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It's entirely up to the site(s), you'll have to look into that. Some fire control systems actually let you program in a DMR delay to limit the rate of fire. There's a significant degree of trust involved in DMRs given the minimum engagement distance, and the potential for abusing them by spamming. One of my locals just disallows them completely (everything has to either be <1.2J or bolt action), and frankly I agree with them given how hard it is to marshal DMRs. HPA makes Baby Jesus cry.

No, single shot only. No binary triggers, no burst. One BB fired per trigger pull and release only. As Tackle said, sites may insist on either a 2-second delay between shots or for there to be only one BB in the air when you're firing. It goes against the idea of a marksman if you need to spray a target to hit them. Not only does shooting above the site limit invalidate the site's insurance and make them liable if they were to allow you to play, you could be charged for committing assault if you use an illegal airsoft weapon and injure a player.

Given that your choices include a gun with a carbine mag and one that's a Mk23 pistol in a body-kit, I assume that a .308/7.62mm style magazine isn't a deal breaker for you. In that case, you could just up-spring your SSR4 and restrict it to semi with a grub screw (depending on your local site(s) rules). A barrel extension and/or silencer can let you use a longer barrel, and swapping out the cylinder for an unported one is simple enough if you want to open the gearbox. If you want something new, magazine cost and availability needs to be factored in. The Vorsk only uses its own proprietary mags, and they're not cheap, nor necessarily available (PatrolBase doesn't have any long mags). The SSX303 (which is non-blowback, not blowback) takes Mk23 mags, which gives you more choice. If you want to go gas, I'd go with that over the Vorsk all day long. The East Crane (who?) and Golden Eagle will both need locking to semi, and up-springing (same as your SSR4 would). Both use proprietary low and mid caps, so again you'll need to factor in cost and availability to buy more. The Double Bell is the only AEG on that list which is actually "DMR" spec out of the box, and comes with a hi-cap magazine so there are no extra costs. I believe that mid-caps are available. I'd be looking for reasons not to get that from those 3 electrics.

Any gun can be finicky, but gas more so, especially with temperature changes, different power gas etc, assuming the gun itself is set up perfectly ?. Unfortunately a raven pistol isn't any kind of benchmark to judge gas guns by, well maybe the bad ones ?. So aeg is the way to go, but then you need to consider that some sites expect a dmr to be based on a real world dmr equivalent, not just an m4a1 with a barrel extension. Also dmr fps can vary from site to site, 450/420/400/378 are all fps limits for dmrs I've seen previously. With that in mind, once you've narrowed down your choice, you'll want to make sure the contenders have a quick change spring system, it's the easiest way to alter power output at short notice. & don't forget it needs to be single shot, ideally mechanically incapable of auto fire, as most sites won't accept dmrs that have restricted fire mode set by mosfet. I'm sure someone else will tell you what best out of those you've mentioned. Good luck

But he has extended the barrel, so it's now a proper FAL, isn't it? ?

So I've finally made time to learn some basic video editing (Davinci Resolve fellow nerds) & after being blown away with what you can actually do these days from the comfort of your living room I've started to unleash some unasked for & unwanted in game footage. You won't find hit markers, "elite sniper" setup shots or "cheaters exposed" here, just real, in game footage from longer more cerebral games. Sorry speedsofters, or Kicking Mustang fans this probably this isn't for you. Its more the sort of thing I'd like to see, but isn't really out there.

A KS-3 to go with my KS-1 ?

Somewhat productive day in the SkunkWorks. Started off by modifying a silencer/tracer unit, wasn't so fond of the grooves in it and decided to copy the Specter one, but with 12 smaller flutes. Before: After turning the OD down, it was put in the rotary table and flutes were cut with an 8mm ball-nosed end mill. Bit of lousy paint.. And now it looks so much better. Very happy with the result. Next up was a silencer that i bought for my MP5K-PDW. It's some specific type that i didn't realise at the time, but that didn't matter. I made an insert that'd screw on to the threaded outer barrel, but go over the 3-lug QD and sit closer to the front sight block. Turned from 38mm ally, bored to clear the 3 lugs, threaded inside, with an external male thread to fit a tracer and hex flats milled too. It's secured to the outer body with a grub screw. Finished + fitted:

It would help if we knew your site's rules for DMRs Your profile says you have an SVD. The real one are a DMR so why not use that?

Legally, the gun shouldn't be capable of full auto if its fps exceeds 378+ on a .20, obviously any site worth attending would veto it as it would invalidate any kind of insurance, making them 100% liable. But some dodgy players try to secretly keep the ability to enable full auto, claiming its the only thing to remedy gearbox lockup.

I think we as a community need clarification on how EXACTLY does the system work (or how its supposed to work but doesnt?), what inter-agency communication there is, including how involved the carriers can be, & what we, or the offshore retailers can do to ensure the process is as smooth & trouble free as possible. Who here is a member of, or ideally involved in the hierarchy of any of the airsoft associations such as ukasa (might have got that acronym wrong ?) ect, maybe they can be convinced to open dialogue with ukba/hmrc/carriers to ascertain the precise process, & look at addressing what's going wrong ?. My take is it's likely lack of knowledge along the chain, retailers not labelling goods properly, & carriers/ukba/hmrc not knowing enough about airsoft & it's limitations, being blinded by the fact our kit resemble a gun, so therefore must be a gun?

