Airsoft-Ed

Are you being general when you say that, or specific to this incident? Because Ben (marshal) is quite clearly in there before the punch even gets thrown. I agree though, if you have an issue. Marshal. It's why they're there. It might hurt your ego to have someone else sort something out for you, but if you're big enough you'll take the hit (metaphorically speaking, obviously).

I'm kind of reluctant to share it because the majority of people seem to be taking the site's actions with regard to dealing with it very badly and I don't want to cause them bad press. The only reason it's my regular site is because it's the best site I've played at and the staff are phenomenal, as I'm sure anyone who's played there will agree. And I'm one hell of a picky motherfucker, so if I think a site's good, most people would think it's 10x better than good. But here it is. Leave your replies on here though, if you would, it's over and done with on the Facebook page. The damage has been done. https://www.facebook.com/Bullet4MyEnemyYouTube/posts/666911590050948

It's my regular site where it happened, and I'm surprised it was only a month ban as well. However, it was a month ban for both people involved, which I think puts the message across to those involved that the site are disappointed with how they've acted, but they're going to treat them like adults and let them figure it out themselves. Personally I think a permanent ban and having their name spread around is over the top, I've had genuine fist fights with people before, noses were broken and the police weren't involved because the fight in itself settles the score. Once a punch has been thrown, that's it, debacle over. The whole idea of setting an example by banning someone and spreading their name around is just petty fear mongering in my mind, if you just respect people well enough to trust them not to behave that way, they'll behave. It's the same method we use to run these forums and how often to we ever have any major incidents?

I just messaged these guys to see if they'd be interested in sending me a unit for review, some gameplay footage, general promotional stuff. Really, I just wanted one as a giveaway to promote my channel, because I think the whole thing is stupid... Anyway, they declined, but offered me a unit at a discounted price... Of £95 L O L If these things sell, I will hang my guns on the wall and stop playing the game. You would have to be literally brain dead to pay £120 for a strobe light with a laser trip sensor in it. I bet I could build a better looking thing for less than half the price. If they were under £50, I think they might be just about pricing it right for what you get. But ONE HUNDRED AND FU*KING TWENTY?! Seriously?!

Possibly, though I know little to nothing about UKSF, currently. I've heard that the Pathfinders use L119s and still use the Osprey, so I might build something up around them to start with. Ideally I want a really light weight set up, Ospreys are heavy as fook, I want the only heavy items on me to be the gun and mags. The rig is going to have to be at least half the weight of my current one for me to feel like it's worth buying.

That's the plan (Y)

I'm tempted, but I think I'll sell it and get an M4 instead, since I'm going to have 16 mags Unless I end up really liking the SCAR, I've never really used or handled one before, not sure I like the look either, but it might grow on me.

I know right? I don't even want a SCAR xD

I don't actually have my hands on it yet, and it might fall through yet... ...And I've not technically bought it as it's from a swap. But! On Friday, I ought to have a WE SCAR L in my possession, RA Tech barrel, hop and trigger, 7 mags, black with snakeskin camo job, in exchange for my custom L129 DMR.

When your AK breeds, I bagsy all the babies.

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmeeee.

Speaking of shotguns, someone really needs to design a mechanism that can make tri-shots (or more) semi auto. Or even full auto. I really want a Benelli Super 90, but I'll be damned if I have to have a silly pump action one. Surely it can't be that hard to just stick 3 barrels in front of a piston and then stick a P90 gearbox behind them or something? I can't believe it's not been done yet. Or failing that, some sort of gas or Polarstar powered mechanism. A gas blowback multi-shot Super 90 would be the absolute shit.

The MP5s are fooking phenomenal, I bought one as my first ever AEG and it's still running like new 3 years later. Very highly recommended, I've got a review in the review section somewhere.

Those filled in cogs are actually supposed to be like that, they act as a block to stop you from turning the hop past maximum in either direction.

G&G M14s are fairly decent DMRs right out of the box, mine came shooting at 390, all I did was put a tightbore and .30s in it and it was an absolute laser beam. Easy to lock to semi too. Not sure about how easy Version 7s are to work on though, as I could never even figure out how to get to the G&G one... SR25s have version 2 gearboxes, the G&G one has a standard V2 and a long hop, so the gearbox has more or less endless potential, but you're pretty limited when it comes to hop options, so you'll have to decide whether you think the hop or the gearbox are more important. Personally I think they're pretty equally important, which is what makes SR25 builds a pain imo =/ You could put a Polarstar Fusion engine into the G&G though; it's a drop in fit, you'd just need the longer Polarstar nozzle. They're expensive, but you could easily spend more than that turning it into an AEG DMR and it wouldn't be as reliable so I think it's a good route to take. If you want to build a DMR on the cheap, then the G&G SR25 will do the job.

Perhaps the Spectre I used was one of the shoddier copies then.

I know what you mean about them being too bright. The Docter I have on top of my ACOG has a very good light sensor for effective auto-brightness changes, in total darkness it turns off though. That's actually how you turn it off, cover the sensor up with the sight cover. But it's essentially always at the dimmest it can be for you to still see it clearly, unless it's too dark to be on. Additionally, because the light emitter is so incredibly tiny, it doesn't give you away as much as the huge ones EOTechs use, for example. I have this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reflex-Auto-Brightness-Mini-Red-Dot-Sight-Rifle-Scope-20mm-Rail-Docter-UK-00055-/181327666184?_trksid=p2054897.l5658 But I managed to get it as a package with an ACOG for £100 from RSOV.

