Airsoft-Ed

Yeah, I'm aware of all of those. I think if I had ArmAII and PR2 for BF2 you'd probably never see me on here, or airsofting, or anywhere lol I've got Sniper Elite V2 and it's wank. The first one was miles better. Wouldn't touch Sniper Ghost Warrior with a barge pole. As for DayZ, I've been watching a series on Youtube by SideStrafe about it - seems like my kinda game. Love the dilemma's involved in moving from A-B, whether to shoot or not because of the sound, having to take food into account etc. I'm one for taking things slow, thinking things through and planning for every outcome. Which is why I hate and am shit at CoD, everyone just runs about like a nob and hopes for the best. It's shit. I pretty much just play BF3, 'cos it allows me to play my own way as a result of the maps being so huge and it's the only console shooter there is that caters for that and my overly intense obsession with realism (even though there are still a billion things I could point out are wrong with a ton of weapons on Battlefield), really.

I'll have to look up some photos of them in action to decide whether OD or tan is the more authentic choice, but cheers for the links.

Sure, why the hell not? Lol. I can pay you via Paypal now btw, if you want to PM me the details. Additionally, do you have any links to helmet rubbers? I'm not sure what I'm looking for.

Agree with the above. People ought to talk briefly about why they ordered what they did and what other options were on the table at the time of ordering. Why go for that when you could've gone for this etc etc. Unless it's just like... Well actually I guess there's a debate to be had about every purchase.

Looking forward to the photos Liam. I hope you're getting that sexual 338 style muzzle break as well? I just ordered the Guarder M4 RIS from Fire-Support, it was cheaper than the Ares version and I've heard good things about Guarder, so yah. Also ordered a 455mm M4 tightbore, it's a Madbull, it's made of aluminium and it's a 6.01mm, so I shall be testing to see if the jamming rumours are true. My only worry is that it'll be too long. The outer barrel it's going in is roughly 16.5 inches, which is about 41.5ish cm... I'm hoping that a combination of the hop sitting back in the receiver and the flash hider extending the barrel by a cm or so will help to hide it. Otherwise I'm bollocked. Got some more Madbull blue rubbers too, can't have too many of those. From G1098 I ordered another LLM01, for the L119 build and partially as an excuse to get a newer one for my L85 so that the pressure switch will actually work lol. Also ordered some proper Oakley gloves, in large. So I hope they fit me.

Apart from Uni resits looming and my dog being ill, things are looking quite good for me at the moment. I'm in a happy mood. I've been paid, I've become a supporter of the forums and then some, which has really cheered me up and I've just applied for the role of UK Airsoft Players Union - Student Representative. I'm hoping my new forum status, as well as my self-set up airsoft society at Uni will give me an edge in the application process. Fingers crossed. If I get the place I might find some motivation to not fail this module and be kicked out of Uni haha.

I just purchased my AF-UK supporter life-time... thing. It says it expires in 2286... If medical science exceeds all expectations and I end up living another 274 years, then I wonder how much I could sue Dev for...

None of those things are problems. I was just aiming for absolute perfection. If you want a full rundown of it then I have two threads about it in the review section.

Were you having a seizure in the action shot, Chris? Haha.

I just wrapped mine in electrical tape to get it to fit snugly. As for the fit: The hop unit has two plastic pieces that sit in the front of it and grab the barrel. They're C shaped on the inside, so when they're together they form an O shape that grips the barrel. On the inside edge of the O shape there are some square protrusions, which are there to fit into the grooves cut into the outside of the barrel. The protrusions on both of my hop units were too big for the cuts in the barrel, so I just sanded them away completely and rely on the friction of all the parts in contact with the barrel to hold it in. It stays in fine, no chance of it moving. You can actually remove the two parts completely instead of sanding them down, but you'll lose a weeny amount of air through the space you create by removing them. So just sand them down a bit and keep them in. You might not have any issues. Since the parts are made of plastic there's probably a degree of difference in all the hop units made. I doubt the tolerances are spot on for each one. You might be lucky. But I was unlucky, twice. But as I say, sand paper can fix it in about 30 seconds and it doesn't alter the performance. If the parts do need sanding, you'll know because the two pieces will be a giant arse to get back into the hop unit. You can use the screws to fasten it back into the outer barrel to tighten them up and force it all back together, but then the barrel will be squeezed insanely hard by the protrusions and it actually causes the barrel to bow inwards, not enough to notice by eye, but your shots will get caught and you'll see a massive dip in fps, as well as general performance. So ensure it all fits together smoothly and don't force anything.

