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    What's everyone asking Santa for ....

    in General Discussion

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    Well i will be 50 in early Feb next year so looks like i will be getting combined pressies xmas / Birthday so i have been asked if i would like a rifle !!!

     

    I also shoot air rifles in a pest control / hobby type way aswell so do i go Air Rifle or Air Soft Hhhhhhhmmmmm .

     

    Got 3 Air Rifles and only 2 Air soft rifles so to even things up i am thinking of asking for ICS CXP APE as the Tan & Black makes me a little moist , You're only 50 once and i believe myself to be lucky i have reached this age so far still in one piece !!!

     

    So yeah think i will go Air soft :)

    Not yet but probably won't be long or should i say short !!!

    What's everyone asking Santa for ....

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Well i will be 50 in early Feb next year so looks like i will be getting combined pressies xmas / Birthday so i have been asked if i would like a rifle !!!

     

    I also shoot air rifles in a pest control / hobby type way aswell so do i go Air Rifle or Air Soft Hhhhhhhmmmmm .

     

    Got 3 Air Rifles and only 2 Air soft rifles so to even things up i am thinking of asking for ICS CXP APE as the Tan & Black makes me a little moist , You're only 50 once and i believe myself to be lucky i have reached this age so far still in one piece !!!

     

    So yeah think i will go Air soft :)

    AEG Identification Please

    in General Help

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    No better pic's of box i'm afraid. Apparently it's all metal and has been used as a garden plinker for a couple of years. being advertised for £125 but the battery it has won't hold charge for long and comes with 1 mag / aim point.

     

    Worth a punt for £100 ?

     

    Are the JG's any good ?

     

    Thanks for the replies so far

     

    Barry

    Have Forums Replaced Salesmanship ?

    in General Discussion

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    Having come into Airsofting recently and rapidly approaching 50 years of age !!! Forums like this are a godsend for info etc. I am also a keen hunter using Air Rifles and again the forums i belong to are on the whole excellent place for info and help. My location also inhibits me visiting shops as on the IOW we have one gun shop and that's it . We also have just the one Skirmish site which carries various spares etc. and has been very helpful to me in the answering of my noob questions . It's also the only place i get to see and feel other Rifles ( :wub: )

     

    With regard to youngsters , Yes they are spoilt imho. I know my nephew seems to have very little understanding of what stuff is worth. He would quite often leave any of the following hanging around and then start pestering his parents with " where is my ipod/ipad/laptop/ " Hundreds of pounds worth of stuff he would leave somewhere and not be bothered about it. He would always be asking for stuff ( i am sure he is not unique in this !! ) with the argument " my mate has it so why can't i ? "

     

    As for youngsters asking for help on forums , I would think / hope that's the best route for them to take in the hope they get the right advice in which to make an informed decision on what to purchase. Would also be good if they would direct the parents to the same forum so they could ask questions too ? and see just what little johnny or Jane for that matter are getting in to !!

     

    Hope that all makes sense !! :D

    taiwangun.com

    in Places to Buy

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    Got my second delivery a little while ago ,Again no fuss and arrived as per the tracking e-mail. Got a KJW G23 & a spare mag for £80 delivered . Put 2 mags through and really like it . Have to try really hard now to stop looking at that website now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    KJW KP-06 Green Gas Mag problem

    in Gas Guns

    Posted

    Recently purchased one of the above ( second hand ) with 2 x Co2 mags , Fires nicely although i have had buggered up one mag but that's another story !!

     

    Anyway decided to buy 2 x Green Gas mags for it so i have the option to run it on both depending on the scenario . Ordered the mags from Taiwangun.com and they arrived today with no probs. Filled the mags with gas ( WE green gas ) and BB's and proceeded to fire the pistol.

     

    1st mag would only cycle the slide a few shots then would need to re cock the slide , Towards the end of the mag it ran about 10 shots fine .

