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At a stage where I'm happy to share the progress on this. China Lake 40mm grenade launcher. It will be a 3+1 40mm pump action grenade launcher. Externals are pretty much done and just waiting on some parts to make progress on the internals. All 3D printed in a mixture of ABS, PLA and Wood filament. There are a couple of parts that I'm going to CNC in metal (looking at you pump arms) but the 3D printed ones will be good enough for testing.

*cough* a DIY job...

A relaxed, good natured, Semi-Auto Sunday at Area-66. Not packed out as they had a regular day on Saturday, which tends to split the playerbase up a bit. So more opportunities to push and flank without getting lit up by half a dozen people, a welcome change on a smallish site. Some minor drama when the lasgun started double-shooting on 11.1V (after a rebuild/shim/lube), something that two marshals immediately pounced on - exactly what you want at a site. Dropping to 7.4V sorted it out, and it was all smiles and dying for the Emperor from there.

Another excellent afternoon at Rift's Blackstone site. There were a few moans about 1 player but I didn't see anything personally so I can't comment either way. Numbers were low at only 6 or 7 a side so even with the small size of the site there were plenty of opportunities for some sneaky shenanigans. Also my new mp7 worked great and was alot of fun, it might just be a case of new pew syndrome but it's quickly become my favourite gun. The only problem I had that I didn't but more mags? All in all a great day

so, i have been neglecting to post updates for the past few months, so i will blast them all in one post.... i bought a laylax thread adapter to fit on my KWA beretta M93r from firesupport. (thank you @strykerles for the link). only downside is the threads are 14mm clockwise, and tracers are 14mm counter clockwise threads, but i was able to make an acetech fit through brute force XD then i bought the Umarex walther PPK and 2 spare mags from landwarrior and a Crusader silencer form airsoftworld to go with it along with it. currently trying to figure out a way to mount a tracer in the silencer without the inner barrel poking through and preventing tracer working (and without taking a hacksaw to it so i can use it without tracer at a later date if i choose) had to buy a new gun at AI500 in Flambards after i took a tumble and managed to snap my KWA Skorpion in two... so i bought the KWA Mac11 with spare mags... and it was the only gun i had with me at the event that didnt malfunction constantly.=/ i also bought a G&G ESG10 from my local surplus shop (who also sells some airsoft gear) for use at AI500, expecting more close quarters battles than i actually encountered, so it didnt get a lot of use.. plus i found the mag release is way too sensitive. whenever i had it slung on my back as a backup, it would constantly drop the mag, so it was mostly left at respawn to be used as needed, but i ended up just running the mac 11 all weekend after getting home from AI500, i bought a new reciever for the Skorpion from BZtactical, and have swapped the internals from the broken Skorpion, but now it needs fettling as i cant get the trigger to reset, and the valve knocker is sticky, so it wont fire at the moment =/ a shame, as i loved the little Skorp... evil little beastie deciding i wanted to display my guns, and consign many of the boxes to the loft, i bought a bunch of hookwall panels, brackets and hooks, which my brother and i mounted on the wall in my living room over the bank holiday weekend. need to order some different sized hooks and get another wall mount brracket as somehow had one missed out of my order, but they have been helpful when i contacted them. all bought from unishop.co.uk finally, i bought a WE Apache A5 from onlyairsoft along with a claw mount and 6 spare mags. to complete it, i bough a cheap red dot scope from Amazon and then a collapsible stock from KYairsoft which arrived today. hoping to run this tomorrow for the first time no pics at the moment as i cannot crop them down to meet the forum file size limits, and fed up of hosting the images from discord, only for them to stop working after a couple of days...

