Skara

Same, until this morning at 9 the tracking showed "in transit" somewhere in Bologna (makes no sense as it's even further away from me than Arezzo 😕)

Also can't figure why a random unknown italian store had these pistols in stock when half europe is still preordering them from Asia

postage logistics is truly a mystery. you could post something down the street and it'd take longer to turn up than if you'd posted it across half the planet.

Yep, bought 2 batteries from the same shop I bought the AAP from a while ago (bought them for a mate) on eBay, it took a month for them to arrive. And they forgot one -.- (they refunded it quickly tho, literally 2 minutes after contacting them)

judging by the last time you spoke about the italian postal system it'll take about 14 hours to get 199.5km and 2 weeks to make it the rest of the way.

tbf i get a similar issue with one particular shop in ireland, for some reason stuff takes exactly a month to arrive and turns up smelling of fish.

i don't want to say the irish postal system involves chucking the package on the first lorry that looks like it's going vaguely the right direction, but i'm gonna insinuate the hell out of it.

It's a private courier who's won a contract with the postal service (they're just as bad, no wonder they won lmao).

Their website is also busted, so can't really track anything

I just hope it gets here before Friday.

Hold on, smells of......fish? the fuck?

i know, but no word of a lie it smelt like it had been chucked in the back of a fish lorry.

If I had a safezone to rely onto, I'd just use my frv belt and an armpit holster for the mk23.

Unfortunately that is not an option as I have to sling all my gear and supplies with me (radio, at least one litre of water, small gas canister). I need to rework my backpack setup.

Also thinking of switching to mesh when sniping, after all I play at 1J and everyone uses 0.2s, so the energy discharged on impact is very little (especially at 30/40 metres).

Problem with mesh aint toughness for the most part.

Its when you get them cheapo bb's that shatter.

Mk23 seems a bit on the chunky side for shoulder carry no?

The thing with the mk23 is that it's huge, when I carried it as a regular pistol on my hip it got in the way every time I sat or knelt (is this correct?) down. Drawing from the hip when prone produces a lot of movement which can give your position away, which is bad when you're trying to remain unseen.

Shoulder/armpit/chest mount is the only system I can think of right now.

Regarding mesh, I know cheap bbs can shatter, the alternative to mesh would be to play without mouth protection or using something like a SISU, but the price tag scares me (in case I'm not comfortable with a gum shield)

Mamma Mia ... you should have told him to spend a grand on one if he wanted a real one... then it won't be shit...

a truly international problem, i recall a very similar event on here regarding the ssp1.....

on a serious note i wouldn't mind a nice ACOG for airsoft, although granted the ones i've looked through so far have had a very strange definition of the phrase "forgiving eyebox"

of course i'd still end up stacking a red dot on top and using it almost exclusively same as i do with the short dot.

Yep, told him that the only one worth buying was the real deal, but you know, cheapskates pretending RS quality out of €30 replicas

Some East-block loadouts look pretty awesome..  might have a little browse of their shop

your wallet regretting buying an ak yet?

Yes.

I have a SSO Smersh on my way, a Partizan in SS will most likely follow next week.

Looking at Evolution flash mags and probably a chicom (or some AK pouches to put on my Mini Mav)

my WE 226 mags are the same out of the 5 I have 4 are still gassed and 1 has failed at the release valve

Oh totally, I've got my share of repro kit - just had a repro X300 show up from aliexpress

The multicam sea part is too true, I like having some different stuff. It never really pleased my eye and there's sooooo much of it, whatever floats boats though I guess.

it's one of the things i love about this hobby really, the freedom to choose whatever style you want and go as far as you want.

https://geardoshit.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/russian-fun-airsoft-loadout-sumrak-smersh-akms/amp/

Found dis.

In an e&l? Im surprised as ive run the 7.62 and 5.45 variants in a couple of e&l's

Yup, they don't engage at the front. 

no biggie, a couple of beers and a file should fix the issue

Btw, the ROF and response is stupid on a 7.4, cycles faster than my old amoeba with a 11.1

Also, know of any decent brand for flash mags? I don't like the metal 7.62 Lonex ones, although I wonder if I can shove the internals into a 74 shell.

The base e&l rof is pretty high, they seem to be built for reasonable speed at a very high fps.

I know a mate of mine had his piston go from pme almost immediately as it was just too fast on a 1j spring and 11.1v.

Cant advise on flashmags, i use midcaps exclusively.

Notifications on the website, I have e-mails enabled for PMs only.

Ok, now that is strange. Thanks for letting me know

"I don't know why people are still buying VFC Guns"

That is literally the only thing VFC got right.

And it looks like they copied KSC for that pistol (or they got KSC to produce for them).

