Rogerborg

I think it's reasonable enough to the right buyer. That means someone who wants that exact package, and has that money ready to hand. I wonder how much interest free credit offers from retailers are going to factor into that. £750 now versus £100 next month (then the future will take care of itself) might appeal to some. I'm really not a fan of credit culture, but the reality is that it makes dreams come true (at the cost of some future nightmares).

Bloke last week reckoned the fire selector parted company on his. I would chime in with the Army Armament R17 as the cheapest properly functional GBB out there. Even Luke at Negative Airsoft likes them. Although with them no longer having trademarks, and the AAP-01 being just a little bit more, I'd have to +1 that now.

Well, we'll see if Mrs Borg finds the receipts from tomorrow's delivery. All she knows is that it's less than what I got for the motorbike I just sold. I just hope that she doesn't ask about the running total...

The Big Dragon M140s seem like a decent blend of torque and speed: I've got two of them now and am pretty impressed for the price. If it's struggling then I'll go for the M160, it's apparently decent as well (but the M120 is not). That's what I'm planning. It's a smallish site with shortish games and there aren't that many opportunities for lurking and hiding. It's typically more about push-the-objective, and quite a few times I've been standing in the open with my BASR watching BBs land a few yards in front of me (doubtless to rants about "OMFG CHEETAR!" from the shooter). Having just a little bit of extra range to reply with, without having to haul the bolt every time would be ace. Worst case if it doesn't work out I can dial it down a bit and put it back to an AEG again. That, exactly. I'm playing boltie, but half the time I'm ditching it and going full ham with the MP5K. So I'm not really looking for a lurker role, just some variety and hopefully those critical few extra metres against a pinned down AEG target.

Late to the party, but yup, we do. If there is a crack down on assault-style toys, I reckon it'll come because of retailers taking the piss rather than the occasional firearms call out to lads larking in the woods (or being seen through their window). Gelsoft UK seems to have purged their RIFs, but airsoft retailers aren't blameless. I could hop onto Airsoft World and pay them £20 for their fake "defence" that's nothing of the sort, or worse, onto Fat Bobs and just tick a "yeah, mate, for airsofting at airsoft sites and that" box, no more questions asked. Plus the BBgunz sites don't seem bothered in practice, and will in particular send out "mystery boxes" with RIFs in them. I've always been in two minds about whether we should rat out these sellers and get them smacked down, or whether that's just inviting trouble that will get the decent ones punished as well. On the Canuckistani ban, I think it is as bad as it looks. The informal description of it was carefully worded to make it seem like it's not meant to actually ban low powered assault-style toys, but the actual wording says otherwise. It looks like they're properly stuffed.

mised u 2 babes (Sorry, too much time on Failbook...) Amount of disposable pyro sold on the field? "Yeah, the first smoke is free. You liked that? Now it'll cost you..."

Ah, right, I did indulge myself with some Luke rants. Yes, I'm enjoying the outdoor life at Area 66. It's a dual paintball site with loads of cover, some great build work, and it's just the right size without spending half the day thrashing through brambles. I'm liking the DPM. Granted camo in airsoft is mostly wishful thinking, and MTP works well enough if you're standing up against tree trunks, but that's the point: the only time camo actually does anything in airsoft is if you're still and near the ground, ideally in or around something bushy. At that point DPM pops up and says "Hey, remember me? I was designed for this environment, and eyeballs haven't changed since then." From outer space. I did just break out the Space Soldier kit last Sunday for indoor. It's such a laugh, folk sort of blinking then studiously looking past it in the safe zone, then sidling up during the say and saying "Imperial Guard? Niiice. The planet broke before the guard did." and similar admissions of nerdiness.

This. EN166-B or equivalent, and then test them yourself. Better to shoot out your own eyepro when it's on a bench rather than have someone else shoot it out when it's on your face. My sub-£30 FMA fan goggles (2.3mm thick) have been absolutely fine for impacts, as have Pyramed I-Forces, and - gasps of horror - some ~£10 unbranded goggles that I got specifically to dual-pane and which are now my go-tos. They're 2.4mm and polycarb and regularly take point blank 1.1J shots in CQB or sniper BBs in woodland - it's my favourite place to get hit. What I avoid is unsealed glasses with separate lenses not secured into a full frame - that's gagging to have them get shot out. I hope it's later rather than sooner, but I reckon at some point someone wearing inadequate eye-pro is going to come a cropper and insurers will start mandating full seal goggles rated above EN166-F.

