Rogerborg

Everyone drives and plays better when they're a little high, right? As I said, no moral judgement, I just don't want any player to be under the influence of anything. In terms of harming the hobbysport, a team name that clearly and deliberately links airsoft with weed does give me a bit of a...

I'd be astonished if it's anything more than a voluntary check for those interested in seeing what their guns put out according to any of the multiple uncalibrated chronos available.

And that's why needed the prohibition on "bawdy and unchaste telephonics" in the Telecommunications Act 1884.

The Baofeng BF-88E aka BF-888S PMR comes pre-set to a law-friendly 500mW, tuned to PMR frequencies, and look to take Kenwood K plug accessories, so you can fill your boots with PTT gubbins. It seems that you can reprogram it to other frequencies, and to 2kW, using a programming cable, but that requires deliberate action. As stock, they do appear to be PMR compliant. https://www.baofengradio.co.uk/bf-888s-pmr446/ If you're using unlicensed radios without an assigned frequency, I'd respectfully disagree. Nobody should, of course, just like we should never own anything that's notionally capable of auto-shooting any missile at over 1.3J. But if you are broadcasting at over 500mW, and you're not sure what you're doing, then I'd suggest that you should stick to PMR frequencies, because them you're not going to conflict with anyone or anything that actually matters.

Wacka wacka.

Yeah, but no. I have no moral axe to grind, I'd just prefer that you took up fishing or rambling if you're predominantly interested in finding somewhere to spliff up. Interesting that NAF make no mention of playing under the influence (of anything), or make any pretence that it's a legal-substances-only event. Actually a smart move from a duty-of-care point of view. It does amuse me when sites declare a "zero tolerance policy", then exhibit zero ability to smell what's wafting in from the car park.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I like it as a site, it's small (so short walks to respawn!) but well thought out, and the staff know how to use it well. Yes, there are a fair few Major Moveups always shouting "advice" at you from behind, but it's not like they're unique to Biohazard.

I did! (and then I didn't)

Ahoy and welcome. The Perun AB++ is a good shout, I have one in my G36C too, soldered to the trigger tabs on the outside of the box. I'm playing a game of chicken with myself to see how long I can go without opening the gearbox up at all.

Sad to see that the Gore-Tex "lifetime guarantee" now has more caveats than promises. I'm still eking out my 2nd set of British army boots with Gore-Tex lining, which are solid and totally waterproof - tested in lashing gales in Highland peat bogs, and biking in all weathers. However, they are heavy, and the price has crept up and up to the point where I wouldn't necessarily recommend them for LARPing in the woods.

CYMA CM.516. Really cheap toyish plastic externals, solid internals. Feels like trash, shoots fine, everything can be fUlLy UpGrAdEd. Not a recommendation, just a note that you don't have to pay much for competitive performance.

It's a very silly and ludicrously expensive hobby played by overgrown kids who take it all far too seriously. It's also great fun if you don't take that description of it too seriously. You'll have a huge adrenaline hit from your first couple of games, so I'd rent first and put off making any purchases until you're sure that you're going to stick with it. The classifieds are full of what we might call "Renters Remorse" packages from people who bought early and then realised that the long term reality is a bit different from what carefully edited YouTube videos will show you. This isn't to put you off, just a cautionary note about enjoying it for what it is.

Cry harder. I mean, cry, rant, sing us a song, tell us a story. There's a minimum post count to access the classifieds system, to put off scammers and spambots. If you make a few more posts, you should be good. Also, ahoy and welcome.

It seems to be a maintenance thing, in the belief that it'll keep the bucking material (which may or may not be silicone itself) supple. Which it may or may not do. It's not going to harm them though, and if you have ten year old buckings, and silicone lube to hand, it's worth a try.

RIP to all the people murderkilled with that point-blanking DMR, sad loss to the sport.

