Impulse
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I'm not into impression stuff, however BHD definitely did influence my choice of RIFs because there are some really cool scenes. Why do you think I run not one, but two m14s as well as not one, but two 1911s? One of the least practical AEGs (because the m14 is so damn front-heavy and working on the gearbox is torture) and one of the least practical GBB pistols (because the 1911 magazines are so tiny and therefore can't take that much gas). Not all at the same time, of course (Honestly, its a combination of that BHD scene plus the all ghillied up mission in CoD4 where you use a suppressed m21) I will echo what has already been said here. I've seen a lot of gear-gatekeeping. People making these arguments about "no, you're loadout is wrong because that rig is actually from 2 years earlier" are often really annoying to me, because I see airsoft as a great hobby because we can all play it our own way. I dress up like a bush and sneak around with a silent HPA rifle and silent mk23 sidearm, making silent shots and not really affecting the game in massively direct ways; it's hide and seek with BB guns to me. Others grab their AEG and go super high speed, gunfighting over objectives and clearing buildings. Others set up their support gun and hose entire areas with thousands of BBs. We all have our own ways of playing, which extends to our choice of dress up. I'm also a fan of real-steel shooting gear, but I'll never berate someone for buying cheapo gear because it's what they like. Airsoft loadouts are very personal and nobody can really tell you that you're doing it wrong if that's the way you like to play. One of my m14s is super heavy, as I put a bipod and a rail handguard on it, with people saying "oh you can't do that because it'll make it way too heavy and impractical!" yet those same people will come up to me on a game day when I bring it out and say "wow, that looks really cool! What is it? How did you do it?" What I'll also add to the discussion is that I took a long break from airsoft from around 2010 until around 2018 and was shocked by some of the aspects of loadout building. People used to do impression kits all the time, but when I came back it was like "oh, that could be construed as stolen valor because you've got that patch". I get it, stolen valor is awful, but someone looking to make a relatively authentic SAS impression loadout because they played CoD4 and thought it was cool is not the same as someone putting on the uniforms and bragging about how they were in the regiment when they really weren't. I did an SAS inspired kit about 13 years ago because I played a lot of CoD4 and thought it was cool, but I never pretended to even be in the forces; it was all part of the dress up, like a costume. TL:DR - You do you. Make the loadout you like and you think looks cool. A lot of airsofters (I'd hazard to say the vast majority of airsofters) are lovely people and will likely think what you've done is cool and ask questions about it. Nobody will care if it's not 100% genuine authentic Delta with all the gear being surplus that was actually in Mogadishu and actually worn by that specific soldier. As long as it captures the look, people will notice and probably compliment you on it. Us airsofters love to talk shop about loadouts
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Anyone Gone GBBR Only - Even U.K. Winter
Impulse replied to Cyberlawyer's topic in Guns, Gear & Loadouts
This. I pretty much only run my HPA rifle these days, but my Cyma mp5k is always in my rifle bag. It's so useful having a reliable AEG to fall back on just in case things aren't working properly. -
Many hours later, the TM m14 is back together and is firing between 1 - 1.1J. It's perfect power, but I can't zero it or set the hop up until next game day.
I don't think I hate taking m14s apart that much any more. It's time consuming, but I didn't find it as bad this time. Shoved in a sorbo pad and perfected the AOE, but chose to not fix the fire selector (it snapped when I DMR'd it last year. Fixable with some electrical tape) as even though it's not normal AEG power, I still want it locked to semi auto as I'm going for a more sniper-y m21 build.
This'll last me until I get my hands on the Polarstar F2, but this was a cheap fix to make it usable for me, as I hate DMR power levels and 1.5J was giving me nothing over 1J apart from a pesky 30m MED.
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The 'What have you just bought' Thread
Impulse replied to Cameron364's topic in Guns, Gear & Loadouts
I know I said I would never open up that m14 again after setting it to DMR spec... I lied. Give me the strength I need to work on this v7 gearbox...
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Anyone here know the RPM on a stock TM m14 motor?
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Damn Patrolbase and their sales. The only thing stopping me getting 3 new RIFs is that together they would cost more than the Polarstar F2 I want for the m14, and I want that more while also saying I wouldn't get it until I finish paying off debts.
Having an iron will really sucks sometimes... *pouts*
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@Asomodai I was looking at the Bolt m4 (want one for a project), the Ares Amoeba sawn off sniper (1J CQB sniper project!) and the Chiappa Rhino (for pure fun factor)
However, I don't want them more than my perfect m14 build. I am a bush wookiee, after all.
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I'd love to be able to do that. I think at the moment I'll just run it on a sling.
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Cyma. Only about £140 and a brand that I typically like. Pretty sturdy construction on it, but I won't be too rough with it (no HK slapping!) because I know sometimes Cyma metal can be crap.