Today's plastic slinging adventures took place at my most favoured haunt, Airsoft Plantation, in deepest and sunniest Essex. The safe zone was busy, but not over crowded, with probably about 160 people present. I was also using the day to try 0.30g BBs having found some in the cupboard. The first game involved us, as the attackers, starting at the DEA Base, with our first objective being to obtain an ammo box, containing four smoke grenades and information on where they were to be set off in the village, from the hill fort on the edge of the mortar pits. We had infinite regens on a buddy after a 30m fallback, while the defenders had one life in the mortar pits and two in the village. Our assault on the mortar pits went well and the ammo box was soon obtained from the hill fort; having wiped out everyone in the mortar pits, we set off to blow up the four targets in the village. At least, that was the intention; the reality was that those of our team escorting the bomber somewhat lost track of their mission as they were rather enjoying the firefights. The group that I was with swung around the village to attack it from the rear, which went well, and we soon pushed into it, taking a series of buildings from that side. Eventually, our bomber remembered his mission and disposed of the targets, albeit with something of a lack of urgency. After a short break to reload and take on fluids, we set out to reverse the game. Initially, I took up a position near the hill fort and picked off a fair few attackers before I got a nice little dink to the head, which left me with a headache for about an hour. Falling back into the village outskirts, where we held up the enemy attack for a while, I was hit again and fell further back to the rear of the village, where I concealed myself in a bush. This paid off as I spotted the bomber and his escort sneaking through the woods at the back of the village and took them all out; 0.30g BBs do cut through foliage rather well. Changing position, I engaged other attackers trying to sneak around the back, but was eventually hit again and went back to the safe zone. The next game involved ten of the players on our team, including me, being held hostage in the mortar pits. The hostage takers had one life each, while our potential liberators had infinite buddy regens after a 30m fallback. Our comrades had to rescue us without killing us; our captors were not allowed to kill us. Six of us were held captive in the bunker, where we enjoyed the banter with our captors and even more enjoyed seeing them get killed. Eventually, our rescuers arrived and we were escorted back to the plane at the DEA base; all ten hostages were rescued, which was excellent! Lucheon followed, during which a number of players left as they were struggling with the heat. Once everyone had dined and taken on more fluids, we set out for the woods for a fallback game. As the defenders, we had one life in the woods, one in the village and the final one in the mortar pits. The attackers had infinite buddy regens and had to set off bombs on the border bridge, in the well in the village and in the bunker in the mortar pits. Before this game started, there was a quick head count of both sides; the site owner failed to count me as he initially did not notice me sitting against a bush, despite only being about 6m away. When he did eventually notice me, he took a photo. Flecktarn, combined with an ability to remain very still, is very good in woods. I wandered over to our far left, where I potted several attackers before deciding that the best thing to do was to remain hidden and then sneak up behind the enemy once they had passed my position. This was very enjoyable as I took out several attackers before eventually being hit; while I was chatting to the guys who got me, they were all hit by another of our players who had done the same as I. Passing through their lines, I took up a position at the edge of the village, where we put up a good fight. I was eventually hit and fell back to the mortar pits, where I was again hit, sending me back to the safe zone again. A lot of players left after this game as they were really feeling the heat, so the reverse of it was played with far fewer numbers. We cleared the woods and blew up the border bridge rather quickly, but got bogged down taking the village and the mortar pits, with the game timing out before we could blow up the bunker. It was a very good, although very hot, day of airsoft, which was played in a good spirit, although there was a bit of whinging after lunch, which seems normal at every site I have played at. As usual, I had planned to use two rifles, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. However, the afternoon one was not happy with the battery I had brought for it and was over spinning, so I had to use just the one rifle. I was delighted to find that a 1600mAh LiFe battery can last all day. I will probably continue to use 0.30g BBs. Weapons used: Ares L1A1 ASG XP18 Commander (CO2) Weapon not used: Real Sword QBZ-97

I'm guessing you mean the elasticated velcro inserts, given the chunkiness of g36 mags you probably want to be looking for a twin 7.62 insert. Something like this maybe ?: https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/8fields-tactical-plate-carrier-double-ar-10-sr25-7-62-magazine-insert

So to spin up the heavies you're typically looking first at the bucking. Fortunately these days it's relatively simple insofar as a maple leaf macaron+omega nub (you need the omega nub unless you've got a hop unit with a rounded block eg the maxx units) is going to do good work in most situations. Although it must be noted the occasional pew doesnt like the slightly longer feedlips. The whole "degree" thing is a rating on the softness of the rubber, if you think hard/soft car tyres it's basically the same premise. Softer rubbers will grip more and spin up heavy rounds easier, but will wear down more quickly and softer feedlips can deform causing an air leak on higher energy pews. Typically the tan is a good all rounder for uk limits/temperatures. That, with good quality heavy ammo and a clean barrel will often get you most of the way there. The thing that can mess it up is poor air seal, you can most easily test this by firing some shots through a chrono and seeing what the variation is between shots, or just when shooting if you notice vertical dispersion. This becomes a much more complex thing to address and often requires popping open the gearbox, which isnt advisable until you have a backup pew handy.

