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The unwritten rule should be "see an ad like that, it's everyone's civic duty to demand to know the upgrades list, even if you have no interest in buying". Bombard the dopey cnuts🤣

@WillMidz welcome mate, nearly all of my guns are stock, never serviced or upgraded, unless something breaks, which is very rare & even then I'll usually only replace the broken part. One of them, an early tm m4s, is at least 23 years old & probably had in excess of 100,000 bb's through by myself & mates, it's not even had its hop rubber replaced in all that time. So I think it's safe to say, aegs on the whole are very reliable, & nearly all cases of early failure I've seen is because they've been tinkered with, sometimes by the shop techs. So play your first game, if you like it (you will😍), get another couple of games under your belt, & then the world's your oyster as they say.

There's a quote from someone from a few months ago... If your bills are paid you have no-one to answer to except yourself. 😉

Guess what just appeared in the post!

Nope. It's marked as "withdrawn", probably didn't want to get the stick here.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. There's always a big buzz after day 1, so try not to go too mad. Perfectly solid choice. Jing Gong, CYMA, both work. Put aside any real world assumptions, anything with 200mm+ of barrel length (or even a bit less) will be fine. M4s tend to be a bit more easily fUlLy UpGrAdAbLe, you might want to find a way to secure the hop arm a bit better, but there's nothing hooky about MP5s. Mags are cheap, battery space can be a little limited, but lipos are compact enough that you'll be able to feed it electrons. Have some welcome-to-the-hobby memes!

Good call. Make the most of the day. If in any doubt, ask. In particular get a marshal, or another player who knows what they're doing to check that your rental gun is properly hopped (a flat trajectory on the BBs), and if you run into any issues with it, let a marshal know straight away - they should sort it or replace it. It's a solid choice. Loads of features, including a decent mosfet / fire control system. I'd argue that it's actually a bit more than you need for a first gun, but if you stick with airsoft then you're unlikely to regret it. There were some concerns with the Orion gearboxes in some of their range a couple of years back, but I have one of the "bad" ones, and run it as a 1.8J DMR without it cracking (yet). The one thing I'd note is that they tend to come with an M120 spring (too hot for a UK AEG) and an M90 spring, which will likely be a little lower on power than is ideal, but perfectly playable (hop is more important), and easily changed if you want to pep it up a bit. I've had no issued with CYMA, Specna, or Jing Gong AEGs. G&G are also robust, although their base guns have fallen behind on features. Everyone has their own opinion and experiences, but the only brand I absolutely wouldn't touch is VFC. And yes, I suspect a lot of issues come from people fUlLy UpGrAdInG their toys, then wondering why they break. Tokyo Maruis, for example, are well made in Japan, and the template which most other guns are copying. However, they're designed to run at around 0.8J, and cranking them up to 1.1J for UK use just by slinging a hotter spring in can result in tears before end-ex. CYMAs, on the other hand, are more Chinesium and agricultural, but are built for around 1.4J, and run under-stressed on UK fields. Oh, don't worry about it then. There's nothing complicated inside an AEG, and each individual part is cheap to replace, if you need to. You probably won't have to though. Thinking about it, I've never had a failure that wasn't my own fault, and easily sorted. The only part that I've ever changed out pre-emptively was the plastic (!) bushings on my XR-5, but that's a meme gun. There's very little on the market now that's actually bad. And if you get bitten by the bug, you'll likely find reasons to get a backup, and a backup-to the backup, and a backup-to-the...

Do I get a patch?

Boys like their toys...girls like their gifts....simple 😁 To the OP You can spend a very modest amount or an astronomical amount, just do it, rent , buy, just give it a go 👍

Slight understatement. 😂

Re point 4 - Any respectable gun will have a warranty if bought brand new from a retailer so should anything go wrong you are covered, assuming you don't take it apart and tinker with it yourself

First off, rent and rent trying different sites, styles and weapons. Find out if airsoft is for you. If it is get a site membership so you can buy a RIF and not a 2-tone (controversial I know). Regarding rifs. Spent just under £300 on an G&G AEG plus battery and charger a year ago. Been used and abused in all weathers. Not missed a beat. Did the same for my son and it lost a screw of the hand guard first time out but apart from that also been solid. Stick to a brand, see what other players use.

