Spartan09

As promised in my previous post, and in the spirit of the thread.. i give you pics of my recently acquired acetech bifrost... Amazing bit of kit

Past 2 weeks i have purchased a few items... - Replacement thumb safety, frame detents and spring for my hicapa from bespoke airsoft -cnc hammer for my AAP01 and a 3 point sling for my tippmann (with m320 mounted) from tango down airsoft Also bought the new acetech bifrost tracer unit. Ordered direct from acetech on tuesday 19th (my birthday) and it was on my doorstep on the Friday. Have run it on my tippmann the past 2 weekends at different sites, drawing admiring glances (and a bit of jealousy) from other players. (Cant find photo on my phone, so will take a pic and upload when i get home tonight) -An aftermarket hop adjuster mechanism for my tippmann frim airsoftshopNL, but didnt get a pic before i fitted it. Just bought a batch of TAG Reapers and a second FIST2 fill station from airsoftworld, which will be sent out later this week after getting held up in europe.

Only played two night games, and both were great fun. First game i didnt get any kills, and i think i only got one kill in the second game, but i did manage to secure half of the objectives dotted around the area (6 flashing beacons... i captured 3) and get them back to spawn.. That said some things i found that might be useful.. 1. Move slowly and pause often to survey the area before your next move. If your eyes have adjusted to the dark you might spot some movement. Sound also carries further at night, so listen carefully 1a. Something i was told by an ex soldier... when stationary and listening for sounds from the enemy, open your mouth. Supposedly it helps equalise pressure between your mouth and youur ear and allows you to pick out sounds better. (He did explain more about the theory at the time, but it was a couple of years ago so i dont recall the details) Personally i didnt notice much difference, but then again my hearing is shit at the best of times after years of listening to heavy metal, so maybe it would help someone with less damaged hearing 2. Avoid any lit areas or people on your team using torches. The longer you are in the dark, the better your eyes adjust to the dark and allow you some limited degree of vison 3. Limit the amount of kit you carry to minimise the chances of snagging or things rattling and giving your position away 4. (Echoing @CrackCommandoUnit1972 ) practice reloading etc in the dark as much as you can before the game. This last one caught me out and i ended fumbling a reload which gave my position away, resulting in me being lit up... first by torchlight, then by incoming fire from several enemies

found an action army hammer in stock with tango down airsoft and ordered it. hopefully it will be here by the end of the week so i can rebuilt it ready for the weekend.

looking to sell my first pistol, the WE glock 26 advance. pistol was used in three games, had less than 200 rounds fired through it both in game and at home. i test fired it last week at the shop i bought it from using a borrowed gen5 glock mag, and it functions perfectly in both semi and full auto. completely unmolested (stock hop, stock barrel, stock everything else) , and comes with one brand new gen5 glock magazine (never been filled with gas or bbs) the original magazine leaks like a sieve, and was engraved with my phone number in case i lost it, hence me supplying with a brand new magazine. thinking of asking £110

thank you. hopefully the parts should arrive by wednesday, and i should have the pistol operational again by friday

Awesome, thank you paul. I have ordered the parts from bespoke airsoft along with a spring for the pins. A friend invited me to a game next weekend, so i need the pistol back in action, and with shipping delays, i doubt i would get a replacement part from evike in time. Worst case, if evike DO send out a part under warranty, i will have a spare in case it breaks again in the future. Another stupid question.. which way round do the pins go? Is it the bigger one facing the safety, and smaller one towards the slide catch? Or the other way around?

Also.. forgot to upload pics of the damage done to the blowback unit.. not sure if this will be serviceable with a new hammer, or if it will also need replacement..

just looked at that one. it says its for the AAP AND glock 18... does anyone know if this is a straight drop in, or will it require fettling like some of the other "dual-fitment" hammers that have been for sale before?

hi guys, doing some maintenance on my airsoft guns today, and found that one side of the frame safety on my EMG John wick Hi-capa has broken off and gone missing along with the tiny detent in the frame (left side of the frame) im looking at various places to possibly source a replacement, andd am awaiting a reply from Evike in case i can get it under warranty (unlikely, but worth a punt), but in case the evike route doesnt work out, i was wondering if anyone knows what parts would be compatible with this particular brand, or are all parts like the safety pretty universal. if anyone has a link to an exact replacement here in UK, i would be grateful

Just looked.. airsoftworld are out of stock for the hammer... The search goes on... (though im in no rush as i wont be going airsoft for a couple of months so i can save some money)

ran the aap01 today at AI500, and it was performing beautifully, easily outranging most of the AEGs onsite.... until it wasnt was popping a few shots (semi-auto only) and the bolt jammed half way back. tried recocking the gun as my first thought was that it had cooled down too much on green gas, but it was jammed solid, so was put back into my box and i grabbed my tippmann to finish the day... just stripped it down and found the hammer has broken, a piece of it lodged under the fire selector switch, and it appears to have gouged the bolt carrier.. no pics at the moment as phone just died on me, but will be updated shortly

