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If we are talking sexy pistols then you cant beat a P38

You are trying to apply logic to the anti-gun brigade, it wont work. Our gun laws in this country already dont make a lot of sense as is. Its best just to try and fly under the radar as much as possible.

The only time Ive found it a bit irritating was a guy who was obviously just joining the army and somehow managed to slip it in to every conversation he had with anyone. But that was definitely a personality/immaturity thing rather than being a serving/ex squaddie and to be fair to him I wouldnt be surprised if once the novelty of joining up wore off he probably stopped doing it

Overspray is a problem so lets introduce a semi auto only rule People can spam semi auto so lets introduce a mag limit People modify their mags so lets make it bolt action only ... ... Lets ban airsoft

How fucking retarded do you have to be to get involved in this shit? KM is a tool and needs to just fuck off but all these clowns on FB are just drawing attention to him. They all just need to grow the fuck up and mind their own business before they get airsoft fucking banned. This is what I refer to as a sort your fucking life out situation which is literally the only advice that should be offered to these morons. sorry for all the f-bombs but this shit really winds me up. Guns, bullets, grenades, airsoft rifles etc are just inanimate objects its the retards that pick them up or post stupid videos of themselves doing stupid shit who are the real danger.

I got rid of the M4 style stock on my AK12/15:

My order placed back in November finally arrived! Now its a proper AK not some kind of M4 wannabe

There will no doubt be a few weeks of disruption and then things will settle back down. After the economic upheaval of covid I dont really think Brexit is going to be too bad in the grand scheme of things

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Yeah but if someone has more experience with newer gen Bolts then might be worth asking them. I got mine when they were brand new so they might have improved since then. I also had difficulty with parts compatibility as there were no other SR47 variants out at that time but now there seem to be a few. You would probably have a lot more luck with an AK platform

Going back a few years now but basically the Bolt recoil system put too much stress on the moving parts and it just stopped working.

I've done a couple of 8 hour games, it was a cartel themed game down at Imperium in Kent. It was great fun but it wasn't an overnight thing so to be honest was basically a long skirmish but I enjoyed them.

I owned a Bolt BR47 and the thing barely survived 3 skirmishes before falling apart, not sure I could ever recommend a Bolt now to be honest.

I bought the LCT AK12/15 at the bottom of the picture from Gunfire recently and obviously havent been able to skirmish but seems like a nice aeg. Is shooting hot but will be an easy fix. I didnt get the EBB version for price and longevity reasons. Can anyone recommend a good scope setup for the AK? I generally don't really care about quality for scopes as the range you are fighting at are frankly pathetic in airsoft - its all about the looks. If you google AK12 there are some nice looking RS stuff but I have no idea what the scopes are called or where I can buy a cheaper version so any recommendations would be much appreciated 👍

Someone mentioned that Bolt EBBs gen 2 are much better but I can confirm that gen 1 are shite and has seriously put me off buying Bolt ever again

Here is my old ICS M4 which I recently tried to upgrade, broke in the process, but now luckily have fixed. Underneath is my new LCT AK-15 (or AK-12, for airsoft purposes they are exactly the same gun). I went for the non-EBB version as it is cheaper and in my experience EBB is just more trouble and issues than it is worth (BOLT SR-47 grrr) Both guns are currently shooting a little hot, I will cut off a few coils from the M4 as I need to reduce down by about 10-15fps and the AK is currently at 400FPS so I will put the old spring in from the M4 and see how that goes.

@Sitting Duck Hello mate, it took a while for the parts to come but I think the delivery services are struggling a bit at the moment in general, then I didnt have time because of work but... good news! It turns out it was the "trolley" bit (the bit that moves forward to make the connection?). Basically when I compared to the brand new one it was obvious how worn the old one was and I think during my initial modifications it did get damaged too, but not massively so it was quite subtle. I never would have guessed that such a small part would stop the whole gun from working! Anyway so I replaced the worn trolley with the new one but kept the rest of the trigger as is (I bought the exact same ICS trigger-switch so its all compatible) and I noticed straight away that the operation of the trigger and the movement of the cut off lever and selector place all felt better somehow (I also tightened the cut off lever which I think was too loose but it wasnt the main issue anyway). I then had a good look at the new gears and the shimming and all seemed good so I put all back together and it worked without the top half of the gearbox attached. However when I put back in the gun it was struggling to pull the piston back and I was pretty fed up at this point, however just before I took it all apart again I thought that id try a new battery and it worked flawlessly, so basically Ive been testing so much it drained a whole battery lol Anyway long story short it was the trolley that had worn, I think not helped by me potentially forcing the gearbox back into the gun and not having the selector plate in the right position so straining the trolley even more until a bit has snapped or split off. The new gears are all working well and new motor as well, plus I have learnt a huge amount about teching and working on V2 gearbox. At some point I will still rewire but I need a break now Thanks a lot for taking the time to write detailed replies and explaining how things work, appreciate that mate! Im a happy bunny now as that gun has been really good and I was gutted that id somehow broken it. Cant wait to skirmish again with it now

Thanks @Sitting Duck yes when you describe “trolley” that sounds like it might be the bit that looks worn/damaged. Part of my issue is I did not have a pristine one to compare to but when the new one arrives it should be easy to spot any discrepancies I think. I was hoping my package would arrive today but it hasnt so that was a bit annoying! If I can get the ICS working again then this will have been a worthwhile learning experience but waiting around for partsto arrive is irritating, no tracking number either 😐

I cant speak for military but I have seen airsofters wearing police gear and as an officer myself I found it slightly amusing, their impression was ARV and from a distance it did look spot on. There are plenty of ex military in the police and from the ones who I know I highly doubt any would care about airsofters dressing up as military (its basically a compliment) however one thing that will piss off any soldier (or cop) is people acting like theyv been in the job when they havent. If those ARV guys had been going around talking crap about being in the police I would have given them a very awkward time.

