Tactical Pith Helmet

I expect the 045 will have a production run at some point if it's still listed. When it does I'll buy two. No way I'll be an unpaid R&D man for a new range of E&Ls or anything else. I'm sure that these days, manufacturers use warranty claims as design feedback.

Effective range varies itself. A snap shot has more limited range than a sneaky, walked in mortar like trajectory fired from a concealed position. Out of interest, what maximum PBR do people consider suitable for airsoft? For extreme contras: a .303 only uses the first 25 % of its usable range within pbr. I imagine that the rif hop v RS rifling effect is pretty extreme? Possibly a daft question, but if anyone can entertain a physics dunce...

Sorry mate , I misunderstood. Crossover stocks exist. Hold right handed, use left eye. Not sure if I've ever seen one on a rif. TBH I think that consistent mount is more important than sight picture for airsoft. My mask keeps my face too high to use the sights on most rifles, but I know where it shoots when its shouldered.

Re: the sighting issue. Try a larger rear ring sight, or moving the existing one backwards. They are supposed to work by not being focused on, i.e they should work better then an AK type that demands focussing on three different things i.e. rear sight/front sight/target. With a well set up ring/ghost sight you only see the front post and target. With practice, you only see the target. After 30+ years of rifles I can't use AK type sights as well, as close range focus issues limit use of the rear V sight.

You are right mate. I meant that to be a deliberate groan joke rather than mockery. I should have realised that it would be read as you say. Certainly hope no one was offended.

Good stuff! I do these style of events as often as I can, one a month spring to autumn and couple each winter. I would say take a variety of food (even if just a couple of 'extra' ramen packs) and a bottle of something decent for the evenings. If you can't eat what you fancy it's miserable, and a half bottle of rum works wonders if the weather turns nasty/noisy fuckers stay up half the night etc. A seriously warm jumper is a must for evenings too. The thing with September events is that you ca still get August daytime temps, but combined with October nights! A thick fleece poncho that rolls up into its own bag is a good cheap addition as night wear/extra blanket/looking vaguely like Clint Eastwood etc etc.

I've had to pack running in. I miss it so much that I dream of running. Arthritis sucks. However, there are many ways to do cardio though. Hi-rep free weights and bag work are good for me. Find what works for you. My knee is fucked up, but supports and topical opioids work well for airsoft/hiking/combat sports. Full time opioids are bloody awful. Don't give up or get down hearted. There is nothing bad or good but the mind says so.

I'll second/third/fourth whatever has been said already but... I am not really into indoor sites. I much prefer outdoors, but then I just about live outdoors. I'm just a feral thing that gets dragged indoors by my wife some evenings. If you are a little like myself, you may for no tangible reason prefer outside sites, so try both and see what you like.

Apologies for this trip back to 1973...

100% with the above.

On the piss 'till 2:30 and up for airsoft at sparrow's fart = easy. On the piss 'till 2:30 and up for work at sparrow's fart = just about impossible/get the missus to call in saying that you've got a bone in your leg.

Glad you had a good time caps. You still get ten pressups for having the Union Flag upside down on your plate carrier though Dentonboy! 😜

I have an astigmatism and suffer from the dreaded hyperhidrosis too. Contacts for astig are a thing and work fine. I actually tried non-astig (read cheap) lenses and the difference is minimal as long as I don't want to read/focus up very close. Certainly fine for airsoft. Worth a punt if you order them online. I have to use mesh, as even the best goggles with Cat Crap applied and a fan get covered in sweat even if they don't fog. Sweatbands do work. Take at least three, dry them/hang them on your mirrors as you drive home as they start to stink. Instead of a beanie/cap etc, wear a crocheted prayer cap. Seriously, they come in khaki/OD/black etc and camo the head whilst being really cool. Cost a couple of quid on Ebay. I use webbing, but you can get plate carriers that use water carrying plates that can be cooled and used as hydration bladders too.

I'll be running an RPK and PAVN kit. Sniping as VC is brilliant. Harassing the US is great fun. I usually run as support in a two riflemen, one support and one sniper fire team. All depends who shows up though. Shame you can't stay for the evening. The beer fuelled game post-mortem is a real laugh.

Get the NGRS and a TM sidearm. You only live once. Why fuck about with enjoying yourself? Since you don't actually need a pistol; choose what the hell TM you like. I use a 1911, but my lad has a G18C that he neglects horribly and never cleans. I've scraped the gunk out of it once since 2016, and it still performs spot on. You can get a £100 rif to perform wonderfully, but you need a real affinity with tinkering, or a good tech. The CYMA M14 for example can perform magnificently, but the V7 gearbox is horrid.

