Skara

First impressions: I'm surprised, it feels very solid despite the brand not being something we usually associate with the word, it's also not a feather at 3.4kg (w/o BBS or a battery). Did a quick test to ensure it's in working order and it already put an evil grin on my face 😈 Now I just have to set the hops and buy a couple of bags of 0.25s Maybe slap a red dot on it and set up a temporary sling.

Look what UPS delivered today

Sort the air seal first to make it shoot consistently, then get a Super Macaron in either 60 or 70 degrees. Don't forget a concave tensioner (Maple Leaf Omega or similar).

Not really unless raw performance is your goal. I ran out of stuff to do so might as well try R-Hopping something. Took it apart and forgot to take a picture. The piston I'm using atm (FPS white) is a tiny bit narrower than usual, I believe it's to prevent the spring from rattling during use but at the same time I found some damage near the hole, which makes me think that the piston is getting caught by the spring guide. Cut another tooth off the sector (3 off the pickup side now) which should fix it as there is now a good 3mm between piston and spring guide bearing at full travel. Power has dropped to 0.78J but I have installed a zci m100 spring that should, in theory, bring the energy back to the 1J limit..

In Italy it's more commonly referred to as "SOCOM" because it's easier to pronounce (and sounds much better, from a language perspective) than Mark 23, mk23 or any other name.

Christmas is over, I know, and as always I'm either too early or too late Anyhow, I have just ordered: 1x Vector Optics Mustang LPVO; 1x repro Unity LPVO mount; 1x LPVO killflash; 1x 40mm killflash for my Swiss Arms 4x40; 1x MP5 insert to go into my Ammo Hub; 1x M4 insert, same as above. A few days ago I ordered dis monstrosity and dis monstrosity feeding apparatus because when the question is "how many RPS do you need??" the answer is always "yes".

First game of 2024. Nice, chill day with a touch of rain and a lot of wind Got to use the waterproof jacket i bought specifically for airsoft and it stood the rip and tear test my field kindly offers Games were overall okay, we had a few people who were at their first experience so a few blue-on-blue incidents happened, but nothing major and everything was solved with a good laugh 15 people on the field, doesn't seem much compared to your numbers but for us, having so many people during holidays is quite an achievement Gun wise, I was meant to use the long M4 but ran into the same issue I've been having since october, for some reason the piston gets caught by the sector gear right on the edge of the pickup tooth in a way that it jams and needs the piston forced back with a screwdriver to unlock. Makes me think the spring is done for, so I will remove one more tooth (currently SS'd by one, iirc) with a slightly tougher spring to compensate, may R-Hop it while I'm there. Short M4 performed well, as expected, just need to loctite the motor adjustment screw so it doesn't shake itself loose. Gear wise I ran my Made in Poland RG belt kit and small backpack, unfortunately I managed to snap another antenna for my radio, so I will have to come up with a proper fix.

This is one of those bodges I haven't tried yet! You'll hear from me when my warheads completely destroy them gearboxes

Sort the shit air seal first Piston head, nozzle and hop rubber need to be replaced. Good shout on the Super Macaron + Omega nub combo, pick a 60 or a 70 (they're infinitely better than 50s, which are way too soft) Stock barrel is fine, just give it a good clean.

Asked the guys at Taiwangun if spares are available, also asked if nozzles, piston heads and main springs are AEG spec.. If so, my plan for mass destruction of airsoft newbs and cheetas may proceed

I'm wondering what will happen if I slap a warhead 36k on it....

https://www.taiwangun.com/machine-gun-aeg/we23-s-rotary-minigun-style-replica-well Hideous, but has the potential to be the ultimate meme RIF. I'm thinking of buying one with my airsoft mate. https://www.taiwangun.com/drum-magazine-aeg/1200rd-magazine-or-the-we23-s-minigun-well Here's a breakdown video where some clever technical solutions are done.. All I need to figure out is how to fine tune the energy output (says it comes out at 0.78J, may bring it to the 0.9/0.95J region) and how to make the plastic sleeve/cam track sturdier.

I love them on my Vector Mavericks. Noticeable (not annoying), but as budget as they are, they're still €90+ sights and having one shot out isn't great. Plus they saved my mate's one a few times already!

Realistic, short and lightweight in the same sentence can't coexist. I went with Specna Cores for my M4s because of the polymer body and QC 8mm gearboxes, also they are silly cheap (paid €120 for the one pictured, 150 for my other M4), over time I have replaced EVERYTHING inside them, including gearbox shells. You can pick up pretty much whatever you want, G&Gs used to be great bases to work with but as of today, there are plenty of alternatives that give more bang for buck (Specna, Dboys, Evolution, Saigo - these all come from the same factory, same guns different coloured plastics.. Cyma is great too). Upgrade wise, find out what you want from your gun first and then upgrade as needed. It doesn't make sense to empty the whole thing and rebuild it if you don't know what you're looking for, you will just waste money and have something that doesn't put an evil grin on your face every time you plug the battery in. My M4s, for example, are twin builds as I've put the same exact internals in both, bar the inner barrel and spring. The train of thought behind them was to have the most reliable gun possible that could still provide a decent full auto ROF of about 20 to 24 RPS, decently snappy semi auto response and be as battery efficient as possible. I've gone for Warhead 36k,Retro Arms gearbox, SHS/Rocket 13:1 gears, 8mm steel solid bushings, FPS compression parts, Perun Hybrid FCU, Maxx ME hop units, Maple Leaf 70° hop rubbers. As mentioned above the only differences are found in the spring rating (M90 for the long boi, M100 for the short) and inner barrel (6.05x247 and 6.05x185 respectively). Externally I tried to keep things light, so the choice of stock was the King Arms PDW (which is now impossible to find anywhere but from KA themselves and good luck buying one with their insane shipping rate), carbon fibre outer barrels and AliExpress handguards (back when you could find them). The carbon fibre stuff I source from Mac Airsoft, which I happen to live just 40 minutes away from.. We're both based in Italy but he does make CF barrels, stocks and handguards for many brands (Monk Customs and the likes) so you will find his stuff pretty much everywhere. He also makes very neat CNC'd aluminium receivers, but I prefer plastic. My guns aren't realistic at all, they're just functional to what I do with them. Pic of my other M4 for boasting purposes (2.2kg)

