[Airsoft bow....would anyone want one?]

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.

[What Have You Learned About Airsoft Recently?]

10 hours ago, Hatchet said:

I learnt why my speed loader stopped working...

 

Damn, that's swole. Are you now, or have you ever been, an 8mm freak?

 

[Sniper and DMR Single and Double Band.]

It particularly gets my goat because there will be folk out there with pistols shooting at over 1.3J, quite likely unchronoed, with nobody batting an eyelid about MED or ROF.

 

Sites should be educating players that appearance and barrel length means very little in airsoft, not surrendering to the fantasy.

[When you mishear "AirDrop is for trolling people with big black cock pictures"]

 

3 hours ago, Druid799 said:

‘Sheeple’ ? I take it one is an ‘arrogant android’ user then ?😉

 

6 hours ago, Rogerborg said:

I guess some people prefer to be shocked and offended.

 

 

*Ahem*.

[Sniper and DMR Single and Double Band.]

1 hour ago, Cr0-Magnon said:

 

Funnily enough, they do distinguish between the two with different coloured tape at chrono.

 

[When you mishear "AirDrop is for trolling people with big black cock pictures"]

13 hours ago, tinkle60 said:

I'm not an Apple user, was this feature introduced on the sly or have the sheeple just clicked accept on everything without reading?

 

Beats me, with their track record (company and users) it could very well be either.  Surely you'd Glock-block it after the first hilarious incident, but I guess some people prefer to be shocked and offended.

[Sniper and DMR Single and Double Band.]

42 minutes ago, Cr0-Magnon said:

So they’ve changed the rules and it’s now a case of “if it looks like a sniper rifle or DMR, you’ve got a 30 metre med”…

 

That is quite possibly the dumbest, laziest, wrongest thing I've heard of a site doing, and it's up against some quite stiff competition.

[When you mishear "AirDrop is for trolling people with big black cock pictures"]

He'd be in less trouble if he'd dick-picced them, I expect.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9823505/United-flight-evacuated-teen-sends-picture-airsoft-gun-using-AirDrop.html

[The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread]

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?

[Has Km Cheated the Chrono at Anzio?]

1 hour ago, Tackle said:

Lol, bear with them, they're old & easily confused 😜

 

I'm having my butler order the under-footman to look up this "The Jungle" in Fortesque's Almanac of Significant Happenings.  

[Has Km Cheated the Chrono at Anzio?]

Too cryptic, chap.

 

If you're not going back (prediction: you will), then just name the site (prediction: you won't).

[Has Km Cheated the Chrono at Anzio?]

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.

[Shortage of airsoft items in UK]

And long term, it's a balance of trade issue.  China sends us shiploads of cheap tat, and in return, we send them... not much, really, and very few bulk goods.

 

That's one reason why prices have jumped, it's covering the costs of sending empty ships and empty containers back to Chinaland.

[world airsoft- what do others do differently]

9 hours ago, leadly said:

Dead rags is something that sticks out for me. Seem to be used everywhere but in the UK!!

 

I occasionally use one voluntarily, but I wouldn't like to see them mandated as it gives Oberleutnant Overshoot more free reign to say "Well, your rag wasn't out / I didn't see it."

[AEP help needed]

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.

[New to hobby - Dropping in deep.]

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.

[AEP help needed]

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.

 

 

[First DMR attempt]

"Buy another toy" is generally the right answer.  

[Border Force Seizure]

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. 🙄 

[Take the hint , it ain’t selling !]

My theory is that they don't really want to sell.  They only listed because their missus ordered them to get back what they (actually) paid for their toys, even if they paid over the odds.  Then they get caught up in a dick-measuring contest about not taking one penny less than their asking price.

[Has Km Cheated the Chrono at Anzio?]

1 hour ago, Adolf Hamster said:

god that sounded bitter 

 

It sounded experienced.  Marshals should know more than any player on site.  Far too often, they know less than that guy on Facebook asking "What am bests startar gnu lol?"

[Frv Tailoring - Anyone Getting Deliveries?]

10 hours ago, lukeB said:

having tricked me into cancelling my original pay pal dispute 3 months ago

 

Aw, chap, no.  I guess this is a salient lesson that once you reach the point of initiating a dispute, the only acceptable resolution is a refund.

[Border Force Seizure]

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.

[Has Km Cheated the Chrono at Anzio?]

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 I 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.

[New to hobby - Dropping in deep.]

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).