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My Cyma Cm041b with deleted tri lug. Still want a retractable stock and considering the real steel Magpul handguard

People who are not prepared to lose are the biggest problem with airsoft. Most other issues are a symptom of that root cause. We all know the first rule of airsoft, right? It's a pity that attitude tests are done even more infrequently than test shots.

Man that's a mean looking setup! Can I interest you in a Hackathorn-style setup with blacked out rear and fiber front sights? I personally really like the JLP front sights. Because it's so open you can see below the sight picture is even brighter than the 2mm enclosed DP one. Feels as bright as a reddot in daylight. They make a fully open (booster) and semi-enclosed (accelerator) version for the 1911, should fit the army 1911's as well. Rainbow8 has them for ~£16 (~20 with shipping) Only con with JLP is it is a bit blocky with the sharp edges that can catch on holsters and such.. I think it adds a menacing look though Patrolbase seems to have army front fiber's as well, but not sure the quality on these are; they look decent though so check them out -> https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/army-armament-1911-fiber-optic-front-sight

My second eldest was down from university for the weekend, so we decided to walk on Saturday and play Airsoft on Sunday. Having had a good experience previously at Tower Airsoft, I recommended it and he agreed, so off we went on an unexpectedly misty Sunday morning. Having had a good day there with about 80 players a few weeks ago, I was a bit worried that there were only 40 of us on site. However, the day was superb. The lower number of players resulted in the play being more open, allowing us to follow our favourite approach of sneaking around and popping up where the other team do not expect us. A two legged team death match ended up with us chalking up 24 kills without being hit, which was rather fortunate in the second leg as I am not sure that we could have found our way back to our regen. The games were well thought out and well balanced, with great play from both sides; the marshalling was spot on and the attitude of players was first rate. it was the best day’s airsoft that we have had in a long time. Many thanks to all the players, the Tower Airsoft staff, the Camo team, and the marshals for an excellent day.

I only had I think one suspected non hit taker all day. I watched the flight of the BB and I'm pretty sure I heard it impact his inner thigh but he ran off. He took the next one though ASI managed to drop the shot behind his cover and hit him in the head

I had a good time playing with you yesterday. There were a couple of times we linked up as an assault sniper team which was awesome. I was the same, leading from the front with a bolt action, although that's more because this was my first time out with a bolt action, which hasn't been bedded in so I was having to relearn my tactics and learn to trust the gun. It was my first time at Worthing but I'll definitely be back

Had a great day at Reforger yesterday after 6 weeks with no games! First time at the site and the general consensus amongst the team is that it’ll probably be the new regular site. Fairly big site, good use of game areas and a nice amount of both man made and natural cover. Lunch was a standard burger van, safezone basic but no complaints. I think the biggest unanimous point was that between the 4 of us we didn’t experience a single hit-taking issue all day, which I think is my first in 10 years!

Yep. Plate carrier has weighted plates in it (originally looked at real ballistic plates for immersion, saw the price tag and settled on weighted plates instead) and I typically carry everything I will need for the day on my person, rather than leaving some stuff in the safe zone or by respawn (water, gas, BBs etc). I'm noticeably slower with it on and I can't run as fast or play as reactively, but I still combine this with playing far more aggressively (still sneaky though) than I usually do as a bush monster and it's giving me good results. I figured I have a lot of weight to shift, so I may as well do it doing something I enjoy as I hate exercising for the sake of exercising; I like doing things like airsoft or martial arts, though I can't afford the latter at the moment because I was made redundant and job hunting sucks (though diet is also very important in this. It's a two-pronged attack). As I said, I'll be changing to the m21, which is heavier than my VSR, for next game day at Worthing, so we'll see if I finally collapse under the stress! I frequently found myself being the front line with my sniper rifle while the AEG crowd were a bit further back and frequently found myself thinking "wait, shouldn't this be the other way around?"

