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We recently had some forum issues that resulted in some down time All seems to be fixed now

I’ve received a response to my wanted add, asked for photos as per forum rules, with name and date. Scammer has obliged but I’m not convinced by that lovely photoshopping on 2 different photos of 2 different rifles 😂 🫠

There's a big red flag on EVERY page of these forums, make sure & tell your guide dog.

I think "Ted" is having some issues https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/user/profile/730363

Two of those mounts off Amazon, some ally bar and a bit of lathe work later..

fun project. Picked up a worn PTS Masada AKM from Strykerles with a few known issues. Originally it looked like this: I stripped it completely down, removed all the old paint and replaced the micro switch in the gearbox which was goosed. Cerakoted the upper receiver with Magpul flat dark earth, put in a new front sight and replaced a few other bits. Turned out pretty good.

Highlight of my weekend game Was playing a fallback game, and was on the defending / retreating side I found myself a lovely little spot to hide in, and my intentions were to let the attacking team get past me and do them from behind All was going well until a sniper player literally crawled over me and used my rifle as a rest for his barrel to take a shot He shit himself when I knife killed him, then the whistle blew 😂

“NURPOL” ffs, it’ll be written all over it 🤦🏻‍♂️

Turns out one of the contacts were bent. I bent them back into shape and it fixed it. 😁

People selling who've neglected to read the Paypal T&C's, where it explicitly says the seller is responsible for the fees, and trying to pass that on to the Buyer. Seriously, it takes half a second to calculate it and factor it in to your costs.

After the debacle with my order getting nicked from my mailbox because Evri thought it would be a good idea to leave it super visible on a very busy street just down from the rough part of town, I disputed the order and the seller basically just said they'd send me the products again. It was only £10 worth of cheapo Aliexpress inserts, but they have now arrived and my lightweight setup is complete. It's super easy to swap between weapons with the inserts and if I like it I may splash out on a proper Haley Strategic D3CRM plus inserts instead of the Aliexpress clone stuff here (I also have some 9mm SMG inserts as well for my mp9, but I mostly snipe or DMR so I only included those in the picture). Full loadout allows for 4 spare pistol mags, 5 spare MWS mags / 4 spare m700 mags, and my rangefinder in the chest rig and belt (waiting on a kydex radio pouch that will go on the belt too), then spare BBs, gas, tactical snacks etc. in the backpack that can be quickly removed when needed. It's super easy to swap between my MWSs and m700s as all I need to do is swap out the chest rig insert, as the rifle mag pouches on the belt fit both, though the m700 mags are quite tight! So just waiting on the kydex radio pouch to complete this (baofeng w/ extended battery, cheapo milspec PTT and clone Invisio m3 earpiece is my comms setup), but considering the only guns I use nowadays are MWSs or m700s, I really like this setup as it's super easy to switch between them. It basically accommodates all the guns I use, even my Kar98k with its weird mags that I just put in the admin part of the chest rig. Testing it this weekend with my civvie setup (cheapo not-jeans and a flannel shirt) and the entire loadout fits in a single gun bag plus the backpack I'll be taking into the games themselves.

A good fun day at gaol events the jail. Great site and well managed. My only gripe with this place is the time to set up and safety brief takes a while, today we arrived at 0810 but we didn't start shooting till 1030ish. But I can overlook this for a well run site during game. The marshals are spot on and the site gaffer keeps a bit of humour and professionalism in the day. Was my second time here and will definitely be back again.

18airsoft were extremely lovely about the fact that my E&C SAI G34 wasn't working out of the box and sent a replacement hammer assembly free of charge. Threw on a 'we have a RMR cut at home' special and this thing's looking sweet and shooting good all the same. Looking forward to playing with the inner barrel and hop stuff when funds permit

Ol' Reliable right here

Vote Farage and he’ll do a Trump trade war on China to protect the UK airsoft market or not

Anyone free tomorrow for a run about in our killhouse located in Crowborough, East Sussex We need to film a promo for the site, we have a video guy and local players willing to kit up and run about for filming we just need a few more bodies, there is no charge I'm letting you run about my killhouse for free but we film it and you can get some 1-1 CQB lessons for when we film the scenes Kit is MC lowers with black top to make it more uniformed If you fancy it please let me know ASAP 🙏 https://www.instagram.com/k42killhouse?igsh=ZGUyM3U0NDVzbDI5

Buying GBBRs from a shop in the UK is where you're going wrong tbh.

