Jedi_Master

Yes but the helmet takes the pith

Are safety glasses, i.e. Bolle, that conform to EN166F safe to use? EN166 is rated as Mechanical risk - Low energy impact - F, 6mm ball of 0.86g at 45m/s (150 fps).

Have you tried the TM M4 speedloader (470 bb)? I have only used mine a few times so far but it seems to work fine

Nothing exciting or expensive, but on recommendation have bought a couple of plastic boxes to store my LiPo batteries in. So no risk of shorting them in a metal tin, and the plastic boxes will keep them safe inside my ammo storage box..

I have a Cold Steel hand-and-a- half training sword but that would break your arm or knock you unconscious, so not much good for larping. Mind you, there would be no players not calling their hit

Saw the reference to Bob Heath on another thread but have not yet looked for any to try. Yes, it would be a much cheaper method that I should give a go but I also want to scope out all the options.

Being short-sighted I wear prescription glasses under my Bolle X1000 goggles and have corrective lens fitted in my ESS V12 goggles. However, I tend to fog up badly and having two surfaces find it difficult to keep my vision clear. So I am now looking at either getting another pair of goggles with a built-in fan or attaching a fan kit to my existing Bolle goggles. I do not want to buy poor quality cheap Chinese crap but need something that is reliable and will work. I prefer goggles due to playing CQB, and though ballistic glasses may fog less I want to have protection from any angle of shot. I would like some advice from those of you who already have goggles with fans or have attached a fan kit to their goggles. And any recommendations of brands and/or shops.

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Have you looked at www.airsoftmap.co.uk ? I do not know how up-to-date or accurate the map is, but I have used it to look at the location of some sites and then googled the names for more information.

The postman has just delivered a Fenix AOF-S+ Filter adapter (green). So now I have a more tactical green light which will also act as a lens protector for my Fenix PD35 flashlight. Not bad for £5.20 from eBay with free P&P.

During my last game down in the UCAP Bunker a group of us were stacked up ready to move into another corridor when one of the enemy team calmly walked from behind and doubled tapped the line of us all with a pistol. Beautiful move, we did not know he was there until hit by which time it was too late. I learnt to check my 6 more often after that incident, although in the dark you can walk past someone and not notice them (as I found out later when knife killed). It also made me think that playing a game with just pistol and stealth could be fun.

I prefer the original reel steel without paint, even if the British L85 does look like a two tone toy As for sniper rifles, unpainted but covered with hessian/scrim/tape as camouflage. Each to their own. Edit: There is arctic / winter cam, painting a weapon white. Thinking of Royal Marines replacing the green with white on L85.

Depends on what weapon and magazine(s) you are carrying, and how much other kit you need with you. Using a hi-cap magazine fitted to your gun and just some spare BBs in a pocket you can just run around (or walk quickly in my case) very light. Or a belt rig (a pistol and mags if wanted) with mag pouch, admin and dump pouch. Keeps you much cooler compared to a vest or plate carrier, less dehydrating. If you have lo-cap mags or use lots of mags then obviously you want something to carry them securely and with access. I do use a vest or chest rig, as appropriate to load and whether playing in the dark or daylight, although either work the other way around but to be honest the lighter load the better. As most others have said, you want to feel any hits and be comfortable and manoeuvrable.

Great work, now everyone is going to want a gun cupboard or wardrobe

I think it depends on the quality of the magazine, how much pressure you are exerting on the them and the terrain under you. I would not expect them to break though. One thing to remember when getting prone is that you can drop mags from pouches if not properly secured. I have elastic retention straps on my open pouches and I needed to adjust the tightness yesterday when one mag dropped out after crawling prone to get cover.

I know that I like to keep my weapon clean, currently giving it a good rub down after some hard use earlier. Then I have to polish my helmet

Of course if you are well slung then either you do not need someone else to hold your weapon or you have a free hand to grip their stock for them.

The other player was happy to get his hands on my larger balls (.23g) but he was well slung so I did not need to grip the stock while he pumped the balls.

So today down it the woods and a player on my team ran out of ammo. To save him the walk of death back to the safe zone, I just took out my TM speed loader and gave it to him so he was able to bomb-up his low cap mag and stay in the fight. It felt good to help out another player. Airsoft karma.

I am lucky that my wife supports my new found hobby and knows that I would consult with her to de-conflict our diary engagements. Family has to come first and in this the Jedi Mistress is to be obeyed! However, I have so far managed to do all my chores to earn the free time, so played today but will be busy on bank holiday Monday sorting out the garage and garden regardless of weather. Work does get in the way, I work irregular shifts and weekends at least once every 5 weeks. I have scheduled some time off work to play on Wednesday evenings. At least with walk-on there is usually no pre-booking required so should allow some future flexibility to just turn up (providing my kit is prepared and packed). Most important is that my wife does not know just how much I have spent on airsoft to date.

Both my batteries are loose, so I will have to see what plastic containers eBay has available. Did not even think of a risk from shorting, just the need to stop the battery getting crushed or fire risk.

And your AF-UK patch so that fellow forum members can recognise each other.

Going to a skirmish with one unconnected LiPo battery in the stock of my gun. Does the spare battery need any special treatment in transit and at the safe zone? I was just going to keep it in a small tin until needed.

That is one problem of waiting to get your defence before buying a RIF, you can end up spending hours looking a Gucci kit on the Internet and buying lots of it ready for when you do actually buy your gun.

So what is worse, not sharing your BBs or giving them some Nuprol ones? (Honestly no idea about good or bad BBs, only ever used Blaster...maybe an idea for a new thread)