Another fun day at Worthing, albeit quieter than usual due to Mother's Day (I'm so happy the sun is starting to come out...) where I decided to try playing aggressive sniper with my weight loss loadout; using my VSR I didn't need anything on my plate carrier, but I wore it anyway. It was interesting and I got a LOT of hits on people totally oblivious to my location, people looking directly at me while being totally oblivious to my location (wearing no camo patterns. Fieldcraft is more important than a ghillie) and people who totally knew where I was and were shooting their "my gnu can shoot 100m easy" at me, being about 70m away and watching their BBs just land 15 to 20m in front of me before utilising my .48s at 2.3J of HPA bolt action power to hit them with ease. That being said, I think I will be moving over to aggressive sniping with my m21 as I actually need my plate carrier for that, plus it's a heavier gun; also foliage will start to grow soon and Worthing totally changes to where those 70m+ shots are extremely few and far between. The ability to shoot within 30m will soon become way more important and my m21 build is typically used at 1.1J. I will say that I noticed more non-hit taking start to creep up; it's been fairly good the last few skirmishes, but this time I really noticed it. It's always difficult when you watch the BB fly through your scope, watch it hit someone and bounce off, them react to it and then keep playing. My friends were also saying similar things, so I'm really hoping that the sun coming out isn't also going to also bring out the non-hit takers. All that said, it was a pretty balanced day, with both teams winning and losing and the timed multi-objective attack and defend took so long with constant action that we didn't switch sides as the marshalls initially planned to do. It was a really fun day with a lot of really fun moments. I still found it damn hard and left the day totally drained, so my weight loss loadout is doing its job. I didn't have time to weigh myself on the Sunday morning before heading off (I leave at 6:30am as I get a lift with one of the staff), but I did on Saturday morning, which was a day where I ate slightly too much, so if anything the picture below is an underestimation as I probably gained a little over Saturday. Weighed myself this morning and was pretty pleased with the results (for context, I'm not a small person. My target weight is 100kg with around 15% body fat and I'm currently 134kg with about 35% body fat.

Oh ffs. Another one to add to the list of stuff I want but probably can't afford Considering the reputation the Japanese have for weird kinks he might enjoy it

Today at Reforger, nice and simple Arktis chest rig and Mk18!

A good pic from today

So I run Flecktarn with a tan rig. I honestly dont mind it...in fact I like it. However, my brother made some comments on how they dont work as one is tan. Is it as really as bad as he makes it out?

UPDATE:I bought a Turbo trainer(used it twice),then an opportunity arose for me to take on a menial job with the local council="Litter operative" easy~ish work with a lot of walking involved and I'm glad to say it is doing me the world of good.Only a week in and I can definately feel an improvement in my mobility and pain.Still not good with jumping impact but that's gone and I need to work around it.And the best part is I played the Sunday (20/03) before I started the job,fearing the worst but it's all working out fine.As I suspected it was/is lack of use that was causing the mobility and pain issues.Also I discovered that perhaps footwear is part of the issue,I wore boots for 4 days them swapped to safety trainers for 1 day and the difference is great.I may wear them at my next walk-on but I need to be wary of ankle support.Thanks for all the replies and advice...

Well, dude, hopefully the one good thing you can take away from this is discovering that not all of the Airsoft community are like that diseased blobfish prolapse.

It was like this:

Very short bit of footage edited to commemorate a special day of Airsoft

Finally done with the bowling pin build! With the massive comp it won't even fit in my pistol case anymore🙃

Since I'm no longer dressing up like a bush, I finally got snapped while playing! Weight loss loadout in its full glory because I've put 20 of the 45 kilos I originally lost back on thanks to stress eating over unemployment Even managed to use my GBBR AK instead of my NGRS 416, since my friend didn't want to use his last weekend so I could borrow his mags (I only have 1, he has 4, so 5 in total at 35 BBs each is usable). If I managed to lose 45kg before, surely I can lose 35kg now! I'm even going to the gym and healthy eating (again) and stuff 😮

If they did put an M4 stock on it I’d crowd fund an air ticket to Japan just so I could beat the Tokyo Marui MD to death with a frozen Japanese horseradish ! wire stock yes but definitely no ponceification with fagpul stocks and bits’n’bobs ! 🤬

haha if you'd asked me a while back I would've agreed! I thought they looked like someone stuck one of those small hotel soap bars in the triggerguard. I think continuing to look at them a lot made them grow on me. Or it could be that the disgust/trauma from seeing it made me grow affectionate of them; kinda like Stockholm syndrome😂 It seems to be a recent tacticool fad but they do present some practical value as it provides a consistent trigger "press" even if the finger isn't perfectly centered on the trigger More pics to flip you as well

I did late last night find an interview that was about TM 2022 release schedule…. It said end of April 🤷‍♂️… I’ll try and find it ” We asked Mr. Yu Shimamura, a public relations officer of Tokyo Marui, about “Tokyo Marui in 2022”. The times have caught up !? “Bolt motion air rifle VSR-ONE” starting from Mr. Shimamura’s idea This time, first of all, Mr. Shimamura presented the “2022 launch schedule”. I want to summarize it before the interview. ・ January-February “Next Generation Electric Gun URG-I 11.5 inch” “Air Revolver Pro SAA.45 5-1 / 2 inch Artillery” “Marui Tactical Dot Sight MTD PRO ・ SIGHT” ・ Around March “Bolt Action Air Rifle VSR-ONE” ・ Around April “Fixed slide compact carry fuel gun LCPII” body / holster “Fixed slide compact carry fuel gun for LCP collection / BODYGUARD 380 lengthy journal” “Gas blowback shotgun SAIGA-12K” “Tokyo Marui real lipo battery” ・ After May “Fixed slide compact carry fuel gun CURVE” ・ Release date undecided “Gas blowback P320” * The above is a schedule at the time of the interview, so it may change.”

