Spartan09

im not sure if this has been posted elsewhere on the forum, but i thought i would add it here. i was at RIFT airsofts "shift your rifts" event yesterday (not playing, but visiting the car boot and trade stands). while i was there i met and got talking to Mike from pewhubTV. during the course of our conversation he revealed that there are a couple of games being organised in ollies memory, with all profits from the days being donated to charity. i mentioned to him about this thread, and the love the community has for ollie. as mike mentioned that he isnt on this forum, i said that i would share the game dates and locations (with his blessing) to help spread the word. the first game is on Saturday 7th June at Spartan airsoft in Bristol, the second will be at C3 tactical in Monmouth on 13th July. both can be booked via the respective booking sites. mike also informed me that if you contact him through pewhub or the "airsoft says fk cancer" FB page and ask for it, he will provide a link so people can also book on for saturday 12th July to arrive at C3 and camp overnight for a pre-game social. mike has said the social is open to everyone, and if anyone books on, the link is free to be posted for all to see. i have not yet messaged to ask for the link, as i need to get holiday approval from my boss to have the time off for the event at C3, but i fully intend on going, and i hope to meet several of you there

yeah, i dont want to just rip things apart and break something by accident i might give that a try, but issue of anything under the paddles is keeping it fixed there with constant mags in and out not at home currently, so cant look, but IIRC there is only a small amount of the reciever under the top of the paddles, while the bottom part is exposed and could get caught if a mag is inserted/pulled out too quick... i will have a closer look once im home tomorrow or monday

that is the issue im having. the mag release paddles (circled in red in pic, and one on each side of the RIF) are the issue, and appear to be extensions which operate a recessed mag release button (in green, only on right side), so im wondering if the paddles can be removed without affecting the mag release button... or if i will have to figure out some thing else. while i appreciate the link, given the size and location of the paddles, im not sure it will be possible to mod the file enough, but i will ask my brother who has a 3d printer

hoping for a bit of tech advice from the hivemind. i have a G&G ESB-10 gas shotgun i recently bought. i want to be able to run this as a backup gun for CQB areas, but i have run into an issue. if i sling the gun on my back, then before i can run more than three steps, the mag release paddles hit on my rig and i drop the mag, as you can imagine, this is SUPER annoying, and im wondering if theres any way to remove the paddles without wrecking the rest of the mag release mechanism. looking at it, it seems possible, but i dont really want to risk taking it apart without doing research first and asking if anyone has experience modding the gun this way, or if anyone has any other suggestions for ways to "fence" the paddles to prevent dropping mags mid game

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I have the same adapters, but I have been unable to find a thread tap that can cut a thread while also working around the puncture pin, as I don't see any way to remove it. I would very much like to find a way to cut a 1/2"UNF thread so I can use 66g cartridges. I have a contact that can supply "expired" cartridges from overhauled lifejackets

so, i have been neglecting to post updates for the past few months, so i will blast them all in one post.... i bought a laylax thread adapter to fit on my KWA beretta M93r from firesupport. (thank you @strykerles for the link). only downside is the threads are 14mm clockwise, and tracers are 14mm counter clockwise threads, but i was able to make an acetech fit through brute force XD then i bought the Umarex walther PPK and 2 spare mags from landwarrior and a Crusader silencer form airsoftworld to go with it along with it. currently trying to figure out a way to mount a tracer in the silencer without the inner barrel poking through and preventing tracer working (and without taking a hacksaw to it so i can use it without tracer at a later date if i choose) had to buy a new gun at AI500 in Flambards after i took a tumble and managed to snap my KWA Skorpion in two... so i bought the KWA Mac11 with spare mags... and it was the only gun i had with me at the event that didnt malfunction constantly.=/ i also bought a G&G ESG10 from my local surplus shop (who also sells some airsoft gear) for use at AI500, expecting more close quarters battles than i actually encountered, so it didnt get a lot of use.. plus i found the mag release is way too sensitive. whenever i had it slung on my back as a backup, it would constantly drop the mag, so it was mostly left at respawn to be used as needed, but i ended up just running the mac 11 all weekend after getting home from AI500, i bought a new reciever for the Skorpion from BZtactical, and have swapped the internals from the broken Skorpion, but now it needs fettling as i cant get the trigger to reset, and the valve knocker is sticky, so it wont fire at the moment =/ a shame, as i loved the little Skorp... evil little beastie deciding i wanted to display my guns, and consign many of the boxes to the loft, i bought a bunch of hookwall panels, brackets and hooks, which my brother and i mounted on the wall in my living room over the bank holiday weekend. need to order some different sized hooks and get another wall mount brracket as somehow had one missed out of my order, but they have been helpful when i contacted them. all bought from unishop.co.uk finally, i bought a WE Apache A5 from onlyairsoft along with a claw mount and 6 spare mags. to complete it, i bough a cheap red dot scope from Amazon and then a collapsible stock from KYairsoft which arrived today. hoping to run this tomorrow for the first time no pics at the moment as i cannot crop them down to meet the forum file size limits, and fed up of hosting the images from discord, only for them to stop working after a couple of days...

