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Ah ball bags, I assumed they'd be the same. It's ordered now so never mind, I'm sure I'll manage to remove it.

Right, so I'm going to go with the pictured. Anyone recommend eagle6.co.uk? Basically the only place I could find with both bits I wanted. I intend to fit the spring, chrono it, then the inner barrel and chrono again to see what or how the FPS changes!

I'll be ordering the new spring tonight! I'm just waiting on a 303mm Crazy Jet barrel to come back in stock and I'll stick one of those in. I obviously am within the legal limits but don't feel though I want to take advantage of joule creep. I just want to shoot other like minded people with a sniper rifle, I'd hate to think I was causing unnecessary additional pain for no other reason than because I can! I believe most of the websites of sites I wish to visit. Phoenix in Nottingham and another site in Matlock don't mention a joule rating, just no more than 500fps with a 0.2bb I think a volume match for my target FPS and BB weight would be around a 470mm if I remember what I read yesterday. I could be totally wrong mind. It's all new to me so I'm bound to have misread something or purchased something that I shouldn't have.

I'm using some of Geoff's super precision 0.4's. Do you think with an M150 spring and allowing enough time to break in, it'll stay below 2.3j? Then obviously I've got the inner barrel to factor in. Would a standard 303mm or a 430mm have an affect on anything?

It's alive!!!!! Well after firing the bloody mag release spring across the gym twice last night, I managed to find it and glue the bleeder onto its peg to stop it from escaping again today! Guns built, I've been playing around with the hop until the BB stops rolling out the end. A quick chrono and a bit of paper target shooting later and I'm really chuffed! FPS is a hell of a lot more consistent, literally changed by 1 or two FPS now! I think the 416 FPS I got was with a bit more hop applied than needed. Will hopefully get to play about another night. I think with a better inner barrel I might hit 450 ish, so may get the M150 spring ordered for the time being! Fires great though, trigger is nice and light, bolt pull is a bit harder but still easy enough! I built a gun!!!!

Delivery received! I'll be reluctant to use Defcon again if I can help it. £300 worth of bits jammed into a envelope that was too small, resulting in it splitting open. But anyway... Found a great alternative use for my squat rack. My home gym now doubles as an armoury!! Dry built the cylinder while I had 5 minutes but that's about it. Not back at work now until Wednesday night so hopefully I'll get a bit of time before then.

Small update. I'm constantly refreshing my tracking details with parcelforce for my main order from Defcon! Should hopefully be here yesterday! So maybe tomorrow..... Picked up a maple leaf bucking from UKFOB, a small retailer who runs his business from home. (Social distancing applied) Got a can of WD's white lithium grease, £3.99 with my trade card from Halfords. Will come in handy for my classic minis door hinges etc as well! Just need to set up a clean space and find some time to do it. My reduced hours have come to an end at work as of next week so even less time to play now I'm back to my usual shifts!

Well I've got plenty of options for barrel make and length now, so thanks you all! I think I'm going to build the gun up with the standard barrel until I can get some more distance Infront of me! If I'm happy with what it's capable of I'll upgrade the barrel at standard size, if I feel it lacking then I'll get a longer one. I suppose it depends what FPS I've got as well as from what I've read, the longer barrel gives the appearance of more range because they tend to increase the FPS by 10% ish. I guess without everyone lining up side by side, aiming down a range at set lengths, all with different barrel brands and lengths, we'll never really know how good one is above another. It's all down to the users perception at the time of shooting when out on a game! (Conditions all varying)

Would that be the PSSI Laylax barrel?

I have a question with regards to grease and lubricants etc. What should I be putting on each new part when I install them? What should go where and what shouldn't?

Spring wise, I'll see what it makes and go from there. I'm only shooting in the garden at the moment so regardless of attainable range, I've still only got about 60ft to play with! I keep on hearing good things about the Maple Leaf crazy jet barrels, so might give one of those a whirl.

