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Site Name: Skirmish Wycombe Contact details: 01494 578077 Website Address: https://skirmishwycombeairsoft.com Facebook Page: Skirmish Wycombe Airsoft | Facebook Site Address: Fryers Farm Lane, High Wycombe HP14 3NP The last true long standing site close to London that I had never been to. @Albiscuit and I were going to go to Red 1 Oblivion, which fell through so decided to dust off the old reviews and give Skirmish Wycombe a visit. We attended on 30/01/2022. Skirmish Wycombe are usually fully booked and run every week switching between Saturdays and Sundays. It's a paintball site which is also used for Airsoft. It's a fairly long running site. Small Woodland site which has nice variation with regards to elevation with a valley running through a third of the site and elevated precipice above it. Short/Medium/Long range engagement distances. Foliage is both low and high but hardly any at head height so there is enough visibility for bolt action users and not so great for the taller person. There are plenty of earthworks and man made structures (None of which are particularly complex and only one small elevated building.) Good: Playing Area: It is quite a small site but it's nice and varied, despite being a paintball site first, the zones are opened up nicely and run into each-other for Airsoft ranges. As explained before there are lots of manmade buildings and earthworks, though maybe something a bit more elaborate could make this a truly excellent. Turn around time: Pretty short, you certainly get your moneys worth, they get lots of games in. Safe Zone: Small area, though it looks like it could be expanding soon, everything is covered and was big enough for the small crowd that attended. Park bench style seating and tables. Digital signage for the food stall, Battery charging available. It was good overall, but it did feel a little "tired", could do with some sprucing up. Safety Brief: Short and sweet. Covered most things. Food: Pulled pork with BBQ sauce and for us non pork/veggies, freshly cut Mediterranean vegetables with Mac and Cheese. It was stonkingly good food for an airsoft site, and is included with the £30 entry fee. Seems to be cooked on site. The tuck shop had digital boards with the prices on, they do freshly made milkshakes (Shakeway style made with different sweets etc) Had what appeared to be syrup style fizzy drink dispensers. So for Food and Drink, this site is first class. All the more impressive that it's in-house. No food trucks here. Shop: Really good shop! A large and wide selection of RIFs and pistols. They had an LCT Val, WE Makarov, G&G GK5C, F2000's. Really interesting selection. Prices are high like at most on-site shops. But not many places have this breadth of selection. Game Modes: Mostly simple, but effective, usual domination/zombie/4 way round robin games. Have a nice looking bomb setup. Average: Value: £30 is quite a lot to ask for when the site is pretty small, but the food and turn around time does make up for it. Clientele: Very young, lots of rentals and new people to the sport with very few older gents. They were friendly enough, but behaviour in the field was very suspect. Toilets: In an elevated shack in the car park, not an ideal position. It has real porcelain which is usually a good rating by default, but they were a little dirty and stank quite badly! I think the waste is stored underneath and removed periodically. Car Park/Entrance: Small mud car park, sign posted at the entrance but you need to follow signs for Fryers Farm thereafter and not mistakenly come off the other junctions within. Car Park is nearly right at the end of the main track after you see a gate that says "Staff only". It hadn't rained much recently, but I can imagine it getting slippery up to the nearby elevated safe zone. Chrono: Mandatory and everything was tagged. Usual 350 FPS for AEGs, shotguns and pistols. 450 for DMR and 500 for BASR. Would get a "Good" but Al overheard a marshal ask another marshal "This guys rifle is shooting over 350 on one chrono and 320 on another, what should I do?" "Go by the reading that lets them play". They also required me to chrono by .2's so they do not account for joule creep on heavier ammo. Bad: Hit taking: This was the massive bugbear of the day. In the morning there were some poor hit takers, mostly from frustrated players who couldn't break through enemy lines. We really enjoyed the mornings games despite this and were glad to carry on without grumbling. I made a prophetic comment at lunch (As long as the hit taking doesn't get any worse, I would consider this site fantastic, we'll see what happens!) The Afternoon was a complete shitshow for all three games. Two almost whole site games fighting over a single objective, there were about 4-5 grey hooded rentals, none of which would take their hits, you could see bb's pinging off them, they held important buildings which overlooked the main objective and wouldn't budge. I went up to one at the end of a game and said how well they held up and if they died at all? "Nah mate". It was almost comical how it was the grey hooded players that didn't take hits. It was a classic stereotype. On my own side there were other hooded rentals who would get shot, take the hit and instead of walking back to spawn 3 minutes away, would go behind a hedge and spawn straight back in. I had to exclaim to many rentals on my side that dead men don't talk as they kept trying to relay information to me about enemy whereabouts after they had been shot or asking me where I was shot from when I was walking back to spawn. Marshalling: I was tempted to put this in "Average", there are a number of marshal's, but only one appeared to have any experience or clout, and was looked to for advice by the others on a consistent basis. Considering how many people were complaining about how bad the hit taking was, I didn't see anyone get spoken to, no test shooting and no shadowing of suspect people. CEASEFIRE: In the afternoon games ceasefire was called no less then 6 times in two half hour games. Unsure as to why, some people say it was because people were walking on a footpath nearby. This needs to be sorted with maybe a proper fence etc as it killed the flow of the game (And many people would sneakily move up and into better positions from where they were when the ceasefire was called). Conclusion: A really difficult one, we really like the site and we will come back to see what happens playing against different people. The morning was excellent and was great gameplay but the inaction over hit taking really killed the Afternoon for us to the point that we left slightly early deflated. It goes to say, there were roughly just as many rentals as there were experienced players. We liked the informal atmosphere and the on-site facilities were great. They limit numbers as the site is rather small and the numbers were about right. I'd like to come back and see what it looks like with summer foliage. The Marshalling team need to be far more pro-active/confident in dealing and directing players, maybe some more experience would be a good idea. Bullpup Watch: T97, an Aug of some description. Best Guess Map:

