Adolf Hamster

they can be qc issues like the recievers being a little off-square. usually not an issue. they can be a bit of a bear to work on at the best of times but once you have the knack it's not too bad (tbh maybe it's just me but i tend to find ak's are easier to work on than m4's once you know the process). others can correct me on this, but afaik gunfire quit shipping to the uk thanks to brexit. cyma's will be cheap but effective parts, they're common choices of rental gun with a solid track record of reliability. the e&l's (the platinums at least) are a bit nicer especially for air seal but realistically they're both gonna be fine to pew with ootb and they're both gonna have headroom to tinker with should you feel so inclined. the way i'd put it is for general skirmishing the cyma is all the pew you'll need, with the e&l being the option for those who want to spend more for shiny things. you might consider if you're not fully locked into the ak platform that money saved on the cyma will be money for either upgrades or for expanding the collection with something else.

If you value first round hits?

Sorry to hear its been tough, and certainly when it comes to sales a little bit of patience on both sides goes a long way. But given the circumstances it sounds like you've got enough on your plate that dealing with the expectations of buyers is too much. Perhaps stepping back and just pulling any sales ads is the way forward. I've been out of the hobby for pretty much a year now and i still havent got around to flogging the last bits of kit because as you put it, life outside of airsoft is taking enough of my energy right now. Unless you really need to sell gear to balance the books then there's no harm in letting it sit a while.

Welcome to airsoft *ahem* "qc" It's the reason for the existence of aftermarket hop units although sadly a lot of those can be as bad or even worse than stock units.

It can be very subtle, takes just a fraction of a mm to do it but this sounds like textbook clanging on the way out. If its well aligned and not clipping it wont unduly affect accuracy.

ahh, burst fire, that does make a difference. more rof will help with snappy response, and times were it was the main way to do it, but nowadays with the electronical sorcery that is precocking mosfets and brushless motors you can get that snappy responsive trigger without needing to go full brrt with all the issues therein.

Am i the only one that can hear that poor piston screaming for mercy? You could also just find a better quality target that doesnt need that much dakka to persuade them to take a walk in the direction of their respawn

No, theres nothing wrong with wanting something different. If you like it then you like it and that's all the validation you need. The only thing you might struggle with is parts that are proprietary, it's the downside of straying from the path of generic m4 or ak. But thats only if you're the type to tinker and try to squeeze every last drop of performance from your pew.

Tbf, neither is anyone else in this thread.....

let this be a lesson kids. generally we understand 2-toning is a necessary evil to allow us to have our hobby still, and mostly we don't care if you turn up with a generic m4/1k painted in bright colours. but if you 2-tone something nice we absolutely can, and will, judge you for that.

about ~0.5mm protruding through isn't a problem for airseal moreso if you couldn't see it at all. more protrusion is better for air seal but at a certain point will make the mag's job a lot harder, if your gun's feeding on the mags you have then don't worry about it.

Very common that, the upside is at least you can twiddle it to adjust the rotation looking down the barrel by eye. It is common to get leaks if the hop is sitting forward, or the nozzle is too short/has damage on the tip. One thing to check is looking up the feed tube is if the feedlips are visible, usually you're looking for too much protrusion as a cause of feeding issues but if there's too little then the feed lips are too short (admittedly unlikely for a ml bucking) or the barrel is sitting forward which can happen depending on where the cuts for the c clip line up with the c clip and the hop. If you're on 7.4v then that doesnt sound likely, although on 11.1 you might be nearing that territory. Light pme tends to manifest as a drop in fps on auto but not semi so probably not the issue here.

Aye the ml buckings are super sensitive to being setup properly square, worth it though. I find the non-maple leaf nubs can be off-square although the proper ones are generally pretty good. Ofc that only helps when the hop unit/arm is capable of holding the nub and barrel square in the first place.

And good quality heavy ammo. After that it becomes rather involved with air seal work, which is a recipe that isn't so easily prescribed.

