Airsoft-Ed

I got an Aimpoint in a swap deal with an AEG ages ago, it came without a box or anything so I've no idea who makes it, but it's a fantastic sight. Never turned off or anything, awesome fun to use once it's sighted in correctly on an accurate gun.

I have a mate at Uni that recently picked up a real SUSAT for 308 squids... Might have to kill him for it...

The real thing was used as a marksman rifle when it was actually used. It didn't work as a squad automatic support rifle because the 30 round mags were too limiting for putting suppressive fire down, and since it was accurate out to 800m, which was further than the L85, it made sense to use it until a suitable replacement was found. I don't think they're used in Afghanistan anymore, but they're cool as shit and I know the internals like the back of my hand, so it seems a good base gun for a DMR. I'm literally just going to put a SUSAT on it and beef up the internals.

Noise isn't really a major issue for me, I'd just rather opt for range and accuracy over rate of fire any day and these gears ought to give me a faster pull on heavier springs, and hopefully meet with the pinion gear better this time around. I just hope they fit... I figure that on a lower power spring than they're intended to be used with, they ought to give me a better trigger response, so when I'm running them in my L85 I can run it as close to 368fps (on a .20, naturally) as possible with either .25s or .30s. Then once I've got the L86 I can just stick the same gearbox in that, stick a heavier spring in it and find a way to lock it to semi only for a DMR set up. Thing is, plans of mine rarely survive their full term... We'll have to wait and see how it turns out. A small part of me is slightly worried that I'm just going to end up utterly borking my L85 with a never ending ton of parts which won't fit into it. But I guess is the worst comes to the worst, I'll just have to order a whole new gearbox and start again, that's the beauty of the ICS L85, everything gets sold as a drop in replacement.

Fire Support rang me to say that they were out of stock of the high torque gears I ordered =[ Which kinda sucks 'cos if I use the new pinion gear with my current gears I'm just going to end up sanding it into dust again, which I'd obviously rather avoid. Still, at least it's saved me about £65 for the time being. Edit: Decided to get this set from Landwarrior instead: http://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2elandwarriorairsoft%2ecom%2facatalog%2fshop%2ehtml&WD=ultimate%20gear%20set&PN=Ultimate-Gear-Set-Helical-Ultra-Torque-Up-AS16596%2ehtml#.UUmvxFuAuFc If I run into any compatibility issues I'm going to be so annoyed...

Haha 9 hours. I went on for another 3 xD It was a good day

I have high hopes for it. At first I thought they might be turning into CoD and releasing games on a timetable every year, except it being every 3 or 4. But now I'm starting to think they're working on it so it can be optimised for the next generation of consoles. Which means we ought to see 60 frames per second gaming and at least 50 player severs on console, which is only ever going to be awesome news. I think they'll at least match the success of BF3, if not improve on it. I think I'll aim to get a gaming PC instead of the next gen consoles though, 'cos it's plain to see that the new consoles still aren't going to come close to a well set up gaming PC.

Yeah, I'll only make it up there if I can find a lift and get my gun back up and running in time. Which I reckon is doable. Just have to wait and see how it turns out.

Nope, Systema Magnum high torque motor's pinion gear sanded itself down to the point where it no longer worked. ICS stock gears have barely a mark on them. But the gearbox is now full of what looks like iron filings because the angle the gears engaged at was never quite right, so that's why I've bought the gear set too, aside from that I'd like to upgrade to high torque gears anyway. That doesn't sound very promising, do you reckon the bevel won't fit then? I hope it does... Though as someone pointed out on Facebook just now, I don't have an allen key small enough to replace the pinion gear, or locktite the new one on... As for more grease, I forget how the parts interact in a V2/3 gearbox, but in the ICS L85 'box no amount of grease is going to make the slightest bit of difference to how the cut off lever or anything work. I'll have to show you next time we get to a skirmish together, if that ever happens again haha.

Since my L85 unfortunately died today, sort of... The pinion gear ground itself smooth whilst the gears have no wear on them whatsoever... (so that's Systema parts 0 - ICS stock parts 1) It also decided that it'd fire full auto on single shot, despite my best efforts to stop it. Not a lot I can really do about it either, so I'm hoping a new cut off lever will fix it, if it doesn't I'll try a new trigger box and if that doesn't work I'm going to have to get the hammers and files out or something. All sounds mad, but if you know how the fire selector, gearbox and trigger interact on an ICS L85 then I can assure you I know what I'm doing lol. But yeah, despite the gears being fine and ICS parts seemingly being better than Systema ones, I've decided to fully upgrade the gearbox with Systema parts. From Fire-Support: 1 X Systema PINION GEAR for Turbo and Magnum Motors - Replacing mine that died today. Think it's because it didn't quite mesh with the stock gears, so to avoid it happening again, it actually makes sense to get Systema gears to go with it. 1 X Systema Flat Gear Set I ( Torque up) for Gearbox V - I hope these are compatible. They look the same as the stock gears and aren't all V2 and 3 gears essentially the same, bar build material/quality? 1 X ICS L85/L86 spring set - Last weeks night game saw a lot of rain and the rust on my gun is clearly visible both inside and out. Makes it look awesomely weathered, truth be told, but I don't want my tappet spring to bust, or the cut off one either. 1 X ICS L85 Cut off lever - Hopefully this'll solve the 'firing in auto when on semi' issue. Fingers crossed. 1 X Prometheus Shim Set - Just because. 1 X Systema Cylinder Head v2 Gearbox - Again I hope this is compatible 1 X Systema Air Nozzle for M16A2 and M4A1 - And I hope this is compatible too... But I guess the worst outcome is that I'll have to send some stuff back and try the V3/AK parts for compatibility and if that doesn't work the parts must be proprietary. Either way, if it all fits, I ought to have a gearbox good for a heavier spring. So when I do get the L86 I would've bought today had it not been terrible when I tested it - as well as me needing the money to revive my baby - I'll have a noice high fps gearbox rigged up and ready for it.

There is something wrong about it yeah... I'm a coffee drinker personally and I'm almost convinced it makes it taste different...

Yeah, aspects of BC2 were definitely more fun, sniping especially. I think vehicle explosions were done better as well, not to mention destructible environments and the freakin' awesome Vietnam expansion. If you could go prone I'd probably have gone back to it lol.

Don't knock ACM! I love my ACM ACOG

AIPSC has fps limits?