Jacob Wright

That’s terrible but good lol
Thanks guys will be going with a Tm with a little work it should work on most jo public 

Yup only thing I’d say is use one of the better quality brands as your donor.
remembered about this YouTube as well .
 

You can convert a ‘normal’ one to fit a TM recoil , basically you have Make the inside bigger by Dremeling the shit out of it so it’ll fit over the TM gearbox . 

Would appear being off sick from work really does set off the ‘idle hands’ syndrome , been playing around with the 177 AGAIN ! 🤦‍♂️

Haha, snap. Just waiting on some new scope rings then mine may be getting a paint job 

I've been waiting for a good moment to use that Father Ted reaction  ;/

Figured I'd share a few shots of my latest pickup, really happy with how it looks/feels. Now all I need is to get the folding stock and hook, then I'm sorted!
 
 

Nice build! I’m not a fan of M14’s generally but this is really cool!

And a really bad way to find out is while running, or standing at the top of a staircase.
 
 
 
 
Nope, and nope.  This is where the Equality Act 2010 kicks in.  It's not up to people with disabilities to avoid sites. Sites needs to make reasonable adjustments in order to ensure that they can provide their service to people with illnesses or disabilities.
 
What's "reasonable" is highly subjective, but this one is a no brainer. There's no particular reason to use strobes (as opposed to steady lights), and nobody is going to be disadvantaged by disallowing them.  You are absolutely right to ask them to prohibit them so that you can play there.
 
How it went at the Depot is that they used to ask if anyone had photo sensitive epilepsy, and allowed or disallowed strobes for that day depending on the answer.  However, they then switched to a straight blanket ban because people either might not know, or might hesitate to speak up because the selfish chuckleheads with strobes used to boo whenever anyone did.
 
Any CQB site that's given it a moment's thought will come to the same conclusion.

Other than their old armalites (plastic body cause barrel wobble) TM are a safe bet in terms of they will work out the box with out modification and their lemon rate is significantly lower than Chinese/Tiawanise made guns. They are however exspensive compared to other brands but that's down to country of origin and QC. There are now many manufacturers that do more for less but if you search these forums you'll see posts about essential mods/repairs needed for most brands. My team currently runs stock G&G ARP9s great guns but out of 5 bought 3 are broken in less than a year, with out heavy use also one drum mag failure out the box for the team mate with the still functioning gun. I had a TM scar which I had for 2 years before I got bored never missed a beat before I sold it( I have now been shot several times by the mate I sold it to). Most Airsoft manufacturers especially lower/ mid tier offer more for your money but (personal opinion) none of them match TM reliability. So if you want gun that you are prepared to do work if/when it needs it go for pretty much and manufacture. If you want a gun that you are 97% sure it will work every time get a TM.

I’ve got a TM recoil Socom that’s 13yrs old and a recoil AK74su that’s 11yr old both running fine and both never been opened up and only ‘upgrade’ to either was changing the batt connector to a deans .
so for me that tells me all I need to know about the brand . 

Nice job. Simple and practical.

-PARTS & MATERIALS LIST-
-Built on CYMA CM.032C M14-
 
CYMA M14 Scope Rail Mount
Maple Leaf 6.02x510mm Precision Barrel
ASG Universal Bipod
AIM-O 3.5-10X40E-SF Scope
AIM-O 3.5-10X40E-SF Short Scope Extender (Not Attached in Picture)
Vortex Hunter 30mm Low Scope Rings
Aim Top 120 Hop-up Rubber
ASG 9,6v NiMH Battery
CYMA CM.032 Mid-Cap Magazine
FOSCO Service Brown Spray Paint
FOSCO Clear Coat
ToC Sling/Harris Stud
Zar Moorish Teak Oil-Based Wood Stain
Herdins Teak Oil
 
-Possibly TBA?-
 
Gate Mosfet NanoHARD
G&G AEG POWER SPRING - M120
Ultimate Gearbox Shims
M1 Repro Leather Sling
Leapers UTG New Gen 4-Point Locking Deluxe M14/M1A Scope Mount
Leather Cheek Rest/Cartridge Holder
 

Getting the retro band back together.
All these are accurate takes on uksf AR platforms the best I can for AEGs. 
Sorry for poor phone pic. 
From top to bottom.....
 
