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But now when you come to sell, it's had two custom paintjobs. One at Patrolbase and one out back here with a can of Krylon. God knows how many "airsmiths" have been involved now. £500?

I feel like “Toxic” has become the go to word for a generation who don’t know how to handle criticism or confrontation nor have they developed the interpersonal skills to simply hold a differing opinion on a matter without feeling the need to “out” the other party as wrong. I for one am offended and demand this is stopped now. Macks is part of the rich cultural tapestry of AFUK and this thinly veiled attack is no less than an assault on an institution

They’re a pretty discriminatory lot. My AK identifies as an M4 and someone on this thread threatened to burn me as a witch. Might need thicker skin for this place

Receiver and bolt with engraver. Should have it back next week with Winchester trades!

Whenever it ends up being, I’m still very much looking forwards to meeting you all, and shooting at you Is there going to be a mandatory 2m minimum engagement or do melee kills count, but potentially do damage over time

Shout out to Kyle at Hi-Capa hub. He's been beyond helpful with my new search for 4.3 parts. We're a bit spoilt now, what with Mike at Elite and Kyle at Hub both being super helpful and incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to tweaky high-end Hi-Capa stuff

FINALLY, going to see the engraver on Tuesday before work. Work’s been total chaos so pretty much everything has been put on hold for a while. I think the engraver is quite excited too. In 32 years he’s not been asked to do anything similar

I’m not sure if that’s better or worse than the blanket “no, fuck you” that some EU sites seem to be using for UK orders...

...bought more stuff, haven’t I? From an initial goal of rebuilding a SSP1 that had started to fall to bits Ive now put in the orders to put together a fourth. So, I saw a preorder for the Airsoft Masterpiece Battlecat 4.3 and now I’ve got all the bits for a black and gold Battlecat ordered. EXCEPT 4.3 rear sight. Where the fudge do you buy a 4.3 rear sight?

New slide in place, needs a bit of use to get it running as smoothly as I would like it to. Overall, it’s glitzy enough and seems to be chronoing fine at 330fps on Red gas. FPS drops rapidly after a few shots but it’s 4* outside and my bench is right next to a draughty fire escape. Front sight needs glueing and the magwells still aren’t here..

Although I’m growing less fond of that Begadi Alu slide, it’s not to blame. The RMR mount’s only fixture point was the screw into the bbu. Aside that, it just rests on the slide. I’ve got a 3D printed one from elite that has the same tabs that the standard rear sights use as well as the screw and it stayed in place fine. Just a shame it was fuck ugly... Either way, the RMR+mount adds around 50g to the weight of the slide, so I think I’m going to stick to the side mount option. Should have an Airsoft Masterpiece Mega slide tomorrow to slap on there too

If anyone is wondering what happened to the rear sight RMR mount, the inertia of the effing thing caused it to tear the thread out of the BBU! Quite exciting watching it fly past my head though... hence the switch to side mount

Still waiting to get those magwells back but here’s a quick update. The Notritsch has now got its optics mounted in a fashion I’m happy with and is running like a champ. The accidental Limcat is also almost finished. I think I’m just waiting on the magwell to come back. The Limcat hammer is a bit swish! The Baby Hicapa that came with the mount for the Notritsch is almost done. The outerbarrel causes the slide to lock up so I’m waiting on a Guarder barrel to arrive from Firesupport Finally, the IPSC holster is amazing. Combined with the IPSC belt, the holster doesn’t flap about and makes for a nice, crisp pull. Need to see how it holds up!

I’m hoping that I can make it to the AFUK meet up, vaccine pending. Hope you’re rocking the dual wield by then

The mulleted Togusa would be pretty awesome with the Mateba Pair of Cutlasses will be sweet, need to see some piccies once they’ve arrived!

I hope you cosplay as Revy with the Cutlasses!

