Jacob Wright

Update: Just got the machine and this is my first test


 

so good news and bad news. I replaced a few more parts and managed to fix the ECU. It ran for about 1 mags worth of BB's and died again once I did a bit of rapid semi auto.
 
*EDIT*
So I stripped it down again and luckily the motor connector had come away from the motor and once reattached the MP5 is now running fine. I'll give it a run out next weekend to see if it holds up.
 
It's looking like I fixed the ECU. 

I've had good games a Tuddenham in a pre-fab single story accommodation block.  A lot of thought went into the games and they were spring and gas only days.  Only one chap had a GBBR the rest were pump action shotties, pistols etc.  Bloody great fun.  

My Worthing review is probably going to be *fractionally* shorter than @Impulse's.
 
Got to Worthing, car park vaguely swamp like, but passable. Some hilarious sliding on mud/parking attempts observed. Chronoed and tested weapons. Glock 17 Gen 5 is a beast and hitting 50m on the range without issues. Had done some tweaking, building and improvement to P* engine'd M4 so needless to say that decided it wasn't going to work and I ran the NGRS MP5 instead. Considering throwing all HPA kit in the sea at this point (where ironically it would probably be more useful). Glorious sunshine for pretty much the whole day, without being too hot. Perfect airsoft weather really.
 
First game much as described earlier. Standing waiting for rentals to accomplish something before charging off to do... something. There were 2 objective props somewhere out in the game field and they had instructions on what to do with them on them. I say this, because I heard it, but I never saw any sign of them or knew what the brief was. Through I don't mind the clock concept because it can allow for waves of attackers/reinforcements, I think it would be better with some whiteboards with the objectives written on them once known. Yes, you can potentially wander off and try and find a marshall (who will probably be standing in the middle of a firefight) to find out what's going on, but large objective games lead to all the players being scattered without any cohesion. I got into some good shootouts and snuck around a bit, but I didn't really know where I was going other than all the usual spots that people fight over. This game lasted basically the whole morning. The other suggestion around clocks is to have multiple spawn locations, because it makes it more of a 360 battle when you know you could have someone spawning in behind you in 10 mins, as well as give you the opportunity to respawn somewhere else if things are not working where you are. Can work, might be situational though.
 
After lunch, a couple of matches of capture and hold base, fighting over 3 different locations. I was pleased to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat with 8 seconds to go at the end of one of them by charging into the position. Reran it with different spawns and we lost that one 2 -1, so overall 1 match each. Plenty of movement and shooting, and clear objectives so it flowed ok. To finish the day off, it was attack/defend the tower with 1 life only for defenders, semi only for all. I opted to go up into the tower and shoot from there and am pleased to report there was some serious murder going on. Red dot sight paired with the accuracy of the MP5 mean there was a lot of rapid semi only kills on the first shot. There was also a Marshal up top, so they got to witness it all. I think we held out for 11-13 mins. Then the reversal and we somehow smashed in a new course record of under 2:30mins I believe. 
 
Then home for tea and medals.
 
MP5 ran well all day. The low caps are consistently reliable feeders and .28's seem to work well in it. I did used to get feeding problems with the high caps, but the lows are good. Glock had its first outing and its first kills. Nice piece of kit. I am already suffering from everything hurting, but overall a good day out.
 
 

Quick KS-1 build yesterday afternoon, from a brand new G&G SR15 E3 imported from @redwolfairsoftofficial delivered at 4pm, stripped and painted in NFM Coyote paint, SLK stock, Leupold LCO, Prototype printed Vampir LAM, my own deisngned and printed PRT and sleeve from early 2023, Surefire scout light, PTS grip, 3D printed Unity riser and generic handstoo, additional parts fitted - Deans and Warhead motor
@K42J
 
 

As if 'BBC' wasn't bad enough at the woodland site, Carlos has now decided that his CQB site would be immeasurably improved if we all look at his choppa 


 

 
... got to say, it's a big 'un!
 