First order in a long time as I have been selling off most of my collection (With still a fair few to go!). To celebrate paying off my credit card in full for the first time in 6 years I splurged on some modest parts. Want to upgrade my FN57 as much as possible as I love using it. I also needed to get a replacement Grip Safety for my Strike Warrior and stronger hop up arm for my TM M9. Havent tried the new ML Pistol buckings either so went for the following. 1x Guarder Enhanced Slide/Frame Set for MARUI FN57 GBB (Black) 1x Guarder 150% Hammer Spring for Marui FN57 GBB 1x Guarder 150% Recoil Spring for Marui FN57 GBB 2x Guarder Improved Hop Bucking (Transparent) 2x Maple Leaf 2021 NEW MR. Hop Up Bucking for Marui / WE / VSR-10 (50°/60°/70°/80°/85°) - 50° 1x Guarder 6.02 Inner Barrel For Marui FN57 1x Guarder Steel Grip Safety for Marui MEU - Black 1x DP SS 304 Hop-up Adjustment Arms For Marui / WE / VFC GBB Pistol MY trusty OneTigris mask is rusting to pieces after 5 years constant use so grabbed another OD one and a tan one.

Heya all. Got this Cyma Made launcher. Never used it, but has minor marks whilst in storage. What do you reckon I should sell for? Cheers! R

It wont be the "first" dedicated map of retailers and sites as described on your site. AirsoftNation used to have one. There are some pretty up to date and comprehensive site maps online now though. Might want to run a spell checker as well!

I wouldn't recommend it. Clearly something's not right with the gearbox regarding airseal and you'll just shorten the life of the components putting such a heavy spring in. I'd open the gearbox instead and run as light of a spring as possible to get to 350 FPS. An M100 should be doing the job.

Many thanks! This has now been sold at mates rates to someone 🙂

Issue 1, you could say that! Maybe lubing the track might help, or filing on side of the dial. Issue 2. It's slightly slower to disassemble, and can be finicky to reassemble as you can imagine.

Yeah the G&G M14 unit is perfectly fine. It might change your air seal characteristics but didn't seem to affect mine.

Hey all. Thinking of letting one of my LMGs go. It's upgraded but has a couple of issues. A&K MK43. Ergal Air Nozzle Ergal Cylinder Head Ergal Piston Head AirsoftPRO Hop unit Maple Leaf Macaron 50 Degree ASG Ultimate M95 Spring SHS Stainless Steel Full Cylinder SHS 14.5 tooth steel piston ZCI Advanced 18:1 gearset It's been shimmed and AOE corrected. Onto the two issues. 1st. The aftermarket hop unit works very well, however the dial is a little stiff. I will include the original hop unit if required. 2nd. The outer barrel where the lock mechanism is has been worn away so I have had to shim it with metal cans to prevent it from rotating. It works fine at the moment, though I reckon drilling a bolt through it will make a more permanent fix. It's in otherwise in good condition internally and externally. I would refuse to post this if I were to sell due to the weight which may affect the breadth of potential buyers. (Based in London) How much do you think I'd get for it? My initial thoughts are 150 considering the issues, but I'd like to hear your thoughts, too expensive, too cheap? Running at 334fps on .2s. Here's a video of it firing on a 25% charged 9.9v LIFE battery.

It's the case with most optics and especially so in specific light conditions and indoors. Is this the case when you are playing outdoors or are you just trying indoors?

Issue 1 is not really a problem and will probably be non existent once you put the heavier spring in. It really helps with trigger response without paying for a pre cocking mosfet if you want to look at it that way! Issue 2, as above. You need to put it in the receiver and install the stock tube.

To be honest the only sure fire way is to wear in the spring on the Mag. Or go for weaker sprung mags/high caps.

Are you using Mid caps filled to the brim when testing? As this does sound like midcap syndrome

You would get more luck on Cosplay boards.

Got the same one from Flecktarn last month. It's really not that bad at all! Need to get it washed out a bit.

I'd love to see him go full on AK/Makarov.

Most overseas sites do not ask for a UKARA number because it is the buyers responsibility to make sure that what they import is within UK law and they meet the requirements for importing a restricted product. IE, if there is no UKARA field, I just put it as part of the address. So if you order from any old site and you do not put your UKARA in the address field or on a custom field provided, then it is not their fault that you don't receive it. The same as any restricted item.

The Zinc Metal on this looks really bleh. 😕

I would snip the spring shorter before short stroking one tooth. Keep your Volume where possible.

It was taken over by Zed Adventures and closed within months. Land owner didn't want it used for paintball or Airsoft anymore.

Yup. it's the building immediately opposite the station.