Impulse
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I had a decent day, even though I couldn't use the VSR as the battery connectors needed fixing (they're fixed now and reinforced with a bunch of electrical tape!). We played a long game across the whole morning and I got a good number of kills from my hide next to one of the objectives, even after it got completely overrun and I repositioned to start shooting the enemy in the back. However, I think my days using the ghillie are numbered; if it was much warmer, I'd have dropped it as I was pretty damn warm wearing it today! However, I found that I'm really not used to using 1J guns, as I would get into a hide with my m14 and lament at the shots I could've made with the VSR that I just couldn't with the m14. I don't think I had anyone within my usual 30m MED once through the whole day, which made the fact I had no MED (as the m14 is 1J) a moot point. Next skirmish day I'm looking forward to using the VSR again. It's a much lighter-weight loadout than the m14 as the VSR is lighter and I don't need a chest rig as everything fits on the belt.
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Just finished watching Black Hawk Down (again) and reminded why my original RIF loadout was an m14 and a 1911. Going to bring both to skirmish this weekend; last time I used them I had that kind of moment defending an objective from basically the whole enemy team.
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You should look out for one of the rare left-handed M14s, as featured in Black Hawk Down.
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It’s actually a mirror M14 , film companies like to re-release different cuts of films like extended cut , directors cut , etc this is from the latest cut the ‘arse backwards’ cut , a unit of Murcan travel to Mogadishu to bring dead people back to life by sucking bullets out of them with there magical guns of life !
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First milsim event on the books and I'm going to ache tomorrow. Did something stupid like 24k steps through the event (kept my smart watch on under my gloves as I was curious) and only got 3h sleep! Was it enjoyable? You bet. Will I do it again? Probably not, but you never know. I think the happy middleground of filmsim / battle sim is where my preference will lie, as milsim just seems a bit too... uptight? Serious? Pay-to-win? (just keep reading, you'll know why I say this) I get why people are drawn to it, but to me it's just not my cup of tea; I play airsoft to have fun with friends and play BB wars and maybe do a bit of silly RP and follow a story through a longer event, I'm not looking for that strict military feeling. High point? Our squad using site knowledge to sneak behind the entire enemy team using a really out of the way route to start engaging them from behind, though a premature endex hampered our impact as it took a while for the squad to get into position. It's such an out of the way route that one of the others in our squad was a regular on site and he didn't know about it. Runner up was dressing up in civvie gear and shouting insults at a very on-edge Taskforce after they got a journalist blown up by an IED. Low point? No NODs in a sea of lots and lots of NODs (on both teams). Our squad did one firefight in the darkness because we were assigned to defend an objective and got absolutely rolled over by double our number where almost all of them had Gen2+ NODs, while our squad had none. I got one of them with the mp5k before getting hit myself as I just shot at the red light in the darkness, but the fight was over in less than 10 seconds.
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Off to my first milsim this weekend and filling my squad's sniper role. Wish me luck? I don't think it'll be my cup of tea, but you can't knock it until you try it, so I'm giving it a try!
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Full weekend proper milsim, or daily filmsim?
I've yet to try the former, but have really enjoyed the latter as a sniper/medic. There wasn't actually that much sniping getting done, but being the eyes of the squad (and crawling through the undergrowth to put heal tags on) made for an interesting change from Rush the Objective games.
As you say, only one way to find out if you'll like it.
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@Rogerborgit's the former; full weekend thing. I think I'll really enjoy daily filmsim, which I'll also be getting into this year hopefully, but full weekend proper milsim I just don't think will be for me. Especially since our entire squad doesn't have any NVGs so hopefully we can just hide in the bushes for the 6ish hours it'll be dark.
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Hi @Impulse! ?
Good luck at your first Milsim, see how it goes? ??
I’ve never been to one, might consider it? ?
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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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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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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 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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Decided to dive in and changed out the spring in the VSR. Laylax sp130 came out, Laylax sp90 and 4 tensioners went in.
Consistent and spot on 1.1J on .48s for no MED. Granted, it's a backup for if my HPA VSR has a tantrum, but I figured I'd give the 1.1J bolt action a go.
