Asomodai

So I bought a bunch of parts to finally finish my last three builds of my "Addiction" Era of Airsoft and add a couple of upgrades to already upgraded stuff. 
 
ZCI GBB 113mm Barrel for TM M9 US
O&T AEG 363mm 6.04mm steel barrel for M249
ZCI 247mm Barrel for Bizon
O&T AEG 280mm 6.04mm steel barrel for XM8C
3x Rocket Steel Quenched Japanese M110 Springs
3x Rocket Steel Quenched Japanese M100 Springs
2x O&T RVG Style Vertical Foregrip Black for XM8C and JLS RX4
ZCI AUG Air nozzle for JLS RX4
ZCI CNC Steel 14:1 Gears for XM8C
Rocket Silent Cylinder head AK for Bizon
2X 22TPA XT Short type High Torque Fan Motors for Bizon and XM8C
ZCI Piston Head for JLS RX4
 
Anything I buy from now will be very selective and somewhat higher quality then what I have bought before. I have had enough cheap/Midrange but upgraded rifles! 
 
Moar pistols. 

So I bought a bunch of parts to finally finish my last three builds of my "Addiction" Era of Airsoft and add a couple of upgrades to already upgraded stuff. 
 
ZCI GBB 113mm Barrel for TM M9 US
O&T AEG 363mm 6.04mm steel barrel for M249
ZCI 247mm Barrel for Bizon
O&T AEG 280mm 6.04mm steel barrel for XM8C
3x Rocket Steel Quenched Japanese M110 Springs
3x Rocket Steel Quenched Japanese M100 Springs
2x O&T RVG Style Vertical Foregrip Black for XM8C and JLS RX4
ZCI AUG Air nozzle for JLS RX4
ZCI CNC Steel 14:1 Gears for XM8C
Rocket Silent Cylinder head AK for Bizon
2X 22TPA XT Short type High Torque Fan Motors for Bizon and XM8C
ZCI Piston Head for JLS RX4
 
Anything I buy from now will be very selective and somewhat higher quality then what I have bought before. I have had enough cheap/Midrange but upgraded rifles! 
 
Moar pistols. 

So I bought a bunch of parts to finally finish my last three builds of my "Addiction" Era of Airsoft and add a couple of upgrades to already upgraded stuff. 
 
ZCI GBB 113mm Barrel for TM M9 US
O&T AEG 363mm 6.04mm steel barrel for M249
ZCI 247mm Barrel for Bizon
O&T AEG 280mm 6.04mm steel barrel for XM8C
3x Rocket Steel Quenched Japanese M110 Springs
3x Rocket Steel Quenched Japanese M100 Springs
2x O&T RVG Style Vertical Foregrip Black for XM8C and JLS RX4
ZCI AUG Air nozzle for JLS RX4
ZCI CNC Steel 14:1 Gears for XM8C
Rocket Silent Cylinder head AK for Bizon
2X 22TPA XT Short type High Torque Fan Motors for Bizon and XM8C
ZCI Piston Head for JLS RX4
 
Anything I buy from now will be very selective and somewhat higher quality then what I have bought before. I have had enough cheap/Midrange but upgraded rifles! 
 
Moar pistols. 

So I bought a bunch of parts to finally finish my last three builds of my "Addiction" Era of Airsoft and add a couple of upgrades to already upgraded stuff. 
 
ZCI GBB 113mm Barrel for TM M9 US
O&T AEG 363mm 6.04mm steel barrel for M249
ZCI 247mm Barrel for Bizon
O&T AEG 280mm 6.04mm steel barrel for XM8C
3x Rocket Steel Quenched Japanese M110 Springs
3x Rocket Steel Quenched Japanese M100 Springs
2x O&T RVG Style Vertical Foregrip Black for XM8C and JLS RX4
ZCI AUG Air nozzle for JLS RX4
ZCI CNC Steel 14:1 Gears for XM8C
Rocket Silent Cylinder head AK for Bizon
2X 22TPA XT Short type High Torque Fan Motors for Bizon and XM8C
ZCI Piston Head for JLS RX4
 
Anything I buy from now will be very selective and somewhat higher quality then what I have bought before. I have had enough cheap/Midrange but upgraded rifles! 
 
Moar pistols. 

Hello all you fine lads and ladies. 
 
(If I may be so self indulgent to put this message here and call my humble site reviews "News".)
 
Last week was my 4th anniversary starting Airsoft. 6 months after that I started doing the site reviews. It's been a wild ride as much as one can be just writing walls of indecipherable text with questionable grammar. I have had some good times visiting so many different sites. I believe I have now visited 42 sites in the South East (Only one of which I haven't yet posted a review on as I would like to revisit). 
 
I have received many thanks for the reviews and plaudits on the forum as well as direct criticisms in the form of PM's and Emails from site regulars and owners. I have been told on multiple occasions how aware sites are about the reviews and are all quaking in their boots for when I make my visit ;). I have been invited to new sites multiple times for my feedback on how to improve the gaming experience. I was also approached by a large online Airsoft news site to write reviews for them on the regular (Sadly they never got back to me after I said I would love to write for them, but only on the proviso that I could still post them on AFUK and that I wouldn't let anyone edit or tone down my honest opinions). 
 
So you are probably wondering why I am making this post! 
 
It's time to bring the reviews to a close... Sort of. As fun as it is visiting lots of different sites, @Albiscuit and myself will start prioritising revisiting sites that we have loved to have some good game days under our belt. Whilst I am not in it for the fame, women or backhanders, I have seen the readership, views and feedback getting less and less prevalent over time. Due to that I am finding it harder to start typing out walls of texts until I get so bored I have to force myself to do it!
 
