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Hey names tommy! 29 and hopefully going to play at me nearest centre (Exeter) soon when this shitty virus stops! got a few bits of gear already ie goggle and a helmet and some viper boots! Hopefully I can come to some other skirmish sites! wanted to get into it for year never had the chance to to so now finally thought I’d give it ago!

It's mk23 week! £70 used with no mag! Has hadron tdc plate Or New, with a mag for £55, tdc for a tenner and you'll have a right you can actually shoot for £65...

If any of it's in stock 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hello there chumps. Are you into the pistol caliber craze? Do you want something this is lightweight and practical? Do you want something that is better than the ARP9, lookalikes, and everything else in its price range? Then, this is the one for you. Allow me to explain why: Introduction So, I stumbled into this weapon not too long ago: https://www.evike.com/products/89987/ And, I was thinking to myself: "wtf is this". I'm sure most you would think that. It is a cross between an M4 and an MP5, using an M4 body contoured towards using MP5 mags. This creates a rather unique aesthetic, one that I grew to enjoy over time. I then discovered this version: https://www.evike.com/products/94439/ A grey bodied SBR with an MLOK rail and silencer. And holy shit, this thing was cool. They are also only around 2kg! Ridiculously lightweight. Perfect for fast and lightweight-geared players like me. As I waited to gather funds, this thing eventually released in the UK and EU. Specifically, the black MLOK and silenced version from Taiwangun: https://www.taiwangun.com/en/electric-3/pdw-sbr-sd-black-king-arms?from=listing&campaign-id=14&q=pdw+sbr No, this isn't the cool grey version that I wanted. However, it still looked pretty cool and classy in black. For only £160.52, this competes against all those CYMAs, NUPROLs, Specna Arms, G&G Combats Machines, and the infamous G&G ARP9. Cool looking, cheap, practical, and compatible with generic parts. It was a no brainer that I bought it as soon as I had the funds available, as well as a few CYMA 120rd mid cap mags. This totalled around £200. Patrol Base also has them and sell for £180: https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/king-arms-pdw-sbr-sd-assault-rifle?pv=10344 This is more expensive, even with shipping. And, they do not have the CYMA MP5 mid caps; only the high caps. With the miracle work of UPS, the package arrived in once piece: I had already removed the packaging earlier from excitement. It was wrapped in black plastic wrap with a lot of rounds of bubble wrap underneath. Pretty well protected by Taiwangun. Opening its contents: More bubble wrap to secure it in place. Respectable. Removing that further: What a clean beauty. No problems or missing items. Although: This tag is telling me this gun is shooting too hot for most UK sites. Seems like I will have to downgrade it before I can use it. This is what the small bag off goodies contain: 2 different backstraps for the grip and a flat price to replace the bump on the front. I tried on a few and I quite like the smaller backstrap: Though, I will keep the standard one on for now. External Feel Picking this gun up for the first time, it felt incredibly light which was not surprising since it has a plastic body. It has a metal MLOK handguard, not plastic unlike most people say. The plastic body has a matte finish and does not feel cheap at all. The metal handguard is smooth and has a solid feel to it. The trigger is flat and metal, giving good leverage. The stock is plastic, retractable, and does not rattle or move around when shouldered. The stock tube is also plastic and has a decent amount of space for a large lipo. The metal rods that lock the stock in place are metal with a matte finish. Personally, I was not planning to attach anything to rails, so I removed them to reveal the smooth and straight rail: The rails are easily removable using a metric 2.5 hex key. It has an odd but understandable design on the other side: It is essentially an M4 body, and all they did was overlapped the forward assist area until the dustcover matched an MP5 ejection port size. Quite hilarious but logical to be honest. Pulling back to charging handle: This reveals a traditional, and shitty imo, hop up chamber. Nothing special. It does not lock back; the bolt release on the other side does absolutely fuck all. One small problem that I immediately noticed is that the o-ring for the silencer seeps out like a fat guy's beer belly splurging out of his t-shirt and over his trousers. Not a pretty sight: I tried realigning it several times. But, it became clear that it just would not sit properly. So, I removed it and that was that. Additionally, there seem to be