Build one yourself then, won't be cheap by any means but it'll be the length/weight you desire. I wouldn't bother with ANY of the ones you mentioned. This is mine, 6.7" handguard, 7" carbon fibre outer barrel, 185x6.05 barrel. Stupid light, could go lighter with a carbon fibre handguard but I'm fine with the current one. Also the gun was born as a 10.8" M933

We could spend ages talking about nylon. Tell us what RIFs you have and how much crap you intend to carry with you! Kit selection is heavily based on your play style and your supply requirements. I, for example, have different kits for different uses: If I'm playing a "short" event, with not many kilometres involved, I run a chest rig, shooter's belt and small (9L) backpack. When kilometres and play hours increase (8h+) I switch to a battle belt and either a small (9L) or medium (20L) backpack. Pack selection is also based on expected weather/temperatures and event duration. For regular skirmishes anything goes, really. Depending on the RIF I use I may not even wear any nylon, just a small pack with comms, BBs and water.

I am intrigued by that, but never got around to actually buying one...

Had an ssx23 for about 4 years, now I have a TM. Ssx23 is just eye candy, metal slide does nothing but increase weight, outer barrel is most likely off spec (threads are crooked and bbs will muzzle strike whatever suppressor you slap on it), all the "upgrades" need upgrading because they don't really work. Plus the cost of gun + suppressor is almost the same as a TM. Speaking of the suppressor, it's nowhere near as quiet as the TM despite being longer and wider (huh), shortening will only make things worse. The TM, while being overall the most expensive of the bunch, delivers performance as promised. I did the bare minimum of upgrades to mine (hadron tdc, plate, ML hop rubber) and it sends 0.3s to 60+ metres with ease, if I swap to 0.4s they go even further but at that point the travel time is much longer which is not ideal for running targets past 40 metres. In its stock form you can feed it 0.25/0.28g bbs and have solid range/consistency too. Mags can be iffy, that is true, but feed them the right gas (1.0 in summer, 2.0/gg in winter) and they won't leak. TL;DR Go TM, you won't regret it. Just remember that it's a sidearm and while its range and consistency is stupid, it's still a sidearm and should be used as such.

You got lucky, when I broke my ankle (literally ssssssploded) the ambulance took me to the second nearest hospital where the surgeon told me I would have been operated in three days ('twas a Saturday so I was due on Monday). Then I got moved to my town's hospital where the surgeon told me that if I didn't have lunch he would have opened me instantly -.- So I waited until Monday anyway ffs..

1x Leupold LTO Tracker 2 HD thermal imager for the team; 1x 2002 Land Rover Discovery II Definitely an airsoft purchase

So. Last weekend (Oct. 20th-22nd) we played the National Finals where we positioned 8th (later dropped down to 9th because basic math is hard) out of the 14 participating teams. The location is the largest anti air shelter system in europe, built in the early 1900s under a munitions factory. Tunnels go 30m below the surface and they can house the whole town, entrances are placed in such a way that within 3 minutes of the first air siren everyone could get to safety. The story revolved around stealing the Vatican's secrets and riches, we had 14 objectives divided in two phases (phase one - woodland on Saturday morning and phase two - cqb on Saturday night) which meant we played from 8 a.m. to about 11:40 p.m. Objectives were objectively (lol) hard, out of 14 we fucked up 2 on each phase (objective 3 we messed up big time, objective 6 was rendered impossible by the atrocious sudden weather change), Phase 3 we messed up again and Phase 5 was a nightmare for everyone. In detail, phase 5 was a silly firefight in a doorway where our side had zero cover, meanwhile defenders had barricades where they could get a clear view of the door from every possible angle.. To sum it up: overall it was a good event, we had some proper fun except for the aforementioned objectives, regardless of the scoreboard results we are still among the best teams in the whole country. Kit wise I brought my belt kit (without suspenders) and small 9L backpack. Gun wise I was meant to use my 10" M4 but it locked up (still have to figure out why) so I ended up using the 7" smol pp which was flawless. Surprisingly one single 7.4v 1450mAh 30c battery lasted for the whole event (from 97% it went down to 21%) but I had 3 spares anyway.. During the downpour many people had issues with their Titan FCUs, while my Perun kept going and going and going Yesterday, instead of our usual game at our field, we had a small CQB session at the local fort due to the crappy weather we are all going through. Brought the pistol AAP which performed very well and in all honesty I should have brought the carbine and G17 too! But note to self: next time bring thicker clothes, I have welts all over my torso/arms because I'm a sweaty cunt and played in a light tee only

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You can't use an aftermarket adjustable trigger unless you're willing to dremel some material off the holster or you keep the stock adjustment.