Skara

Bottle and bag. Luxury 😂

Regards

Can you play in a less physical role?

Last game I did a chap twisted his ankle first day in and ran all the coms for the rest of the week.  

Unfortunately not, our role is to hike around the place doing shit.

I do feel much better than yesterday to be fair, at least I didn't wake up cursing every deity known to man like I did yesterday.

Ankle is still swollen and looks like a melon, I have no idea how it happened, I just woke up like that. I guess I strained my Achilles's tendon because rocking my foot back and forth hurts like a bitch.

All the AliExpress orders I've made always go through the Netherlands, I think it's one way to avoid national customs or something like that.

Last week I sent a very small package (250g) to Italy via UPS, cost nearly £50 to send! (Holy Fuck).  Crazy to think that previous month I visited Milan and flight only cost me just £15 🙂

I do top1 in a small category of AliExpress. The choice of transportation channels is different. Most are tax-included. Taxes are displayed when you pay. Often the declared value is low. Reduce taxes.

Oof, I don't think I'm ready for that

I guess I'll make do with the 5ku one, just need to find the courage to bring a hammer to it.

Any tips on what shim to use? Was thinking about a piece of plastic, cut to size.

Thanks but I think I know how to put a gearbox together

It's just a matter of opening it again, cleaning all the grease from the mosfet sensors and reassemble again.

And then do a proper test on the field to see if it overheats.

I had that problem with a titan, had a blob of grease right on the sensor 😂

Yeah it's a mess, just like my life 🤣

Just some wd (or your preferred gun oil brand) and a rub-down with a rag.

Tends to clean up nice most of the time.

Yep, I needed to take it apart anyway since the mosfet keeps shutting down due to overheating.

I'll give it a good clean tomorrow

Was looking at decent completes but the only one available here is a Mankind Libertad (at about €600), full cromoly frame, forks and bars with what appears to be mid tier parts.

Just remember no one ever got knocked down and killed by a drunk driver when they where sat on their fatarse watching Netflix and NOT out jogging ! You have been warned .

Couldn't see it, we got stuck in traffic on the highway and came home 5h later than we should have.

The tournament was meh btw, I'll write about it tomorrow on my thread.

Yeah, this m100 isn't an m100 at all.

Luckily I had this unnamed spring that dropped the power down to 0.91/0.92J

Yes, I bought an SHS M100 a couple of years back from some cowboy outfit, M42AK, or similar, and ended up getting 1.3J (humblebrag) out of a stock CYMA piston, 3/4 cylinder and a 229mm 6.02 ZCI barrel.  Ouch.

Mind you, a Kyou M90 spring dropped it to 1.1J, which is about what I'd expect, so I'm not sure of the SHS was that much over, or if it was just my awesome, accidental air-sealing skills that did it.

damn cowboys 🙂 🙂 

Here ya go buddy - this will save you time & stress

Skara : OK Everyone, welcome to map reading 101 hands up if you’re ready to learn !

Class : <Hands go up>
Skara : Grab your phones and type the following into your browsers

Class : ???????????
Skara : WWW.TOMTOM.COM

Skara : <mic drop>

Just get them to ape you. Monkey see, monkey do.

Pretty much what happened.

I didn't think people would struggle with very basic sums and subtractions 😕

When the Pony Express turns up, please be sure to let us know.  

False alarm

Tracking committed sudoku.

I'll still get charged VAT and handling, but at least it's not €15020230230,65

@Rogerborg ended up paying €14,13, which corresponds to handling fees (didn't pay any VAT).

Definitely too much for what I ordered but eh, better than being stung for €50+

BuT rEdDiT sAiD...

Eh...

Can't use that gun anyway as the internal suppression thingamajig I made just died and I can't be bothered to rebuild it..

AEG time tomorrow -.-

Problem with all this super dooper mega technology is the person operating it , your average thickaspigshit airsofter ? Now we all know soon as you put us lot with something complicated its all gonna end in tears ! 🤦‍♂️

to be fair though, modified guns with fancy electronics aren't generally difficult to use, they're just difficult to build.

you plug in the battery, pop in the magazine and pull the trigger same as anything else.

granted when it stops working then there's a problem, but it's not like current aeg's are immune from that anyway.

On one hand you finally have some real innovation entering Airsoft that these days is revolving about repackaging and selling mostly the same stuff in different wrapper... on another said innovation comes under ARES brand... it's a toss-up - either it's gonna be fucking amazing and Ares is gonna rebuild their reputation or it's gonna be made out of cheese and impossible to find parts for because it's Ares... I'm pessimist by nature so not really holding my breath but I will give credits where it's due if it exceeds the expectations. 

Seems like you've answered your own question then (unless cost ends up being prohibative). I hate the look of crane stocks and find them far too wide for my comfort, but appreciate the functional element in terms of battery storage (I prefer sleek/slim stocks, my favourite two being the B5 systems repro CAR stock and the BCM Gunfighter fwiw).