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Just arrived. Looking for a bit more firepower while moving around with the VSR at a skirmish day. Have 3 long midcaps too, because the stubby ones were out of stock
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I guess I know what I'm saving up for now...
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Need some advice from you lot. Got a prometheus blue flat hop rubber in my 416 and was going to test it this weekend. However, the Maple Leaf AEG MR hop rubber arrived today (thanks ak2m4 for the shockingly fast delivery!), so should I throw this rubber in instead for this weekend, or keep the prometheus in? it's basically between using the MR hop rubber with an omega nub, or the prometheus flat hop rubber with flat nub.
Both are untested setups, so I have no idea how it will go.
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Yep. Got the omega tensioner for the MR rubber and the prometheus flat tensioner for the prommy flat rubber. Think I'll take both as that seems like the best idea, though I'm eternally wary of doing tech work in the woods because small parts can get lost easily, so have to be super careful.
The 416 is my backup, so if it has issues it's not the end of the world. I'll be using the VSR and my bush suit, as usual, but it's always good to have a backup (the 416) or two (the cheapo cyma tri-shot) just in case!
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Rifle wrap arrived. I love it! Sprinter Custom Ghillie are ace! Does need a long rifle though, as that's a VSR-10 Pro with a suppressor (175mm) on the end, and the rifle wrap covers all the way up to the rail where the scope is mounted and I still have full access to the underside of the rifle so I can reload with no issues. Scope cover is a separate item that goes around the scope itself, but droops down low enough to also cover the rifle without interfering with the bolt pull. It's honestly perfect, one of the best £65 I've spent in airsoft. When I can afford it, I'll probably end up buying one of their ghillies too, if this is anything to go by.
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I disagree. I think agreeing with people is a great way to bump one's post count Wait...
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Oh maaaaaaaaaan, this better not be an elaborate joke from TM. I've been wanting a NGRS mp5 for years now, ever since I bought my NGRS TM416D.
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I'm only posting this to get my post count up
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Going to ache tomorrow, and I didn't even play for the first half of the day as I was sorting out guns.
VSR managed to invert its hop rubber and basically tear it in half, so I've had to come home and swap that out. Thankfully I have ML rubbers to spare, so I should be HPA VSR-ing next week!
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I'm looking at my HPA VSR and wondering how it's so bad. Sure, it's really quiet and the bolt pull is effortless, but getting a high ROF out of it is proving to be quite the challenge. What am I doing wrong?
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If this is a NGRS mp5, I know what's going at the top of the list of "guns I want to buy" as I've been looking at getting an mp5 to run alongside my bolt action. Was looking at cyma for a budget option, as the old TM mp5s are a bit dated, but if they're going to bring this out, it'd be perfect. GBBR would be nice, but with the UK climate I just don't want to have to deal with that gas inconsistency and winter performance. If it is an NGRS, I don't even care about TM power at 0.7J or whatever it will ship as, since it will be a secondary weapon for close range firefights. Oh why did you have to show me this, now I want to know more!!! 🤣
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I did the thing that loads of people say not to do; I bought a hand pump for my HPA tanks. Honestly, I'm pretty happy with the results; didn't take me too long to fill my 10ci tank that I will be using with the VSR.
Will try the 48ci tank when that finally runs out (won't be for a few months because I don't even have the Polarstar F2 for the m14 yet), which could take a lot longer and may not be too practical, but for the 10ci this hand pump is wonderful.
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Speaking from experience, 13ci to 3000PSI takes about half an hour (not accounting for a break to allow the pump to cool down if needed). 48ci to 3000PSI took me about 2 and half hours (which is accounting for cool down breaks, because there is no way of avoid that thing warming up more than is ideal with a larger tank). For me the most notable change in how hard it was to pump was going from 2300ish PSI up to the 3000 area, YMMV. And with a larger tank obviously you spend longer pumping at those higher pressures, hence the sizeable increase in time taken... alongside needing more breaks for things to cool down.
From 0-2300 it's pretty much a breeze, just need to make sure you're maintaining the proper technique throughout and not getting lured into the temptation of fast strokes equals faster fills. Should be stoke down, wait a second, stroke up, wait a second, stroke down, wait a second etc etc.
Hand pumps are a solid option as a primary means of filling smaller tanks, especially if you have a few to avoid having to pump during lunch breaks. They're good for topping up larger tanks if needed, but I don't think they're particularly suitable as a primary fill method for larger tanks. My personal experience would also say hand pumping much over 3000PSI would be really hard, so would definitely advise against it for tanks that go North of 3000PSI.
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I noticed it was significantly more difficult between 2000 and 3000 too. Fortunately it didn't take long to fill that with large strokes and it seems like the psi has settled to around 2600psi, as I didn't want to risk over-filling it. I'm constantly paranoid of screwing up and exploding things and seriously hurting myself
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Aye, you definitely hit a point where it's more body weight than arms than are getting you a proper compression. Taking it safe is never a bad shout, even with the protection of burst rings covering you from anything catastrophic, most of the gauges on the hand pumps shouldn't be trusted as accurate haha. It's pretty crazy how much of a dip you can get once everything has cooled down.
