Impulse

Welcome back! Good that everything was working well when you got it out, as I know that not everyone is that lucky, especially reading some of these other posts... 😂

Definitely something to be said on this and it's why I run a symmetrical setup on my belt kit. It allows me to have both pistol mags and rifle mags in places that aren't too awkward to reach, as if they're too far back it is very awkward and the movement can easily give away your position And as has been said already, split rigs are also really useful, especially since it sounds like your playstyle is similar to mine. Those are the chest rigs I use with my MWSs, because it allows me to unclip the front and push it aside so I can still get low to the ground. I have the Condor Ronin chest rig and the hydro harness and it works really nicely.

I use just a belt kit for most of my setups, but I have a proper harness for it so it's like a webbing kit; it's the Warrior Assault Systems PLB belt with the molle harness. It's all molle (and it is ALL FILLED, Mr. @Tackle, because that is the law), but I can still carry everything I need on it. For me, this is 2x double pistol mag pouches, 2x double .308 mag pouches, two medium vertical utility pouches and a medium horizontal utility pouch, all arranged symmetrically for weight distribution, with a water bottle pouch (for HPA tank or gas bottle) and radio pouch on the back and my antenna, headset, PTT and HPA line if applicable all threaded through the back molle and shoulder straps. It lets me go prone, crawl around and get nice and low to the ground which is very useful for sniping, but I still have plenty of space for everything I need on it. The only guns I use a chest rig these days with is my MWSs, because while I can carry 6x MWS mags in those two double .308 mag pouches, plus 4 spare pistol mags in the two double pistol mag pouches, that much weight all on the belt kit around my waist is a bit rubbish and moves about more than I'd like.

I have plenty of AEGs! They're all in boxes because I don't like using them. Ideally, I'd use gas guns all year round, but gas powered bolt actions and DMRs don't have the consistency for it when it's really cold

I think you would need to get a 10.5" or a modular barrel. I don't think the 14" barrel has a section that can be unscrewed like you're saying. At least mine doesn't!

Ok, so today was both good and awful for me at the same time, so it was a weird one and I am conflicted. Went to Worthing for their Christmas game and the gameplay was great and it was all really good fun with people running around in silly dress up and the games worked really well and were very enjoyable. The awful part was my own kit and some struggles I had, but even that was a good thing because it was an experiment, so it was definitely a conflicted day for me. I decided to try the MTW again after sorting the suppressor foam and also trying it without a suppressor and it was still hopping inconsistently all over the place and I'm mega pissed off with it and I'm just sending it to super5ives to sort out because I've had enough. I tried removing the SI nozzle to put the stock one back in and it tore the o-ring; while I could replace it myself, I've spent months on this gun and I'm pissed off with it as I've never been able to use it at a game day. Still got all the original parts so depending on what they need to do with it, it might be covered under warranty (they told me as much when I explained the issues to them), but we'll see on that front. Fuck that gun. It's my most expensive gun and it's pissing me off royally. Going to get it reverted back to stock setup, then I will probably barrel and hop rubber it and that's it. No fancy hop units, no fancy nozzles, no nothing. Got a PDI 6.08 (where the hop window has been widened) that I'll throw in there and a 4uad bucking and nub that I'll put in the stock MTW hop unit. I tech all my non-AEG guns and this is the first one where I can put my hands up and say "I made it worse" and I'll own that, but it doesn't mean I'm not pissed off with it for being the one gun that decided to buck the trend of all my other guns that I've teched being phenomenal 🤬 Anyway, MTW rant aside, I also left my regulator at home, but fortunately I borrowed my friend's so I could try using my lovely m700 with the HPA tapped mags. In short, it wasn't worth it. It was a massive faff all day trying to reload, I hated the line and got it kinked and caught a few times, and I couldn't get too close to the ground because the magazine and line poking out the bottom were too tall. It shot beautifully for the most part, but the general manipulation of it around those tapped mags was awful. Going to put the fill valves back in (I only tapped 2 mags out of my 6, but will revert them this week) and wait until it warms up a bit and just run it on propane again; it's better like that anyway, I just wanted to try using it in the winter and it was not worth it. Also I had an "I wish I had a GBB pistol" moment today while using my mk23 because none of my team were pushing on a flank and we were getting constantly shot in the side, but I was holding the area where they were going to come out and as soon as they did I lit one up with the mk23, but there was a bit of "nah you didn't hit me" after I put an entire mag into him and watched at least 6 of the BBs bounce off his black hoodie that just made him scoot behind the cover a bit more after each one. Frustrated by this, I then pushed up to try and get him and got a lovely burst of full auto at about 10m at about 20rps, so next game day it's back to the hi-capa because I think I would've hit him even more with that and maybe he would've taken it, and if not it's far easier to push players with a GBB than a squishy-squooshy mk23 trigger. I think this is how I'll rotate them; if I have a moment with the hi-capa where I wish I had the mk23, the next game day I will use the mk23 until I have a moment where I wished I had the hi-capa, then I'll swap back to the hi-capa. So next game day will be a hi-capa game day for sure. As for the games today, they were pretty good. They were all festive-themed, with the morning having one guy dressed up as a present (he had a cardboard box around him) and both teams were fighting over him and had to take him to different bases to win. I think the games flowed well, were good festive fun and we were blessed with the weather as there was very little wind and no rain, though it was overcast all day. There was definitely some questionable hit taking from a few individuals, but we're talking maybe... 3 or 4 people that I came across all day. Again the marshalls were largely on it, so that's always nice! In the morning, I had one guy not taking his hits while I was sniping him in the open, then a marshall came and stood behind me to watch my shots and magically the next shot I sent that way sent the player to respawn, and the one after that sent his friend back too. Funny that once a marshall in bright orange was watching, the players sheepishly put their hands up and went back to respawn 😂 So in short, games were great, weather was great, MTW I want to throw against a tree, and I learned that I hated HPA tapped m700 mags. Next game day is one of the special ones, so I'm really looking forward to that one. Will bring my co2 VSR to that because I know that works well and I don't want to spend that game day faffing in the safe zone!

