Spartan09

what team were you on at the RIFT weekender? i was there both days on red team and camped over. hope you recovered from the thigh strain though. comms site 3 is a great site, and chould be pretty enjoyable for you. havent been there for a couple of months now though, and i know the original safezone area has been taken by HS2 (booo!!) and they are getting a new safezone area made up. as for the game zone, they have made a number of improvements to structures etc during the quiet times over lockdowns ouch... that sucks. and definately a wise move on the throat protection

Just found this thread last night, so i will share my most recent experience from last weekend, attending one of my regular sites, RIFT Redcon 2. arrived on site in good time, signed in etc then moved through to the on site shops.. Only airsoft to collect some bits i ordered on friday and asked to be brought to site as i wouldnt get to their shop in stevenage before game day, then RIFTs own on site shop to buy smoke grenades and co2 capsules. Went back to my car to get loaded up ready for chrono while chatting to some friends... heres where things went wonky... Attached my HPA tank to my Osprey vest, and one of the poppers on a strap btoke off, fortunately threading it through the MOLLE and using a small cable tie i found in my car held it for the day, but i need a new carry pouch. moved onto my MOSCARTS... filled them from a CO2 fist device... all but 2 leaking like sieves. Nothing i can do onsite, but pray the others dont start leaking. Got my rifle mags and one pistol mag loaded and went to chrono before the main rush, passed chrono, but the pistol mag started leaking slightly from outlet. Back to car and no amount of fiddling would stop the leak, and i realised i had left valve key at home... no issue, i will just run 3 pistol mags instead of 4... went to gas the other mags... all leaking.. FUCK Ran back to onlyairsoft, praying they had mags, they only had 2 green gas and one CO2 Raven hicapa mags... no choice, i bought them then ran back to the car to load them before running back for the briefing and team armbands. I was pleasantly surprised to be issued not only a team armband, but also a medic armband... not seen the medic rule before at RIFT due to the pandemic, but this would be a lifesaver on the 70 acre site. Game rules: total war all day, swapping sides after lunch. One team had objective of recovering "flight recorders" to HQ, while other team had to find numbered poles and connect them at their HQ to make radio aerials. Locations of teams objectives marked on a map at their main spawn, plus 4 capturable forward respawn points. Morning game, not much to report, got a few kills, got killed a lot more but the medic rule helped keep me in the fight a bit longer. Helped capture one forward respawn. Attacking a group of containers (one of which held a pole the enemy needed) We came under fire from enemies hidden in the bushes. Popped a smoke and charged one of 3 gaps in the bushes that the enemy were firing through, got a trade off kill on one of the enemy. Respawned (as had alredy used my medic life) and returned. Identified where one ARP user was shooting from and popped a TAG AFG6 grenade into the bushes... 2 enemy KIA. Team mate behind me pissing himself laughing. Initially he thought the grenade had gone off as i threw it, but was just the igniter as the spoon flew off. Next thing.. BOOM followed by one of the enemy players shouting "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!? HITTT!!" team mate then asked me where he could buy the grenades from. Break for lunch, i didnt buy food on site, just a cup of tea to refresh while reloading. Also took my tippmann to the range to adjust the hop. After lunch, quick briefing and raffle from only airsoft (didnt win, gutted as prize was a TM M870 Gas shotgun) and off to respawn. Afternoon had proceeded well, team captured all 6 poles (though one seemed to go missing on its way to our HQ, so we only ended up with 5 =/ ) I normally play on my own, floating around the site and supporting any firefights i come across, while also trying to sneak behind enemy lines to harrass them.. but as the afternoon wore on i hooked up with several other lone wolves, and ended up part of a 6 man squad. Then it happened, i encountered a cheater... As a squad we moved across the land, securing a forward respawn, confirming one