Rogerborg

Photosensitive epileptics will thank your local sites for pre-emptively banning that. Although of course now I'm intrigued as to how well the Ali Express ones actually work.

Yup, that's right. I didn't want to prompt the answer.

No picture of username and date, scammer reported.

I wouldn't be at all surprised, I've seen plenty of folk on Facebook ask "wut bb wait 2 get undar 350?" entirely sincerely.

I expect most of us are kind of obsessive, it attracts our type. There are some cautionary tales in here though.

Eh. It's a CYMA, it probably came shooting hotter than the burning rage of a thousand suns. I'd note that it's £275 to get it in your hands, in unknown condition, and that there's no username + date evidence in the single picture. It doesn't appear to have been swiped from anywhere else, and the bloke does have positive feedback, but I don't find that total price remotely tempting for a used sale.

It's very site-dependent. Some are all over it, want to see you chronoing with a fresh bulb, and will spot check you during the day - which can be a problem as temperatures rise. Some are "Eh, pistol, mate, not bothered mate." Most are in the middle and will just ask if it's green gas (on you go, even if you're running the hottest propane around), or CO2 (put a few shots through with whatever bulb you have in there). Counter-point, I wish I'd got a plastic slide Glock as my metal slide AA R17 doesn't cycle well in the cold. Don't leave it on the dash in a hot car in the middle of summer, and even those horror stories are always about what happened to a mate's cousin's hairdresser's dog-walker.

Ahoy and welcome. Buying can get addictive, you might want to pause for a bit and just play (I mean, so we all say, don't ask what we do). Good call on trying something more immersive. Even filmsim (casual milsim or themed days) knocks it up a big notch from a regular skirmish. CQB is also worth a try if you can find that locally, it's more intense.

Insert Stock Rant #3 about "lol m8 evry1 noews wut 350 meens m8".

Just to be absolutely sure, which way are you sliding to add hop?

Oh, I totally agree. It's shooting so hot that I'd want to get it down substantially with a spring change or cut, particularly if it's going to be used in CQB.

Maybe. Short barrelled guns can experience what I'm just about to coin as "Joule leak". I get sharply dropping energy in my MP5K as I move up to heavier BBs. It's worth a try, although I still reckon it'll want the spring cut or swapped. Since we don't know what's in it, I can't recommend a replacement. I'd guess that it's got an M120, so anything in the M100-M110 range (maybe up to M115) might do it. Always remembering that there are no standards in airsoft, so one brand/production run of "M100" could be radically different from another.

I've seen a BFG painted to look like a can of Irn Bru if that counts.

Solid plan. You want to be rat-a-tatting, not BRRRRTing.

Well, am I glad I added that caveat. Phew, that's a spicy little boi and no mistake. I honestly wouldn't have expected that from such a short barrel, although CYMAs M4 and AKs do run hotter than UK limits by design, and need down-sprung for the UK market. So what I'd assume here is that you've got one with something like an M120 spring in it that should have been down-sprung by the importer or retailer. No harm in asking them if they want to sort it as a warranty issue - it isn't fit for the purpose sold. If they laugh it off, it does seem like you'll need to replace or cut the spring, and disappointingly it doesn't have a quick-change spring, so it'll be a gearbox out and open job. It can be quite intimidating the first time you do this, but it's not really that complicated. Just take it slowly and keep all the parts safe. Disassembly to the gearbox: This is a very comprehensive guide to working on a V3 gearbox. And yes, the trigger spring can be a bit of a sod during re-assembly. All you really need to do is to get it open and change the spring without touching anything else, but while you're in there you could lube and re-shim it (there are plenty of videos on that too)

Ahoy and welcome. Yes, you've found your people. Even my very modest stash of trash tier RIFs is far more than I can really use. No judgement, but do you actually play with them, or just collect?

These are amazing pieces of work: I look forward to seeing them used one and then banned at my local sites.

Nice idea, but is that that an Acetech Lighter-S in there? If so, I'd note that I've had two fail on me.

They're very rare in the UK, and I only use it very occasionally, depending on site and situation. It's not something I'd have bought, it was a freebie from TaiwanGun, back in the good old days.

Ahoy and welcome.

I use one voluntarily, particularly when sniping which tends to leave me out in the middle of nowhere with a long walk back. Stick it on the side of my boonie, pull it out when walking back to spawn. You don't know how many shots it's stopping you from taking, but it's airsoft, we cling to our traditions.

Which you'll be testing by staring directly at it before pointing it at anyone else. I'd check with your local site(s) before committing, as this seems like the sort of thing that's going to get banned as soon as some 14 year old gets dazzled and runs square into a door.

Although we've seen people being required to complete firearms declarations even for parts. But you'll still be fine, it might just take a bit more time.

I wonder if that was our old chum Stephen Glennie at it again.

Yes, generally. Of course with it being airsoft you'll get the occasional exception where a gun wants a little bit of pressure in order to get a perfect airseal, but yes, more hop = less energy for the same amount of puff. With the tendency of hops to go off, or to work differently depending on temperature, I always do it on site, just before chronoing. Sometimes I'll re-adjust at lunch, or even in game if it seems peculiar. If you're not sure, give it a little more than it needs, so you can see a definite upwards arc. It's a particular issue with MP5s, either the slide unit like that, or the non-K models with a rotating lever. In both cases, the solution is to add more friction, you'll figure it out.