small tolerance issues with the body: The upper and lower don't quite align exactly. However, it is still sturdy and does not rattle when handling. Therefore, this is acceptable to me. The handguard wasn't exactly straight out of the box also. I rectified this by removing the handguard by the 4 screws and clamping the rail and body together using a red dot: I then reinstalled the screws and it appeared much better: Next, I had a go at fitting and comparing the magazines: On the left is the King Arms magazine, and on the right is the CYMA. The quality in build difference is noticeable: the King Arms feels like a flimsy bit of plastic, and the CYMA is much more sturdy in comparison. The King Arms magazine is also slightly thinner than the CYMA. This naturally meant that the CYMA magazine was a tighter fit. However, it works just fine with a bit of breaking in: Weighing the gun: 2042g without a mag. 2120g with the King Arms mag. And, 2188g with the CYMA mag. Overall, super impressive weight. Around 2.2kg with a battery, mag, and BBs, is an incredibly practical package. Getting to the battery compartment meant removing the stock: To remove the stock, there is a large button under the buffer tube that you press to release the positioning of the metal rods. When it is at its extremity, you need to push down the button as shown in the photo above to get it completely off. A small buffer tube cover is then revealed and is it super intuitive to remove: The battery space is fairly generous and should fit the vast majority of lipo sizes out there. Test Fire Unfortunately, it is a tamiya connector. So, uh, gimme some time to zip back to early 2000s and back: So, this is how it sounds out of the box using a half-charged, 9.6v 1600mAH NiMH battery without adjusting anything: Not bad at all. Definitely sounds better than your average midrange AEG out of the box. Fire rate isn't too shabby. But, a bit sluggish for my taste. The foam-filled silencer does make a noticeable difference in sound. Now, onto the chrono. I used 0.25g Amoeba BBs which was what I had at the time: So, out of the box, definitely too hot. The fps also kept decreasing into the borderline 300s, and I confused as to why until I remembered that this gun has the shitty traditional style hop up. It slowly unwound itself over time. The hop up chamber definitely needs to be tightened. OR, you save yourself the pain and get this for £8: https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/zci-prowin-style-hopup-chamber-plastic-m4?search=zci This style of hop up is vastly superior because it is easier to adjust and more importantly, it is similar to a worm-gear style design where it cannot unwind itself. Overall, nothing special which was to be expected with stock performances. The Deep Dive Into the Internals WooOOOoooOoOOooOoo... Time for some spooky voodoo stuff. Disassembly is just like any generic m4. Simply remove this first pin at the front of the receiver: This pin just falls out; there is no pin in the receiver to hold it in place like many other M4 AEGs. Pulling apart reveals the gearbox: And like a regular M4 AEG, the hop up and barrel assembly is housed in the upper receiver. The hop rubber looks like a traditional nub: Nothing special and gets the job done. The barrel is also very clean too. Websites say that it is a polished 6.05mm brass barrel, Comparing to my custom M4 AEGs: ZCI rotary chamber, 229mm ZCI steel barrel, maple leaf macaron and omega nub: If I were to install the custom M4s hop assembly into this gun, the foam sound would be more pronounced as the stock inner barrel does protrude quite far into the silencer: Removing the stock is pretty easy, just like a standard M4: Removing the mag release requires a metric 1.3 hex key: You do not need to remove the MP5 style mag release to disassemble the gearbox. The body pin and rear gearbox pin comes out with a pin and a hammer: Then, the motor grip: Comes out as expected: The motor does not have any markings. I can also turn the pinion very easily which indicates that it is not very torquey. After all those components are removed, the gearbox can be pulled out: Looking inside the lower receiver, seems to be just as high quality: Then, I was pleasantly surprised by something: Quick change spring! This feature is a godsend as it makes the assembly process so much easier. And, as you can see, there is a small unit just below which is the mosfet. Taking it out, however: It's stuck... the spring is attached to the piston which is a bit of a lame move 😕 Nonetheless, the gearbox disassembly is a straight forward process since it is just a standard V2: And revealing its contents: The trigger spring is incredibly stiff, more so than normal. I do enjoy the red colour scheme. The contrast provides some nice eye candy. A close up on the mosfet unit: It