of our objectives (pole) had been captured and then seen that 3 of our team mates had captured the enemy HQ, making their score zero as long as they held the HQ to ENDEX. We then moved towards the "container yard" to check if the pole there had been captured yet. As we approached there was heavy fire coming from a container on top of the hill down towards the 3 lower containers that our team was trying to assault. With the enemy focussed on our team mates the squad split up, with me moving towards the upper container, one squad member trying to move around to flank the container (but got trade off kill with enemy coming out of the woodland before he was in position) and the other 4 trying to sneak into the container yard from the opposite side to the rest of our team. I approached the upper container, drawing my pistol, and saw 2 enemies with their backs to me through the window cut into the container. A third entered the container through the container doors and i saw him pause to look at me, trying to work out if i was friendly or not. No choice but to shoot him, then his team mates before they could react. Enemy that saw me took his hit, as did enemy 3, but enemy 2 decided to tuck himself into a corner, but his leg was still exposed.. i shot him again and he moved his leg. I asked him if he was going to take his hit, and he started gesturing to another enemy in the back of the container i couldnt see. I shot him in the hand, as evidenced by him shaking it in pain... still no hit call. I shifted angle slightly so that his pouches and stomach were exposed and i shot 4 times, seeing the flaps of his pouches moving, at least one hit the side of his stomach. Still no hit call. Then he shouts "NOW" and bomb-bursts out the container doors to shoot at me full auto while his team mate popped forward into the window to shoot me. I ignored cheater and tried to get his team mate, but was too slow and taken out. Cue cheater then shouting at me to stop cheating and take my hits, at which point i asked him when he intended to take the 6 or 7 hits i landed on him. He tried denying i hit him but eventually relented when one of the other enemies i had shot (and loitered in the container to avoid getting hit again) backed me up, and so he sloped off to respawn. As i headed to my respawn i had a word with one of the marshals about cheater, and was told that i was the second person to complain about him and they would be dealt with. I dont know the outcome of that, but i didnt notice him again (not really surprising on a large site) After respawn i went back to the container yard to find my team had pushed the enemy back, so i checked for the pole to find it had been taken already. By this point a large group of enemy had respawned and were advancing on the containers. I was pinned where i was and couldnt leave without being hit, so i decided to try and get as many enemy at range as i could. Got 3, possibly 4 at range, but then enemies got into the containers. Dropping to pistol i got 2, a third rushed the container i was in but his shot missed me by milimetres (heard it whizz past my ear) enemy 4 got into a neighboring container and tried to get a shot on me from his window through the door of my container, managed to get a snap shot which i thought had missed as i didnt hear a hit call but he pulled back. Enemy 5 tried rushing to post a grenade, but got shot before they could throw. After a pause, another enemy threw a smoke grenade into the container then tried to medic enemy 5.. he didnt make it. Next thing i hear a voice shout "do you want to surrender? Or are we coming in there to get you?" I shouted back "you are welcome to try" just as a BFG got thrown in through the door. Came out with hand raised to see 10 enemies with their guns all pointed at the door. We all fist bumped and commented "well played" before i headed to respawn. Enemy 4 had reappeared by this point and confirmed that i had indeed got a headshot on him. I apologised for headshot and shook his hand but he was cool with it. Respawned and headed to defend our hq for the last 15 mins of the game. End of the day and im packing my kit away, thinking to myself that it was a good day, despite the gear malfunctions and the cheater incident, only to then realise that at some point, i had lost my Runcam Scopecam somewhere on the land... Overall a good day, but severely annoyed at losing the runcam =/