i was also at the AI500 on the Tan team. met a few new people down there and got chatting, before we ended up putting up our camping gear next to one another so we could have a few drinks and some banter on friday night. as @Impulse stated, there were quite a few issues that need sorting out for future events, however he neglected to mention the big red flag.... there was no chronoing of weapons before anyone went out to play, and the marshalls said they would be spot checking in game and banning anyone found running a hot gun.... i didnt see anyone getting spot checked, nor did several other players i spoke with. i had assumed chrono would be done after the game brief as everyone headed to their CP or at the CP, so when they called game on i was pretty shocked, and i had to insist the marshals brought a chrono to the tan team command post to chrono my weapons before i would go off to play, but it still took them 10 or 15 mins to get there. after the marshall arrived a few other tan chronoed their guns too. saturday was going well, until the bad weather rolled in... the gale force winds made it almost impossible to hit anyone outside the buildings, and by the end of the day everyone looked (and felt) like drowned rats. the winds also demolished almost everyones tents on the camp grounds as they were set on high ground. a few people (including myself) had set their tents on a patch off ground between several buildings so we survived the worst of the storm. the organisers got the site owner to open up several buildings beside the campsite so people could move inside, an offer which everyone that stayed accepted so we had some shelter overnight and could get some semi-decent rest. this morning started off well, despite having to use damp gear from the day before, but after an hour or so the sun came out and the weather stayed warm for the rest of the day. Tans made a great push and managed to push greens back almost to their command post. unfortunately tempers began flaring on both sides, so a lunch break was called to allow everyone to cool down a bit before we all went back out, and greens made a slightly better push than the morning and came close to our command post. there was also a big issue caused inside a building known as "vipers nest", a 3 floor cell block. the rules stated that all mesh railings/fences etc on site were to be considered hard cover (no shooting through, no grenades through or over etc), and this included the anti-suicide nets strung across the cell block, onto which several camo sheets were placed. unfortunately one green player tried dropping a grenade through the anti-suicide net and setting one of the camo sheets on fire. after seeing this and calling for a cease fire i tried to summon a marshal, shouting that there was a fire, but it took a couple of minutes for the marshals to react, as there werent any inside the building. after the fire was put out and game resumed, the marshals declared no pyro in the building, but the message wasnt relayed evenly as several players still set off pyro in the building. saturdays game was called off early for safety reasons, but not before one of the tans slipped and injured themselves pretty bad (not sure what the injury was as there were several rumors doing the rounds). today also saw a green player dislocate their shoulder. both serious injuries and i hope they both recover quickly. as for the guns i was running; -my main rifle was my tippmann M4, and was running ok, but its still bedding in the new posiedon barrel an madbull red shark hop rubber, so not performing at its best -my main pistol was my EMG John Wick hi-capa. It was shooting hot on CO2, so i ran it on gas, but found that it didnt want to cycle at all on green gas on saturday or this morning, but worked well on red gas. i swapped back to green one the temperature started to rise, but only used it for a couple of shots in the afternoon - i ran my Northeast Sten MkII this morning, but only had a few mags. while i had ammo it was running well, but the game was too fast paced for me to spend ages at CP reloading mags, so i swapped it out for the AAP-01. the Sten was shooting well and i really wish i could have run it for longer. - i ran my AAP-01 with a drum mag, and just like Impulse, it was outranging most AEGs on site and firing laser straight... at least until i took a shot and the slide/bold jammed solid half open.. about to strip it now, and will post the results in the aap owners thread, but i suspect it has broken its hammer there was a lot of pyro thrown around, but i have to say that both sides were equally as guilty. plus in many instances a grenade was the only way to deal with a dug in enemy player (or several)

hey... nothing wrong with a p90 in fact... *Note to self* Pack P90 for the AI500 next weekend i have heard great things about this site... definately on my list of "sites i want to play at" alas, may not be till the new year now, as finances are getting a bit tight, so i am going to cut back on airsoft for a bit.

all my MOSCARTs (the ones that dont leak like a sieve) are all CO2 powered. but word of warning... dont try filling one with CO2 if your moscart isnt listed as being suitable for CO2 or if you are unsure of compatability.

Well.... IIRC, they did also try an escape attempt at colditz by carving a pistol out of bars of soap and painting it with paint stolen from the theatre... And then dressing in stolen german uniforms and trying to walk out of the front gate...

guessing you are referring to On Target at the back of Brackmills industrial estate? its a shame they wont allow airsoft, as it would be ideal to get an idea of what our guns are doing and tweak them at medium range... not many ranges i have spoken to will allow airsoft.. but there is a range between Milton Keynes and Leighton Buzzard that has said as a member i am free to use the outdoor range when they are quiet, but i must switch to an air rifle or leave the range if someone else comes along to use it for air rifles, which is fair enough... but after all the lockdowns, they have been pretty busy so i haven't been able to use their range (even for air rifles) not really a Glock fan either. i did start with a WE G26c Advance, but i MUCH prefer the EMG John Wick Hicapa that was my second pistol... Glocks are OK, but not my cup of tea... talking of which... im thirsty *heads off to make a cup of tea*

Greetings fellow northampton denizen, and welcome to the forum. And sounds like you are pretty lucky with your alley/range... my "range" is my back garden, and its nowhere near long enough. (I did make a bb catcher to minimise ricochets and damage to the fencing panels when target shooting over lockdowns) If you want to get out to a game day, the nearest site is RIFT comms site 3 in chipping warden, approx. 30 mins drive away (but they are temporarily running reduced number games due to disruption caused by HS2 works)

Any time. Keep the website bookmarked, as they always have the marshals taking pics at every game, and the photos are almost always uploaded to the website by tuesday lunchtime after a game day. And there have been a couple of games that i have managed to camera dodge too.. No comment.. lol Looking at those pics, i notice the writing on your mags, and i think we may have bumped into each other at one point at respawn

nice. i was also on red team both days. the tank graveyard and echo base (the base inside the big mounds beside the range) are two of my favourites too. in case you aren't aware, there are pics on their website from the weekender at www.riftairsoft.com . some of the pics have got mixed up, so check out the albums for both days and play "spot yourself in among the bushes" XD found some pics of me... hopefully playing this weekend hasn't aggravated your injury too much there are quite a few structures to explore, and some brick trenches to use for cover. "pumphouse" is my favourite area of comms 3, but i will let you have fun exploring the whole site 😃

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