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I'd suggest trying the kneeling or sitting position even and using those results to gauge if there is any direct coloration.
With the prone position are you having your legs straight back or do you have one leg cocked with the knee up closer to your body?
This will provide a more stable platform for a rifle. Jedi Master is bang on with his observations.
I am glad you pointed out the difference in between this and a real rifle (I am yet to fire an airsoft weapon) because initially I was like, wait, what? lol.

It does sound seem counter-intuitive; I would expect the difference in accuracy to be between supported and unsupported. The stable position v one where you have more strain/muscle fatigue/movement. Is your magazine resting on the ground when lying prone causing a possible rocking motion. Unless your eye relief and hold is different between positions.

Not worth spending money on a battery, I can throw the bbs more accurately than that will and probably further. Hire a gun from your local site play a few times and if u like it save some pennies and buy a proper gun, entry level guns start at £80 used.

You should wear contacts under those glasses just to be sure!

They are hot and sweaty to wear and will not fully seal with a beard but I never experienced problems with one fogging up, even during strenuous exercise, due to the design. You can remove the canister, or even the inside of the canister to allow more air without the filter hindering it. The built-in drinking straw is also a handy feature. Field of vision will be reduced compared to the Bolle goggles, less peripheral view and aiming takes some practice and getting used to. You can get an insert for presciption lens, I had a pair in mine and meant that it was easier to see the targets and hit them.
 
I have not used one for airsoft only real world. Not sure that I would want to play in one for long but for short periods of time it could work. It would look more authentic than other masks.

Royal Navy PTI starter kit right there!

Trap/skeet etc are the most common options by far with the most availability. For most citizens getting a shotgun certificate (covers double barrels and pumps with only 2-shell mag capacity) is very easy as the police actually have to come up with a reason you specifically shouldn't be allowed one whereas for any rifle or semi shotgun you need to give them a reason you should be granted the certificate (i.e. shooting club membership), but you do have to have references from people who've known you a few years and I'm not sure how nationality/residency links in to it exactly. There's a long form to fill out and I've not looked at it in a while.

Air rifles you can just buy but can only be used on private property

Welcome to both the UK and Airsoft! Hope to see you sometime as I am also in the Manchester area.

Think nowt beats a black rubber Dildo
 
Ooh hang on that came out the wrong way
I meant knife kill ffs

http://www.woggleworkshop.com/
 
You make one on camp of course!

Traditional or modern? Either way you will need a woggle.
 

 
dem patches doe!

1.shave legs
2.buy $500 sunglasses
3.use lots of gel

Recently went on a £260 spending spree most of which was unnecessary but I wanted
 
Belt rig and pouches - Why did i get this I when I already have a chest rig which i easily capable of carrying everything I want? Well it looks cooler and I find my chest rig to be awkward getting things from so a belt rig in my head will "help" me.
 
New eyepro - Probably the thing I needed most as my face mask is too big and doesn't create a full seal around my face (to the point were I could fit to fingers into the gaps but the other reason is they look cooler than my newbie mask and have bigger holes so wont have the effect of my facemask which makes everything about 3x as dark (when where I play runs night games so it's already dark) once again to "help" me.
 
Pistol bag - Well I'd look a bit stupid carrying two pistols in a rifle bag wouldn't I
 
Gas - Well gas guns run off gas but I didn't really need it because i already have a full can of gas
 
So didn't need anything I just wanted it to attempt to make me better (still shite though ...)

If you're still wanting something green i know www.zerooneairsoft.com will 2 tone any of their rifles in green for free aswell.

I'm a mid-capper instead of a hi-capper, just because of the noise.
Where a hi-cap is basically a chamber with a feed tube, there is room for movement inside the mag.
As you run around your entire vest goes SSSH-SSSH-SSSSH-SSSSH with every step, and it only gets worse as you play because mags get emptier.
Drives me mad!!!!

I've done 3 x orders through Zero One. Each order had its own issue and they never reply to emails/call cack. When I asked to speak to the Owner/director or 'head honcho' they passed me through to an unhelpful supervisor.
 
They cannot be bothered to put descriptions of the items they want us buy so we have to do our own research which is a pain and also means we go onto other retailers and potentially losses in zero one sales will be because of this.
 
I give retailers three chances and once they mess up those I simply don't use them anymore.
 
If you don't like Zero One, don't go onto their website, don't purchase from them. If their sales drop they may start scratching their heads.
 
seasons greetings and all that.
 
sg

This is going to be a bit superficial, but I get a vibe off some sites that are simply in it for a quick buck and don't tend to know what they're on about - far too clean, too many rounded corners etc. It sounds strange, but places like Zero One never appeal to me for this reason and I'd far rather browse a slightly clunky site like Firesupport that doesn't always attempt to give you the hard-sell in the description of their products but instead treats you like an adult, or somewhere like Patrol Base were their range sometimes extends into things you don't often see elsewhere and are priced fairly. It's hard to explain, but I also get it from places like Evike where everything seems a little too much like it's a supermarket that's focused on price-points and working around cost margins and not enough like an actual hobby shop where they understand the importance of something a little unique and building a good stock list. I know I'll be in the minority, but I've never liked such sites.
 
I guess I've just never found Zero One to be the cheapest option and their range is incredibly limited and generic in places. Again, I know it's weird but I did get that feeling from the very beginning in the same way that I do with some of the 'BB Guns' sites where everything is a little too same-y and clearly primarily for an audience that haven't been playing for long. Ultimately it's sad that they're being less-than-honest at times because they must know a lot of their customers are those starting out or haven't spent the time to see if the grass is greener, because I see them recommended an awful lot on Facebook despite rarely being the most affordable or having anything very out of the ordinary in stock. We're lucky in the UK that we have so many options frankly and I'd certainly encourage anyone that uses one retailer for 90% of their purchases (Zero One or otherwise) to make sure they're actually getting a decent deal on stuff they actually want.
 