And what about the shotgun?😉

Haha not quite. My order eventually and surprisingly.

The great AFUK mystery will be revealed one day I'm sure/I hope. Absolutely crazy that this has been going on for literally years.

Update No further comms. I have raised a dispute with my bank and with paypal.

Am I the only one who thinks £1100 is a bit mental a tm shock scar with broken parts?

I've been saying this for ages, it's not good.

VFC Glock 19 Gen 3:

Played my first game today, loved it!!! many thanks to Matt and everyone else at Finmere, had a blast and will defo be back next month, hopefully with my own gun as I think the rental let me down a bit 😂😂🤥

I spent £160 on my first AEG and used it heavily for a year before fiddling with it. Even then I didn’t really need to but wanted to try and improve the performance. TBH I wish I’d left it alone as I haven’t made it any better. I don’t regret buying a ‘cheap’ first rif as I spent more on accessories and protection. I think it took a good 6 months of playing before I got a loadout I was happy with. One thing I’ve learnt is everyone have their own favourite, both style of gun and make. It’s a lot like Pivot, YT, Specialized, Santa Cruze, etc. They’re all good and do pretty much the same thing, you’ll have loads of fun whatever you buy, but you will want to move on depending on what style of play you end up preferring.

I hold the copyright ™️ my company is called 🈲️🈹️🈸️🈷️🈲️🈵️㊗️ ... you can all buy shares in it £5 a go, but read the small print 🤭

I know. 😉

Good idea, never thought of that.

Oh you don't have to answer to me. 😂 I don't think your budget went mad, i think it went out the window and off to a whole other galaxy! 😂

As with ALL products that are mass produced... they sometimes fail, which is a good enough reason for renting until you get your UKARA (min 56 days from your first game), that'll give you plenty time to decide if you like it & want to buy the gear you want. If you're a mountain biker you'll already know how things go... start off with a lowish budget and more than double your investment on stuff that make the experience more enjoyable or simply guchi. It's not a cheap hobby but could easily be done on any budget, you'll need to play 3 games at the same site, 2 within 56 days & 1 after 56 to get registered, once you have your UKARA you'll know if you want to continue & you'll have seen the kit others use (they may even let you try their pews), you'll easily learn what you like or don't like, most (but not all) are AR, AK, H&K based and are multi adaptable without any tech skills. Read the threads in these forums & drool over the pics and you'll pick up on any issues with makes or models of pews, some low budget items are cracking to use & some high end items are difficult to use consistantly but most are rewarding to use with regular cleaning & maintenance. I personally started with a two tone Scar-L which cost me £159.99 and I used it in most games until I got my UKARA & went MAD with my budget.

Unfortunately, airsoft is still very much a hands-on and unregulated hobby. Like with biking (as I do myself), most things are "good enough" but not great out of the box. You will often have to spend more and tinker yourself to tick all the boxes you are after. There are an unbelievable amount of trash copies of trash copies of trash copies out there, and usually all copy the same design flaws. Best to ask before buying because it is a minefield out there. You'll be surprised at how many people say "I already bought X, is this a good gun?". The customer service and warranty you are looking for will mostly be from the retailer you bought from, not the brand itself. Patrol Base is usually a good place to start. The brand label usually won't give two shits about you. That being said, of course, not all brands are equal. The only brands that I can confidently recommend out of the box are CYMA Platinums, Arcturus, and G&G guns right now. Other brands usually have some cut corners that end up exploding if you even attempt to change anything, including the spring, such as brands like NUPROL and Double Eagle from my experience.

