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I haven't spoken to Ben for years so was considering popping down as a little surprise. However I've just seen the weather forecast and I don't fancy getting drenched tomorrow. It is what it is.

Really? I've not seen a single thing on Facebook about the game days at the weekends. With the shop closing I assumed that was it, the entire company was done as I know Ben hasn't been in the best of health the past few years among other things.

Pretty much as per the title. The valves in all 4 of my mags are varying degrees of shot (Either O-Rings, excessively stiff or both) and I'm looking at just replacing both fill and release valves but I just can't find 'Armorer Works' valves. I have however seen KWC release valves and WE Hi-Capa fill valves and I was wondering if anyone knows if they will fit. I don't want to be buying kit that won't fit.

W.A.R appears to have gone bump.

Just noticed this an hour ago (at the time of posting) on the UKAirsoft subreddit. A post by u/Different-Ad-3019 stating that it's closed, no known re-opening date and people are apparently getting no response to the email address given. I did a little digging and on their official FB page that they have a 'Temporary Closure' until further notice. Usual 'apologies' etc etc. So I checked Companies House for the Bomb Up company listing and found some rather odd things. For a start, accounts are nearly a year overdue and their last confirmation statement is 6 months overdue. They only opened their new store just over a year ago (July 24) however since then in April of this year, their registered office changed from being the shop to some random Suite on a random industrial estate down by Cambridge and they only have 1 listed 'Officer', the Director with one leaving at the end of March. On the 27th of May the 'First Gazette' notice for a compulsory strike-off (probably due to not filing statements) however that was objected to and the strike off suspended on the 11th of June. Right now the www.bombupairsoft.co.uk website just white pages with a 'lander' that goes nowhere. The www.warringtonairsoftretail.co.uk website is just showing as 'Opening Soon' and the www.ptcairsoft.co.uk website which is the site for the game site they run is showing every single game date through to the 7th of December fully booked up which I very much doubt. If this is true, this is another big blow for the North West community after Invasion completely shut down, the loss of another site and shop means our choices become even more limited.

I figured as much, I emailed Patrolbase to ask them to check. Just seems odd that I never had an email to say it had expired or anything.

First time today at Level 2 Airsoft in Oldham. Took my WE Gen 3 Glock 17, PTS RM4 ERG Scout and Ronin AK variant. Glock and Scout were fine but the AK fired hot (375ish) which was annoying as I've never used it before. Then the gearbox locked up so it's stuck in semi and can't be changed to full or safe so that's fun and another project that'll probably never get finished. The site is up 2 flights of stairs so with a very heavy XL hard case was one way of waking up but once I got upstairs, I was greeted with a nice spacious and clean shop and safezone area, plenty of space to get myself set up without being crammed in. Staff are very friendly and helpful with clear instructions all day. The game zone is very nice, loads of space and routes to take to access different areas of the site. I only did half a day but four different game modes in that time, Team Deathmatch, 'Whack-A-Mole' (8 targets that need to be shot to change colour), Domination and Point Capture (using jerry cans with numbers on them). Quick 5 minute bomb up between games and everything went very smoothly, no issues with people not taking hits although their Tap Tap Pause rule took some getting used to and I did accidentally triple tap a handful of people. My bad! Sadly, alongside the issue with my AK, the firing pin in my TRMR-E1 snapped. I have no idea how the fuck it happened but only found out after I threw it the second time and it didn't go off, opened it up and the pin was gone. Sadly I think that's a replacement TRMR so that's another £85 to spend I don't have. Overall, good day. Nice to be at a new-to-me site, good staff, just issues with my own kit that put a dampener on it. Will definitely be back.

No, trying to get back into it. I haven't been playing for years and the site I used to play at is basically non-existent, Invasion Airsoft. I know there's a woodlands site but I never see anything about games there and the owner has been teasing a new/old CQB site for a while with no info. AFAIK, it's just a shop these days.

This thread is actually quite interesting for me. I had my UKARA first registered in 2017, the email said it would be active until 2018 but I have not once had a single email since telling me that it has expired or it needs renewing. I have no way of knowing if my number is valid or not (I doubt it) aside from emailing a retailer and asking them to check it for me

I was told they were not allowed. I have one on my Krytac and was specifically told it was Semi only.

Gonna update this here. Played my first game in 4 years and went to Chemical a few weeks ago. I've known the owners (Grant and Jack) for years from when they played at Trojan/Invasion in Stockport. As far as CQB sites go, it's pretty run of the mill. Corridors to lock down, flanking routes and plenty of cover. It is a tiny bit more speedsoft oriented with music playing during rounds but it was still fun. Semi only, no binary triggers when I went and a typical no nonsense rule set made for a relaxing and fun first game back. Smaller than Invasion was but that was fine, only 9 of us that day but it worked out.

I do have 7.4's but my CRB has had a fair bit of work done to it to support 11.1s. Gearbox was upgraded, piston has metal teeth is memory serves me right with a gate titan v2 as well. If the 11.1's do cause a damage, it's just an excuse to get more work done to it.

So, minor update. I have a working AEG (The Krytac CRB) and I've charged one of the two 11.1 LiPo's I have, will charge the other. I have a working pistol (Armourer Works Hi-Capa, I forgot the brand before). All 4 mags have gas seals that are holding. I guess I might try half a day somewhere on Sunday to ease myself back into things.

Tic tac box worked for me for a couple years. Never had any issues. Also allowed me to easily get 1 or 2 out at a time even with gloves on as my TRMR has the multi shot base (I've never used used the standard single shot one)

I'm not fully decided on committing but it's in the mind. As for the AEGs, they will probably work with a fully charged battery but I'd prefer to get them at least cleaned and regreased beforehand. For a working set, my Hi Capa is seemingly working, I'd have to check my KSG gas tanks as they always seemed to do well. All the seals on the Glock mags are shot though. The biggest job is my CRB, its been worked on by several people and had all sorts done to it. I don't remember exactly what internals except for a Prometheus 6.03 barrel, a CNC Maxx Hop Unit (I think it was a Pro or something) and metal gears. It might have a motor but no idea. I used to run .28s and even with no hop that thing overhopped something fierce, so much so that I often had to turn it to a side or upside down to make the shot at short ranges. I only played CQC and I would probably go back to that first.