I'd be suspicious of any company still selling anything PTS Magpul these days given how rare the stuff is, but this absolutely takes the biscuit given the number of times they've been caught in the past. Nice share.

I've posted this over on Arnies already as well as facebook (to which a fair few people replied that they were very much unsurprised by the news), but the vast majority of people there already avoid this 'company'... a term I use very loosely.
 
Somewhere on my backup hard drive I've already got a screen cap of Zero One selling fingerless ACM knock-off versions of the Oakley carbon knuckle gloves (that were all the rage a few years ago) as supposed genuine Oakley products... at a full and genuine price tag of course. No mention of being copies anywhere on the product page, despite the fact Oakley never manufactured a version of the glove in question without the actual fingers. Looking around for something very specific a few days ago I wandered on to their site for the first time in a good few years; lo and behold within 10 seconds of looking around their 'store', I find they're scamming people (whether deliberately or not, it's still a scam) again. http://www.zerooneairsoft.com/product_info.php?products_id=8690 Just to be very clear, I've double checked with someone who works for PTS and looked at pictures of the MS2 slings that PTS used to sell; there's no doubt this is a cheap chinese rip. 1. The sling design shown is an MS2 copy, not an MS3 as the page title claims. 2. PTS only ever made black and tan MS2 replicas (under actual license from Magpul). 3. PTS never manufactured an MS3 at all. 4. The actual PTS MS2s had a rotating clip at the end point where the sling clipped to the rifle, this copy does not have the rotating hardware. 5. The stitched on label says Dynamics on these mislabelled forgeries. The PTS slings had a spot of velcro in that area and a came with small patch featuring the PTS logo. Few other little idiosyncrasies, but that's the meat of it. There's no question that these were made by a shady chinese factory in contravention of copyright and patenting. Now I know plenty of people aren't fussed about clones of gear and I'm aware of the fact that 99% of the time if somebody's buying a budget clone of a product they weren't planning on buying the original anyway, so businesses aren't likely to be losing out on anything at all significant; let me make it very clear that the argument about clone guns/kit is not at all the point I'm making here. The fact of the matter is they're charging 40 quid for something that probably cost less than a fiver to buy. 2 minutes of googling found a retail site selling the exact same product with some slightly more honest labelling and significantly more honest pricing:

http://www.snitactical.com/magpul-pts-ms2-multimission-sling-system-green-p-18.html

Now, potentially, someone working at Z1 may be simply somewhat ignorant of tactical gear products and, as with a lot of airsofters, is under the illusion that absolutely anything Magpul is PTS (who stopped making Magpul a good while ago now). However, this is no excuse and frankly I HIGHLY doubt that's the case at all. They would've known exactly what they were buying when they imported the things wholesale. I've obviously made sure to screenshot the page and host it in a couple of places, because if there is something dubious going on I've no doubt my link there will be non-functional in short order. They were deleted from my favourites many years ago, my personal recommendation: Don't spend your money with these people. Even if they have something you need a little bit cheaper than elsewhere, they're in the game of swindling British airsofters and are not deserving of any of your hard earned cash.

mid caps don't need winding
Well there are some smaller mags that are still a wind-up type
but in general terms think mid caps holding up to say 120-140 are non-wind type
(I call the others small capacity high caps)
 
low caps - non wind-up with 30bb's for real mil sims
mid caps - think they start at about 80 and go up to 120-140
(cyma do make a 190rd metal M4 mid cap but not stocked everywhere)
the above are filled with speed-loaders
in use - you should get all or nearly all bb's feeding nigh on no problem - but shorter supply so make shots count
plus learn to count of course....
 
Hi caps - usually 300 to 450-ish
can start as low as 190-ish and suppose you could go nutz up to 1k or even 5k box mag
they need winding up by hand after say 15 shots aprox - varies on how good mag is
silly box mag have the options of electric winding blah blah blah
if mag doesn't have enough tension the bb's don't feed so you dry fire jack $hit
(or if you try to insert an M4 in completely upside down and wonder why you ain't hitting anything)
 
depends on you and the actual game you are playing
2 x 300 mags actually means about 500 or a bit less coz they never feed last 50 or so in mag
but if you got pouches then 5 x 120 midcaps will probably be same if not better
higher speed guns need very very good hi caps - most are not great at silly speeds
or most half decent midcaps feed very well in silly speed guns - obviously not for spray n pray players
 
plus the maraca effect on shakey shakey hi cap mags when running
 
tbh - it don't matter unless the serious mil-sim site states low/mid caps only
messing about use either
suppose the mid cap offers ease of use to the more experienced player making their shots count
but wtf - use what works for you - most have both types/spares that floats their own boats

Is like anything in life there are vast differences between whats needed and whats wanted.

It is grim up north but cheaper to live.

Where are you going to be based upon your arrival to this almighty glorious nation? Only reason I ask is my local shop offer a rent to buy scheme so you effectively rent your desired rif then once you got your defence you pay the balance and buy it out right.
 
I'm based near the saaaaf coast btw

NW mate, somewhere around Manchester or Liverpool.

Zero one is your best bet as it has some good AEGs and the g&g combat machine range with free 2-tone but don't forget the additional protection eg. Eye protection face protection and chest rigs/plate carriers and any other accessories you may want. Also it may helpful to set a budget otherwise you can't spend hundreds.