The pitch is wrong. 18 TPI is roughly 1.4mm vs the M16's 1.5mm.

Those are rookie numbers.... Still got room for a few more.... Like so..... (all my brit weapons)

Finally, I have all three. ICS L86A2 LSW G&G L22A2(?) AFV ETU w/ SUSAT G&G L85A2 ETU w/ ACOG+RMR

I've had a bit of good luck in finding RIFs I want at a real discount. In addition to the L22 Carbine I managed to snap up a couple of days ago (see further up) I also found a guys ICS L86A2 LSW on an absolute steal. He says the FPS is low so it could be a quick service job but performance overall is pretty poor as it has no ETU and all internals are stock.

I bought a TM recoil 417 and am currently waiting on the mortgage for its upgrades to be approved.

I think that is the case, but they may well be fitted in with sealant too.

Always liked the scar, specially the H version like yours. Trouble is I'd make mine heavy as.. As would add the ugl too hahaha. Looks good bud.

I'll have a look into it. The block itself is probably pretty basic and the regulator will come out. Looks like there's a channel drilled inside that's blocked off with a plug on the left. Adapters are probably fairly simple too. The pin's probably pressed or bonded in. Making adapters for ½" UNF is probably as easy as any other.

I can get some pics . The block has an integral regulator though . What would be good would be insetrs that screw in to the existing threads . I do have a couple of adaptors that screw in and allow smaller capsules to fit . And the adapters I have . Something like these to use something smaller than the 88g would be good.

A Hoodie and Baseball Cap to support one of the sites I play at

G36 mag pouches are a thing... I've got some fitted to a DDPM vest. To be fair, I've never used them in a game but they take the mags & lugs nicely.

All my WE STANAGS fit my L85 . Not sure if the WE Pmags fit though as I dont have any to try

Pretty much exactly that .

Or anyone with common sense, just buys the Double Eagle one for exactly half the price, new with warranty.

I don't know how others feel about it but I don't like how it looks. I think the only other addition i'd consider making is a GBB L85A2.

It's the company, not the owner which has those debts

Just bought 7 Jaeger Precision valves to kit out all my RIFs for HPA

Pretty much my parts list for my own DE UTR project - I was just waiting on finally pulling the trigger on a dremel but seeing as you can just hand-file the screw post away from your posts I might try and tackle it this weekend, we'll see Brushless is a real gamechanger - they run so much cooler than normal motors and it means you can drop down to a 7.4v without losing much in the way of speed or response which really helps with your temperature, and you can just use the Perun's ROF reduction if you want to keep running 11.1v instead if you think it's going a bit too quick for your liking. I ran one of the XT vented-motors (22 TPA) with my UTR when it still had the falcon fire and the standard DE gears and it made a serious difference if you think brushless is a little too pricey or scary to think about lol

A collectors edition of the old style Sig P226 from VFC /parabellum

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/air-guns/air-rifles_1/bolster-armouries-aegis-advanced-m4-aeg_i78585 1) Seller watched a YouTube video and thought spending more money ensures you get the best gun 2) Seller gets fed up after blowing £1500 on a custom RIF built to his spec and putting 5,000 BBs through it 3) Seller tries to sell his custom gun for £1200, thinking he's doing us a favour when: He's only reselling the gun minus VAT He had the gun built to his specifications so unless he finds that unlikely buyer who wants exactly what he has or something really close to his build, it's not even close to worth that/ 4) Seller gets ridiculed on a WhatsApp sales group and doesn't understand only putting 5,000 rounds through his gun doesn't mean it preserves the value he thinks. TLDR: Another Bolster Armouries special doesn't meeting the seller's expectations on trying to resell it