Impulse

Still, I don't see why it should be so easy to copyright claim. It seems like a textbook example of fair use? It's definitely limited and for a transformative purpose as it's definitely a criticism. "In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work." However, he definitely should NOT have been doxxed. That's never acceptable!

I have the cyma cm.351M (the metal version of the shorty) and I absolutely love it; everyone should have a cheapo spring shotgun in their arsenal! Since I got a new rifle bag (needed one to carry both the VSR and m14), it has a pouch on the front for a smaller RIF so I'm going to be bringing it to every skirmish day moving forward after this damned lockdown. It's a great bit of fun and well worth the money, especially if you ever go to one of those games with special rulesets like pistols and shotguns only. Mine came with three shells and I bought an extra pack of 6, but honestly you don't need more than three or four and they're cheap as chips. I thoroughly recommend the cyma springers, though I'd always pay a bit more for the metal bodied one. Will it be the greatest performing RIF ever? No, but is it a fantastic bit of fun that will do exactly what you need a shotgun to do for a relatively small price.

I feel I need to make my obligatory "Warrior Assault Systems am bestest" post https://www.uktactical.com/p-8706-warrior-cargo-pack-olive-drab.aspx Not sure if it can take a 3L hydration bladder as I use a canteen instead in mine, but this is a fantastic pack that is lightweight but very sturdily built.

This is, honestly, one of the things that drew me to sniping. This happens a lot more often because MED

It's why I've converted primarily to HK pistols. The mag release is a lot less likely to accidentally press itself while I'm crawling through bushes!

Or drawing it and realising at some point your mag release has been pressed and ejected the magazine somewhere 5 minutes behind you...

You don't need one, especially if you're running an AEG with high cap magazines. It'll spend the vast majority of the day in the holster and the only time it will come out is when you're all shooting each other in the butt on your way between games. Are they fun? Hell yeah they are and I'd always recommend adding one to your kit, but is it necessary? Do you need it to be effective? Nope. If you're running low cap or mid cap magazines it's a lot more useful as you'll find yourself reloading in the middle of a firefight and might need to transition (which feels great). If you're using a sniper, it's essential.

I'll weigh in with "sort of" I converted my VSR to HPA and I love it. Wraith CO2 adapter is a fantastic piece of kit and lets me carry everything inside the RIF. It's silent, the bolt pull is short and effortless, plus I don't have to worry about tanks and lines and having a scuba tank to fill. The "sort of" comes from me buying a tank, mostly for a project I plan on doing in the summer, however I tried it with the VSR and didn't like having to carry the tank on my person. Sometimes I like to just put my rifle down and do some pistol work before going back to collect it, which you can't do with a tank; it forces you to at least sling your rifle which takes precious seconds. When I do HPA the m14, I'll be looking at ways of carrying either a small tank or trying to jury rig some sort of CO2 power source and keep them in a stock pouch. Thinking a smaller HPA tank in an Invadergear stock pouch. So for me, HPA is a great thing for snipers and DMRs (even if the m14 will be kept at 1.1J, the Polarstar engine is semi-auto only. I'm not a hypocrite!). For anything full auto or any pistol, I don't see the point. Battery and gas is far easier and more convenient, and if you want to take someone out silently, just carry a mk23. Yes, I get that the MTW is a fantastic piece of kit and one of the other ghillies at my local site has moved away from their SRS and onto an MTW, but if I'm going with something full auto, I'm just going with a simple battery. Plus, why would I want to use a power source that is larger than the RIF it's powering, in reference to HPA on pistols.

Around 500 leaves, all hand coloured and waiting to dry. I'm merging what works with my current webtex concealment vest ghillie suit with a new leaf suit; namely, elastic loops for natural foliage, so shouldn't need thousands of leaves to cover the suit. Just a couple to break up the uniformity (as leaf suits tend to come stitched in neat lines...). Also got more than enough raffia to scatter around Project 2 of 2 is moving along nicely. At this rate, I'm going to run out of projects before we get back out there 😧 If it goes well, I might indulge myself about £20 to buy some more leaves and inks so I can do more and bulk out my suit a bit more.

