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  1. Tactical Pith Helmet

    A full weekend of airsoft, Nam style.  Silly pyjamas, primitive weaponry, and up to your bollox in mud.  Great stuff. 

     

    Sank a few beers with mates and dragged an LSW around, much to the detriment of my back.  Hooray for Tramadol and gritted teeth. 

     

    Now back home clogging up the washing machine's filter with fern stems and mud, and drinking to another victory for Uncle Ho.  

     

    Du ban yankee!  Vhe nha!  

    1. Rogerborg

      Rogerborg

      Nice one, where was that?

       

      I was so disappointed when a local site cancelled their Nam-film-sim. I had the rice hat and pyjamas all ready to go, specifically in order to annoy any "The NVA didn't wear those!" stitch counters. ;) 

    2. Shamal

      Shamal

      Sounds like fun 👍

      That's what I like about nae.

      You are out all day walkin',stalkin'👀and talkin' bollocks an shootin' every leaf and branch that dares to move accompanied by shouts of "contact 12oclock!", and " cease fire he's on our side"and "wanker! It's the bloody wind!"

      Oh how we laugh till our bellies ache which is fitting as it matches our aching legs and feet.

      Then it's back to main arena for drinkipoos and a bit of nosebag and stories of how we each wiped out the entire oppfor single handed that were hiding behind the shivering leaves.

      Oh man I so missed it last year ☹

    3. Tactical Pith Helmet

      Tactical Pith Helmet

      Both of those replies are spot on!

       

      Rice hat, preferably from a joke shop.  

      Irate stitch counters.

      Mud, water everywhere, with boots still drying out the following Thursday.

      Wasting BBs and blue on blue all day.

      Pissed and full of dodgy burgers.

       

      Can't beat it. 

  2. Tactical Pith Helmet
    Solid advice above!
  3. Tactical Pith Helmet
    Bloody nice kit! I am always amazed at those side mounted scopes. These days we use lasers and colorimeters to align a scope dead centre. Back then they actually designed the things to be 1 1/2" out. Would have made for some complicated ballistics data.
  4. Tactical Pith Helmet
    Depends what you mean by advanced. If you want something that shoots better than what you have now, it may well mean upgrading whatever you buy. If you want something better quality build wise than a cheapy then LCT and E&L do score well. It might be worth getting a tech to work on the rifle you have now, and upgrading the lot, although you may end up with a rifle that will never sell for anything like what it cost to build. My 'best' rifle, a full steel, etu, mosfet equipped L85 is also the least reliable out of the box and shoots OK. My CYMA M14s shoot bloody well out of the box, are bulletproof reliability wise and once tuned shoot silly well, whilst being lighter and less than a third of the price. Tuned they still cost way less than half. Not trying to make things complicated for you mate. Just pointing out that the worlds your oyster for rifs these days.
  5. Tactical Pith Helmet
    Good job!
  6. Tactical Pith Helmet
    I shouldn't think that mixing microdots and airsoft would work too well, especially the purple ohms. They mong you out like fuck.
  7. Tactical Pith Helmet
    Ask fellow 173rd member Westpoint. He has a brilliant 1960s US police load out. There will be pics of him (and others) at the last Cajun Chicken game on the Gunman site.
  8. Tactical Pith Helmet
    No M203 to hand unfortunately. I think he added a bipod and FT wind direction arm before I stuck the final pic on an FB airsoft group. It took some po faced humourless sod about 0.0000005 seconds to explode at the result.
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    It was very much left handed screw driver type advice.
  11. Tactical Pith Helmet
    You can buy them from pets shops for cleaning fish tanks. As said above, lack of pressure hinders them. When I rode bikes for a living, I often advised the new lads to wipe the inside of their visor with a raw onion.
  12. Tactical Pith Helmet
    'Another Idiot Bringing Humanity into Disrepute' would be more accurate. Total scum.
  13. Tactical Pith Helmet
    Went out with my serviced and cleaned AK, only to fall over a tree root 10 mins into the game. I was a pretty good gymnast in the mists of time, so controlling a fall is fairly easy, but... I managed to snag my free foot on something else too as I fell. THUD. Busted the rear sight, split the top housing in front of the (now displaced) dust cover, and the battery compartment bottom cracked. I hit the floor hard enough to dislodge a contact lens. I honestly thought that I'd broken my big (arthritic) toe, but it moved after a few minutes of laying still and therapeutically swearing. Rifle still fed OK and shot straight so on we went. Played OK too. First game damage I've inflicted on a CYMA. I doubt an all steel build would have been damaged, but I doubt I'd find one for less than £70 on TG. I'll have to get the gaffer tape and cable ties out I expect. If it's serious the Jubilee clips come out too, possibly the superglue. Bloody good day out mind!
  14. Tactical Pith Helmet

    Had to clean the hop rubber in my CM.028u.  The lad got a bit liberal with the silicone oil...

     

    Bloody palaver compared to an M4, managed to crack the housing round the tiny screw that holds the underside of the battery compartment/dust cover holder/slide.  Only needed a washer to make good, and probably could have got away without using one but still.  

