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or if you're a redneck like me you tap out the hole to take a grub screw and use that instead

that's a good way of putting it. i think what was interesting was how people were doing even when target honesty had been completely removed from the equation.

i kind of preferr to look at it as a whole system, but you can sort of break it down that way. often you see singular recommendations being suggested as the cure for all problems. like for example the upgrade the hop argument, when the reality is a perfectly set up hop unit is going to do bugger all if it's being fed shitty bb's but a perfect hop with good bb's is going to still be useless if the air seal is bad but a perfect hop with good bb's and perfect air seal is going to be terrible if it's being pushed out of a crappy/dirty barrel but a perfect hop with good bb's, perfect air seal and a shiny good quality barrel is going to be useless if it's only pushing half a joule on a 1.3j field the funny thing is often getting every aspect to be decent, will yeild better results than having one aspect particularly bad. needless to say the argument here is it doesn't matter if the gun is good if the guy behind the sight isn't bothering to make sure it's adjusted properly.

heavier bb's will always help (caveat: assuming the hop can spin them), wether or not you can stomach feeding a support gun the expensive stuff is a different story. whilst i can't comment specifically on the mk46, if it's the same type of hop unit as the m60/pkm then you could look at the bullgear hop unit, it's a big improvement over stock and you can use standard rubbers/nubs (such as a ml macaron+omega nub combo) to lift whatever weight you like. alternately i've had good results with some redneck modification to the stock unit.

this was after a while playing ballistic peekaboo and i figured if i'd been the one on the other end shooting i'd be starting to get mighty suspicious.

Im sure we all have, you hear the pitter patter of bb's hitting around you and hit the deck. I remember calling myself out without a hit because after god knows how many rounds even i couldnt beleive none had made it through the thin hedge i was using as cover.

the only problem with flinchers is it might not be a flinch from a hit, but instead a near miss. i recall a perfect instance when firing at a fella with the dragonuv, came close enough that he noticed it fly by and flinched but i know for sure it didn't land. but the fella beside me was crying "you hit him, see him flinch"

this probably isn't going to come as a great revelation to most but i figured it's an interesting story that maybe merits use as a means of reminding people about the greatest of airsoft sins- the non hit taker. so to preface this we all know the cry, "call yer [redacted] hits you [redacted]", a yell of frustration at the perceived sin of a player breaking the honesty on which our game is based. it's a trap we've all fallen into and i won't deny having fallen for it many times myself. of course the key word there is "perceived", to many the issue of crying foul is just as egregious as cheating in the first place, no doubt born from having been on the receiving end of such accusations and knowing that the supposed "hit" flew wide (or in my case dropped short). it's a lesson it took me many years to learn, that it's really worth giving the benefit of the doubt in a lot of situations. these days i do my utmost to let things slide unless not only do i see the round make contact, but i know the range and hit location are such that there is no chance of a legitimate no-feel (especially important when engaging at the limits of your range) however recently i had quite an interesting experience that really highlighted the whole issue. a fella had popped up at the site with a rather fancy dynamic targeting system, you had 4 head sized targets which would detect a hit and fold away. really rather snazzy. the site owner had decided to run a little shooting competition, nothing too fancy. the targets were spaced with 2 at 10m, and 2 at 20m. they were set with a 4s exposure time after which they'd hide for about 10 seconds (cant remember how long it was exactly). when you hit a target it'd fold away and stay there. so the aim of the game was simply to get all 4 targets as fast as possible. if you hit a target and it didn't pop then it was still counted to make it fair for folks with underpowered gats. so in the spirit of "this looks like a lark" i decided to have a crack at it, thought i did rather well with a 13 second time to take down all 4. i'll self-profess to not being a particularly good marksman although i do pride myself on making sure my hardware is well dialled in. however what i found interesting was the other competitors, one in particular who was running with a very snappy high-speed m4 managed to expend a hell of a lot of plastic (well over 100 rounds total) and finished in over 40 seconds. watching his shots they were all flying high- the sign of an over-set hop unit although the dispersion showed it was evidently a decent enough gat. what surprised me was that instead of watching where his rounds were going and compensating he just kept firing and firing. now you might argue that perhaps i'm a better marksman than i think i am, or that perhaps my obsession with mechanical accuracy meant i had equipment advantage, however that's easily countered by pointing out the winner was a kid running what appeared to be an unmodified arp556. so this was a bit of fun but it did make me think that perhaps there's a lot more folk out there than i suspected who think their shots are going somewhere different to the reality, and maybe many more of those crys of anguish could be suppressed simply by people putting some effort into knowing their equipment and paying attention to their shots as they fly downrange.

