Asomodai

Well I put "GBBR/Next Gen" in the title; Next gen meaning the EBB. 

Picked up this G&P Magpul M4 with a locked up gearbox/trigger and missing stock and stock tube. Snagged it for 50 quid!
 
Completely stock but with Magpul receiver, Pistol grip, handguard and foregrip. 
 
Do you guys think it's Foliage Green or Olive Drab? I am thinking the former myself.
 
Cracked it open, seems that the cocking lever spring has been overstretched so the bolt cover won't spring back as it should. The selector plate was broken in half.
 
One of the gearbox shell screws was overtightened and I had to drill it out.
 
In the gearbox I found the spur gear shaft completely sheared off and the motor pinion well worn. Replaced the spur gear, Air seal was OK, but I switched out the full cylinder for a 4/5ths as well as a new piston and cylinder head (which had to be modified to fit the gearbox protrusions)
Seems to be working OK if a little bit tight sounding.
 
Going to grab some parts from AK2M4 to get her really purring, as well as a stock tube and stock. The intention is to have a full set of M4A1 and Magpul furniture to switch between. 
 
Parts list to purchase:
22TPA Neo motor
13:1 Gearset
V2 Selector plate
Replacement screws/springs
AOLS 363mm Barrel
Guarder Clear hop rubber
AR Latch
ZCI CNC steel Stock tube
Magpul PTS MOE Stock
M4A1 Stock
 
Parts acquired:
Perun Mosfet
Tokyo Marui M4A1 Kac style Handguard.
 
 
 

After some testing... Welp. 

Picked up a G&P Magpul M4 with a locked up gearbox/trigger and missing stock and stock tube. Snagged it for 50 quid!
 
Completely stock but with Magpul receiver, Pistol grip, handguard and foregrip. 
 
Cracked it open, seems that the cocking lever spring has been overstretched so the bolt cover won't spring back as it should. 
 
In the gearbox I found the spur gear shaft completely sheared off and the motor pinion well worn. Replaced the spur gear, Air seal was OK, but I switched out the full cylinder for a 4/5ths as well as a new piston and cylinder head (which had to be modified to fit the gearbox protrusions)
 
Seems to be working OK if a little bit tight sounding. Going to grab some parts from AK2M4 to get her really purring, as well as a stock tube and stock. The intention is to have a full set of M4A1 and Magpul furniture to switch between. 
 
 

Well I put "GBBR/Next Gen" in the title; Next gen meaning the EBB. 

After some testing... Welp. 

Well I put "GBBR/Next Gen" in the title; Next gen meaning the EBB. 

Picked up this G&P Magpul M4 with a locked up gearbox/trigger and missing stock and stock tube. Snagged it for 50 quid!
 
Completely stock but with Magpul receiver, Pistol grip, handguard and foregrip. 
 
Do you guys think it's Foliage Green or Olive Drab? I am thinking the former myself.
 
Cracked it open, seems that the cocking lever spring has been overstretched so the bolt cover won't spring back as it should. The selector plate was broken in half.
 
One of the gearbox shell screws was overtightened and I had to drill it out.
 
In the gearbox I found the spur gear shaft completely sheared off and the motor pinion well worn. Replaced the spur gear, Air seal was OK, but I switched out the full cylinder for a 4/5ths as well as a new piston and cylinder head (which had to be modified to fit the gearbox protrusions)
Seems to be working OK if a little bit tight sounding.
 
Going to grab some parts from AK2M4 to get her really purring, as well as a stock tube and stock. The intention is to have a full set of M4A1 and Magpul furniture to switch between. 
 
Parts list to purchase:
22TPA Neo motor
13:1 Gearset
V2 Selector plate
Replacement screws/springs
AOLS 363mm Barrel
Guarder Clear hop rubber
AR Latch
ZCI CNC steel Stock tube
Magpul PTS MOE Stock
M4A1 Stock
 
Parts acquired:
Perun Mosfet
Tokyo Marui M4A1 Kac style Handguard.
 
