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  1. Rogerborg
    You clearly haven't watched the Mark Wahlberg documentary "Shooter" where he takes all those into account, and also temperature, humidity, air pressure, and the Coriolis effect, does the sums in his brain, and then goes "Click-click BOOM". 100% FACT.
  2. Rogerborg
    Everyone does one wrong before doing them right, it's very much a case of fitting and adjusting. The good news is that EVA is easy to correct. The first one that I got wrong was leather torso armour, that I ended up having to cut and shape after wax hardening it. Oops.
  3. Rogerborg
    Nice start, chap! Some constructive observations: I'm not sure if your blade is dull (and EVA foam will dull it up a treat), or if you're not using a cutting mat, but you should be able to make neater cuts than that. However, a blast with a heat gun will tidy it up a treat, and you want to give it a once over anyway to close the foam up before prime and paint. If you're going to try and shape any edges after cutting, a dremel sanding drum is ideal. The shoulders look bold, but they will limit your upwards arm mobility. And the chest is heroic, but if you want to be able to actually put your hands in front of you, I reckon you'll want to remove quite a lot of material from around the armpits. You see this a fair bit in cosplay armour: folk can do heroic arms-out poses, but they can't clap. Even the classic stormtrooper armour, with its shaped in torso plate, limits what you can do with your arms. (Hidden gem video)
  4. Rogerborg
    That does appear to be a decent deal, and better yet, likely indicates that the market for speedy-boi guns is already tapped out in the UK. I'm not blown away by the rest of the "sale", looks like they're trying to shift Raven trash, and a bunch of meh-brand M4s. Still, worth a look. https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/airsoft-black-friday-2021
  5. Rogerborg
    Mmm, there's a strong scent of flipper there. I mean, it's all the same overpriced junk at the end of the day, I just like a bit of honesty when I'm being dry-humped.
  6. Rogerborg
    All seems to be sold implicitly as working, a lot of it with "just done stuff" descriptions. But very few details, and mostly asking near-new prices. Good luck to the bloke, but I'd caveat to the maximus before emptoring any of it.
  7. Rogerborg
    Why not do both? Try and get it sent back, and go and play some airsoft. Why have single-pass when you could have...
  8. Rogerborg
    Indeed, although if Dibble ever did come knocking asking why you'd tried to import a RIF (we've had people say it's happened to them), then being able to show that you've been playing at all and have further sessions booked might provide a defence or at least mitigation. And if your intent is to play airsoft, then why not go and play airsoft? It's ace, rental packages or cheap two-tones are available, and of course it's never been an offence to purchase or possess a RIF inside the UK, if you can find someone willing to sell. Other defences are available. Rocking up to a WW2 reenactment society and saying "Gosh, I'm super interested, can I become a member? Like, right now." might be one way to get a defence, although it's a cad's trick (unless you actually are interested, and there are plenty of folk who do run impression kits), and I'd expect they'd be wise to it.
  9. Rogerborg
    Column A, column B. None of them should be doing it. Export is irrelevant. Two offences are being committed: one at the point of manufacture, and another by possession with the intent to sell (to anyone, anywhere). But it's the publicising of it that's the real problem, and their "lol whatevs" attitude. The chances of it being an issue are tiny, but it's blithering idiocy to even risk it, since the State does get an occasional hard-on for anything firearms related, and Eagle6 are openly flaunting their contempt for the law. I just hope that they don't have any disgruntled customers who see it and figure out that it might be a way to stitch them up see justice done. Why it's an issue for everybody else is that the airsoft defence for selling a RIF could be removed on Ministerial whim: airsoft isn't even listed in the legislation, it's only mentioned in an explanatory note which is little more than an opinion piece, and a different opinion could be given tomorrow. Retailers are being trusted to self-police and uphold the letter and spirit of the laws around airsoft guns, and if too many of them get caught showing thumbing their noses, it could have consequences. It almost certainly won't, and the world will keep turning either way.
  10. Rogerborg
    Ahoy and welcome. We have quite a few "veterans" here, in either human or airsoft years, and it's a more constructive environment for discussion that "lol jk m8" Facebook groups tend to be.
  11. Rogerborg
    Sorry to hear this. Not to kick you while you are down, but the DBoys KAR98k isn't even really suitable for airsoft skirmishing anyway, it's more of a WW2 reenactor prop or target plinker. I'd agree with trying to get it returned regardless of the legal situation. Best of luck, I hope it works out for you.
  12. Rogerborg
    Oh, I missed that because of the text issue. As @EDcasesays, M14s are select fire, full auto, or fully semi-automatic. CYMAs come in a bit spicy from the factory, but any one that you buy in the UK should be down-sprung to be usable - PatrolBase at least claim that. But are, of course, out of stock.
  13. Rogerborg
    A very cromulent analogy. You certainly can't produce it here, then say "Yeahbut, for export, innit." I doubt there will be any consequences for them, although I wouldn't shed a single tear if there were.
  14. Rogerborg
    They are a bit wibbly, a washer / o-ring / springy-thing can be used to firm them up. Not that they should need it, mind. Much more betterer, I believe.
