pick any modern placard and just get the mag inserts to fit your weapons; just be sure to get the right sized inserts (e.g. 762 generally means 762 NATO, not AK) and ensure they have the right velcro alignment/config (either hook on both sides, or hook on one side and loop on the other, depends which system you buy in to). The Spiritus Mk5 is a strong option since the modern Spiritus placards are fully loop lined and most of the inserts out there are covered in hook. There's also the Spiritus Mk4 for extra capacity, the Haley D3CR-M if you want extra pouches built in, or the F9 Ammo Hub (if I might be so bold as to self promote). Tons of other options out there which are also fully loop lined and also clones of most of them.

I also run a DCS, and the major downside to the design is it lacks the velcro and clips to mount placards. It's a faff to replace molle pouches during a game day. However, I've managed to get around this using a front velcro panel and some T-bar buckles. Front panel (6 Wide Loop Panel) and buckles from British Tactical (https://www.britishtactical.com/hl-adaptable-modular-system-parts/). You just mount it to the front of the plate carrier in place of your existing pouches I can now mount whatever placard I need easily and quickly. The Spiritus MK5 is my go-to for the MP5, and with the inserts it's quick to swap to 5.56 or 7.62. Added bonus - with a little more outlay, you can run the Spiritus MK5 as a standalone chest rig, which I do when it's really hot (or I'm feeling lazy). It's a really modular system.

Was asked to knock up a stubby suppressor for the NGRS MP5SD so that it could take a Acetech Brighter C inside. Turned out pretty good I think.

I used to very much into archery ( which got me into airsofting, oddly enough) Used it ( or a derivative) for my user name across various forums

Took from the character of the same name in Aliens, been using it since about 2001, can't remember if the main forums then were UKAN or if old blue was still around.

Half Life. impulse101 was a console command to give all weapons and ammo Then a retailer in Japan decided to use it, so I dropped the 101 to try and avoid confusion...

When I first joined arnies I saw loads of usernames with really cringeworthy stuff like leetsniperdeltaforcesas in them so I went for the opposite. Since then I've usually stuck with it

I get that, which is why I never understand why some peeps have drastically different usernames across different forums etc, I know most of them aren't dodgy, but it just looks moody sometimes.

Not a big fan of forum names if I'm honest, I've always tried to use my actual name so people know who I am and it adds trust to sales 👍

Not much to say, I used to play an old game called Virtual On. Played it once when I was at a bowling alley and got hooked. Apharmd was one of the cooler mechs. Armed with a plasma SPAS-12 and lightsaber tonfas.

Mine came for the game show banzai (If anyone remembers it) on channel 4, Pat Sharp would compete against a genuine German in different challenges. Being the only German made it inevitable that I became Genuine German.

Lol, we'll done, I've often thought about starting a similar thread when I've seen some fairly obscure usernames. Mine came from being a young squaddie in the early eighties, my surname is Dewberry, & was a big lad from a young age (6ft at 11), bigger than the recruits around me, & would get lumbered with the biggest gun, gimpy or bren usually. Around the same time police academy came out at the cinema, next thing I know one of the DS made the comparison between me & the films character Tackleberry, big guy with the biggest gun, & they stopped calling me Dewberry, Tackleberry was born👶

DavefromSkegness was taken .