 
 

Looks like foliage green. Bit of a project but its a bargain at that price.  

Picked up this G&P Magpul M4 with a locked up gearbox/trigger and missing stock and stock tube. Snagged it for 50 quid!
 
Completely stock but with Magpul receiver, Pistol grip, handguard and foregrip. 
 
Do you guys think it's Foliage Green or Olive Drab? I am thinking the former myself.
 
Cracked it open, seems that the cocking lever spring has been overstretched so the bolt cover won't spring back as it should. The selector plate was broken in half.
 
One of the gearbox shell screws was overtightened and I had to drill it out.
 
In the gearbox I found the spur gear shaft completely sheared off and the motor pinion well worn. Replaced the spur gear, Air seal was OK, but I switched out the full cylinder for a 4/5ths as well as a new piston and cylinder head (which had to be modified to fit the gearbox protrusions)
Seems to be working OK if a little bit tight sounding.
 
Going to grab some parts from AK2M4 to get her really purring, as well as a stock tube and stock. The intention is to have a full set of M4A1 and Magpul furniture to switch between. 
 
Parts list to purchase:
22TPA Neo motor
13:1 Gearset
V2 Selector plate
Replacement screws/springs
AOLS 363mm Barrel
Guarder Clear hop rubber
AR Latch
ZCI CNC steel Stock tube
Magpul PTS MOE Stock
M4A1 Stock
 
Parts acquired:
Perun Mosfet
Tokyo Marui M4A1 Kac style Handguard.
 
 
 

You have purchased a lipo/life charger, but you're trying to charge a NimH battery on it. I have my doubts the battery will charge on it because the charger will require a balance cable plugged in with NimHs don't use. 
 
Personally I recommend sending both back where you got them from and purchase a decent smart charger which can charge both lipos and NimH and a Lipo battery rather then NimH. That is a very poor charger and NimH is old tech. 

You have purchased a lipo/life charger, but you're trying to charge a NimH battery on it. I have my doubts the battery will charge on it because the charger will require a balance cable plugged in with NimHs don't use. 
 
Personally I recommend sending both back where you got them from and purchase a decent smart charger which can charge both lipos and NimH and a Lipo battery rather then NimH. That is a very poor charger and NimH is old tech. 

You have purchased a lipo/life charger, but you're trying to charge a NimH battery on it. I have my doubts the battery will charge on it because the charger will require a balance cable plugged in with NimHs don't use. 
 
Personally I recommend sending both back where you got them from and purchase a decent smart charger which can charge both lipos and NimH and a Lipo battery rather then NimH. That is a very poor charger and NimH is old tech. 

Looks like its an NGRS
 
https://atrg.blog/2021/04/20/tokyo-marui-next-generation-recoil-shock-a-first-look/

Looks like its an NGRS
 
https://atrg.blog/2021/04/20/tokyo-marui-next-generation-recoil-shock-a-first-look/

Looks like its an NGRS
 
https://atrg.blog/2021/04/20/tokyo-marui-next-generation-recoil-shock-a-first-look/

Only thing I will add is there was a small hand sanitiser station, but otherwise pretty spot on.
A really fun site and a decent day airsofting, like most of my other review comments I just wish it was a little closer, I could see me going more often if it was.
 

Site Name: UCAP Greenops
Contact detailss: 07590 818881
Website Address: GreenOps Liphook (ucap.co.uk)
Facebook Page: UCAP Airsoft | Facebook
Site Address: 1 New Lodge, Hollycombe, Liphook GU30 7LP
 
Welcoming in the 2021 "Season" of SE Tour reviews, we started at UCAP Greenops on 18/04/2021
 
The only UCAP site within the SE Tour brief. UCAP needs no introduction in the world of airsoft events. Running four different sites that are quite different to the standard Airsoft Fayre. Greenops is their only pure woodland site. This site was about the limit to our arbitrary travel time limits taking an hour and a half to get to @Albiscuitand a further hour and half to the site. 
 