I got a replacement CO2 line from VFC direct. Line burst at last AI500, so I emailed VFC with pics and they sent one for free as a warranty item. Not sure if you can get just the block on its own, but if you email VFC they should be able to assist

thank you for that link, i will order one to see if it fits. thank you for those measurements. im going to try the part strykerles linked above, as if it fits, it should be more stable than the part from evike, but if it doesnt work, and the measurements of the 93 are similar to what you have provided, i will get the evike part and bite the bullet (or BB) on the customs fees

im hoping someone can help me here. i have a KWA beretta 93r, and i am looking to mount a tracer unit on the barrel for CQB. i have seen this adapter by laylax designed to clamp over the end of a non threaded M9 barrel and provide a thread to attach tracer units ( https://www.evike.com/products/91866/ ) i was wondering what the outer diameter of a non threaded M9 barrel is, and whether this adapter could be used on the m93r. while i have a set of verniers and can measure the outer barrel on my m93r, i do not have an m9 (threaded or otherwise) that i can take a measurement from, and as the only place so far i have seen this adapter advertised is on evike, and i cant find any measurements online, i dont want to risk buying the adapter and paying customs duty etc for a part that wont fit, so i would appreciate an accurate measurement that i can compare to my m93r. alternatively, if anyone has a uk source fot the adapter, or an alternative option for mounting a tracer (other than cutting threads into the m93 barrel) i would be open to suggestions. thank you in advance for any assistance you could provide

Basically a moscart launcher with a tracer unit on it Wish file size limits were greater, then I could send a clip or two from my gopro

Bought a few things the past couple of months, but been neglecting to post them here... Back in November, I bought an acetech volcano and a trio of acehive moscarts with spawner speed loader... then didn't get a chance to play until last weekend... got a few good kills and a lot of "what the fuck was that?!" December just had some boring restock orders... bbs and gas Then last month I spent some of my Christmas money on a Begadi M1 mine and motion sensor unit, along with some spares in case it gets damaged in use (but having got my hands in it physically, I'm not so sure that's actually going to happen) Finally this week from land warrior, I bought some triple mp5 mag pouches, intending to use them for my kriss vector mags, but found they are too small... fortunately I'm planning on getting an MP5 down the line, so they won't be wasted. Also bought a laylax recoil adjuster for the GBB vector, but last weekend I found the gun was misfeeding, so I need to sort that first before I begin modding it

Didn't I see somewhere that this citadel site is only going to be one or two small buildings off to the side of the site? I was at citadel for the AI500 and we had the entire site, but we were told it would be closing down to become a data farm.... or has that changed? But if they have the whole site, i would love to play there again with slightly lower numbers... and a cap on pyro-per-respawn... but may be a bit far for me

Ordered a pair of those adapters, so hopefully I can make use of them, even if I can only use one, it will be better than jaffa taping around the mag to hold the CO2 in place. Also contacted VFC, and they are going to send a replacement hose for free, so that should be on the way this week along with the box mag mount and screws I have ordered as well

Can't really add much more to this. I had the hose on my CO2 box mag fail, but I contacted VFC and they are shipping a replacement hose to me One possible solution to the cool down problem with the green gas tank is to get some small, single use hand warmers and place one or two around the tank to help heat it up.