  15. Rogerborg
    Ahoy and welcome, and that all sounds perfectly sensible (and therefore no fun for us ) You're rather spoiled for choice at the moment, in that budget. If you want something that'll feel significantly different from a rental AEG (but don't want to go GBBR or HPA) then you're looking at trick triggers. A Specna Arms Edge 2.0 with a GATE Aster, or an ARP-556 with its 3 round burst option can both be had in budget, and have plenty happy owners. The ARP is a shortie though, and something a little offbeat that fits the longer-barrelled brief would be an M14, e.g. the CYMA CM.032 which can be had for well under budget. You could (but wouldn't necessarily have to) spend that on an aftermarket barrel and hop rubber, plus loads of mags. Comes with a basic fire control system, but owners report that they perform well, and it would make a nice change from M4s and AKs. However the reality is that at the moment you can only buy what's in stock, and I'd caution that applies to magazines too - it's surprisingly hard to find even stuff like shortie M4 mags, so I'd get a package of in-stock gear in your basket or baskets before committing. Aside, your text is appearing as black for me, I don't know if you set that deliberately. I'd suggest not, as this site has a dark mode, and should be left to decide text colour unless you're making some point.
  16. Rogerborg
    Nuprol though. Batteries can be shipped with random amounts of charge, and it could have spent weeks or months in a crate or languishing on a shelf. I recently discovered that my B6 charger likes 3.8V per cell as a storage charge, which is above their nominal 3.7V per cell rating but actually only represents 40% of capacity. Then it'll self discharge down from there. So I'd always charge a battery before first use, and if you also have a Nuprol charger as well, that's at your own risk. I binned my cheap lipo charger off long since and would recommend a SkyRC S65 or better these days. I'd be friendly and constructive about it, mistakes happen and they'll want to sort you out. Perfectly understandable, just don't tell PatrolBase that. It's not a huge deal, they generally test-fire and chrono guns themselves anyway (or at least used to), so it's not like it came to you completely unfired. Aw, that's understandably frustrating. Best of luck with a speedy resolution.
  17. Rogerborg
    Can't possibly justify it, but do want, and have some stock alerts set up. I mean, surely I need an emergency-backup-loaner-reserve RIF. [Reaches for the heresy-solving flamer. The heavy flamer.] Also quite want though. Speaking of which, is it the Galaxy G.5M that's broken? This utter heresy? If so, good, that stock would have been in the bin the moment I bought it. If that's an MP5K variant (V3 gearbox, no way to slide the arms of a sliding stock into it) you could fit an MP5K end cap if you can find one. Or if it's a standard MP5, fit a sliding stock. Better yet, just file off the stump, fill the hole with epoxy, rattlecan black, and enjoy it as it's meant to look. If I see it in the classifieds at a reasonable price, I might have it for that purpose myself.
  18. Rogerborg
    That's what's stopping me from ordering right now. I don't have much luck with in-ears, either for audio or hearing protection, and ended up silicone-moulding custom earplugs for biking. It's amazing how many bikers don't even consider hearing protection. It's a very slow, steady damage from wind noise (and open cans) rather than from one big obvious bang, so it's easier to ignore. I should actually just use my moulded plugs for airsoft, it's not like anyone says anything worth hearing anyway. Oh, and Mk9s and 12 gauge magflash blanks can sod right off, there is absolutely no need for that level of noise. As with 40-Mikes and "no full auto in buildings bro" wanker guns, they're a lot more fun for those sending them out than those experiencing them coming in.
  19. Rogerborg
    Oh, no, I wouldn't say it. As above, PatrolBase do seem to be among the least bad retailers. I bought a not-as-described cheap shotgun from them and they were fine with accepting a return, and even corrected the advert afterwards. What I mean is that you can and should do it if things go wrong with the exchange. You shouldn't be left out of pocket one penny. Not touching that other gun! It's not what you ordered, it's going back, and will presumably be sold on to someone else, so don't do anything to it. I wouldn't even have opened the box.
  20. Rogerborg
    Then they beanbag him, even when he's a nonce clearly trying for suicide by cop. https://www.the-sun.com/news/3487964/police-paedophile-gun-pub-surlingham/ There have been a few high profile oopsies like Harry Stanley (table leg guy) and of course the execution of Jean Charles de Menezes which saw Dame Cressida Dick (surely one day Lady Dick) fail spectacularly upwards. Mostly though our armed response doesn't light up folk for no good reason. Which is why it's an offence to possess it in public. It is rather peculiar that the VCRA created a much narrower definition of "realistic imitation firearm" than the Firearms Act Clapham-Omnibus definition of "imitation fiream". But that's what it did, so Pulse Rifles and UARs are, strictly speaking, OK to sell. Bear in mind that you could buy an orange springer over the counter, then commit an offence the moment you step out the shop door with it. Nobody has ever accused our firearms legislation of making much sense. Anyway, back OT-ish, what do we reckon to Mr StackUpAirsoft here and his MAHOOSIVE SAILS posts? An avid - rabid, even - collector having a clearout, or a flogging boneyard junk out of a retailer's back door? https://airsoft-forums.uk/profile/29843-stackupairsoft/
  21. Rogerborg

