Rogerborg

In my fantasy world, we'd get in-game chronoed with 0.4g, then the tiny, tiny minority of people who come in over could get looked at harder, using the BBs that they've actually got loaded. If you could set something up for point-and-pew, that would give a clear, unambiguous reading, in any conditions, while being effectively maintenance free. Bearing in mind that there are still sites and staff that can't cope with the concept of Joules. But a borg can dream.

But adds in another, Joule creep. Sites should be chronoing with 0.4g+ You either care about it, in which case you chrono in-game with heavy BBs, or you don't, in which case you're just wasting everyone's time with voluntary pre-game chronoing with 0.2g, or worse, trusting players. I mean, if you trust us, why bother chronoing?

Great to hear that you enjoyed it, and also good that they were chronoing in-game. Did they chrono on site BBs (0.2g?) or on the ammo that folk claimed to be using? Every site I've played at has threatened to start games without waiting for tardy people, but none have ever - ever - done it. It winds me up a treat, but it's just a part of airsoft, where people pay to play, but then find any excuse not to.

Only if physics starts working with all the consistency and rationality of a Parliamentary select committee.

Less than he'd get with a consistent 1.1J and the same hop and barrel, I'd hazard.

Looks like he changed the spring, that stock spring is weaker than a politician's promise. If the air seal is half decent, an M100 should get it up to at least a Joule. And barrel length just isn't that important. I accidentally got a surprising 1.3J out of an M100 with a stock budget CYMA gearbox, ZCI rotary hop and a ZCI 6.02mm 229mm barrel, just by nailing the air seal, and had to drop to an M90 to get down to 1.1J. On that, I'd check that the barrel is fully seated in the hop, shove it in like... a politician with a drunken intern. I really don't like politicians, I'm not sure if that's coming across.

Begone, spamthot.

Hmm, Luke at Negative got pretty much 0.7J out of an Arcturus after a rebuild with a new barrel and hop rubber, and I'd assume he took care over the air seal. But the stock spring looked awful, and woefully under-sprung. Depends how much time or money you want to put into it, I guess. Either start with an M100 then buy higher if you need it, or get an M110 or similar, and trim it down if necessary - the spring change doesn't seem too onerous.

Yup, you have done absolutely nothing wrong. There is no offence committed by owning or obtaining or attempting to obtain a RIF (as long as you're 18+), it's entirely on the seller / importer / manufacturer / modifier. Lucky you. Double yup, I would emphasise that this is what we should be concern with, possession in public - and it doesn't matter if it's a RIF or a day-glow orange springer pistol (for which there has been a conviction). Only take it out when you're on the way to or from an airsoft game at an insured site, and keep details to hand, and you'll be fine (rather than fined).

Good for them. The sooner you treat the infection, the easier is it to stop the spread.

Very popular in boys' boarding schools? Oh, the G&G SSG-1. I saw one in the wild a couple of weeks back. The performance seemed as good as advertised, but they give me the dry heaves. If someone is going to run a wanker performance gun, I'd rather they did it the approved way: a scuba tank and lolicon waifu stickers.

I run my G36 on M16-4-Assault-Rifle-15-Stanmags, they actually feed better than the G36 midcaps that I bought for it. Real-plastic-steel version: https://www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/military/assault-rifles/g36/g36/accessories.html

All bullpups look exactly the same to me: equally gopping. I hate P90s in the way that bible thumping politicians publicly decry the gay, shortly before being caught cottaging in an airport bathroom.

All I can see is someone questioning their life choices, and staring hopelessly into a future of being Photoshopped into adverts for eBay drop shippers.

Sure, I wouldn't open a gearbox on site, but barrels and buckings and hops (oh my) are absolutely basic stuff. I was just bemused at the number of folk who made a point of coming over not to offer help, but to declare proudly that they never touch their internals. Kind of a weird flex. I say "number", it was maybe six over half an hour. But, you know, fishing and airsoft tales.

Good points, I've learned that it's always a good idea to bring at least one backup AEG and the box-o-bits. I got a full day on Saturday via playing with backup #1, then cannibalising backup #2 to get DMR Prime sorted at lunch. It was surprising (and a little disappointing) the number of folk who made of point of saying "Rather you than me, mate" or "I'd never risk working on my gun, mate", as though ignorance is a virtue. Come on, M4 hop units are one bolt then a circlip, you could train a monkey to work on them. And not a monkey from the top of the tree either, one who's fallen out a few times and hit his head on every branch on the way down.

I've learned that the only way to deal with toxic, pugnacious people is segregation.

