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All looks great,really good, but agree if those are real flames (they looked very real😳), then unlikely it would be welcome on many sites.

That last bit aimed at me ? Hardly making things awkward, & as I stated, no offence to anyone that's in to ultra realism in their loadouts, but once this hobby/sport gets it's claws in to you, it can get stupidly expensive trying to achieve ever evolving loadouts. I've been guilty of it myself back when I started playing, & still own a ridiculous amount of kit, I'd hate to think what it's all worth, but most of it is just me experimenting via trial & error what works for me, so at some point I'll flog most of it. My point is, too many guys get sucked down the rabbit hole of everything "Leet" or "speshul", & financially destroy themselves trying to achieve what is almost unachievable long term. All too often we see peeps selling top notch kit just to pay household bills etc. Yep it's a free country for people to do what they want (except fuck all is free, not even free will these days😏), but as a community we try to give the best advice with the best intentions, even if it means we stray off topic a wee bit, so be it. But you be you 😉

Not trying to pee on anyone's bonfire, so no offence to OP or anyone else, but I don't get the stitch counters, it's airsoft, copying the highest rated military forces of any country doesn't in turn make you special, lol might indicate you are speshul😋, but it's airsoft, use or wear whatever YOU like the look or feel of, 99.9% percent of players on site won't judge or critique you. 👍

Congratulations Rob (if that's suitable ?), I'd have voted for you lol. 👍 Where you off to in a year, somewhere Airsoft friendly I hope ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154199487109 Here's where I got a couple of stencils, lots more in stock, quite llke the "eros" for a giggle, not sure what I'd put it on though ?

There's some pretty good stencils on ebay, brickwork, hexagons, tigers tripe etc etc, depends what you want to achieve, is it something with actual camouflage, or something that stands out as per your fn2000. Personally I've only ever sprayed a couple of my guns, fn2010 & an m14, in both cases I wanted a natural camo effect, so went with random dusting stripes/splodges etc using assortment of krylon. Made a point of removing or masking working parts/barrels. Left a good mix of painted & standard parts & got a lot of positive unsolicited comments on site.

I've wanted a px4 subcompact for ages, only problem is that I don't want one made by WE😢

LOL feel like putting up a wanted add now, something rare & exotic, proper rocking horse poop, pricing it at £15 & saying "I'm firm on the price, I know what these things are worth, no ones mugging me off. 🤣

Love the "basically new, ONLY used a handful of times" (during which he may have fired 10k bb's lol)

Amen 🙏 @Gunboat Diplomat, I've taken a few noobs to games over the years, & quite a few have complained about being shot, usually because it sometimes stings, but my response is always the same........ "IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SHOT, WORK HARDER, GET YOUR ARSE LOWER ON THE GROUND OR MOVE FASTER WHEN UNDER FIRE, & MOST OF ALL, THINK SMARTER" Obviously I'm not suggesting your not doing any of these things, but I consider this to be a competitive sport, if speed & fitness doesn't help your play, then sneaky tactics & use of the terrain/cover will help you win the day, just gotta find your playing style that gets the best results, rather than following the herd of codsofters lol.

I was just about to suggest the same thing, I've got one that I was going to butcher as a spiky stabby thing, at least you know its substantial enough to take it.

That's the point, by the time they were talking about the L85, the bugs were long sorted in the armalites. Not unlike Airsoft, rush in to pre-ordering any new model first gen rif at your peril lol

My issued kit was the L1A1, loved it, awesome big hitting battle rifle, but I was out before the L85 reared it's ugly head, but when it did I immediately thought why the feck are we messing about with an unproven design when armalites were proven, licensed by our biggest allies, & pretty cheap too, win win, but oh no, people that have feck all to do with actually using the end product stick their noses in, & the rest is history. 🤬

Thanks for the info, I'm still slightly confused though, your first paragraph highlights what look like glaring valid issues, but in the second one you mention the yanks using similar kit for decades with no interest in changing them, in your opinion is the rifle in question actually worth having, or another massive waste of money for kit not fit for purpose but chosen by remf pen pushers at the Mod etc ?.

What's the colossal error ?, I'm not on twitter so can't follow the thread ?

Yer got yer Israeli defence force, & yer lesser publicised Irish defence force, which I'd also forgotten about.

Doh, me too, forgot the paddies, which is bad as technically I am one lol.

Idf got augs ?, you mean tavor ?, can't find mention here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Israel_Defense_Forces

He wants all that, & then expects you to shell out more to guarantee it shoots straight & at a reasonable fps. FFS.

Just what the Airsoft world needs, not just another m4 variant, but an extremely overpriced one at that.

Lol, with friends like that, who needs enemies 🤣

I think so, might be just a glitch & worth signing out & back in, the equivalent of turning it off & on again🤔