stays in place with a single screw and does not wiggle at all. And as you can see, the grease is very stringy on the gears. Not very nice to be honest. Spinning the gears makes it look like I'm weaving silk. The gears are standard 18:1 and of decent quality. I can't comment on durability yet, or ever. Because I will be changing them out to create a high-speed build. This guy preaches about it though: Gearbox has a nice gap here to push the anti-reversal latch if the gearbox ever locks up: Testing the compression: It is excellent. I can't push the piston forward with my finger over the nozzle. Genuinely amazing seal for a stock gun of this price. What the stock AOE looks like: Not great. But, the standard for stock AEGs. Should last a good while like this, assuming everything else is stock. Setup to test the stock shim job of the gears: Testing the sector gear: Has more than 0.5mm of travel. Leaves a bit to be desired. Spur gear: Seems to be about more of less 0.3mm of travel. Not too bad for stock. And for the bevel: Seems to have about 0.1 - 0.2mm of travel which is excellent for stock. Overall impressive. The gearbox is even radiused at the top and bottom: Now for the spring... it is attached to piston and requires a very long screwdriver to get out. Otherwise, you fight the spring tension which isn't nice (excuse blurry photo): Which reveals a disc: This is easily popped out with a bit of force: However, you will need the disc when reassembling the piston. Otherwise, the piston head will be loose. The reassembly is super smooth too: The anti-reversal latch does not pop out like a maniac, unlike most V2 gearboxes. And, with the quick-change spring, I don't even need to hold anything down when putting the other half back on. This makes reassembling incredibly easy and pleasant to work on. This gearbox is super impressive. By far and large, one of the best gearboxes for the price. This is even better than some of the higher up, premium price tag stuff. Quick Comparisons At £160.52 currently, this is roughly around the prices of many Combat Machines and Specna Arms rifles. I cannot comment on Specna Arms as I have not used one before. However, G&G Combat Machines I have. I have also wielded the ARP9 myself which is its direct competition which I will be mainly comparing it to. If we start with combat machines, I recently worked on one of these which are very common rifles: https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/g-g-combat-machine-cm16-raider-2-0 They are decent guns for the price. However, the gearboxes are of lesser quality in comparison: no mosfet, worse shimming, worse compression, worse piston quality, no anti-reversal hole. The barrel quality is also worse. Cannot comment on the gears, but I'd imagine they are similar in quality. The overall construction is tighter on the King Arms compared to the combat machines. King Arms have been known for their tight construction, especially on their higher-end guns. Maybe not all bells and whistles since the construction on their MDT LSS, that I had for a while, was so tight that some parts of the metal had to be cut with a dremel to disassemble the gun... Now, compared to the ARP9, the definitive reasons to get the PDW SBR over the ARP 9 are: Gun itself is cheaper Bigger battery space Mags are significantly cheaper Midcaps hold more rounds (60 vs 120) Less crazy, space-gat looking than the ARP9 Of course, not to say that the ARP9 is a bad gun. It is definitely a gun that is good, popular, and worth the price that it is at. It's just that these features of the PDW SBR (the looks got me tbh) make me prefer it over the ARP9. Verdict Time to list some pros and cons. Pros: Cheap, entry-level price High-quality plastic and metal construction (SD version) High-quality gearbox Quick change spring Lightweight Short Customizable grip Compatible with most conventional V2 parts Super cheap extra midcap mags SD version has a cool foam-filled silencer Polished 6.05mm barrel Cons: The mag that it comes with is flimsy and a loose fit Weak motor Shoots hot out of the box Some small fitment issues Overall, this is a top recommendation. For the price you pay (£160-ish), this thing punches so far above its weight, and it is an incredible base for a high-tier performing gun due to having a standard V2 gearbox and a normal M4 hop chamber. There are only a few rifles I can think of that can compete against the PDW SBR in terms of practicality: one being the ARP9, another being the ARES pistol M4 series. I have yet to get a hold of the ARES gun, so I cannot comment on that. However, I have seen decent DSG builds which utilize the ARES ETU. This is my new main weapon now. Gotta upgrade the shit out of this thing, internally. Externally, gonna keep it mostly stock to minimize the weight. A red dot with a riser at most.