A few little updates on the mws... And the fact that it's no longer looking like an L119A2... So the CQBR is back and I am appreciating the slightly lighter weight 😅

Picked this up a while ago ready for an event later this year, need to take it to a field soon.

Been putting this MWS based Mk12 together for a friend over the last month , no going back now 😛 

 
and with my WE Mk12 
 

Bumped into a random guy yesterday, who recognised me from here. Sorry dude, didn't catch your name. 
Thought I'd pop back and say "HI I'M STILL ALIVE".
 
I marshal more than I play these days.
Yesterday was a fun day at Red Alert, with 111 players.
Surprisingly, with that number,  I got no reports of hit calling or the like, though in the afternoon we did have to deal with an issue of a kid being bullied by a group of other kids. 
 
I was, of course, wearing my Irish camo yesterday, or lepretarn. Just the shirt. 
 
And apparently I'm now the authority on tag rounds, as I was referred to as the tag grenade guy by two different people yesterday.
What can I say, I enjoy blowing people up at range. 

F&O Anzio yesterday; very boring loadout but extremely practical which turned out to be the right choice I'd have to say.
 

Common problem. Happened to me recently too. Same circumstances and perpetrator 😂 

I wonder when these will come to the world of toy pew pews....
 
 

This week, I picked up the following for £100:

LCT AK74
5 AK magazines
Padded gun bag
Baofeng UV5R radio 
SRVV belt rig

Purchased a Snugpak Jungle Blanket for chilly Airsoft events and hill walking where a sleeping bag would be a bit much. It’s basically a big square of sleeping bag material with a weather resistant side. 
All for the very reasonable sum of sub £30, and stuffs down into a small compression sack. My plan will be to keep it in the bottom of my day sack or patrol pack. 
I’ve yet to use it at an event but I have tested it on a night shift at work and can confirm it was warm and big enough to cover me. 
 
(Not my photo as it’s currently in my work bag 😂)
 

 

My wood and steel tm akm was looking lonely on the rack so I Grabbed a second hand one and dunked it in the zenitco knockoff bucket. Probably going to strip the last of the paint at some point but I cant be bothered right now

Annual holiday to Japan, popped into First in Osaka.
 
picked up some TBB’s for the Mp5’s and a 416 for half the UK RRP. Also grabbed a couple of mags for the GGO Am45 before they go out of print fully.
 
Then at the checkout, spotted a couple of these bargain bin for the eye watering price of… £40 for an upper and lower. Got a Colt and a Stoner lower set.
 
 

Upgrade day 🤪…
 
The ‘essential’ Laylax purple bits and 6.03 barrel ☑️ 
 

TM MK18 MWS arrived this week, it’s been on the want list for ages and I ran out of restraint when Fire Support were down to one left 😂
 
Also got a Magpul CTR stock for it as I prefer it. Extra mags ordered from Japan as they seem to be hen’s teeth right now. Next up … accessories!!

Boomarms MOS plate and SRO clone freshly installed to the TM G17 Gen5
 

 

When I played in Spain I found them to be very similar to how we played over here in the UK. As a caveat, this was in 2008 - 2010ish, which was a time when airsoft was incredibly niche to the point that there were no "sites", it was just a bunch of us on a forum who showed up to an abandoned urbanisation to play BB wars. No marshalls, no briefing, and often no chrono were the main differences, though I'm pretty sure it's not like that any more. However there were very few instances of cheating as the community was self-regulating; if you were known to be a cheater or a dickhead, nobody would invite you to play. The main changes to get used to were simply language-based ("muerto" instead of "hit", for example).
 
Apart from the language, the gameplay was basically identical to the UK. One hit and you're out, bolt action snipers and DMRs had MEDs etc. It was just a good few years behind the UK in terms of development, but the underlying culture was the same.

We F226 with Full Trades. It's chunky and delicious!