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I shouldn't have an issue with the hop not lifting them, but just in case I do I'll have some .4s and .32s around to try as well. As long as it's going 60+ effective range, I'm good with it as I'll be firing it from concealment anyway and my local site is dense foliage so anything over 60m is fairly rare.
Loving the bolt pull though. It's one of the things I love about the HPA VSR is that the bolt pull is effortless (as movement gives away concealment most of the time). Yes, there's a small amount of effort with the 1J spring, but pulling back this spring is child's play.
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Impressive.
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Ok, mag release screws in 1911s are utter craptastic trash. I gently unscrewed mine and it broke half the screw head off of my Bell 1911 (expected because that is meant to be a crap gun), but even the TM one warped horrendously.
That being said, the Bell 1911 mag release is now on the TM, which I have decided to use for all my best parts to make it the most high performance. TM 1911 mag releases are shockingly bad and jettison the magazine if a soft breeze passes by. The Bell 1911 one requires a bit of pressure to push, so hopefully I won't lose any more mags!
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I was working on the 1911s and came across a metal feeding nozzle for it among my parts, so I installed it in the Bell 1911. Do metal feeding nozzles still exist for GBB pistols? If so, who does them?
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@Steveocee wouldnt a metal nozzle also make the gun get cold quicker with how quickly metal reacts to temprature compared to plastic there for reducing the power of the pistol a gd bit more aswell just asking out of curiosity with just getting into gbb myself
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@miserydrift no idea, I don't think any sane person has kept one in long enough to test it ?
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Since digging up my Bell 1911, I have the urge to get a left-handed holster and run around with dual wield 1911s. The issue I'd run into is the Bell needs red or black gas, while the TM needs green, so I'd need mag differentiation to avoid exploding the TM's polymer slide. The TM is the one with the suppressor. Honestly, the externals on the Bell are way nicer. The trades are 100% accurate, whereas on the TM it says "Tokyo Marui made in Japan" instead of "United States property", and the full metal construction is really solid. Looking forward to giving it some new, mostly Maple Leaf and Nineball internals when I can spend again.
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Dug out my old Bell 1911 and the magazine that was leaking gas. Managed to fix the magazine, so now I have the oldest gun in my collection fighting fit again. It's probably been in the hobby longer than some of you lot xD
Once I am allowed to spend on airsoft again, I'm going to give it an internal makeover. It's a really solid feeling pistol, full metal construction, upgraded recoil spring already and 100% accurate trades unlike my TM which has the TM trades on it too. Once I get all the internal parts for it to make it shoot amazingly (in theory. Worked on all my others!), it'll probably be a mighty fine fair-weather pistol on red or even black gas. Anything too cold though and there's no point even trying.
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Update on the spring VSR. I kept the Laylax 130sp spring in, but I swapped the Laylax 6.03 barrel with the Crazy Jet 6.04. This brought it down by 0.03J, so it's now chronoing between 2.32 and 2.29 on .45s, so we're in business! Hopefully once the hop is properly set, the power will drop a tiny bit more, giving me more wiggle room with upping the BB weight from .45s to .48s (as I'll be transitioning to .48s with the HPA VSR)
Just hoping I don't have to use separate ammo between the two VSRs; I'd much rather use .48s in both and I know the hop up can take it.
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Barrel diametre is just another way to fine tune the energy output.
Just one question:
Is there enough of a difference between 0.45g and 0.48g to justify the expense of buying a new barrel?
Because 0.03G doesn't seem much, especially when the "base" weight is 0.4g.
Also, the spring will lose some of its tension over time (all springs do, it's a matter of when, how much depends on the quality and Laylax springs are good quality anyway) so I wouldn't worry too much.
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@SkaraIt's mostly because I'll be running .48s in the HPA setup and don't want to have to buy two weights. The springer is, at the end of the day, my backup gun for if the HPA VSR has issues, so the HPA setup leads the way when it comes to BB weight. Want to go as heavy as possible because something-something-physics
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Spring VSR is chronoing at between 2.33 and 2.35J with .45s, putting it between 0.01 and 0.03J over the limit. The spring won't compress any more and I plan on using .48s when lockdown ends, which will creep the power a bit more. I'm so close, yet so far from my goal of having it as close to, but under, 2.32J
