Rogerborg

It's a commendably detailed and apparently honest advert, I can dig it. On the other hand, I get a nosebleed even thinking about paying that much for a sub 0.6J wall hanger.

They'll work, but I'd consider moving to 7.4V lipo or lithium ion as budget allows. SkyRC S65 charger, any 7.4V lithium based batteries that you like. Maybe change to Deans rather than mini-Tamiya if you can do basic soldering. 7.4V sounds like a downgrade but you'll actually start the day closer to 8.4V and lithium cells deliver their voltage more consistently and can supply more power than NiMH. tl;dr version - snappier. I'd consider 0.28g or even 0.3g BBs, but don't sweat it, shoot through what you've got. Inner barrel, maybe, I haven't actually taken a close look into the G&G barrels. A ZCI or AOLS won't set you back much if you want to splurge, but clean out the stock barrel first. Hop units, I'm a fan of the ZCI plastic rotary, as are a lot of folk, which is why they're hard to find at the moment. Maple Leaf hop rubbers, yes please. But clean the stock one first, the gearbox might have sneezed some snot in it. Motors, yes, stock motors are piss weak compared to aftermarket. SHS hi-torque are popular, but I chisel every penny and use Big Dragon M140s from AliExpress which have magnets capable of pulling a satellite out of orbit. For the sights, if you're wearing lower face mesh (I infer semi-auto means CQB?) then you might want to throw a 1/2" or full 1" riser under your sight, which will lift it above the plastic-iron sights anyway. The front sight might be worth keeping in case of optic failure, although @Speedbird_666has proposed a viable alternative. But the thing is, G&Gs are really very usable as-is, you've made a good choice. The parts tends to work together well, they're made of a light but robust plastic, and you don't need to do anything to them (beyond cleaning the barrel and hop). You're looking at just a few metres extra of effective range whatever you do. Particularly if you're in CQB, just get the hop dialled in for your BB weight and the rest will be down to your aim and trigger finger. Ex-Workmate Eddie has been running a completely stock G&G CM16 for years. Zero regrets, it's never once skipped a beat or been significantly outshot by anything that I've bought or fiddled with. I don't think he's even touched the hop after setting and forgetting it back in the 2010s.

Wow, that's a surprise, I'm amazed that they bothered to check. What was the outcome?

Honestly, I'm struggling to think of what else it could be, you've ruled out all the other factors. I'm fascinated to find out.

Yup, I did exactly the same. Used with either Cat Crap, or (better for me) Revision wipes, iForces nearly work. I'm on my 2nd set of inner lenses, just PETG plastic and double sided foam tape. But on a humid day, standing still after running, and wearing lower face mesh, a fan is still the difference between victory and victimhood. While I wait for those little side blowers to show up, I bought another set of generic EN166B goggles from Toolstation, dual paned them, poked ventilation holes around the seal with a hot awl, and cable tied a 50cm blower and tubing on. Great success, and the blower is the key component, even if only for a few minutes a day.

If I were unethical, I'd book profits to my sole trader account, and sink expenses into the limited company with the intention of folding it (again). I'm sure that doesn't describe anyone being discussed here though.

It's fuckin' what? Awesome? Awful? Degenerate? Y U NO EYEPRO? I can see the 14mm CCW units on eBay for under £50, but anything that's claiming 8 days for delivery from "London, UK" really means "Whang Dong, Glorious People's Republic of China". At that point you just to to AliExpress and pay less for more honesty. Hmm, under £40 delivered... https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001500366671.html

I can't think of anything else either, although I'd expect to see some variation in muzzle energy in that case. Same with the hop unit not being pushed back against the gearbox hard enough, and having tried three units that's unlikely to be it either. I'm guessing that you've also tried different mags, just on the off-chance that you've got one that's barely managing to lift the BBs up to the chamber. Although they should either feed, or not feed, and then the nozzle should seat them. Is the inner barrel fairly tight within the outer? Tried packing it with tape? Although (I'm using that word a lot!) I'd be surprised to only see vertical play and not horizontal.

Hmm, that is curious, you've covered most things that I'd have suggested: energy consistency, hop unit, and hop rubber. Airsoft gnus aren't that complicated, it's just puff, spin and point. Is the energy really consistently consistent? Prowin, meh, but if that's a ZCI rotary hop, I wouldn't expect issues with it. If puff and spin are consistent, the only thing that leaves is point, i.e. the barrel. Given what you've already done, I'd assume you've cleaned the barrel as well and had a look down it for obvious imperfections? You could sling in one from your MP5 or AK and see if it's more consistent (even at a different energy), or ZCI or AOLS are both decent choices for not much money.

So, I have a small pistol torch / laser combo that seems noticeably brighter than my larger torches even though it has a smaller collimator / reflector. It takes 2 x 16340 / RCR123A cells side-by-side, and I had a crazy thought: what if it's actually running the same LED chip as every other torch that takes a single 3.7V 18650, but driving it at 7.4V, and damn the consequences? And further, are 16340 cells close enough to half the length of a single 18650 that you can just drop two of them into an 18650 torch in series and over-drive it at double voltage? Well, it turns out that you can, that it's super, duper bright, that you really shouldn't look into it to see how bright, and that I hope to regian my vissoin by moarning.

