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(I did search before posting and am surprised no one has asked before) Wouldn't it be a good idea to add an Auction section in the Classifieds? for people like myself who have boxfulls of stuff to move on. Or would it be too difficlt to integrate it with the site?

If anyone's wondering, I am waiting on some more new boxes before listing - many bits too long and overall packages too heavy to send through the post as it is, and I'll need to split a few types into multiple packages to be managable.

Sadly unable to do this (or similar) due to ongoing health problems.😕

Hi Can't help much as I don't know the L85 of any make and I can't see the video, but what caught my attention was you say its been used as a prop for 8 years? I have a type 97 bullpup that had been used as a stage prop for years, and its original hop rubber was apparently natural rubber which had literally rotted inside it. I'll let you imagine what it smelt like! 😄 so I would check the hop unit especially the hop rubber itself and the nub as it may be perished or perhaps distorted by being left set that long, which obviously could easily interfere with BB's feeding. Also, probably stating the obvious again, but has the inner barrel been cleaned? My Type 97 had its own little ecology inside when I got it! It still suprises me after xxxx years airsofting 🙂 how little dirt/residue/dust in the barrel can cause feeding issues and jams. Also, has the mag been unused for years too? if so its well worth checking that for dust/dirt etc too, and if itsa midcap thats been left with some BB's in it the spring may well be weakened as you describe. Trying with other mags would show if the mag is the problem. Sorry for being so non specific and vague. Best of luck with it.

You succeeded - It did indeed make me chuckle 😄

Arrrgghhh! Trying to clear enough space to take some photo's and found another boxfull of bits - EBR/M14, m249 main body and a Scar(?) upper in desperate need of paintstripper! (My son has a 1903, might even be the same make but I don't think he has any spares for it)

Thanks both. I still Pew a bit using a golf cart type mobility scooter, but its not exactly stealthy! 🙃 but even with that I'm heading to ~90% chairsofter now. The pics above were just to give a rough idea of the scale of the problem - most of the boxes are ~60cm x 40cm, a few smaller and one much larger. Couldn't get them all in one shot hence the composite pic. I will need to spread out the contents of each one for actual selling type pics, plus the rule 5 bit of paper of course! 😁 I really don't want to have to fuss about with many individual bits, ~14 boxes plus about a dozen RIF's in various states to pack and post will be more than enough of a hassle for me to cope with as it is 😶. I'm not looking to get anyway near the true value out of this either (though contributing to my latest 'I shouldn't...' would be nice 😁), its more about moving the stuff on to people who can use it or even sell it on for themselves, and getting it out of my way.

Looking for some advice re selling off a load of bits and pieces, mostly by the boxful. A bit of background - When the Tech at my local site decided he'd had enough I already had vague plans to start a sideline tech-ing, as I have experience with electromechanical stuff as well as electronics and had done a bit for others as well as my own kit. So I bought most of his 'stock', including hire RIF's in various states of repair, spare parts, gearbox parts and complete, frames, mag's, broken or incomplete RIF's, et multiple cetra! There was quite a lot of stuff! Unfortunately my vague plans never came to pass, primarily due to ongoing health issues, and almost certainly never will for the same reason. So, I still have rather a lot of the stuff I bought, and with that and my own ever increasing collection, and never throw anything away habits :-), its got to the point that I literally cannot move in my shed without knocking stuff over, or going over myself! so I finally realized a lot of it has just got to go. So I'm selling off most of it. Some as complete RIF's, some incomplete, most as boxes of bits and some as individual bits. All used or parts only. The boxes are roughly sorted by type, AK, M4, G36, MP5, Pistols, MP7 AEP's, Bolt action and misc. bits. 14 boxes so far. Some example pics added below (I hope). But the question is where & how to sell it? Can't do a stand at eg the Gaol car boot/ arms fair because of the health problems. eBay seems obvious for parts, until some lowlife decides to report the listing for some petty online vandalism (happened twice). In the Classified's? I don't know how much interest there would be in boxes of mostly generic parts, or six ex hire ex two tone S&T G36's or two faulty MP7 AEP's. The list goes on PreFired or similar? haven't looked at any of them for quite a while, so I don't know which are good/bad/just don't go there. I'm not looking for silly prices for any of it, silly low maybe 🙂 , but do need it gone. Idea's and advice anyone? please?

Thank you 😁Its been an 'interesting' journey making it, with little previous experience using a CNC machine. A very high point was having the rare privilege of handling a real one courtesy of Jonathan Ferguson at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. Low points frequently included the machine doing what I told it to do, rather than what I wanted it to do! 🙃

Mostly CNC Aluminium & Walnut. Still very much a prototype but I'm going to (try) to use it this weekend.

Rifle, 6mm, No.9 Mk EM2 😁