That's a good way to look at it. The long mags tend to be a bit better than the short mags, and the gun is definitely at its best running on gas as opposed to co2 or HPA. I use propane in mine as well, as I've moved to it since I use so many gas guns now (m700s and MWSs make up... 6 of my guns, all of which are among my favourites!)

With the stock 640mm inner barrel and black gas and .48s... Yeah, they do biiiig numbers. Sounds like a similar setup to the King Arms bolt, which is what I have in mine, though the King Arms one is pretty tight so good luck adjusting it with a thumb and not taking the bolt apart and using a screwdriver. EDIT: This also made me think, it's similar to HPA today, except back in the day we (almost) never had any issues with m700 snipers abusing rules and there were no tournament locks... At least I never had any issues with guys using them at the sites I played at in the UK or Spain

Tanaka bolt actions used to have a very easy way to adjust the power (I believe it is a grub screw in the bolt), but then there was a ban on it in Japan. Pre-ban rifles have that super easy adjustable bolt, while post-ban ones are a bit more involved to adjust the power, but it's still possible.

Oooooooooooooooh, a pre-ban m700 that has already been shortened (this is a good thing because stock they come with a 640mm inner barrel which joule creeps to hell!). Shame about the paint job, but a pre-ban is still a pre-ban! I've found that my m700s tend to like around 15 celcius or higher when using gas. As you get closer to 10 celcius the consistency of the gas really takes a hit, and lower than 10 celcius and it becomes unusable. The two ways around this are either co2 mags (they have issues where the power drops as you deplete the co2 bulb, but it's nowhere near as bad as the drop you get on regular gas when it's cold), or HPA tapping a few mags and embracing the hose pipe. Wherever you take it, I hope you enjoy using it as much as I enjoy mine! (it also feels unique as not many people run gas bolt actions. At my local site, it's just me and my friend who use them) Even though my co2 VSR has been performing amazingly well recently (and doesn't have the same co2 issues as the m700 would because it has a regulator), I have taken drastic measures because I just... prefer my m700s, how they feel and work and I want to use them, even if it's only as a backup gun during winter because my MTW is preferable. I have accepted the forbidden hose pipe because the fittings were cheap and I had magazines that I wasn't otherwise using... Will test on Sunday to see if it's okay or if I hate the air line as I tend to do, but they are air tight with no leakage. If you were going to HPA tap a magazine, do it with a long one (Action Army or King Arms) because if you want to HPA tap a short one you have to drill and thread them. The long ones you just replace the fill valve.

That definitely dampens the mood on it, but... I still kinda want one. And it's really good. I sometimes use it for my mp7 and I have no complaints about it.