Just a quick update: I replaced the fuse and had a look at the wiring and I think the fuse blowing issue is now resolved. A new issue I am having is that firing in semi is very touchy. It appears that my trigger switch mechanism has been damaged at some point and that might be the cause of the problems all along. Basically firing in semi the cut off lever does not seem to engage consistently leading to the gears continuing to spin or spiining in an inconsistent way. I have ordered a new ICS trigger switch and selector plate but unfortunately delivery is taking ages, Im hoping that this will resolve my problems when it arrives. On a side note all this tinkering has taught me a lot about gearboxes 🙄

@Sitting Duck thanks for your very detailed reply, im going to take a much closer look at the gears now and eliminate that as being the cause, i went out and bought some 20a and 25a fuses to replace the blown one. I did notice the new gears felt stiffer to rotate by hand than the ICS originals so I will remove some shims and see how that goes. I didnt even know that you could adjust the motor height so I will give that a go too. Thanks again for your advice I will let you know how I get on...

Hi guys, I have an ICS M4 which I bought about 4 or 5 years ago now and it has worked flawlessly since then. However in standard fashion I have decided to take something that wasnt broken and have tried to make it better and now I need help. So the gun is a standard AEG, no MOSFET or Lipos, it has Tamiya connections (which was next on my list to change to deans). Firstly I added a M110 Guarder spring which ended up being too powerful so I trimmed a few coils and it is now spot on, I tested with 60+ chrono'd shots plus full auto so I am certain there are no problems with the spring. I also bought an ASG 16:1 high speed gear set and an SHS High Torque motor. Today I have installed the gear set and on test firing without the top half of the gearbox (ICS have split gearboxes in-case you weren't aware) the gears seemed to operate just fine, no issues. However when I then reassembled the gun (with the standard motor not the SHS one) the gun would fire on auto without issue but on semi it seized up a couple of times. Each time it wasn't clear exactly what caused it to seize but it would then start working again after I took the top receiver off and then reattached it (the split gearbox is so easy for things like that). After the gun jammed maybe twice I thought I would just try full auto to see if it was only semi causing an issue, and after maybe doing 3 or 4 3-second bursts the fuse went. So my thought process is: AEG: M110 spring slightly downgraded 16:1 gears "Standard" ICS motor but no idea what the actual rating is of the motor, it has been good in the years I have used it so dont think it is faulty on any way Tamiya connectors Standard wiring 9.6 NiMh battery (again has worked flawlessly so do not believe the battery is faulty. Everything other than gears and spring is stock and has been very reliable up until now. 1 - Gears work fine but I didn't shim them. I have never shimmed gears before and from inspecting the gears they appear to engage well and no obvious issues with them from what I could tell but I am happy to be informed if I am horribly mistaken. For reference there are shims or washes on the gears that were on the old set and I have kept them as is. 2 - The motor is doing more work than before, could the motor just not be up to the task of 16:1 gears and slightly more powerful spring and has drawn too much current to compensate hence blowing the fuse? If that is the case would using the SHS motor fix this issue or just create the same problem? 3 - Damaged wiring - I have not inspected the wiring yet but could it be possible that even some very minor damage caused in my tinkering would cause the fuse to blow? If some small section of the wire has been exposed can I just apply some new heat shrink in the affected area? (I think that any damage to wiring is going to be very superficial so Id rather repair than attempt to rewire if possible). 4 - The battery is just not up to the task: But due to the fuse blowing I d not believe this to be the problem. Other things - I am aware that deans and perhaps a 7.4 lipo are the way to go but Im not sure that tamiya with 9.6 NiMh should be causing this type of issue... My next steps are: 1 - Replace the fuse 2 - Inspect wiring for obvious damage 3 - Try the upgraded motor and see if the same problem occurs 4 - Potentially look at rewiring the whole gun which I cant really be bothered to do but I will if necessary. Soooooo does anyone have any thoughts on this or any words of wisdom, if someone can just say yeah the motor isnt up to it then that would be awesome 😄

Ah sorry to hear that mate, good luck with all that stuff going on. When things are reopened again definitely give Imperium a go if you get a chance, theyve got 2 armoured vehicles now as well which makes things quite interesting

I see you are in Kent, try Imperium down by Faversham the marshalling is consistently excellent

I have bought: LCT AK-12 A Guarder M110 spring Lonex 16:1 gear set SHS motor Deans connectors I have an ICS M4 which Ive had for a few years now and is a damn good gun. I added a better barrel a while back, think it was a Madbull, which increased accuracy and I also upgraded the hop rubber but now Im going to give it the full works including a mosfet at some point. The LCT I will probably keep stock for a while until Ive used it a bit. Back to the ICS and for the price I cant recommend it enough, its just a well made, reasonably priced, reliable gun. Its been thrown around, got wet and covered in mud and no issues at all. Recently the mags I bought have started to misfeed but I think that is just because they were cheap and have been abused. Im looking forward to using the LCT after lockdown now