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  • It looks like I won't be buying an Ares.

    Never again I shall lose my sanity after such shit guns.

    That marvelous feeling when you buy an outer barrel and it doesn't fit because the barrel nut isn't wide enough.

    Fuck me.

    Thinking of binning the striker and going full ham on a vsr.

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    Airbrake? Won't get piston slap if the piston doesn't reach the end at full speed ?

    Skara
    Skara
    No aribraked piston available, no updates on the Wasp and the SAP is apparently shit (the non nemo version for the standard cylinders).

    The platform has potential, but everyone turned their attention to the SRS.

    Sad, really.

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    HPA? You're limited to 1J aren't you so you'd get a day out of a 12G CO2 cartridge lol.

    The SRS platform is well worth the input though ? (I'm not biased at all).

    I just love when people ask for advice and then do the complete opposite.

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    pretty much fundamental human nature. although i do wonder why people bother asking if they don't like the idea of hearing anything contrary to the decision they've already made.

    EvilMonkee
    EvilMonkee
    Sounds like my wife....

    Skara
    Skara
    @PT247 it's on the italian forums, guy was asking what was a good GBBP, told him TM or gtfo (with a very detailed explanation too), he chose gtfo.

    Can't wait for him to come back and cry because his gbb can't dump a mag :D

    Five parcels making their ways towards me.

    one stuck in customs, zero information from the other 4 apart from the respective sellers stating they've been posted.

    Y I K E S

    Skara
    Skara
    I know it does, but apart from one thing everything else has vanished.

    Meanwhile my colleague is getting all his stuff delivered less than a week after the order ?

    M
    MikeMarden
    In a similar vein, ordered x5 products from overseas (HK / RU & Germany), all have RM tracking - All left their country of origin around 3 weeks ago (pre lockdown) but zero updates apart all from all showing in transit on RM Tracking & eBay

    Skara
    Skara
    1 delivered, 4 more to go.

    No news from customs though.

    Nice.

    Parcel blocked by customs.

    What a fucking nice way to start the week.

    EDcase
    EDcase
    Maybe they just have a backlog

    Skara
    Skara
    Hope so.

    I don't want to end up paying a Visionking scope more than a Vortex one tbf.

    Skara
    Skara
    That cunt eBay seller declared a €1 value on the package.

    That's why it's stuck in customs.

    Waiting for a letter so I can send my Paypal receipt...

    Tfw you're getting your car serviced but it's corona time and the garage feels more like a hospital than a garage :/

    Jedi_Master
    Jedi_Master
    I was lucky that mine was booked in a few weeks ago, just prior to social distancing and school closures. There was lots of hand sanitiaser available to use every time you got a coffee from the machine or picked up packet of biscuits.

    Skara
    Skara
    Was talking about the mechanics wearing surgical masks, gloves and being dressed in white painter suits rather than the usual mechanic fatigues xD

    The garage itself was empty so I got in and out in just 20 minutes :)

    Now I need to service my LPG tank, and it's gonna be a pain in the ass as the revision centre is closed...

    It appears I won't be playing for a while :(

    Skara
    Skara
    Heh. it sucks, but I guess I have some time to fix stuff and start crafting my ghillies :)

    Having unspent monies can lead to terrible things :(

    Cr0-Magnon
    Cr0-Magnon
    Remove the temptation, send it to me!

    Skara
    Skara
    They're all gone in taxes already -.-

    So.

    A 15 yo tried to rob an off duty cop and his gf with a toy gun (doesn't specify if airsoft or IF), got schwacked pretty hard as he took one to the face, 2 to the chest and one in the arm, then got carried to the hospital where he later died.

    The boy already had troubles with the law, as did his father and one of his brothers. This episode happened in Naples, which is the same as Marseille but they all speak Italian.

    When the family heard about the boy's death, they literally destroyed the hospital's ER causing harm to personnel and other "guests".

    Now the mother is complaining that the cop, with an alleged firearm aimed at him, should have:

    1) recognized it was a toy gun, even if there was no red tip or anything, at 3 AM in what appears to be a rather dark street

    2) shoot the kid in the legs because of course he's gonna carefully aim at the kid's feet instead of putting as many shots as possible to neutralize the threat.

    Also her later in the news, when asked about her family being a bunch of criminals:

    "committing a crime or two is ok"

    This country is fucking beautiful xD

    Had a chance to try the TM scorpion (the modern design one) yesterday, a teammate bought it because apparently he didn't have enough TM stuff (he owns at least 5 recoils and he's been playing for less than a year).

    I'll be honest.

    It's utter shit.

    It really needed to be a GBBR and not a fucking AEP. Especially for the price.

    HPA could be the only way to fix it.

    Rogerborg
    Rogerborg
    What specifically was wrong with it?

    Was he running it on nimh or lipo?

    Skara
    Skara
    Overall performance wasn't impressive.

    Range was the main issue, I know it's an AEP and that the box has some quirks because of that. But having to overhop rather heavily to reach 30 metres seems a little excessive to me. I know it's meant to be a fancy electric pistol, but come on.

    Also because of the tiny cylinder 0.20s were as slow as the 0.4s I load in my Striker (1J build, you get the idea)

    I think he was using a LiPo because the trigger was rather snappy for an aep box and the rof was actually decent, not sure though, I'll ask.

    I love the looks, but it doesn't justify the €300ish price tag.

    the box has some evident limitations, so why an AEP instead of a GBB?

    You get a much snappier trigger, you can actually use a decent bb weight and you have the fun factor of the recoil impulse. Plus the huge magazines help a lot with gas efficiency...

