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I suppose technically, the 'best' Springer gun would be the semi-auto Toyko Marui Glock 26:

http://www.airsoftworld.net/catalogsearch/result/?q=Tokyo+marui+glock+26+spring&manufacturer=&cat=

Spray the clear bits black and Bob's yer uncle. I got one of those for a laugh a while back, and did that. But it's actually not bad, the tac light's a bit weedy, but it does nearly 350fps

If you can have a springer L85, then surely you must also be allowed a pump action springer shotgun? You'd be better off with one. You can find 'skirmishable' ones for 30 quid, and you'd have a faster rate of fire.

Besides, it's not true that every object will 'gradually curve downward when thrown', everyone knows that toast will always land butter side down on a carpet.

It is more or less correct, although it reads like it has been through about five language translations via Babelfish

Push up, press the enemy positions, in other words, go for it. If you get hit it ain't the end of the world. You wanna be in the fight and you don't win by sitting back.

James, have a look online for the B26C airsoft pistol. It's a full metal springer Glock 17 which comes with two mags. Built like a tank, will last you years. Shoots 250fps and is accurate too. I take one to skirmishes as a back up. And I've had plenty of kills with it too, I even beat a guy who was shooting at me with an M249.

Me too. It's true I disapprove of the Iraq War - weapons of mass destruction anyone? - so naturally I disapprove of glorifying it too, but that's not anti-US, nor anti-Brit sentiment. I've every admiration for the troops, they agree to serve, then go where they are sent, for good or bad. So mine is anti-asshole self-serving politician sentiment, and I'd hoped for a film brave enough to tackle some of that issue, which this film does not do.

...my part, just me pointing out that American Sniper is probably not one of his more worthy enterprises.

Unlikely. Clint played Dirty Harry Callahan (numerous times), and if that doesn't show his colours as far as how he feels about taking the fight to others, then consider that nearly all his films have a revenge/retribution theme of some kind. Hardly someone who is going to lampoon a belligerent military position. Personally, I think he's cool, both as an actor and a director. Pointing out that he's made an Oscar-bait movie is in no way indicative of any anti-American sentiments on...

Since Clint did Flags of our Fathers, and then Letter from Iwo Jima about the American then the Japanese sides of the battle. do you think he's gonna make a movie called Iraqi Sniper next?

It's an obvious 'Oscar Bait' picture if ever there was one: Posthumous American hero moralising on the personal cost of going to war as US citizens think about that too. Respected director, flavour of the month main star. A total shoe-in for nominations if ever there was one.

You are right that it is just noise, but some sites might take issue with the notion of live blanks being chucked about and left sitting there, even though I should think there's little chance of an accidental detonation from one in the mag.

Yes. But a concern is whether sites will allow them since they are effectively a revolver, still carrying up to five live shots in them even after having been thrown

Yup. In addition to the TM Type 89, JG make a less pricey one too, hardly surprising, since the real 89 is based heavily on the Armalite. There is a Type 64 airsoft rifle out there too, made by S&T

Yes, but if you go 'postal' up a clocktower and try to start sniping people with a Well AK74, you will be lucky to hit the ground with your shots, let alone any innocent bystanders, so I think we are safe.

Obviously it is a memory those of us who were there try to suppress. I can never forget the tiny screams of the 1/72nd scale USMC grunts as they were cut down by badly injection-molded NVA troops as they disembarked from the Hasegawa 1/72nd scale Huey at LZ Potting Shed.

Unless you have some team that is trained and disciplined like a crack SWAT squad, you're always gonna get cluster*cks on CQB, and the one who takes the lead probably is gonna get shot up the ass. It's just the way it is with people who are not used to working as a squad.

They may indeed be 'toy guns', but the fact that they are is a function of the desire to keep us safe rather than the desire to be childish in how we go about stuff.

It isn't always the shooter's fault however. Good safety & trigger discipline (and opening your bloody eyes lol) help, but plenty are guilty of advancing into a line of fire. Providing covering fire to allow someone to advance is fairly basic infantry stuff, but there will be people who stupidly move into that field of fire because they are not maintaining situational awareness.

It happens. Most people at skirmishes are not ex special forces, so they don't know trigger and fire selector discipline, and often do not know how to advance properly, so it is inevitable we'll take some FF every once in a while.

Not really sure why you'd want that rate of fire though. If you're on target, a double tap is as good as twenty rounds. But hey, it's your toy I guess.

That's basically what I did to come up with the number, downloaded the video, put it in Adobe After Effects and counted the audio peaks on the waveform, there were 22 and a bit in one second