Impulse

Yeah, one of the great parts of Worthing is they have a range that goes out to 85m, so I'm always using it to zero my sights and set my guns up, though since I have to move scopes between guns I usually have to do this at the start of every game day. It's also where I did all my testing around various power limits with my various guns; tested between 1.1J and 2.3J with my m700s and tested between 1.1J, 1.48J, 1.64J, 1.88J and 2.32J with my HPA m14 and my MTW, as well as one of my MWSs Well, it goes out to 100m, but it's hard to get an angle on the 100m target and I think it might've fallen off the tree it was attached to...

Been running civvie kits all summer, but now that the leaves are falling and sight lines will open up a little, even if Worthing is still difficult to snipe at in winter with all the twiggy bits, I feel like it may be time to return to the LRRP setups. Worn with m81 (freedom and apple pie, babyyyyyyy 🦅 🦅), this is the current setup I'm going with. Will generally wear the boonie and stash the viper hood and cap in the bag as an "if I need it" kind of thing. Will also carry scrim net for the rifle to break up the solid black colour and using elastic bands to secure it allows me to add some natural vegetation as well. I'm not painting that beautiful piece of airsoft history and while I have a ghillie rifle wrap, I like taking the real-steel approach of "do not use any camo that impedes the workings of the rifle" which ghillie wraps very much tend to do; the number of times the ghillie material flaps up in front of the scope while I'm trying to aim I swear to God... Repro invisio earpiece, cam cream, rangefinder, compass, elastic bands/hair ties and binos also in the kit, but not included in the picture because I forgot. Also carry BBs, gas, another canteen of water and sometimes some snacks in the backpack as well, often using it as a rifle rest instead of the bipod once I get into a spot. I also might remove the right-side pistol mag pouch and leave it empty, as it resides just above the pistol when the holster is attached to my trouser belt. Quick-draw pistol access isn't needed for this type of kit, and I feel like having the extra magazines might be more worth it, but I need to see in game how it feels. The pistol does clear the kit fairly easily, but it's ever so slightly in the way. The pistol also changes depending on my mood between the HK45, 1911, p226, hi-capa, AAP-01 and mk23, but at the moment I'm feeling the immersive suppressed .45 (it's a subsonic round, so a suppressor actually works decently well on the real thing, and I prefer the GBB HK45 over the NBB mk23, especially for sniping) Backup rifle tends to be my 16" SRS as it's small, light and easy to pack and bring to a game day. I never plan on using it, but it's good to have a reliable backup that I can just throw in without worrying about having to tune it for the weather like I do with the m24. However, this kit can do all of my MWSs as well (those double .308 mag pouches fit 3x MWS mags nicely) so it basically covers all of the rifles that I use between my m700s and MWSs, plus my backup SRS and MTW, and hopefully next year will include a GBBR m21 build.

+1 for real ammo tins. I have two real ammo tins, one for sniper/DMR ammo, one for rifle/pistol ammo. I chuck a few silicon packs in each to make sure there's no moisture that will degrade my BBs Plus, it's immersive.

I've been tempted to put a Russian kit together myself, because EMR + smersh (also in EMR) is a vibe. Don't have many Russian weapons though (I don't like AEGs or HPA that isn't fully self-contained, and I'm not shelling out on a WE SVD) so I would probably need to modernise my AKM, without totally changing the structure so I can return to old-fashioned if I need to. But I have to be really tight with money at the moment (want to buy a car ideally before Christmas and also max out my lifetime ISA limit for this financial year before April), but I've been browsing HK stores for TM AKM GBBR modernisation parts. I did resist the temptation to spend a couple hundred on a stock, picatinny handguard and a front grip. I swear, browsing those shops is a dangerous thing...

I'm currently trying to lose weight because getting fitter makes airsoft (and basically everything in day to day life) much easier. I really miss the times when I was much fitter and airsoft was easier and I was able to do so much more than I can right now. Definitely feeling the limitations of carrying 30kg of unnecessary weight around... However in the interim, I have become very good at hiding and all my rifles are pretty obsessively tuned. Sniping is a great way to play if you're overweight and unfit, because the whole point is moving slowly. Still a menace on the field, so 100% agree with you. There are many ways to make yourself more effective on the field.