Colt model 715 (later known as C7)
Diemaco L119A1
Colt model 725 (later known as C8)
 

 
 

Based on what you’ve said, I’d say probably around £200-250 as it’s got the steel trigger set which is a bonus, and the suppressor. Obviously that is assuming that it’s in full working order, the magazine doesn’t leak and it’s in good external condition.  These are reasonably hard to come by. 

It’s definitely a skill that you can improve on, I used to be shocking but after a few months of practice my solder joints are now neat and strong! Patience is the key!

I have fitted one.
Although I have not fitted the Marui red dot personally, the area does look the same once the slide is fitted. I did also get this from Kim at Volante during my purchase.
"I recommend to use it with RMR mountable aluminium housing as original FNX can't mount RMR size sights."
I would email Kim at Volante if you have any questions as he is absolutely brilliant to deal with and I always find him helpful.
 
The slide itself went on with minimal fitting. Certainly well made with good tolerances.
There is a lack of full markings on the right of the slide. Better that than the wrong markings I guess.
Metal RMR cover and sights would have been a nice extra.
Recoil impulse has improved. I can still empty a full mag, rapid firing with no adverse cool down effect which is good enough for me.
 
The obvious comparison has to be made with the Cybergun/VFC version of course. I made some mods to mine which need to be taken in to account.
 
My VFC versions have the same internal upgrades: Azimuth lightweight blowback housing and nozzle. (This improves gas efficiency at the expense of a small amount of recoil impulse as I found the standard set up started to suffer cool down effects by the end of the mag if the gun was rapid fired).
Marui HOP rubber, I key and inner barrel. (Standard set up was terrible).
Guns Modify 125% recoil spring (for Glock 17) which is just a bit weaker than standard but fitted in conjunction with the lighter blowback housing to help fight cooldown.
 
Handling both brands shows a similar weight and feel.
No extreme size differences to note.
Firing them both side by side shows similar FPS with green gas.
VFC has the edge on recoil.
VFC has better trademarks.
Marui HOP beats VFC hands down. Fantastic stock unit, not even 
on halfway and lifts .30s with ease.
VFC has a few minor QC  'foibles', most of which can be dealt with.
 
There are many other details but the bottom line is the Marui version is a better skirmish gun out of the box (or with the metal slide) but the VFC has the edge on details. Once modified it does bring them closer.

Different people want different things out of a gun but I feel the perfect FNX would be a hybrid of both.
 
I hope this helps 🙂

It's the airsofter's natural progression:
At first he plays with nothing but the gun and a couple of mags because that's all he can afford.
Then proceeds to buy all sorts of stuff, plate carriers, pouches, tons of mags, optics and what not.
The ultimate stage is back to gun + a couple of mags because the rest of his gear just slows him down.
 

Bargain-bin S95 DPM + cheap hat and gloves off Wish + used/boneyard Viper skeleton harness.   ESS goggles, Tigris mesh mask.  Kombat UK universal holster. A couple of SA80 pouches, and a cheapo fast mag holder for when I'm in a hurry   (Got 4 of those on the way from that there China)

Works alright!  Just wish the DPM could hide my belly a bit better

Filmsim at Tuddenham today.  Pretty simple domination and timer based games today.  TBH, it felt more like a standard skirmish than the usual filmsim, but fun nonetheless.  Attended with the lad, his mate and an old friend that has not played for over a year due to covid restrictions etc.
 
In the morning we had a standard but very clear safety brief.  As a rule, these are of a rare kind.  What they say they do usually actually happens.  Chrono well before kick-off, so any issues with fps can be dealt with, and spare rifs can be fetched.  
 
Nice clear game brief delivered with a bit of humour, simple rules and a flashy magnetic backed map of the area/overhead photo thing.  Whatever it is, it made knowing what do where easy.
 
Game stared almost on time, which is nice.  The armband team attacked a pair of positions with the aim of setting off a timer.  I managed to run to one timer fairly early and pressed the wrong button, because despite the clear game brief, I have a crap memory.  
 