Work in progress. Swapping out this handguard for the Magpul go-to, have the Magpul pistol grip as well to put on. Just need to figure out the least awkward light mounting situation and I think I’m done

Ban hammer please;

Nurse! Ted is having one of his moments again!

Selling at retail prices becuase shock horror he is a retailer.

This feels like when someone is selling a belt kit and they absolutely refuse to split it. My brother in Christ it has three grenade pouches and Scorpion Evo specific kydex pouches. The number of customers looking for that exact loadout is basically zero. Just sell me the belt with one of the grenade pouches and the dump, please.

You're lucky that the the current issues means we cant issue warnings at the moment, usually we are quite fucking helpful so be glad all I did was mention it in this thread

You seemed to have uploaded photos fine, just ignoring the big red banner on every page about rule 5..

Went on a bit of a C2R rampage 🇬🇧 C2R Chameleon with a few different skin sets, dangler, spare shoulder pads & a couple Spriritus Mk4s (with SMG & AR inserts). Not sure which camo to go for, about to mix them 🤣 Working on getting a C2R placard next!

One to add to the book of challenging wanks 🍆

Skateboard park to us oldies

Got help from a friend across the pond, managed to pick up some furniture for my AK. Needs a replacement handguard then a good bit of wear to get the look I'm wanting.

The baby shit paint job is actually well done. Looks historically authentic. If I had the money I would buy that.

When attempting to build your M14, ensure you have actually inserted the piston and not wait until you have it fully rebuilt to realise....D'oh!!

Definitely showing my age there 😂😂 Between that and the "Ooooh Geordie" tango advert....ahh Thems were the days! 😂😂

Showing your age with the Carlos Fandango reference there! All y OE parts are littered about the place in various boxes and bags "just in case" but you could just flog them off here. Right, I'm off to have a smooth, mellow cigar...

This is simultaneously hilarious and infuriating and tragic.

That's a use, but it's a rare one. If someone gets uppity about me "shooting too close" when I know I'm not (because I've been dealing with a 30m MED for literal decades at this point) then it allows me to prove without argument that I am correct. I mostly use it for longer distance, because it allows me to know roughly where I need to aim for the really long distance shots (talking like... 85m+). It's not the exact science that it is in real-steel shooting, but I've found it can give me an idea of roughly where I need to aim on my scope reticle to hit the shot with somewhat decent success. If there's wind, success chance drops a bunch, but it still gives me a good starting point to then work out where I need to shoot accounting for wind as well. Also useful for recon purposes. Being able to tell other people exactly how far away stuff is can come in handy too.

Just picked up this bad boy for £280 we23-mini

6 WE SCAR H V3 Mags, as i'm intending on running it as DMR, so the HPA avenue is just an unnecessary irritation. By the time they've landed in the UK, at worst case its going to be £45 a mag.

People who post or pm questions about your sales thread than you answer then they just vanish. Or even worse say they'll` take it then you never hear from them again. It just plain bad manners.

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A great AKM Masada from Farstarbuck & delivered in person to my door. My PTS Masada now has a brother from another mother... Some of you may remember I bought the wrong mags for my PTS a few months ago, I can now use them 😃 Chrono'd using a 7.4 lipo (Ni-MH recommended)

Just saw this on Facebook. I never met the guy personally, but I have played at a couple of his sites on a number of occasions (Bunker and Valiant), each visit was a great experience. Not everyone agreed with his opinions and his site rules could be a bit...divisive... but the airsoft community (particularly in the south) has lost a powerhouse. He's been talking for some time about the transition of management for the respective sites, so I am glad to see that UCAP isn't going anywhere for the foreseeable.

If you like that one then you’ll love the Trump rally playlist Americans aren’t known for their sense of irony

Lol, I tried to skateboard at the ago of 10 (1978ish) and have NEVER been able to balance on one.

I'm a simple man: I see a Masada, I press like.

Worse than that, they will usually only ship within Germany.

Baby poop is goated. I will die on this hill.