It's become routine? Thats what did it for me, the bits i enjoyed became just usual but the bits i hated got no less annoying

that's god's way of telling you to use heavier ammo. for the most part @Rogerborg is spot on, although it's worth noting his numbers might not be what you'd see. as it's a gas gun, the assumption of more weight=more hop pressure=more bb resistance=less muzzle energy is being counteracted by the wonderful phenomenon of joule creep. this means you might see your energy rise with heavier ammo, possibly enough to put you foul of the limits, so be sure to chrono in joules with the ammo you're intending to use and have the appropriate weight set on the chrono (or know the conversion/limit for your chosen weight/site limit) quoted for truth

That has gotta be a typo, i refuse to beleive anyone is that crazy.....

Lets face it, fn doesnt know what colour its supposed to be let alone any airsoft manufacturer.....

Ignoring no, being a dunce and not noticing it in the first place maybe.....

Then don't. If your pew is doing what you want it to then always better to leave well enough alone.

certainly i can think of a number of examples of poor sportsmanship from his vids, although not the examples you've listed (admittedly i'm not exactly a regular follower of his content these days) the deliberate headshots i'm not entirely sure on, insofar as i can see how the "reticle" on the scope cam is almost certainly fictitious and i can see how that could be easily be edited to give the impression of intentional headshots. that said, even if we assume the best (that he's never intentionally aimed for headshots outside the widely recognized acceptable cases) the impression that he does is enough to set a poor example for people to follow, especially when backed up with the ol' "tell em to wear face pro" argument trotted out like disliking pain is some sort of character flaw. yep, that's exactly the sort of thing i mean when i say poor sportsmanship. yes if someone fails to acknowledge a hit then they're fair game for little further persuasion, but that example went well beyond the point where a reasonable person would see that they weren't playing and the only course of action is either to move on, or get the marshalling team involved. tbh, i don't really see that as particularly egregious given how well known it is that airsoft youtubers do this, as i said before if you know it's just a fiction spun to tell a good story then that's not a problem (hence why every other airsoft youtuber gets a pass on it). ofc if you're new to the sport or perhaps looking to start, it's not ideal to have a false impression on what this hobby is like. sadly "a fun days airsofting, everyone played fair, don't remember if we won or not" whilst thoroughly enjoyable in the real world isn't going to get the clicks like "airsoft cheetar gets 360noscoped irl by a 500fps stealth sniper [instant karma] [he regretted it]". however that is perhaps more concerning. yes that's another strong point for his detrimental effect on the hobby, the last thing we need is for the hobby to be tarred with that brush.

the aim of pointing out the negative aspects of the KM persona aren't aimed at silencing, more helping inform that he's a character who might not be the best role model for starting out in the sport. yes indeed, i know there are various accusations of km's actions that are somewhat apocryphal in origin, whilst i assume they must have started from somewhere especially with respect to site bans (at least before that critical mass when places banned him on principle) i've never seen anything purporting to be true original sources for a lot of claims of his in-person conduct, not that i've gone looking for them tbf. what is evident from the content he publishes however, is a poor attitude and evidence of doctoring footage with false accusations, the latter of those isn't such a big deal if you go into it knowing that it's fiction, but the former is something that can be damaging especially for newer players who might gain a false impression on what this sport is like or how it should be approached (ie having some empathy for the guy on the receiving end of your righteous pewing). of course km is by no means alone in this respect, but he is the most extreme of the large airsoft channels in this regard. indeed, this community continually surprises me with its capacity to handle divisive topics then just move on, it's a breath of fresh air compared to most of the internet.

This seems sorta pointless? You'd lose the ability to employ backspin which would destroy most of the effective range of an airsoft pew. All you'd end up with is an over-powered nerf gun.

Armbands vs non armbands is definately a thing. Typically due to sites having more numbers (ie only enough armbands of all colours to outfit one team) or if they use tape that they've run out of one colour. It's also pretty universal that when it happens the armband team blames the armbands for any and all percieved failures (that arent blamed on cheating at least). Granted a well organised site this shouldnt happen, but organised and airsoft are 2 words that seldom go hand in hand.

150mm potentially you might be wanting a bit more volume. Test it with it stabilised first then worry about barrel changes