I had a patch on, it's on my chest, just can't see it in shot because my gun's covering it.

Hmm, did you buy it second hand? Those faults seem very uncharacteristic of the ICS L85, it ought to come stock with an M120 spring, which on the middle tension setting ought to be around the 350-360 mark. Either you have a fault with either the piston, piston head, cylinder head or air nozzle, or you've got a really low power spring in there at the minute, probably an M85 or 90 if it's only shooting at 250 - 290 fps. If the trickle issue has sorted itself then it's probably best to leave it as it is for now, it might have been something to do with the hop, it might've just needed a few shots through it to bed in or something. Airsofting isn't an exact science unfortunately. The fire selector thing sounds quite odd, I've never known mine push further than it's supposed to go, but I'd hazard a guess that if you push it beyond a certain point then the bar that connects the trigger mech to the fire selector will be pushed into an unusual position in relation to the gearbox. The position in relation to the gearbox is important because the bar interacts with the cut off lever in order to provide your semi fire mode. The bar moves with the cut off lever on the inside of the gun when in semi and as it moves it pushes the trigger off the contacts, breaking the circuit after one cycle. On auto the bar and cut off lever are left to their own devices, but if you push the lever too far, it might block the cut off lever's movement, which would cause a jam in the gears = no firing. If the selector moves beyond the semi and auto selection points very easily then I'd advise replacing the fire selector assembly. Which is something I'm not sure how to do. But if the issues persist then you could damage the cut off lever, or strip the piston if it slips from auto to semi during a full burst. It'll probably survive a lot of harsh treatment because it's built like a bomb shelter. But unnecessary harsh treatment is best avoided I think. You might find that just taking the gun to bits and reassembling it will sort some of the issues, break out the tools, dismantle the gearbox and barrel/hop assembly, check them for anything that looks broken and then reassemble and test, there have been a few times when I've been unable to diagnose a fault and just taking it to bits has fixed it... It's weird. Not sure it'll work for the fire selector unless you dismantle that part as well, but I've never touched that before so I wouldn't know what to advise. If you get the BB trickle issue back though, then take it all to bits, it might well work. You might find that you aren't suffering from over hop or double feeding as a result of the low fps it's shooting at, as the fps increases the BBs pass the hop faster, causing them to spin faster, which gives them more lift. You'll have to wait and see how it shoots once you've fixed the fps up to 340, but using .25s will generally sort out over hop. I'd advise using .25s anyway if you want the most from the gun, range and accuracy are far better with .25s, that goes for any gun in my experience. As for my set up: I'm running a madbull M120 in mine currently and on the low setting it's running at about 365 fps, which I thought was pretty high, well, very high... But I figure it's just bedding in as it's only been used for two day's skirmishing over the last 4 weeks. My site limit is 370 so it's not an issue anyway. For 340 I'd say either get an M100 and use the highest setting, or an M110 and use the middle or lowest. You'll have to test the different settings with a chrono, but I imagine both springs will be capable of providing the right fps value for you. I find I get the best performance by using .25s at about 310fps, so aiming for 340 with .20s is probably a good plan. Be aware though, you might have to put a few thousands rounds through the gun for the spring to bed in, so if you're worried you might be shooting hot it might be safer to go for a lower power spring over the higher power option. For barrels, you can get any length up to 510mm, anything longer will be visible through the flash hider. The stock barrel is 480mm long though if you wanted to know. Any M16, AUG, AK, G3 length, AEG cut barrel will fit completely fine. A Madbull 6.03mm will improve performance, combine it with a Madbull blue hop rubber and you'll see a pretty noticeable improvement. Me and Finius both use TK Twist barrels though, which only come in one bore and I'm not even sure what it is, his is 480mm long though, like the stock barrel. Mine's 509mm. We also both use the Madbull blue rubber, but instead of using the nub it comes with, we use Big Out H Nubs. Though to be honest, any nub will do an alright job, I used a biro ink tube cut to size for quite a long time. You tend to need so little hop with the twist barrels that getting a snazzy nub is sort of pointless anyway. For mags, I use Magpul Emags now, but if you're after regular STANAGs then what I used to use were MAG made plastic mid caps, which I think come in either boxes of 8 or 10, I can't remember which, but they're around £50 in most places. I got mine from airsoftsupplydrop. Every mag I've tested so far has both fit and fed fine though. KWA, G&P, ICS, G&G, TM, my Magpul Emags obviously. Finius uses Ares mids if I remember correctly. Might be best to just shop about for the best deal. What was that you were saying about a long post?