A big heavy crate, for a big heavy gun 🤭

Other GE gas shotguns have gone for around £100

I take it that's a typo

It's definitely a case of do as I say, not as I do😁

Do people really still think making a group hidden means faceache cant see it?

Guys, some of you are renewing posts that have previously been hidden by the mod team, this is usually done following the receipt of a warning for not adhering to rule 5. Thing is, if you renew a post that has a small crossed out eye symbol to the left of the title, the thread will only be visible to you & the mods, so if no one is buying your kit, this could be one of the reasons why. Your only answer to this is to start a new thread, one that conforms to rule 5.

Haha, Im going to do this to the next one I see

Nothing frustrates me more than people who say enquire for the parts list instead of putting it up.

That does my head in, fuckwits who haven't figured out that they could end up answering the same questions a dozen times ffs 😬

... until it broke. And the usual counter-productive laziness of requiring each interested party to ask for details, rather than just providing them once in the advert. Must be that rare "Nuprol hardcase" pushing up the cost.

As a bit of a DE M900 aficionado I'd love to know what's implied by "fully upgraded" as well. Externally I see slapped on paint, a 3d printed stock extension, and grip tape applied to the stock pistol grip, so let's say a generous £40 on parts there, so where has the other £180 or so gone? To replace the weaker components in it, hop unit + bucking + nozzle + spring + motor, you could do all of that for £90 with parts from AK2M4.

No you're not, especially as they've listed it as"FuLlY UpGrAdEd" but cant be arsed to list exactly what's been changed

Welcome. I'd recommend renting till you get your site membership. Yes this is more expensive but it means you won't be stuck forced to buy a two tone. Do finmere rent anything else? If so this'll give you a chance to try other models which you may prefer. Having posted that though, a MP5 can certainly be used in woodland. I suspect that any performance issues were down to the ammo provided. Sites usually give out .2g bbs with rental guns while regular players will probably be using something heavier (at least .28g)

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That video is less than reassuring as well. When a pre-fitted dot sight isn't already zeroed in and needs a bit of plastic to be inserted to finish the job, what else isn't right with the pistol?

thank you for that link, i will order one to see if it fits. thank you for those measurements. im going to try the part strykerles linked above, as if it fits, it should be more stable than the part from evike, but if it doesnt work, and the measurements of the 93 are similar to what you have provided, i will get the evike part and bite the bullet (or BB) on the customs fees

You're right. I was trying to ease him in gently. 😅

On my last visited I came out 500 pound lighter 😟🤭....smg, mags, hard case, lipos....oh well ! Great shop though👍

Across three berettas ( TM based) Guarder steel outer barrel 14.6mm Tokyo Marui m9 standard plastic - 14.8mm tokyo Marui m9a1 , standard but “chrome” finish - 14.9mm the laylax fitting you have linked is a compression type ( like a plumbers fitting with an olive washer ) so it should fit a few different brands , how secure though could be anyone’s guess but I’d imagine a smear of thread lock would do the job.

would this work? if it's for silencers to screw on then would probably work for a tracer unit too https://www.firesupport.uk/laylaxnineball-tokyo-marui-silencer-attachment-for-aep-m93r-compatibles.html

You can 100% paint pen on any mag, but the matrix is a fairly prominent feature of the de facto global gold standard of 556 magazines - https://magpul.com/pmag-30-ar-m4-gen-m3.html?mp_global_color=118 Military customers want it, as do many civilian shooters; it's probably stipulated in some government contracts too I'd imagine. Just means the paint in the recesses basically won't ever rub off, or not for a very very long time. More longevity of marking even if the user is crawling around in middle eastern sand all day every day for months on end. Still a minor feature, but it essentially costs the exact same to manufacture each mag with or without the matrix, so for people who need markings that will last under rough handling they might as well include it. Obviously irrelevant for airsofters but then again of course so is 90% of what people buy for airsoft.

I have some tasteful MP5s..

I see somethings never change … there still not lubing the mech boxes, at least my original one had bushings iirc