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    Jacob Wright got a reaction from Galvatron in Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread   
    At least the price is negotiable 😂
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    Jacob Wright reacted to Lozart in The 'What have you just bought' Thread   
    It tickles me greatly to see "outperform. Dominate. AEG Perfection" on a box that also says "Nuprol".
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    Jacob Wright got a reaction from JimFromHorsham in TM Glock 17 gen5 mos   
    Thanks, think I’ve got a couple somewhere so should save me a few ££
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    Jacob Wright reacted to Hatchet in TM Glock 17 gen5 mos   
    Yes, runs fine on the Gen 4 mags.
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    Jacob Wright got a reaction from Rogerborg in Magazine compatibility   
    When me and my brother first started Airsoft I bought a Classic Army M4, and he had a G&G. My rifle would only feed from Classic Army magazines, and his G&G.. and a single Nuprol PMAG.
     
    I think it's really hit and miss as I know other people have said their rifles will feed from any magazine! So I'd say buy a few different types and see what feeds best.
     
    Failing that buy a TM Recoil and never look back .. 😂
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    Jacob Wright got a reaction from DanBow in Magazine compatibility   
    When me and my brother first started Airsoft I bought a Classic Army M4, and he had a G&G. My rifle would only feed from Classic Army magazines, and his G&G.. and a single Nuprol PMAG.
     
    I think it's really hit and miss as I know other people have said their rifles will feed from any magazine! So I'd say buy a few different types and see what feeds best.
     
    Failing that buy a TM Recoil and never look back .. 😂
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    Jacob Wright reacted to Tackle in Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread   
    I used them a bit back when I worked in the square mile, so easy to jump on the tube at lunchtime & grab what I needed, plus at one point I was getting trade discount there via a site owner/teammate, which was nice😁
    BUT
    On ALMOST every occasion I visited I found staff, including the owner, to be arrogant, borderline rude, & very much up themselves.
    Only reason I went there as often as I did was because:
    1. I was getting very good prices
    2. It was local, & being an old fart I hadn't fully embraced buying on the net, needed to "feel" the kit.
     
    But once the discount had ended & I'd stopped working in london, not felt the need to even consider them for online shopping.
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    Jacob Wright reacted to Jez_Armstrong in Gun picture thread   
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    Jacob Wright reacted to Jaylordofwaargh in I Don't Know Your Site Layout   
    I swear I started a similar thread a while ago with the intent to post all maps I find.....
     
    But yeah, it doesn't need to be a work of art or even anything beyond simple line drawing with basic features and names. 
    First time (awhile ago now) at a new site (ambush Botley) and they start talking about locations "yeah, but where is it?" - oh just follow someone....
     
    By lunch we had a conversation with owner about it, we had done a very rough sketch of the rest of the afternoon by the end of the day, someone had found a dnd map maker and boom, a usable map was born.
     
    The Gaol do theirs very well, with the "long game" locations, timings and scoring options all listed. Shout out to Justin as it hits 10Years in May.
     
    CS used to hand a copy to all site first timers. 
    Many smaller sites might not need to bother, Red1 chiselhurst for example is compact enough to have have its areas clear and easy to navigate. 
     
    As is mentioned already,  it doesn't need much. 
    For me, the effort of getting a map either on website or handed on game day speaks volumes about the sites level of welcome to new to site visitors. Excluding of course the smaller sites that don't need to...
     
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    Jacob Wright reacted to mightyjebus in Marui G36c+   
    They are a copy of the Knights Armament iron sights and allows you to be a cool German SF type.

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    Jacob Wright reacted to Hatchet in Marui G36c+   
    Okay, but *apart* from the recoil shocks, magnetic fire control in the MP5, MWS system, gas AK's, gas semi auto saiga, new pistols, electric shotguns, recoil MK46, sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
     
    Yes, this isn't a new gun. It's a refresh. Plenty of other threads people say "JG/CYMA have mosfets and Marui don't". Marui refresh to bring them in and then "They're not innovating"? Combined with "I'll wait for the clone to come out" seems hard for them to win.
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    Jacob Wright got a reaction from Mr Dellski in TM Glock 17 gen5 mos   
    This is definitely next on my ‘to buy’ list! That looks amazing!!
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    Jacob Wright reacted to Jez_Armstrong in Load-Out / Loadout Picture topic   
    @K42j_ on Instagram 




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    Jacob Wright reacted to Mr Dellski in TM Glock 17 gen5 mos   
    Had my Detonator CNC slide set & Trijicon style suppressor night-sights delivered today. As per @JimFromHorsham's one, very veery nice indeed with spot-on manufacture.
     
    Cheers for that headsup Jim 🙏
     
    Took the liberty of fitting at the same time a WII Tech 200% recoil spring set, WII Tech CNC enhanced spring bushing & WII Tech CNC Steel Recoil Spring Guide Rod.
     