Hmmm.. I might order a set myself. And if the puncture pin can be removed, It might be worth seeing if I can retap the threads for the larger cartridges

i have one too. very handy, and it also works with my electric speed loader, though trying to balance the mags on top can be a bit fiddly i am also in contact with VFC to arrange a replacement for the CO2 line that ruptured at AI500 as well as replacement screws for the box mag mount plate as one has gone missing, so hopefully the beast will be back in action soon. also need to try and figure out a way of adapting the threads in the block to accept 1/2"UNF threaded cartridges like lifejacket 66g, rather than the M16x1.5 threaded 88g, or the unobtanium and F*%$£"G expensive (in the UK) 74g cartridges that VFC designed the box mag for and are easier to get in asia.

i may need to add it to my list of sites to visit... before it shuts down again

i thought that site shut down? or am i thinking of a different airsoft site/ tunnel complex?

good morning hive mind. looking for a little bit of help with my S&T M320 launcher. i have noticed over the past few months that one side of the ambidextrous safety lever (left side) has been getting loose and struggling to release the safety and at the AI500 last weekend this has now become completely detached and is moving freely independant on the safety lever on the right side, which does still seem to operate the safety.... for now . i have also noticed that the plunger does not seem to be moving very far when the trigger is pulled and it is now struggling to fire moscarts or my TAG shells reliably. has anyone here either taken one of these launchers apart, or can point me to a tutorial video or page to see how much of a ballache it will be to get into the trigger mechanism to see whats broken and what i can do to repair it? thanks in advance

I will try repairing this line again as I still have plenty of slack left in the line, but I will also be contacting VFC to see if I can order a spare line in case this one blows again. To run it on 88g, I just tape around the box to hold everything inside. Not ideal, but I'm talking to a friend of mine to see if it's possible to make an adapter to use the smaller 66g cartridges, bit the main concern is sealing the cartridges while also allowing the pin to pierce them I also like it on CO2, when it works, and agree with you regarding the noise and range being awesome. I ran it at a previous game when I first got the CO2 box, and had one of the enemy players come up to me in the safezone and comment that the noise of the 249 firing was enough to get them to keep their heads down

