Impulse

Just waiting on my Brownells order to arrive for a Hogue AR-15 grip, but I told you it wouldn't be an M4A1 for long... Easy enough to swap it around to being a near-enough A1 or A2, and had the m203 for about 15 years now but it never goes on anything (and probably won't, but I figured I'd include it because it could). Internal upgrades are a Stalker 510mm inner barrel that goes all the way to the flash hider, Flamingo 50d hop rubber, Jaeger Precision titan nub and NPAS. Same setups as my other MWSs so it should perform really nicely (different barrel lengths though, and a 60d in the mk12 because that's a DMR)

Because I've been in the hobby for a long time, and for a very long time they were made of cheese and were basically just nice looking paperweights. I've heard they're a lot better now, but it's also a hard sell for me because I have 3 MWSs; one DMR, one CQBR and one (soon to be) more recce style 1J long build that all share mags, so £700 + the GBBR magazine tax for an M110 isn't that attractive of an investment for me, especially since my mk12 MWS is a lovely DMR already. If a TM one came out, I'd entertain the idea, but honestly? I'd quite probably still give it a miss.

Last gun for the foreseeable future. It'd take something special like some sort of TM GBBR SR-25 (because I don't trust VFC) to come out, or something to catch my attention in the classifieds. This will not remain an M4A1 for long...

Cyma mp5. Whichever variant floats your boat, they're all pretty great. Some of the newer ones are the platinum versions, which are better internally, but I have a Cyma mp5k, which isn't a platinum, and it's really, really good with a simple hop rubber and nub change. Plenty more upgrades can be done to them over time as well, and because this is airsoft and not real-steel shooting, an mp5 will be just as good at range as any other regular AEG, so you could use it in woodland as well.

Ooooh, that's nice (for a glock... 😂). Try using a gun with an MED and you'll get plenty of opportunities to use that 🤣

Well that was a wet and windy one today, wasn't it? Went to Worthing for their annual tribute game called "Tom's game" in honour of Tom Andrews, the former owner and one of the real original airsoft guys in the UK who was an utter legend; he was the guy who got me into airsoft and was a lovely chap who just wanted to get people into the hobby. Got nothing but good things to say about the guy, but he unfortunately passed away about 9 years ago (I think, but could be wrong on the exact number), so every year the 2nd game day in January is in honour of him. That also said, I only played the first game (well, two games, but it was the same games but switching sides) today. Left my pistols, holsters, belt kit and ghillie (both my ghillie and rifle ghillie) in the car and just went out with my SRS. One mag in the gun, 4 mags in my pockets and no pistol for sub 30m engagements, so I had to be careful. It was a simple king of the hill style game at the tower base, and so I took up my favourite spot in the first game and got a load of kills from that spot, still totally invisible without my ghillie as nobody even shot at me, then 2nd game I... really started to feel the wind. I was trying to shoot at a guy through a gap, but the wind was catching my BBs before they even got to the gap and blew them way off course. It was during this game that it also started to rain fairly heavily, so I called it there. Had fun, games were simple but fun, no issues with anyone not taking their hits, and even the rentals were good today, both on hit taking and standard rental behaviours of giving your position away or friendly firing you; none of that happened! I knew I wasn't going to play too much with the forecast how it was, so the other guns I brought along were the Tanaka m700 AICS and my MTW 308. It's hard to say exactly because the wind was so strong, but both guns were performing flawlessly (all my shots were veering off to the right because of the wind, but the hop trajectory looked good!). I used my HPA tapped mag to test the m700 and with the parts I put in it it's shooting phenomenally well, then I set the MTW up for 1.82 - 1.84J on .43s as a DMR with the dwell appropriately set for the new 420mm 6.08 PDI barrel I had spare and so chucked in it (that was the power spread. Really consistent!). No longer having any issues with the inconsistent hop up either, so that is now (finally!) all sorted, so going forward that'll be my main gun until the weather warms up and I can go back to my mk12 MWS as my DMR and my various m700s as bolt actions. Very productive day, but far from ideal weather conditions for airsoft, especially sniping!

Tomorrow promises to be a rainy day, so I'm going to play while it's dry, but test and set things up when it starts raining. Got the MTW to properly set up now, as well as... this newly acquired and tidied up pre-ban Tanaka m700 AICS. Spent the morning scrubbing it down with rubbing alcohol to remove cobwebs and dust, and bathing a bunch of parts in WD-40 to get the rust off, then putting in a few upgraded parts (Action Army hop unit and nub, Flamingo 60d hop rubber, Stalker 570mm inner barrel). I'll take my single HPA-tapped mag for testing, and I've borrowed a post-ban bolt from my other Tanaka m700 to test this until I get an extended nozzle in the pre-ban bolt. I've set up stock alerts for some L96 bipod adapters / bipods, but my plan to put a suppressor on it failed though. I might try modifying an Action Army outer barrel (just needs two tapped holes drilled into it), but in all likelihood I'll just keep it as is. It's a lovely piece!

