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See's Macks is 'hot'. "Is this it, has something happened that may cure my boredom momentarily?"

See's someone grumbling about Macks, while the thing they're grumbling wasn't actually on Macks. Thus causing a bit of ruckus on Macks, while still referencing the thing that wasn't on Macks.

Booooooo, I'll put the popcorn back in the cupboard.
 
Anyway, I imagine it'll be entirely ignored but I might suggest it'd be easier the sell the RIF itself with 1 or 2 mags at a cheaper rate and sell the rest of the mags separately. Ultimately depends on how much of a 'rush' there is on completing the sale, but had it been a RIF I was interested in I'd probably look at 8 500 round hicaps as a tad excessive to the point I'm paying for things I don't really have a use for. Food for thought 🤷‍♂️.

Well, sprititus don't care about air tanks for obvious reasons, but go to wtfidea.com and you'll be sorted in that regard I think.  Great gear company that started out in paintball.

Extremely jealous of the Spiritus back panel, have been waiting what feels like an age for them to turn up somewhere over here... and seemingly continue to do so. Fingers crossed that wait is over before too long. Lovely gathering of bits!

Obviously the tigerstripe fashion was last year so I'm late to the game but it'll be ok.  Did get asked to censor 1 thing by a company (for now) so apologies for the black blob haha.  Best thing I did was replace my really old pre-licensed VFC 'Stark' G17s with a TM Gen 4, bone stock, it feels toyish as hell by comparison but man it runs like a german train and shoots the lights out.  I started with TM pistols when I first got in to the game, stayed from the path some years ago with some VFCs (when they were truly mediocre at best) and going back feels gooood.
 

 
 

During initial installation the main thing that tends to need addressing is nozzle alignment. Often, but not always, you'll need to add shims to the outside of the gearbox casing/inside of the receiver to ensure the nozzle is sitting centred. Outside of that there is the potential for leaks, generally caused by loose fittings or dead o-rings.
 
Then you're largely looking at issues with hop parts not marrying up... but that's no different to when you start playing around with the hop/barrel of any RIF. Ultimately that'll be entirely subjective based on the results you're wanting/expecting and how realistic those wants/expectations are, as mentioned above.
 
Worth noting that these are 'general HPA things' to be aware of, not specific to installation on the specific RIF you've mentioned. There are a whole bunch of YouTube videos covering HPA installation so worth taking a look there if you haven't already.

Literally the thread below this one.
 
 
🙂

TM's
 

Definitely a departure from my usual tastes, but I’m into it.
 

 

I can only speak for the SRS one but it's a lovely bit of kit. So much to move around to tune it exactly as you like, the threaded airbrake is a very intelligent move. Swapping out the weighted sleeves is super easy, the only real thing to be cautious of is the lube you're using on/around the buffer/dampening ring. It's advised to not use anything with silicon in it because that ring will absorb it which will eventually cause it to swell and need to be swapped out (my SRS one came with a spare, can't speak for the VSR one). Though I do suspect if you're on the hunt to try and make a VSR running a spring as quiet as HPA you're going to be sorely disappointed.

Cheers,
Alex

I don't think I had a good understanding of how RIFs were performing until I started messing around with tracer units, was definitely an eye opener into how bad I was at setting hop earlier on in my days of playing. And also how bad I was at tracking the flight of BBs, something I'm still not great at.
 
Does speak volumes as to how far taking the time to understand the very basics of what each part in a RIF does. Truthfully I think the point at which it really clicked for me has been working on my SRS and MTWs. The modular nature of how they come apart made it so easy for me to really wrap my head around what each sub section of a RIF is there to do. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong and I'll happily edit, the last thing I want to do is spread misinformation.