I saw this yesterday and forwarded it to a mate who has one of these. By a strange coincidence I did some work on it recently after he had some issues with it. Wiring in the gearbox was mangled , didn't look like it had been properly pushed down into the guides. He said it had always  kept feeling like it was stuttering, I put a replacement Tomtac box in it for him in the end using the original spring. It's now running at 1.1 joules . Also swapped the pistol grip to a 'Storm' grip as the original wasn't comfortable. Glad I never tried to refit the motor with the old grip now ! Externals are awesome though !

Yeah.

I mean they obviously want to keep the hot seat as the absolute worst service ever.

Imma give it a shot tomorrow morning even if the paper says from the 20th,

So, turns out this shitshow is actually the new procedure.

Postman comes and gives you the ticket (fuck social distancing measures).

You then go to the post office (fuck social distancing measures x2) where all the elders wait for their pensions, so if you happen to be infected without symptoms you basically commit a mass murder, with your ticket and retrieve the parcel.

Then you have to go back home/to the office, by doing so you're at risk of infecting/being infected even with PPE on.

All this to make it "safe" for the postman who has to make contact with you anyway to hand the ticket. At that point he could just hand the parcel and be done with it.

Fucking 200iq move right there.

all i can say is i'm impressed, the italian postal service doesn't own hermes by any chance?

It's gonna be a 74u

my 7.4 is 10x2x1cm and the 11.1s are 10x2x1.7ish.

I'm pretty sure the 7.4 will fit, not sure about the others.

Okay, cheers guys, you've been really helpful

last question, I found some flash mags from Evolution Airsoft (Italian company that apparently makes some neat M4s), would they fit? (Remember, I know fuck all about AKs)

272 including 5 midcaps, shipping and paypal fees.

Not bad.

And my wallet hates you now

And thanks @Asomodai for the discount code, saved me some beer tokens

your wallet will forgive us when it arrives

something like this?? many scopes and peq boxes 😂

Nah, has to be practical as it's going to be my tournament gun.

In that case my original suggestion, replace the rpk mag with a quad-stack 5.56 and put an rds on the scope so its usable.

Also novritsch stickers are a good shout lol

I do feel guilty a bit. Especially as he didn't say anything about the price 😕 Guns are generally more expensive (as in almost double of the average internet price) at our local retailer, so I guess he's used to it.

He wants my old radio too ('twas 60 new + 50 for the mic, giving it to him for 30)

I sold 4 m4 midcaps to my brother for £10 EACH 😀 realised it was too much and took a tenner for them all.

If we wasn't related though it would have been fair game.

Sold it for €160 (gun + 2 mags + radio + 3 different headsets).

Feel a hair less bad

No sendes Backes?

It's a €11 barrel, a return would actually cost me more than keeping it

So no takes bakes lol

Airbrake? Won't get piston slap if the piston doesn't reach the end at full speed 🙂

No aribraked piston available, no updates on the Wasp and the SAP is apparently shit (the non nemo version for the standard cylinders).

The platform has potential, but everyone turned their attention to the SRS.

Sad, really.

HPA? You're limited to 1J aren't you so you'd get a day out of a 12G CO2 cartridge lol.

The SRS platform is well worth the input though 😉 (I'm not biased at all).

brilliant! ha

It sounds like a toddler getting a face tattoo...    🤣

Brilliant, that made me laugh

Sounds like my wife....

@PT247 it's on the italian forums, guy was asking what was a good GBBP, told him TM or gtfo (with a very detailed explanation too), he chose gtfo.

Can't wait for him to come back and cry because his gbb can't dump a mag

I know it does, but apart from one thing everything else has vanished.

Meanwhile my colleague is getting all his stuff delivered less than a week after the order 😕

In a similar vein, ordered x5 products from overseas (HK / RU & Germany), all have RM tracking - All left their country of origin around 3 weeks ago (pre lockdown) but zero updates apart all from all showing in transit on RM Tracking & eBay

1 delivered, 4 more to go.

No news from customs though.

I have spent many a day sitting in front of AutoCAD.

Maybe they just have a backlog

Hope so.

I don't want to end up paying a Visionking scope more than a Vortex one tbf.

That cunt eBay seller declared a €1 value on the package.

That's why it's stuck in customs.

Waiting for a letter so I can send my Paypal receipt...

I was lucky that mine was booked in a few weeks ago, just prior to social distancing and school closures. There was lots of hand sanitiaser available to use every time you got a coffee from the machine or picked up packet of biscuits.

Was talking about the mechanics wearing surgical masks, gloves and being dressed in white painter suits rather than the usual mechanic fatigues xD

The garage itself was empty so I got in and out in just 20 minutes

Now I need to service my LPG tank, and it's gonna be a pain in the ass as the revision centre is closed...

Heh. it sucks, but I guess I have some time to fix stuff and start crafting my ghillies :)