20ChickenNuggets

First Pistol!
 
WE GP1799
50rnd Mag
And some gas

I see 7 black guns and 2 helmets.

Just bagged this Warrior PC on eBay for £70, happy puppy i am.

wanted for ages, so why not
 

Divisionsix multicam black lower face

thinking about it, why not post a poll for a bit of fun

Have a look through the thread. You'll find that question answered pretty quickly.
 
Also I have been mostly listening to....
 

A new alternator for my car, so nothing airsoft related until payday.

Oh, which is tomorrow...

I don't see how which section it was posted in makes the blindest bit of difference. Personally I think you were out of order by making the suggestion that the OP was basically lying. If someone doesn't use forums how are they supposed to know what forum ranks are or how they work?

Like I said, I just wanted to know. I'm not looking for anything from it, I'm not seeking a goal. I'm simply asking a question.
 
I didn't know if it was by posts or time scale, or if you have to be a supporter.
 
Asking google would surely contradict your post because as you said, every forum is different? This is the reason why I asked about this forum, on this forum.

All in good time young grasshopper. As prof said, focus on saying something useful rather than just saying anything for the sake of it - bad for server space. I've been on here over 3 years and I don't think I've even reached 1k posts yet! ( am I the only one who thought the titles were time based rather than post count ?)

That's a bit harsh.
 
Not everyone spends half their day online surfing forums.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to when your "title" changes. As in how many posts until I change from Starter to Regular?
 
 
Ta!

I haven't got a holographic, but the concept is the same to iron sights.
Find a target you want to shoot at (caravan window) and first get your hop set. Once your happy with how the Hop is;
5/10 shots to the window - adjust the sight to compensate.
Just keep on firing groups (semi for me) and adjusting until you have it set right.
 
There's no real way that's quick and easy to set the sights. It's mostly trial and error and constant adjusting of the sight :-)

you just move the dot using the adjustments on the side of the holo. Make sure your hop is sorted first and pick a windless day otherwise the gusts will screw up your zeroing. Also do the zeroing on a reasonable ranged target; make sure its on the horizontal before the bb starts to fall off and dont go for something too close or too far. Try to adopt a typical engagement range you use in your games.

I've used acouple of various targets of junk...
 
aprox 80ft there is an old rusty dustbin - get it hitting that and even if you fail to see every single shot
you can hear it by the tang sound it makes.....
 
Then move onto a 4pt plastic milk bottle near it - adjust/tweak to improve accuracy bit better
makes a distinctive thud sound
 
Finally a smaller target like a small thin aerosol deodorant can - little bit harder to hit but makes a nice tink sound when I'm starting to get there
 
now this is only just under 25m but it is a rough quick check to get sights roughly set up
if bb's are curving off at longer range then your sights won't help for curvey flyers
yes if gun was shooting ultra true I'd be conducting longer target tests
heck suppose a range if I had a really good gun or accurate sniper
 
but is an easy basic test I use to help set it up a bit better
without having to go trudging down to examine how good the groupings are or not
if I hit that aerosol can with say 4 out 5 attempts I'm pretty happy with gun and sights

Sit your gun in a cardboard box with a v cut out of either end then conduct ur range test. That way you can eliminate as meny veriables as possible.
Set the target at 15 meters, zero sight. Then move to 20 meter etc etc. Until u find the range you can reliably hit a target. You will then have set ur sight and it will give you a good idea of performance. Then reset the target at 10 meters. Fire off a few rounds this will show you how much over/under you have to aim with your sight set for range.

If you know the MOA of the sights windage and elevation you can predict the initial movement fairly reliably. 1 MOA is 27.5mm at 100 metres (or 1 inch at 100 yards). So at a 10 metre target 1MOA worth of movement is 2.75 millimetres. So based on that you can turn the turret the appropriate amount to cover the distance its wrong both horizontally and vertically and it should come pretty much centre with a single adjustment and then its fine tuning if its a little off.
 
Not all sights come with a specification for how much a click will produce in movement, but you can estimate it yourself with taking say 10 clicks and seeing how far it goes and thus based on 1 MOA = 2.75 millimetres estimate it. Then you can do the adjustment. Its worth knowing the turrent click in MOA. My bushnell for example is 1/4 MOA per click, many cheaper sights are more like 1 MOA per click.