There are also frankly very few sites left to visit that you can say are actually in the South East. Compound that with the fact I don't drive, many of the ones left are relatively inaccessible to me without a lift. 
 
Basically, I am a scrub and I want to start going to a small number of sites more regularly, get good at layouts and get to know some regulars and maybe join a loose set of players in a "Team" or something equally cringe. I will also be taking some time out down in Devon and Cornwall for personal reasons starting from August ending in October. I may play a couple of times down there as well. But it's not set in stone... 
 
This doesn't mean there wont be anymore new reviews (Watch out for ZMart, Incursion tunnels and Tower Airsoft coming up) but I will be writing them sporadically, to the point I may just stop. 
 
I really appreciate all of the support you guys have given me, even though many of you don't live in the SE! Special thanks goes to my initial Battlebuddy who helped me get to places and @Albiscuitpicking up where he left off. Without you I would never of got to see so many of these places!
 
If there are any sites you haven't seen a review of and would like me or someone else to review at some point please comment. Below are a list of sites that are still yet to be visited. 
 
ZMart
Incursion Tunnels
South Coast CQB
Finmere Airsoft
Special OPs Airsoft
Apocalypse Paintball centre
RIFT Com 2/3
Skirmish Wycombe
Quex Airsoft
Mayhem South East Canterbury and Longfield
Wonky Donkey 
Badlands Airsoft
UCAP Portsmouth
Worthing Airsoft
Battle Sector X
DTW Airsoft
Raw War
Gunman Camp Alpha
Campaign Airsoft
Camouflage Airsoft
 
Cheers all! 
 

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: 
 

 

I have no real customer loyalty (It's a two way street, shops that I have bought from multiple times haven't hesitated to shaft me and pass the buck if something I bought from them was broken out of the box), it's not as if one shop gets better examples of specific products over any others. Anything could be duff regardless of where I buy it from. Price is still king, though getting all the stuff I need from one shop as long as I am not getting too shafted price wise is also a consideration. I do check certain retailers first if I know they are more likely to have the bits over others (AK2M4, Bullseye and Fire Support). 
 
It's all about being a savvy shopper to maximise what I get from my funds. 

I have no real customer loyalty (It's a two way street, shops that I have bought from multiple times haven't hesitated to shaft me and pass the buck if something I bought from them was broken out of the box), it's not as if one shop gets better examples of specific products over any others. Anything could be duff regardless of where I buy it from. Price is still king, though getting all the stuff I need from one shop as long as I am not getting too shafted price wise is also a consideration. I do check certain retailers first if I know they are more likely to have the bits over others (AK2M4, Bullseye and Fire Support). 
 
It's all about being a savvy shopper to maximise what I get from my funds. 

Indeed! Which segues conveniently into this advert by some guy!
 
 
The sale of which will help me buy a short type motor of the same heritage from the quoted poster above. 
 
Some may think I am being a cheeky bu**er, I say it's fate.

Indeed! Which segues conveniently into this advert by some guy!
 
 
The sale of which will help me buy a short type motor of the same heritage from the quoted poster above. 
 
Some may think I am being a cheeky bu**er, I say it's fate.

I think you're going to have to be more specific. What are you trying to buy? Is it stuff from the classifieds? Have you got links?

Have you considered my lord and saviour 9.9v Life as a nice halfway house? I can use my 9.9v batts in rifles that will double cycle on 11.1v.

Can BBs enter the hop end of the barrel when you insert them manually? If so it would suggest a different issue. Mad I'll barrels in my opinion are worse then ZCI. 

There is no way a High Torque motor will kill a 7.4V battery in ordinary circumstances. Something is faulty.
 
The particular Motor itself is faulty
Battery is faulty
Wiring is faulty. 
Charger is Faulty.
 
Or a combination of the four.
 
I only use 7.4v lipos in my normal AEGS, all of my AEGs have neodymium high torque or Neodymium Balanced Torque motors. Never has the motor ruined a battery.
 
If using a 11.1v miraculously works, it is because it is masking a problem elsewhere. You need to find the problem that you have currently.
 
Edit: in regards to MOSFETs I usually just use whatevers cheapest and smallest in all my builds. So I can get rid of the fuse and protect trigger contacts. The small Perun is great for me. No AB and no Precocking.
 
 

There is no way a High Torque motor will kill a 7.4V battery in ordinary circumstances. Something is faulty.
 
The particular Motor itself is faulty
Battery is faulty
Wiring is faulty. 
Charger is Faulty.
 
Or a combination of the four.
 
I only use 7.4v lipos in my normal AEGS, all of my AEGs have neodymium high torque or Neodymium Balanced Torque motors. Never has the motor ruined a battery.
 
If using a 11.1v miraculously works, it is because it is masking a problem elsewhere. You need to find the problem that you have currently.
 
Edit: in regards to MOSFETs I usually just use whatevers cheapest and smallest in all my builds. So I can get rid of the fuse and protect trigger contacts. The small Perun is great for me. No AB and no Precocking.
 
 

I was perfectly factual in my post. I think you need to learn that being corrected when factually wrong is not an attack on you specifically, but to help you not make incorrect claims on a publicly available website. Could you please point out where I was not constructive?

I was perfectly factual in my post. I think you need to learn that being corrected when factually wrong is not an attack on you specifically, but to help you not make incorrect claims on a publicly available website. Could you please point out where I was not constructive?

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: 
 

 

I was perfectly factual in my post. I think you need to learn that being corrected when factually wrong is not an attack on you specifically, but to help you not make incorrect claims on a publicly available website. Could you please point out where I was not constructive?

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: 
 

 

No thanks. I have already sold it to a friend and for an acceptable price. 
 
 

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: 
 

 

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: 
 

 

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: 
 

 

No thanks. I have already sold it to a friend and for an acceptable price.