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Lol, I can beat that, CA MP5, brand new, 3 short bursts in the back garden & it stripped a piston, not bought CA since 

Yes, yes it did. Not one skirmish. One game. That's fewer than 5 mags through it and about 45 minutes play time.....
Reliable and G5 do not belong in the same sentence, unless it's a sentence which decries their reliability....

£700 for a pistol, I wouldn't pay that for a rifle, end of the day they all spit out bb's  
 

Cover your arse, let any overlooking neighbours know its just a toy, & ensure stray bb's can't cross in to neighbours space, so set up a range ideally with a decent backstop, even if it means shooting towards your own house  

Maybe let your neighbours know beforehand that you're playing with a toy gun in the garden so they don't assume the worst should they see you. 

Under 18 so you cannot legally buy one but you can own one. Shooting outside is fine as long as your garden is enclosed.  Back garden not front garden haha....
 
And don't shoot any animals or I'll find you.... 

£45, used, with a few marks.
Or 
http://www.patrolbase.co.uk/airsoft-sights-scopes/we-europe-wetech-883-holographic-sight-fde.htm
£45 New with a 12 month warranty....

Oh! If only I could find a combat machine raider, in two tone, for only £3 less than the cost of a new one...
 
Waitasecond...!
 
 
 
 

Also i have to say the CYMA M14 is brilliant value  sub £100 good range and accuracy out the box and you could make it something special for half the price of a TM M14
 

A bump to let everyone know that you can now discuss AFUK classifieds listings in this thread.

Mods feel free to close/remove
 
There was a thread like this on another forum (Now closed) were we would scour the airsoft forums of the UK looking for dreamers asking outrageous prices for secondhand goods. Id rather this didnt turn into a sh*t slinging thread just a general laugh at how crazy some peoples prices are. I know myself and monty are usually on Z1 disliking the crazy prices already so if youve found some we have missed post away. Try and use the format below, Ill start
 
Cyma Glock 18 AEP - £70 plus postage and paypal fees!!!!!!!
 
http://forums.zeroin.co.uk/showthread.php?257805-CYMA-Glock-18c-desert-tan-%A370&p=1385858#post1385858
 
Brand spanking new = £32.79
 
http://www.taiwangun.com/en/cm-030-tan-cm?from=listing&campaign-id=19

Iceni makes some great points, some sites will specify a minimum engagement distance because if the slightly higher fps.
i have previously played sites where guns had to be based on real world equivalents, for example an m4 with a box mag isn't a support weapon, & a dmr is generally a full length rifle set to single only, slr/g3/m14/mod0 spr are all great examples of this.
tm m14 would be my first choice, well set up gun straight from the box, & an fps that's usable in any site in the country.
dont forget this is airsoft, dmr'ing is like sniping, a big part of it is quite literally "state of mind", playing style has to be altered accordingly.
get a TM m14, turn the selector to single & play a few games without switching it back, pick your targets carefully & enjoy the warm glow when you take them out with one or two shots.
if after said few games you decide it's for you, get it set to permanent emu & see about upping the fps to 420-450,game on  

Personally I wouldn't do a DMR. So this is all IMO, and is more me waffling ideas rather than helping

The reason been that most sites only offer 50fps in upgrade speed, and for that you loose close engagement range, and full auto. It's easy to make the trade if the gun you want will be capable of 500fps and is single shot only like a sniper rifle, but for a long range AEG 50fps isn't enough to warrant the drawbacks. As it's not going to lift a significantly heavier BB over 350fps.

What I would do instead is have a main battle rifle,  get it tweaked to shoot flawlessly, Then use that like a DMR but with the bonus of been able to shoot a close target, or flip into full auto just to upset people who think you have a DMR.

The rifle models I would pick from would be the Fal/SLR, M14, G3. You want a gun that looks like a sniper, long and sleek, but takes mid/high caps, has a standard gearbox. And is capable of been tweaked to hell and back. You play it like a sniper, holding back, picking targets, single shot. And you let people fall into the trap of thinking you can't full auto them.


Good models to look at would be:

G&G GR14 M14 they do a full wood model  for just over £300.
Ares SLR The prices of these are wild £450 ish in plastic £540 in real wood.
LCT G3 £400 ish. Full steel construction takes real steel parts.



 

Best DMR base gun is a TM M14. 
 
Hop is the best, or if not, among the best, straight out of the box. 
 
 

Any thing can be turned into a DMR before you spend any money i would check at the site you play at what their policy is. the may require the AEG to be a single fire gun from the factory, or they may require a mechanical lock on the fire selector not just a mosfet. Also the big one to remember a well set gun is more important for range and accuracy than an FPS increase.