I just saw a site on Facebook having recruitment days for marshals. Full training, "level 3 first aid training", and earn £70 a day plus possible performance related bonuses. It was very tempting to reply with: "Do you want to earn less than a living wage with no guaranteed hours, no job security, no benefits or holidays, all in return for wishing you'd rather be playing while getting earfuls of abuse and moaning off of angry punters for things that other people did?" God bless marshals though, I can't imagine how anyone can stand us. I mean, it.

Well, bugger, but I'm not at all surprised given the ongoing issues with Border Farce and Useless Parcel Stealers. You think that would be the sort of thing that they might flag up on their site though, I can't see anything about it, and they haven't emailed customers with UK addresses. With the amount that folk are being stung for VAT, duty, and couriers billing recipients for handling that, I did the sums and just ordered from PatrolBase.

This is relevant to my interests. I have a Specna Arms Edge SA-02 on the way to DMR. I won't be putting any gubbins on it other than a scope, so the stock geezer handguard will be just fine, no need for 20" of quad-rail m-lock tacticoolness. It's metal bodied, apparently the barrel is fairly securely attached and from what I can tell the piston, piston head and cylinder head are all decent (and double-o-ringed) and the nozzle is o-ringed. Quick change spring, a basic mosfet and already wired to Deans, what's not to like? I've cleared out AK2M4 and, aiming for 1.88J, will be adding: XT Outer Barrel Extension (7 Inches) <= moar bigger AOLS AEG Inner Barrel (455mm) <= No ZCIs available ZCI Cylinder Stainless Steel (Closed) <= moar puff Omega Nub Hard 85 <= They couldn't call it "omega" if it wasn't the last word ZCI Hop-Up Bucking 70° Black <= to flatten off and use as an S-hop outer Rocket Selector Plate (V2) <= spare to modify for semi-auto only Gearparts AEG Spring M130 <= No M140s available in the UK, one's on the way from China. It'll be getting a Big Dragon M140 motor to see if that can pull the spring OK. Depending how it gets on I might consider changing the gearing, and/or going to a Big Dragon M160. I'll be sugru s-hopping it. I know, just use a Maple Leaf, and I have a 70 blue macaron kicking around, but I fancy giving the s-hop a try. Worse case I can bin that off and fit the Maple Leaf on the day. The gearbox is already radiused and I'll maybe give it a little kiss with a file while I'm in there lubing and shimming. Is a very good point. The local is 25m MED. It's not strictly enforced (a bit of a peeve of mine) but I'm happy sticking to it. Given the nature of the site and the games, that little extra range is exactly what I'm looking for in offensive games where we control the distance, and I prefer semi anyway. I'll be pairing it with a light MP5K which is actually usable as a primary, so won't be outgunned at any point. Have I forgotten anything? Short mags, if I can find any anywhere. Maybe throw a clamp-on bipod on, to make my life a bit harder.

*Ahem* So, hi guys, and hello airsoft world: it is a comeback because I had left. Apologies for not answering the messages in my inbox from last year: when it all went wong and sites shuttered for the 2nd time (3rd? I lost count), I logged out and haven't been back since then. I couldn't bear to talk about airsoft without playing it, and it was certainly healthier for my bank balance to not keep buying stuff that I couldn't use. But woo and also hoo, we're back, baby, indoors and out, and it's even better after a break. Sadly the excellent local indoor site, the Depot, died the real death and has never come back, but we're got a decent new outdoor site near Glasgow at Area66, so it's all good. OK, I did make a few tech purchases. My plucky plastic Galaxy MP5K with an M100 spring, mosfet, Big Dragon M140 and the air seal spot on is now shooting at 1.04J / 335fps on a 110mm barrel, and snappier than a snapping turtle playing snap while drinking Snapple. I've even just made my first purchase of a toy over £100. Sure, I felt a bit dirty, but I have stuck to my policy of perversity and having previously bought a long M4 to hacksaw it down, I've now bought a short one (Specna Arms Edge Colt 933) in order to barrel-extend and DMR it. Quick change gearbox, yes please. I've even (looks around guiltily) sprung for surplus DPM for a full impression kit of "generic airsofter on a budget". I'll catch up now and see how lockdown-and-release has been treating everyone.

