Adolf Hamster

so that's how the speedsofters do it.......

you spelled snickers wrong *dons flamesuit and runs*

Hair triggers are one thing, but those multi-finger ones are what i was thinking of. Very high rps has some limited utility, particularly fleeting targets and drilling through dense hedges, but not really enough to justify the issues that even the shortest of trigger presses is sending half a dozen rounds downrange.

ethics be damned, humour is plainly the victor in this scenario.

Airsoft specifically hopefully getting a 1p67 at some point. Kinda toning down the airsoft spending this year methinks, lockdown 1 had me reshuffling my collection but now i'm pretty happy with what i've got, although granted that urge to tinker is gonna be rekindled about 30s into the first game when we can go play again.

I feel like this conversation is turning into a steel panther song

Yep, thats why the semi rule is still useful. I mean even with that you get the right setup you can spam faster than a lot of guns can even fire. I do wonder if rps limits as well as fps limits might be worth implementation, let folks run auto indoors but cap the rate of fire to something sensible.

if that's the cause then surely this is a design fault? people holding torches in their mouths while working on something that requires to hands isn't exactly a new or obscure concept.

Yeah there are myriad ways it could happen. I'm wondering if it was being usb charged got the cells out of whack? Again drawing from the vaping side of things it's pretty much standard practice not to use the internal usb charger for long term use (often even specified in the manual that the internal balance circuit is sub-par) And thats before even venturing into the concept of an internal issue with the light (design flaw, bad qc etc). Think i'll stick with disposables for all the use my torches get.

Yeah, i should caveat my last post by pointing out i'm not saying batteries shouldnt be treated with caution using proper equipment for charging, storing and using. it just feels like there's got to be something more to this story. I can certainly beleive the explosion of a sealed unit if it had an internal short/design flaw but that's at odds with it being so unsealed as to be damaged by holding it in your mouth. Feels a bit like the ol' mythbusters .22lr as a car fuse story.

I'm still not convinced that saliva can cause a short with 3.7v I am aware of plenty of instances of stuff going up in the vaping world, pretty much all of it attributable to cheap gear or mishandling (read: users being idiots) Personally i've never seen a battery go badly, and that includes literally sawing brand new 2032 cells in half with liquid coolant and nothing more than sparks and a bad smell.

Damnit, that was one that i thought it was but was like "nahh cant be an mg13 mag"

Sounds kind of sketchy, cant say i've met a torch (even non waterproof) that would be that susceptible to moisture.

Thats a, umm, what is it exactly? I can see a mk23, some m4 bits and i a magazine i feel i should recognise but dont.

" One guy got killed by an Olight flashlight that exploded in his mouth. " Wait, what!? Do we know what the issue is? I'm not up on the specifics of olights but i'm guessing they use a standard 18650 style battery?

Ahh yes, the good ol' airsoft review: 1. Open up the box, take a minute to talk about what its made from while showing some sweeping close-ups. 2. Spend 15 minutes talking about the controls, how ambi freindly they are, and listing every rail mounting point on the gun. 3. Show 3 bb's being fired through a chrono 4. 30 seconds of accuracy "testing" on an indoor range no more than 10m long, remember to shoot off-hand at a cardboard box and not say what ammo your using. 5. Declare it the best thing ever and remember not to say anything bad in case the manufacturer stops sending you stuff to test. Meanwhile i'm left asking "yes but whats the box like? Has it a qd spring? Are there any proprietary parts and if there are are they at least decent? Are there any quirks to dissassembly? Etc etc" Or the other "i 'review' my big youtube buddy's latest product (honest review guvnor)" types. Meanwhile i've had a gun i want to review for some time but i'm refusing to do so until i see if rs furniture fits.

There's still pot luck at all points of the price ladder, but the current budget crop are pretty damn good for the price they are. Cant speak for their m4 lines but their ak's that i've worked on have shot far far better than their pricetag says they should.

Ahh yes, i can see what you mean now. It's an interesting one, i kind of agree that being hosed with an 0.5j gun is preferable to say 3 or 4 spammed semi shots from a much more powerful gat all things being equal. As a rule for say milsims for caliber appropriate guns maybe, but for general skirmishing it's easier to just limit to semi.

oh cmon that's not fair. @Tackle 's expansive array of creative nicknames for kicking mustang is good for at least 20 minutes of entertainment. i think it's a case of drawing conclusions based on watching youtube videos on airsoft rather than actually playing it. i have been asked why i don't bother with the RS stuff to which my standard reply is that i like the challenge of a target that can shoot back.

this is true it is a very individualised thing. i agree with you on the instinct shooting for pistols, generally short range it's hip-fire and hope or long range it's careful time on the sights, but in-between i'm pretty much guaranteed to miss unless the other guy isn't looking.

not sure i'm reading the point you're trying to make, are you saying that auto is most effective at at short range, or that auto is equally aggravating regardless of distance?

funny i'd have said the opposite. on a rifle having 2 fingers on the grip is much less of an impact to holding the thing steady than a pistol, for example a really small pistol like a colt 25 feels kind of awkward to shoot because you can't get a solid grip with your pinkie. each to their own though, i mean i refuse to c-clamp an m4 but i naturally c-clamp an ak because of reasons i'm not entirely sure about. yeah i'm a hedgelurker at heart so often it's very easy to get away with it, especially when you mostly play either the range game or the sneak game, neither of which require massive snap-shooting abilities.

way i see it airsoft could be a good stand-in for the kind of squad training that's normally done with blank fire adaptors and such. it's never going to replace range time with a real rifle but i can see it being cheaper and safer for non-marksmanship based training.

afaik the general story seems to be they changed gearbox suppliers and their qc dropped off a cliff not too long ago (i wanna say last year)

i found using o-rings instead of a spring to hold the hop to the box works pretty well for minimising wobble, admittedly at the expense of making it a pain in the ass to get the upper and lower together.