     

    The wires are so damn short that the fuse holder sits under the cover too.  Couldn't be arsed to get the soldering iron out, and no thin wire sitting bout anyway. 

     

    Not a lazy man's rifle.  

     

    Namsoft next weekend and the AKs have to be in prime nick.  Dụ má mày yankee!  

    1. Adolf Hamster

      Adolf Hamster

      yeah ak's can be fun to work with depending on how they're setup.

       

      you get used to it though, whilst barrel access aint as good at least you don't have to have half the externals dissassembled just to get to the gearbox.

    2. Tactical Pith Helmet

      Tactical Pith Helmet

      Very true, the pinned models are very handy to work with.  The CYMA uses cheaper screws, and for a sub £100 rifle its astounding.   Pays your money etc...

       

      I think that they make a good base for custom builds too.

       

      I do have a habit of shedding mags though; I think due to using a mag grip equipped M4 a lot more.  I must catch the release with my (gloved) thumb tip.  

    3. Adolf Hamster

      Adolf Hamster

      the jg's/cyma's in the ak world are good shooters, bit of tinkering and they'll deliver the goods no bother when it comes to the fundamental task of slinging plastic downrange.

       

      generally with the likes of the lct's/e&l's what you're paying for is the exterior quality.

  15. Tactical Pith Helmet
    Have you considered this? Carries all your kit and no problems with breathability or mag retention being too tight. Just stick it all in the basket and away you go.
  16. Tactical Pith Helmet
    In similar situations/carrying similar gear, I've used Chicom chest rig, 56 pattern Chicom water bottle and an el cheapo canvas Highlander rucksack and shoulder bag. Canteen one side, shoulder bag the other (with pistol inside on lanyard), sarnies and extra water/clothes etc in the rucksack. Weight evenly distributed, lots of capacity and costs peanuts. Modern gear wise an SADF rig either chest or full vest is hard to beat.
  17. Tactical Pith Helmet
    I've had someone run face first almost into my barrel as I've shot. Spoiled my day despite being an accident and the other chap being 100% unharmed. He actually said, 'That's what goggles are for mate,' and laughed. Felt really guilty at the time. Bored people with the story before I know, but it happened, and I could have been deploying a 40 Mike from the under barrel launcher for all being said. Site allows them with MED. Think about that with this dodgy crap on your face. Hats off to the OP. Genuinely excellent work.
  18. Tactical Pith Helmet
    I agree. My brain substitutes the word 'fucked' for upgraded in many adverts... Anyone can fit something badly. Fitting things well, especially shimming, is a real skill.
  19. Tactical Pith Helmet
    I've used this firm for years. Always 100% quality service and decent products. The sidemount on my RPK came from here: https://www.ant-supplies.uk/rail-base-mounts/ak-side-mounts.html
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    Since the Girandoni airifle was in action in 1779, and bested the standard muskets of the time, surely a 9.48g BB at 500fps is acceptable? You'd scream your hits for sure. All in the name of history.
  21. Tactical Pith Helmet
    Not much in the scheme of things mate. Probs best for keeping for an AEG project. I guess that when you start playing seriously you'll want a trick aeg at some point, and those bits will be v useful.
  22. Tactical Pith Helmet

    Well...   fucking great day at Gunman Tuddenham.  Good gameplay, really aggressive play from the green team and some hard pushes from the banded team too.  Lots of BBs gone south.  Positive kill to death count.  New (to me) pew worked faultlessly.

     

    Only thing was forgetting to take my pain killers at lunchtime.  I took them when I stopped play, but depressing the clutch pedal was agony all the way home.   

     

    Picked up my M14 from the on site gnu guru.  It now shoots supernaturally good.  Seriously, give Theatre 1 Airsoft a look.  As a former engineer, I cannot work the magic that Roman lays on what he plays with.  I now have the best beastiest airsoft rifle I have seen in my gun cabinet.

     

    Thoroughly recommend this site, and this very special tech.  

    1. GAMBLE

      GAMBLE

      Hi @Tactical Pith Helmet! 👋

      Glad you had a Great day of Airsofting, will look into this site?

      🔫😎👍

      Just remember medication for the pain! 🤪👍

      💷GAMBLE💷

    2. Tactical Pith Helmet

      Tactical Pith Helmet

      Cheers Gamble!

  23. Tactical Pith Helmet
    Done
  24. Tactical Pith Helmet
    The only people I know that wear them do actually box. They are used to shutting their mouths when stressed/competing, and also obviously own the things. Personally, I would only consider wearing the blasted thing for the same reason that you run with one in, to learn to ignore it and breath hard naturally despite the big lump of plastic partially closing your airways. Why people people who don't know how they actually work wear them is, as Druid says, a different thing altogether.
  25. Tactical Pith Helmet
    You get knocked out easier with an open mouth, hence gumshields are designed to work mouth closed. They are not, as said above, designed for airsoft. You can get double gumshields, they have a vent in the middle to breath through. All gumshields are horrible to wear. I should have added that I am moulding a new gumshield tomorrow, top row only; filling a new standing bag stand too If you actually need a 'shield, you'll already know you do!
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