It basically comes down to what you want it to do and in my opinion it comes down to three categories: stealth, loud and proud, and lightweight generalist. If you want stealth, the mk23 is unrivaled. It's a NBB gas pistol which means that it's incredibly quiet with a suppressor, and they can be tuned to hit ranges well past your MED with the aftermarket parts available. However, if you need to shoot them fast, they have a really squishy trigger which has an awful trigger pull on double action, and the force required to pull the trigger will usually shift your barrel ever so slightly and cause you to miss a lot of shots if shooting it fast. If you want a bit of firepower and going the loud and proud route, a compact SMG or SBR is great. Lots of people have recommended the Cyma mp5k and I can wholeheartedly agree with them; I have one and while it's a bit heavy, they can shoot phenomenally well. I'm also looking at my boneyard JG skorpion AEP and thinking about getting it fixed up and tuned to be a nasty lightweight BB hose for Vietnam games; make the GIs think twice about charging this sniper! Otherwise I'd stick with the TM HK45 for a lighter weight alternative to the compact SMG. GBB pistols are great as generalist sniper sidearms as they're very small and easy to carry, and you can still put a good amount of rounds down at anyone who gets within your MED. I frequently use my TM hi-capa when sniping. You could also look at getting a Glock 18 or AAP-01 for a full-auto GBB pistol, but they tend to need durability upgrades if you want to use them full-auto a lot, as well as more efficient parts because it chews through a lot of gas and loses all consistency. Or you could look at a Cyma AEP, but they don't shoot over ~0.5J due to the limitations in design (they're so small and have a tiny gearbox); basically, full-auto on a GBB pistol isn't too practical, and AEPs lack punch to where you need to put a few BBs into people for them to notice them; a 0.2 or 0.25 BB at 0.5J doesn't make much impact. Personally, I tend to only use the compact SMG at larger or special events like AI500 or Vietnam filmsim games. At regular skirmish days, I don't tend to need the extra firepower and it's a lot of added weight, so I typically bring either a mk23 if I want to be sneaky or my hi-capa if I want a bit more punch.

I'm not familiar with the internals, but I'm assuming they take unbridged GBB barrels? If so, the Stalker barrels are really good and do all manner of lengths, but they're also pretty pricey.

I already have 4 (1x Tanaka and 2x KJW m700s, and a PPS Kar98k), but I'm still jealous of anything cool in that regard If it's a pre-ban Tanaka I'd be very jealous. If it's a pre-ban Tanaka m24, I'd be superdupermegajealous. Waiting on Raresoft to finish his website so I can request either a pre or post ban Tanaka m24 there (as he didn't respond to my Whatsapp message as I assume he's busy with this + Christmas), and maybe an AICS in the future Gas bolt actions are great and I want to see pictures!

Good to know. I picked up three Jaeger ones a few weeks ago for my MWSs to replace the RA-Tech ones because they are just a complete faff

Especially when you get people who will set it up for heavy BBs. I think a lot of people will be setting it up for .3s or .32s, as most people who are willing to drop Wolverine prices on a gun are probably also people who are willing to use at least medium weight BBs. Speaking from experience on that at least, as I tend to tweak all my 1.1J guns for .32s (outside of a few exceptions like my m249 and my AEPs which are .25s) And then you'll get the really special people who will set it up for .48s. I expect this to happen because I've seen people with AAP wankergun HPA builds at 35rps or more, slinging .48s on full auto, so I fully expect some people to do the same with this.

