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Another reason why I like it here, we've got each other's back - online as well as on the field.

Don't forget you're also paying for the skills of the master craftsman who put it together 😉

Welcome! Nothing wrong with going on your own, it’s what I do most of the time. Sounds like you have the right mindset though and that’s the most important bit. Definitely spend time renting to sort out UKARA and get a handle on what kind of pew you want to use. Definitely a good thing, although occasionally not overly wallet-friendly: Random chap (mid game) : here, have a go with this, I’m using my pistol for a bit (hands me an MP7) Me : don’t mind if I do ….. and I’ve just added an MP7 to my collection 😂

This 👆 Welcome to the rabbit-hole that is owning your own stuff, the ideal number of pews is most certainly n+1. Have you got UKARA sorted out yet? Definitely do your research and don't forget to factor all the extras into your budget.

Well done! That's a great time too.

Hello & welcome. Don't forget to check out Zmart if you fancy a bit of CQB action in a former Debenhams - airsoft is a much better use of space IMO 😉

They'll have had an email with the contents of your reply I expect? if they've read that, it answers their question and they've decided it doesn't need a reply then there's no incentive to log on here and read it again. Still begs the question of why they decided a response wasn't needed. Personally I'd reply with a 'thanks but no thanks' kind of reply, because that's the courteous thing to do.

I’ve a stand-alone Bifrost unit that’s been pretty good so far, but like you have a hit rate of 1 decent unit out of 4 from Acetech. The Xcortech I have on the pistol has been fine from the outset.

Either I'm just unlucky or this is a classic example of airsoft QC in action - or worse if you're feeling cynical. I'm in the process of returning yet another Acetech tracer that's supposed to auto shut down & shake to wake but actually it doesn't. That's two Predator Mk3's (they were a few months ago) and a Raider, all with Bifrost M units inside that are advertised with 'intelligent power control' but actually have nothing of the sort. Acetech asked me for a video, so I sent them a 30 minute long one showing that's how long it took to shut down (not 5 mins) and then that it didn't wake up on shaking, but they've now gone ominously quiet. So rather than risk being stuck with the unit, it's going back for a refund. Will look for something else for the MP7.

The best weapon you have is your brain. Tactics are worth more than spending any amount on a pew, learn your craft.

I like this a lot, no messing around with primers, you can use it as many times as you like and there's all the customisation you could want from a grenade. Hell you could even have CQB / outdoor volume settings which would overcome my reservations about grenades & indoor spaces. Could you not have some lights on it that start flashing once the audio has finished and then stop on whatever reset method you have? or an audible beep, or both? That would certainly help in finding it.

This. Also one man's niggle is another's deal breaker, there's just a ton of variables at play here. Apart from QC being loose ... consistently inconsistent is pretty much the mission statement of airsoft QC. Personally I've been lucky enough to not have any first hand "don't buy xxx" experiences, probably due to taking heed of good advice - long may both continue!

Personally, I tend not to use a weapon light for long periods of time so there's less chance of the build up of heat. It may be that using it as a torch to find stuff is not representative of using it in a game - play a game with it and see how warm it gets. I carry a torch for illumination duties, which can be handy at diverting fire and eliminating enemy hidey-holes if you leave it somewhere.

One from the boy today: How do you get Pikachu on a bus … . . . . . . … Poke-him-on

Hello and welcome 👋 You’re in the right place, there’s plenty of friendly and knowledgeable folk on here.

Totally didn’t, thanks for the info. Am off to follow some people on Insta now …. Also gonna Google what a Chicago stud is, although I’m slightly concerned I’ll get a load of American male strippers 😂

@C-Diddy certainly was great using my own kit, not only is it the stuff I want to be playing with but it’s like officially being an Airsoft player. This community is great at making rentals feel welcome, but as a rental you still feel a bit of an outsider. I was going to ask for recommendations for a two point sling but you’ve already given me a couple 😉

Just got back from my local CQB - Z-mart. Was a big night of firsts for me. First time with my own kit, using mid-caps, a side-arm, tracers, sights the whole lot. What a bloody great night it was too, great mix of players from rentals to old-hands, springer shotguns to HPA. But we were all there to have fun and that’s exactly what we did. Loved having my own kit and a tracer really does come into its own in indoor CQB. Mid-caps are fun but I was glad I decided to use a hi-cap as my last mag, only dipped into it twice but I was glad not to be worrying about being down to my last 100 rounds. Having the sidearm was brilliant in tight stairwells, it’s also quicker to swap to that than change a mag mid fire-fight. It’s definitely gonna take a while to speed up my mag change! Pew decided to briefly shit itself and stopped working but it turned out the mag detector thing had got out of place so a bit of a fiddle and I was back in the game. Also need to remember that on a 1-point sling my rifle’s fairly close to the ground so ducking when using the pistol does mean it occasionally dinks the ground. Maybe I should look into a 2-point one to sling it onto my back. TL:DR - awesome night at Z-mart

Hello & welcome! Loads of advice and friendly folk here. Handily there's a couple of guys at work that also play, so disposing of packaging and then saying 'I got it cheap from X' works pretty well. I also do a lot of biking so a few bits of kit may have been mis-described as bits for the bike.

Hello & welcome! Definitely just go, I've a few mates who dip in & out so are perpetual rentals, but generally I go on my own. You'll find everyone's there to have fun and are as friendly as you are to them, strike up a convo about their pew and you'll be fine - tough bit's getting people to stop talking once you get them started

If the site limit is 350fps then HPA is likely to be closer due to the nature of the setup. Just because you (and I as a matter of fact) run AEG's in the 330 range doesn't make the 349.9fps HPA user a cheater. Yeah it's more energy, yeah it's faster and yeah it'll hurt more, but it's still within the rules. If you reckon someone is cheating then that's what the marshals are for, if you do nothing in-game and then complain on a forum nothing will happen to change your issue. I wish my RIF was accurate enough to specifically target fingers or any particular part of another player. Generally I'm slinging BB's in their general direction on the off chance one of them will hit 😂 If you play this game there is a high likelihood of some very close combat, hell I play CQB most of the time and often look like I've a case of measles the following day! Some of the shots hurt like f**k but that's what you're signing up for when you go on a game day. Last game day I needed cleaning up after a shot broke the skin on my forehead (no complaints from me, didn't even realise till I got some odd looks in the safe zone) and I've even had to get an out of warranty replacement on my watch after I stupidly forgot to take it off and it got smashed by a BB - think it was a pistol that time. HPA has a bad rep as it's easier to cheat, but that's not the systems fault, it's the users and the marshals. If all else fails, play somewhere else.

Hello & welcome. How new is new? played many games yet?

Thanks @RostokMcSpoons that’s just the thing I was looking for. Got the windage sorted but it’s the elevation that had me wondering. Was about to get my calculator and put the Pythagoras I learned back in GCSE maths to use, but that website will save me the embarrassment.