I was also at the AI500 on Tan team, and inwas one of the few who stuck to the end. Mostly spent the event running my tippmann, but I did briefly run my VFC M249 with a KWA Skorpion as backup so I had a weapon I could use inside buildings, and was carrying my john wick hicapa, but only really drew it from it's holster once in a building to fire a couple of shots as i fell back into a room as other tans moved to cover a stairwell in building D3 to reload my tippmann that had run dry. Got to site Friday for sign in, chronoed all my guns (if @Impulse spotted me, I had a yellow and black trolley loaded with a dozen guns to chrono, so I had backups and backups of backups to keep me in the fight) one thing i found was that my VFC M249 doesnt like ASG Ultra air, which was the only green gas I could get in bulk in time for the event. FPS was all over the place and way down, huge clouds of gas chuffing from every orifice and internals would freeze over after a short burst... something that never happens on vorsk gas, even in cold temperatures.. so I ran it on CO2.. while it worked, but more on that later. I met with fellow members of Tan Alpha team, and as a group of us were staying at a team mates house down the road, we decided to turn my car into our armoury and loaf it up with all our guns to leave on site while we all piled into one car to leave site... we were definately the loudest bunch there messing around, taking the pics out of each other and playing with a bunch of thunder snaps one of the team had brought with them while also trying to get mags loaded ready for the morning XD Friday night was spent at our team mates house, where we threw a surprise birthday party for our 2IC. A fair amount of alcohol was consumed, and we later talked tactics but I retired earlier than the rest as I had been unable to get the Thursday night off work, so I had been awake nearly 30 hours after a night shift... Needless to say I was well rested for the morning. Spent most of the event just trying to find where the most fighting was and getting stuck in, though I did have a few sneaky moments moving through the dense bushes to ambush some greens, or at the very least distract them while even sneakier tans got the drop on them. At one point I was in a small squad trying to sneak round toward Pub when we spotted a Green take down one of our fellow tans. After taking him out we crept out the bushes where we realised it was the green 1IC... who we promptly captured and took back to our spawn. After Marshall confirmed we had the HVT, the call went out that the green objective was to attack Tan spawn to recapture the HVT. Due to comm issues we were unable to summon any other tans to defend respawn, so there were only about 8 of us from the capture squad and who were rearming when we arrived fighting off the entire green team... but we put up a decent fight, with me laying down suppressing fire from the M249. I also managed to get 4 kills with a TAG round during an assault on magazine at the top of the hill near our spawn, with many tans commenting on a beautiful shot. Saturday night was bask to the house for more booze and pizza, with me supplying two bottles of flavoured mead which went down very well. sunday we were outnumbered, starting the day with 27, and ending the day with 23, so inevitably greens were able to push our objectives hard and keep us bogged down, so I resorted to hit and run tactics.. moving between positions trying to harrass the greens as much as I could, particularly in the afternoon, though I did hold building D2 for a while with one other Tan and we were able to overhear some greens commenting that they thought there were at least 5 of us holding the top floor, and committing large numbers to try and swamp us.. but we held off the attacks long enough for reinforcements to arrive, then running low on ammo, I took to sniping green defenders in D1 from the lower floor of D2 before falling back to reload It wasn't all good though. On the Saturday afternoon, the CO2 pipe on my M249 ruptured, meaning it was out of action, and I did try again with green gas after ended for the day, and it was still playing up on ASG Ultra air. I was able to cut out the ruptured bit of pipe and rejoin it to the gas block, but unfortunately it ruptured again on the sunday, so now I need to get a replacement, as well as some screws which have rattled loose and now gone missing. Couple of my pistol mags have sprung leaks, so they need repairing too.

Yeah, I got hold of some "expired" 66g CO2 bulbs from a place that refurbished lifejackets... they have 1/2" UNF threads, but box mag needs m16x1.5 threads ..... and I can't find anywhere that makes an adapter.... bugger =/ On the subject of things breaking... the threads of the CO2 bulbs is immaterial at the moment... ran the 249 at AI500 this weekend, and had the CO2 line rupture on me. Easy fix, just undo the nut on the block that goes into the gun, pop remains of the pipe off the nipple, cut out the ruptured end and refit in reverse order.... only for the damn thing to rupture again on me half way through the morning game. Needless to say I was most annoyed... especially as the MG would have been handy to use when tan team were outnumbered 3 to 1 =/ But when it did work, it was great fun, got some admiring comments, and performed well while suppressing a massive Green team attack against our spawn to recapture their commander, who Tan team had captured out on the field

havent been able to get to a game with it yet. last week i was CQB, so couldnt take the 249, and this week i had another event that didnt finish until late last night, so i would have been in no fit state to attend a game today. im thinking of booking on for next weekend as well, and will be taking "the beast" for a walk.

it is frustrating that most sites dont list the thread size on the cartridges. i dont want to buy some to find i cant use them due to the thread being wrong... and working night shift means it would be a real pain to organise shipping if i need to return them.... as fot the pin... i might have been a bit overly dramatic. the pin doesnt have any lateral play, but it is loose enough that it freely slides out of the reciever. looking at the parts list on VFCs website it looks like i may be missing a retaining clip.. but the Eclip mod i have done is doing the job, so im not going to worry about ordering a new one thanks for the links, i will probably be ordering from one of these links in the coming weeks... but as i have a stock of 88gs, i am damn well going to use them up first... even if i have to replace the end cover of the box mag with gaffer tape for a few games. though i do have a UBAC shirt that has a ripped sleeve, so i might even try salvaging the material to make a cloth cover to fit over the box and hide the CO2 capsule overhang. probably wont work, or will look shit, but if it lasts a few games until i deplete the 88gs then so be it