I just keep the original packaging and keep them in that. Works for me!

I've mostly been looking at unfinished projects and finishing them up; these two projects are leaf suit/chest rig/rifle wrap (not finished because I already have a webtex concealment vest based ghillie that works wonders, and my scrim net rifle wrap has been more than doing a sufficient job at camoing the rifle), and tweaking my spring VSR to bring the performance in line with the HPA one (not finished because I just used the HPA one all the time). I promised myself I wouldn't buy anything new until I've paid off my debts, so nothing has been bought and I didn't even renew my UKARA. Unlike the rest of you, my will is iron! With the VSRs, I think I've settled on my two builds as of today, as my springer is now quieter and running between 2.29 and 2.32J while my HPA setup I can just adjust to what I need and has always performed stupidly well. Looking forward to taking them out and seeing them perform at their peak once my local site reopens. The leaves are still to be finished as it takes ages! I've been colouring hundreds of leaves which I intend to use for a rifle wrap and also to craft onto my cheap Viper chest rig, because I'm not defacing my gucci Warrior Assault Systems one. If I have any left, which I really should because I have about 500 of them to colour, I'll craft them onto my NMG spring leaf suit that has been sitting in the wardrobe for ages because I typically prefer my lightweight webtex concealment vest based ghillies. The plan with the leaf suit is to stitch on some elastic loops like my webtex concealment vest ghillie has, as I've found that the artificial stuff is just there to compliment natural vegetation and I really like the elastic loop style over using new cable ties every game day. That being said, once the debts are gone (hopefully by summer), I want to get a Polarstar F2 engine for my TM m14 as I already have a tank, line and regulator. The plan is to run it as a silent semi-auto sniper rifle; will probably keep it at 1.1J as I don't think a 30m MED is worth it for 1.6J, but I'll basically use it the same way as I use my VSR now, just at 60 - 65m effective range instead of 70 - 75m. I think it will honestly be my best performing gun when it's all done, my airsoft magnum opus if you will, as no 30m MED is incredibly liberating and semi-auto is a lot faster than bolt action if needed.

Welcome! I was in the same boat as you just over a year ago. Hadn't been a part of the hobby since the late 2000s myself, but came back strong and loving every moment! And do maintenance stuff. I've been tweaking my RIFs and giving them all a good servicing because it's the only way to satiate my crippling airsoft addiction

Not the best time to get back into the hobby (damned lockdowns!), but welcome! Hopefully we'll be allowed to go play toy gun fights... at some point in the future.

I imagine you'd get plenty of shots even on a 12g bulb, though if you can I'd definitely recommend going for the 33g Wraith stock if it would fit your build. I've been tempted to explore some sort of CO2 option when I finally HPA my TM m14, as having it all self-contained is ideal and as you said you don't need a huge tank if you're running semi-auto only, though I fear I may have to go the tank route with the Polarstar F2 I plan on fitting into it. I run a Wolverine Bolt in one of my VSRs and it typically gets me around 140 shots per 12g bulb while I'm running it at 2.3J on .48s. I'll swear by Wolverine products when it comes to anything HPA; their kit is fantastic, if a little on the pricey side! On the topic of purely mechanical systems... I can see the allure, but it's not a big deal. Batteries for HPA setups are tiny and pretty unobtrusive and you won't be running out of juice; my battery barely loses any charge through a whole skirmish day. I've heard they can be not as consistent as battery powered setups, but that's literally just 2nd hand rumour I've heard and I have no experience that would either confirm or disprove this.

Welcome! If you're in Sussex, maybe I'll see you around if you come down to Worthing when this tier 4 nonsense goes away. In my opinion, buying from HK should only be used for specialist parts that you can't find in the UK; I typically won't buy from HK unless I absolutely have to. Got a metal, threaded outer barrel for my p226 because it was out of stock literally everywhere here, and some spare m14 gearbox springs because I lost one way back when I foolishly decided to do some work on it, but I'd never buy any RIFs or anything that I can get here. Seriously, once you add postage and import duties it basically ends up a similar price as if you just bought it here. Only difference then is that you waited a month or so for your order to arrive from HK as opposed to the few days it would've taken here.

