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  • Impulse
    Update on the spring VSR. I kept the Laylax 130sp spring in, but I swapped the Laylax 6.03 barrel with the Crazy Jet 6.04. This brought it down by 0.03J, so it's now chronoing between 2.32 and 2.29 on .45s, so we're in business! Hopefully once the hop is properly set, the power will drop a tiny bit more, giving me more wiggle room with upping the BB weight from .45s to .48s (as I'll be transitioning to .48s with the HPA VSR)

    Just hoping I don't have to use separate ammo between the two VSRs; I'd much rather use .48s in both and I know the hop up can take it.

    Shaydee
    Shaydee
    You may very well find that adding hop increases the energy output instead of lowering it.

    Skara
    Skara
    Barrel diametre is just another way to fine tune the energy output.

    Just one question:

    Is there enough of a difference between 0.45g and 0.48g to justify the expense of buying a new barrel?

    Because 0.03G doesn't seem much, especially when the "base" weight is 0.4g.

    Also, the spring will lose some of its tension over time (all springs do, it's a matter of when, how much depends on the quality and Laylax springs are good quality anyway) so I wouldn't worry too much.

    Impulse
    Impulse
    @SkaraIt's mostly because I'll be running .48s in the HPA setup and don't want to have to buy two weights. The springer is, at the end of the day, my backup gun for if the HPA VSR has issues, so the HPA setup leads the way when it comes to BB weight. Want to go as heavy as possible because something-something-physics :P

    Impulse
    Spring VSR is chronoing at between 2.33 and 2.35J with .45s, putting it between 0.01 and 0.03J over the limit. The spring won't compress any more and I plan on using .48s when lockdown ends, which will creep the power a bit more. I'm so close, yet so far from my goal of having it as close to, but under, 2.32J

    Impulse
    Put a sorbo pad in my VSR and now my Rapax 2J spring is pumping out 2.5J on .45s. Considering I'm running out and will be moving to .48s once they're finished, I think I may need to swap back for the Laylax spring or get someone to clip this one for me.

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    Clip a coil off. Easy enough.

    Impulse
    Impulse
    Never done it before and don't have the tools to grind it flat and then heat the end to press it flat once it's done :(

    Recoil_
    Recoil_
    I used a set of pliers to cut it, a small file to get it flat and my gas hob and a metal mag to press it flat. You don’t need any specialist tools really. Or you can buy a decent dremel set up that’ll do the job for £30 on amazon

    Impulse
    CO2 VSR lives once again. New battery connectors and we're back in boltie-business. Fixed both issues on the VSR and mk23 where it was clipping the end of the suppressor too and the CO2 VSR is horrifically quiet with a suppressor on. You know you've got a quiet loadout when your loudest gun you're carrying is a mk23 ??

    Also running low on .45s. Once I run out, that VSR is going up to .48s as it will easily hop them. New Autobot rubbers are fantastic too, no issue using CO2 (a cold gas) in this cold weather. They really are resistant to the cold!

    Impulse
    Decided to hang up the VSRs until summer, when I'll allow myself to buy and upgrade a KJW m700p as long as I clear all my outstanding debts by then (didn't even renew my UKARA to stop the temptation of buying all the guns). I've lost over 30kg since the first lockdown in March, so I've decided that now would be a good time to practice playing fast and aggressive until I've lost the remaining 30kg or so. Got a TM recoil HK416 and a cheapo Cyma spring shotgun that should fit the bill!

    Impulse
    No more airsoft until December it seems, and my parcel from HK just arrived allowing me to bling up my p226 with a suppressor and light :(

    Impulse
    After owning them for about 13 years, I only just realised my WAS pistol mag pouches were adjustable and therefore do fit my mk23 magazines...

    Impulse
    First day back airsofting and now I ache literally everywhere...

    Y
    Yuukan
    ah ha ha, literally the same here!

    Just my everything aches.

    Impulse
    My local site re-opened and I'm booked in for Sunday. Supposed to be sunny but not too hot.

    Can't wait to get out there again after this 3 month hiatus!