    Already had a Nine Ball 6.03 barrel, bucking, gas routers and Bomber CNC optic adaptor + Vortex CCW.
     
    Fitted and a happy Mr Dellski.
     
     





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    Jacob Wright got a reaction from TheFull9 in Op-tac the Kingdom 27th June   
    Myself and some of the team recently attended Op-Tacs ‘The Kingdom’ rural site in Cheadle. I thought I’d write up a review as I’ve never really heard of it before, and only came to know of the site via their Instagram page.
     
    The Kingdom is one of two sites used by Op-Tac, and is advertised as the Midlands “largest Airsoft venue” with 200 acres of skirmishable woodland, interspersed with tracks, paths, (lots of) hills and plenty of trees. The site is an old Quarry, actually known as ‘Huntley Wood’ and used an activity centre and venue for other outdoor events. On-site camping is advertised but be warned, this is only for their full weekend events. I’ll touch on this at the end.
     
    Green fees are £35 for non-members, with a £10 deposit payable in advance. An extra £5 will get you lunch and there is a very limited on-site shop, more on this later. Chrono limits are fairly standard, 350fps for AEG/HPA/GBB, 450fps for a DMR and 500fps for a bolt action rifle. You are asked to chrono with a 0.2g BB, and a point to note is that this is a biodegradable BB only site. There weren’t any toilets as theirs have gone missing, but Rob (Head Marshal) explained they will be back in place for the next game day.
     
    On our arrival there was a marshal at the gate who directed us to the car park. We were on site at 0800, along with about 10-15 other cars. There is currently no safe zone in use so everybody is asked to set up from their cars which was not an issue as it was a nice day. Registration took a little while due to having to walk to the opposite end of the car park to get a signal on their card machine. All 4 of us took up the £5 lunch option which was a chicken and stuffing roll and a drink. 
     
    There is no escaping the fact that we waited about 2 hours for the safety brief, with chrono opened about 45 minutes before that. It was a long time of standing about just waiting, and eventually we were called to gather for the safety brief. This was another half an hour, probably one of the more in depth briefings I’ve had at a skirmish as it included reading out parts of the risk assessment and control measures. This isn’t a dig at them for doing so, at the end of the day it does make people aware of the risks involved.
     
    Once the briefing finished a scenario was explained and we were split into our two teams. Bands vs Non-bands, one half as a NATO SF unit and the other as a Russian SF unit. Initially we ‘Russians’ would be defending a hostage and falling back through two village areas and then to the hilltop fort. Fairly straightforward, defenders could be re-gened by a medic after their first hit and would then have to go to a fixed regen point after the following two. They would then have to wait in the next fall back area. Attackers had unlimited lives.
     
    As newbies to the site we followed the advice of some regular players and set ourselves up on a ridge line inside the trees. As the attackers advanced we were able to hold them off quite easily, as although they would pick a few of us off they never managed to completely push through our position. In the end the Marshals made the decision to ‘JDAM’ all of us defenders and make us move to the next fallback positions so that the attackers could finally advance!
     
    The ‘villages’ consisted of fairly standard airsoft barricades made of wooden crates, pallets and scrim netting. The hilltop fort was made up of 2 Hesco bunkers and a large number of mounds which offered good fire positions. Either side of the fort were steep drops down to valleys completely filled with trees and very loose ground. As defenders we became aware of a sniper team who had almost completely flanked around us, so we dispatched them by rolling grenades down the slopes; very effective.
     
    Once the hill was captured we broke for lunch. We didn’t feel that the roll and bottle of water were quite worth the £5, but there were enough for everybody to have two each so this softened it a little bit. I also took this opportunity to check out the on-site shop. It did seem a bit pricey with a bag of 3300 0.28 BB’s being £19.99 and TAG AFG-6 grenades at £12.95 each so I was glad we’d brought our own. 
     
    After lunch it was a simple reversal of the game before. We attacked and pretty swiftly rolled through the enemy positions. They held us up at points but we were able to keep up the momentum well and people operated well as a team. Throughout the entire day I can think of only one time when I heard somebody complain about hit-taking, with lots of calls of ‘good shot’ or ‘well played’.
     
    Our little team decided to carry out an extreme flank of the hilltop fort, which meant we advanced on it through thick trees, ferns and up some of the steepest hills I’ve come across in Airsoft. As we moved on the fort two of us had to physically crawl up a slope to engage the defenders with pistols and grenades, which was absolute great fun and I only wish I’d been able to record it.
     
    When this game was over it was about 3, most people were absolutely knackered and decided to call it a day, but about 15 of us remained to play a quick ‘infection’ type game which lasted about 20 minutes but was good fun.
     
    All in all, as a team we agreed that we had a really enjoyable day. Sportsmanship was second to none, with only one incident of grumbling which we heard. There was a lot of full-auto fire but its a big open rural site with lots of natural cover so wasn’t an issue. We would really like to visit again for one of their Milsim weekenders and see how the gameplay differs when more of the site is used as we only saw a fraction of it. The area we used was big enough for the amount of players present, with plenty of different sections to fight through so the entire team didn’t get stuck in one place. 
     
