Okto Eight Milsim

The second link didnt work for us. The first doesn't mention anything about protection rating or standard compliance. In our experience, the words budget and eye protection don't mix well. Its worth spending decent money on rated eye protection before you worry about all the other airsoft paraphernalia. Also consider fogging and the goggles look like they would fog easy.

huh ? The competition is on the FB page - nothing to do with the community group.

A free pistol !! its amazing how few entrants there are for this, just for a few likes and answering a question about our favourite subject, guns !! Airsofters must have enough airsoft guns at home !!

Its just to confirm you are who you say you are and your current address. Get your site to submit your application. They normally just want to see your documentation. Passport and photo driving licence are normally good.

We have a free competition on our Facebook page to win a WE G17 Gen 4 Airsoft Pistol. ETA - Note its on our FB page, not the community group shown in the signature.

It says 15% on Facebook and when you click the link to their website it says 14%.

Theres 15% off some categories on Military 1st if you order before midnight.

There is a new group just started on facebook called Milsim UK which has a calendar and is trying to act as a focus for dates.

The Moldistan villagers like nothing quite as much as taunting and taking snaps of government troops while they bleed out !!! Tsiara, Moldistan - Operation Claw Hammer - December 2015

Fantastic news! We have now had dates confirmed for our Hertfordshire site for the rest of the year, so our Gunman brethren we will be back there with open day skirmishes every month. Prices remain the same as previously: Walk ons at £30 per day and £50 for the weekend, rentals are available at £25 per day on top. Dates will be going up on the Facebook pages and forums soon, we're basically looking at the first weekend of every month starting from March. Gunman Hertfordshire 2016 Dates 5th & 6th March 2nd &3rd April 7th May - SATURDAY ONLY 4th & 5th June 2nd July - SATURDAY ONLY 6th & 7th August 3rd & 4th September 1st & 2nd October 5th & 6th November 3rd & 4th December

Glad you enjoy Tuddenham. Our Tuddenham site is a great mixture of woodland, open space and CQB buildings and our Gunman brand have games there every few weeks, alternating with skirmishes and milsim lites. The Okto Eight Milsim brand is having two full on milsims there this year. We also have a Norwich site which is bigger but is a woodland site (no buildings).

Just be aware, in case you aren't aware, that this is a Realistic Imitation Firearm and there are laws controlling the sale, even on the second hand market. http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/business/trading_standards/business_support/product_safety/imitation_firearms.aspx

We like them because they dont have sharp points. Although the rubber knives bend, they do have some sharp points on them. Our rules dictate that you should lay the flat of the blade rather than stab. They are quite blunt really. You are more likely to suffer blunt force trauma with CSTK. If you hit a player that hard, there would no doubt be repercussions.

Melee weapons are an essential part of our milsim games. The Okto games usually just involve knives like the Cold Steel training knives. However, the Zoro XM game which is organised in the same group alllows for a much wider range and basically anything which is LARP safe is a go-er. We were selling them at our last milsim in our site shop and we even had a very realistic foam Lead Pipe.

Milsim! thats what we like to hear. Our partners Gunman North West run some good games in your neck of the woods and there are some good milsims in Wales.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our players and AFUK forum members and guests.

We agree it would be a good idea to grade milsims so that people know what they are getting. Another issue is that although there are many general milsim pages and groups, no-one actually runs a calendar of all the different events so its very difficult to know what is going on and where.

Thanks for the mention. The loadouts are designed to make it visually clear which side is which and make logical sense i.e. NATO wear MTP with western weapons, the local government troops wear Flecktarn or DPM and so on. However, they are loose enough that players don't have to spend a fortune on a specific Gucci look. Age-wise, we really structure the games towards adults and set a minimum age of 16. Parent players can bring mature children of 13 and above but we warn parents that the games are pretty adult in nature and there are not necessarily suitable content-wise. I wouldn't take my children as the guys don't hold back. A couple of players have brought their fifteen year old sons and it's been fine. We invented the Okto idea because not everybody wanted to live in the battle all weekend and all night. Somebody described what we do as like being in a war movie where the script hasn't been written yet. For 8 hours, its like living in a real battle (hence the milsim in the titile) but at the end, you can eat your MRE's with a spork under a basha or go back to a soft hotel room. We don't judge and its about a little bit of escapism and having some fun with a group of guys who want a weekend away from work. families and the general pressures of life. In all other respects, we follow full milsim rules in terms of medic rules, ammo limits, no high caps, no two tones, etc.

Good luck with that and welcome to the pastime.

Operation Gate Guard coming next.......................watch out for an announcement in this sub-forum.

Only a week to go. A few have dropped out and instantly been replaced by standbys in the waiting list. We still have one or two places (Russian team and Rebels team) if anybody wants to make a last minute jump up on to the transport ! If you want to see what all the fuss is about, join our community group on Facebook: Okto Eight Milsim Kill Club

There are plenty of milsims in the UK John. The ones abroad are apparently a mixed bunch. Berget is supposed to be good, but if you've never played any, it might be an idea to sample a few closer to home and see what you like and dont like. Last Okto game here in the UK, we had a player come from Denmark and a player come from Germany. The Dane brought his RIF with him and he didnt really have any issues at either end.