The thing is though, mandating something isn't the same as enforcing it. I've only ever had a tag checked once, and that was when I chronoed my G36 bare and then dressed it up in its lasgun costume, and - credit to the marshals - one came over to see what that was all about. I've been chronoed in game twice, both at the defunct Depot, and one of those would been avoidable because they assumed the aforementioned G36 was one of their rental guns, and I was honest enough to say otherwise. Both times they trusted me on BB weight, which was disappointing. I'll re-iterate that pre-game chronoing only deals with the players who aren't a problem. I wish it were otherwise, but there are some folk who deliberately or through wilful ignorance will take hot guns into the game. I don't mean accidental gas creep, but folk just not chronoing at all, or lying about BB weights, or modifying guns after chrono. The long barrelled Mk23s and Dan Wessons (using high power shells) I mentioned above were both caught hot in game at the Depot and blanket banned because of it. Although again, banning something is only the first step, and most chrono-dodging is invisible: you need to actually catch it in-game. It's more of an issue in CQB where you're more likely to get point blank shots, and you really don't want someone putting 2J of 0.4g into a mesh mask.

Huh, I didn't get an email from UKARA. Still, the code seeks usable. Conceivably the site has mis-entered my email, not a big deal.

True, that, and half the time they're doing it from so far back that they're thrashing the bushes 5 or 10 metres short of where they think they're hitting. However, the other half of the time they're doing it against advancing players who run into a hail of BBs the instant we leave hard cover. It's all part of the game, and I'm certainly not advocating semi auto for woodland. However, I do very much appreciate it when folk keep it to short, controlled bursts. When I was running a stock CYMA shooting 8 rps in a sort of generally downrange direction, I'd cheerfully hold the trigger down. Now that I've got some half decent toys, I'm much lighter on the trigger. Just because you can doesn't mean that you have to.

It's been a constant everywhere I've played at that the site owner holds court in their office or shop, surrounded by the marshal team and the aspirants, chatting the day away and contributing to stretching every "5 minute" break out to 20 minutes. But it doesn't have to be that way. Imagine a site where the owner actually walked around the safe zone asking how folk were doing, taking an interest, keeping an eye out for problems, and nudging things along rather than holding them up. It would be like some sort of beautiful dream. These are specifically the 0.2g or 0.25g non-bios. You know airsoft, the QC is all over the place, even if you're sourcing the same brand from the same factory. They've had two bad batches that I know of, one that I read about, one that I saw first hand with site Blasters sharding through mesh multiple times during a game day, resulting in a rental reflexively lifting his mask while under fire to rub his eyes. Gulp. After that I swore off of them, particularly for CQB, although they're blanket banned at POW woodland for shattering.

I've just had to drag my finger off the "buy it now" button. I blame Gun Jesus promoting "additive manufacturing" to create new stripper clips for Forgotten Weapons. My head was still in the "those things cost thousands, right?" space, I was astonished to find that they can be had for under £200 now, with plenty of happy users. Luckily, I don't have anything specific that I'd actually want to - oh my Emperor, I need to print aquila and purity seals! Must... resist... urge...

That sounds sensible. Although unless the stocking situation improves, you might find yourself having to take whatever you can get. That's the typical rental mask. No fogging, and they stop 1.1J lightweight BBs OK, although they will get dented and let shards through. If you go for polycarb based masks, you'll always get someone who can fog them up, even if you splash out on Dyes. Granted, I'd have loved the option to try a Dye, with mesh masks available as a backup in the event of fog. On shattering BBs, I'd ban ASG Blasters right off, they've had too many chances already. I'd also suggest limiting a CQB site to 0.2 or 0.25g, there's no need for slinging anything heavier at short range and it means you can use your own 0.2g BBs at chrono without too much concern about Joule creep - as long as folk stick to the weight limit. This is getting quite ranty, but something I'd emphasise is that fairness and safety can only be enforced with actions. Start from a friendly assumption of guilt, and apply that to your own marshals and work down - I was very happy to hear that the Depot sacked off one of their own marshals for being caught with a hot gun. Walk around the safe zone, look at the guns and BBs that people are using. Chrono players at respawn or while leaving the game zone using site BBs. Know about the abusable guns, including the problem pistols: Mk23s with barrel extension silencers, Dan Wesson shell revolvers, CO2 pistols sneaked through as "just gas mate". I wish there wasn't a problem with the very small minority of toxic or wilfully ignorant players who can piss all over everyone else's day, but they do exist and I'm adamant that the best solution is to get them out of the hobby. Better to punt a prat and have them throw a tantrum or leave a snotty review than to have half a dozen decent regular players grumbling about said prat not being dealt with week after week.

Eh, it was the end of the day, we were winding down a bit anyway. It's not a job that I'd be willing to do for love, sweetie money or token freebies, so I'm not criticising. My main point is that the ROF, accuracy and magazine capacities out there makes for pretty withering fire and makes pushing objectives a Quixotic task. There's been talk about limiting the site to semi, either when shooting into / out of buildings, or even just a flat prohibition except for actual support guns (not ARPs with box mags).

The difference being that adrenaline ouchies can result in some folk losing the rag. Particularly so if it's a casual group who don't really know what to expect, or particularly want to get shot, then get lit up by Spammy McChav. Can't see why. You'll be handing out hi-caps with the rentals anyway, unless you want to go for some sort of 'premium package' with a vest and a stack of mid-caps and a speedloader. On that, you mentioned MP5s which are a solid enough choice but are typically limited in magazine capacity. If you do want to go that way, these high caps work well (but add cost, and are of course out of stock). Limit the site to semi auto and mags won't be an issue.