I understand about the skeleton staff and the pressure they are under but when you’ve paid a mint for a new rif wait 8 weeks for to arrive a week after it has you wanna hear something read something to let you know your actually gonna get it.

If your doing high FPS then have a play with the Bic, doesn't hurt to play! Can always flat hop or something else later on

Has he modded the suppressor at least?

Vector AEG

That is a good combo, Prowins can need fettling. You running it at AEG or DMR power, you may want a harder bucking, Prommy do a red one. Genuinely one of the best (possibly freak) results I've had for minimal expenditure was a Prommy red with a bit of Bic tube for the nub, at 400 FPS it was awesome! Also "you've had really good results with" - "it should be good right?" 🙈

I prefer to do it as 2 rules: Surrender & tag They are the source of arguments, but the rules ought to be clear: Surrender is an option: You get close up and choose to be nice, asking for surrender. They are able to decline and shoot back. If they don’t accept you need to be ready to shoot them. I don’t set minimum engagement rules, so if surrender isn’t accepted it’s valid to shoot. Arguments occur - but if you offer the option to surrender you ought to be willing to enforce it, if you don’t want to risk being shot up close then step back and shoot first. Tag is a kill: (Knife kill, barrel tag, tap on shoulder etc) If you approach someone and can touch them - then you have a valid kill. Arguments also occur - usually because the victim gets their pants in a twist as they are so ‘awesome’ that it’s impossible to tag them so there must have been cheating Most arguments on these are because one of the player just didn’t like the outcome (because they are awesome or because the target decided to shoot) or players are not paying attention to the rules - not listening to the brief or reading info packs. Compulsory bang kills / surrenders at minimum engagement can be a cause too - not complying to the distance, or not judging the distance. If everyone is a big boy/big girl, and there aren’t special factors such as young rentals then I prefer to avoid minimum engagement. Any rule set that I produce has surrender and tag rules in place by default, unless it’s unsuitable for the game. eg I disallow them in our Battle Royale series .... but I did allow one surrender In the first seconds two players met face to face around a corner as I watched by the door. They both yelped, only one was armed, the other just said ‘surrender’ and stepped out. I couldn't blame him

Yes. Breaking down to parts could be viewed upon as trying to deceive. Then you get grumpy customs and airline staff IFs, RIFs .... and also contrary to popular belief - firearms are legal in the UK and can be transported in aircraft. You just need to be in the right legal status: Not overpowered, have the skirmisher defence ready for RIFs and have the right licencing and good reason for firearms. Pack it well, check airline policies, put in a magazine (print magazine that shows what airsoft is), declare it properly and there shouldn’t be issues. Make sure you have good time before flights when checking in just in case they want to do extra checks

Cheers buddy nice to be welcomed to the game!

Thank you for the spammer reporting, now banned.

This is correct. The latest changes are only for the MOS models as far as I know.

That was the same for me. Can pick these up pretty cheap and fits spot on.

@Noobmaster69 👋 Welcome to the forum, good planning ahead and enjoy it, when it’s safe! I pretty much started the same way, after years Of missing out! 😎👍 💷GAMBLE💷

I have a feeling that this might not be kosher, I recall checking another post where an airsofter from HK was looking to move here, and he posed the question of taking apart his RIFs first. I believe that Tommikka said that this would likely amount to smuggling and piss customs off. If I were to go about it that way, I would send part of it back. The issue I suppose is that the airsoft gun I'm interested in has a stamped steel receiver, so I'm concerned that it'll look very gun-like no matter what I do. I'm not sure it would be ok for me to take it apart, but still have all the parts on me as I enter the UK.

looks like i done got suckered. i did think the response in macks was odd.

But he writes original content! Only about VPNs though. Ban the witch!

I think it's time for the ban hammer ? 😏 @proffrink @Jedi_Master

apart from the electric shock thing pretty sure novritch's product line has the rest of those points covered.

Most likely a windows certified level 7 tech from tech support. *read in heavy indian accent*

As soon as the gun picture thread gets bumped

Do you realize that this guy has been copypasting random posts from random users in random threads? The only legit post he made was a shady link on the VPN/netflix thread, in a really shit english (almost worse than mine). For this thread his message is a copy of Albiscuit's one on the first page.

