Skara

That escalated quickly 😳

A mono is enough 😅

It’s never enough Skara

More pews, webbing & field gear, more pews, back packs, more pews, stuff to display your new pews, more pews.

disagree with the people saying you won't use it that much. you do have to be honest with yourself about that question.  But I use my expensive stuff quite a bit and I know people that use it more. Playing at night with your mates all nodded up is as good as airsoft gets imo. I absolutely but hopefully politely disagree with the people saying to get random guns/gear/bs instead! thermal will actually change your experience of actually playing airsoft. most airsoft guns give you the same experience lets face it.

Alright guys here's the thing:

I already have too many guns, all of them do the same thing with a slightly different flavour, some do it faster, some do it quieter, but the end result is the same, a BB is thrown against another person with a reasonable degree of repeatability. No point in having more, since I can only use one at the time.

Gear wise I have three rigs that get used regularly for different purposes, 4 if we count the smersh (that will be put up for sale soon). Same as above applies.

The only two things I have yet to put my mitts on are NV and thermal.

I'm not new to either and thermal is by far the most versatile of the two.

I've already looked at one option (Hikmicro thunder 2.0 model th35p) and Saturday I will have a closer look at the Sightmark mini wraith thermal, both units are 384 core, both units are around the €2k mark and have similar specs.

In any case by Saturday night I will own a thermal optic..

Regarding NV, I already have plans on getting some by the end of the year under a reasonable budget (say 2k, Alexi housing + nnvt gen 2+ tube), and then I'll figure out how to use it without having to wear a helmet or one of those medieval style torture devices.

Power to you then man - if you've got plenty of pews and gear you're more than happy with then - why not? Hope you end up enjoying the purchase as thermal/NV stuff is really cool

At least on the 1.5 hour drive back, you'll be able to find out if it runs "properly" or not 😂

It was a sad day when the last proper Defender was pushed off the production line and towed home by their new owners.

I owned a TD5, definitely pick one over a V8. Really easy to work on yourself if you're confident with tools, I used to service mine myself!

Common issues are leaky sunroofs, rear air suspension failing, oil leaking into the wiring looms and the rear quarter chassis corroding away.

Shit!  What brand?

It was a PTS EPG-C.

Comfy, but not the best for motor alignment.

Threadlock was loctite green (which is strong, but I've never had it have a boner the moment I put it somewhere).

Not a big deal, I meant to replace it with a bog standard A2 grip anyway because in terms of motor alignment you just can't beat those.

Nice but needs a Tigerstripe option.

It's just been released, I expect Helikon to dish out more colours with time. Ideally I would have liked US Woodland or even A-Tacs, but Taiga Green is fine too.

Needs a Brushstroke option.

You have a ML MRR-Hop

You'll break the very laws of physics and shoot yourself in the back of the head.

Yes xcortech 301 is pretty good and also the wosport spitfire especially effective when used with gas guns.

As @strykerlessays the xcortech has a long lasting battery.

I'm looking at something cost effective, I'm not going to use it that much to be fair, especially since 0.30g tracers are stupidly expensive and almost impossible to find.

Maybe a Brighter C?

@Skara The brighter C is a very cost effective unit if you plan on "only" throwing greens. It's more or less the smallest on the market, is one of the brightest ones and has a nice auto off feature.

I'm a little biased as mine has been amazing for the last year.

That's what you get for not buying a piece of lucky heather from an old gypsy woman.

Next time I'll make sure to buy something

For real though, I have never filed so many refund requests.

Welcome to Internet shopping 😁

'twas the FPS cylinder that for some reason was acting up.

Reverted to the old Specna cylinder and the muzzle energy is very consistent (again).

Nvm, turns out the outer barrel was shit and forced the hop unit to sit at an angle.

I use coloured BBs to identify weights.  About 5% of my .25s are black, .32 are grey, .20s green etc.  

Geoffs Black and G&G green work fine.  G&G do light brown from memory.   

Good luck with your next game! 

Yep, we sucked.

11th out of 14. Definitely need to work on my "leading" skills.

It's all a learning curve.   Teamwork is not my forte tbh.

Who had "2 hours, 51 minutes" in the Regrets Sweepstake?

Rough estimate somewhere around(25rps*12)/18=~16-17rps

Ofc might be a tad higher than that as the relative load on the motor will be lower with the lower ratio.

Maybe 16:1 might be better gives an estimate of 18-19rps

Yeah, figured something like that.

I'll get a 16:1 set then, hopefully it'll bring the RPS down enough to make the gun feed fine on high caps, gonna short stroke by 4 (1 pickup, 3 release) to keep the same energy output.

Change of plans, I'll use a 18:1 set instead.

Needs a Supreme patch.

I'm probably gonna give it back and buy a HSGI micro grip pad, so I can turn my FRV belt into a suregrip sort of thing.

Nonetheless it's a great belt!

@Skara Let us know how the FRV x HSGI MicroGrip combination works if you decide to go for it. I've been looking at doing the same for my setup. 

Cheers, Jake

wear the pink heels , they liked those last time

100% mankini

Yup.

I now need to buy one more.

Four?  Four?

@Rogerborg I miss old TNG trek, new stuff doesn't do anything for me. Sniff.

Well, at least we've taken back control of our borders, our laws, and our money.

did it turn up?

Yes, yesterday afternoon:)