Rogerborg

That is one thing I've noticed about my classic TAC-41, it's at about 9.6 hopping 0.43g at 2.2J. It's common to drop another £5 or so on a "chub nub", but you'd get the same effect by removing those shims, or shimming on top of the nub. Not a huge deal to address either way as the hop is sitting right on top of the gun.

Somewhat redundantly. If there's no negligence, there's little prospect of a claim succeeding. The waiver doesn't do that, the informed acceptance of specific unavoidable risks does. These are two different things. The usual waffle about unconditionally absolving the site of any liability is just wasted words. I'd rather they used that space be more specific about risks, and who is responsible for mitigating them, phrased as "We will" and "You will". Passive voice introduces ambiguity. For example: Before entering the safe zone, you will remove the magazine from all your guns including pistols, fire shots into the ground until they are clear, and present them for inspection if asked. If this sounds unnecessarily pedantic, it's because it doesn't matter, until it really matters, and suddenly what's plain as a pikestaff to the plaintiff's lawyer is utter balderdash to the defendant's. For an example of getting it wrong, one of my locals says "If you show up in trainers or unacceptable footwear, you will not be permitted to play." Daft thing to say, as it creates a duty of care on the site that didn't previously exist. 🤦‍♂️

Section 65 of the Consumer Right Act 2015,.

It is annoyingly easy to blow your load out of them prematurely, I've shamed myself by emptying my balls on the ground in public a few times. On the other hand, you're getting 48 round (with an option for 110 round) sniper mags, and you'll quickly figure out how to handle them. Not a deal breaker for me.

I'll be that guy again, and ask: if you feel strongly that UKAPU isn't doing what you want, what's stopping you from volunteering to join it, and changing that?

I mean...

<not-sure-if-serious-or-dry-firing-in-the-safe-zone.png> Apologies if I did have a pop at you, and I understand that we can all experience a trigger oopsie. I had a bit of a sense of humour failure after catching a spent stray while walking right in the middle of the safe zone. It's why I wear shooting glasses all day on site now, because...

When they say "silver", do they mean the colour, or the element? 🤔

Pretty good day at Area-66, with some well thought out games. Helpful, friendly marshalling, but too friendly, with far too much tolerance for non-hit-takers, over-shooters, and my new bête noire, dry firing in the (not so) safe zone. Bloody airsofters, we need to ban them all to make airsoft great for airsofters. 😠

I'm also hovering over the X button on that one.

Tough one. The refund won't cover the fees you paid, and it'll have to be delivered to them, so you don't want any hiccups at the Taiwan end either. And I believe that if you've opened a "wrong item" dispute with PayPal then they'll also make the unreasonable demand that you send the "free gift" back, at your expense, before they'll refund you. If that's the case, and you do go that route, then it would definitely be wrong - although no more unscrupulous than what SWIT did - to send them a box of grit and feathers, labelled "XM16E1". I'd just bear in mind that you only get one chance with PayPal, so taking the $60 and cursing their ancestors might be the least bad option.

I'll be running Vorsk 0.28g in a 6.00m barrel on Sunday, I'll let you know how long before I get a solid plastic cored barrel.

Oh, but they have all the power at the airport.

Er, I believe US-made NODs are on the export prohibition list. Or at least a TSA goon might very well believe that.

I mean, the no-prisoners position is that you've got a free[*] gift, but are still waiting on what you ordered. [*] Less all the fees that you've been stung with.

Sad: you didn't get what you ordered. Glad: it didn't just get destroyed followed by a knock on the door for importing a Section 5.

2.12J?