If it's a two-tone, I'd get a new instead of upgrading as long as you have a UKARA defence now. In my opinion, there's no point throwing money at a cheap two-tone, but it'd make a great backup gun in case you have issues with a new one down the road. Unfortunately, I don't have masses of experience with M4 AEGs, so I can't really advise on which one to get though I've heard G&G CM16s are good? However when it comes to upgrades, I can throw in my two cents there. As long as your RIF is firing near or around 1J, don't touch the gearbox at all. The only thing I would change out at first would be barrel and hop up, as that's where the majority of your performance is going to come from. The only thing I did to my Cyma m14 was an r-hop inner barrel from Umbrella Armory and it fires amazingly . Some people might say that you can get the same range with the Maple Leaf Macaron rubbers, and they may be right; I have no experience there either so I cannot comment on the efficacy of those rubbers (but the VSR rubbers made by Maple Leaf are fantastic, so I have no doubt the Macarons are fantastic too). What I do have experience with is an otherwise stock Cyma m14 chucking .4g BBs to hit a man-size target at 60m 9/10 times and 70m 2/10 times. More than enough range for a 1J gun that is used like a DMR (but without an MED thanks to being 1J power) If it's not a two-tone, then I'd just upgrade what you already have. I am definitely more of the "quality over quantity" camp when it comes to airsoft, as I'd rather have 5 RIFs that shoot like dreams and work exactly how I want them to, rather than 50 semi-decent RIFs.

I totally agree here; a lot of people get mad and shout about hit taking when they have no idea where their BBs are going. I've had people moan to me with "I shot you like 19 times!" when they just did a great job at lighting up the bush/foliage, or their BBs are falling 10 - 20m too short. At the end of the day, you're firing a projectile that weighs a fraction of a gram at around 1J; it's going to be affected by literally everything, from wind to stray leaves to temperature. Even bolt actions will have issues if there's a leaf in your shot's path; trust me, I've seen way too many of my shots ruined by a dangly leaf... It's a little different as a bush wookiee, because you're usually taking shots at targets who have no idea you're there and through magnified optics. Maybe that's why I generally don't get annoyed about non-hit taking, because at the longer ranges, even with a scope, I can't tell if I've hit or not unless the person reacts to the shot. Seeing a 6mm BB at 75m is pretty darn difficult. Also, non-hit takers are a little bit amusing when you're using a boltie. If I'm slinging .48s at 2.3J, people feel it and will flinch from the hits so it's super obvious if they're not taking their hits. Furthermore, because they have no idea where the shots are coming from, I can usually make a follow up shot to convince them to leave.

Noisy, even with the airbrake and all my attempts to further silence it. Want to try the SAP as I've heard it in action in a guy's rifle that he did very little else to and was suitably impressed. I guess this is what I get for using a HPA VSR. Everything is loud by comparison!

Has anyone got experience with it? I'm waiting on mine to arrive and I was wondering if I have to put one of the weighted sleeves on or if I can just leave it as is without any weights. With a rapax 2J spring in my build at the moment with the SCW piston, I'm pulling 2.3J on .45s so I'm worried if I put a weighty piston in it will creep over the limit. Has anyone run one of these and if so has anyone run it without using any of the weights? I just don't want to damage it as soon as I get it!

Anything TM... Honestly though? TM 1911. Magazine gas reservoir is tiny, but I've used it in all weathers and it continously cycles flawlessly. I love it.

Fantastic game day today, despite being on the definitive losing team and it being cold and wet! Saw me hold a corner by myself with my m14 for over half a game; must've been about 20 mins overall. Felt like a woodland version of Black Hawk Down (you know the scene...) when they finally got me because I was down to my pistol and surrounded since the rest of the team had capitulated by that point. Don't need a ghillie to be sneaky, was just in my DPMs with some scrim net draped over my head and shoulders. Some minor feeding issues, but not enough to detract from the overall day. Also, my VSR got fixed, so I'm back to using that hilariously quiet rifle. CO2 power + suppressor makes no noise whatsoever.