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General Guidance on Starting to Play Airsoft in UK
Impulse replied to Kin's topic in General Discussion
I hear you there. When I was in Spain it was the same, we just all showed up to an abandoned urbanisation and played BB wars. It was a simpler time... In the UK it's all organised sites with all the correct insurances and permissions from the local council, so you have to pay to play. Showing up to a disused location and playing BB wars will get you arrested here. Now, that organisation isn't a negative because you typically get higher quality games, actual marshalls to help the games along and more advanced gameplay experiences. Yes, it costs a bit in addition to our incredible, unrestrainable desire to buy ALL THE THINGS, but it's worth it in my opinion. I will admit though that it's a shame we don't have the option for more freestyle BB wars too. And yes, the urbanisations we played at in Spain were abandoned, because they were built illegally and nobody wanted to pay money to demolish them, so they just sat there. Lots of that in the south of Spain -
I hate that rule. You should definitely be allowed to run from grenades. Picking them up and throwing them back, on the other hand, shouldn't be allowed and I'm glad my local site runs it that way as that's dangerous; if it goes off in your hand (which has a decent probability) then that's going to do some real damage.
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Just play as a sniper, then looking like billy-no-mates is advantageous as no one will follow you around and give away your position In seriousness, go by yourself and within a few skirmish days you'll have a group of players that you'll befriend and hang out with. When I got back into airsoft about a year ago I went by myself and within 2 skirmish days I had a group of players I would typically hang out with through the day, chat with at lunch and sometimes even play together with when I'm not being a sneaky bush monster. For all the toxicity and drama that YouTube and the online space can produce, I must say that in person the vast, vast majority of airsofters I've met have been amazing people. Drama-llamas are definitely a minority!
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I don't offer surrender. If I have the drop on someone, it's one to the back with the mk23 or a tap with a rubber training knife and a whisper to let them know, regardless of whether they're a teenager or an adult; a single shot from a 1J gun isn't exactly life threatening, and I'm a sneaky sniper who doesn't want to risk them opening up with an AEG and alerting everyone to my presence. I've only had someone try to surrender kill me once, but they didn't notice I had the mk23 in hand and I just shot at them; they almost seemed surprised that I didn't take it, but they also didn't moan about it as it's within the rules to not accept surrender. They should've just shot me. I think it's a good rule to have, as long as people realise that not everyone will offer it and not everyone will accept it. If I was in that kid's position and surrendered someone (assuming I for some reason just grunted instead of saying it loudly and clearly), I'd just shoot if they didn't accept it. At the end of the day, surrender is a courtesy, not a requirement. Knife kills are just like getting hit by a BB, though. If someone manages to sneak up behind you and give you the tap of death, you should quietly take it and head back to respawn. I also don't think there should be MEDs for 1J guns, whether that's your rifle or pistol. I think bang rules shouldn't exist and if you have an MED you should transition to a gun without an MED if you're caught in that kind of situation; it's why I tend to move around with the mk23 out and the VSR slung on my back if I'm moving about the site, as if I do get into a scrap I'd rather be able to just raise the gun and shoot than take the time to transition and then start shooting. If you're in America running a 1.5J AEG with an MED, keep a 1J gun handy for close engagements. Sidearms are fantastic as they rarely go over 1J unless you actively try and push them to, and everyone can carry a pistol in a holster. The issue with the bang rule is you can say bang, they say bang, then people get into an argument over who said it first. Also, people try to bang kill from really far away sometimes, which is dumb. When I first started airsoft back in the mid 2000s, there were a lot less rules about bang kills (they existed, but weren't universally used) and there was no such thing as a surrender. When I first started, I was about 14 years old too, so I don't really see it as a safety hazard to have close engagements for teenagers either; I was much more likely to injure myself on the rugby team than I was playing BB wars. At the risk of sounding like a terrible, old-fashioned, empathetically-challenged human being, I think the current generation needs to harden up a bit if they're getting into a hissy fit over getting shot by a 1J BB gun too close. Fortunately, a lot of the younger players at my local site aren't like that; they play harder than most of the older regulars and are a lot less scared of getting shot at than the 40 year old tacticool milsim dudes xD
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That damned Polarstar F2 for my TM m14. I want it so bad xD I hate being a responsible adult with debts that need paying off first...
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I use Revision Sawflys with prescription inserts. They're fantastic, and don't fog much when combined with catcrap anti-fog. Also, if you change your mind on mesh, Heroshark does prescription inserts for his Mako frames. I've got a pair and they're fantastic, again I pair them with catcrap anti-fog and I never have any issues fogging because air flow is a lot freer with mesh. Which I choose to use is usually dependent on how I feel. Anyway, having a backup pair of eyepro never hurts!