Yeah, your right! I couldn't wait! I've opted for the following: Action Army VSR10 Trigger set including piston Action Army VSR10 spring guide M130 Spring - Originally M150. After lots of reading it seems some people get the M150 and find the fps too high and either change it out or cut it down. For the sake of another tenner later down the line I thought I'd give the M130 a chance. Mapleleaf Autobot Bucking 60 - Originally 75 Action Army Hop Up Unit - Couldn't find a suitable arm and it seems like the best choice overall. i will install a TDC when I find one that's a bit more aesthetically pleasing than the ones I've seen so far. Haven't had much of a look though. Action Army Teflon cylinder and head You'll notice no inner barrel yet. Mainly because Defcon didn't stock the 430mm I originally wanted and because I'm unsure which length to go with. I'm happy to try my stock length first and then if I'm not happy with it, change it out. But going with what @Steveocee , ill more than likely go the 430mm route.

The wife nipped out with the eldest today so I was left with a sleeping baby, a bag of cotton wool balls and a hollow vsr stock! I was using a dB app to record the sound of the rifle before and after. It seemed widely inconsistent but the highest I could get the meter to go to before "stuffing" was 79 dB and after it was a mere 70 dB. So an improvement! I think I'm about there with my choices for the build now. I very nearly bought it all last night but then turned the PC off and went to bed! No real rush I suppose!

My chrono from firesupport arrived today! So I got that set up while the kids had a nap. 1) 298.8 2) 298.7 3) 300 4) 297.3 5) 297.2 6) 299.4 7) 299.2 8. 297.6 9) 299 10) 296.6 So an average of 298.5 Pretty happy with both the gun and the chrono. Atleast I know I've got something decent to build on, which is the reason I went with TM in the first place. That's the chrono I bought, got decent reviews and at £55 it seemed worth a punt!

Thanks for the reply and now that you've mentioned it, I'm sure I read the same thing about the AA barrels somewhere. I'll have a look what I can find, just checked skirm shop and they don't have any maple leaf barrels in stock at the moment. Fire support do have some laylax ones in though. With regards to the hop up, I've never actually tried Airsoft yet (I've played paintball often enough to assume I'll enjoy it) so wasn't sure how often I'd have to adjust the hop settings. So for me keeping it external made sense, allowing me to adjust on the fly rather than pissing about with Allen keys or installing a TDC. Plenty more reading and YouTube reviews to look at now though. Cheers

Ah realised this should have probably gone in the single action area. Apologies!

Hello everyone. I've not long purchased my TM VSR G-Spec and after getting my scope set up I've been really enjoying putting holes in paper targets in the garden! After having a chat with @Steveocee about sniping and having a gander at the spec of his VSR I've decided it's best I sink some pounds and pence into my rifle in order for me to actually enjoy sniping and not be sat in the iron sights of every rental AEG on the field! I seem to be spending a lot of time researching parts and filling up shopping baskets for various online retailers at the moment. So thought I'd share what I intend to buy and get a few opinions before I say "f@*k it" and spend up!! So, here we go: Action Army VSR10 Trigger set including piston Action Army VSR10 spring guide M150 Spring Stalker Pantera hop up arm and nub (currently out of stock) Action army 6.03 (430mm) inner barrel Mapleleaf Autobot Bucking 75 (pink) (also out of stock) Action Army Teflon cylinder and head Additionals: Teflon tape to cylinder head and bucking Barrel spacers All of that is sat in my basket with Skirnshop. The hop arm set and bucking are both out of stock. Skirnshop seem to be the only place that sells the Panthera arm so it'll just have to wait a bit. As for the bucking, I'm sure I saw one on Amazon last night. Opting for the Panthera over a whole hop up unit as I'd like to keep the external adjustment. Hopefully I've not forgotten anything and I've got all the right bits. I've also just ordered a chtonograph as I'd like to replace parts in stages like I've seen in "The Ultimate VSR guide" on the Airsoft sniper forum so I get an idea for myself of what part effects what. Thanks for reading. Rich