paulcotton

Spaz, I can't say I've seen that uniform in use around here, but looks ace!
 
Not exactly a Loadout picture but just took all my gear out of the cupboard.
Probably gonna have to off load some of it in near future though
 

I would get 1 or 2 hi caps for laying down suppressive fire or pummeling a cheater who's not calling hits. But mostly mid caps as the rattle of a high gets annoying and I suppose it could give you away slightly.

The familiarity I'm finding on this forum is hilarious! Apparently devoting ALL your time, money, love and attention to the wife and kiddies is not a "hobby" and not "healthy" for our sanity! Lol. Rugby was getting too "dangerous". Basketball after a 15yr absence killed my Medial Collateral and Head-Fi (Headphone hifi) is too "nerdy". It's Airsoft's turn!! 😈

I saw a couple of guys running with FlashMags on the weekend. They seemed pretty chuffed with them.
Personally, in a Mid Player as I don't like the constant rattling as I move around.
However, I do always carry one HiCap (packed as much as it can be so it makes as little noise as possible) for those Rambo Moments.

I prefer Mids as it has helped me to pick my targets more carefully and preserve ammo. I used to be a sprayer and putting down untold rounds onto positions just because I could but quickly realised this was no fun and kind of pointless as the rest of the team tended not to use the suppressive fire and move onto the target so now Im more sneaky and mostly stick to semi auto picking targets I can hit.

Mid caps and a magnification scope!

don't run around - less rattle
 
or if you like to sprint around a lot then your next loadout should be this:
 

 
Olé

I thought flash mags were just hi caps with a string attached to the winder? How does that stop the rattle?

In days gone by, my pouches needed to be filled - otherwise it'd be silly having so many - so I was running with 9 Hi-caps.
While I generally never needed more than 3/4 at most before returning to the safe zone, one game I was the last player on a timed defence game - no medic/re-spawn, unlimited enemy lives...
I was on my last mag when I was finally hit - it was a tale of a last stand immortalised in song and interpretative dance.

It won't rattle if you leave it in the safe zone....

^ There's a lot less rattle from a flash mag too (you'll never get zero rattle unless you switch to 9mm's though)

Here's how they work...
 
The top bit of the magazine is a hopper which you fill with BBs. The bottom bit has a clockwork mechanism that feeds the BBs up a short tube to the top of the mag and into the gun. The winder just winds it up, as you fire the spring unwinds, turning a wheel which picks up the BBS.
 
The rattle comes from the BBs in the hopper part as they are loose and free to move about inside the mag
 
If you fill up the mag, wind it, then top it up it will rattle less, but as you fire there are less BBs in the mag and more empty space so more rattle.
 
Mid and low caps have a really long tube that goes round and round the inside of the mag with a compression spring inside. You feed the BBs in from the same hole as they feed out of the mag and into the gun. The spring expands to fill the space in the tube behind the BBs therefore no rattle.
 
The downsides to mid and low caps are the lower capacity and you need to use a speed loader or push the BBs in one at a time, kind of like loading a real magazine.
 
Carrying a partially full speed loader will create the same rattle as a partially full hi cap however...

It's preference, one thing I'd say though is that if you like hi caps, before you get too attached to the spinny wheel things on the bottom, get a flash mag or two (google it) - they're the future, but some players still seem skeptical.

Afraid I don't know, I've never actually held a hi-cap.

If you're going to run a hi-cap backup with midcaps, make sure it's full so it does not rattle.

 
Depends on the gun, mid cap sizes vary, can be over 200 though.

I take 5 mid caps & 1 high cap just in case it gets messy.
 
I personally prefer mid-caps simply because I enjoy reloading under fire, its all about fun at the end of the day & if you enjoy doing your hardcore reload then go for the mid-caps.
 
there is never a right or wrong, just what you perfer

yeah basically - both is the answer
mid caps also feed better at silly speeds though capacity means you can't spray and pray too much
hi-caps - 1 mag lasts ya ages if you are travelling very light - like gun only - no pouches n not carrying the kitchen sink etc....

No, the hi cap has a little flap on the top, you open that and just pour the BBs in.

If you're playing skirmish games on a casual basis then you'll probably want to stick to hi caps.
 
Our Filmsim/milsim lite games have an ammo limit of 600 rounds loaded in mags so if you came to one of them you would be able to use two hi caps.
 
I switched over to mid caps mainly because I hated the rattle of hi caps and when I do play skirmish I'm usually long dead before I run out of mags due to my habit of charging in headfirst when I have unlimited lives

Hi-caps = easy to load +, need winding -ve, carry more bbs, rattle when you move -ve
 
Mid caps = need some firm of speed loader -ve, silent +ve, give you more realistic mag changes if partially loaded
 
Mid caps can leave you at a disadvantage when skirmishing as you are changing mags far more often than a high capper but in a milsim, most games prohibit high caps.
 
The choice is yours.

Cheers for that, the other half told.me I need to get a hobby

Personally I'd say it depends on your play style. Unless you're going to seriously spray and pray then I'd say get a few mids and keep the hicap as a backup.
 
Welcome back by the way