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Maybe pads outside the trousers? Add some slider plates for sparky knee slides!

This is correct, a heavier BB may need a bit more hop to counteract gravity and keep in flight for longer. It’s not to bring their pew within chrono limits. Sounds like you experienced Joule creep, there’s tons of info on that here.

Most are CCW to make them accurate to their RS counterparts and as such most suppressors etc you’ll find are the same. Seems odd size / CW threads are manufacturers trying to be either different or deliberately difficult - I’m looking at you TM and the 16mm CW outer barrel on my FNX. At least there’s plenty of adapters available- I’ve used Lees Precision a couple of times.

That’s some serious cash for a couple of boneyard pews and some accessories.

Gutted. Dates are up for the next three Fridays and I can't make any of them. Fingers crossed others can make it and it becomes a regular thing, this would be a good way of introducing our eldest to airsoft. He's 12, I'm working on him letting me shoot him to prove it's no worse than paintball.

Me too, hence the questions. It just didn't stack up. Bit of a sod about the barrel nut but it's good to know and therefore be prepared, than get to needing a tool and not having it to hand. Had already picked up on changing the nub and also the nozzle return spring.

Ok, I admit it, I'm MWS curious. I like the MK18 but just saw a YT vid saying they're a pain to work on because 'special tools' (yet no specifics) but mainly that there's red Loctite everywhere. Is that actually the case though? While I'm not planning any major mods there'll be a time when I need to work on it and I don't fancy taking a blowtorch to one. The vid actually said get an M4 and then change the rail etc. All seems a bit odd to me.

Welcome! Sounds like you’ve got the bug where it comes to collecting gear. Unfortunately for your bank account it only gets worse when you start playing games 😂 Can certainly recommend Z-Mart if you fancy a CQB fix, would advise bringing a torch or weapon light! Also makes a great excuse to get a tracer too.

I've always run 100rd mid-caps in my AEG so it took less time to adjust to the 40rds in the MP7. It's been a good introduction for me into GBBR's, I love how much more immersive it is ... the recoil, the noise, the mag changes. You'll also use your sidearm more, it's quicker to switch to it than reload in the middle of a fire-fight (playing CQB mostly, so range isn't really a factor). I rarely used more than 2 mid-caps in a game so used that as a gauge for the number of mags I'd need and went with 5, it changed my load out as all those on a belt makes it pretty damn heavy, so have just got a chest rig so will see how I get on with that and my next game. Still very much in the honeymoon period - nothing's broken yet! Totally saving some money for a TM MK18 now though. I love my 308 but she's fast becoming my backup/loan pew.

try here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/border-force/about/complaints-procedure Looks like you send them an email with supporting info and they'll respond within 20 days. If you're lucky they'll reimburse you the costs of repair. Of course if you're feeling like chancing it, you could always claim you missed a game day because of it and throw in the cost of one of those too.

That's the thing. It came with two which threw me a bit. One's got FM136-174/400-520mhz on it and the other VHF:245MHz. Currently got the first one on it, think I need to real the manual.

My P226 was a bit like that when new, was sluggish to return and as a result wouldn't fire consistently - by sluggish it didn't have the energy to lift a BB from the mag's feed lips. Hence when I chrono'd it I got readings between 0.5j and 16.6j (1336fps on a 0.2!! - not sure what happened there). Not sure I'd call it a fix but a clean & lube and then manually cycling it certainly freed it up, followed that with a few mags using maintenance gas and it's cycling nicely now at 0.7j / 277fps on a 0.2 using 144a. Actually, looking at your picture, you've not even got the mag in. When you had the slide off was the piston moving freely and returning nicely? (apologies in advance for any dodgy terminology, I'm still learning about gas guns myself)

Just picked up a Boafeng UV-5R III. While I generally turn up on my own, it'd be good to be able to join the comms of whatever team I end up on if they're using them. Just need to work out how to use it. Do I really need to worry about anything other than what channel I'm on? and also, which aerial do I use?

I thought The Argus was just a made up rag in the Roy Grace books. Turns out it’s real-life chip paper …. not that the chippy’s allowed to use newspapers any more. The sentiment’s there though - don’t wave your RIF about in public folks.

Unwritten rule no.6, paragraph 3 - it’s just a game. If you get hit, call it. If it was a good shot, say so. If you’re not sure, take the hit anyway. You will always encounter people who don’t take a hit, whether because they just didn’t feel it (plate carriers etc) or because they’re a dick. You’ll also encounter people who miss, but swear blind they hit you. There’s two sides to every exchange on the field and we’ll all be on both of them. Also, leave the marshals to deal with issues, no good comes from a confrontation where neither side will budge, you may as well just shout at a wall. Chill out, remove yourself from the situation and go have fun firing BBs at people that play nice.

Justified this one by calling it a backup 😉 TM Sig P226, added a threaded barrel because I play in the dark and tracers are handy. Also got a Surefire clone off eBay. Already had the tracer.

At least with Airsoft it lasts the day, you're out in the morning and back for dinner. Whereas the likes of the cinema can cost almost as much for a couple of hours entertainment and then you've still got the rest of the day to fill. One downside with airsoft is that it's not something they can do every day / whenever they like, although if they learn some cleaning & tech skills there's plenty to keep then occupied for a few hours between games. Of course if they're only looking for weekend distraction's then that's less of an issue.

Finally we get to the bottom of all this, your issue isn't HPA ... it's that some people are dicks. Got some bad news for you, there are dicks everywhere, some of them even use AEGs and not all of them drive BMW's and Audi's either. Can we get back to talking about people having fun now?

Is it just down to the size of the marketing budget?

Hello & welcome. Am yet to venture that far for a game but never say never

Haters gonna hate. Physics is physics, we've explained it to death. Hope you raised any issues you have with the marshals and they dealt with it appropriately - you've not mentioned if you did or not? If Anzio's got lower limits for HPA, prob best you play there in future. You do bruise like a peach though, I play loads of CQB and while I look like I've done 10 rounds with a swarm of mozzies the day after as I only wear a thin top to avoid overheating, there's nothing like that bruise around it. Plenty of those HPA boys at my CQB too, never had any issues. Only had a BB break skin once when I got shot just above the eyebrow, I do believe that was fired from a GBBR.

Hello & welcome. With all those pews I'm guessing you're not new to this? 😉

looking forward to a few things: playing more, life's got a bit hectic of late giving the MP7 a run out the eldest's birthday when he'll be allowed to play too off the back of that, potentially playing a full day outside as the aforementioned hectic life (kids eh!) currently means I've only played CQB, mid-week, in the evening hopefully seeing the boy's enjoyment after his first game and not heading home for an early bath

The press officer is just that, if you want to effect change you need to go to the right part of the organisation, go and speak to the chairperson or secretary privately where the conversation can be constructive. There are ways of doing things and I don't believe that you'll get the answers or change you are looking for on a thread in a forum. Better still, if you really want to make changes to the way UKAPU is run then get involved, elected officer or not, I'm sure they'd welcome your passion for ensuring things are done right. Happy to sign up for UKAPU if anyone wants a nomination for a position at the next AGM - once they've given proper notice and we get the nomination in more than 45 days ahead of the vote of course. Personally, I'd not heard of UKAPU before this thread, it's been interesting to find out what they do.