    Impulse
    Even though I cut my finger open trying to open it up after venting the first two CO2 bulbs (because I'm an idiot who can't work these things out), I love the Wraith CO2 adapter. I'm just going to go out there and say it. This new VSR build with the Wolverine Bolt and Wraith CO2 adapter is my new favourite. Hands down. It's so good and is so easy to adjust the power to match the joules you need for your local site limits, or even run it as a 1J sniper and have no MED.​
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    Though, if you're getting one, make sure you have a set of Imperial measurement allen keys. Metric ones won't work! Found out the hard way when I forgot my set when I went down to the range this morning ?​
    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    yep, distinct memories of rummaging through my box o'keys when i got the fusion to find one the right size.

    Impulse
    All ghillied up >:D

    I think this took me around 6 hours? When I use it in the field I'll be shoving a bunch of natural foliage in the veggie loops, but this is the base. All in all, cost me about £52 (£40 for the webtex concealment vest, £12 for the jute). It's also super breathable and I think I'll be able to use this without sweating buckets!

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    Skara
    Skara
    Good job, apart from the 5th world quality pictures :P

    Impulse
    Wrote a new piece about my latest project, because what's better than two high performance airsoft sniper rifles? Three high performance airsoft sniper rifles! Once this is finished I'll have spring, HPA/CO2 and electric sniper systems.

    Just went into the base upgrades for now. Only bit left is the Wolverine Bolt, but it's also more expensive than everything else put together. Although, with what's gone in so far, this would definitely be a skirmishable build and would perform pretty decently even at this point.

    https://www.impulse101.co.uk/post/project-r700-building-the-ultimate-airsoft-bolt-action-sniper-rifle-part-1-the-base-upgrades

    Impulse
    Dug out my all metal, upgraded Bell 1911 today and I forgot the difference in weight between it and my TM 1911. It was my first pistol I ever got and it feels amazing, but it's just not that good performance-wise and the TM mega outperforms it all year round.

    However, I'll never get rid of it, no matter how useless in a skirmish it is now (though it does work well in summer...)

    Impulse
    Skara
    Skara
    After The Geardo Crow's article on clones, I've reconsidered my position on WAS.

    Yes for the price you get decent quality but all they did was copying.

    I do agree with you on "buy once cry once". Although in some cases getting the real deal just isn't economically feasible (take Italy for example, everything RS costs a fortune just because ReEl OpOr8UrRrSsS Uze DeM), for example my latest purchase, a TMC copy of the Safariland 579.

    Bought it for two reasons:

    The real one is impossible to find here, and before dropping €100+ on a holster I wanted to make sure it would fit me in terms of placement and drawing method (has a weird middle finger activated retention that takes a minute to get used to). If I like it, I'll buy the real deal.

    Other than that, genuine kit holds its value really well, as you can see from the price tags 2nd hand Crye stuff has.

    A nice article btw, in line with what I expect from an airsoft blog :)

    Keep up the good work mate ;)

    Impulse
    As I can't play airsoft right now, I might as well write about it... This time I share my thoughts on load bearing gear in airsoft, as I see people asking if they should use a chest rig or plate carrier all the time.

    I think load bearing equipment is very important, both from a practicality perspective and an aesthetic one. After all, airsoft is also very much about the dress up!

    https://www.impulse101.co.uk/post/plate-carrier-vs-chest-rig-my-thoughts-on-load-bearing-gear

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    See the problem there is none of those are a smersh, smersh is king of the rigs.

    Impulse
    Impulse
    Filthy communist gear ?

    Impulse
    Impulse
    I decided to write this out. I know that this might be an unpopular stance, but I'm not going to change my opinions just because it's unpopular. Airsoft sniping has definitely become more widespread and accessible since I started the hobby, that's for sure, but I'm not sure if I like that or not.

    https://www.impulse101.co.uk/post/my-opinions-on-airsoft-sniping

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    Hedzshot
    Hedzshot
    I’m going to dissect this into 2 bite sized chunks.

    The first, regarding minimum engagement  distance; this is not unique to new players, it is unique to idiots, and yes, yes you can bring the site into the mix.

    The second chunk relates to how you have had change and development stick in your throat like a fish bone. As the sport has developed it has brought technical advancement, quality advancement and more accessibility and that means a wider audience. Without growth the sport stays the same,  a niche hobby.

    If you were just starting the sport, are you telling me you’d buy a base platform and bit by bit slowly upgrade and tailor your wep..? Leaf by leaf craft your ghillie..? Nah I don’t think so dude.

