Rogerborg

It could be exemplary play, or it could be screaming "I did so hit you, you're deaaaaad!" all day long, I'd reckon about 50/50 chance of either.

Seconded, no problem at all. I'd stress the "responsibly" part, you don't want anyone seeing it until you're in the safe zone. The actual consideration isn't use at the site, it's transporting it there, since public possession of an imitation firearm (realistic or otherwise) is an offence under Firearms Act 1968 Section 19. We all need a "reasonable excuse (the proof whereof lies on [us])", i.e. booking details or at least the site info when you're on your way to or from the site with it. Don't be tempted to take it out and show off for your mates, it's just not worth the risk of getting a real one pointed at you by an irate firearms unit copper.

It's an honest, realistic ask, better than a lot of the fantasy stuff we see floated around. I think anyone getting involved would be aware of the limited market, that they'll mostly be covering the parts cost, and the labour would be done for love. Sadly I'm rammed with personal projects, but the actual programming for any of those proposed applications would be fairly straightforward, so I'd be hopeful that someone will jump in - you just need to find them.

Sad times. Have you sent a PM to nudge it along?

Agreed, I have no interest in shooting 10 year olds, and I'd be concerned about their ability to stick to the spirit and letter of the game once the adrenaline starts pumping. I really don't like seeing anyone younger than 14 at sites.

I'm a fresh convert. I mean, literally now, I've been sitting on a Baofeng programming cable for ages, but have just plugged it into my UV-5R, downloaded CHIRP, watched a how-to, and wow, that's much easier than button mashing. File -> Open stock config -> EU LPD and PMR channels, scroll down, copy the PMR channels, paste them into the start of the memory slots, and Radio -> Upload to Radio. Mine now welcomes me with a cheery "AHOY!" message as well. The volume wants to be turned right up for programming, is the only gotchya.

Hmm, no, not really. This covers the basics: https://www.radiotrader.co.uk/news/facts-about-licence-free-radios.htm The tl;dr version is that you need to decide whether to go analogue PMR (cheap) or digital (still expensive with no real benefit that I can see for airsoft use) as they aren't compatible. Older analogue sets will only use 8 channels. Newer ones will be able to use 16, and will talk to older sets on the first 8. Then you can do whatever you like without any worries. Just flip through whatever channels are available until you find a quiet one, get your team on the same channel, and you're done. You don't need to bother with CTCSS / DCS unless you're at a busy site where all channels are in use. If you buy anything else, you should buy a loicence for it. However, if you're using it at a fairly remote airsoft site, between 446.0 and 446.2 Mhz, then the only people you're likely to interact or interfere with are other airsoft players.

The squeaky wheel does get the grease, but the second mouse gets the cheese. That's not strictly relevant, until companies learn to put demanding callers to the back of the queue. A borg can dream though.

The first I knew about his occupation was when he said "... I should stop you there and tell you that I'm a police constable..."

Ace, glad to hear that you made it work. I do intend to do a weekender while I'm still physically capable of it, it's always useful to hear experiences. Did you do the mandatory in-spin-and-out dump from the hammock on first getting in, or manage to fall out of it later on?

First thing I did after spraying (well, stripping) mine was to inadvertently tell a copper. However since he was playing airsoft at an airsoft site and I explained that I reckoned it was OK because I could demonstrate that it was for the purposes of playing airsoft (being at an airsoft site and all), we were cool. Just like this story.

That's actually not a bad metric for determining real output. I've got plenty of 10,00,0000 Chinese-lumen torches which do work well enough for indoor CQB, but recently purchased a "mere" 800 lumen bicycle headlight which is actually painful to hold a hand in front of.

If they're aware of it. A dark, cluttered CQB environment with pieces of hard plastic whizzing around is a poor place to find out. The Depot used to ask if anyone was epileptic and allow or prohibit use on a day to day bases. Then they just blanket banned them, and I'd wonder if it's because someone learned the hard way. Yes, the parts listing player's duties of care to each other and to the site make sense, and I'd always encourage people to let sites know about any relevant medical conditions. The parts that attempt to waive and disclaim sites' duties of care or liabilities towards players are very, very silly indeed though, and I do wish they'd stop mucking around with that nonsense.