That would be amazing if you could. Sent you a DM!

Any site that chronos on .2s is asking for trouble. Every site I go to chronos on the weight you intend on using in game as it gives the most accurate depiction of the gun's power. If you're chronoing on .2s when you intend on using heavier BBs, I'd class that as cheating and potentially dangerous. Pretty sure if I got my m700s firing 500fps on .2s, they'd end up being over 3J, possible over 3.5J, on .48s because of massive joule creep. Springers don't joule creep as much as gas, but you'd still probably creep up and be over the limit.

Unfortunately the bolts are pretty different. Can't use an m700 bolt or that's what I would do Got 4 m700s myself

Got a bit of a quandary and wanted to get some extra opinions on this. It's an important one because not only is it an incredibly rare piece, but it also holds sentimental value for its owner. I've recently been given a friend's pre-ban Tanaka Kar98k G33/40 to work on (the short, mountain trooper version; it's lovely!), as it's very inconsistent and while I'm not a "tech" as such, I have a reputation of knowing a lot about these Tanaka rifles and their clones since I've worked on several of my own, so he has given it to me to look at. The cause of the inconsistency is very easy to identify, but not easy to solve. The old Tanaka rifles had awfully short nozzles that didn't go into the hop unit properly, meaning it didn't push the BB into the right place and you can even hear it rattling around if you load it and then shake it around a bit. This picture shows what I mean (taken from the m700 owners facebook group): The nozzle is definitely too short in his kar98k. I removed the bolt from my PPS Kar98k, which is a clone of the Tanaka, and the comparison is obvious. Insert joke of "you vs the guy she tells you not to worry about". First pic is the Tanaka, second pic is the PPS The issue I'm having is I can't just replace the nozzle easily. His Tanaka is a pre-ban, so the inside of it is threaded so that he can fit small restrictors to limit the power. This is how the really old pre-ban Tanaka Kar98k rifles did their power adjustments. The PPS bolt has a grub screw on the inside, accessible with a thin screwdriver through the nozzle, that regulates the power that is super easy to adjust; you can see it in my picture through the intake rubber because I was using it 1.1J in very warm weather last time I used it, so I had to have it almost all the way out. If I simply removed the Tanaka nozzle for a standard, but longer nozzle like I would on an m700 (they adjust power differently), then he'd have no way to regulate the power outside of using different gases, which isn't good enough and he'd struggle to keep it below 1.1J during the warmer months even on 144a due to these rifles having fairly long inner barrels and gas guns joule creeping to hell. Plus it's not possible to fine tune there and you will come up against situations where green gas might be 1.3J, but 144a is only 0.8J. This is how the power adjustment is done on his pre-ban Tanaka Kar98k (he has three different inserts of different sizes): So, at the end of all this I have come up with two potential solutions: 1. Replace the entire bolt, or at least the front end, with a PPS Kar98k bolt, as it is a clone. This will have an extended nozzle and an easy to adjust grub screw to regulate the power; all the owner would need would be a long, thin screwdriver, but those are incredibly cheap to pick up and he may even already have one. The downside of this is that nowhere even has a PPS Kar98k bolt listed on their shop, outside of Tiger111hk and they're out of stock and who knows when they'd be back in stock. Furthermore, from what I can test with my bolt, it doesn't quite fit in properly so I think I'd probably have to get a fresh bolt and then modify it somehow to fit. I am not 100% sure yet whether it's the nozzle width or the dead of the bolt that doesn't fit, and honestly I don't really have the tools for this. I have sent airsoftworld an email asking if they can directly order a bolt from PPS, as they stock the Kar98k itself (out of stock) and will still experiment because I'm not 100% sure if my bolt is stock, but if it doesn't fit I'd just keep it as a spare for mine. 2. Get someone to CNC machine a custom nozzle for the Tanaka bolt. Obviously this is going to require some pretty precise machining, especially since it would need to have the threaded inside for the restrictor valves. The upside of this is that I can get the ideal nozzle made, with the same restrictor valves to regulate power. The downside of this is that I have no idea how much this custom work would cost, nor do I know anyone who could do it. So... what are your thoughts on all this? I'm thinking that it's probably going to have to be a CNC job for a custom nozzle, as the PPS bolt option seems like it's actually more trouble than it's worth. Does anyone know or can recommend a good person or company I could contact for a custom job like this?