    Well, I hope the Kenosha Kid has got his legally held firearm back now.

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    2. EvilMonkee

      EvilMonkee

      Why do you keep bringing up the issue of the media during the trial?  That has nothing to do with how he is viewed after the trial?

       

      How many riot situations have you been in?  Personally, in a career of over 20 years in one form of police or another I have been in several.  And the last thing I would want in those situations is to have a loaded weapon.  Absolutely reckless.

    3. Rogerborg

      Rogerborg

      "Why do you keep bringing up the issue of the media during the trial? "

       

      Because that's the part that interests me, as it's most relevant to us.  Anyone with a slightly outré hobby or outlook is ripe for being smeared by the media as an extremist, and it could happen to any of us.

       

      I received a very light and impersonal smearing several decades back when I appeared in some stock footage in a piece on xenophobic extremist Scotch nationalist.  That the footage was from a Historic Scotland reenactment of Bannockburn was neither here nor there to STV: it was enough for them to declare that my hatred for the English was so much that I liked to dress up and fight Englishmen with swords and axes.

       

      Oh, and they actually showed footage of the English side, which I happened to be on that day to even the numbers.  But again, reality is irrelevant to the media when they're selling a story.

       

       

      "And the last thing I would want in those situations is to have a loaded weapon."

       

      Colonial rules apply to this one though.  Rittenhouse's first assailant was armed with a chain, his second or third with a skateboard (which are now habitually used as weapons), and his fourth assailant was armed with a pistol, and has expressed regret that he didn't shoot Rittenhouse, and was in the act of trying to do so when he was literally disarmed.

       

      It comes down to whether we believe that him being armed was the cause of all that kicking off and him being attacked in the first place, and whether he'd have been safer being unarmed.  It seems that another mostly-peaceful-protestor had just fired nearby and that both Rittenhouse and the deranged child rapist arsonist attacker (who had made repeated direct threats to kill him) may have believed that the other had fired.

       

      However, the jury decided otherwise, and that Rittenhouse's provocation was putting out the fires that deranged-child-rapist-arsonist had started.

       

      Given that, his only real choices were to go armed, or not go at all.

       

      Funnily enough, it was following the publicising of the attacks on him that the National Guard was finally sent in to settle the situation down, so Rittenhouse did actually achieve his goal bigly.

    4. EvilMonkee

      EvilMonkee

      You don't go at all then.  Leave it to the professionals.

  22. Rogerborg
    Do you want the "all airsoft guns are basically the same" meme? Because this is how you get the all airsoft guns are basically the same meme. They'll all be fine, they'll all work to within skill+luck% of each other, so you might as well get the one that you like the look of. I can't see any bad choices there. Obviously, the right choice is an MP5K, but you'll get there eventually.
  23. Rogerborg
    I've never done concerts, I did a little bit of black powder reenactment years ago without damage, and I generally wear earplugs when biking other than for sub 40mph local shopping runs. Since this is recent, the most likely candidate I can think of is airsoft pyro. I'm just glad that ring tones can now be music or jingles (I use Star Trek computer clips) rather than "dring driiiing".
  24. Rogerborg
    Huh, they might have veered dangerously close to operating like an actual retailer, and needed to regain their airsoft street cred. Sorry to hear that, I hope they have what you want in stock. As usual, I'd assert that the contractual position is that you are yet to receive what you ordered, and you could initiate a chargeback at any time - and if they dick you around in any way, for one second, I wouldn't hesitate to do so. The unsolicited free gift they have sent you is unrelated, although you might be kind enough to send it back to them, if they pay for a courier to pick it up at your convenience.
  25. Rogerborg
    Mmm, I'm mild at the moment, and it may be from biking rather than airsoft pyro, but I have no desire for it to get any worse. I think I may ask Santa for some of those Earmors then. Aside, William Shatner has lived with tinnitus for over half a century after an incident while filming Star Trek, and has seriously considered offing himself just to make it stop. I mention this to illustrate that flinging big bangs away from yourself and towards other people's earballs is one of the most genuinely dickish things that you can do, whether it's airsoft, fireworks, or anything else. I'd love it if sites would cap pyro to .209s and Mk3s, even outdoors, but I guess its one of these things that's all fun and games until your ears start to go eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee late at night.
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