I love the idea of the infinity system, and may the Airsoft Gods bless you for adopting it early, but I reckon I'll wait for CYMA to clone the hell out of it.

Sure, they're all using much the same chips or clones so, so any of the Vastfire / Truefire / Awesomefire clones that takes an 18650 should be good enough now. I'd look for one with a pressure switch and single mode, which can actually be a problem, as everybody's got a rager on for bright / dim / disco modes, one of which you'll never want, and one which you shouldn't use, especially indoors in CQB. My local CQB (dead but arising) sodded off strobes early doors, because a great way for someone to find out that they have photosensitive epilepsy is when someone blazes a billion lumen strobe in their face at the top of a staircase. They later amended it to say, cover them while you cycle past strobe mode.

Ahoy and welcome. Yup, you're on the sensible track (well, as sensible as playing with toy guns can be). I would recommend full face for CQB and Dye i4/i5 are a solid choice: you don't want to take a big hairy bloke's load point blank in your mouth. Whaaat? This is my straight face.

Oh, I wish I'd been able to get my son into it. The problem with Nuprol is that as a brand, it's completely random what you get, since they just brand whatever's cheapest from AliBaba or J. Random OEM. The Sopmod has a decent enough feature list, and if you luck out and get one that made at the start of the shift rather than from the rejects bin there's no reason it can't perform as well as any other airsoft toy. Drones are becoming fairly common now, but I've yet to see someone trying a ground vehicle. Something like a Goliath tracked mine might be hilarious, and potentially effective at breaking deadlocks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine

Yup, there's no reason that EU sellers can't add UK VAT at the point of sale, on any value of order. AliExpress can manage it. If they don't think it's worth their while to get set up to do it, that's fair enough, but given that the alternative is £140 minimum orders and the clown show of Customs and Border Farce, I can see them losing most of their UK market once word gets out or people have been stung once.

That's an astonishing question and statement. Phoning interrupts people and stops them doing what they were doing, i.e. helping other customers. Answering emails can be done in a block, more efficiently, while you're ready to deal with them. Then you're rewarding your highest cost, most demanding customers. Why not reward the ones who are helping you out instead?

As a site policy though, it's a poor choice to ignore it. And there was a positive infestation of HPAs and GBBR at my local last week, many of which failed chrono even after doing their speedyboi magic. Site response: "Oh just run your gun[*] as a DMR then." [*] Section 5 firearm!

I'd wonder what limit you're aiming for with a 130 spring. If it's a DMR build, I'd then wonder why you're chronoing with 0.2g BBs. If it's because your site chronos with them even for DMRs and snipers, I'd wonder if they have the first clue about Joule creep, then I'd give a sad sigh, and a single tear would trickle down my cheek. But if you're happy that you only need to lose a little energy, I'd just lop off one coil at a time. No need to over think it, the spring in my DMR was chewed off on site at the chrono table with a pair of rusty pliers, heated (barely) with a cigarette lighter, and had a small file waved at it briefly. It works fine, so do a better job and it'll work great for you. The other thing you can consider is not cutting it at all. Just heat the end with a torch until it barely glows, and squish the last coil or two flat.

A perfectly cromulent solution. I wear a belt and braces, but that's mostly just to hang an MP5K of. It's amazing how many mags you can stuff into the pockets of surplus shirts and trousers.

Ahoy and welcome. Those are reasonable enough choices, there's no need to spend more than CYMA M4 money on a first AEG to see if you stick with the hobby. They also upgrade well too, mine has evolved into a surprisingly snappy and consistent little thing. Is there much to research about airsoft? Turn up, spray and pray, then complain that you would have made 20,000 kills if they hadn't all cheated.

Ah, but this is only a 1J BB. Wait, surely using Airsoft Science, you'd get even more range from a 0.8J BB. (From a TM recoil, of course)

QFT, the only real difference is which works best for you, and that you can stick to. The key point is that if you're not happy with your weight and physique, you have to try something different. You can't wish the lard away. So just work through the list, and don't get religious about it: I was running a fever the past few days, and fed the "energy, naow!" cravings with beans on multigrain toast, and wholemeal pitta-bread pizza. Mmm, forbidden carbs. I'd hope that we can all agree that refined sugars are about as necessary and healthy as crack, and should be the first thing dropped.