Rogerborg

You're right to be suspicious, airsoft for-sales adverts are prime targets for scammers. It's got nothing to do with the site, and there's no way for them to stop it. Targeting sellers is a new twist though.

NURPOL.

I stripped two gearboxes today, but at least nobody said mean things to me.

Ah, got you. Ares will be happy then.

True, but from the olden days. There are very few airsoft purchases that I really regret, but even penny spent on NiMh was wasted.

Huh, I'm ready to stand corrected, but didn't think there was a GBBR A3. Why order off the shelf when you can "procure", I guess.

We're not talking about P90s.

Urgh, MP5 hops. Or tighten the screws, or put oring(s) between the hop slider and the barrel, or cable tie the slider to the barrel, or... Do you have one of these? I assume there's a screw on the other side holding the slider in place that you could tighten up. Or add washers and/or tape as the mood takes you in order to increase friction.

Oh, we're going to be sensible about this now? Is the WE the only GBBR L85? Given that we're moving towards the L403A1 / KS-1, I wonder if they'll just skip straight to an Assault-Rifle-15 GBBR.

Or approximately three "starter set bundles" on usedairsoft. There does seem to be a core of sense to this, although how it actually translates to recruitment is quite another matter. I can see £120,000 being blown on mouse-mats, mugs and biscuits without a single visit to an actual airsoft site to say "Hey, do you want to try a really hot gun?"

I have seen it happen, and the mask reflexively raised to rub at the eyes. Once, point blank, with a bad batch of 0.2g ASG Blasters. ... which I see all the time, despite all exhortations not to do it.

Same with motorcycle gear since 2018, although it's widely ignored and I doubt that it's ever enforced. I'd say "This is another reason to have a national body, be recognised as a sport, and have well defined minimum standards", but... ... often to be seen on marshals and site owners. I've even fingered someone for wearing non-protective sunglasses at chrono, and had a site runner just shrug it off as "their risk". That's why it's remarkable to see site that is taking eyepro seriously. Good for them.

This is why I write "EN166B" on my home-made eye-pro, to ensure that it meets all safety standards.

Ahoy, and welcome. Yup, it's a great hobby if you have a good site with honest players. Obligatory...

Then why drop the asking price? 🤔

Wires crossed here, I think. It's that the Maple Leafs have (by design) a relatively large contact patch compared to other buckings and in theory it might foul in the window (the hole in the top of the barrel). However, I've not experienced that problem with any barrel, either stock or aftermarket, and I run Maple Leafs exclusively. One thing that can give an issue is that Maple Leafs have slightly longer feed lips than some other buckings, which can stop BBs from feeding. I've only experienced this once, in a MP5K with a pretty shoddy hop chamber, and if you do experience it, all it takes to solve it is cutting a tiny sliver off of the bottom of the feed lip.

That's actually pretty sensible. My first gun was a bargain basement plastic-fantastic CYMA CM.516. As soon as I had something better, I hacksawed off the stock and the barrel at the end of the hand guard, threw on a PEQ box for a battery, and fettled the internals. It weighs next to nothing and performs as well as anything else out there. One thing I added was a magwell grip. And I mention this because that's all the length you need on an M4. You don't have to C-clamp them like an operator, you can tuck them in and forget about everything in front of the magwell. Are you having issues with the length of pull - the stock-to-trigger length? If so, you might want to look at PDW stocks. But then that opens the door to MP5s again.

No worries, we get it. tinkering can be as much fun as playing. You can chop down or replace the barrel and handguard of any M4, it's a question of how neat you want it to look, or how much you want to spend in order to end up with a gun that you could have bought in the first place. I'd agree that anything more than 6" is just bragging when it comes to barrels for a ~1.1J AEG But can we establish whether it's length or weight that we're talking about? If it's weight, then a basic dirt cheap CYMA M4 with a 260mm inner comes in at 1.7kg - that's not a recommendation to get one, because the plastic is only "high density" compared to a milk carton. But they do work, and it illustrates that barrel length isn't the deciding factor for weight. For example, 370g and £45 more gets you a 240mm barrel Specna Arms that absolutely wrecks the CYMA for features, with much better hand-feel - you really need to find reasons not to buy something like this, given the spec and price. If it's handiness you're after, I rate MP5s. Jing Gong plastic MP5s come in at or under 2kg, and MP5 mags don't tend to have the same compatibility issues as "AR9" / "AR45" sticks mags. Heck, G36Cs have great ergos, are all plastic, and you can bin off the stock entirely if you want to shave every gram. Or why not just go for a P90, if that's what tickles your fancy. There's really no need to limit yourself to M4s/ARs, unless that platform is what you really want. Airsoft is a heart-over-head hobby, don't get too caught up in what's sensible.

Also has it up for swapsies.

You'd get that with any window, it's just a question of how small the file needs to be to get the corners. I haven't tried an enclosed window, but I've cut a GBB/VSR style slot into a barrel (unhopped gas revolver) and squished RTV silicone in. I didn't work, but it's fun to experiment.

Yes, and cable ties. Definitely don't do this. I agree, don't do this. Buy your home made eyepro from @heroshark

DIY. 3.5mm hexagonal hole / 4.5mm pitch / 1.mm galvanised steel sheet. No warranty, not medical advice, the value of your eyesight may fall as well as rise.

I use 1980s style towelling headbands, and as you say, rotate through 3 of them. This is specifically what they were designed for (also good for Jane Fonda impression loadouts). Visor spray, Cat-Crap, Revision wipes, all help. Dual pane helps too, like Pyramed iForce or rebranding, or DIY dual panes made with PETG sheet and 2mm or 3mm double sided foam tape. Ultimately though, the only thing that really works for me is fan ventilation. Googles with a small built in fan, or DIY fans and ducting work for me, or there's Ex-Fog, the Novritsch equivalent, or you could try a cheap generic one for £21 delivered from AliExpress. Although when my dodgy fan wiring failed last time, I just switched to mesh goggles and, wow, problem solved.

Sorry, I'm out. I hope all that stuff works well together.