Adolf Hamster

the top cover seems to be pretty standard fare for ak's, it's one of the reasons for the side mount. maybe it's the image, although kudos for getting most of it in focus, bit the front sight looks ok? the rear does look like it's rotated left and anticlockwise a bit although maybe i'm imagining it. i have had this with e&l's with the barrel mounting, although you can kind of wrestle it straight during reassembly and it sits good enough.

if memory serves that's schrapnel protection, so ludicrously over-rated for airsoft. i wanna say over 30j but citation needed....

do you know which version the WE is (alu/steel reciever) and the make of the scope?

indeed, the point is not that we think tg is a bad shop, but that if we have to deal with ups it'd be as easy to buy elsewhere.

the issue is that while a sniper at med is roughly equivalent to a rifleman point blank, you have the problem that people can be running hot, or snipers can ignore/misjudge their med. for clarity it seems the high mass impact test is specific to the Z87.1+ not regular Z87.1 so i'm assuming that without the + it's only rated for the 1j strike (again could be stronger than rated)

sometimes folk ask me why i don't bother with real guns, my answer is pretty much this. plus it's more fun when the target can shoot back

worth checking for a grub screw under the sling loop. depending how strong/secure the rail is, a big screwdriver wrapped in cardboard could help persuade it, although speedbirds tapping method might work better if it's corroded on.

some of that is serious failures too, would beg the question what else is wrong with them that this guy doesn't realise.

a little digging it's a tricky one. the Z87.1+ standard seems to have 2 impact tests, the high mass test looks to be ~7j but at a low velocity, their "high velocity" test seems to be about 1j. as with all standards that's a minimum, so they could well be stronger than that, however there's never a guarantee and if in doubt get your local kickingmustang to drop a round in them point blank.

inb4 do your own homework why did i start? always was a techy/nerdy kind of guy, and always had a thing about guns. before airsoft used to be pretty big into rc models but at least where i am that's not the most social or active hobby. ended up trying out airsoft, loved it and once i'd time served grabbed an f2000 (because bad company 2) and of course my tinkering nature took me down the rabbit hole of teching pretty quick. what do i like about airsoft? well there's a few things, certainly the fact it's a more accessible hobby for gun aficionado's in this country definitely helps, and as i mentioned previously the teching/tinkering element really appeals to me. i do also like the positive aspects of the community insofar as the variety and crazy things people do like dressing up as a cowboy and running around with a revolver not because it's effective or easy but because it's fun. the weird camaraderie you get from it is also quite nice. i do like that there's something for everybody. what do i not like about airsoft? the disorganization, and the general lottery where even a "good" site can have a day ruined if a bunch of players with questionable sportsmanship turn up. i especially dislike, although maybe that's just where i am/the sites i have access to, the lack of good rule communication/enforcement, with a chronic lack of marshalling staff both in terms of numbers, and in terms of staff that will actually deal with problems. it would be nice if it was organized enough to have a bit more assurance that a given game day can't be so easily ruined. do i think airsoft has health benefits? yes absolutely, as someone who finds it incredibly difficult to exercise for exercise' sake my fitness comes from activities that are either productive, or fun. and airsoft provides the kind of workout that i simply couldn't be bothered to do otherwise. i also think it's a good boost for mental health, taking a break from the normal daily routine and doing something so radically different with a bunch of like-minded people and meeting folks you otherwise wouldn't. needless to say lockdown really highlighted this and i'm sure i'm not the only one who has struggled to keep the fire burning.

my problem with the kriss, at least the airsoft versions i've seen (which are presumably trying to mimick the real thing) is it's the densest gun i've met. you pick it up thinking "it's an smg how heavy can it.... hnnnngg"

is it weird that part of me kind of likes that....... although this does expose a pet peeve of mine which goes beyond just airsoft, which is the fashion for 3-d printing all the things. 3-d printing has its place but sometimes i think what happens is more of a "if all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail" kind of thing.

oh god i truly detest those, for people that love winding magazines but hate reloading......