I just dont have a high opinion of madbull hop products, even moreso when the objective is a high end build. I do agree here that this feels like a classic case of the difference between upgrading a gun, and filling it with expensive bits and expecting it to work better. Granted from vfc's reputation i get the desire to replace all the internals straight off the bat, but you're absolutely correct that there's probably issues with tolerances going on, even a great part can fall flat if its not right for the build.

Its kind of self defeating. The maxx is a very, very good hop unit, if not the best then definately up there with the best when setup right (ie good alignment, correct nozzle, decent bucking, tight to the box etc) But i dont think even that can overcome the handicap of a madbull rubber. Whilst almost any of the options (prommy, pdi, stock tm, g&g green etc) would be better if you're running a maxx then it's gotta be a nice ml tan to spin up the heavies.

Did i just read maxx hop unit with madbull blue bucking? I was gonna do an automotive analogy but i'm really struggling. Something about a lambo engine tied to a moped gearbox maybe?

Yeah it was amazing, basically easy mode for the day, but needless to say not a sustainable way to play.

^that is one tasty gat

it's quite the rabbit hole, especially when you've saved up a bunch of bags of .48's all year and burn them all in a day with the polarstar then realise "holy shit i've just burned 3 figures worth of ammo ) hence shifting to the dragonuv, doesn't feel so bad when your day's round count is only 160 shots to be splashing out on the heavies. although .32 is now my default weight, if a gun can't handle .32's then i make sure it can.

yeah, i must admit it was quite the eye opener buying an lct. but i'm running an e&l now so all is good with the world

can't say i'm familiar with the arcturus system. although tbh my ak buying habits tend to start at exterior quality and end at e&l

*looks at bag of 0.48's* *looks at 1j SVD*

i wanna say it's as simple as the contacts are engaging before the trolley is far enough forward to get caught by the cutoff lever.

ooh we have a doozy here: £100 over retail (retail in this case being the first shop in a google search claiming the same model in stock)

yep, i'm still not entirely certain why they decided to have such a ridiculous mechanism for the fire selector

ordinarily the issue i'd be thinking is still the hop, maybe the level of adjustment is sufficiently course that in the space of a click you're going from not enough tension to do shit to enough tension to jam? you might have a better idea by feel wether or not that's a possibility. normally before reassembling any gun i tend to turn the hop off/on whilst looking down the barre just to be sure it's all moving right and the rubber is sitting nice and square.

it's always worth checking and double checking the teeth. is it top wired? you might be having issues with the selector plate catching on the wires and getting stuck forward (come to think of it, that would explain why it'll fire auto once then go to only semi), if the selector lever is stiff this would be a good indicator.

i wanna say it's the teeth on the selector arm jumping out of position during reassembly, they're tricksy buggers for doing that. best way i've found is to ensure to assemble with the gun on it's left side, let gravity hopefully hold them in place but hold them down for extra security.

that is what happens when people buy a 3d printer. "if all you have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail"

clearly listed ruleboards that are consistently and effectively enforced by a sufficiently sized marshalling team for the number of players. there are plenty of things i'd love to see in sites, but that is by a country mile the most important one for me.