Skara

Updated my "small" backpack and belt kit: The backpack went from this: to this: Went from 9 Litres in capacity to 12 (pouch is roughly 3 litres), but now I can organize my stuff better since I now have three compartments instead of one. And regarding my belt kit it went from this: to this: The two side pouches will be used for navigation stuff (left side) and Leatherman Wave+, head torch and various bits (right side). Now though, that Multicam pouch stands out like a sore thumb, so I will probably have a similar sized pouch made in RG as well, perhaps with a few details added to make it more practical. And probably fill the empty space on the right with a pouch for my Garmin GPS. All I need to do now is wait until the next 8h+ event to put the new setup to the test.

My pouches from Baribal.pl have arrived.. First impressions? Holy Shit Batman they are good quality!

Echoing what Colin said, I'd drop the alu nozzle for a POM one (does much, much less damage to the hop/barrel assembly if not properly aligned). Also depending on the spring, battery and achieved RPS you may want to knock off a teeth or two off the sector gear to avoid PME (sector gear engages the piston when it's still traveling forward). Other than that, it's a pretty vague list since you didn't tell us what you wanted to achieve

Yup, saw this already.. Looks nice but the thing that bugs me is the waterproof and breathability rating, 5.000 columns doesn't seem like much given that my GTX shells have 20.000 columns, the same applies to breathability, 5000 vs 10000.. Design wise it's similar to the Montura paclite shell I have, which I have written off as a bad purchase (yeah the jacket is that bad). Mhm, can't find anything, and yes I'm building my own poor man's PCU system (already have levels 1, 3, 4 and 5, just need level 6 and maybe level 2) Beyond's website has a very tasty 58 fucking % discount on the ARX... But those fuckers won't ship outside the US for some reason -.- Honestly I'd like to avoid surplus garments if possible (will edit in a minute)

> fires spherical lightweight "bullets" out of expensive glorified toy muskets > Musket and bullet have zero repeatability due to their nature > "Skills" Okay.

Price, for the most part. I don't use ZCI barrels anymore (all my guns have weird barrel lengths now) but when I did, they were fine, maybe not really suited for high ROF guns because of the small inner diametre (6.02 is on the edge of being too tight for me) I was one of the first to jump on the MR-Hop bandwagon and while the range increase was nice, I was (read am) getting way more consistency with Super Macarons, at the cost of a couple of metres less range than the MR. Also the MR needs a wide hop window to perform which is something you get only from a handful of barrel manufacturers unless you're confident in taking a dremel to your inner barrel. Flat hops are old technology and while they were cool at the time, nowadays they're not worth the hassle of removing material from the hop rubber compared to a €8 ML rubber. It's genuinely hard to tell. For me it's about the "softness" of people who don't like to be shot at (which kinda defies the whole point of playing Airsoft in the first place). While I may agree that being peppered by a 40 RPS gun at close range gets old fast, but it's the user who needs to be limited, not the gun. All my AEGs bar one can do well over 30 RPS with 11.1v batteries but I use them with 7.4s because I have durability in mind and a gun that runs well at silly high ROFs will wear down much less at "human" ROFs (yup, I mostly use full auto). The only form of "respect" in airsoft is to call your fucking hits.

Bit of an odd question, I'm looking at hardshells, I own a couple of "civvi" ones that I use for hiking or everyday life but a) they're in bright colours and b) the Gore-Tex membrane is starting to give up on both (they're 11 years old at this time), a couple of years ago I bought one surplus DPM MVP jacket that, in all honesty, wasn't that great: Doesn't take long for water to leak through the shoulders even when not wearing a rig/bag, also it's quite stiff and bulky to pack. So I'm on the hunt for a proper hardshell that I can use for Airsoft, don't mind spending a bit of money as long as I'm not overpaying for Arc'Teryx or Patagucci bollocks. Ideally I'd like proper Gore-Tex membrane just because the fabric needs to pass a quite strict QC process before being sewn into a garment (or at least that's what Gore says on the website), but other membranes are fine as long as they actually work. Any suggestions?

Booooo, you're a scammer Dave! I always knew it! Now gib ak105 as a compensation

If the gun has weird/proprietary parts then no, don't use it, but solely because it'll be a pain in the ass to fix it. I have spent a fortune on my guns, some of my RIFs have well over €600 worth of parts invested onto (excluding the base gun price) but I don't mind getting them dirty/scuffed, I see them as tools and as such they need to be used and withstand abuse. The same applies to the rest of my gear, when I got my Mayflower rig I tore a small hole in one of the side pouches on its first outing.. yeah it pissed me off for a good 15 minutes where I cursed every deity known to the animal kingdom and then some, but after all I bought it to use it and this kind of damage is something that just happens.

Thing is that there are so many variables at play when picking noodles. I'm starting to look into buying a decent one but the more I read, the more confused I am.

Nice! I wish they were available in Europe as well, I'm kinda tired of paying €15+ for a bag of decent 0.28/0.32s

It WILL become a problem

Don't. Silly two piece design that causes leaks.

Paper and reality are two different things. I run a very similar setup in my King Arms PDW (ZCI 22tpa HT motor, SHS 13:1 short stroked by two and what appears to be a M100-ish spring) and I'm getting around 25 RPS on a 11.1v. Regarding the battery, find out how many amps the motor needs and pick a battery that can provide them. Undersized batteries tend to commit sudoku quickly.

Check if the bearing delayer bullshit isn't popping off its axle.

It seems to fit, although it doesn't solve my "tighten the grip and the gun screams louder than a petite vs BBC clip" issue, to which I have yet to figure out a solution. Along with a self unwinding motor adjustment grub screw piece of shit.

For real? Ah fuck it, I'll crack out the Dremel then. Also it's going on a cm.045 too

The saga of dumping whatever money I earn into airsoft continues: 1x Dboys fixed stubby stock; 1x Arcturus/D-Day AK74 high cap (trying it out, if it feeds in my Cyma I'll buy 5 more); 1x PTS Us Palm Ak grip; 3x Maple Leaf 70° Super Macaron (can't get enough of those)

This, tbf. I can hold my ground against r-hop bois in my club with properly set up guns and (Super) Macarons

Perun Hybrid mate, does what a Titan does but for less money

Bank account took another hit. Retro Arms V2 gearbox (now 3 out of 4 AEGs have them); FPS 8mm bushings; Prommy BC bright 208mm barrel for the pdw.