yes the point was the gun was meant to be cursed, not the whole image! meanwhile browsing gunfires catalogue: the g&g pcc45: https://gunfire.com/en/products/pcc45-submachine-gun-replica-black-1152229408.html "i may have mixed too many bloods" the src GGH0401 https://gunfire.com/en/products/ggh0401-pistol-replica-silver-1152215508.html for goldfinger's lesser known, not quite as evil cousin two finger the am006 https://gunfire.com/en/products/am-006-submachine-gun-replica-1152208286.html to quote the prophet "a creature from the AWB lagoon" the gpm92: https://gunfire.com/en/products/gpm92-pistol-replica-hunter-green-1152222228.html the new guy behind that presumably was immediately fired and sent back to Lamborghini and the HX20101: https://gunfire.com/en/products/aw-hx2101-double-barrel-pistol-replica-1152215370.html because a normal double barreled 1911 is simply not garish enough.

and i really wish you hadn't.....

so the a4k7 is heretical, but i think the bow will stand well at the witch trial.

i can only assume that you have, but your mind has wiped the memory for the sake of your sanity.

i knew someone would say that

inspired by this thread: figured we could have a thread to take a long hard look at some of the more *ahem* questionable gun design choices out there in the hope of helping us appreciate in these troubled times that things could always be worse....... so i'll start off with a couple: the krytac SDP: https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/electric-rifles-c45/krytac-alpha-series-sdp-aeg-black-p10693 for people who think you can apply the principles of a sawed off shotgun to anything..... the g&g pirahna: https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/pistols-c42/g-g-airsoft-piranha-sl-gas-blowback-pistol-silver-p11776 just because you can, doesn't mean you should. the g&g prk9: https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/electric-rifles-c45/g-g-airsoft-prk9-rks-aeg-rifle-with-etu-p11482 forgive us father Mikhail, for we have sinned. the lancer LT-33: https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/electric-rifles-c45/lancer-tactical-lt-33-enforcer-proline-night-wing-skeleton-gen2-aeg-red-p11073 just because california compliance exists, doesn't mean the rest of the world has to deal with that crap umarex race gun: https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/pistols-c42/umarex-elite-force-racegun-co2-pistol-p10751 i can't think of anything witty for that.... tm scorpion mod m: https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/electric-rifles-c45/tokyo-marui-scorpion-mod-m-machine-pistol-aeg-p8980 an answer to a question no functional human being was asking the g&p m870: https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/shotguns-c46/m870-shotgun-medium-de-p6639 at least airsoft guns don't recoil..... the FN 5-7 https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/pistols-c42/fn-five-seven-co2-pistol-p6451 every great band has to have that one song nobody likes the ak21 https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/electric-rifles-c45/nuprol-delta-ak21-black-p5769 for once i'd rather they'd not bothered and just made another m4 instead the desert eagle 10" https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/pistols-c42/tokyo-marui-desert-eagle-50ae-10-inch-barrel-gas-blowback-pistol-p2690 if Pinocchio was a gun...... the g&g crw cannon https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-rifles-pistols-c38/electric-rifles-c45/tr16-crw-cannon-dst-blowback-gen-2-p1515 i mean i suppose at least they're not just glossing over the necessity of the buffer tube on an AR i'd go to a different shop and keep going but i just don't have the mental fortitude left.....

please tell me that box has a whole rif in it, because that would be such a beautiful mockery of their "firearms declaration" procedures.....

it's true though, when you look at the reviews of a product you don't care how many 5* "good buy" reviews there are, you go straight to the 1* reviews because that's where people will be putting the information you care about.

i think its mostly the short mag, i understand they're somewhat rare for the vector.

me too, i think it's mostly because i hate gyms so a day lugging around a heavy pew is my substitute arm workout. although i reckon the jg might even be heavy by the time lockdown has withered what little muscle i had to begin with.

owch, sounds like he's bitten off more than he can chew. i've never had a problem with them including phone calls/emails going just fine but then i've not ordered anything in the past year.