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Mine went well then a bit shit. 
Too skint to go to Spec Ops Cqb, so I instead spent some time with my Old Skool TM AK47-S.  Got a new dust cover a couple of days back from Hutt Armouries (cheers) so trying that out was a good reason to fling a few shots down the garden.  It's still impressive.  Hitting 320fps on 0.20s and very nicely accurate... The impact point bang on to the iron sights.  A bit slow on the RoF with a 7.4v lipo, but usable all the same.   Good ol' TM.
 
So that was all good! 
 
The shit bit was when I was packing it away.  I put the gun on top of a stack of toolboxes, damned thing slid off onto the floor - barely any height, and onto carpet - but enough to shear the pins inside the stock release catch/attachment to the receiver.
 
Bugger.
 
So I now need to find a replacement folding stock, or at least the catch and its fitments.  Not much luck so far (remember I've already been on this journey because I was trying to replace the stock release button when that went walkies)
 
Looks like I'll have to pay Chump Tax and buy a whole Cyma stock ($30 at Evike USA)

I used to have a loving family, a nice house, and good car until I got involved with drugs.
 
Now I have my own island and a yacht.

This morning, the lad and I set off for a journey across southern parts of London to spend the day at Tactical Warfare Airsoft, a site where we have had a few good days over the last few months.

As usual, there were a fair number of rental players present and, before the morning safety briefing, the lad twice removed magazines from rentals' guns in the safezone.

After the usual safety brief, which included the usual talk about eyepro, no magazines in guns in the safezone and no dry firing in the safezone, we set out into the game zone for the first game; turning around to talk to the lad, I was shocked to find that the marshal who was with us was not wearing eyepro in the playing area; I immediately pointed this out to him and that there were players with loaded weapons and that some were shooting. He argued that it was not a problem but, after some persuading, put them on.

As we assembled for the first game briefing (60+ players with loaded guns), I noticed that the same marshal was standing 2m away from, and looking at, a rental player who had removed his eyepro and was making no attempt to get him to put it back on.

Both of these incidents were reported to the head marshal, who stated that he would "have a word" with him.

The first game was a fairly straightforward capture the flag using the village and part of the wood; this turned into a stalemate with some very dodgy hit taking.  

This was followed by a fallback game; as the defenders we had one life in each of Badger Base, Jungle Base and the Pit.  This was mostly a good game, except for repeated concerns that an HPA user on the other team was running a hot gun; experienced players were reporting that hits were hurting far more than they should.  When the lad challenged him on it, asking what weight he was using, he claimed to be using 0.20g BBs.  The lad then mentioned it to the head marshal, who responded that it had passed chrono.  Another player suggested that it be spot checked, but this was rejected.  There was also massive confusion about the boundaries for each stage; at the Pit, several of our players were hit by opponents who were out of bounds, as no information had been given to them as to where they could and could not go.

When it came time to turn the game around, we found that more than half of our team had disappeared, either going back to the safezone or leaving.  Despite this, we made a gallant attempt.  While attacking Badger Base, I asked a marshal if a couple of enemy players were out of bounds; his reply was that they probably weren't as that was where they were firing from, which made no sense.  We then asked how far we could flank round to attack them and were told we could go wherever we wanted; I checked whether this included flanking around behind the Pit and was told that we could not do that, so I asked again where we could flank round them.  The marshal replied that we could go anywhere that we wanted, so I again sought clarification on what this meant with regard to sneaking up on them by flanking around behind the pit.  The response was again that we could not do that.  Apparently, anywhere that we wanted was not anywhere that we wanted. Utter disorganisation!

Lunch followed, during which the lad again had to remove a magazine from a rental's gun; unlike every other site we play at, TWA does not check that players returning to the safe zone have removed mags and cleared their weapons.  On several occasions, triggers were pulled in the safezone, with no response from the marshals.  After one player had twice fired long bursts (no BBs fired) with an SMG, I raised this with the site owner, who went over and told him not to do it again.

We discussed leaving but decided to give it another try after lunch.  After the sides had been rebalanced and afternoon arrivals integrated into the teams, we set off for the next game.  This was a game in which we, as the attackers, had to fight our way into the village, collect six barrels and get them back to our start point; we had infinite regens on our start point and the defenders had two lives.

After a stiff fight and some hilariously bad hit taking, we fought our way into the village, whereupon the 0.20g HPA guy inflicted some serious damage on a couple of players, drawing blood; he also hit my webbing, the impact leaving me in no doubt that he was not using 0.20g BBs.

Once this game finished, we decide to leave; we will not be returning to Tactical Warfare Airsoft.  Unfortunately, it has reverted to being the shit show that it previously was, with the added bonus of little or no apparent concern for players' safety or even marshals' own safety.

Weapons used:

Me
CYMA G36C
King Arms PDW
ASG Commander XP18 (CO2)

The lad
G&G C7
G&G Modernised M4
ASG Commander XP18 (CO2)
Dynatex Grenade (x2)
 

A Russian wife turned to her husband and asked, "What's this special military operation our glorious leader keeps talking about?"
 