Again very much an opinion thing, but since using the Unity mount on ARs and the Zenitco B-18 on AKs I'm entirely into jacking those optics up nice and high. So much more comfortable for me, in the not too distant future I'll be looking into having a carry handle transplated onto an MWS upper to do the whole Gordy/Blood Diamond thing. Though much like you, I'm definitely not using an A1/A2 grip with the BCM mod 3 being my preference.

As always, you do you. As long as it's not landing you in crippling debt you know as well as I do that the moment you're asking this sort of question around here that you're already definitely buying it irrelevent of what gets said 😅.

Saying about wanting a ‘Gordon’ inspired look to an M4 i’ve got a classic army 733 used in BHD , greenzone and possibly blood diamond on its way to me soon . Couple of yrs ago a prop house who supplied these films with most of the guns used was selling off its airsoft inventory , and a friend who does work for the guy who bought a big chunk of the stock is helping him sell them on .

Small update, I can't seem to find a good slim handguard in stock (in Europe, that is), so now I am leaning towards a very simple and boring KAC RIS one (cqbr/mk18 mod.0).

Haven't played around with it much yesterday, just a couple of shots to check everything was working and a short dive into programming to get the hang of it.

Will do some more testing tonight (remind me later )

@Adolf Hamster 2 mins will let u know

that would be a negative but may be diffrent on skara's one due to mine being a pre production unit

I’m with GG on this you shake hands then a deal is a deal, but as Hamster says it might go to dispute as he may say it never arrives

/cynical mode off

@GenuineGermanthat's how I do things, once I confirm a purchase, I buy it.

Speaking of buyer's remorse, yesterday I traded an old gearbox shell with a box new cyma mp5 (the cheap ones, all plastic).

Should've taken the money instead, but I do live with it and it's now posted on sale at €55 posted to be used as spare parts.

If I don't manage to shift it, it's on me as I should have been wiser

As frustrating as it may be, I'd be inclined to refund minus anything it's already cost you.

Zci 22tpa, shs 13:1 short stroked by two, 11.1 plugged in.

Now waiting for the new Peruns (v2 in the pdw, v3 in the ak)

do the peruns let you drop the fire rate? might be the easiest way if you're installing them anyway.

The new ones seem to have some sort of ROF control.

But I might ultimately just run it in a 7.4, don't really need more than 20 rps in woodland and this thing does 16/18..

But hey, now I know it works

Belt order ? 
not a secondary set up but a proper belt kit , wide padded belt , all the pouches needed and either a yoke or braces to spread the load through your shoulders as well .

Mhm, I think it would be redundant with the smersh.

I checked every magazine I have. They all get stuck to the chamber (I'm testing with the units on their own, not inside the gun).

I have measured the diametre and:

Maxx ME: 9.25mm

Maxx TE: 9.25mm

SHS/Specna chambers: 9.02

Need to shave off 0.1mm all around the tube, will do it by hand as soon as I find a decent piece of sandpaper (or a very light pass with a dremel at the lowest speed possible with a stoney tool)

i'd say sandpaper is gonna be your best bet, trying to get an even surface with a dremel is gonna be a right pain when doing the outside of a circle.

it's a tricky one, the split feed tube seems kinda weak but also seems to work quite well, when i was running mine it'd feed every last round which was odd at first having to pump a bunch of rounds into the dirt to be sure it was clear.

So, ended up using a file in an arcing motion, which didn't turn out too bad.

I almost royally fucked it up because I went a little bit too deep on the rear part (which engages the bb retainer on the magazine) but I managed to fix that...sort of...

I'm at 9.08 now, I'll give it another pass at the front and sides (working on the Maxx sport which has a "fixed" tube instead of the leverage thingy, I have also removed the dumb tiny bb retention spring in the process).

Worst case I'll ask the guys at Maxx to send me another feed tube.

For real though.

I just compared them side by side.

Why did I buy a ssx back then, I still don't know..

Wasnt the whole deal with the ssx that it came with a metal slide?

Why don't you try? I'm no Nov fanboy but would disagree. The SSX23 seems like his best offering by far.

Specna in general is a brand I’ve never had any kit from so I’ve got nothing of use to contribute there I’m afraid. I dare say if you pop up a status like this one regarding them you’ll get plenty of responses. I guess the main thing is if you can get a dimensions comparison, as much as I’d like to assume they use the same shells for both mid’s and hi’s that would be assuming logic from an airsoft manufacturer... something I’ve learned isn’t a trait most tend to have.

AAAAAH fuck it.

Ordered those battleaxe mags, along with a bunch of mp5 high caps and one of those cool looking mp5 midcaps

I was sceptical due to price etc but the one I have, performs flawlessly.

Well my barrel doesn't want to move even with both grub screws removed

installing the CU chamber was a twat (especially the c-clip, that part was super annoying)..

i'm sure it was a bastard getting it installed in-situ, much easier if you can remove the outer and drop-in the whole inner assembly.

Yup, but it's in there now

i just pray nothing happens to it or the rubber/barrel.