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Kit looks good, although I am surprised that 13 posts in, nobody has yet commented on the lack of pens. "I won't argue that it wasn't a no-holds-barred adrenaline-fuelled thrill-ride, but there's no way that you could perpetrate that amount of carnage and mayhem and not incur a considerable amount of paperwork."

Ran an "East and Crane" XM 177 today (various places have them in stock). Did alright with it, seems solidly put together. 11.5" barrel, so not exactly SMG sized, but right in your price range. They do a bunch of shorter ones according to the poster in the box (7, 5 and 4 inch). No fancy mosfet on mine, but rotary hop and a quick change spring that you don't have to take the gearbox out to swap. Might be worth a look.

That's exactly the chap/gun I was referring to. It's broken really isn't it?

If you're looking for a cheaper option, I picked up one of the issue deployment bags off Ebay for next to nothing and it's great for carrying kit in (as you might expect). Boots, helmet, belt rig, etc.

You can get really silly with it with a bar to operate it with the left hand so you don't even have to come off the trigger. That said, I've been considering HPA'ing an SRS just because my arm's buggered and I can't pull the spring at present. (It's either that or get a TAC41 and try to learn to shoot left handed)

Cheers for that. I was in the Combat South shop this week and had a similar conversation with them. This might be the way to go since there are aftermarket AK ones more readily available. Will report back with any news.

They do a bunch of different ones, one of which is blank.

Guarder make those too.

There's a fairly comprehensive review of the G&G TR16 here if that helps.

Seems to work okay for me, thanks. (Albeit I am using a different authenticator app, but the principle is the same).

It's fair. I fell into the "moar powaaaah!" trap. Also playing outdoors in a dusty environment and judging by the amount of crap, grit, etc on the innards it hasn't helped. I guess by the time I get spares, there'll be mags back in stock. Incidentally, there were a load over at Impulse101, which I was going to order but... eh, maybe not right now.

Yup, installed a new spring a while ago (Eagle6 M100 I think), so I accept this is probably down to me. It was literally just a spring change though. Nothing else got touched.

I got 10 minutes out of mine at the weekend and then it made the expensive noise. Disassembly today reveals a stripped piston, although gears are intact. Anyone know if this is proprietary to the MP5, or if it's common to the AK/G36 series? (doesn't look the same tbh) Obvious follow up question - where to get one?

I think from their homepage they state that they had a recall and those which were fixed are marked with a G above the serial number on the box. This page has more details. In terms of the differences, I believe the 19 gen 3 and 4 are largely the same, but the 17 gen 3 doesn't have the larger 15mm blowback unit (the 4th gen 17 does).

Seems reasonable, having it inflicted on you at work is one thing, having to put up with it in your own time is another. That said, the statement from the OP about "It's saved my accounts many times" isn't a great sign... I could bore on about this at length (but thankfully won't) about why it's great and you should turn it on for everything you can (Amazon, Insta, etc.) Suffice to say, password managers and a hardware based MFA method like Yubikey are the way to go, if your system supports it.

Not sure you can really draw a link between the implementation of multi-factor authentication and a mass password reset. The blog post I found on Invision about implementing this suggests that it's optional (or can be set as such). Is there any reason you wouldn't want people to have the option to enhance their security?

I've had the Nano Hard in a CA M249. It's very easy to do, just solder the trigger wires to the switch (in blue below) and plug them in to the mosfet. Set of wires go to the battery, set to the motor and you can split off the ones to the motor so you can drive the box mag when you fire. Mosfet has room to sit on top of the gearbox as long as you're careful when you close it up. Also gives you the option to swap out for a different gate mosfet if you prefer (other than the NANO asr because it's not wired the same)

TM's comes with trades just fine. However I suspect the distinction that was being made was "fully licensed trademarks" costs more, rather than whether it has trades.

Have a look at the review on Reaper's Airsoft Youtube channel. I think they cover it there (they cover pretty much everything else about it). Also regarding the motors you've got the choice of the BASE which is probably only marginally different from the Black or the Ronin, and £40 cheaper again.

Is that recent news? They were still open a month or two ago and are still listing next weekend as a date on the Gunman website... In terms of "Atmospheric" pictures, mostly they seem to have people in them doing cool shit or looking tacticool, when we all know the actual atmosphere at airsoft is a bunch of people standing around talking... "so I found this shell casing on the floor" "still hungover from yesterday, had MCd's on the way here..." "No, I've ordered a new one from the retailer but it still hasn't turned up" "Isn't that the wrong suppressor for that impression year?" "not sure, but it's like red and itching..." "Does anyone know what we're supposed to be doing? Have we started yet?" "...whole other team not taking their hits if you ask me..."

I use Muc Off (sparingly) on the bolt on an SRS. Works well enough, but needs reasonably regular cleaning because it picks up dirt and grit. Partly this is due to the SRS bolt being permanently exposed (unlike VSR) and partly because where I'm playing at the moment has a lot of dust/dirt floating about.

My experience is that deans connectors make a small but noticeable difference, but YMMV. If you want easier but better you could try XT60's but they're a bit bulkier and harder to reuse. For Mosfets, Gate do a range of them, from the very small that fit in the stock tube, to the more complicated/expensive (Titan) that go inside the gearbox and provide a whole bunch of features like pre-cocking, burst, shot completion, etc. Black Talon Concepts are also well regarded.

So anyway, I was on the internet looking at things I don't need and I found this... Remake of the bank robber mag carrying vest from HEAT. On pre-order for £150... (and I've just noticed they sell plush hand grenades too!)

Welcome back... Sounds fine as it is, like Speedbird says, just go out and run it. Only change I'd go for personally at this point would be switching the connectors out for Deans. - easy job and might get you a little free performance. I'd also stick to the 7.4s, but opinion differs. Slightly longer term, if it's all still running well and you don't feel the urge to buy something new and shiny, then you could consider chucking some form of mosfet in (whether that's a basic one or more complicated) for the improved response.

Best - There's a few bits of kit or guns that could fit the bill here, but actually thinking about it, the one that I've taken to pretty much every skirmish for at least the last 10 years has been my mesh face mask. I *think* it was one of the original Black Bear ones (seem to recall having to order it from Russia or similar) and it's undoubtedly saved me from injury a bunch of times. TM MK23 and GSPEC are also strong contenders just from how much use I've had from them. Worst... I have made a *lot* of poor purchasing decisions. I've managed to buy both M249's and M4's twice and sink money into them before getting frustrated. However, I think the G36 I got as a project gun that I was completely unable to get feeding properly is the worst, but the Wolverine SMP was a close second.