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Maybe I need to clarify, my understanding anyway, is that the current forum address, name, everything, will remain the same apparently, so the new site is currently dormant while the set up is configured & relevant data is transferred across, once that is completed & proffrink is happy with the configuration (he's doing his best to ensure the look & ease of use is very close to the existing setup), then literally a "switch" will be thrown & all access will be to the new software/site, via the existing links. If that all sounds like i know what im talking about.........suckers😜 All o know is "sometime this week", obviously with something this big, there are always teething issues, bearing in mind that proffrink has done this off his own back, & incurred costs in doing so, in the hope that the new setup is good for years to come 🙏

Hi everyone! 👋 I'm MT, currently based in Coventry. Have spent some time on airsoft but just joined this community. Due to academic pressure, I’m more of a collector than an active player, but still forward to chatting with everyone and joining some local games soon. Cheers!

I offered £10 for that completely shit MP5K in the classifieds a while back. This is the charming reply I got from the seller: Wouldnt cover the postage, packaging and fees, do you get many free guns? I could just through it in the bin for the sake of 34p i'd get from your serious offer >.> am going to seriously reject that, but thanks for taking the time, to waste my time and hopefully you dont live much longer if this is how you spend your life... What a prat.

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Welcome, but more importantly... what's in the boxes?

I was wondering if there was a mild link change that meant my bookmark would just be taking me to the archived site, glad for the clarification.

This is screenshot from Battlefield 6 trailer - can someone let me know why military would use mesh lower face protection?

Since we can't post in the existing "System: New Forum Software" thread, I've created this here. I presume there was an issue with the change over as we are still on Invision?

It was, proffrink has unlocked everything until after the move, with the exception of the classifieds ads themselves, everything should be transferred across 🤞

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Looks like I'll need to save the piccies for later in the week but on Friday last week a rather heavy PRT Suppressor arrived for my L403A1.

As Chev said, its purely opsec, although why someone in the military would wear it on an exercise is beyond me, even if they were SF slumming it for the weekend, who there would care ?. As for the plod though, completely different kettle of fish, particularly sfo's that work in the cities they live in, not being recognised in your downtime, or progressing in to undercover work, being recognised could put you in grave danger. Had a row on here few years ago with an ignorant fuckwit who couldn't get his head around the principle of opsec, when I "criticised" an image of firearms officers on a raid in a public street, one in particular had tattoos on his neck & head, & a shaven mullet, this guy would stand out at a prodigy or def leopard concert, never mind walking down a Manchester street in police uniform & head uncovered. Apparently personal freedom is more important than opsec to some people, whatever the potential consequences 🤯 I wonder what his pronouns are now ?🤣

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It's the same address, airsoft-forums.uk, this is the "old" version we are still using, the new one will replace this. @Tackle - Do we have a new date for the expected change? Or what forum software will be used?

All being well, the link/address to the current site (here !), will then take you to the new set up🤞 The old site will then be read only & have a link to it for reference etc. Everything EXCEPT existing classifieds should be carried over, bear this in mind if anyone is planning to put extensive ads up this week.

Not if you break it into upper and lower.

Having been shot in the safe zone during a safety brief and witnessing several nd's in safe zone, I don't take my glasses off until I am leaving the site. Barrel socks sound great to me. Sod having a sites food forced on me though

If only more people used "barrel socks" irl, we might not have quite so many retards on sites😏

nooooooo all my senseless ramblings!!

This is one of the first ones I can remember (UKSF - Exercise Winchester Accord, May 2016). Its worn in place of a Balaclava when the only reason to wear one is OPSEC as it helps with "not breathing out your arse". Its not PPE.

I believe mesh masks are generally used when training with simunition.

Wow - you learn every day!!!! Honestly I tough "real boys" would have something more sophisticated that what we commonly using on our game day

I still don't get it myself, a mesh lower face mask seems pretty marginal to me when up against shrapnel. And as to why the Metropolitan Police would be wearing them proper boggles my noggin. But I was never any kind of armed forces so what do I know. But I will say I was VERY glad I was wearing mine yesterday as I was shot HARD in the head by something full auto that felt like well over 2 joules, more a full auto sniper. But my mesh mask with ear pieces and US surplus ESS goggles saved me from losing teeth I have no doubt at all. So yeah, lower face mesh and ESS for the win I say. I still bled though and I'm now considering a helmet, which I never did before, as the beanie wasn't enough.* I always thought helmets were a bit much but now... well a thicker beanie at the very least. *Plus he aimed for my head not centre mass, AND fired another burst at my face after I called it and raised my hand. I'm left wondering what I did wrong that someone disliked me so much that they wanted to cause me pain. I called all my (frequent) hits, wasn't anything but nice to everyone I spoke with, complimented people's kit and guns, I don't have any political or controversial morale patches, deliberately steer clear of talking politics so... why? I've been playing airsoft for 10 years+ now and I've NEVER been hit with a full auto like that before.