Rogerborg

Airsoft technology is weird, I was if anything slightly up on Sunday at 2C.

Fair summary. Since Luke at Negative has just lampshaded the issue, I'll confirm that my Specna is super fussy about magazines, and no, the Reddit "juts chaenge teh MAGA zine catch!!1!" solution isn't going to cut it. There's something very fussy about the hop alignment, feed tube length, or gearbox shell dimensions stopping most mid cap magazines from feeding well. I thought it was just mine, but apparently they all do that. On that basis alone, I can't whole-heartedly recommend Specnas at this point, as it's the sort of thing that sounds like a minor inconvenience, but is actually really annoying in practice.

Since we're well off topic now, I heard a player-marshal grumbling after a game that he'd "hit someone, and the cheeky cnut had put his hand up, then ducked back into cover." I kindly let him know that the cheeky cnut was in fact waving cheerily at him because his BBs were dropping about 3m short. Perhaps ill advised, but he was already convinced that he was hitting me and would have been salty anyway, so I might as well have fun with it.

+1 to him being honest to begin with, then realising that he's got your money and the RIF, and that he might end up with both if he just does nothing. Well, you did the right thing, although I agree that I wouldn't have left it that long. It's harsh on sellers and senders at the moment, but ultimately you just have to mash that "Refund, now" button, and the sooner you do it, the sooner you're back where you started. And 1000% on never, ever cancelling a refund claim.

You'd think, but really, they don't know, and they don't care. It's too nuanced an offence. Look at Eagle6, they literally incriminate themselves with evidence that they're manufacturing Section 5 firearms on YouTube, without any concern or consequences. It's up to sites whether they welcome Señor Spamsalot. I'll single out Biohazard Airsoft for praise on this one: they're a CQB site, run three-shots-pause, three-shots-pause, and the marshals are all over it. The local woodland sites, not so great. It's more "Hur hur, c0ol gnu, m8" than having a quiet word about short, controlled bursts. Ultimately, it all comes down to the marshals. I have a concern that, like with politicians, the job should go to people who don't want to do it.

Great to hear it, and yes, gloves are de rigueur for CQB. Torch, yes, tracers, hell yes. Sorry to hear that Bristol Airsoft is closing, it looks like an amazing site. One thing though, you get a huge adrenaline hit off of the first few days and it's easy to blow thousa- I mean, hundreds. And that's how we end up with a classified section full of "used once, not for me" cupboard queens. I'd give it a few months to see if it's true love. I had another decent day at Area-66 yesterday. It's a site that's just as big as it needs to be, well developed, with a mostly decent playerbase. I'd prefer the marshals to be a bit more marshally and a bit less matey with the usual scamps and scallywags. Still, no real problems, good natured hijinks all round. My DMR crapped out after lunch, so it was MP5K-and-charge. Tuckered out today, mind.

Decent human being + low ROF gun = ✔️ Decent human being + high ROF gun = ✔️ Nobber + low ROF gun = ✔️ Nobber + high ROF gun = ❌ They shamble among us. Yesterday was a constant litany of "No full auto into the buildings!", over and over and over. Some people just can't be told, and sites aren't going to kick them out, no matter how often they threaten to do so. I'd rather that temptation was never put in their paws in the first place.

vvv That. And different chemistries means you can't really compare like for like. Notionally an 8.4V NiMH should spin a no-load motor a little faster than a 7.4V LiPo, but those aren't the voltages that you'll actually see. Most chargers will take a lipo up to a reliable 3.7V per cell i.e. 8.4V for a 2-cell rather than 7.4V. A NiMH "8.4V" pack is 7 x 1.2V cells in series but chargers don't know that. All they can do is to stuff charge in until the battery resistance spikes / the charging current drops, which might be at any point depending on the worst cell in the pack. So much for voltage. The lithium cell will also be able to deliver more power, and will deliver it more consistently as it discharges, which will let your motor pull the spring as fast as it's able to. They both work, I'm not saying that you must get lithium based cells, but I prefer them.

Ahoy and welcome back. There does seem to be a bug that bites after 10 years or so, great to hear that you're still enjoying it.

We call them wanker guns for a reason. Anything over 20rps and you're playing a different game from the rest of us, whether you get there via HPA, DSG or a 40-Mike.

I don't, it's just another grift. Remember the lad on Facebook who begged his way to a bunch of RIFs then started posting some very ill advised pictures and videos. You don't value what you haven't earned.

The Galaxy also uses Jing Gong - or very nearly Jing Gong - hop units. I'm not sure who cloned who, or if Galaxy is just a JG brand.

For pins I've switched to Clevis pins. M6 x 35mm, e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323993239805

Haha, what? I was only joking, that's a crazy thing to say! We should talk.

That's actually a very sensible suggestion which I avoided suggesting because it's too sensible for what's essentially a very silly hobby.

