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Rogerborg

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  1. Sure, it would be interesting to see what you've come up with.

     

    It's not that insane an idea, you're just using a leaf rather than a coil spring to shove a piston down a cylinder, and let's be honest, we're all playing with toys.

     

    If it's draw-and-release rather than drawing to cock a latched spring, then consistency might be an issue, and CQB sites in particular might want to take a hard look about what it's really capable of, as opposed to how long a pull you use for chrono.

  2. 1 hour ago, loctez said:

    But nothing, I asked the marshalls to ask for it at the next briefing, they didn't.  Asked again, and they didn't.  In the end I had to shout up myself.  Nothing.  I explained to them clearly that someone has knicked it and they simply said I shouldn't leave things on the floor. [...] boat loads of people "live" firing in the safe zone with no eye pro on

     

    Well, that's a giant bag of dicks, and no mistake.  What an appalling attitude.  What site should we be avoiding?

  3. On 24/07/2021 at 00:14, Adolf Hamster said:

    Ofc i dont know what the answer is

     

    Training.  Take the time to ensure that all your marshals, even your mates or the ones doing it for freebies, have a clear understanding of what they're supposed to be doing, and why, both on technical issues like chronoing, and on resolving issues in game.

     

    It wouldn't take long, and even less so if you write it down.

     

    This starts with site owners, and sadly far too many of them seem to have a muddle through attitude, or that everybody knows what they're doing - or more specifically, that everybody has the same assumptions and beliefs that they picked up fifteen years ago, which isn't necessarily the same thing.

     

    Given the thankless job of trying to run a site, I'm certainly not judging, but it is so nice when you come across one that documents everything, rather than running it via Facebook or word of mouth on a "Just ask m8 lol" basis.

  4. If you have a look at 5:00 in the video above, he highlights that there should be a small spring pressing down on the trigger bar.  If it's weakened or missing, I'd replace it.  I don't recall the size offhand, but a piece of spring from inside a pen might do the job.

  5. If you're risk averse, then I'd suggest a CYMA, any of the M4s or AKs, particularly as a backup gun.  Don't be fooled by the price, cost doesn't bear much relation to reliability in airsoft.  The plastic on the cheapest M4s is pretty shoddy, and there's nothing fancy in there until you reach the Blue or Platinum models, but they're robust enough and everything can be upgraded as time, budget and inclination allows.

     

    Evos in particular have run hot and cold on QC, with the gears shredding in short order.  That's supposed to have been sorted now, but it's not something I'd like to gamble on at the price.

  6. Do they have a fuse?  I honestly can't remember, I've rewired mine and gone with Deans connectors.

     

    They are quite fiddly to disassemble, with lots of little parts to lose, but there's a comprehensive guide here:

     

     

    And I'd always recommend buying a basic multimeter which takes so much of the guesswork out of it.

     

    Sight unseen I'd expect it's either a broken solder connection, or the trigger, which is a teeny, fiddly thing.

     

     

  7. 2 hours ago, Adolf Hamster said:

    forum was only down a few days

     

    ... and we woke up in 2016, and are having the exact same "Shut up, thicko gammon" / "Shut up, thicko globalist" handbag fights that were ever so constructive then. 🙄 

  8. 2 hours ago, Dentonboy said:

    I might be jumping the gun here (...) but seems to me like this whole border force action could be phrase one of shutting down airsoft.

     

    The only thing I'm reading into it is that Border Farce got a fat wodge of funding thrown at them and are stopping everything that they can (and some stuff that they shouldn't be stopping) just for the sheer jobsworth spite of it.

  9. 4 hours ago, Adolf Hamster said:

    true, but if 2 chrono's are giving different readings (eg you chrono your gun at home then the site chrono is wildly different) the question is which of the 2 do you trust least?

     

    It doesn't really matter which one trust. The site is going to go by theirs.  This is why I'm always first at the chrono in the morning in case I have to do some emergency fettling.

     

     

    44 minutes ago, Cromulon1994 said:

    First and only have always worded it as it's a limit of 328 (which is what you should aim for) with up to 350 for variance.  

     

    Urgh, fps again. :( 

     

    I've never understood this "aim for" / "hard limit" stuff.  I'll aim for the hard limit, and I expect everybody else will too.

  10. 5 hours ago, Lozart said:

    ALWAYS get lens protectors

     

    I didn't learn this the first time I had my lens shot out.  I finally learned it after the second one.  BBs seem to home in on them.

     

    Cat Crap works, but I find that Revision anti-fog wipes work better, and better than anything else (and I've tried them lens-vs-lens against most lotions and potions).

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