I just got home from a really great game day at Worthing Airsoft today. Despite the rain (forecast said it would stop by 10am. It didn't...) the gameplay was really good and the vast majority of players were great as well (some notable exceptions, but we'll get to them ). There weren't that many people today, only about 40(ish?) instead of the usual 70 - 80, because of what I assume is a combination of people tightening their belts for the (expensive) festive period and also the crap weather. Anyway, once again I intended on using the MTW and once again it was sending BBs all over the place, not hopping consistently and just generally being a twat. Off to super5ives that goes because I'm at the end of my rag with it and our local site tech recommended them for MTW work, so I'll get that posted out this week because I just want it to work properly! At least I brought the co2 VSR again, now with a new Tridos TDC installed and it was absolutely amazing. 2.2J on the money and sailing BBs out amazingly well to the 75m and 85m targets, so I went with that and the mk23 again this week. They decided to do smaller games today due to the lower numbers. Usually we'd do one big game that would last all the way to lunch, but with the lower numbers they decided to run a few small games instead and I think it worked well. First two games were essentially a king of the hill game on one of the bases, with teams swapping ends after the first, and I stayed far away from it and covered the flank instead. I was a little late out to the first game as I was finishing up with setting up my kit after the brief as I wasn't entirely sure if I was playing today (first week back at the gym and did a leg workout on Friday so I am sore!), but I got into my usual spot, hit a few players, then the first game was over and we switched ends. Second round I pushed up very aggressively to the point where I was told to move back by one of the marshalls, as he didn't want us to get too close to where their spawn was which was fair enough; I couldn't see or shoot their spawn from where I was, but I would've basically cut off an entire flank by myself if I stayed, so I get why he did it . The issue for me was that this put me in a much weaker spot, but I made it work out. A wave of players pushed up without knowing I was there and so I took the two front ones out with my mk23 and then the rear one with the VSR as he was trying to come in to medic his friend; I'm really starting to like this mk23 again. They came back and I hit them again, sniping one of them out on the approach, but he got pulled behind the barricade and medic'd. This time they had a good idea where I was so I fell back a little. Got another with the mk23 and then some questionable hit calling from another as he then gave out a bit of full-auto to my face, so I called it and I headed off back to respawn. The marshall who was about was on it though and gave the player a poke about being too trigger happy with his full-auto up close, but these things happen. Didn't manage to do much more after this as I got back up into a position, but didn't get any targets and then it was game over. Our team lost both of these games quite handily, so for the third game they swapped a few players to make the teams more even, and it led to a fantastic third game, though first I had to head to the safe zone to get something dry to try and dry off my scope, as I couldn't see through it at this stage with all the rain making it wet! Third game was a "gold rush" game, where there was a marshall with a box of gold bars in the central Tower base, defended by a juggernaut with a rubber sword and a load of grenades, and one of the other marshalls in the top of the tower who would shoot anyone who looked a bit too aggressive. Each team had a case which we had to get into the Tower, so we could take one gold bar and take it back to our respawn (I think? I wasn't listening admittedly, because I knew I wasn't getting anywhere near that with my setup). I set up in my favourite spot that watches down the main path leading along the side of the Tower base, with my friend set up in his spot that watches the arc to my left, while I'm covering his right; with a field to my right, where we set up we had an absolutely deadly crossfire and I was rewarded with one of those "this is why I play sniper" games. I got so many people trying to push up that side, and my friend was racking them up to the other side, including the same three from the earlier game. Multiple times. This is where I think tempers started to fray as I noticed this group of players start to not call hits even more. I even had one of them crossing the path trying to medic his friend, so I popped a single mk23 shot into his chest that he flinched from, but kept going, then started medicing his friend so I gave him 2 or 3 shots to the side of the face. He called those ones. One of them at one point tried attacking over where my friend was and started getting irate saying he was shooting my friend in the face and he wasn't taking his hits, but where my friend was he is surrounded by metal, so it's very audible if BBs are landing near him. I didn't even hear his BBs landing near me and I was closer to where he was shooting, so I think it was a classic case of "my gun can shoot 70m!" when in reality it was dropping at about 50m. I spoke to the marshall about these players and he said he knew and he was on it, so the marshalls today were clearly on point with any iffy gameplay and I assume they had a word with the offending players. That was the last game for me and my friend though. We were both absolutely drenched, scopes were impossible to see through again so I had an early lunch and then took the afternoon trying to sort guns out (as that was what I was thinking about doing anyway with my soreness and the weather being shit). MTW was still being a shit, so I moved onto the SRS and got that all set up nicely with the Stalker stuff, but that took a while. No hop it was 2.1J. With hop it shot up to 2.5J. Then I extended the airbrake in a bit and it was 1.5J. Then I changed the weight and it was 1.3J. The I took the airbrake in and it was 2.4J. Basically, it took aaaaaaaaaaages of me tweaking it, but I finally got it between 2.1 - 2.2J so that's where I left it. By this time, the day was basically over, so we packed up there and now I need to get all my kit to dry! Anyway, fantastic day at Worthing. Great games, great players (mostly), great marshalls, so it was great even though the weather was awful

If Santa could source and bring me a pre-ban Tanaka m24, that would be lovely...

I'm using propane now, but if I was going to buy cans of green gas I'd go with the ASG ultrair (the brown cans).

I think I agree with that. First AI500 I went to was at the citadel in Dover and all that was happening in the indoor segments was a barrage of pyro. The tan team got a massive box of pyro for free as there was one that was capturable provided by the sponsor that was in a building near their respawn, so naturally they got it all, which meant that it was a weekend full of being pelted by pyro. If there were greens in a room, that room got a pyro posted through the door.

I would never go to any sort of CQB site without earpro. Earmor m31s are cheap and do the job really well, but my proper CQB kit uses a helmet with Earmor m32s attached.

I've just got the feed lips that came on the Nov gen3 mags on them, with the purple nineball routers because they're a better design than the yellow ones that come with the Nov mags. I imagine it might just need breaking in, as I have a friend with the ASG mk23 and he uses the ASG mags with hadron feed lips as well, because the clone mk23s can have issues with sticky triggers with standard clone feed lips. Fingers crossed yours just need a bit of use!

That sucks to hear. Which mk23 mags did you get? I've got the gen3 ones in my TM mk23 and they worked flawlessly and it made me love that pistol again since they're easy to maintain (no bloody pins!)