Rogerborg

I honestly wouldn't like to say. Some of those no-brand Amazon and eBay specials have reasonable polycarb lenses, some don't. Price is no indicator. Apologies, I don't run an integrated helmet-and-mask, so I can't point you at anything specific. Reputable brands are Dye, Valken (I run an MI-7, you can remove the peak and fit it with a helmet), Bolle, Revision, Pyramex (the I-Force dual pane glasses). I you want to go full face, you can use any paintball[*] rated eye/face protection for airsoft, just not the other way around. [*] Sold by actual paintball suppliers, e.g. https://www.justpaintball.co.uk/collections/paintball-masks-goggles rather than Amazon "paintball airsoft motorcycle action army adventure skydiving fancy dress..." style sellers.

That does actually make sense, I pistoled up before I had my UKARA number. Got anything in mind yet?

Ahoy and welcome. Yes, you'll discover muscles that you never knew you had, as well as soft and fragile bits. The best initial advice is don't blow the kids' inheritance on an armoury of two-tones. You'll get a bit hit of adrenaline from both playing and purchases, but the classifieds are full of "never/barely skirmished" guns. Best to rent until you have a defence and are sure you'll stick with the hobby, or at least keep a rein on spending. Footwear, eye and face protection are the first priorities, shooty things come later. Tips on playing are just: call your hits regardless of what's going on around you, and never take any of it too seriously, even if others are. It's just dress-up and hide-and-seek with toy guns at the end of the day.

Eh, it is what it be. My G36 (with an adjustable spring tensioner) shoots 1.2J on 0.2g but bang on 1J with 0.28g, at maximum pre-tension, which isn't far off of the difference you're seeing. This is OK, since I can dial it down to get under 1.1J with 0.2g for CQB, and I'd rather keep it usable indoors with 0.2g and outdoors with 0.28g without spring swapping. My DMR is shooting 1.8J with 0.32g. I couldn't even tell you what it's shooting with 0.2g, or any other weight, because... well, why would I care? I've tuned it for the BB weight that I use with it. That's what you'll have to do too, one way or another. 60 degrees might be a bit grabby for 0.4g, have you considered 70? Looks like it's already got a rotary hop, I wouldn't change that. Air seal spot on?

Oops, sorry, I forgot this was your day job. 🤦‍♂️ Thanks for sharing actual info with us, I really appreciate it. Shooting isn't the issue, it's the appearance. Whether a bunch of parts that could be combined into an IF counts as an IF, phew, who knows? You'd have to be very unlucky to fall foul of the law there.

If I were hoping that someone might pay me eighteen hundred pounds for a toy gun and a sight that won't make it any more accurate than the cheapest Chinesium red dot at airsoft ranges with airsoft accuracy, I reckon I'd make a bit of an effort to come across as a reasonable chap who would be a pleasure do to business with. Of course, other opinions are available.

We do indeed. "Traditional European neo-pagans", or whatever they're calling themselves this season. In the News section, there was a chap who got done for taking the Mid Century History a little too seriously, and the villain claimed that he'd bought all the historical paraphernalia for his airsoft team. Yuk.

Ohhh, I think I get it. Does the picture above actually represent the unit when the mag is inserted, then? And when it's out, that arm on the left drop down and levers half of the tube up inside itself?

This chap? On information and belief, I understand that he may be more of a "Mid Century History Enthusiast" than Mustard. It's fun to watch these things kick off from a safe distance, but you don't want to get within splattering distance when anyone is crapping in their hands and throwing it.

How's it working out for you? Specnas can be a bit patchy but mine's a solid performer.

Mmm. Combat Machines were already struggling to make the solid-but-no-frills argument at the £130 price point. At £180 new (or £150 for a used, shagged out one, plus postage), naaaah, hard pass. Still, nice of him to "cover" fees that the buyer was never paying. 🙄 The 1911 of optics, won two Gulf wars, gobbless.

