Rogerborg

Hallowe'en challenge accepted.

Oops, missed this. You can replace the grips on any 1911, they're screwed on. However, I would not recommend getting one. Raven is a sub-brand of Nuprol, who just take the cheapest stuff that they can get their hands on and punt it out with a big markup on it. You're therefore two brands removed from the company that actually made it - that's not a recipe for improving quality control.

Oh hai, just bumping this thread since I appear to have wrecked the air seal on my Galaxy hop unit doing a tracer mod to it. Since this is one of the top hits for "Galaxy MP5K hop", I thought I'd mention that the closest looking unit that I can find is listed as being for a Jing Gong MP5K, e.g.: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163763040376 I'll confirm or correct that information when it arrives. [UPDATE] Yarp, the Galaxy hop unit is a clone of the Jing Gong. However, I appear to have bought the last one on the planet, so this information might not be that useful.

And they'd only been there a year. Sounds like shenanigans occurred: Hammer II Operation: let's just say it was all a bit underhand. It is an amazing site and a great landlord. We were just put in an impossible situation I'm guessing some sort of council / planning / complaints stramash. Looking to stay in Ayrshire, I see. Eh, Kilmarnock is already far enough that I have to factor in not just the unlucky weather they've had (rain thread!), but also the time and fuel costs in. And the answer has always been "nope". Let's hope they can move closer to Glasgow rather than further out into the boonies.

Mmm, mine's a bit temperamental too, it likes to flash red codes even when fully charged. It does seem to settle down after a few on-off cycles though. There doesn't appear to be a user manual for the Lighter-S, but the Lighter manual suggests that holding the power button for 3 seconds while turning on toggles the auto-shutdown mode on and off. While off, it should flash green twice a second rather than once. Not that it should shut down while being used though. Have you spotted it flashing red at all?

Were you on his lawn, playing your darn gangster-hop music too loud again?

I love you for your personality.

Why would I want to end a pointless online spat? Sad but not surprised to see that the £600 uber-LMG hasn't shifted, and neither have Krytac LMGs at £300. They move at £200.

Six. No, sev- eight. Tell a lie, nine. Hang on, I'll need to take my socks off. That's not the whole truth though. It's also hypocritical, see above. If there's one thing I'm constant about, it's inconsistency.

But do BBs make a different sound if they came out of an M60 shaped blowgun, or or a Firehawk shaped one? If this sounds like parade-raining, my point in context is that support shaped blowguns are a small subset of a small hobby, so that seller might find himself with a wall ornament for quite some time.

1) Because "support gun" is largely a fictional narrative in airsoft? You're either firing for effect and getting hits, or you're just blasting bush and your target likely doesn't even realise that you're shooting at them, let alone that in your head, they're supposed to be both impressed and suppressed. To be clear I'm not criticising people who enjoy whacking the bushes, we're all playing a daft game of pretend for fun. But if your site doesn't run different rules for different toys, then the reality is a "support" gun is just a cumbersome carbine. 2) Don't we all like spending money on our preciouses and fiddling with them for that ultimate / imaginary extra 5m of accurate range? Heck, I'm currently running a Maple Leaf rubber and nub in my MP5K that over-hops the 0.2g that I feed it for CQB.

I kind of feel for the guy, he's likely put a lot of time and money into making the perfect custom toy gnu for him. However, he may be missing the point that one man's dream custom is another's nightmare Frankengun. To my eyes, that's just another heavy lump of a thing that will perform the function of the "support gunner" imaginary role every bit as well as any plastic AEG with a box mag and a heavy trigger finger. Motor, barrel, hop unit and rubber are upgrades. A pistol grip and a 3D printed buffer tube are not. I'm particularly amused by buying a TruSight rubber ("capable of operating in -50C to +230C" ? ) that comes with its own magical concave nub, then also buying a Maple Leaf nub. The value is entirely dependent on finding someone who wants exactly that toy, with exactly those parts on it. I wish the seller the best of luck with that.

Er, does that shoot OK without fouling?

I don't think you ever stop being a biker, you're just temporarily between bikes.

Off topic, but I'm playing my Friday night joker. Many years ago, when I was too young and dumb to know what couldn't be done, I cobbled together a T&J Locust Lotus 7 replica kit car. it consisted of a poorly welded ladderframe angle-iron chassis, an aluminium skinned plywood (yes, wood) body tub, and various random Mk II Escort, Cortina and Triumph Sprint and Dolomite parts. I shudder to recall the bodges that I did to get it running, but my God you knew you were driving it. Something like this, although mine never looked that complete. I ended up literally giving it away between breakdowns because my conscience couldn't stomach taking money from someone in return for that absolute death trap (the seatbelts were bolted into the wooden body tub...). I fully expected it to be in a ditch / in pieces / on fire, or some combination of the three within months. Tonight, out of sheer random curiosity, I just bashed the registration into https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk and love a duck... An actual thing that I made with my own two hands a quarter of a century ago is still on the road, MOT'd, taxed and insured, and according to the MOT record is racking up a couple of hundred miles a year, every year. Just... wow. I am in equal[*] parts horrified and delighted. [*] 90% delighted.

Tru dat. H2O https://www.facebook.com/Hammer2operations/ in Kilmarnock were actually lucky in that they cancelled their milsim event the weekend before last, as it absolutely tipped it down both days anyway. Speaking of sites that don't provide basic info, I think Ryan said that the Wargames Centre is run on on an "ask if you wish to receive" basis, which hacks me off as it's a great way to ensure that your membership dwindles away.

Wargames Centre in Stevenston near Irvine? https://www.facebook.com/thewargamescentre/ https://sites.google.com/view/thewargamescentre/ Oh. Their page / site looks nearly dead. Shame, Ryan Silver Fox said it was a decent enough site. Might be worth giving them a prod.

It's a decent idea and I'm not opposed in principle. In practice though, how many folk are there in the UK who would describe themselves as professional airsoft techs? A few dozen? And how many of those have an engineering qualification or time served? Then, how many customers would value a bit of paper over a low price, or a good recommendation? I mean, how many people even check (or know to check) that their chosen sparky is NICEIC registered, or equivalent? I guess there's only one way to find out. What's @Seth_Erebor up to at the moment?

What consequences would you like to see if they don't? Do I get the jail for adjusting Workmate Eddy's hop unit?

The total helmet selling them that comes with them.

Oh, are you actually a professional airsoft technician? Honestly, I've not being paying attention.

Sole trader, or limited company? How much professional indemnity do you have? That annual tax and NI bill is a real sod isn't it?