Welcome! I put all my AEGs away a while ago because of a similar experience. Picked up a TM AKM, squeezed off a mag on the range and immediately was like "I'm never using AEGs again" 🤣

First game day of 2025, first time I dug out my thermals, after being cold in the last game of 2024. Went to Worthing Airsoft yesterday for a quiet game day, as only about 35 players were there. It was pretty cold, but saved by the fact that it was dry with no wind or mist, so it actually felt warmer than last game day (though it's hard to quantify as I was wearing thermals this time!). I decided to try something new and took my HPA m21 build with me, as I have recently put a new hop rubber in and sorted the jamming issue, so I wanted to see how it would shoot. Brought the SRS as a backup gun though, because you always bring a backup! Used the mk23 as a pistol, because it's cold and GBBs aren't as happy in this weather, where the mk23 being an NBB doesn't have the same struggles. So first game was simple. Three fuel cans were in the Tower base. One side painted blue, one side painted yellow. I was on blue team and we had to get the cans so they were blue side up, yellow team had to make sure they were yellow side up. I went to my usual spot by the flank of the Tower base with the m21 and it was shooting fine. I'm not going to say it was shooting amazingly, as I feel like it was maybe a bit cold for the 4UAD hop rubber as I don't believe they are made of silicone, but it was shooting fine. I spent the whole game there, getting a weapon hit from the side because the m21 with the suppressor on it is a long gun and was poking out a bit too much but getting someone to essentially use my medic life to get the gun back in play. However, after the first game I decided to head back to the safe zone and swap to my SRS. The m21 wasn't shooting amazingly well, but there were two main annoyances. The bottle + regulator was quite high up, so when I was prone the regulator was jamming into the back of my head and lifting my ghillie up in a weird way. Secondly, with the line threaded through my left side, I couldn't sling the gun properly on my right, which is where my muscle memory is at and it was very annoying. So I missed the 2nd game (same as the first, but swapped ends) and got back out for the 3rd game which took us through to lunch. It was essentially a game of hangman, where a marshall was sat in an open area with a whiteboard and a bunch of objectives. One player at a time could go up to him and guess a letter; if you were right, he gave you an objective to take back to your base, if you were wrong, he started blasting at anyone nearby. If you guessed the word correctly, you got two objectives to take back, same punishment if you were wrong. We got hammered in this one and lost handily, but it was still great fun. I got into a spot fairly nearby to the hangman board, to the point where I got my rangefinder out to see if it was going to be a mk23 spot or if I could use my SRS, but my distance to the marshall was 32m and they were all approaching from the other side, so I was good to use the SRS. Managed to take out a lot of enemy players as they tried getting to the marshall or tried getting objectives away, but was eventually taken out as our team got pushed hard. Traded with the guy who got me, but it was much easier for him to get medic'd back in and I just went back to my respawn. I got back there when I got back in play, but it didn't take long for the yellow team to get the remaining objectives. I then fell back and took a position near our base while most of the team tried attacking yellow base (and failed ), as I wanted to make sure we didn't get absolutely wrecked. One of our team was also in the top of the base and there were another two guys behind me who had absolutely no idea I was lying prone about 5m in front of one of them. Right at the end of the game, a bunch of sneaky yellow players managed to get in behind and took out the other two guys behind me, but didn't spot me as they tried to enter our base. With me hidden and the other blue player in the top of the base with the objectives, there was no way they were getting in and I took them all out with the mk23 while one of the marshalls had a giggle, as they had absolutely no idea I was there. I just use a ghillie cape (no hood) and a crafted boonie hat, so it just goes to show that you don't need these all-over bush suits to remain hidden even with people right behind and next to you. After lunch we were down a bunch of players who left at lunch. We played a very fun and very silly game where there were 12 barrels (6 with yellow lines and 6 with blue lines) near a marshall and each team had to stack them up as tall as possible, with the tallest stack winning. The player stacking the barrels was invincible as long as they had a hand on a barrel (though they could still be shot at) and neither team could flank past the barrels. I took up a spot that my friend usually takes, lying on top of a fallen tree with some great lines of sight and great camo as I'd find out as enemy players looked directly at me, but didn't actually spot me. SRS was still shooting really well and I got some cracking shots. The first game ended in a tie with some barrel shenanigans that were rather amusing to watch, but when we swapped ends our team absolutely smashed the yellow team. I got into a spot where I was prone behind a tree, with a barricade to my left and a large puddle to my right and a great view down a path that would lead to their spawn. I was waaaaaaaaay too far to spawn camp, but anyone who came through this way got taken out by me with some lovely 72 - 80m shots (confirmed with my rangefinder). After this game I called it. Next game was a timed attack on some bunkers, but I had 1 mag left which was nowhere near enough and so I headed back to the safe zone to pack up. All in all it was a great day. I think the lower numbers led to some really good gameplay, the games themselves were great fun and the weather, while cold, was pretty good for airsoft as it was dry and not very windy. I'm also starting to feel the benefits of my exercise I started last month, as while I'm still carrying far too much weight, I found it far easier to move about and don't even ache today. Already looking forward to next game day!

Grey is the kicker. Most of my guns are .308s and I use these pouches on my rigs and belts for all my mags and they're fantastic, however they don't come in grey. Black or multicam black is probably closest https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/8fields-tactical-308-rifle-double-magazine-pouch?fv=20495 https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/8fields-tactical-sniper-rifle-7-62-mag-pouch?fv=17591