I decided that, given 2020 was such a frustratingly dull year, I deserved a treat. The Notritsch is already going to have a facelift, now that I have a better idea of what I want from my HiCapas. I’ve got an AM Mega Slide on the way from HK, along with some AIP FO sights for the Notritsch and for the Limcat. Hopefully an AM advanced frame is on its way via new retailer HiCapaHub, who seems like a knowledgable and enthusiastic guy to deal with. I’ve got some magwells over with Mark at FMJUK being Cerakoted currently to match the tungsten grey that should be back soon. The latter part of January should be interesting for this thread. There will be three very distinct pistols built, two 5.1’s and one 3.8 for different roles. “Why a 3.8?” Ive carried a Makarov on my chest rig for a while and always found it a faster draw than hip-mounted when carrying a long gun like the M14. Problem with the Makarov was that I only had one magazine. The 3.8 is having a normal 4.3/5.1 grip, so it’ll have access to 6 mags, problem solved. ”Two 5.1’s?” Yup, one more traditional than the other for woodland play and one superlightweight job for indoor play with a frame mounted RMR to not slow down the cycling time of the slide. Ive also discovered the joys of the IPSC style holsters. I’ll post some pictures once the IPSC belt has arrived. They grip the trigger guard+barrel aperture so you can holster a hicapa securely, even with a RMR mounted via the frame. I’ll have to see how they hold up in a skirmish, but first impressions are good. I bought a £25 Amazon KO as a means of testing the water. If it holds up to the abuse, I’ll probably buy a real CR holster when this one breaks Happy new year

The devil makes work for idle hands... Mrs has been playing Mass Effect all day so I’ve been browsing websites, looking at Hi-Capa parts again...

A House move has been delayed due to useless solicitors and public holidays so I’ve been absent mindedly browsing websites and buying bits to take my mind off the move. Got a side mount on its way for the Novristch. Any recommendations on holsters that accommodate the RMR mount? The mount is coming with what is basically a free Baby Hi-Capa. I think I’ll replace my Makarov with it as a chest-mounted back-up back-up. Can’t wait to get fiddling with that! Ali

Different engraver found, waiting for quote. Just incase anyone was having dificulty sleeping - here's what a £130 Cyma needed to be a DMR. Gearbox casing is fine with no obvious defects, more for the ceremony than anything I've polished the rails with Mothers Aluminum polish. Who knows if it makes any difference but it makes me THINK the piston cycles better. Stock cylinder head was also fine so I've kept that and the stock cylinder in place. Unfortunately, the airseal was non-existant, I've kept the Cyma piston but changed out the piston head for a ported aluminum jobbie I had laying around. The stock nozzle wasn't great, so I splashed out on a Prometheus which seals and feeds. ASG M125 spring with a bearing spring guide coupled with a Modify 6.03 barrel if giving the desired FPS. There was no reason to change out the gearset but a saw a deal on some standard ratio Prometheus V7 gears that I couldn't resist... Quick shim and that's all happy. Stock bushings are fine. If you remove the selctor bar from the V7 gearbox, the cut off lever cannot be lifted. This gives a clean and reversible semi only lock. The Cyma motor wasn't great so I switched that out for an ASG Infinity 30,000. The ASG motors are a bit on the big side so a fair bit of filing had to happen to allow for proper motor height adjustment. Cabling was switched out for some decent gauge stuff and a Gate trigger cable was put in place. Currently there's a NanoHard in the stock set to no active-brake and 7.4V battery protection. Active brake was making the spring go TWANG bizarrely, but the gun doesn't require AB on a 7.4 and the trigger response is spot on. Finally, the Cyma Hop unit was not a great casting and actually asymetrical. I got a TM unit from FireSupport and went with the obligatory ML Macaron/Omega nub route. Fun project internally, but as usual I've spent more than the base gun on UpGrAdEs! I still can't hit anything, but I certainly cant blame the M14

Didn’t even realise it was a thing until now. This has been driven by the desire to have something that no one else on the field has. Where can I find out about the Namsoft? This coming year I’m going to dip my toe into indoor, it’d be cool to dive into some more Milsim based scenarios too. Got a couple of half marathons in the calendar, so the more games I do the less boring training!

Decided to strip the finish off of the stock as it wasn’t quite dark enough to look authentic. Some sanding and staining later and it’s getting close to where I want it to be. Didn’t manage to get to the engraver today so that’s going to have to wait until after Christmas. Bah Humbag

Believe it or not, this is what progress looks like... Mixed up some JB Weld to fill in the “made in China” on the trigger guard. Sanded down all of the seams. Seeing the engraver tomorrow fun times

Having had a few messages back and forth now. I’m leaning towards the new “sheen” of the E110. The more parkerised finish might be a bit dull for what I’m after. What did you do with yours Mr Helmet?