Rogerborg

Yup, that's the correct course of action. Sucks for sellers, and it'll end up with them not risking sending anything to the UK - as TaiwanGun have already done - but we shouldn't ask individual airsofters to just write off purchases in order to protect the collective. Oh, I've just seen someone on Failbook say that UPS are demanding that he complete a firearms declaration for a grenade launcher that he ordered last year and which has been in his hands for 6 months or so. Yes, you're righting that read, it's already long since been delivered, and only now are they realising that they should have appeased Border Farce.

100%, or at least just do one as a rental. It's not really extra cost, it can save you from a costly mistake. Well, a valid defence, there are plenty available. Many private sellers don't check, and there are also several retails who accept bogus defences. I know that's not how it should be, but it's how it be. Bristol prison/courthouse don't list any, but it can vary and it's always worth asking your site before a purchase of anything unusual. The late lamented Depot had a blanket prohibition on Dan Wesson style shell loading revolvers, Mk23s with silencers/barrel extensions, and all grenade launchers/shells, due to repeated abuse of them. Anything full auto and capable of over 1.3J (and yes, you can buy a few examples from UK retailers) isn't an airsoft gun, it's (by default) a Section 5 prohibited firearm. That shouldn't be an issue for anything site legal though. Exactly. Second hand purchases are what you make when you know what you're doing. As a first purchase, it's a great way to end up with an unusable money pit. Especially in semi-auto CQB. Pre-cock might be one exception, but I'll cheerfully pit any gas pistol or shotgun against that.

I'd leapt and bounded to the conclusion that not "proving" you'd passed chrono means that they have chronos available for those with the wit and inclination to use them, rather than them putting on the safety theatre performance of pretending that everybody has done so. If that's wrong and they don't have chronos available before play then I'll cheerfully reverse direction and shout "Boo, burn the witches!"

Oh, that is a real consideration, especially given that the hop ups on these like to go off unless you tighten the screws right up. I'd recommend rear-wiring them though, there's room to run thick wiring behind the gearbox and up to the top tube - you can even squeeze a small mosfet into the tube along with a 7..4V lipo.

Agreed, Nuprol to me just means the cheapest, nastiest part they could find, at a mark-up. It's either the scruffy looking pot-metal dial unit (which I wouldn't consider an upgrade), or the £17 plastic rotary unit that's a knock-off of the £9 ZCI unit. In either case, it's clearly misfeeding and double-feeding, the screeching noise is a bad sign (don't use it!) and the damage may already be done in terms of a stripped piston or gears, or mullered tappet plate. I'm really sorry, it gives me no pleasure to say this, but I fully expect the "professional" who has broken your gun to shrug it off as "Owner abuse mate, that's clearly had market stall BBs through it." I very much hope to be wrong about that, but I'd go in prepared to be calm but firm and patient. Bring along the BBs, mags and battery that you've been using and make it clear that what you paid for labour on top of those parts[*] was supposed to buy the expertise to avoid exactly this situation. Oh, and I'd get a record of it in writing as soon as possible in case it ends up in a spat. This is why I break my own toys rather than paying anyone else to do it. [*] £45.50 for equal-or-better equivalents from AK2M4

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Oh, that's an ace site. Just be aware that CQB is intense compared to woodland., with a faster pace and stingier hits. Yes, you'd be fine with select fire. I'd also expect them to be fine with tri-shot shotguns - but would verify that - and those can actually be effective in CQB, since it can come down to reaction time. "Green gas" pistols are also usable and great fun, but then you're looking at buying extra magazines and gas. Electric pistols are usable, but insipid and have a poor trigger response. Most gas (or electric) pistols will come in under their 1.07J / 340fps on 0.2g limit, but I'd stay away from CO2 as they can come in much hotter, and can also rack up quite the cost in CO2 bulbs. Likewise, tri-shots will come in lower (they may not even bother chronoing them), and most (but not all) AEGs that you're likely to buy in the UK should be under that limit. Although with some sites allowing up to 1.2J (360fps on 0.2g) it's not guaranteed, especially on a used purchase which is always a gamble. I notice that they require full seal eye protection, so no DIY glasses held on with a rubber band. And given that it's £30 for an evening game rental package that includes unlimited ammo, and rental of a carbine (and support for it) and a full face mask, I'd again point at that as the best and cheapest route to try it out. It'll give you an opportunity to see (and feel) if you enjoy it, and to check out what everyone else is using. You won't be outgunned or have any worries about failing chrono or running into technical issues with a used purchase.

That's a decent background, I used to do steel reenactment, and have made quite a few frocks. My point is that we often get people dropping by with huge and detailed plans about how they're going to play airsoft that never get beyond the planning stage. While dress-up is fun, playing in an almost literal bush-wookie suit is the last thing I'd do: you'd be sweating and steaming up enough wearing a mankini in summer, particularly on your first day. You'll probably be good if you've done any sort of combat sport and don't mind a very minor ouchie or two, but I'd again re-iterate that renting for at least one game is the cheapest and fastest option to find out if you'll actually enjoy it. The £10-£15 on top of the green fees and what you'd pay for BBs anyway is less than you'll lose on any two tone, and you'll be fairly competitive with a rental AEG, (as long as the barrel is clean and the hop is set correctly, and folk on site will be happy to help with those).

That would certainly solve the cut-off lever issue.

An over-volumed AEG can do a bit of snap, crackle, and pop, but we're talking PDW length barrels, 110mm or thereabouts. I'd hazard that in most cases you'd be better off just running a longer barrel inside the silencer.

That's ackchyually as intended. Silencers work by diverting the gasses off the to side. You're better with a series of thin baffles with spaces between than filling the whole thing with foam.

£5 says this chap will never actually play. I'll be happy to lose that bet, but I bet I won't.

That's the correct way to do it. But you actually have to do it, not talk a good game. You either assume that everybody is honest and informed, or you assume that there's a Licking Custard out there, and you need to chrono and test shot absolutely everything and everybody, on the field, early and often. If you're going to half-arse it, you might as well not be arsed at all.

Yes, that's what I do. Take everything out that can touch the gears, including the cut off lever and anti-reversal latch. If you've taken the time to open the gearbox, you might as well take the time to do it right.

I'd go that way with a quick change gearbox, then nip off one coil, heat and flatten, and repeat as necessary. With a prehistoric gearbox, I'd buy a couple of springs (M90, M95) and aim for "eh, close enough".

Another vote for: just leave it alone. Unless you're radically altering the inner barrel length, it'll be close enough. So much of airsoft is hearsay, magical thinking or sheer luck that I'd focus on the easy wins: clean the barrel and hop and grease the o-rings. Only solve problems that you actually have, not ones that Reddit has told you to imagine.

Who does though? I mean, airsoft and all.

Oh, I didn't watch it, I'm not sending him the traffic. I just leapt to a conclusion, using the power of inductive reasoning: cheating throbbers are going to throb and cheat.

Mmm, it does look tight, but if you're holding it close then your off-hand will be going around the drum at an angle, so I reckon you can make it work. Worst case you could bin off the standard grip and put a tacticool one on there, like this one from PatrolBase.

And kindest to the gun. I'm down to an M90 in my M4 now after also getting a winning ticket in the air-seal lottery.

Well, that escalated appropriately.

I'd really like one for CQB, except there's a slight issue at the moment of them not actually being available at prices that humans might want to pay. I'm kicking myself for not snapping up a few when TaiwanGun and GunFire had gas revolvers in the £30 range. Truly the golden years.

"They were build from junk bins at the time" is a pretty clever gambit though, I have to give him credit for the chutzpah.