    On the camping, we had attempted to contact Op-Tac by Instagram, email and then phone to see if we could stay on the Saturday night to avoid a 2 and a half hour drive on the Sunday morning. We didn’t hear anything from them but as it was advertised we decided to bite the bullet and turn up on the Saturday night anyway. We were met with a locked gate, and following an series of phone calls ended up staying at a local campsite (Hales Hall) which at £20 a car and having really good facilities we couldn’t complain about. After speaking with Rob the next day he explained that camping is only available at their weekend events, and their website will be amended as necessary.
     
    I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this site to anyone, just be warned that the hills are steep and I was shattered the next day! Fighting light is key!
     
     

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    Jacob Wright reacted to TheFull9 in The 'What have you just bought' Thread   
    All thoroughly wrapped by Fire Support (surprisingly).  I was looking to enhance my E&C M16 somewhat and was expecting the G&P stuff to be a lot nicer as their full M4/M16s from back in the day were overall nicer externally, but where the G&P bits turned out a cut above in a lot of areas, they also fell short in a few as well and on balance I couldn't/didn't choose to use most of the front end stuff.  As an example, the 203 handguard has a much more realistic leaf sight than an E&C equivalent and maybe slightly better plastic but it's completely missing the metal inner heatshield (which the E&C has).
     
    Oh and don't buy an LCT Crane stock.. holy shit literally the worst quality plastic airsoft accessory I've ever touched 😂  Suuuper thin and awful plastic, sharp, pathetically lightweight, shiny and poorly fit with the side compartment caps barely held in place.  The other stock is an ASG which lacks the QD sling mount but the plastic is matt, thick and sturdy; pretty damn close in composition to a real B5 SOPMOD.
     

     
    While I'm not their biggest fan admittedly, you just can't deny Helikon stuff especially the more recent lol.  The cap is weirdly small but the (stupidly named) trousers are just stupidly good; got given another pair in green about 5-6 years ago and wear them absolutely constantly yet they still look new, so had to go for a 2nd set.
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    Jacob Wright reacted to Darkmikey22 in Gun picture thread   
    So been working today on L115A3. 
    Doing it based on ones seen in Afghanistan theatre.
    Now all sprayed up and weathered. Given a light dusting. 
    and carboned up the flash hider. 
     
    Just need to find/make the correct style suppressor. 
     
     

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    Jacob Wright reacted to Reef in The 'What have you just bought' Thread   
    My son and I have bought our first sniper rifle, a TM VSR10 G.
    It was a choice between a pistol each or the rifle. The pistols will have to wait…
    We bought a couple of mil-dot scopes second hand and have been told they are ok although haven’t tried using them yet. The scopes are 3-9x40 and a 3-9x50 which has red/green illumination. The 50 is a bit of a monster so I’m going to try the 40 first.
    TBH we are in new territory with sniper stuff so any advice would be greatly received. I do have a few questions which I will research on here like, what weight BB’s to use, how to set up a scope.

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    Jacob Wright reacted to Rollade in Gun picture thread   
    After a lot of time spent looking for parts I think she’s finally finished to a point where i’m happy with her. Now to finish my other projects 😂
     
    WE M14
    WE EBR chassis
    90% RA-TECH internals
    Blue force gear Vickers padded sling
    RS Ergo EBR grip
    RS SAGE broom stick
    RS KAC bipod adaptor
    RS Harris 1A2-L bipod 
    RS flash hider
    RS auto lock
    RS SAGE DCSB 
    RS Leupold MK4 med scope rings
    Replica Leupold MK4 3.5-10x40 scope
    RS Butler creek scope cover
     
    I may change a couple things in the future. Steel engraved receiver instead of the aluminium one and possibly a RS EBR hand guard if I can find one.










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    Jacob Wright got a reaction from DanBow in The 'What have you just bought' Thread   
    TM P226 from this very forum, very much regretted getting rid of my last ones so really happy to have one again!
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    Jacob Wright reacted to gavinkempsell in TM Glock 17 gen5 mos   
    FYI...
     
     
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    Jacob Wright reacted to RostokMcSpoons in TM Glock 17 gen5 mos   
    It's a great video, really got me wanting one.
     
    And great to see Ollie being himself, in spite of everything 
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    Jacob Wright reacted to EDcase in Who wants an engraving service?   
    ....aaaand the Browning BAR

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    Jacob Wright reacted to EDcase in Who wants an engraving service?   
    Can do 😉
     
     
     
    Here's my Hi-Power
    Unfortunately I had to go over the crappy scratching done before so its a bit messy but it does look better in person.

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    Jacob Wright reacted to EDcase in Who wants an engraving service?   
    Update: Just got the machine and this is my first test


     
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