I have done it. Here in the land of cowboys and Indians, we have no rules, and no limits to our wankery Here’s Leo’s simple recipe for making the refs come over and stare whenever you test fire on the range… Traditional wisdom is that fast motors and fast gears are not friends. TRADITION LIED: Tienly makes the best brushed motors on the market, if not the cheapest, followed by Star Wei. Quality build and hand-wound armatures become increasingly important if you want your build to be functional in game without the motor grip turning into one of Gusteau’s Microwaveable Plasma Ultrabirritos. Oh yeah, and shredding your brushes while it’s at it. If built well, a 40K brushed motor can get you to 40RPS when paired with 13:1 gears and an 11.1v. Gears: any solid gear set will work for a while, as long as the bevel meshes well with your pinion of choice. To actually get high speed out of this thing without brute forcing it like some sort of wanker ape, we need to push up the efficiency numbers. To hit 40, you need 80% efficiency. 85% gets you to 43. And so on. SHS/rocket work alright. Siegetek are the best (but seemingly nonexistent in the UK). Solink have a good rep with folks that I trust, and are readily available, so I would go with those. Bearings. You can go bushings if you like with no issue, but real speed demons shell out for J-caged bearings, which can handle the increased stress of what we’re about to do to them. Be wary though, as many of these suckers are tall, and can interfere with selector activities. The “shortest” on the market are 2.5mm thick. Spring. To avoid PME, we need to punch that piston fast and forcefully. PDI makes the best, but Guarder comes in a close second. I would suggest buying at least equivalent of an M130 and M140. And to bleed off that extra spring power we… Shortstroke? No. Not before we have to. Short stroking damages both our tappet timing and our pressure spike, which I’ll discuss in a second, so we avoid it if we can. Instead we shorten our barrel. As any tech knows, all the spring strength in the world means nothing if it all blows out your o-rings and packing seal. This is the same for BB acceleration time. If there is no time to accelerate, it matters not what the ultimate velocity could have been. I would aim for 100-150mm and increase if you can. Cheap stock barrels from various manufacturers can be used to great effect in testing before any expensive parts are purchased. Did you know that most G&G ARP9s come with the equivalent of an M130 installed? Short barrel, fast cycle speed, strong spring. To make sure we can feed the frenzy we need a good stiff tappet and strong spring. This isn’t too complicated. Any stock or upgrade tappet that accomplishes the mechanical demand will do just fine. Guarder makes a good one. King arms does as well. Lube the rails and make sure it slides easily. O-ring drag is real. Double o-rings were invented to solve a design/manufacturing tolerance issue, not a design/airseal issue. Nothing wrong with it if it works for you… but Arcturus, Krytac, and I believe Guarder and Lonex make great single o-ring nozzles that may very well provide better fitment with your nozzle tube and less drag while you’re at it. Pick a strong, light piston with a POM head and ditch those bearings on the PH itself. They’re worthless. You need a total weight of about 15gs to be successful here. The easiest way is to use an SHS blue with the big holes and any decent POM head. Lonex, Gate, etc, etc. You can also remove material from any good quality one. Lonex Red FMRs and Arcturus poly pistons are prime for this. As long as the cylinder and cylinder head seal and don’t have any serious tolerance issues with your other parts, they’ll do just fine. You can easily polish stock brass cylinders to near mirrors of glassy perfection. But if you need to buy one… the Guarder Chromes are nice. As long as you have at least half the cylinder the porting doesn’t matter in the slightest for this. Don’t listen to Negative Airsoft, he does not understand the physics of ported cylinders; the port is not to let air into the cylinder, it’s to allow piston preacceleration. Which brings me back to why we don’t short stroke. When the piston accelerates before sealing with the cylinder, it creates a beautiful little pressure spike that effectively gives you a lot more oomph for less. Ask any HPA user if raising the pressure on their reg changes anything and you’ll understand. Less useful knowledge in this specific case, but great for general teching. Your shimming must be the shimming of Gilgamech and BBkidnu, the great shimmers of yore. We Americans look to George Shimmington. And to power this all, you need a good battery pack. Let’s face it, the vast majority of battery makers and sellers are liars. The packs aren’t IR matched, the capacity and discharge rating are blatant untruths, and the assembly quality is poor. Running your packs at above capacity KILLS YOUR PACKS. If you plug in a beefier battery and your gun gets faster, you’re doing this. You have two ways to combat this. #1 Overcompensate. Recognize the lies, and go so far above and beyond that even the lies place you easily in the green. Turnigy NanoTechs are good candidates. #2 Buy an actually good pack. Kypom are the best I know of. Gens Ace comes second. On the American Airsoft forums we happen to have a guy with a lot of mechanical engineering experience who can actually test cell IR ratings, true capacity, and discharge rates. He’s tested quite a few, and Kypom are consistently closest to advertised. Hopefully some of this is helpful to you! tech on -Leo

There's only two things I can't stand on this forum: posters who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.