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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.

You might find this video helpful. Obviously ideal bb weight affected by how much power your DMR is allowed to put out. I lean towards "the heaviest you can get away with". But that's very thumb in the air.

I've always found the U-R Tactical kit to be well made, and comes in a decent range of camo colours in most cases (pencott, ATACS, all the multicam variants, kryptek, etc). They've got a couple of options on there that might suit. A lot of what you spend comes down to if you want a fancy rappelling buckle on it or can live with a normal one. Bear in mind that you'll also have shipping on top of that though. For decent loads I favour the HSGI padded belt, but sounds like that's not what you're after. One point of note is double check the sizing because obviously you'll want to add a couple of inches to your normal waist size to compensate for the fact the outer belt sits over the inner.

To be fair, with your throwing arm you don't really need a TAG launcher anyway...

I'm still waiting in the hopes that TM will release one. If they do the same job as they have on the polymer on the gun it should be good. Mind you, I'm still hoping they'll release some more mags, so...

Have you had it apart inside? I know one of the previous CA ones I had an odd loading platform that pushes things up, whereas the others basically use M4 hicap on its side. I've had a couple of different Bullgear ones and I'd recommend one of the inserts that fits into legit M249 cloth pouches. Mostly because you can easily pick up replacement out shells for £10 from your local surplus if yours starts to play up. Their own 3d printed hard wired one is much easier to load, but the fit is too picky (and I suspect you wouldn't be able to use it on the stoner anyway).

I'm assuming you've checked out all the BullGear internal replacement parts but either can't or don't want to go down that route at the moment? What are the internals on this one anyway, is it the "loading platform" type? In which case, could you substitute it with the MAG brand version (I think you'd need to retain the section where it meets the actual gun). It's a bit more straightforward. If you don't want to look at buying anything, just mods, then I'd probably be looking at making sure the bowden feed spring is good (can cause feed issues if it's been stretched) and looking at wiring options. Is it sound activated, pressure switch, direct wired? Other possibilities are jamming due to dirt/off sized BB's. Usually you can pull the spring from the gun portion and determine if it's a jam in that tube or internally, which might at least give you some pointers.

Pretty sure this was covered a while back if you search for "Airsoft Trajectory Project" it goes into quite a lot of detail. There's a section specifically on MEDs at different powers, etc.

Same here, on both counts. Good piece of kit.

Managed the spring upgrade on mine to an Eagle 6 M100, also seeing around 340. Wasn't too difficult, just following the video and going slow. I found I didn't need to take it apart quite as much as they did (I didn't take the FCU off or remove the recoil unit). Slightly arsed up putting recoil unit back together, but worked it out in the end. Also seemed a bit fiddly getting the fire selector back in. At least the barrel/hop is accessible without taking the whole lower receiver apart, unlike the original. I didn't though. Testing tomorrow I think...

Yes, there are - like this. However, you're then spending £150 - £200 (Code Red Headsets also have a good selection) on a radio that costs £30. I've instead settled for a chunky ptt and a 3.5mm jack acoustic tube earpiece that plugs into it. Most of the time I'm only listening to traffic anyway.

Interesting. Slightly tempted to get one, since I assume the spare parts to convert your existing A5 won't be out for an age. Battery space should be better, but kind of hard to tell until we can get a look inside the handguard. I wonder if they've come up with an improved retention method for the handguard pins... Translation for the video doesn't seem to be up yet, but it looks like just a standard suppressor rather than a tracer unit or anything fancy. I did think perhaps they'd make the full stock version first, but I guess not. Any ideas on the accessories? Looks like a mag clamp (not a high cap as I first thought), rail mount, micro red dot and possibly dedicated mount for that.

It's a good thing really, otherwise you'd miss the hilarity of shooting people in the hand as they're standing there pointing at your position...

I'm with the "No Russian" crowd, but if it helps settle the drama any I've got a spare Bullgear 249 hop I can sort you out with.

I feel like there's probably at least a few other criteria here (left/right handed shooter, ease of use, weight, etc.), but you can do all that with an SRS for £400 new plus the cost of a spring change. Which is all of 30 seconds work. Yes, the stock hop is fiddly to set, but if you get that done right you can run it forever without breaking sears, etc. Something that can't be said for the VSR. I suspect the TAC-41 is similar. Ultimately you're still going to end up buying newer shinier parts in a futile quest for more accuracy/range/performance because who doesn't, but you don't *have* to. No experience with buying pre-upgraded/SSG10, the (apparent) simplicity of bolt gun upgrades always leads me to do them myself. And that's never gone terribly wrong...

It's not impossible. They use a copy of the Motorola HT port, just a different screw size (source). You can also get U94 style PTT's for them (although these cost more than the radio. I think the main selling point of the UV-9R's is the alleged water resistance, rather than the increased power, which was largely exaggerated in an analysis I read (don't have it to hand). Of course, you could achieve the same by putting it in a plastic bag, so...

It is, perhaps obviously, a hard no from me. I don't consider myself to be a particularly sensitive snowflake and I recognise the arguments that the world has always been in conflict so whatever loadout you pick you risk offending someone. The whole "Good/Evil is a matter of perspective and the truth is in the middle" only holds to a certain degree and right now, the lines seem pretty well defined. However, at this exact moment in time, we're talking about running around playing pew pew in the woods and laughing about it whilst 80 year old grannies are getting a crash course in using AKs in a futile attempt to stop Russian tanks and shelling from destroying and stealing their country. I don't know, but I just don't have the stomach for it. Suspension of disbelief is about making it seem real, and it's already more real than I'd like. Not to mention that, well, you know how people can be and there's guaranteed to be some clown on site who thinks its all hilarious or some marshall that thinks setting themed objectives around the current conflict is a good idea. As someone pointed out, the devs of This War of Mine are donating profits from sales at the moment to Ukraine Red Cross and there are *still* people on the comments berating them for it and saying they should "stay out of politics". I'd hate to think I'd accidentally gone and developed some empathy this late in the day, but it's kind of looking that way and I know I'd have a shit day out if I went. So, each to their own. If you're out this weekend have fun, but I think I'll give it a miss for now.