    I have also just watched a p*'d skorpion m video. That's what the stock one should perform like.

    Rogerborg
    Rogerborg
    Thanks.  And I agree that it's a CQB gun: using it at range is a bit Quixotic.

    TM G17, 2nd hand with a leaky mag and the BBU seems to return to battery a tad slow.

    yay or nay?

    Can probably snag it for less than €50

    Skara
    Skara
    Exactly what I thought.

    I reckon a drop of silicone oil will fix it.

    As for the mag, a new o-ring will most likely do the trick.

    Skara
    Skara
    A g19 would've been better (more compact) but hey.

    I'll try to fix the mag tonight and see what happens.

    Skara
    Skara
    Made a thread about it, so I can figure out what needs to be done :)

    I can do whatever I want with the gun even if I haven't bought it yet!

    How much would you pay for a 2nd hand Ares CCR? considering they can be bought new for €130 ish

    Thinking of starting a Noisy Cricket project. Short gun but L O U D, so loud it'd scare the living fuck out of people.

    Skara
    Skara
    Mhm.

    Tested it, it's kind of shit and I'm pretty sure it needs a new motor.

    I think I'll pass and save some more for a brand new one.

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    Do you know what FPS it's shooting at? I don't know how valid this information is as you're 1J only aren't you? In my CCP when I had it it needed about an M120 to make 320fps. Really calmed down and sounded less strained when I dropped in an M100.

    Skara
    Skara
    I have no clue. Will chrono both (his CCR and my frankengun) on Saturday. And yes, 1J limit

    It could be a big ass spring, could also be years of negligence, overall the CCR is pretty battered

    There is another possibility though, IF this guy wants to sell it anyway, I could swap boxes+motors (my good one goes into the CCR and his bad shit goes into my 009), so now he has a 009 to sell and I have a nice CCR with a perfectly functional and smooth internals.

    The only problem I can see with this option is the wire lenght. My box is rear wired, his is front wired. While for me it's not really a problem as I can easily cut down the wires, He needs some longer ones or a small extension.

    If that happens then I'm only paying idk, €30 for the body swap.

    And if the battery compartment can be detached (haven't tried yet) I could totally fit the ICS front end I have.

    Give me one reason to not buy a Visionking 1.25-5x26 scope!

    Lozart
    Lozart
    GPWM.

    I stand by the 1-4 being better though. And the Victoptics is FFP not SFP like the VK.

    Skara
    Skara
    Heh, I see :)

    FFP/SFP doesn't really matter to me. After all these devices won't make one shoot more accurately.

    I have found the Vict Optics you mentioned for €40ish, I guess I can give that one a try too!

    anyway, I have just found a €30 2x20 optic that could go on my mk23...

    Shit, I'm draining my bank account once again :(

    EvilMonkee
    EvilMonkee
    Visionking is excellent I have one as well

    Scout rifle:

    yay or nay?

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    Leave it alone? ?

    Skara
    Skara
    Nope.

    Rogerborg
    Rogerborg
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    Is it me or eBay prices have skyrocketed?

    Plus many items I was following can't be shipped to Italy anymore.

    The fock's happening?

    Skara
    Skara
    All the US based items can't be shipped anymore, UK based items went from €15~ shipping to 40+

    And all the Chinese shit I had in my watching list now cost as much as buying them locally.

    I am tempted to buy from Aliexpress but I have no idea how good of a website it is.

    MILITATED
    MILITATED
    Bought a few things from Aliexpress & DHGate, haven't had any issues with my orders. Even asked to cancel an order & refund once, it was done quite promptly. Stick with the larger sellers with actual reviews and you should be fine 

    S
    Stoker
    right now might not be the best time to order, might get huge delays, ive been waiting for batteries for a month now and theyve still not touched down in UK

    Got paid.

    Looking at airsoft retailer website 

    <oh-shit-here-we-go-again.gif>

    strykerles
    strykerles
    do it, you know you want to..............

    Skara
    Skara
    Luckily the stuff I was looking at is out of stock (TM GBBs).

    I hope AA releases the AAP01 soon so I can decide which one to buy.

    A
    AK47frizzle
    holy shit i just the aap01 vids on facebook. that is defo going to be my staple side arm 1000000%

    So.

    Today's episode of Skara's office adventures.

    Client unexpectedly shows up, a woman in her late 40s but looks like mid 60s, dumb as fuck with a lower IQ than a shattered brick.

    She took some pictures of a room in her building that we needed, but being dumb as hell she can't send them via mail, asked me if I could download them manually via USB

    Plugged her phone on my pc and browsed for the right folder.

    Obviously it takes some time because there are about 70 million pictures.

    Meanwhile said folder is absolutely crammed with really unsettling half nude pics of her, that unfortunately I cannot unsee now.

    So, the folder is loaded, I'm about to download those 3 pictures she took but suddenly she grabs the phone and unplugs it, telling me that she'll get her husband to send them via mail and left.

    I am now left here, severely brain damaged, waiting for that fucking mail.

    H
    hitmanNo2
    Ah.  Fair enough.  I worked in a small surveyors office too.  Boss was very old school.  I don't think he even had a PC and got his secretary to type all his shit for him.  No firewall blocking airsoft stuff on my PC heh. It was great.

    EvilMonkee
    EvilMonkee
    No way in hell I would let anyone plug anything into my PC, even if they are dumb as shit....or appear to be.....all sorts you can pull off a work PC.

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    Still waiting to see these semi-nudes that @Skara ninja copied for us.

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