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Right. Wasn’t gonna talk about this, didn’t particularly think anyone would give a crap, and basically I’m a reasonably private person. however, in May I had a lipo failure in my bedroom, which could have easily killed my son who nearly got trapped in the shower. I almost passed out from smoke inhalation, trying to put it out. House was gutted within ten minutes of finding it. Fire service were training that night and were there in like ten minutes, and basically saved the shell. Luckily the insurance company have paid up and we should be back in by January. ive had lipo batteries for like over ten years for my rifs, never never had a problem til this. moral of the story should be : respect lipo s. always charge them in a metal box or proper bag near your back door or something. I’ll post some pic at some point. plug: if anyone has a ksc sig p226 - mine is screwed! Right. Wasn’t gonna talk about this, didn’t particularly think anyone would give a crap, and basically I’m a reasonably private person. however, in May I had a lipo failure in my bedroom, which could have easily killed my son who nearly got trapped in the shower. I almost passed out from smoke inhalation, trying to put it out. House was gutted within ten minutes of finding it. Fire service were training that night and were there in like ten minutes, and basically saved the shell. Luckily the insurance company have paid up and we should be back in by January. ive had lipo batteries for like over ten years for my rifs, never never had a problem til this. moral of the story should be : respect lipo s. always charge them in a metal box or proper bag near your back door or something. I’ll post some pic at some point. plug: if anyone has a ksc sig p226 - mine is screwed! Tmc avs, and ksc sig…I’ll try find more.

Yeah isn’t that what we are doing on this forum? Yeah telling site owners and staff how to run their site is a…… sure way of being told not to come back? Yeah it’s called a margin for error, effectively keeping the players rif just about within the 1.3 joules But yeah. If you’ve got something constructive to say about joule creep, I would probably listen.

@Rogerborg I completely get you. It’s exactly the same as air rifles be set below the max joule/ ft/lb limit; to allow for variance in pellet mass. thanks for the school men. I’m converted… chrono on a heavy bb in joules. Everything else is gravy.

That would be great. I kinda understand more now, and understand better what @Rogerborgwas saying (apologies). I guess I’m old school, used to carry a bag of 0.20’s and a chrono to spot check punters- 328 +- 10%. Also most sites are still 350fps that we’ve visited. I shall definitely look at a chrono and bb weight differently now. Just took it for granted I guess.

I think it would be really helpful to get some numbers up to maybe highlight the issues of joule creep. Because I feel at least for myself, a little education on the matter is useful. maybe get some sort of chart up of examples from different platforms? I’d give it a go but I’ve just had a house fire and lost a lot of gear including my chrono. Thank god I’m insured.

I understand this, as I have air rifles, and know that different grain ammo can impact joules as stated on the rifles. but always presume that the benchmark was 0.2g so joule creep was irrelevant.

I see what you are saying. I was talking in terms of joules creep; so the ukapu statement is actually slightly misleading? I’m slightly confused as this seems up to date?

Dunno about that mate

I’m sorry but I tend to slightly disagree with your assumption. as I understand it , the law states the joule rating based on 0.2g bb. So if any of my auto capable rifs shoot under 1.14 joules, they meet the legal bench mark, irrespective of whether I use .12g or .36g bbs. edit. Well it’s actually 1.3 joules I believe but most sites like the 350 fps thing.

Love all your kit. Amazing attention to detail. Must all be worth a small fortune. Keep it up mate.

Lol. We all know where you mean!!

Been there, done that , handed back the hi viz. This is the worst thing that can happen to a marshal IMO

Yeah. But publicity for his INSTA innit!

Not trying to start (another) argument, but I was looking at the nuance between 47 & 74 gas blocks the other day. What I noticed is that the Tm akm gas block looks , well … wrong? They seem to have straightened it. Traditional 47 has a curved front to the 45 degree sweep, as opposed to the 90 degree 74. Anyone else noticed this?

oh I see duh! could this simply be the motor needing adjustment?

Forgive me for sounding confused, but are you sure you’ve put everything back correctly? I mean, pretty sure on an ak, semi is all the way down, auto is the middle position……

Dude that’s so lazy…..I love it!

Suppose you’re gonna say that’s your cam870 and l119 too? 😉

And of course you get 3 spare correct magazines in the price. hmmm starting to convince my self I need this…..

Ak 101. although early model 74 look strikingly similar to the akm, in that they both have fixed stock and wooden furniture; apart from chambering different rounds, the main visual ‘tell’ is the gas block: Ak47 have a distinctive curve whereas the 74 has more of a vertical stature. this being the pmc akm, I would quite easily see someone buying this and selling the five 74 mags and the furniture and gas tube for say £275. And setting it back in pic mode, leaving them with a perfectly respectably upgrade rif for £325. don’t sound like too bad a deal when you break it down? Yeah yeah why don’t I but it? Ghk baby….

This set up works nicely for me…. Zenitco b22 I believe.

Dunno about that…. Had one years ago: gearbox was very “twangy “, trigger was mushy, annoyingly the bolt cover used to flop around letting debris get in. Took it apart to fiddle with it and ultimately put it in the bin. Very disappointed. Cheap and nasty rif.

Any rif can be upgraded. Had a cyma which could hit a person at 75yards with good success rates. but as OP asked, out of the box TM hands down.

Best out of the box rif I ever owned was the TM m14. Decent length inner barrel and great hop set up. Do it. Dooo iiit!