I will say that my arguments for higher limits will come from a position of bias as I pretty much always do long range airsoft and it's what I enjoy (my longest hit in a game was 124m, but it was basically archery from an elevated position), but with how good hop ups are now, bolt actions and DMRs are a lot less useful with their current power levels. Granted, I still use them because it's what I enjoy, but in practical airsoft terms you gain very little from using a bolt action or DMR. I've done... a lot of testing with this, because I'm a big long-range enthusiast, and I'll go into details below. The TL:DR is that hops are good, and in airsoft practicality (not range accuracy, but a "I can hit that airsofter over there" in game) a regular 1.14J gun can hit players at the same ranges as a 2.32J bolt action rifle. I don't think we'd ever get higher limits anyway, because airsoft power limits are set by law (1.3J max full auto, 2.5J max semi/bolt action) and so we are constrained by that. The only variation tends to be on DMRs as even for me living in the black hole of airsoft sites that is Sussex, I've seen them at 1.48J (Gunman), 1.64J (Southdown/Allsorts), 1.88J (Worthing/Driver Wood) and 2.32J (Shift Your RIFT) Now if you want to indulge in my autism, read on. If not, stop reading and save yourself before it's too late... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'll preface what I'm about to say by saying that I don't care if your "bolt action hits 100m easily". I've been building sniper rifles and DMRs for decades, and I know in my eyes what the effective range is for a 2.3J gun; every time someone makes what I consider an outlandish or exaggerated claim about their gun's range, I have found it to be overstated 100% of the time and usually shoot worse than my rifles. My measure for "effective range" is being capable of hitting a man-sized target at least 8/10 times, preferably 9/10 times, in ideal shooting conditions (no wind, good visibility). All of my findings are from just me spending time on the range and tinkering with different guns and different approaches, so it's all coming where the shooter has the same standards. A well-tuned bolt action will hit a man-sized target pretty accurately at 75m with a relatively flat trajectory (a tiny little bump at the end of the shot). You'll probably be able to hit 85m as well, but that requires a bit of angling or increasing the hop up a little bit. You can hit out further, though at this point there's progressively more and more luck involved with the shot as range increases. It will involve more aggressive angling of the gun and the gun is probably moving when you rack the bolt with each shot, making it a challenge to reset to the exact same position. A well-tuned DMR (assuming 1.88J) will hit a man-sized target pretty accurately at 70m with much the same trajectory. You'll probably be able to hit out to 75 - 80m as well with the same practices of angling or increasing hop a little bit. It's also easier to do this as it's quicker and easier to make follow up shots with a DMR and so you might be able to hit a target out to that same 85m as the bolt action as you can walk in your shots a lot easier. Again, you can hit out further, but as range increases, so does the luck element. A well-tuned 1.14J gun will hit a man-sized target pretty accurately at ~55m with the same trajectory. You can also hit 60m pretty often too with gentle angling. However, the big difference here is that you have full-auto, and therefore the angling component of getting more range is so much easier. After all, a hit is a hit and it doesn't matter if that hit was one well placed shot, or 100 BBs sprayed at an angle. I haven't managed to hit 85m (partially because the tree canopy stopped me from that aggressive level of angling), but I have easily hit 75m with a 1.14J gun by flipping it to full auto and spraying at an angle (the target is metal and makes a delightfully audible pinging noise when hit). Is it as accurate as a bolt action rifle hitting it with 9/10 shots? No. Does that matter in airsoft gameplay terms? Not really; a hit is still a hit and that player is still going back to respawn. You also have no MED, which is nice. Accuracy by volume is a big part of effectiveness in airsoft because of how inaccurate our guns are.

I would 100%. If I had my way it'd be: CQB: 1.14J - no MED (pistols, shotguns, rifles, SMGs) Assault: 1.5J - 10m MED, semi-only (rifles) Gunner: 1.88J - 30m MED, must be deployed, must carry a 1.14J sidearm/secondary (LMGs, MMGs, HMGs) Marksman: 2.32J - 30m MED, semi-only, no trigger spam, must carry a 1.14J sidearm/secondary (DMRs) Sniper: 3J - 30m MED, bolt action rifles only, must carry a 1.14J sidearm/secondary Still no bang rule. If someone comes up on you and they're within your MED, that's a you problem and you will have to use your pistol/secondary. However, with great power comes great responsibility, and with how much shooting within MED, trigger spam and LMGs used like m4s I already see at game days, do I trust most airsofters with that kind of power? No, I don't think I do... 😂

I will embrace the cringe. I do plan at some point on getting some cameras and becoming yet-another-youtube-airsoft-sniper, though I have no compulsion to make a career of it and play into the drama-farming Youtube algorithm. I do think I have some interesting things to share though, part of which is a unique setup amidst the sea of over-engineered full body ghillie suits with MTWs, Tac-41s and Novritsch rifles. Will see though. I may just decide I can't be bothered and it's low on the priority list...