@Pseudotectonic all good intentions, I agree 100%. I highly doubt it UPS has access. Guessing Border Force has some type of access? Asked my friend who works in IT for them and he's never heard of it before. I remember someone here doing a FOI check and it gave back with nothing. Given the fact UKARA is owned by a UK retailer doesn't make sense for them to make it easy to import.

As a thread diversion - he was talked to by a couple of members of staff, and allowed to continue Noting that he took ‘care’ to clarify which areas were public vs private, and then decided to entirely disregard that when the path came to an end He also opted to film, highlight and publish the access controls which aids anti ‘audit’ claims of using auditing as an excuse to conduct hostile reconnaissance. Like many if not most auditors he says he is filming for general interest because he has seen their lorries around. Why not just be honest and open that it’s for YouTube monetisation ? …. and near the end a little bit of ignorance / bigging up that a container tamper seal means that it contains ‘high value’ goods. It just means that (provided you document the tag number) that the container hasn’t been opened since the last check

Let me spell this out for you in terms you will be able to understand. 1. UPS (or other parcel company) take receipt of your package as part of their business as a parcel company. 2. Another part of their business is acting as a customs agent on behalf of HM Customs. 3. They go through the Customs processes on behalf of HM Customs, levy the appropriate charges etc. 4. This all occurs simultaneous with their handling of your parcel and they have these magnificent things called bonded warehouses were they can store all these imported goods legally till the charges are paid. 5. If something comes to them in their capacity as a courier for which someone has no defence (ie a RIF without a UKARA) they act in their other capacity as a Customs agent (on behalf of HM Customs) and seize the article. Now, all this doesn't occur with every courier. Royal Mail/Parcelforce actually use HM Customs to do this but UPS do it all. This happens because otherwise HM Customs would be inundated with parcels and everything would slow to a crawl. Not too hard to understand is it?

Making things and machining is kinda part of my job though. ?

VFC MP5K-PDW with its new silencer/tracer:

I don't think i'll ever rival your collection. ? Another quick job, added a short rail to my MP5SD silencer to attach an X400 clone. The silencer has a small grub screw to index it so i can still keep zero when i have to remove the silencer. Spare rail piece had a suitable radius cut into it to match the silencer: Small section of the ribs were cut off the handguard to fit a remote switch, which is held on with 3M VHB tape.

Helps if you actually listen in the first place when someone tells you something then I won't need to spell it out for you

Hpa has feck all to do with accuracy, but more consistent than gas, but everyone with hpa cheats anyway ?

Nope, single shot only, & I forgot to mention some sites also insist on a time lapse between shots, "only one in the air" etc, to stop trigger spamming.

Someone's taken my old advert about my cybergun MCX and is trying to pass it off as their own ... Idiots just copied and pasted my old ad and didn't even bother to change the telephone number which is still mine! I' ve been getting messages about the MCX asking to buy - which ofc I no longer even own Its been flagged as suspicious by the moderators but somehow still hasn't been removed - https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/38114-upgraded-mcx-bundle

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Best laid intentions. All of this is dependent on the person dealing with it being well informed enough to know what to do. Most are not, no amount of extraneous paperwork is going to prevent it.

Everything that EvilMonkee wrote is correct, & couriers, such as ups, face large fines if they fail to adhere to the rules set by hmrc (& ukba).

First, you gotta stop that condescending tone of yours. Second, I think you could have well made this up, do you work there? Do you have source? Thirdly, that is besides the point, you still want to stick the declaration on the parcel, so it won't get missed, by anyone. Your entire argument started with this method won't work for UPS. If UPS is seizing the parcel as you said, then there is no problem. Anecdotally (from this forum) UPS seems to be always asking for it anyway, so pre-attaching it will surely smooth things out, as a matter of best practice.

Got it from JD Airsoft, but contacted ares direct and they are very helpful. They have posted out a replacement grip. Friend of mine has problems with his, double action has broken after 3 capsules.

Oof! I always tape any of my split grip CO2 revolvers before play as if anyone is capable of loosing half a grip it's me. If you got it from a UK retailer I'd definitely ask them to see if they can replace. Off to Wilmslow for my sins today so I'm popping into Tangodown to ask about trades.

Oh, I know those! You're not supposed to be permitted to be allowed to film there because they're specially protected critical secure private government sites, mate, it's not allowed.

You too are correct that TM can be innovators in that everyone else is copying them, but that innovation is, imo, at least partly driven by competition. It could be argued that it was the rise of the Chinese clones which pushed TM to release the NGRS system. Back when I started playing 21 years ago your choice for AEGs was TM, Classic Army if you wanted to flex on the poors or occasionally ICS. Also you were looking at £30 per magazine. New players can get all the essentials for way less than it cost me Another reason I like having a larger choice of makes is that it opens up the game to a wider market giving us a louder voice if some politician wants to make a name for themselves by wanting to expand on the VCRA

Who wants to tell him that the American clone sa58 has probably never been seen in africa either.... If you're gonna chat crap at least make it accurate crap lol

I really don't want to come across harshly (I genuinely don't). The used market for two-tone is quite unpredictable because of the smaller buyer base. It's just gone Easter so it's more of a buyer's market than a seller's market until the middle of next month going through summer when things might be more favourable for sellers. There are more airsoft boot sales being hosted these days. Depending on where in the UK you are and the cost of your travel and pitch to sell from, that might be an option for you.