My very rough break down of RIF sub sections:

'The Back' - Your cylinder, spring (if applicable), piston, nozzle etc. These are the parts which govern your power, power will increase your BBs travel time.
'The Middle' - Your hop unit and all that falls within it. These are the parts which govern your range, range will increase how far your BBs go. This is the part where 'the back' meets 'the front', if your seal and alignment of the back and front meeting is off you're in for a bad time in terms of consistency.
'The Front' - Your barrel, nice and easy. This is the part which governs your accuracy, accuracy will result in better groupings. I still don't fully understand 'which barrels are best'... largely becasuse like everything in airsoft there isn't objectively a best (despite how much faith folks put into anecdotal evidence). The only things I can say for sure are that a tighter bore will increase your power versus a wider bore, and the tighter the bore the more necessary regular barrel cleaning is (you should maintain your barrel in either case).
 
Intentionally very basic, and I'm sure there are many caveats but it helped me break down the 'airsoft jargon'. There are a lot of terms thrown around in airsoft, I can certainly see how that can be a bit of minefield.

Eh, my personal preference/thoughts is drum mags only look right on specific RIFs... often, but not limited to, ‘support weapons’.
 
But I don’t tend to try pushing my opinions on others. Irrelevant of how folks get enjoyment out of what they use and how they use it, I’d rather have folks to play with/against than not.

I’ve said it before, but people spend far too much time worry about what other people are doing/using. Often to the detriment of their own enjoyment. I swear airsoft is a secondary hobby to some, with the primary hobby being ‘moaning about airsoft’.

Eh, my personal preference/thoughts is drum mags only look right on specific RIFs... often, but not limited to, ‘support weapons’.
 
But I don’t tend to try pushing my opinions on others. Irrelevant of how folks get enjoyment out of what they use and how they use it, I’d rather have folks to play with/against than not.

I’ve said it before, but people spend far too much time worry about what other people are doing/using. Often to the detriment of their own enjoyment. I swear airsoft is a secondary hobby to some, with the primary hobby being ‘moaning about airsoft’.

As touched on by @Adolf Hamster movement/understanding of your environment is far more ‘overpowered’ (fuck me do I hate that term) than any form of camouflage.
 
As for the armbands thing, they don’t exist to give people’s position away they exist as a means of distinguishing which team your on. If you choose to make that information less obvious, then you can’t complain if the lack of it gets you nailed by someone on your team.
 
TLDR - Ghillie/leaf suits are just another variant of costume, if they’re working for the user then it’s because the user knows what they’re doing... and they could get much the same result without wearing one.
 
Edit: This is a reply from someone that uses ghillie/leaf suits and is absolutely not someone that knows how to use them.

As touched on by @Adolf Hamster movement/understanding of your environment is far more ‘overpowered’ (fuck me do I hate that term) than any form of camouflage.
 
As for the armbands thing, they don’t exist to give people’s position away they exist as a means of distinguishing which team your on. If you choose to make that information less obvious, then you can’t complain if the lack of it gets you nailed by someone on your team.
 
TLDR - Ghillie/leaf suits are just another variant of costume, if they’re working for the user then it’s because the user knows what they’re doing... and they could get much the same result without wearing one.
 
Edit: This is a reply from someone that uses ghillie/leaf suits and is absolutely not someone that knows how to use them.

Eh, my personal preference/thoughts is drum mags only look right on specific RIFs... often, but not limited to, ‘support weapons’.
 
But I don’t tend to try pushing my opinions on others. Irrelevant of how folks get enjoyment out of what they use and how they use it, I’d rather have folks to play with/against than not.

I’ve said it before, but people spend far too much time worry about what other people are doing/using. Often to the detriment of their own enjoyment. I swear airsoft is a secondary hobby to some, with the primary hobby being ‘moaning about airsoft’.

wait, there's more to airsoft than moaning about how other people play airsoft!?!? 

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Same as the others have said with the addition of, it'll hurt your wallet more than any BB could ever hurt them*.
 
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For sure, I've been impressed by the incrimental upgrades/improvements they make as a company so I see no reason to expect them to be any worse than the previously available offerings. Definitely some nice 'quality of life' changes in there, assuming the changes to feedtube/retention and the hop don't royally screw feeding up it's hard to see how it could be objectively worse... I'm sat here hoping they'll turn their eye to the AK platform now, though I'm not holding my breath!

