Rogerborg

Counterpoint: since shimming the barrel is about the cheapest and quickest thing that it's possible to do, why not?

I reckon so, I've also seen people reporting issues with handguards, although it'll be a lottery what gets through and what doesn't.

Given that's a plastic gearboxed gun, and being given away for reasons unknown, I wouldn't be spending more than the bare minimum necessary to find out if it even works. Unfortunately, even the very cheapest combination of charger + battery is going to run you £30+. Airsoft isn't a particularly cheap hobby to get into.

Yup, sold under many brand names, including "PINTY". These work just fine for airsoft purposes where a breath of wind makes more difference than seconds of arc on your sight.

Yup, I run 0.28g outdoors. The tl;dr on the physics is that the 0.2g will be faster when it leaves the barrel but will lose that speed much sooner. The heavier BB will hold its energy, go further, and they're also a bit less prone to being blown around. You'll want to go as heavy as your budget and hop unit allow.

It's just a marketplace like eBay, the experience is down to the individual seller. I've only had issues with one item, a solid (well, hollow) M4 stock which got knocked back by the courier at the Chinese end twice (conceivably due to them cracking down on 'firearms' parts) and never made it out of the country. The refund was easy enough, and you can save a little to a lot over the same item bought from a UK seller.

The only way to police that is to test in game. Do that, do it a lot, and many of these issues will get caught. Don't do it, and whatever you did it at the start of the day was just theatre.

Yup, my local CQB sites do that, loaded with 0.2g, with a maximum site weight of 0.25g, so it's reasonable on the face of it. However, what it doesn't control for is when some clever-dickhead is intending to rock 0.4g in his HPA'd m4-mag Franken-Cappa, knowing that it'll chrono much lower with 0.2g and that the chances of being caught are essentially nil. I lost a fingernail to what I'm convinced was that scenario. There's no perfect solution, but if everyone was informed and honest, then we wouldn't need chrono. If you're going to do it, and do it for safety reasons, you might as well do it properly, and on the precautionary principle.

<Mounts hobby horse> Which is why sites should be putting their own BBs in for chrono, and 0.4g, not 0.2g </dismounts>

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Unless they allow binary triggers because a marshal has one. Unprecedented, I know.

If it's a feeding issue rather than motor overspin, then yes, surprisingly, it did help[*] with double feeding issues on my MP5K after I'd meddled with it. We're talking a small indentation. I ran a 6mm just a few turns forwards with gentle pressure, then in reverse to deburr it. [*] Always assuming that it wasn't just another disassemble-reassemble which resulted in everything lining up properly.

It crossed mine when I realised that I was cannibalising my existing keyrings to attach various things to assorted stuff, so bought a bunch of them.

I've never regretted buying a load of keyrings. Alternatively, yes, paracord or just a robust cable tie.

Huh, I'd heard of the clause but not the reason for it. Thanks, that's fascinating. Well, best of luck to our budding entrepreneur, selling for £5 less than retail. Sure, you don't get a warranty, but you do get an orange tip!

Hi, this is what the Classifieds section is for SELLING PARTS/GEAR https://airsoft-forums.uk/classifieds/category/13-parts-gear/ WANTED PARTS/GEAR https://airsoft-forums.uk/classifieds/category/18-parts-gear-wanted/ is where you'd want to ask this. Constructively, this isn't Facebook, and descriptions like "works" won't get you very far. List exactly what you have, or what you want, and how much you want to receive or to pay, including PayPal goods-and-services fees and postage. Best of luck.

If you're going to be like that, then you leave me with no option but to block and report, sir. Block and report. 🚫

I'd give the break-down a try, it really is a routine operation that can be done in seconds. Just undo the screw at the front of the receiver, push out the pin, and the top and bottom will separate. The tricky bit is not losing the pin, but you can put it back in the lower receiver. It's this easy.

Agreed, that's a project gun. And sorry, Charlie, I know this isn't what you want to hear, but the value really is dependent on a detailed description. Unless you know exactly what you've got, you're essentially selling a bunch of parts. For all we know, the internals on that are stripped out, or even missing entirely. The spare parts, case and bag shown there are barely worth the postage. There are exceptions, but again they rely on knowing exactly what you're selling. From what we (don't) know, I wouldn't pay three figures for the lot, including fees and postage. Someone else might pay that, and they may even get a real bargain. You don't ask, you don't get, but I'd be prepared for a lot of questions and potential buyers who mess you around and pull out. The more detailed pictures of markings you can provide, the better. Depending how much time you want to put in, you could find a local airsoft site (e.g. on Facebook) and ask them if you can bring it all along to sell. Airsofters are actually a helpful bunch, you might find people on site willing to dive in and tell you what it is, and what they reckon it's worth. It's always more tempting to buy something if you can get your hands on it. Best of luck.

If it's just about transporting the VFC, it's a matter of seconds to split an M4. One screw at the front, push the pin, tug off the barrel fnar, and you've got two halves. [EDIT] Dammit, you beat me to it.

If I was unclear, I'm not advocating for a ban on BFGs. I have 4 of the things. I said I'd understand it. Pineapple on pizza is perverse. Not wanting to have to spend time dealing with lost-maybe-stolen BFGs on a regular basis isn't unreasonable. It would be better to identify and evict thieves, but short of that, removing opportunity is a very regrettable amelioration that can be applied. I'd be miffed if I couldn't use my BFGs, but I wouldn't stop playing because of it. Would you?

As someone currently handling inheritance tax for an estate, I can assure you that HMRC have different views. ... and then sites get dragged into the process of dealing with it. It's not right, but it's pragmatic. After all, the substance of why we're there is to shoot and get shot: bangs are flavouring.

The Depot was very close to it, I wouldn't have blamed them if they'd gone ahead. It's all downside, including lower sales of disposable pyro.

By which time it's likely long since left the site, been sequestered in a car, or in a bush by the gate. I mean, thieves don't tend to be the smartest, but I'm struggling to see the scenario where someone is going to be daft enough to put it in their bag or their pocket and then stay on site, on the assumption that its owner is just going to shrug it off. Which I guess is an argument for not shrugging it off and making some effort to recover it. But I'd expect the search for it to be a case of finding a black cat in a dark room, when the cat isn't there. Especially if you tell the cat that you're about to come looking for it. I'm seeking a practical solution here, by the way. The first step I'd prefer a site owner to take is to not loudly announce a lockdown or search, but to walk around the safe zone with the owner and just start looking in bags. Actions over words, every time. But I've banged that drum until it's just a hoop with a ragged hole in it.

Presumably you've got CCTV of the handbagging? And you're securing the scene immediately. I'm contrasting that with a case of missing-presumed-stolen, some time in the past. I'll re-iterate that I'm in favour of catching thieves. I'm just pressing X to doubt that attempting to lock down an airsoft site, well after the event, and then searching the people still there, is likely to result in recovery. If it does result in someone shouting "found it", great, but does that happen?