Don't threaten me with a good time! But I do agree that some real-steel shooting practices do work well in airsoft, while others (most of them) very much do not; some do work with a bit of modification though. I've got some legacy US military sniper handbooks and training aids, obviously not up to date, but from the 80s - 2000s, that have really helped me in my chosen way of playing airsoft. I find a lot of fun from adopting and adapting (where needed/possible) real-steel firearms practices into airsoft, without going to a silly degree where I'm spending thousands of pounds on high quality scopes, night vision, thermals, ways to combat night vision and thermals, and ten years supply of baked beans for my off-grid cabin in the woods. I might try and put together a DOPE card for my sniper rifle, though with airsoft and how wonky our rifles shoot by comparison to real-steel, it'd be more of a "rough estimate" than the exact readings you'd have on a real firearm. All that said, I do try and set up my gear to be as realistic as possible; such is the curse of being a filmsim immersion nerd. Proper number of mags set up in the right way, comms, observation kit (binoculars, rangefinder, and I want to get a wind speed reader) sustainment kit (food/water), and the airsoft essentials like BBs and gas that allow me to play uninterrupted for an entire day without needing to head back to the safe zone, or even to respawn outside of when I get shot. I carry all my kit on me, and more often than not I find myself reloading in the field as the way I play revolves around not getting shot, so I'll often fall back if spotted rather than risk getting taken out in an unfavourable firefight, or my position getting grenaded or sprayed with full-auto And if you want some very good, but very old sniper youtube videos, this was the channel that properly got me into ghillie sniping 18 years ago. None of this KM drama bollocks, just some good old fashioned sniping, the way it's meant to be done! https://www.youtube.com/@6mmhunters/featured

It amuses me watching the Labour party squirm every time someone asks them how IDs will stop small boats crossing the channel and people working illegally in the "shadow economy". Because as we all know, for illegal cash in hand jobs, employers are making sure they're following the law and asking their employees for ID 🤣 I signed it when it was still 100k. As soon as I saw this I searched and signed this petition because this is horrendous government overreach and will definitely be used as a springboard for more tyrannical practices in the future. My guess is central bank digital currencies will be next.

I've never had any issues with the EU Novritsch store. Granted, I haven't bought any RIFs from them as they aren't for me, but every time I've ordered something from here it has arrived with no issues and usually within the week.

JP MWS NPAS owner here. They were awful and I went back to the RA-Tech one. All the way open and I couldn't get my mk12 to DMR power (it maxed at 1.6J, my limit is 1.88J). As soon as I put the RA-Tech one back in, I could get up to 2.5J with it fully open. However, I will admit his titan nub works really well... Maybe that's in the 10% 🤣

Overvoluming won't cause power inconsistencies, it'll be accuracy inconsistencies. Basically, if there's too much air, then what happens when the BB leaves the barrel is that there is still high pressure air behind the BB which then escapes with it and rushes past the BB, adding a bit of spin to the BB in a random direction depending on how the air happens to escape in that shot, which won't always be the same. The amount of spin is tiny and far less than what the hop up is doing, but any random spin is going to potentially create poor accuracy since we're firing a <0.5g spherical projectile at 2.3J or less and using backspin to abuse the Magnus effect to float them out further; it doesn't take much to impact our shots. I'm also not an expert physicist, just a long-time airsoft sniper who probably has a bit of the 'tism when it comes to long range airsoft shooting...

The good: + 47cc cylinder volume + Weighted piston out of the box with weights to customise + One-piece receiver and barrel + Quick change spring + Firing pin indicator (I think this is underrated) + Great air seal out of the box (Negative Airsoft's video displays it pretty well) + Comes at a lot of standard powers, with FPS rings and the weighted piston it will be easy to really fine tune + Fake mag that lets you carry a spare The bad: - Proprietary hop rubber - 47cc is likely going to be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overvolumed if I'm reading it right and it has a 385mm inner barrel, which could cause inconsistencies. It feels like it was designed for the full thrust kit, not 6mm. The ugly: - The stock looks disgusting 🤮 Honestly, on paper it looks pretty good, and I hope it's good because I like competition, and the Tac-41 has been looking too comfortable on the "best overall bolt action" throne in my opinion. The two points it really lets itself down for me isn't even the appearance. It's the proprietary hop rubber and the fact that it's likely too overvolumed for the UK market. They should've just made it VSR rubbers out of the box rather than forcing a conversion kit for it. I reckon with the VSR conversion kit they're producing it'll be decent, but I'm still wary of that overvoluming. No idea if it's actually going to be any good as you don't know until you see it in the wild, but on paper it has all the makings of a good bolt action sniper rifle. I also don't care about 50rd mags. Action Army already did those for VSRs (though I wasn't a fan there either as mine had feeding issues), you can get 110rd mags for the Tac-41, and I use 10rd mags in my m24 and don't really ever get into trouble because of it. If you need to rattle off shot after shot to hit a target, then maybe sniping isn't for you 😂

Or at least going into MSPaint and putting red boxes over the items not included.