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Running my British WW1 kit a few weeks ago up at Adrenalin Airsoft (Was visiting a friend, very far north for me usually) one of the best regular skirmish days I've had in a while! (Repping the First Battalion Boys WW1 team insignia, based on blackadder's fictional badges)

Ran our first game at the Trenches we've been building for the last year the other weekend! The theme was Gallipoli - our fictionalised battle of 'Hellespont', so I was running shorts and Pith Helmet with my WW1 kit... (Yes I regretted the shorts) One of the best moment was being held hostage by an enemy officer... I'd been ordered to guard him, as we had taken him prisoner in a raid. However, during an attack I was too busy killing two of the attackers to see him draw his pistol, no one had disarmed him! He almost made it out of our trenches before anyone noticed, but someone managed to shoot him in the shoulder past me, giving me the chance to grab his pistol! I then proceded to kill a further two attackers with it! (Photo credits to Crafty Sniper Photography) (The full kit, had the tunic on in morning as it was quite chilly)

Thought I ought to do an updated 2022 collection photo... Got some of my grail guns that I thought I'd never get my grubby mits on!

There'll be plenty of that in the future! 😁

It's pretty damn awesome! Bolt's a bit liable to not catch if you don't pull it back hard enough, and the bayonet lug is a tad bit big to fit a bayonet, but those are the only two things so far at least. Oh don't worry, we shall be doing games in the trenches and there shall be plenty of mud in future! This was my first game in the full kit 😁 (And I have no money now 😂)

The S&T Lee Enfield No.1 MkIII*, a very nice bit of kit...

My WW1 British kit is finally coming together... the S&T SMLE being a pretty key part of that.

Getting there with my British kit, webbing all Blanco'd up. Just gotta get myself a lid, and decide what patches I'm going to have...

Getting there with my WW2 British kit, webbing all Blanco'd green. Just gotta get myself a lid, and decide what patches I'm going to have...

Father and Son (Mine and my dad's SA80s). My A2 & my 226.

M1928, Sten MkV & Webley. K98k. I've got a few more of these little staged photos, but two's probably enough for one post.

Yes I thought it was blued, but I did seem to have a little bit of light surface rust after shooting in some drizzle, I'm not certain that's what it was but I don't know what else it could've been. And yeah the mags are pretty pricey - Myself I won't be getting any more for a while but when I do I intend to get 6 total, as that should be a decent amount for skirmishing (I'm always the one with two thirds of a mag left at the end of a game anyway!) and 6 will fit in just the standard ammo pouches. I like the bandolier, but it doesn't quite work with the commando look I'm going for I don't think, it's a bit more Airbourne.

Good idea, I shall add those to my very extensive list of things I want to buy from SOF! 😂 I wasn't really sure if anti-corrosion was necassary, there was a line in the manual that says 'apply rust inhibitor are required' but I wasn't sure if it was a typo and meant to say 'as required'. Either way, I've got a spray silicone oil finish that seems like it'll do the job. Better safe than sorry. It's Abbey 'Silicone gun oil 35' if you want to consider it yourself. I've yet to skirmish my MkV either, I'm scared to it cost so bloody much! I'd be walking around looking at my gun not the enemy team! And I don't know if you've already got a P37 webbing rig, but the standard P37 GSE repro ammo pouches I have fit the Sten mags, they seem to be based on the later war slightly taller version.

Ah now that's a very useful bit of advice on loading, cheers! I must confess to feeling I too perhaps should've got the earlier mark of sten - the MkV is somewhat limited in the impressions it can portray, but I do love the wood furnishings... I suppose I'll just have to pick up an AGM MkII at some point! Although actually, on that note of spare parts, I wonder if a skeleton stock would actually fit on my MkV? If it does and the foregrip comes off, perhaps I can pass it off as an earlier model, with my hand covering the rear grip... I've not seen anywhere that stocks parts for the Sten though so we might be out of luck there. And as an aside may I ask if you have applied any anti-rust products to your Sten? As it mentions this in the manual and I'm wondering if it might be necessary.

It's a Northeast Sten MkV, they were introduced in 1944 as an updated, more ergonomic and well made version of the Sten. You're right though, it is a bit Owen looking now you mention it!

Felt cute, might defend El Alamein later idk. Just threw together some shorts and a shirt for the desert campaign look, probably won't spend the money on proper repro desert kit, given there aren't too many deserts in the cotswolds. But this looks the part.

Felt cute, might defend El Alamein later idk. Just threw together some shorts and a shirt for the desert campaign look, probably won't spend the money on proper repro desert kit, given there aren't too many deserts in the cotswolds. But this looks decent.

Finally got around to a family photo... My god, what have I done. My wallet... But it is glorious.

It's an absolutely astonishingly faithful replica, and the GBB is really nice and weighty. I've had a couple of issue with gas efficiency on colder days, but that's to be expected. There's the odd thing about it as an airsoft gun that's a little inconvenient - such as having to remove the barrel to adjust the hop, and the feed lips on the magazine don't seem to be compatible with any speed loaders (Loading 32 BBs by hand is fun) But they're all concessions that seem completely irrelevant when you actually shoot the thing... I am terrified to take it to a game though, I'd be walking around trying to shield it from BBs just because of how expensive it was!

Ah I'll be bayonet charging in it shan't be an issue for me! 😂 I can't see bugger all without my glasses anyway so usually I have to be within 20m to actually see someone!

Cheers, and I've got one actually, I'm just not quite sure what the correct way to carry it would be. I have a sheith but no idea where to attach it! It's the leather sort but I think it might be designed for para trousers. And I so desperately want a Lee Enfield, so much so my wallet is really going to hurt I suspect when (or if) either G&G or S&T come out with one! And I think Patrol Base had a pretty good deal on the AGM MP40 last I saw? £130ish, don't know if it's still running.

I've just put my first proper WW2 kit together after years of spending all my money on guns instead... I went for a British Commando look mostly because... Well I'll be honest, it was the cheapest. And having just mostly drained my funds getting the new Northeast Sten MkV, it needed to be! It considerably helped cost wise that I already had the bergen, scarf, and got the boots off my dad, from his time in the navy. I will be replacing those ill-fitting gaiters as soon as possible. For a more early war look, removed the scarf and grabed the M1928. Now I've just got to get to a game in it!

Great to see a WW2 thread! I've just put my first proper kit together after years of spending all my money on guns instead... I went for a British Commando look mostly because... Well I'll be honest, it was the cheapest. And having just mostly drained my funds getting the new Northeast Sten MkV, it needed to be! It considerably helped cost wise that I already had the bergen, scarf, and got the boots off my dad, from his time in the navy. I will be replacing those ill-fitting gaiters as soon as possible. And I know it's somewhat blasthemy, but I don't really want to blanco my webbing... I rather like the colour it is! I shall be wearing it in though, so it looks a little less... just off the boat. For a more early war look, removed the scarf and grabed the M1928. Unfotunately it seems I will have to send the jumper back, as it's dethreading at the collar, and while I have the chance I'm wondering if I might need to swap the trousers for a smaller size... I'm well aware P37s are pretty baggy, but they do seem a tad exessively so and slightly loose around the waist. If anyone more experienced has some advice on that I'd greatly appreciate it, don't want to send them back for a smaller size only for them to be too small!