Greenops is the lesser talked about, but well reviewed site in the UCAP roster, it is a small woodland site situated on a slight slope. There is a mix of clear areas and very thick foliage. Multiple structures and earthworks dotted around the site. Unusually it is very sandy underfoot. Short to medium engagement distance. 
 
Good:
 
Playing Area: This was the best part of the days experience. A small woodland site, but has lots of manmade props, including a two story church, FOB, airplane fuselages and assorted huts. The bushes are very thick with branches and can be difficult to traverse unless determined so most are forced down the cleared/recognised paths. 
 
Even though the site is small, running games in different directions keeps it fresh for at least the day we played. 
 
Clientele: There was a limit of around 50-60 players due to COVID. Mostly experienced players with only a couple of people who had never played before. Everyone was quite friendly in the safe zone, maybe a little "too" friendly considering the pandemic. There was very little griping during the day, people just happy to play.
 
Hit taking: Was pretty good all day long. I only heard a couple of minor complaints. 
 
Turn around time: There was the intention of having back to back games until lunch, however despite being warned, players didn't bring enough ammo, so there were more breaks then wanted. This is not the marshal's fault as they would have been happier to stay out playing. Otherwise the turn around to time was good and the marshals kept putting on games until people were too tired to carry on past 4:40pm. 
 
Average: 
 
Marshalling: Due to the small site size and good amount of marshals, you could find one pretty quickly. They were pretty hands off and relaxed.
 
Safety Brief: It started off mentioning that it wont be as long a "Mall" briefing, but ended up being much longer and without the wit of Luke. It was long, but covered everything you needed to know. 
 
Game Modes: Were fairly basic, mostly defend/attack and fetch quest games. It worked quite well and probably takes the small size of the site into account, however it would have been nice to see a fall back game that utilised the entire site. 
 
Value: £25 not bad for what you get in terms of a playing area. 
 
Car Park/Entrance: Well sign posted, long and bumpy dirt road up to the two car parks. The second car park had only just been created, however was not quite big enough as cars were penned in and had to wait for others to move to get out.
 
Safe Zone: During lockdown this was expanded along with the car park. It's a wooden structure which is predominantly under cover. Much like the car park, it's not big enough to support the numbers that arrived. However due to COVID, everyone set up in the Car Park anyway. 
 
Toilets: A portaloo, but we didn't see it, or use it, so can't really judge this either way.
 
Bad: 
 
Chrono: Everyone's primaries were chronoed at the beginning of the day as you walk into the safety brief and first game. None of the guns were marked, you only had the opportunity to chrono one rifle which is the one you bring to the first game. Any other rifles you used in subsequent games were not checked. In the safety brief they justified it by saying people remove tags and put it on other rifles or change the spring on the sly. If they caught anyone with a hot gun, it's an immediate dismissal, however I didn't see any chrono checks after the initial one in the morning. 
 
I really don't agree with the site view on this. FPS limits are 350 for AEGs, 420 for DMRs and 500 for BASR. Gas pistols were not checked and you chrono using your bb weight. 
 
Shop: We didn't see any shop on site. The website states they sell the essentials so it's unlikely they would sell anything beyond gas and bbs. 
 
Food: We didn't see any at the time. apart from a tea urn. According to the website they only sell snacks (Though due to COVID they might not have sold anything). So bring your own lunch. 
 
COVID awareness: I didn't hear much if anything mentioned about social distancing or COVID awareness. Other sites have enacted social distancing and enforced the use of fabric masks in the safe zone. I didn't see any of this at Greenops. 
 
Wall of BBs: The amount of full auto and trigger spam got worse throughout the day, people were just hammering bushes hoping to get a kill. I'd like to see semi auto only on AEG's during the day. 
 
Conclusion: 
 
Despite the somewhat average review, we did enjoy our time at Greenops. The playing area was rather unique for a woodland setting in that it could be classed as CQB in many areas. It reminds me of certain parts of Red 1 Chislehurst but with more variation. The size of the site was small, but we were knackered come the end of the day due to the long walks back to respawn, we think having a moveable spawn point that follows the action will improve the skirmishes and participation. 
 