    Ending on a note of motivational ideas; lend your expertise to the noobs, not just with tech knowledge but conduct. Help shape the sport into something better.

    Skara
    Skara
    I would, because it's what I did.

    I didn't go full ham on the most expensive stuff and "pre upgraded" guns, as when I started there weren't many, if any at all, and the few people who were selling upgraded stuff were fucking thieves.

    Learned the hard way, on both tactics, guns and gear, as everyone else.

    This gave me the chance to learn how to tech, which parts are important and which ones weren't, what gear is worth buying and what is only eye candy.

    I see how these pre upgraded guns are working out. Go check Nov's owner groups on Facebook, full of retarded cunts that bought <insert SS-number here> and it turned out to be shit. Yeah. 10/10 development right there.

    Go check the "wat am best gnu" threads, all the sensible people recommend cheap guns. So that new players can learn stuff, not being spoon fed.

    It is a niche sport and it should stay a niche sport.

    It's bad enough that we are seen as bloodthirsty warmongers, I don't want a bunch of retards destroying what the community has built.

    Hedzshot
    Hedzshot
    Take away statement from your post is;

    ‘I would, because it's what I did.

    I didn't go full ham on the most expensive stuff and "pre upgraded" guns, as when I started there weren't many, if any at all, 
    I’m as green as they come to this hobby, but I scrutinised the kit I wanted, I went and looked and tried kit, read this forum front and back, watched YouTube, talked to shops, players, planned how I wanted to play and bought a fuckin monster gun. A platform that I both wanted and knew was top quality and would last me. A gun that out of the box is mental BUT has the upgrade options as well.
    I didn’t once consider cheap Chinese crap, nor was I swayed by idiot youtubers who’s kit was just another turd with a bow on it. 
    Case in point; my mate bought a TM VSR Gspec fully upgraded. I didn’t. His imho is a plasticy piece of shit, shoots nice, is almost silent but looks and feels like if I growl at it, it will break in half. BUT I get why he went the upgraded route - because he ‘could’. He wanted kit that wasn’t going to let him down in terms of performance and work on ‘his’ game.

    I can fuckin assure you mine is made like a fuckin tank AND shoots the chuff off a gnat at 100m. I’m upgrading it myself whilst I work on my game. 
    Don’t try and tell me you’d go down the vanilla stock VSR route if you were starting out now as a result of the factors you mentioned above...bollox.

    You ‘did’ when you started (I’m guessing yyeeeaarrs ago ) as your choice, as you say,  was limited, the hobby was new and hyper niche.

    The MAJOR factor in people’s choice is budget and availability, and also that most of the players they will see at their site have upgraded or high spec guns.

    *mic drop*
     
    Impulse
    I forgot to document this part. Maybe intentionally, maybe I didn't want to relive this fresh hell. Maybe I'm traumatised.

    I never want to work on a V7 gearbox again. I've done it now, I can hold my head up high that I did it and it all works, so I managed to avoid being a hypocrite. Every airsoft sniper should upgrade their own rifles.

    But I'm hiring a tech if it breaks later down the line or needs maintenance. I did not enjoy this and I want to enjoy my hobbies. Just for V7s. Gas guns, springers and other gearbox types I'll happily do myself, but not V7s.

    https://www.impulse101.co.uk/post/project-m21-building-the-ultimate-airsoft-dmr-part-2-the-gearbox

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    K
    KingZi
    Because unlike the other gearboxes, tasks are extremely tedious. 

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    i think someone's confusing the v7 for the v6, the v7 has not only all the normal springs but added springs because reasons......

    the v6 is the one that you can take everything bar the arb latch out of before splitting it in half.

    Impulse
    Impulse
    Seems up to me. Huh...

    And yeah, can't help that. Been going under this name on the internet since Half Life 1 and I ain't changing! (impulse101 was a cheat code that gave you everything)

    Also yeah, the V7 has all the springs and tiny screws on the outside. They all have to be removed to get into the gearbox itself. It's horrendously time consuming and stressful when you don't have much space to do your work :P

    Impulse
    Had the m14 chrono'd today...​
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    1.4J on .25s. With joule creep (for when I use .4s) and better airseal with the new hop up and barrel setup when it arrives from the US, I think it'll be firing incredibly nicely.​
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    Now Evike, get my stuff in stock and send it to me!​
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