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    The accuracy of chrono readings

    Yes they are quite common. Infact they can end up being much greater in my experience. I checked a gun with two different Chrono's at a site once and there was over 100fps difference. There can be many reasons for the difference in FPS reading, there could have been issues with the gun, or any...
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    Player ages

    32, I have found myself at loads of different sites, I would say the average player I come across is 20-35, Male and with a high enough income to justify expensive toys. There tends to be a bit of a cool down when things like kids, mortgages, wives and GF's get in the way, then it picks up again...
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    How do you carry yours ?

    Gun bag for ......... normally can get my primary - M4, secondary L85A2 and Sniper - Bar10GSpec, plus at least 3 of my pistols. I use an Ikea blue bag for plate carrier, MiniMav and drop leg setup, I like choice when I am playing in how I carry stuff, unless I know its going to be very up close...
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    Vehicles in MilSim events?

    The sandpit have a ton of stuff, 2 snatch landrovers, a WMIK, the DAF truck, a RM snow trac, the 432 and some wheeled APC thing I can't remember the name of. Oh and don't forget Dora the explorer and the Quads which are mostly used by the marshals. There are also people who bring along their...
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    20,000 Sqft Indoor Built Urban Arena

    Not the first place in the UK to do this infact there were plans in the pipeline about 2 or 3 years ago to build something like this near Crawley I believe. I don't think it got off the ground. I've seen a small warehouse converted to make a really good airsoft arena, with 4 rows of "buildings"...
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    Most intense/thrilling moment?

    Holy necropost Sacarath! But I'll play along seeing as I didn't post first time round. Full day battlesim at the pit, we have been fighting a rolling battle all day from the far side towards the compound via where the FOB is. It's 11pm and pretty much pitch black, we have been tasked with...
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    Shop selling RIF by dissemble in to two halves.

    My UKARA got recorded wrong on the outside of a package from Taiwan gun, it contained a rif and sailed through. Even had Taiwan Gun written repeatedly on the bright green tape all over the box.
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    Any regular airsofters at gunman tuddenham or ipswich ravens?

    Regular not exactly, I play Tuddenham mostly in the summer, think last year I managed about 4 or 5 games there in a row. It really depends on my wife's work, when she is away weekends I play, when she is home I don't normally. Last year I didn't play from Easter til August, what with a wedding...
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    First time at gz's airsoft festival

    Take your normal skirmish kit, obv. And a sense of humour, it probably wont be the best quality of play you have ever experienced but it is a laugh in its own right and the quantity of people is really something else. I would play fairly light if I was going again, the heaviest things would be...
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    Is using a red dead rag a good idea?

    I like the idea of the dead rags, I've just never got around to getting one. In a night game I was once at we used glowsticks in team colours to mark ourselves as dead. Worked really well!
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    Look for the TDC mod, details can be found on Airsoft Sniper forum, basically glue a nut to...

    Look for the TDC mod, details can be found on Airsoft Sniper forum, basically glue a nut to press down directly on to the hop arm. The hop arm due to its configuration can twist slightly applying uneven pressure on the bb giving the normal hop effect with a diagonal axis sending shots sideways...
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    Colchester, Essex - Anyone?

    I'm not in Essex so cant help with your driving problem and both of these sites are an hour either way (just a quick google using Colchester) but they might just help getting you started. Gunman Tuddenham and UCAP Sandpit Tuddenham is an hour from Norwich (where I am) and the pit is over...
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    Word of warning - serious eye wound in safe zone

    I think the idea that "this could have happened anywhere" is a problematic one. I have to quote my dad here (wow this is a first for this forum) "accidents don't just happen!". He worked for an international outdoor education provider and would as part of his duties perform safety reviews of...
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    Word of warning - serious eye wound in safe zone

    jcheese in addition the first mistake in this chain of small things that went wrong was "gun not unloaded correctly". If only one of these issues was dealt with correctly prior to the incident it never would have happened. For those who don't know there are several steps to clear a BASR and if...
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    Word of warning - serious eye wound in safe zone

    It really isn't that hard to have a no dry firing or mags in the safe zone rule and therefore no requirement for people to wear EyePro in the safezone. The issue seems to be a series of basic safety rules waren't enforced in this situation and possibly one of the worst outcomes has resulted...
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