Rogerborg

If you want concealment rather than a "military loadout" then I would suggest giving civvy camo a fair shake. E.g. see Decathlon's variations on "woodland camo".

It's unlikely that anybody here has one since they are - with apologies and no judgement on you - vendor trash and not suitable for anything except target plinking. So we don't know what connector or battery or charger it comes with - I wouldn't even like to guess what voltage it's running at. I'd be astonished if it's got a Deans connector, but as a wild guess, if it looks like this, that's the connector found on "gel blasters". If you happen to have any other suitable batteries lying around, you could rewire the plug on the gun to match. But I'm going to be honest, in the hope of being helpful: I'd consider everything in that package to be disposable, and wouldn't sink a single penny more into it, unless you actively enjoy the process of tinkering. The metal gearboxed CYMAS starting around £80 (if you can find any in stock) are fine, and as tough as cockroaches. Plastic gearboxes though, I'd consider myself lucky to get through a magazine.

Hmm, I can only find how to do that as a UK VAT registered business, and only for business supplies: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/refunds-of-uk-vat-for-non-uk-businesses-or-eu-vat-for-uk-businesses It doesn't seem like GunFire / TaiwanGun or any other Eurosellers should be charging EuroVAT on exports, as it means it gets paid twice to two different protection rackets. I'd have wonder if they're simply pocketing it as profit. I have similar suspicious about AliExpress sellers who claim to be paying UK VAT and duty at source, so that goods can come through UK customs. Good for us, but I do wonder - are they really paying it, or just slapping a label on the package.

Unless you're really just using an airsoft site as a filming location, like Licking Mustard does. I wish folk like that would find a different venue or hobby, but they do exist. And I do have to point out that the most practical costume for a typical short skirmish game of pretend soldiers is joggers and a couple of hi-caps in your pockets. Rentals are the only ones doing it right.

It is, the Specna is very similar to the ZCI hop and works well. I'm amazed that anyone is still making geared hops at this point. That said, every time I have a go with Ex-Workmate Eddy's basic G&G CM16, I'm reminded just how good it is, even totally stock and completely neglected. I guess G&G keep making them that way because they work just fine.

If we all did our research before writing anything, this would be a pretty empty place. I've learned something from this thread.

Agreed, I don't see much reason to pay C25 prices. They're both polymer, I'm unclear if the C25 is significantly better. The only actual feature difference is the X-ASR mosfet, but that does nothing except trigger contact protection, and mine balks at aftermarket motors. Both are fine for length, anything more than that is just willy-waggling for airsoft use. And don't worry about the quoted FPS figures, those will be using Specna's stock M90 spring. Fine for CQB, just about enough for woodland. Drop in an M100 through the quick-change system and you're good to go. The G&G, hmm. It's a lot more than I'd want to pay for one, given how feature-poor it is. The sight may be functional, or a gimmick. That said, G&Gs do tend to shoot very nicely, and that's what actually matters, not the feature list. You probably won't regret it.

Hmm. A CM028S (for example) is listed at £87.55, or at €101.01, which are about equivalent. So, yes, they shouldn't be billing us to pay protection money to both mobs. However, I don't see a way to not get mugged. One to take up with them, if you can.

Steady on, we all enjoy different things, and (almost) everybody is LARPing to some extent. Even jeans and hoodie can be an anti-snobbery costume.

At this point, if it's in stock, and not a Nuprol, you should probably buy it first, then mention it later.

Thanks for the followup. I hope the mags fit and you get it back into action.

Sell it to me. Sell me your childrens.

My peasant mind can only think about peasant guns. Actually, where did we get the idea that this G&G has a mosfet? The basic CM16s don't, as far as I know, and then we get microswitch triggers which seem to come with their own set of... opportunities.

Well, you don't need a mosfet in any AEG. Even if you're running 11.1V and concerned about arcing, the cheapest mosfet will run you more than two new sets of trigger contacts. The X-ASR in my Specna is coming out, it's only causing me trouble with aftermarket motors.

It's disclosed during checkout. Agreed, it's deliberately deceptive, especially the shipping estimates. However, because they've given them, I'd have (literally) no hesitation in firing in with a PayPal dispute 10 microseconds after their estimate had expired, or if I didn't receive exactly what I'd ordered. Although at this point I'm just going straight to AliExpress because they have their own dispute / chargeback system that seems weighted towards buyers (at the moment).