It would be interesting to see what happens to the playing area in the future and if they can actually fit anymore stuff into a small footprint such that it is. But it's mostly the ancillary things that needs improvement, safe zone, parking, food, shop etc. 
 
If you are looking for CQB, but out in the lovely Hampshire sunshine, Greenops will probably tick your boxes! 
 
Bullpup Watch: Only one, and that was the SOC-AR of mine. 
 
Best Guess Map: 
 

Day 46. No sign of it :-(. Still in customs I think. 

A follow up video to the FMA goggle lens test:
 This new video gives a repeat of the FMA 1, new test of the FMA 2, plus tests of VForce Grills with old and new lenses
 
 

 
Bottom line is don’t use eye protection that doesn’t meet the standards or use unreliable sources.
Also check the condition of your lenses, particularly as we have not been able to play for some time 

Many people know my opinion in the need for a bonified license, which would only come with a governing body and recognition as a valid hobby/sport.
 
However some people don't want this recognition because people don't like change and oversight. It works for them right now, so why change? The answer is, Airsoft has been in or around part of this grey area of legality and acceptability for a very long time, which cant last forever. Are we allowed to continue, be visible and be legitimate, or not be legal and become underground? The risk of trying to find out once and for all is that we might get the wrong answer. But I think it's something we really have to deal with as Airsofters and get a definitive answer. If we come out of the gate wanting to become legitimate, it would give us an advantage in negotiations, rather then skulking around in the shadows waiting for an "incident" to bring the problem to us completely unprepared to deal with it.
 
I support some form of recognition and legitimate representation, as it would help legitimise Airsoft in the eyes of lawmakers and set us apart from the idiots with RIF's in public that you find in the newspapers.
 
Airsoft itself may come across a bigger (Unspecified) threat in the very near future which if we had representation in place, could help fight off whatever it is more effectively; rather then scramble around at the last minute fighting amongst ourselves to organise. If we have no representation in place to already deal with an (unspecified) threat, we would in a far worse position to defend Airsoft. 
 
Airsoft is already or will become political for those outside of the hobby, we need to acquire the tools to negotiate, defend and come out the other side as a legitimate sport or hobby. It might mean it would be harder to get into the sport as a new player, it might mean paying a regular yearly fee and as a result might mean less money flowing to retailers, but at least it will save the hobby as a whole which is far more important. 
 
Bottom line. I don't mind paying more money to help safeguard what we do. 

I wanted to shrink it a little bit, so turned it inside out and washed it at 10 degrees hotter then I should have. Sadly it didnt shrink, but even inside out, it faded where as my jacket is still full colour.  
 
The Predators I have ordered are the same size, but has a higher waist, so hopefully will fit better. They sold their last Large this morning so had to plump for XL. My waist is right on the cusp of the two sizes. 
 
I have given up on the dye idea and sold the Revenger Trousers to a fellow forumite

Another expensive day of gear purchasing. 
 
Invader Gear Predator Trousers in Vegetato (Replacing the Revengers that I faded in the wash :()
Viper Security Belt
Nuprol Polymer Shotgun Cartridge shell holder
MFH South African Combat Vest in Vegetato
Picatinny One Piece Scope Mount
M-Lok to picatinny adapter. 
 
Think I am finally done with my Vegetato loadout. 
 
 

I really like the black/blue hue in the photo. My guess is they used Black dye for natural fibers so the poly ripstop squares and stitching still shows. But because of the base brown tan and green the black is sorta blueish. 
 
Is that a reasonable assumption in your professional opinion? Or should I go for a synthetic dye? My trousers are 35/65 poly/cotton.

5 and 10 rounds a shot? Yes please! Adjustable hop unit as well! presuming it's a single barrel. 
 
Look at that spread...
 
FLAK-10 and FLAK-5 Super Shotguns by Airsoft Innovations - YouTube
 
Flak-10 & Flak-5 Gas Powered Super Shotguns | Airsoft Innovations Inc. (airsoft-innovations.com)