Yeah I didn't get it, maybe a good war film the night before, but mood music......naah. Now music during a game, fuck yeah, played elektrowerkz in London years ago, place doubled up as a weird nightclub, & they played some loud thrash stuff during games that really upped the atmosphere 🤟

Whatever you're comfortable with. I like my rigs to sit high, with the top edge in line with my nipples.

Viper Scrote pouch. I thought the VX dangler was a bit large so took a gamble

I've messaged both off them to see If either can get more pics one of them clearly doesn't have it

Your quote-fu isn't strong. @150 with a leaky mag it's a no no for me, disregarding what I previously said.

Hi, I saw you figured out your own problem but I stumbled upon this thread with a similar issue. My cz-po9 has been unable to rack for a while. I was wondering what you did to fix the problem exactly? If I have the takedown pin in the slide moves back about a millimeter but then gets stuck. If I take out the pin regardless of how I hold it it will sometimes go back normally, but other times it will get stuck with the hopup chamber and barrel. Not as often but also the slide will go all the way back but te hopup chamber will appear to fall towards the magwell. I am hoping you might have some expertise as to what is going on?

I must agree an OE 416 and a good ol CQBR are my fave ARs Been working on this still ongoing project the past 2 months and I feckin love it, going to be my MBR/jungle gun. Been getting it upto date with the latest 'real steel' G36C upper rail machining. Makes it all feel a lot lighter visually I think.

Probably my only fully complete loadout. Well... I'd probably use my ghillie with it from time to time, where needed. However, that isn't quite complete yet! It's not as much of a core piece as my bolt action sniper, so I'll still post this as a "complete" loadout. It's pretty much all Warrior Assault Systems (seriously, that holster is the best holster I've ever owned...), though the m14 pouches are Condor (I think. Bought them years ago) and the backpack + canteen pouch are Viper.

email directly to [email protected] and provide details so the Adminstrator can check and your reset your password if required, and then delete the second account. And no, it will not be an immediate response.

I suppose at least macks can serve a purpose here, you have a bunch of folk agreeing that your asking price isn't insane.

Half agree - its been pretty vague but I think when it comes to airsofting, its pretty clear - one household at a time, or 1 person each from a maximum of 2 households at any one time, 2m away. Unless a site is hosting a "Warzone Gulag 1v1 bro special" it ain't gonna happen - and even then I would assume airsoft sites would fall under stuff like "outdoor gyms". Its not clear, but its clear enough to see that any airsoft site opening up is taking the piss As for the rest July would be the absolute earliest, but I think the closest thing we can get to the right answer to the question of "when can we airsoft again" is "later then you think."

Most people are calling it out for the stupidity it is. They will no longer see a penny of my money

It generally covers for third party injury claims. If someone hurts themselves due to negligence on the part of the organiser/site owner then they're entitled to make a claim. The waivers that most people issue are badly written and not really worth the paper they come on but they're seeking to indemnify the organiser from you hurting yourself through your own fuckwittery/the idiocy of others and trying to claim. For example, if the site owner states during the safety brief that you cannot throw a BFG overarm, then someone does and it puts you in a coma then the site organiser has sought to remove their own negligence from the equation by including it in the mandatory brief. By signing the waiver you're effectively saying that you won't sue the site for the injury which was solely down to the idiot that threw the BFG. Organising a game during the current restrictions in and of itself could be construed as an act of negligence by the the organiser themselves.

What a really great way to show the sport in a really bad light and bring loads of negative press we don’t need!

Because you are only supposed to meet one person not from your household at a time. This is to prevent groups of unrelated people congregating. Please don't do this.

I can explore the cost of shipping it stateside... I'll come back to you

An old fashioned concept, maybe list them our Classifieds? https://airsoft-forums.uk/classifieds/category/13-parts-gear/

I'm a bit late to this conversation, if you don't like soldering but don't have room for connectors you can try solder heat shrink

That is just begging to have a school disco/prom theme 🕺

They sell a lot of Cyma and Jing Gong, with some DBoys and P&J (Which is a rebrand of A&K/ACM) here and there. They do have some WE high end guns for sale also.

ngl you kinda gay