Jacob Wright

https://keelaoutdoors.com/product/ventile-heritage-smock/
 
had it quite a few years now , one of the best purchases I’ve ever made , very comfy , warm , breathable and tough 👍🏼

Scraped in a mornings walkon at Dogtag airsoft , wet and wild springs to mind but some great gameplay , didn’t see or hear any problems and everyone seemed to be having fun , rolled out with the cyma Mk18 which for an out of the box gun performed flawlessly on .28s , picture was pre downpour but the trusty smock kept me warm and dry  
 

Loaded up my Plat Peacekeeper with 8 magazines, some Mk5’s and a speedloader - once I’d tightened up the straps (lost some weight) it sat really comfortably at didn’t slide around at all. Definitely worth the money and I’d happily recommend one to anybody. 
Was achieving first time hits with the A1 out to about 60m, and with a bit of elevation even some out to 75m. Really happy with the rifle, but having a 16” barrel it’s not ideal for CQB. I could just take the barrel extension off .. or sell the MK18 and replace with an MP5? 😂
Was thinking of building a battle belt for a couple of extra rifle magazine etc, but the one I’ve got just didn’t sit well with the chest rig so I’ll probably sack that plan off. 

MR30 are a MotherF*$ker to solder. That is all!

Ah, have you played at all? We'd always recommend playing at least once and renting to find out if it's for you.  And ideally, get site membership / a UKARA number before committing, so that you can buy a RIF rather than a two-tone.
 
That said, I played once, loved it, and bought a cheap M4 and never regretted it.  It's now a cut-down backup-backup-backup-backup gun.
 
 
 
If you are intending to purchase now (despite any advice to the contrary) I'd snap that up. It's a genuine bargain.  Any differences in construction and performance between the FLEX and CORE will be minimal, and down to the QC on the actual example that you buy. If you don't stick with airsoft, they won't matter. If you do stick with airsoft... they won't matter.
 

I source most of my gear through EBay , mostly for collecting sake so for me all that’s required is a little patience for the right piece or a little cash on standby for that bargain popping up
 
This Eagle MPCR in excellent condition was £85 , absolutely bomb proof rig , comfy and loads of load carriage should you want it .
 

Oh the fun!
Totally unskirmishable, but what the heck!
 

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Please don’t ask me why 
 

I'd say that the key here is - work out what you carry at a typical gameday, and then build your load carrying gear around that. The OP mentioned a battle belt, so yes a solution that works around it - they've already hinted that some of the larger, bulkier carriers will get in the way of this.
 
I started off with just a belt rig, then went to a plate carrier. As a predominantly midcap user, I found that it was easy to overload and then wouldn't be comfortable, as well as stopping me from going prone. I think over the course of about 18 months I switched between, belt, belt + vest, vest + no belt, webbing, SADF chest rig + belt, PLCE assault vest, Arktis chest rig, and now finally I'm on a Platatac Peacekeeper chest rig.
 
You're unlikely to find a load carrying solution to suit every event, or one that works really well for someone else and works for you likewise. If you've got mates with different gear then ask if you can see what their kit is like, or if you don't mind a bit of trial and error then maybe go for a chest rig as people have suggested and see if it works - if not then try and return or sell it on (or hoard it like I do).

2025 I’m planning to be there!

Some people are just atrocious at taking pictures.  My underlings send me pictures all the time to help them solve problems.   Not a single one can get a decent picture of the subject matter...
 
Focus?  Optional. 
Lighting?   If the customer turned them on. 
Subject in view?   What subject. 
Context ?  No chance. 
 
 
I wouldn't mind,  but one of them has a degree in photography!!!🤬

Off topic: There's a house on right move thats around the £5m mark in the Cotswolds (which i view every Tuesday and Friday, which are the same days as the euromillions, but by no way is that related).
 
You would think for something that expensive you would get a professional in, who can dress the house. No, ok, a decent consumer camera and a tripod?No, how about at least holding your phone level to take some pictures specifically for the listing? Ok, you're going with whatever you have on your phone at the time.
 
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/135627299#/?channel=RES_BUY

Call me cynical but he way they haven't posted any clear pictures of anything makes me think the seller is trying to hide something. Or maybe they were in a hurry and couldn't wait for the magnitude 7 earthquake to finish

A little bit different to my usual sniper rifles and pistols... (it was a Black Friday purchase. £310 down from £460)
 

I had to.
 

Had a great day at Gunman Tuddenham on Sunday, which will probably be our final outing for the year 🎄
 
Played a nice mixture of attack and defence skirmish games, through the forest village and concrete hut areas. We felt that the amount of cover available to the attackers had increased since we last played here which was nice to see. I'm not the biggest fan of CQB but forgot how much fun it is creeping about the concrete huts taking advantage of the lines of sight through multiple buildings!
 
We didn't experience any non hit taking, and there were lots of calls of a good nature 'nice shot' etc... , but the marshals did pull everyone in for a moan after one of the village games so maybe there was some in another area.
 
The only downside was having to scrape my car in the morning, and the sole battery for my MP5 dying in the last 10 minutes so not much of a point walking back and grabbing my other rifle - will by another battery before next time!