Followup: Should be sorted now with a smallish AK2M4 care package. The gearbox shell continues to surprise, it seems less Chinesiumy than most, and was quite resistant to being radiused. What a bizarre decision to fit crappy plastic bushings with a decent (but unradiused) shell, gears and piston. The shell also has some helpfully-annoying posts intended to keep the very thin stock wiring in place that need removed in order to use anything chonkier. The notchy semi trigger (also reported by other owners) is down to the safety lever that blocks the trigger tending to stay very slightly raised when the selector on (or around) semi. It should wear down, or just nudge the selector a tiny fraction more towards auto. As an aside for the "wut spring 2 get maxumin powar?" question, with the stock spring, plus a new bearing guide, o-ring nozzle, Specna rotary hop (I think), Maple Leaf bucking and a ~330mm 6.00mm[*] barrel, the no-hop power with 0.28g went from <1J to >1.25J (adding some hop brings it under 1.2J for my regular woodland sites, although I may not get under 1.13J with properly hopped 0.2g for CQB ). Air seal is king. But good God, it's time consuming to work on, with so much take-down and put-back to do anything. I nearly wept when I realised that I'd put the gearbox back for the eleventeenth and what I thought was the final time before fitting the hop and barrel, despite repeating to myself "Put them back as a unit" over and over. [*] An XT from AK2M4, labelled as 6.02mm from a sample batch that came out under-sized and was sold as such for a bargain price - it is indeed a proper tite-boi.

Maaaybe. Mine pets its lip with 11.1V, a Big Dragon M160 and an M120 spring in a DMR build. Remove any of those factors (7.4V, or stock motor, or M90/M100-ish spring) and it'll cope. They're poor units though, and clearly only there to tick the "has mosfet" box.

Indeed, we've seen some right horrors, including dayglo Pulse Rifles and even a WA2000. However, in this case it seems that the chap has got his hands on a RIF Systema and pistol (the sniper may have been painted) before playing even once. Entirely up to the seller, of course. One argument in favour of a defence is that if a wrong-un is after an assault-style toy for nefarious stick-'em-up purposes when they only need to get the cheapest plastic springer. Paying Systema money is an indication that you do actually intend to use it for a legit purpose.

I'd assume the time from tickling the trigger to spurting balls. In CQB particularly, those milliseconds can sometimes count. Stock Specnas on 7.4V aren't bad, but you can make them spinnier.

Ahoy and welcome. Just about any aftermarket motor is going to be better than just about any stock one. The SHS is well regarded, as is the XT from AK2M4. Personally, I use Big Dragon M140 motors from AliExpress as I'm a cheapskate and chisel every penny. Dunno about the Ifrit, but it's easy enough chuck it in and see. Most long shaft motors will fit most AR grips and V2 gearboxes, although there's no real standard and you might find that it's tighter or looser or a slightly different length or needs the spade connectors crimped down or opened up or... Chuck it in and see, the only consideration is matching the +ve contact, which should be marked with a red post next to it, to the +ve wire, and then adjusting the motor height if necessary with the screw in the base plate - just go by the sound, you'll hear it screeching on either side of spot-on. You don't need any tools beyond a screwdriver, and ideally some needle nosed pliers to fit and remove the connectors and wiggle it out. 11.1V will help significantly, even with the stock motor, so again, try it and see. You already have have an X-ASR mosfet to protect the trigger contacts and prevent arcing. You might experience double-shots on semi (where the motor spins so fast that it completes another cycle even after the trigger trolley resets). Fitting the M105 might sort that, or it might not, and you might only see it with a meatier motor (or you might not). There's only one way to find out. Battery, spring and motor are pretty easy. If you do want to take it further, you're looking at a pre-cocking mosfet like a Perun AB++ which means some soldering (and you might as well replace all the wiring with thicker stuff while you're doing that), and/or short stroking, and/or fiddling with the gearing. Just be aware that you'll start spending more and more to chase smaller and smaller improvements. I find with a Big Dragon M140, 11.1V and a mosfet and decent wiring, that even a stock gearbox will cycle about as fast as my mags can feed.

Lost a part while teching, triggered me a bit, but I'll spring back.

It's very peculiar. I can see Dodgy Dave down the market flogging RIFs without any defence beyond "Aw, go on, mister, I've saved up my 50ps", but who's shifting new Systemas with terms like that? 🤷‍♂️

Challenge accepted. "And the next game scenario..." will become "And the script outline for the next improvised theatrical performance scene..."