I agree. Which game are you going to? If you are off to Luton give me a shout if you like. Plenty of room round our campfire.

I enjoy those filmsim games immensely, for exactly the reasons that you give. I enjoy skirmishes but do like a bit more complexity. I enjoy milsim but a lot of players move with all the grace of an elephant and the speed of a sloth with a broken leg. They can end up a bit larpy tbh. Signing up for a 24 hour game and the opposition all bed down for six hours is crap. Doing the full immersion bit during the day, a few beers round the campfire at night and then go again next morning is the perfect mix; for me at least.

Thanks fellas! Tazball looks like the one to go for. Four hours round trip is a bit much for tiddlers, I may have to go on my own. Oh well...

Anyone recommend a site within a couple of hours drive of Glencoe? We are staying there in October, and will be equipped with two young nieces who would love to play their first games of airsoft. A slower paced woodland site would be preferable.

Funny old day today. Went for our usual run around Tuddenham for Filmsim, which is my favourite type of game tbh. We were assigned a chap who I have milsimed with in the past at cold war games. He certainly knew his stuff, and set out a clear game plan and assigned people tasks if they wished. The game was fairly simple and based on some console game I think. At least the kids all knew what the teams were supposed to be about any how. The standard of gameplay was brilliant, the scenarios well briefed, the marshalling was excellent (what little was required) and bar someone with the mother of plate carriers being truly oblivious to being hit, there were no problems at all. I loved sneaking through the scrub and finding the enemy, got some hilariously lucky shots through bushes and got some good long range shots walking the M4 in like a mortar. Having a contact lens fall out as I ran full pelt (lumbered quickish might be more accurate...) was weird. My shooting was well off with one eye seriously short sighted. What was strange was the lack of aggression on our team. Breakthroughs were unexploited, pushes fizzled out and a few times the three or four players that did push up were friendly fired. It didn't dampen the day for us at all, but I expect that it may have done if someone were ultra competitive. Odd as the onsite team were full of energy and the other side really enthused. Really glad I went despite the crap weather. Don't think I've ever had a bad day here tbh.

A very good book for mental health is De Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy. Kabat-Zinn's stuff is very practical meditation work, complete with CD practice guides, that has been clinically tested. Very cheap second hand.

Good precise info! I can't offer the same, but I can vouch for Blitz Bio BBs. I accidently bought four or five bags a couple of years ago. The boy left a couple of packets open and in sunlight. Not his fault in part as the ziplock had come unglued. But leabing them out of the drawer was bloody silly. Anyhow, I found them again and used the incorrectly stored ones today. Not a malfunction, jam in any of the RIFs used. They shot as consistently as anything else too. I had written them off after all the horror stories but they performed fine. I didn't see one deformed/swollen BB at all.

https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/120322_Zhao_ChinaAfghan_web.pdf Decent read on China and Afghanistan. Kenya? The Mau Mau were defeated by a brutal campaign that saw up to 300,000+ Kikuyu in concentration camps being brutally and systematically tortured. Elkin's Britain's Gulag and Histories of the Hanged by Anderson are essential works on the subject if you are interested.

We are simple creatures. Try and find a way to reward yourself for getting out of bed and achieving an exercise goal. For example, if I get my arse out of bed and exercise for three mornings a week, I eat a stupid amount of chip shop food on a Wednesday lunchtime (minus the chips) as I have time off. I mean about two portions of fish, fishcakes, sausages, spring rolls, onion rings, mushrooms, pickled eggs, curry sauce, cod roe, mushy pea fritters etc. In terms of calories in and out I am well ahead, but having avoided crap all week, my complete stuffing my face with a couple of glasses of red and a snooze is well enjoyed. Indeed, I am so rammed that I sometimes next eat Thursday evening. I dare say that you are not as gluttonous a bastard as I, so perhaps something else will tempt you from the fart sack, but essentially find a carrot as it were. Secondly find a stick. I think of a relative that died from complications from diabetes. It helps get my arse out of bed. Third set goals. Small goals each day/every other day, plus perhaps a final goal. Fourth, get support. Having others around you who back you up is priceless. Fifth, find an exercise you like. If you enjoy something, the carrot, stick, goal and possibly support is there all at once.