1. Get a shoebox
2. Draw 5 small ish dots on a piece of paper like the picture I've included, cut a square out of the lid of the box just indside the rim then tape/pin said piece of paper over that hole and put an old t-shirt or something inside the box to stop ricochet
3. Aim at the middle dot with your sight bang on the dot at whatever distance you feel is good, I generally use about 25-30m
4. Take 5 shots in semi, checking where you are hitting after each shot to see where you are actually shooting
5. Now adjust your sight in accordance to where you need to be hitting e.g. you're shooting to the right of the dot adjust your windage to the left
6. Once you have adjusted what you think is correct move onto another dot and repeat the process until you are hitting bang on where you are aiming, 5 dots should be plenty, once on about the 3rd dot you should be taking a shot and be adjusting after each shot because it should be pretty darn close
 
That's a fairly simplified guide but it works perfectly for my airsoft and real shooting [obviously I don't use a shoe box for larger calibres but I use the same principle] you can use this method at whatever distance you want really as long as your rifle will reach and your hop is set correctly. Sorry for waffling on but I hope it helps.


Edit: This one is after zeroing my .177 S200. I can't remember the range but I had just put on a new scope so it was miles off windage wise, I started top right with 7 shots, moved to top left with only 3 but I can't remember why, then 5 in the middle, then 5 each on the last bottom 2 just to make sure I had it pretty good before I ran out of light.

263 to 407 is a fair jump - 263 to 307 no problem but longer barrel will require more air volume - even on a tbb
the port on cylinder should be further back to increase air volume - my gut feeling is that it may be under volumed
but only way is to suck it n see when it shoots - this is figure of speech btw - don't shoot your mouth off
 
firing twice - double firing - misfeeding and other crap are slightly different problems
 
if the gun is cycling twice then either there is a lot of juice flowing to it like 11.1v
or gun's cut off lever is not operating correctly - or other problems around that area
 
What really needs to happen is a 6ft bold warning to owners not to force the gun's trigger in semi at any point !!!
There is a point where going from auto to semi the cut off lever can still be partially raised and the way most aeg's are
the trigger switch trolley won't slip into position correctly coz lever is slightly raised
the lever slips under trolley so it can lift and disengage on semi but it can't sometimes if can came to rest in this "dead zone"
Normally just flick to auto - fire a quick burst and then it should operate in semi just dandy as it should
other times it is owner releasing trigger smidge too early, the gun doesn't park correctly but stops short of its full cycle in dead zone
flick to auto and don't release trigger so early on semi next time - trigger discipline etc.....
 
If people force the trigger in this dead zone - $hit will break or wear very quickly....
the switch itself is plastic and it has ridges where the metal trigger system latches onto it, switch lifts up on semi
flies back and releasing trigger will then re-latch onto it to fire again...
Forcing it will wear away the small little 1.5mm to 2mm ridge at most very quickly or round the edges off
and eventually trolley at least will need replacing
 
SO DON'T F*CKING FORCE TRIGGER - not aimed at you but this is for all people who think give it a wallop will fix it - it WON'T
 
As to your problem on it jumping - try the auto a few times and see if the gun works on semi...
hopefully it was stuck on dead zone - also you have forward assist button but tbh this probably won't roll back the gun
as spring shouldn't be compressed in dead zone - so the flick to auto - quick burst and try semi again
 
if still borked, then afraid the trigger switch, cut off lever or selector plate may not be operating correctly and will need investigating
which will involve gearbox - lower gearbox removal and strip down.....
 
Strongly suggest if this is the case - fire support as they walk on water for ICS
they can quickly fix the problem and probably at same time drop in a cylinder ported for the longer barrel at same time
 
once sorted - all owners in particular new owners please learn not to force triggers stuck in dead zone and at first sign
think and refire the gun before giving it extra force thinking that will sort it - it just wears or breaks the gun's trigger quicker

As far as I know (don't own an ICS but will do very soon) the gun needs to be put into safe or potentially the forward assist needs pressing to release the gear tension and set the gearbox into a state where it can be split and go back together. Its a problem particular to ICS and this split gearbox, the normal whole gear box has the other problem of pieces flying about when opened and its under tension!
 
PS Long barrels != range or accuracy in airsoft. Lengthening the barrel for a DMR will also mean you need a new cylinder to match the air volume, you can't just do the look as it will impact performance of the gun and its accuracy to not match the air volume.

An earlier Member commented that a working internet connection & pay day are a dangerous combination!
 
Just purhcased a PEQ 15 & a set of HeroShark Mako mesh goggles - Have been usuing the standard mesh goggles so for the extra price, I'm interested in how the vision compares!
 
Now to disconnect the internet connection!
 
Mike

I'm back, someone needs to take my internet connection away on payday dinner time...
 
Swiss arms gun bag
2 x 7.4v 1300's (VapexTech) Decent price and delivery on their batteries and no end of choice be it voltage, amp hours, size/shape.

Pretty much what I do! If I spot a cheap ICS upper, upper gearbox, hop, inner/outer barrel etc. on forums I buy them up till I have enough bits to make a whole upper. I've got 3 ICS lowers and 5 or 6 uppers (I forget!) so plenty of combinations

Cheers guys, I definitely understand what is going on now, as I opened and closed it multiple times throughout yesterday night whilst looking at what I can upgrade.
 
Thanks again!