In terms of playing around with hop components that's just the nature of the beast, and airsoft fallacies regarding 'the best length and bore barrel' certainly confuse things slightly. But it's all part of the fun, I love tinkering around... even if the end result ends up worse than where I started. It's such a simple platform to work on swapping things back is a piece of cake (Phoenix hop aside, but my experience is anecdotal at best).

I think this might be my favourite of the bunch, purely because it comes across as genuine disappointment that a ‘hop adjustment key’ is in fact just an allen key. No idea why I find it adorable, but I do.

Some might argue this is inspired thinking given how much value seems to be placed on original packaging when it comes to second hand sales. Cut out the frustration of trying to sell the actual RIF, just sell the thing that's clearly so desired.

Not sure about the gloryhole grip, but this speaks to me.

The biggest element to consider when looking at moving to HPA is the cost of your HPA set up itself as much as it is the RIFs.
 
First and foremost you need to consider how you’re filling your tanks. The cost of this can vary depending on the sites you tend to play at and if they offer refills. Assuming they don’t a scuba tank of some sort which filling adapters is generally recommended, assuming you have a dive shop locally that can fill your scuba tank.
 
The cost of your tank(s), line, regulator and ‘filling station’ will vary depending on what exactly to get, but in my experience/the experience of others I know which have done the same those 4 components will tend to run you £350-£450. So not a small expense by any means, and that’s before you’ve got any toys for that set up to power. Add in a £600 MTW, batteries and mags... you’re cruising over the £1000 mark.
 
As far as the MTW itself I’d tend to recommend the Inferno, especially to those new to HPA. Having spent a lot of time in various groups Reapers seem to be a lot more fussy especially when you come to wanting to swap out hop up components.
 
The ‘MTW builder’ is essentially there if you know exactly what you want, and exactly what you want isn’t available from a ‘stock’ configuration. Say for instance you want a 10.3” outer barrel, but a 7” rail and a CO2 stock installed by the folks at Wolverine. They’re very easy RIFs to work on, I’d tend to advise just picking up one of the standard ones and figure out what you want to change from there.
 
Length of the outer barrel/rail is largely down to your personal preference. Upgrades wise, as most will advise you, run it stock for a few games and if you feel you ‘need’ more out of it you can start messing around with the inner barrel and hop components.

The biggest element to consider when looking at moving to HPA is the cost of your HPA set up itself as much as it is the RIFs.
 
First and foremost you need to consider how you’re filling your tanks. The cost of this can vary depending on the sites you tend to play at and if they offer refills. Assuming they don’t a scuba tank of some sort which filling adapters is generally recommended, assuming you have a dive shop locally that can fill your scuba tank.
 
The cost of your tank(s), line, regulator and ‘filling station’ will vary depending on what exactly to get, but in my experience/the experience of others I know which have done the same those 4 components will tend to run you £350-£450. So not a small expense by any means, and that’s before you’ve got any toys for that set up to power. Add in a £600 MTW, batteries and mags... you’re cruising over the £1000 mark.
 
As far as the MTW itself I’d tend to recommend the Inferno, especially to those new to HPA. Having spent a lot of time in various groups Reapers seem to be a lot more fussy especially when you come to wanting to swap out hop up components.
 
The ‘MTW builder’ is essentially there if you know exactly what you want, and exactly what you want isn’t available from a ‘stock’ configuration. Say for instance you want a 10.3” outer barrel, but a 7” rail and a CO2 stock installed by the folks at Wolverine. They’re very easy RIFs to work on, I’d tend to advise just picking up one of the standard ones and figure out what you want to change from there.
 
Length of the outer barrel/rail is largely down to your personal preference. Upgrades wise, as most will advise you, run it stock for a few games and if you feel you ‘need’ more out of it you can start messing around with the inner barrel and hop components.