Rogerborg

"does not include those who wish their ban to be kept private". It's remarkable - commendable - that so many are happy to be public about it.

Fully agree, my spend was: £140 Specna Arms SA-E02, definitely not a recommendation, a contrarian way to get the cheapest metal body, QC spring, decent rotary hop unit and a basic X-ASR mosfet £8 ZCI Cylinder Stainless Steel (Closed) £3.50 Rocket Selector Plate (so I could swap back to the original to get auto back again) £8 XT Outer Barrel Extension (7 Inches) £20.50 AOLS AEG Inner Barrel (455mm) £7 Gearparts AEG Spring M130 I share a scope with my boltie and the rubber and nub came from the bits box, so that was me done and dusted for under £200. Not a .308" platform, not the most consistent or snappy, but lobs 0.32g well enough at 1.8J. Of course, with it being airsoft I've since spent more on a fixed stock, pointless bipod, Big Dragon M160 (that the mosfet doesn't like) and so on. But you could bag an M14 and do it for even less.

The part that fascinates and horrifies me is that he didn't do it himself. He paid for that to be done to that poor thing.

True, it takes a while to reach the custard-and-Haribo standard of teching. Got to start somewhere though. Oh, we all forgot to say: don't start meddling with your only primary until you have at least one reliable alternative.

Image uploaded for posterity. Why... how... hasn't that appeared in Airsoft Heretics yet? 😕

Fine for your first two mags if you have a dump pouch. Not a game or life changer.

Offering swaps from the BT33 postcode?

^^^ That, basically.

Urgh, yes, that does still happen, because sites are still talking in terms of fps rather than Joules. I always wonder how many people don't ask, and how many sites really don't care. A few years back, at a thankfully defunct site, I did hear a chrono-marshal tell a mate to just put heavier BBs in and come back. What a farcical waste of time. Why bother at all?

lol m8 just stick some hevier beebs in u get under 350 no wories

Sure, radius the gearbox (YouTube provides videos) and don't expect a decent response or rate of fire. It might shred the gears, crack the box, or waller out the bushings, or it might not. Only one way to find out. Why though? What are you trying to achieve?

And stops you getting a Thor thumb.

All of what we do is LARPing, so sure, if you enjoy it, it's the right choice for you. However, completely running out of ammo is going to put a bit of a damper on that game[*], so I'd agree with having a way to reload or a backup hi-cap tucked away somewhere. [*] On the few times that's happened I like to play Pop Up Pirate to draw incoming fire - they don't know that you're out.

And if I were to take a guess based on that picture I'd go with 2.5mm.

I'd take issue with the claim that any of this stuff is "certified". It's marked as such, that's all. That's a weird thing to happen to them. It looks like might have got soapy water in between the two panes. It's easy to get it in, harder to get it out again. The black line is just double sided foam mounting tape, you can replace it if necessary (I DIY dual pane all my goggles using tape and PETG plastic).

DMRs are (almost always) built, not bought. At a bare minimum you'll need a way to lock it to semi, and a stronger spring to get it up to your regular site(s) power level(s) - quick change can be a godsend there as what constitutes a "DMR" varies wildly from site to site. I'd check your favourite site's rules first, as a (very) few places will require a MOSFET controlled rate of fire delay - and I actually agree with them on that, DMRs are super easy to exploit. After that you get into a near endless money pit of motors, gears, airseal and barrels and bears, oh my. CYMA are a good shout as they have robust internals. The M14 is cheap, but harder to work on than V2 gearbox guns. I'm not sure on how you'd modify the fire selector on those. If you want to go AR-10 / SR-25 then the CYMA CM.098 variants are a popular default. The "MOSFET" in those is just for trigger protection and may actually produce problems rather than solving them based on the X-ASR in my Specna which baulks at higher draw motors. Being V2 based parts are readily available and semi auto locking can be done just by removing a tiny piece of the fire selector plate so that the cutoff lever isn't disengaged even when set to auto - I'd recommend buying a spare plate for all that they cost. Although right now you'll have to buy what's available, given the ongoing stocking issues. Pistols, meh, I run an MP5K on a leg panel as a sniper/DMR secondary. Full size V3 gearbox; full auto; light, cheap mags including a 600 round high cap if you want to just slot one in and forget it. On cost, rate of fire, and weight-per-shot, it beats a pistol hands down. Other opinions are available though.

The low price of these doesn't bother me at all. There's a few Yuan of material in any set of eyepro. Polycarbonate is cheap, and a dual pane of acetate or PETG and some double sided foam won't add much. I've measured my many (many) sets of eyepro at under 2mm of polycarbonate and none of them have given the slightest concern even when point-blanked in CQB. Yes, you should test them, but that applies to any set of airsoft eyepro. Be honest though: how many of us actually do it? Especially with 0.48g of "plastic" at 2.3J? Even the cheapest of polycarb glasses stand up to AEG energies just fine. Mesh... not so much. And here's a 0.43g sniper BB against £1.42 unrated novelty goggles. One exception is the ~£20 full face masks being punted on Amazon under many names, a few of which are honest enough to admit that they won't take UK airsoft energies. This makes me suspect that they've chiselled that last half a Yuan and use acrylic (perspex) instead of polycarbonate, or under 1mm of the latter.

... assuming that you get the same seal with the ZCI. I tend to throw them in, because £20 or so on something that actually gets used on every trigger pull is a lot more value for money than most of the ancillary toys that we buy.

Exactly. Glock don't care, directly, whether any particular bbGunz4U vendor is selling trademarked toys or not. All their bottom line sees is the income from licensed toys. As long as someone is willing to pay them that, it's literally not worth their time or money to go after retailers. The only certainty there is up-front cost to them which they may or may not recoup years down the line.

Like that, yes. I was surprised to find that Battlefield V isn't complete fantasy though. I wonder if anyone is still making passive reflex sights.

Aside, if you have any graphite powder around that you've been using as dry lube, it can add some subtle shine without having to reach for the spray can. Even my nine thumbs can't mess it up.

Keep saying, the best value-for-money pistol for typical woodland "use" is a £20 springer.

Well, there's your USP... at least for players. Problem is, that's a dis-incentive for sites to use it, as the current system has site loyalty as a feature (for them, a bug for players). I really do hope that it takes off, but I'm struggling to see how it's going to get traction.

No. Illustrating the problem.

It'll be a tough market to break into, I'm fascinated to know how they're going to get past the Catch-22 of persuading any sites to use a scheme before any retailers have signed up, and vice versa. Sites have no incentive to use anything else since there's zero cost to them or their players. Retailers are already paying to use UKARA, so aren't going to be in a hurry to pay another scheme. I genuinely wish them the best of luck, they'll need it.