Her husband replied, "It's a war to stop America and NATO." "Oh, right” she says “How's it going?" “Well” he replied “so far we have lost over 20 generals, over 315,000 troops killed or wounded, 3000 tanks, 300 aircraft, hundreds of helicopters, countless armoured vehicles, artillery and trucks, our flagship along with other naval ships, our army is being defeated in most areas and we have had to resort to conscripting 500,000 Russians including murders and rapists to replace our losses”.
 
“Wow” replied the wife “what about America and NATO”?
 
“They haven’t turned up yet”

This. As much as I dislike the whole trial by social media and cancel culture bollocks, if someone is regularly being a cunt they need to be called out over it. Otherwise they'll just carry on and it gives the impression that sort of behaviour is ok

Money saving tip : Instead of buying a coffin just order a pen from Amazon and use the box it comes in!

For those who want to EDIT an advert or DELETE old ones so you don't get further enquiries
Click on 'Advert Actions'
'Hide' will remove the advert from everyone including yourself so essentially deleting it.
 

Yes - the weight is more down to the hop in the gun and the environment you're pewing in....  outdoors you want a .25 or .28 really otherwise leaves become a deflector screen, and Bush wookies might not feel the impacts.
 
 
If you're indoors, then I see no need to use anything more than .2s.
 
With increased weight comes increased cost too.
 
There's a thread with a spreadsheet somewhere on the forum with links and prices - I'll see if I can find it.
 
 
 
Here we are:
 
 

I can recommend Skirmish Wycombe in High Wycombe. Not too far from you.
 
Just to ram it home even more...
Rent for your first 3 games (at the same site) Then you can get UKARA registered and look to buy the toys.
 
- First get good boots with ankle support.
Either army surplus or more modern comfy ones.
 
- Secondly get good eye protection. (full face or separate lower mask is recommended to protect the teeth)
Aim to spend around £40 or so for good eyepro and some anti-fog wipes. (Someone chime in with the best)
 
- Don't bother with a pistol until later.  They are fun but add extra hassle to loadouts, need more preparation and not that important for woodland games.

Before uploading, resize them to the smallest you can accept depending on what its for.
High quality would be around 1600 and lowest 640
 
Note: You can delete photos from your storage and they remain posted in the forum.
https://airsoft-forums.uk/attachments/

Before uploading, resize them to the smallest you can accept depending on what its for.
High quality would be around 1600 and lowest 640
 
Note: You can delete photos from your storage and they remain posted in the forum.
https://airsoft-forums.uk/attachments/

It would entirely depend on the circumstances.
 
Discrimination is covered by the Equality Act, and applies to protected characteristics which include disability.
 
If they were banned for being disabled then that would be discrimination 
If banned for their actions as an individual then that would not be discrimination 
But if banned as an individual, for their actions which are a result of their ability then that may or may not be discrimination - and can come down to what is reasonable.
 

I upload mine to Google photos.  Then put them in a shared album.
 
From a PC you can then right click the image you want and paste the link directly into the post.  The advantage of this is full resolution too.
 
I haven't worked out how to get the link from a mobile.
 
This shouldn't eat into your storage allowance. 
 
 
Alternatively you can download an image resized app and upload them to the site.

I tried to get them to point forwards at first but they always came out.  Then I tried backwards and it worked

Welcome, I'd suggest finding a site in the area of the country that you can get to and look for a hire option. Get a taste for the game rather than youtube and then see where you are after a few days with hired rifs.

Welcome to the money pit!

Rent a gun and kit first to get a feel for the hobby and make sure you want to invest in it.  Make sure you have good boots that give ankle support and wear clothing that you don't mind getting wet and filthy.

Where in London are you based?

Ahoy and welcome.
 
No need to over-think it. Find a site near to you, and book a rental package. If you enjoy it and reckon that you'll stick with it, then you think about purchasing options. Renting isn't as expensive as it looks though. A rental package is typically £20 more than a walk on, but you'll get through £10 or so worth of BBs anyway, so it's really only £10 a day to rent a gun and support for it without investing anything yourself.  Waiting the 8 weeks / 3 games before getting a site membership / UKARA number will give you time to cadge a go on some guns and figure out what you want to buy.
 
There's no need to go as a team or with anyone else. There will be a brief for rentals covering the basics, and airsofters tend to be a friendly bunch. You'll easily enough get talking to folk on site. Just ask someone about their guns and gear and see if you can get them to shut up.  

If you like different, may as well go all out with random all the colours 😄

 
 
 

If you like different, may as well go all out with random all the colours 😄

 
 
 

If you like different, may as well go all out with random all the colours 😄

 
 
 

Some more examples:
CYMA CM033 Thompson


 
 
CYMA CM032 M14

 
 
Testing on a 40mm grenade

cool, added to the Asia list

Some more examples:
CYMA CM033 Thompson


 
 
CYMA CM032 M14

 
 
Testing on a 40mm grenade

I've used https://ast-gun.airsofttaiwan.com/ a few times with good results
 
 

When will you be offering to do others...? 👀 Would love my M16a1 done once it's all built!