Have to say those flat triggers look fecking abysmal ! 🤢🤢🤮

My thoughts at Red1 for hit taking: 'did that get through the under growth?... Maybe not, I'll send two this time' Distent shout of 'hit!' Me: Uh must have hit a leaf/twig/Nat's wing

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So, the lack of tri lug suppressors, and the desire to move the suppressor a bit closer to the front sight prompted me to buy a 12mm CW to 14mm CCW adapter so I could get rid of the tri lug adapter on my Cyma MP5. And a Kriss suppressor and flashider from aliexpress. Note the spelling mistake lol. I like the look.

Rogerborg has it right. It's a good site but not as good as the old one used to be but it's getting better each time I go. They are putting in the work and money in to developing the site.

Basic bitch AA R28 with Surefire XC1 clone. There are many like it, but this one is mine ...... if anyone can advise where to get decent aftermarket fibre optic sights I'd be grateful.

Good write up. Shame about the moaning bastards. I never understand playing when not prepared to enter into the spirit of the game.

This is largely what I’ve run for the last few months, can’t see it changing any time soon. I generally prefer my RG UF Pros across the board to the M81 Cryes… but M81 is M81.

It is indeed

I think he means track and trace lol

Thing is, given where he is operating from, I am really surprised someone hasnt had a words with a few of the local paramilitaries. Thats how it used to be when I was growing up. True story - I was 18 and we lived on a really rough estate. One summer there was a chip van came and parked in the parking area to the rear of our house. Loads of anti social behaviour ensued, litter, rowdy teens etc. Someone (probably my Mum) had a word with the local UDA commander. I watched from my back window as three men in balaclavas got out of a car with an AK and a handgun, robbed the place then burnt it to the ground. No more problem.

That's always been my opinion, whether it's reducing fps to UK limits or fitting new parts (in place of existing brand new parts ffs) just to make a rif work properly, it's ridiculous what we put up with, I doubt there are many products in other fields that are clearly not fit for purpose but manufacturers & retailers get away with selling them ?

Got my first game in years tomorrow. Trying out sniping for the first time.

Hey Alec, welcome back 🖐 I don't know what things were like 20 years ago but I suspect not much has changed with the game itself. The actual equipment (guns) have surely improved in all aspects since then and probably become cheaper. The easiest way to get registered as an airsofter is to rent for 3 games at a single site where they will put you on the UKARA register. Then you can buy RIFs (realistic) guns. Do lots of reading on the forum for other bits of info. Will be interesting to hear your thoughts once you get back into it...

Thanks for the feedback guys. Followed your guidance and it seems to have passed through without issue. Should be here on Monday.

Two Mauser K98. One deactivated, one PPS gas airsoft. Can you tell which is which? 🙃 Need some modifications to fix the bayonet properly

Going for the used look 😂

And stuff…

Sorry to be so blunt but the best upgrade for an AA Glock pistol is put it in the bin and buy a WE. You will spend more on the AA and it still won’t be as good as a stock WE. for Glocks in general not much is needed. A bearing for the hammer is a good upgrade for smooth cycling as is a maple leaf hop chamber, rubber and a crazy jet barrel. Nothing else is really needed.

It's been a few years since I've been on the forum so thought I'd do an updated loadout photo. Kit: SRC G-36KV with Ares front end, TM G22, old pair of Grafter boots, DPM combat 95s, Viper Lazer Special Ops Plate Carrier, Kombatuk dropleg holster, Bolle goggles and ASG face shield. I am contemplating replacing my DPM with a dark grey set of combats and also a new holster and helmet setup.

My Airsoft day hasn't even started and I've already witnessed a guy coming in my local retailer asking for level 4 plates.....

My and son loadout

Well. First new kit brought in well over 7/8 years. Set myself up with what I’m going to try to narrow down to be a mid war marine impression. Long way removed from my usual Russian kits but fancied a change and something I’d not done before. Everything is repro for the time being and chances are I’ll just swap a pouch a month or there abouts until at least the webbing is original. Just need to get it dirty & add my own flair to it now

as above, please don't use an airsoft pew, 2-toned or not, in public, no matter how secluded a spot you think you're in. that's not the sort of publicity our hobby needs. take it to a proper airsoft site, it's much more enjoyable when the target is allowed to shoot back.

Hi fella. Just one word really. DON'T! don't do it mate for all our sakes.👌 Regards

"Saw this, thought of you ..."

It's ashame new players won't read this.