Sadly, the issue is stock levels, which remain very low everywhere in the UK, whether for receivers or whole items. @ak2m4 is a stand-up guy though, and will give you an honest answer on availability and lead times.

Just a second, the box art shows the "ghost" version, but the unit is the "TREYTECH". Gadzooks, are they in fact the same unit! How can this be! (and so on, and so forth). Well, if they all work about as well, I reckon I'll bag one of those two then, as the native 14mm CCW end cap will keep the profile down. Cheers, chaps.

Damn, that's a shame, and it would be great if you could get it back into action. It looks like maybe 2 / 2.5mm thick? Have you still got the plastic piece, or has it vanished into hyperspace? If you have the part, I'd consider drilling through with a pin vice and 1.2mm-ish bit, and glue a pin or screw through to try and salvage it. Or if you don't have the part, or it's too small to salvage, replace it with as big a screw as will fit, and then build it up with epoxy or JB weld as much as possible. Although if it's under significant tension (as implied by it snapping off) that might be a temporary bodge at best. Good luck, I hope you find an affordable solution.

If the claim has no substance to it, then they've been pulled for completely unrelated reasons, and so George-Paul-Ringo would have no quantifiable loss, or cause of action. Unless there is substance to the claim. In which case... he'd have no cause of action.

First question: have you actually played airsoft? We generally recommend buying an electric carbine or rifle as a first gun, and if you're in the UK, renting first to get a UKARA or equivalent defence so that you can buy something realistic looking.

A data point! Thanks, that's handy. The only reason I haven't already crushed the buy button is that it's natively 11mm CW with a 14mm CCW adaptor, but is going on an R17 with a weird 12mm CW thread that I've already had to convert to 14mm CCW.

Mmm, I have a concern about some teams or squads who are more into the brotherhood-of-bros, dress-up, socialising or LARPing aspects, rather than just playing airsoft. And it's great when the folk who aren't really there to play airsoft pack up and push off in the afternoon, I find the games tend to get more fun. Of course, not all teams. If you're reading this, I'm almost certainly not referring to you.

That's my assumption, but someone may wish to rave or rant about one or the other. I guess: "Which one will be easiest to get replaced when it breaks" is also a valid question.

"5KU": https://airsoftdirect.uk.com/uncategorised/5ku-spitfire-tracer-unit-11mm-cw-14mm-ccw-adapter/ "Ghost": https://www.dkarmaments.co.uk/product/ghost-spitfire-pro-tracer-unit-14mm-ccw/ "Made In China II" "TREYTECH": https://www.amazon.co.uk/TREYTECH-Simulated-Spitfire-Tactical-Automatic/dp/B09DXPCSL8 Any views on whether these are equivalent / clones, or whether there's a brand to go for or avoid, or anything better available (that's actually available)?

Funnily enough, they explicitly exclude toy guns. The only thing they'll ship is "low powered air weapons" (but not imitations). I know that Post Office Counters are happy to accept airsoft guns, and are even happy to sell >£100 compensation for them that Parcel Force say they won't honour, so in the event of something going wrong it would be a merry old mess to sort out. This is why I ship with whoever's cheapest, well packaged (so they can't wreck it), and marked as "sporting goods" (because if they lose it, how are they going to prove otherwise?)

Why can't it be both? Which of these (if any) are legally lethal barrelled firearms, which of them (if any) are actually lethal barrelled firearms, which of them (if any) are not firearms, and which of them (if any) are realistic imitation firearms? BANG, too late, you've already been killed. I've yet to see a persuasive argument or case law on why definitions from multiple separate, unrelated Acts are exclusionary. Note that the definitions added in Policing and Crime Act 2007 for airsoft guns not being firearms apply specifically and only to the Firearms Act 1968, not the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. VCRA 2006 S38 says that a deactivated firearm is not a realistic imitation firearm, but does not otherwise define "firearm", even by reference to the Firearms Act 1968 - and BANG, you're dead again. 1000% agree, our entire body of firearms legislation is a Frankenstein's monster of cobbled together, ill-fitting parts that makes no sense and isn't fit for purpose. However, I fear that any comprehensive consolidation and re-write would be along the lines of "Nothing for nobody. Cope, peasants."

1.88J and 25m MED is a bit different. Sure, it's just a little extra range, but it is extra, and sometimes 5m is all it takes. What I don't understand is running a pistol with an DMR or boltie. A compact AEG gives you a lot more options.

Pretty good day today with Ex-Workmate Eddie at Biohazard. Quick respawns, intense action, good hit taking, lots of pistol play and MP5K Master Race point-blank larks. They even started (almost) on time and kept the lunch and breaks short, we got a fair amount of actual play in. As usual though, the briefs were rushed through and full of "obviously" and "you all know", aimed at the regulars who do all know. If you think people don't need briefed, why are you doing a briefing?