I'm guessing you haven't used a clone Docter sight then? They're as effective as any other dot sight, they can be adjusted and they're no less precise either. They're not just pieces of clear plastic with a red ink plodge in the middle, they're actual holographic style sights and sell individually for between £30 and £80. Those iron sights on the other hand, are fixed and barely 6 inches apart and don't sell individually as far as I know - because they're useless. There's not a chance in hell of them being useable. I don't have a scientific source for saying that the eye relief on the Spectres is no better than ACOGs, but if you use both then you'll see what I mean. In fact, it's quite possible that the internal structure, organisation and size of the lenses etc. of both ACOGs and Spectres are identical with regard to the airsoft clones, the Spectres are just in a chunkier shell. The front and back lenses aren't actually lenses, they aren't part of what provides the magnification, they're just like shields for the actual internal gubbins, which in ACOGs at least, can be removed in a lump by taking the rear of the sight off. Conversely, never do that. The sight will fog slightly if moisture gets inside it, and any tiny bits of fluff or finger prints that you get on the internal lenses will be clear as day when you look through the sight. ...And they're the biggest cock in the universe to get back together.

Did you just post the quote on purpose? I realised after reading it again that it looks like it could be meant as a personal dig, that's not the case, I was just playfully continuing the pedantry theme lol.

It's unlikely you'd be able to see a problem with the o-ring. If gas can escape then there only has to be the tiniest of holes for it to leak out from, you're never going to be able to spot it. If you're sure it's coming from the release valve, then you could just buy a new valve, try getting hold of WE Europe on Facebook, I think they have a website too. In the meantime, you could try wrapping some PTFE tape around the valve threads, swapping the O-rings out, or just dousing them in silicone oil.

Lol no. (My turn for the pedantry) Those irons you get on top of ACOGs are not useable sights in the slightest, suggesting they can be used to the same degree of effectiveness as a Docter sight isn't that far removed from comparing a top of the line Schmidt and Bender... to not actually having any sights at all. They're that useless. The only reason I would look at those iron sights in a positive light, is if I was buying an ACOG with the intention of adding my own micro red dot of some description, either a Docter or an RMR, and I wanted to buy a sight with the mounting lugs to put the red dot bracket onto. Since generally, those irons can be removed. But yeah, they never line up properly, and the sight radius is so short that even if they were lined up right, they'd still be useless anyway. They're also not adjustable. Additionally, airsoft Spectres don't really have any eye relief differences over ACOGs, at least in terms of clone airsoft versions. But I would imagine the 1-4x variable zoom version would have much better eye relief with the 1x zoom setting, otherwise it just seems fairly useless - the biggest advantage of dot sights is that they don't have eye relief, so if you still had to get your head within an inch or two to use the 1x zoom feature... Well, what's the point? Personally I'd still rather have the fixed 4x version with a Docter on top of it though, I've heard that the variable zoom versions aren't all that great, and I think that I would personally find flipping between the two settings on the variable version a bit of a pain, it'd be far easier to just switch to a different optic on top of the Spectre, since then you wouldn't have to take any hands off the gun. Though I have no personal experience to back that up with, it might work great and what I've read about the variable zoom versions being worse might just be people being overly picky or something. Your cheapest option (if you definitely want a zoom optic) would be to buy a standalone ACOG, without any kind of back up sights, illumination or any other funky stuff with it, perhaps with a fake non-functional fibre optic strip, (or indeed just buy the one Lozart linked, though that's moronically expensive for what it is) - which you can get for around the £60 mark - then you can use the zoom of the ACOG for longer range targeting, or if you can't see your shots. Then for all other circumstances, just look down the side of your barrel and walk shots on target. Actually, if you just want the functionality of a scope and you don't really care what it looks like, you could get a sniper style air rifle scope for even less than that, which will probably have anything up to 9 or 10x variable zoom. They just don't look as funky as clone optics.

£99 for that is exceptionally good, I don't what makes you think it's expensive. Most other clones with those features are £130 minimum and the real steel optics they're copying come in at around the £2k mark. The fibre optic cable means that the ACOG reticle is illuminated by light shining on it, it's not a battery so it never runs out, but if you're in a dark place there's no illumination, so it's a bit useless really. Nice feature though, and realistic to boot. 4x optics aren't a lot of use in airsoft, I run an ACOG more or less identical to this and I find myself using the Docter sight on the top 99% of the time, I only use the ACOG if I think my shots are hitting but I'm not getting any feedback from the target, or if I'm unsure whether a log is a person's head or not. So it's good for more precise shooting at longer ranges, helps see your shots from a little further away, and it's good for scouting areas out with a slightly better view. Zeroing optics is easy, fire a few shots, then look at the adjustment dials. If you shots are going to the right, turn the dial to the left, if your shots are going high, turn the dial down. Keep doing it until you're on target. Same applies to both the red dot and the ACOG. I've actually zeroed both optics on mine to the same point, since I use the red dot for pretty much all targets at all ranges anyway, as I said. My guess is that it's an ACM (all china made) clone, branded ones are more expensive. But with airsoft optics there's not a lot of difference really, in fact in a handful of instances I've had better experiences with unbranded clones, than branded ones. The build quality will be the same as all the other equivalent optics on the market. They're generally the same product, just sold under different names from different places. You won't be breaking it unless you fire into it from point blank range, or smash it with a hammer. I've had mine for over 2 years and it's taken direct hits, hard knocks and all sorts. Got a dent in the top of the red dot's frame and that's about all you can see to tell it's been abused. ProAirsoftSupplies are a very respectable shop, I know their tech and he's a good guy. No worries with buying from them. Green fibre just means the ACOG will light up green instead of red. No difference to anything else at all. Not sure why the price is higher.

I think it would be, based on what happened to me. I was up for the maintenance aspect as well, but it's not really like maintaining an air gun or a real gun, you're as much looking for wear on the parts are you are ensuring that they work properly. You really need to understand how every aspect of the gun works, otherwise you won't know what to fix when parts fail, and parts will fail.

It's TAN!