Another another here for M-pacts. I "saved" a few £££ recently by buying some HANDLANDY gloves which are fully armoured over the back of the hand and all the fingers and thumb. Great protection, might do OK for impactful workwear, but awful ergonomics for triggering. Back to Amazon they went, and I splashed the extra on M-Pacts. Zero regrets, they're ideal.

Adds +10 speed, +15 to dodge.

For once I'm not trying to start a handbag fight over lubing rubbers, and silicone can't hurt in any way. I'm just curious where the idea for (habitually) lubing hop rubbers came from given that they're about the cheapest consumable part in a gun, and it'll be wiped off the mound rapidly anyway. To be fair, Luke seems to be a fan of lubing at the end of the day and cleaning at the start, and shows a startling difference in air seal and energy between dried out (with alcohol, or time in this case) and lubed. So after 10 years of sitting, I do actually agree that you might as well spooge whatever silicone based lube you've got in there. I wouldn't use anything else though - I'm not at all fussy about metal to metal and will use any old grease or low-fling oil, but silicone hop rubbers and nitrile rubber o-rings only see silicone.

Eh? What lube are you putting in your hop unit or barrel? OP, I'd put some silicone (liquid or spray) into the nozzle, then blow it out with some auto blasts until it's clear so you don't get any into the hop rubber. And maybe some low fling oil into the gearbox. I mean, ideally you'd open it up, clean it out and re-grease it, but these aren't really precision machines. I've dripped a little chainsaw oil into a gearbox before without calamity.

If I were to generalise, not every player who's there to "win" is a problem, but every problem player is there to "win", by imposing their own imaginary reality. Whether that's the essentially silly game of pretend gunslingers (often played to arbitrary and muddled rules that can change half way through), being the highest imaginary rank of tactical genius, or by beating the rules. I suspect Licking Mustard falls into that last group, given the shenanigans he clearly revels in. Me, I'm mostly there to pleasure other men by giving them loud encouragement when they slam their balls in my face.

The only time I've genuinely Had Words with anyone on site was a Major Moveup, who I... cordially... invited to show us how it was done rather than just yelling "orders". To be fair, he actually did say "All right then, I will if you won't", C-clamped up, and John Wicked into the chokepoint room. Sadly, that was shortly followed by multiple shouts of "Marshal!", "Take your hits, you cheating [cad]!" and "Like [fork] I'm taking that, do one". Because... Yup, the root case of most airsoft evil. 5% of players are 95% of problems, just get rid of them.

Oh, sure that got binned off on mine before I even fitted the mosfet. Just be careful not to trap the wires when closing the handguard. And yes, I really like mine too, especially with 11.1V, a meatier motor, and the Perun to give bursts outdoors and pre-cock semi in CQB. I bought it as a "leave it alone, you muppet" backup-backup, but I've ended up using it more than anything else. I'm now playing a game of chicken against myself to see how long I can go for without opening the gearbox: it's still got its factory tamper sticker on it, although it's had some lubricating spooge spurted in it both top and bottom orifices.

Huh, no, that's a new one on me. Was that all stock?

Snap. There's not a lot of room in there, so I run the mosfet side-by-side with the battery up front. I'm using 11.1V 1400mAh batteries with 105mm x 20mm x 16mm dimensions, and Deans. Due to the wonders of V3 gearboxen, I didn't even have to open it up to fit the Perun, just wired it to the trigger contact on the outside of the box.

If you mean type of magazines, then it claims to just take regular G36 / AR36, i.e. https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/airsoft-rifle-magazines?*59=389 If you mean mid caps in stock, well, that's a different question. You can swap the magwell out to one that takes M4/AR/STANAG magazines - mine needed a bit of filing and sanding internally and externally to get everything fitting smoothly, but now feeds better off of M4 magazines than it did off of G36 ones. This one claims to be specifically for Specna Arms, although I would caution that it looks to be drop shipped. Other alternatives are available. https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/specna-arms-ar15-magazine-adapter-for-specna-arms-g-series-ar36