You might be surprised. Green gas can be problematic in winter, but if you're shooting on your own land, and can keep the gas and mags stored at room temperature, you might be fine with it, and blowback guns are great fun. So given your requirements I'm going to do something a bit unusual and point at a site that I normally wouldn't recommend. https://www.onlybbguns.co.uk/pre-order-army-17-series-gas-blowback-pistol-polymer-body-and-slide-r17-5 I have the equivalent AA R17 with a metal slide, but a lighter plastic slide actually makes more sense for a green gas gun over winter (and the Glock should be polymer anyway). It's a surprisingly decent pistol for the money, and takes Toyko Marui compatible magazines (e.g. WE G17 mags) and TM parts if you ever wanted to throw more money at it. Comes in a deal with some gas and BBs as well. https://www.onlybbguns.co.uk/army-17-series-gas-blowback-pistol-polymer-body-black-with-ares-0-25g-4000-1kilo-bb-s-with-gun-pouch-green-gas-bundle-deal Right, that out of the way, I've just stripped and lubed my PT92 properly, and I'm off back out to the garage to see what it can do. Then I might try throwing a cut down AEG spring into it... [SEEN] Huh, that is actually surprising. With the barrel and hop cleaned - and there is actually a fixed hop - and the piston head silicon greased rather than just a quick squirt of lube, I'm actually seeing a pretty consistent 0.49J / 230fps with 0.2g, and the grouping isn't awful either at garage ranges. I only bought the thing out of pity in a going-out-of-business sale at the local ned armoury, but I'm almost tempted to actually run it on site just for laughs.

The Cybergun PT92 makes a point of claiming a whopping 328fps... on 0.12g. That's about 0.6J, or ~250fps on 0.2g Since I have one, and I'd never actually chronoed it, I've just popped out to the garage to test that claim. With a freshly lubed piston o-ring, and a cold spring (more springier), it peaked at 0.54J (240fps), then tailed off to below 0.37J (200fps). That's actually more than I expected, and 0.37 - 0.4J is AEPs level, and just about usable. But they tend to be consistent, this thing was (literally) all over the place. Fine for a fun humiliation kill, but not suitable for either skirmishing or target shooting. What for? Target shooting or airsoft skirmishing? If the latter, CQB, or woodland? As a primary, or as a rarely used secondary?

Everybody loves bolter bitches.

I cheated and went for an AVL 500, which has a better (but not great) oil pump and some of the iron barrel issues sorted. Amal, of course, and bin off the comically constricted stock exhaust. The exhaust valve is getting a bit cooked, but I've not even bothered sorting it, I'll probably replace it when it burns through and drops. The electric foot is a trap, the fragile sprag clutch will grenade itself on any kick-back: mine's on it's third in under 12,000 miles. Not really a problem though, it always starts reliably on the first kick, about 60% of the time. Indian made Enfields from the AVL onwards are like AEPs: heavy, under-powered, some peculiar engineering, they shouldn't really work, but it turns out that they're surprising reliable all year round. Hah, back on topic.

Take a bow, Specna Arms Edge 2.0, for example: https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/specna-arms-sa-h23-edge-2-0-tm-carbine-aeg What's not to like? QC spring, GATE ASTER mosfet, decent rotary hop, reasonable enough 6.03mm barrel, pre-wired to Deans. Oh, and as I found to my surprise, my Edge 1.0 came flat hopped out of the box, something that I've not seen listed as a feature, and didn't even realise since I went straight to a Maple Leaf and threw the stock parts in the bits box. The stock motor in the Edge 1.0s is OK but not great. If the 2.0 is the same then it's a candidate for replacement. Stock barrel, or ZCI or AOLS. Feed it 0.28g BBs, and enjoy.

I respectfully disagree, I've been using a knock off happily for years. The handles break off, always, but it's not rocket surgery to fettle something on, and OP is a 3d sorceror. Worse case, you can get a knockoff + a whole new set of Odin internals for less than an Odin. I just wouldn't recommend sinking big money into anything for someone who hasn't played yet. Eyepro, boots, then get out and play. My Specna is actually fairly fussy about midcaps, although to be fair most of mine have tired springs. It works well with its own midcaps, or hi-caps. If you do want to swap barrels, ZCI or AOLS are both decent for not much money, and of course Maple Leaf or Prometheus rubbers. Specnas are back to being decent enough out of the box, they shouldn't need anything done except for a barrel clean. Even the lube on mine was actually on the gears rather than just sneezed all over the shell. One thing to be aware of is that they come with an M120 spring (too spicy) and an M90, and will likely have the M90 fitted. It's sufficient, but I'd suggest throwing an M100 in there for woodland use - all conditional on what air seal and actual muzzle energy you get. On that, if you are going to get into airsoft teching, a chrono is pretty much required in order to avoid chrono oopsies at site - I've had a couple of guns accidentally come out way hot after getting the air seal spot on, and had to down-spring them. I agree that the best thing to do with that Nuprol charger is return it as soon as possible, before it ruins your battery or burns your house down. That isn't a joke, we'd had multiple reports of fires. SkyRC stuff is where it's at, an S65 will be fine for most people. And I completely get the urge to tinker, I'm forever messing around with my collection even while saying "Stop it, Rog, you know what's going to happen." Straight up though, if you actually intend to play, getting one working, stock gun and leaving it alone, particularly inside the gearbox, is a solid plan. Those child slave labourers are getting pretty good at what they do. Many videos and Reddit threads you'll see or read are... idiomatic to problematic. Approach with an open mind as regarding their veracity.

When all your social media platforms say "Account disabled, enter your vaccine passport ID to tie your words to your social credit score", remember that I told you so, and that you thought I was crazy.

A good point, which I will be sure to share with Mrs Borg.

Offering for sale, rather than selling. It's telling that PatrolBase are out of stock at £95, and you have to go to £130 or so before you find any in stock. I was saying earlier it's surprising that UK retailers haven't punted prices to the moon, but actually some have. They must be like dragons, preferring to sit on their hoard rather than bearing to part with any of it.