Adolf Hamster

Doesnt work in dark mode.....

A fair point, my experience is that active hearing protection was never something i felt necessary for its primary purpose, but the secondary benefits of warm ears, protection from bb's and the tactical look made it worthy for me. I'll openly admit loud noises arent a thing i typically am concerned about and will willingly listen to a rock concert at full volume even with the temporary loss, but i dont begrudge those who are less cavilier with their hearing.

methinks a "that's disgusting" aka throwing up reaction might be useful. maybe something a bit stronger than "careful now", for when a post truly needs actual negative emotion (that isn't the aforementioned vomit inducing disgust) the fact i can think of only negative reactions to add is definitely not a tell for my naturally glass-half-empty lookout on life........

despite having once been nearly run-down by a deer mid-game, a circumstance that prompted my inexperienced invitee to comment if it happened often to which i replied no, it does not. i do see how the *ahem* "biodegradeable" nature of our bb's is sus at best and that environmental sustainability is unfortunately a valid concern for site longevity.

then wear active hearing protection, even something like a set of howard leights will make a mk5 or thunder b at your feet sound like a party popper (speaking from direct experience), keep your ears warm and protect them from bb's, the latter of which imo is by far the biggest factor. granted that's primarily outdoor play, so factor that in but i've never left an airsoft game feeling like there's hearing loss from it, the same cannot be said for rock concerts. think by far the loudest was a 9mm blank firer which was the games' McGuffin going off.

Pretty much, or maybe theres a built in resupply system eg you get to top up if the team captures an objective, or if you're doing wave respawn mechanics you get topped up before being sent back out.

I always figured the solution to that was a hard ammo cap for the day. Eg you get a bag of 500 bb's and its up to you if you want to partially fill a drum mag or a backpack full of gas mags but when its gone its gone. Would be hell to police given how easy it'd be for players to sneak extra rounds onto the field, and many would take issue (with varying degrees of justification) if they had to run site ammo. But then what rule in airsoft doesnt fundamentally rely on the honesty of strangers in a competitive environment.

I try not to judge a man/woman/otherwise by immutable characteristics like their age, race, culture, lack of socio-economic status, skin pigmentation, physical/mental divergence, their (age appropriate) bedfellow(s) or their god(s). But turning up to a site with those is a choice, and you chose poorly....... Same with 2-toning something rare, dont care if you day-glo a common gat we all gotta work around the rules but you show up with a lime green ppsh and it's not a bit, well, that's a choice........

if it's sized well, or designed to wedge into place that's a pretty decent solution some manufacturers even use. other solutions are springs/stacks of o rings around the inner barrel to pressure the hop unit against the gearbox (these can be affected by the magazine though), or some ak hop units literally bolt to the gearbox via the front tab. that's an old school bodge, some people hate it, but it's not the worst idea if the inner is a bit loose in the outer. don't need to go the whole way though just at the muzzle end as the hop will be holding the other end and you don't want to inadvertently be introducing bends to the barrel. some barrels even have grooves for o-rings to stabilise the end of them which is the professional answer to that question. if you're using springs to pressure the hop against the gearbox you want to be sure the tape stabiliser isn't so tight that the spring can't pull the barrel back onto the gearbox (ie barely enough ptfe to take out any wobble) i'm guessing that's to tighten up the fitment of the barrel into the trunnion? the grub screw nominally does that but if it's real loose then certainly an option, but you're gonna want to make sure that the barrel is sitting good and square when you get it all together but that's just standard airsoft ak things. not as keen on masking tape, you want something solid otherwise the barrel could be moving when the gun gets bending pressure (eg leaning on cover).

it seems mighy like it's intended as a spacer, i've often used them particularly on pistols. it's just a bit of stuff to pack underneath the nub to get a little extra lift when there's not enough regular hop travel to spin the bb's i want to use. commonly a cut up square from the skirt of an aeg rubber is a good option but i can see heatshrink doing the same job. you probably won't be needing it when you change to the omega nub.

That's pretty much the point i was trying to get at. A secondhand modded pew could have been worked on by someone with no experience, or someone with a lot of experience, if you do it yourself you at least get the benefit of knowing which of those 2 things happened. the walk of shame with a broken pew is still on the cards but at least it'll be your own shame.

When it comes to modded guns second hand, it's less about what parts it has, and more the quality of the workmanship. And unless they're name-dropping a tech that can be a gamble. You might get a well dialled machine that runs well, or a cobbled together mess that's going to struggle to make it through the first game without eating something important. If you cant see the gun shoot, hear how it sounds, then you're basically going off the value of the parts (at least the big ticket items) and the externals, the latter of which are unfortunately no indication of how healthy the internals are. It's why i advocate people learning their own teching, because at least you can have some confidence in being able to sort out any installation issues yourself.

What brand of bb's? Some brands are less polished than others and can be sticky during feeding. Often a mag of geoffs can cure a number of pew pew ills. Although @strykerles's suggestion of the hop being fully off is also a likely culprit if your rounds arent going very far.

I preferr "gentlemen of jolly stature"

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