Today saw a return to Splatoon in Essex; this is a relatively small site, which is mostly used for paintball with twice monthly airsoft events, alongside occasional police firearms training sessions.  It has a range of wooded areas with different types of cover in each, as well as an open area with a helicopter at each end, assorted cars and lots of container buildings.  It also has a very good safe zone with endless tea and coffee for £1 and is one of the few sites that provides a vegetarian option for lunch.

I had arranged to meet up with my old airsoft buddies, the father and son team of Andy and George, who I had not played alongside since before Covid as they usually play in deepest Kent and I tend to play in Essex.

At chrono, my ARX160 was running very low but still slinging BBs a ridiculous distance, so I decided to use it for the morning anyway; the VZ58 was used after lunch.

The day started off with a long fallback game; as the attackers, we had infinite regens on a marshal, while the attackers had one life in each of two wooded areas and the two halves of the open area.  Getting into the first wooded area is always difficult as it requires the attackers to run across the front of the defenders; we took a lot of hits and got quite badly held up for a while.  However, after massing for a charge, we broke into the area and fought our way through it, eventually declaring it clear and being relieved to find that we had not missed any defenders as each missed player adds 30 seconds to the time.  Having cleared that area, we pressed on into the next one, which fell rather rapidly.  Next, we had to break into the first part of the container field, which is tricky as the entry is quite restricted and under file from the defenders.  Eventually, we pushed in and reached the first helicopter, which provides the first bit of cover.  From there, we slowly pushed the enemy back; the three of us were mostly pushing along the right flank, clearing defenders from behind various cars, the edge of the woods and several containers.  Once that half of the field was cleared, we had to get one player to the grey helicopter at the far end of the final area.  This proved tricky as the area is well set up for defence, so we wore the enemy down before charging the helicopter led by one of our largest players, who managed to get his hands on it.

After a quick break to mag up, the game was reversed; despite hard fought defences of each area, the enemy achieved their objectives somewhat more rapidly than we had managed.

This was followed by a simple domination game with regens on fixed locations; three spinners are located across the site and the teams have to turn the spinner so that their colour is facing upward.  Initially, most of our team headed toward the container village, securing the spinner there.  However, news came through that the enemy were in control of the other two spinners, so a group of us set out to assist our colleagues in the central area of the field.  We took the spinner and pushed the enemy back; despite several counter attacks, we kept them at bay until the end of the game, while our colleagues in the container village held on to their spinner quite handily.

Next came a game where the attacking team had to get a bomb to one of the helicopters and then to the other one; they could choose the order in which they did this.  In the first stage, attackers had infinite regens, while defenders had three lives; once the first helicopter had been bombed, everyone was on one life.  At this point it became obvious that some of our opponents were related to Usain Bolt, as they reached their first helicopter ridiculously quickly.  However, we made it much harder for them in the second half and they failed to reach the second helicopter.

On turning this game around, Usain Bolt's relatives again came to the fore, reaching both helicopters and locking them down before we could get there.  Once they worked out that the black helicopter was our first target, we did not have a chance of reaching it and could not switch to attack the other helicopter as the team carrying the bomb had to drop it where they were hit, which was near the black helicopter.  However, we had a good firefight before the game ended.

It was a good day, with some excellent play from both sides.

Weapons used:
Umarex (S&T) ARX160
Ares VZ58
Cybergun 1911 Railgun

Ran the MP5 for the first time yesterday at Tuddenham, really happy with it 😁
 
The magazines sat really nicely in the Peacekeeper, I did consider sticking an Esstac 9mm Kywi on the rig to hold them more securely but don’t think I’ll need to. 

Ran the MP5 for the first time yesterday at Tuddenham, really happy with it 😁
 
The magazines sat really nicely in the Peacekeeper, I did consider sticking an Esstac 9mm Kywi on the rig to hold them more securely but don’t think I’ll need to. 

Ran the MP5 for the first time yesterday at Tuddenham, really happy with it 😁
 
The magazines sat really nicely in the Peacekeeper, I did consider sticking an Esstac 9mm Kywi on the rig to hold them more securely but don’t think I’ll need to. 

Holy sh-
hey everyone
I’ve been reading this thread for way too long time, and now it’s my time to join the MWS family
Finally got my hands on one
I’m more than ready to run this boi on the field
 
I got the URGI version of the MWS, I don’t remember when it came out, but in France seems like it’s almost impossible to get hands on it
 
Im looking for some advices on what simple things to add on it
i already got some parts up for it
 
Got 5 spare mags (the sixth one is for a friend)
(also don’t mind the inner barrel, it’s for my SRS)
 
if you have any idea on what I should add, feel free to express yourself, I’ll take any suggestions 
 
thank you !
 

Was finally able to pick up the A4 with another couple of spare mags

Through the door today were my M81 notch cap courtesy of Tactical Kit, and a Silva expedition 4 compass. Wish the compass had arrived yesterday when we tackled Pen-y-Fan in the fog but oh well 😂

Love this thing
Makes my pee pee tingle
Samoon order arrived, a few polymer mag shells to replace the translucent ones, and the new cheek riser
 

Through the door today were my M81 notch cap courtesy of Tactical Kit, and a Silva expedition 4 compass. Wish the compass had arrived yesterday when we tackled Pen-y-Fan in the fog but oh well 😂