Few things over the past month... - 10 x TAG AFG6 grenades and 10 x TAG FBG6 grenades (only one of each pictured as most have been used =P) -Poseidon barrel for my tippmann m4 -2x Raven hi capa green gas mags and 1 x CO2 Raven mag for my EMG john wick hi capa (panic purchase from on site shop due to all my pistol mags leaking when i went to fill them.. so now searching for fill valves for Raven and Vorsk mags) -Patches for my stargate loadout (have the Earth symbol patch on order, but not arrived yet) - second hand Walther scope to fit on one of my snipers (most likely WA2000) good condition, and previous owner had made a mesh lens protector/killflash

welcome to the club ? happy i could help

@AlphaBear if you are still hunting an AW drum ?

i should mention to @AlphaBear, my AAP doesnt have any AA "blingy bits" like a flared magwell... aside from an AA stock kit and Spitfire tracer, its 100% stock external

hey alphabear just double checked, and it is a VX model drum. i had to import it from AirsoftAtlanta due to it being out of stock everywhere in the UK.

got an armourer works drum on mine, simply plug and play

good to know... added the vest to my shopping list i just knew that would set SOMEONE off =P Nothing too exciting in this weeks haul... Can of green gas and some more Valkyrie bbs. Also bought a replacement drinking tube for my Source Rider hydration bladder... was wearing the it at CQB last weekend, but someones shot managed to hit the collar that clipped the adapter onto the hose =( (3rd pic shows damage) Also took the oportunity to buy an adapter so i can refill the bladder from a tap or a bottle while its still on my back

got to wait a couple of days for payday, then i will be looking to get a replacement hammer and nozzle springs in preparation for when the stock on finally shits itself. also... FUCK does it sting getting shot by one of these... went to Red1 the school last weekend with my brother, who wanted to try the pistol to see what the hype was about, as well as checking how well the spitfire tracer unit i fitted worked (as he is considering one for his next HPA build). little fucker then jumped on the enemy team... and shot me with my own gun =/ i swear that shot stung more than anything else i got shot with that day, even though it was well within chrono limits and shooting .25g i did get him back later though, so its all good

looks pretty good. where did you source the fans from? i was thinking of trying to get something rigged up to get air circulating through my helmet, especially in CQB arenas, to minimise fogging as well as keep my head and face cool

Dammit... you had to show me those links when i still have a week to payday... But to answer your question, as long as i can fit the mags into the pouches, then yes, i will be looking for one of those vests, otherwise i will be looking for something as close as possible while allowing several mags to be carried. Maybe in the future i will.look at an MP5, but i prefer the look of a p90... plus i already have too many guns at the moment, so im in no rush to buy a new one XD

Yep, already got a single point harness and a TM P90. Just need to find a reasonably accurate tac vest and pistol holster To complete the loadout.

nah.. SG1 got cancelled in about 2009 after the movies ark of truth and continuum, Atlantis was cancelled in 2009... i do miss the series. definately one of the best sci-fi series ever made

Bought a couple of patches, plus some new gear... Three guesses what loadout im putting together... answers on a postcard =P

They were taken at the Ridge, this weekend just gone (26th and 27th) Yes, i was a mad bastard that played both days AND camped overnight

decided to share a pic of my commonly used loadout... Gear: MTP UBAC shirt and trousers Osprey vest with mag pouches, quick-release holster for hicapa on my chest and carry pouch for HPA bottle on back Kombat MTP belt with pistol, grenade, UGL ammo and water bottle pouches Virtus helmet, visor and lower mandible Weapons Tippmann M4v2 with S&T M320 grenade launcher EMG John Wick hicapa TAG AFG-6 grenades Enola Gaye smoke grenades APS Hellfire MOSCARTs custom patch on my left sleeve (same as my PFP) made by stitchmeup.biz and designed by a friend of mine from Latvia patch on my right sleeve i my RIFT member shield Photos courtesy of the marshals at RIFT Airsoft

im willing to bet it will be a mix of both, but biased towards the latter option good luck all the same though

Does anyone know anywhere (preferrably in the UK or europe) that has a cowcow hammer set in stock? What would be the best upgrade barrel to use? (Keeping standard length)

Ordered a few bits the past couple of weeks... Firstly a 3L brand new army surplus hydration bladder, used it last weekend and it was an absolute life saver in the heat. Next, some boring consumables... tin of abbey maintenance gas, can each of green and red gas, and a bulk order of CO2 Capsules (all from ebay) Just ordered some more Valkyrie .25 and .32 bbs (pic as placeholder) And finally, 6 maple leaf autobot hop buckings from @ak2m4... 1x 50 rubber, 2x 60 silicone, 2x 70 silicone and 1x 80 rubber for my various guns, though i do need to find a couple of other parts before i start tinkering too much

Bought a WELL hecate style sniper from the classifieds off of@scorpssells . Assembled today and quickly threw a scope on it to take pics and a couple of test shots in my garden. Looks to be shooting pretty consistent, but i dont have a lot of range to really test it out.

I bought everything from this website as they were the only ones showing them for sale at the time... maybe others have added them since, but i havent looked. https://www.kyairsoft.com/ And thank you. ? Black lagoon was one of the first anime series i watched, (i think after evangelion, bleach and love hina), and the very first one to which i bought the dvds And yes... revy is babe... just dont piss her off or remind her about roberta =P

Not exactly just bought... but turned up from hong kong today... 2x WE beretta 92 Sword Cutlass Special (Revys guns from Black Lagoon) 4x spare mags Edit: Also sailed through customs without incurring charges ?

Thats who most of mine were from.. as well as PK Patchworks... That is true... Well... sod it... heres my collection of patches that have arrived over the past few weeks... plus i have another batch stuck in customs hell... This is a good idea.. i would be up for that

That reminds me... i need to get a patch wall for the numerous patches i have acquired... Not sure if i will be allowed to post pics, as many are NSFW... I dont want to piss off the mods =P