One, I could see, but how can it move multiple BBs upwards once there's nothing under the bottom one? 😕

You might very well be right, and an IF it should come through OK eventually even if it gets caught and a firearms declaration is demanded. But I have to ask, is your experience from this year, as things seem to have been tightened up.

"And then James May repeated the words of my brother from over forty years previously. Meccano put deliberate mistakes into their instructions to encourage young minds to find their own engineering solutions. And creeping up behind me like an unwelcome proctologist, the sense of betrayal returned."

Can't stand all the headshots.

What I hope is that you'll do an honest appraisal of the MaXXX versus the ZCI, ideally a before-and-after bench test with the variables and human factors minimised. So much of this hobby is about feeling good about what we fit rather than any objective benefit.

And "holiday rules" apply when it's not your local site, and especially if you've dropped £100 on the experience and feel a sense of entitlement to enjoy yourself any way you fancy. My rule of thumb is that 5% of any subsection of humanity will be absolute throbbers. I reckon 380 people at this event won't really need telling how to behave, and 20 won't listen. It all comes down to enforcement on the day. Gets back to my other hobby horse about door staff having the ideal skill set for marshalling. Now this is actually heartening to hear. I don't want anybody to have to be kicked off site, but the sooner it happens to the 5%, the better it is for everyone else.

Which will be enforced even less than muzzle energy. And nobody here has said that. We're baffled by why some toy guns are being arbitrarily restricted in ammo and usage based purely on their external appearance. What's changed once is likely to change again. Not that it matters much at the end of the day, it just winds me up because I like to play strictly by the letter and spirit of any rules, but it's impossibru to do that if they keep changing. And one of my least favourite parts is being howled at by a marshal because they didn't read the last-second update, or - as I'm sure we've all experienced - didn't even listen to the safety or game brief. Now, here, I 100% agree. However. It's less work to get things right than to get them wrong. When organisers still choose to make it up as they go along, and hope for the best, they deserve to be admonished for it. Make shaming great again.

Being a cheap Scotchman (I know that's redundant) I tend to invert guns while mag-changing to save every precious little sphere.

Exhibit A. Which brings us to... It's not malice that I'm thinking of, but miscommunication, or ignorance. There's a lot of it going around. Because if it's shooting 1.1J then it's not a DMR in any meaningful sense, it just looks like one. That's the point we're making here: that they're punishing guns based purely on some (arbitrary, undefined) appearance, not their performance. If everything is limited to 1.1J, when why on earth are some guns restricted in ammo and usage? What possible rationale is behind that? Especially as I guarantee that there will be folk running 1.5J Mk23s or CO2 pistols without an eyebrow being raised. I wouldn't be surprised if there's far fewer on Sunday, one way or another.

But they don't chrono, and even if you do get caught in game, all that happens is you need to change guns. What could possibly go wrong.

Never fails to amaze me when marshals wear hi-vis vests or jackets, but a camo cap. If I was only going to make one part of my body day-glo, it would be my head. (I know, I know, my profile pic )

That actually sounds like a smart idea, although I imagine the stacking at chokepoints will be over 9,000. Rules are here. Yes, their treatment of DMRs is utterly inexplicable. It's just "we don't like long guns, cope with it". Predictions: You'll be told by a marshal that all DMRs are prohibited. Bang-pyro will be flung for the first half of the day on Saturday, and nobody will be ejected over it. Someone will argue the toss over BB shower grenades, because shower claymores are allowed because of reasons. 40-Mikes will be used and abused, because nobody said they couldn't. All that said, if it really is mostly in play, it could be a great weekend.

Legally, no, the restriction is only on realistic imitations. Practically speaking, Border Force seems to have cracked down a lot this year and it would be risky to post it over. If you want to bring it yourself, your first hurdle will be the airline at the Hong Kong end. I'd check with them and see what their requirements are. Best of luck, this is a question that gets asked a lot, but we rarely see any answers.