Once the timer had been correctly started, we moved to the next objective.  With the first completed, I managed to work my way to the second timer.  About twelve far pluckier previous attempts had failed, but these had led to the opposition giving away their positions.  This was only possible due to some good teamwork and pretty clear communication, which is impressive for a random group of strangers I think.  Whatever, the case, I was hit about five feet from the timer with the marshal counting down from ten.  At the count of eight someone threw themselves through the hail of BBs and started to medic me, until the penny dropped...  he realised that I was shouting to ignoe me and get the timer, which he dived at just in time for the countdown to end, and we lost.  Seriously, it was hysterical.  His seriously nice gesture used up too much precious time, the game had been great fun and no one seemed to mind taking the L.
 
The next game turned around and was even more fun than the last.  Having sussed the best spots that had blatted us previously, we swiftly set up position in them.  An inability to stop talking by a couple of the players meant that we were swiftly discovered.  I retook the position despite heavy fire from the lad whose mouth had lost it, as we had split up after respawning, and he had forgotten what I was wearing I think. The opposition soon played a really simple but clever series of flanking moves which almost surrounded us as we defended the timer.  The amount of plastic flung was prodigious, we stuck out until the end.  I think the morning was a draw overall?  We may have lost, I don't really remember, if I knew at all.  
 
Lunch was too long, as it always is.  Half an hour would be ample, but that may not allow enough time to drive to the nearest Mackie D's for ultra shit food.  Being a cut above such behaviour, we had broccoli frittata, pork pies (with jelly), cold sausage and green tea, as per Healthy Airsofter's thread.  Loads of protein and no carbs (OK apart from the crisps).  If this carries on I may end up shopping in Waitrose or something. 
 
The afternoon was played in the village.  This was a really great scrap over a chess timer type deal.  At the close of play the timer in the shipping containers had about two minutes difference, which showed what a good scrap had developed around it.  The second timer in the buildings was 100% held by the other side.  Fuck knows what happened there.  
 
The turn around was well played and the fight over the containers even better.  I was getting a bit knackered by now.  Lack of sleep made me sluggish, but a new rif performed well, despite the inevitable hop setting palaver as it settled in.   A new toy always makes a game good I reckon, especially when it turns out to be a snappily sharp little number.  
 
The loaned out and ever reliable G&G CM had a minor fit, it failed to fire as if the battery was totally flat, until I reminded the lad to select auto, as the 'fet is set to one shot burst.  In semi it just sulks.  
 
Some really good gameplay saw the buildings well contested, with the front of the village lost and retaken by each side numerous times.   A plethora of bangs were thrown.  Smokes were slung.  The teams ended up well mixed up as players went forward and showed some really spirited gameplay.  Some moaning about none hit taking as ever, but TBH I think that such stuff usually gets raised when players get hacked off at losing each or nearly each game, which I think the banded team did.  It seems odd to me to value winning over decent gameplay but there we go.  
 
Thoughts at days end.  With wet foliage all damp deep green, russet and hues of autumn gold, DPM is still ten times better for Northern Europe than MTP.  There are too few women involved in the sport, in winter when the girlfriends stay at home and only us fools still play in all weathers, it really stands out.  There were far less kids too.  The games themselves could have been less skirmishy and more complicated (says he who forgot which button to press).  The marshals did an excellent job.  Airsoft is an excellent way to catch up with old friends.  The boy's friend borrowed a sniper and used one for the first time; he loved it.  It's an idea to change what we do to sometimes perhaps, to learn how to enjoy the sport in new ways.  Due to laziness, I used my old webbing comprising a large ammo pouch for spare BBs, speedloader and a mag, one fastmag, one holster and a water bottle, all in various camos.  Radio on the webbing and what else do you need?  
 
Sorry for the ramble, just sharing a few thoughts arrived at after a post game Bloody Mary or two, sore back banished, cares forgotten for a while, laughs laughed and muscles aching slightly.  Hope you enjoyed your airsoft as much today.  It certainly beats a run around the local park for exercise.
 
  
 
 

I have often wondered, like you say; avid collector or selling off boneyard kit?
 
I guess if it’s declared as boneyard then I wouldn’t see an issue, but I’ll admit I’ve not looked into his sales posts. 

Ain't that the truth.
Last Christmas I gave my son a telescope. He's now into astrophotography and has a set up that nasa want to borrow. £300 pounds on a 75mm dia filter to pick out hydrogen alpha gas in the wizard nebula billions of miles away. I'll stick to my 2x flip to side scope lol
 
Regards 

and you think that will change?
 
good luck with that......

Looking good!