They did, cycle lights shouldn't strobe at more than 4Hz. Source. That's actually a little fast, as frequencies as low as 3Hz can (rarely) trigger epilepsy. Source. Even as a born again lycropath, I agree that there are some obnoxious lights out there. I run an Cateye "800"[*] lumen retina-burner on my bicycle, but keep it on the least hurty flashing mode while on or near a road, turn it down, and/or cover it with a hand, as necessary. [*] Where we wander vaguely back to airsoft is that lumen claims are all over the place. What I will say is that it's actually uncomfortable shading towards painful to hold an unprotected hand in front of my "800" lumen bicycle light. If you're buying some 100,00,0000 lumen TrueVastWindFire flashlight and don't experience similar toastiness, then you can reset your beliefs about its intensity accordingly.

Er, how? I can't see that they have any UK presence, or any address that you could use for service. And thanks for the warning, but their site is quite obviously written in third best Chinglish, lacks any contact or (actual) company information, and they're quite open that they're shipping from China. You took a gamble and lost, it happens. Just instruct your payment processor to do a chargeback because it's non-functional, and get on with your life.

I do somewhat fear that Johnno has being mugged off to clear the site out. After Hammer 2 Operations got punted off of two (might even be three by now) sites, it's not paranoid if they are you to track get you. Given the distance, that it's just half days, that the site is going to take some time to develop fully, and that they've pulled a bit of a cad's trick and are clashing with Biohazard fortnights, I'll be giving it a miss for a bit. Hopefully I'll see you there on a full day when some sanity has returned.

Bookings now open for half days, with Sunday 19th already sold out. https://www.thedepotglasgow.com/tickets/ Enjoy, but I'll be giving it a miss until either the Spy-n-Snitch system system has gone, or there are no other options.

And a really bad way to find out is while running, or standing at the top of a staircase. Nope, and nope. This is where the Equality Act 2010 kicks in. It's not up to people with disabilities to avoid sites. Sites needs to make reasonable adjustments in order to ensure that they can provide their service to people with illnesses or disabilities. What's "reasonable" is highly subjective, but this one is a no brainer. There's no particular reason to use strobes (as opposed to steady lights), and nobody is going to be disadvantaged by disallowing them. You are absolutely right to ask them to prohibit them so that you can play there. How it went at the Depot is that they used to ask if anyone had photo sensitive epilepsy, and allowed or disallowed strobes for that day depending on the answer. However, they then switched to a straight blanket ban because people either might not know, or might hesitate to speak up because the selfish chuckleheads with strobes used to boo whenever anyone did. Any CQB site that's given it a moment's thought will come to the same conclusion.

Hmm, I can't see a way to change the currency now. I was wondering whether their Euro prices are the Sterling price + Polish VAT, or whether there's some other calculation at play. Looking at the headline price of (e.g.) £70.63 for a JG067, I reckon that's actually going to come out more like £105-£120 after shipping, VAT, duty, and whatever the courier adds on for the privilege of allowing you to pay the VAT and duty at the point of import. Given that it would be £111 delivered from PatrolBase within the UK, you'd really need to know the whole cost (and time) up front. I mean, if stocking wasn't an issue. But since it is, and you can't get it from PatrolBase, I honour the courage of those about to pay their money and spin the wheel.

In the sense that 9/11 was when "some people did some things".

I too would like to see this picture. It's OK, nobody's going to steal your prom dress idea.

If you've seen his ballistics thread, you needn't quality that to "initial statement".

Should be fine in a CM.128. I run my CM.123 off of 1200mAh 7.4V stick lipo brutally shoehorned in and with a Deans connector replacing the standard contacts, but that was more just for the fun of it. A drop in replacement makes sense and I found even a tiny 7.4V lipo gave a far snappier trigger response than the stock NiMH. I'd stick to 7.4V for a very specific reason. CYMAs come with higher powered springs as stock, and the cheapest way for a seller to get them down to UK power levels is just to lop some (or actually a lot) of coils off. My CM.516 came shooting bang on 1J, but the spring had been cut down so much that it was barely long enough to return the piston fully. Not a problem with 7.4V, it shoots quite nicely. But when I dropped in an meaty 11.1V 2600mAh highish-C battery, I got significant overspin on semi, double-shooting on most trigger pulls. Unless you're sure that yours already has a full length M100 or heavier spring in it, I'd go with 7.4V. Capacity and even C rating won't matter that much with a stock CYMA, as the draw from the motor will be the limiting factor rather than supply from the battery.