     

    2nd mag never fired a BB ?? refilled it again but didn't any go in so reloaded in pistol , still nothing !!! :wacko:

     

    Cut a long story short one mag will fire IF i pull the bottom of the mag towards me ? 2nd mag i can't do much with think i fired 2 BB's with it .

     

    Any idea's people ? I have searched the net for info but not found much apart from a forum which showed some one with a nut glued on the valve ( knock ) to make it work ????

     

    Is something worn ie the part which hit's the knock valve ?

     

    I have tapped the valves with an allen key and the gas escapes fine. I have also reused the co2 mag and that works fine .

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    Barry

    Freshkillnho

    in Feedback

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    Overall rating (1 - 10): 10


    Would you deal with the trader again (Yes / No): Yes


    Any other comments:

     

    Nice smooth deal with good comms for the KJW KP-06 Pistol. Thanks Carlos

     

    Barry Aka Shortenhauzen

    Some help on inner barrels please people.

    in General Help

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    The gen 3's come with a 6.03 tight bore barrel. Its not the only thing that makes the guns inaccurate but I saw a noticeable improvement fitting a PDI barrel in place of the G&G ones. I would say its OK as far as a stock barrel goes, its worse than the one that came in my S&T Tar 21 pro but its not frighteningly bad its not good either. Indeed I found my G&G transparent carbine to be more accurate out of the box than the G&G T4-18 gen 3 and I suspect a large chunk of that is down to the inner barrel. Maybe they have a high variance in the quality from production, I could be unlucky or typical none of us has enough information to know. But my barrel was not very good.

     

    Barrels aren't just measured in tightness. Manufacturing quality is actually more important for accuracy overall and a wider opening at the end like the Orga barrels also helps stabilise the BBs on exit. So yes G&G fit tightbores to their guns, all that does is marginally affect FPS. PDI and prometheus will both tell you there 6.05 barrel is their most accurate AEG inner barrel and the guns with lots of spare gas (GBBs HPAs etc) go with 6.23mm barrels. The current theory is that BBs actually roll along the top of the barrel and if you have a well used barrel you should see that for yourself that on exit the top of the barrel is scratched whereas the bottom isn't except on entry. So actually what we are looking for is a barrel that allows a consistent roll across the top without bumps that push it into the lower part or the sides of the barrel. The further away that bottom of the barrel is the less often it will inconsistently bounce off it. But if we don't have enough air to keep the push going then its going to negatively impact performance as well. We aren't at the point of fully appreciating all the things we can do to stablise the BB exit to make it super consistent, we do know however that the tightbore marketing is hogwash. If its not a precision steel barrel then your gun is going to be less accurate than it could otherwise be, and the G&G guns ship with coated brass barrels that when cut apart show variances in width down their length that suggest calling them 6.03 width is painfully optimistic in quoting the second decimal place.

    So in essence despite me reading about 6.03 barrels are an improvement , 6.03 are not and we should be going bigger not smaller ??

     

    I changed mine as i found the BB's would curve off to one side despite tweaking the hop up and replacing the rubber. I used it yesterday but weather conditions were wet and windy so was not easy to see if there was an improvement or not ( was still good fun mind !! ). Sorry to the OP as i may be hijacking his thread !!!

     

    I also confess to not measuring the original barrel before changing it but will measure it tonight.

    Green Party banning airsoft

    in General Discussion

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    Very simillar to trying to ban " Air Rifles " and or licence them. Any time there is an election this gets rolled out and doesn't really get anywhere. I have been shooting and Hunting / pest control for the last 5/6 years with sub 12ft/ib Air rifles and am still surprised by the reaction when and if the subject matter arises re guns / hunting.

     

    " you have guns ? you hunt ? you shoot rabbits ? thats just wrong , All guns should be banned and the rabbits don't do any harm !!! "

     

    Poorly informed, knee jerk reaction in my opinion and when you try to explain the damage rabbits cause etc well you may as well spit in the wind. I have found the same reaction to my recent venture in to Airsoft !!!

     

    Won't get anywhere as it's just plain stupid !!!

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