Well, that's most of Scotland by population going straight into tier 3, which means no indoor adults sports. I was booked in for woodland today, but last night the site put up a new set of rules. Single household cars, which means more traffic than usual. Temperature checks, sign in and BB purchase on the access road. The single track access road with no passing places or turning points and strictly entry-only from 8am until 10am. Think that one through. What exactly happens if one person in your car is too hot according to their Fisher Price Mr No Entry Tempy Checky? Players to stay in their household car at all times between games until summoned to the next brief. No moving around, no socialising. Muzzles to be worn at all times except while in your car, or during a game. Yes, at all other times, outdoors, with 2m distancing. Game on, muzzles off; game over, muzzles on. Whether they were instructed to do all that by the council, or whether it's their own policy, it's insane. Literally, not rational. It's cult behaviour, rituals to ward off evil spirits. Hand sanitisers. They have hand sanitisers on site. For a 2m separated non-contact sport in which nobody will be touching anybody else or their gear anyway. So, why? For the religious symbolism, that's why. It's only going to get worse from here. No travel in or out of tier 3/4 in Scotland. Given the above, it seems likely that businesses will be told to, or will choose to, enforce that sooner or later. "No, mate, you can't come in here, you're from a low infection area, we can't let you take that risk." Winter 2017/2018: 50,100 excess deaths in England and Wales. We went about our lives exactly as normal. Deaths from covid-19 so far: 44,745. And yet we've lost our collective minds. 26,000 extra people have died at home rather than seeking or receiving hospital care. Nah, I'm out. I can't recreate that way. It's against my secular rationalist principles: that's just what I was raised to not believe. I'll be packing up my stuff until the New Normal looks to be within a long sniper shot of sanity again.

Except you can knock 4% / £6.60 off that if you leave it in your basket for 24 hours so it's £158.40, delivered. But his comes with 6,000 rounds of "Bad Ass"... aaaahahahah, 0.2g BBs. I'd hope for the sake of my sanity that the postage cost has an extra digit in it. I'm not sure I'd pay £60 for the whole thing delivered.

I would agree with this. I use an MP5K as a second-primary, but as it's a bit poorly at the moment, I reckon I might take my chopped down M4 out tomorrow.

[Teeth grinding sounds] Indeed, the seller is going to take them off before posting, so why not take them off before photographing? Laziness, or deceit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SneakyBackgroundFeet/

Do nothing to it. I'd try sample bags of Geoff's BBs. Then use the highest weight that it will reliably hop. Maybe use binoculars or a monocle to spot targets, then pew at them. Find a simp with an AEG who is willing to spot for you. I would. Whatever your results, be proud of them. Bring a rusty chain to thrash at the spergs who will swarm you in the safe zone to tell you about how they almost bought a WA2000, but didn't because [blah blah blah].

Blurred photos means a lazy seller, which generally means that you'll get some "lol m8 thnx 4 interust but i dunno wut paypal n postage wil b ill get back 2 u" message. The amount of stuff that I've not bought 2nd hand would keep Steve Glennie in hookers and blackjack money for life.

They can, but they won't. I do agree with spotting them, but it's probably better if @L3wisD et al just nuke them from orbit. Better to kill 99 innocent airsofters than to let one Stephen Glennie list freely, sadly.

I thought "fire break" was a little on the nose, since creating one is a destructive process. However, you could also view a controlled burn of parts of a forest as some sort of... sylvan cinder immunity. I'm not sure if locking students up together so that they all get a 2 day cough and then get over it is deliberate or accidental, but either way it seems like a pretty good idea.

Not as far as I can see. It's a long route though (especially at the moment) and there are fees up front. You'll need a postal address too. https://www.gov.uk/make-money-claim

Going through https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/transfer/homepage/request and requesting money from another version of myself it appears to be a F&F payment - there's no mention of fees at either end. That's distinct from an invoice https://www.paypal.com/invoice/create which is what I send and ask people to send, and which does attract fees and has the protections. Although I'm way less than 99% sure of that.

I think a scope cam killed his father.