Awww =[

YES! Here are some recent transcripts of our conversation: Finius: When I was in year 7 at Secondary school I performed an astonishingly dramatic rendition of the life of "Farmer Finius" in a presentation on the fuedal system, my classmates were so moved by my talents that it stuck Your clue was sh*t, so much for building suspense Me: Yeah It was I think you could link farmers to the feudal system though I mean, it was about the trading of land and stuff, right? Well, who has land? Farmers! Specifically, Finius the farmer. Apparently. Finius: Well, actually, Farmer Finius didn't have any land He worked on Knight Gurnhams land Because in the feudal system Lords had most of the land Which they leased out to their knights And the knights then had peasants on said land doing all the work for them Me: Well Y'know you said my clue was sh*t? Have you seen the thread recently? Finius: Yes I have But the point was You wanted to generate interest Without giving it away Me: Ah well You're now Farmer Finius Which tbh I think is a much cooler name than just Finius

He has said that if I start calling him by the "full version" he will shoot me to pieces. But I think it's good enough for me to be able to live with that. It comes from a nickname he got at school in year 7, for playing the role of a character in a play about the feudal system. Which I know isn't really much of a clue... But it's all you're getting.

Photo of me with all my current gear, taken earlier today. Can't believe my site got them all up so soon, I'd only just got in and they were up already, epic stuff.

I have discovered the origin of "Finius'" name, which I think is pretty epic in a funny way. I'll wait for interest before revealing. Though I don't really want to overhype it... Additionally, I had my best day's airsofting in about a year today, so I'm happy about that too. During the day I gained a Mk-VI helmet, a SUSAT replica and a new holster. To be honest, I'll probably end up selling it all on for some dosh to put towards my British kit, or my L119 build, but it's nice stuff to have all the same.

For nothing?! Can I have it all? Pretty please.

=O I wanna know what it is! Finius prompted me to become a forum supporter the other day, by saying he's going to upload his porn-y photo shoots in the supporters forum. Which I forgot there was even one of... So, when I get paid, I might have to let go of £30.

Just discovered this stats site, which I think is pretty swish. I like knowing I'm in the top 1% of players on the 360 with my awesome headshots, skill level and longest range headshot http://bf3stats.com/stats_360/Bullet4MyEnemy#360

Yes. Considering how utterly sh*t my M16 was, this is actually amazing. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. It ALMOST matches my L85 on range and the accuracy isn't far off either, which is actually depressing considering the amount of money I've sunk into that. I think it's shooting at a pretty high velocity though... LWA quote it at 360 fps but I'm guessing it's fitted with an M120, so it's probably more like 380. I've got an M100 lying around so I'll have to take it with me on Sunday when I go skirmishing and if it chronos hot I'll just have to swap the spring out on site. Which I don't fancy doing, so I'm just going to hope it's sub 350fps and amazing lol. Due to the size the weight is more centralised too, giving it a much better weighty feel than my M16.

It didn't really have a colour to it, it just looked like regular glue. Except it can't have been "regular" glue because it was waaaaayyyyyy too hard to get off.

Got it off now. It seems it was fastened on with glue made by Satan and then screwed on extra tight by the hulk. Jesus.

I've had a screw driver through the flash hider to give me more leverage and it feels like if I push any harder the whole thing will just break to pieces... Can loctite really work that well?

Not only that, but the flash hider won't come off! I need it to come off and it seems to be fixed. f*cking fuckedy sh*tty sh*t f*ck.