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I'd say you're looking around £500 -£550. £325 ish for the 416 with the original rail - the new rail is likely to put people off as much as it is draw them to it. Also it looks like a longer barrel and rail than standard (assuming same outer barrel, but with the extension and a longer rail). The fact it's had work done, spectre, spring etc puts as many off as it does attract again, so little value is added in my opinion. Would have priced it lower without the work done. £280-300 ish. £180 for the pmags - £45 each seems to be around the going rate for them. £50 for the rahg rail. I'd probably advise selling the rahg rail separately if you want max cash but more posting to do. Selling the original rail separately isn't easy and doesn't get as much as the rahg as its much more common.

I am not a fan of the owner, but there's a few things I consider. He did serve his time, agree with the sentence or not the whole point of our justice system is that people get punished for doing naughty things and then should rehabilitate. There's an awful lot of stolen mod kit about, most is very low level(pairs of glasses etc), he just went to the extremes and got punished for it. I understand that they went after his finances as well via the tax man. With his diagnosis, it doesn't excuse what he did etc. but considering how awful it is, I don't think he needs a rougher time of it so I'll avoid any personal comments. I actually really appreciate their stance on subjects like 2 tones, binary triggers and pistols with high cap m4 mags. They championed the opinion against 2 tones to their financial detriment. They make money off people attending their sites and by implementing that rule they have fewer players, I am sure whatever "extras" they have made from more rentals or kit sold onsite, it isn't offset by the numbers that don't attend. Their principle was that 2 tone wasn't right and they stuck by that principle and were willing to take the hit to the wallet. Whether you agree with their principle or not, I do admire the conviction(boom boom) to stick to their ideals on it. Personally, not a fan of the idea of binary triggers (no idea if I have ever come up against one, normally these things are based on whether the person who has it is a knob or not) and pistols with high cap m4 mags, it's just not for me and if a local site had that rule I would see it as a reason to attend. I don't like speedsoft, if people do that's fine but the fact there is choice in the market is a good thing. If you want to speedsoft etc then great, go to sites that do it or allow that style, if you don't, I'd like there to be somewhere to go that applies suitable rules. More choice and variation of games, styles etc to me is very welcome, even if it means there are events, sites etc that I end up not wanting to attend. BFGs, had 3 for over 6 years and frankly they have saved me over £1000 in pyro, never had one stolen and I regularly leave them to the end of the game. Maybe I have been lucky or the sites I have attended have been ultra honest. even if they did get stolen I'd still be quids in (though annoyed!). However they do get stolen, I would hazard a guess that the rule is there so marshalls can step in and prevent dead players ruining firefights to collect their bfgs, if the area isn't in contact I can't see collecting used bfgs would be an issue. Have a strict rule in writing, then you can be flexible, don't have the rule at all and it can't be enforced when needed. Just my 2 pence worth.

I have used a lot of optics under nv and your decision is likely to be based on what generation of night vision you have but I think it's sensible to be looking into passive more and more. The last weekend event I did I saw one ir laser, the whole time, there was so much nv on site that lasers just give your position away too much (caveat on that later). Ultimately passive aiming through NV is expensive, you're generally looking for real optics. I currently have/use the following: Vortex sparc ar, vortex crossfire red dot, Holosun (can't remember the specific model) and an eotech 512 (real), holy warrior eotech xps. Previously owned Aimpoint comp m2, comp m4 and an evolution gear eotech. I have owned acm clones of eotechs etc but ignoring them are they arent usable for nv. My recommendation would be a holosun red dot (like a aimpoint t2 style) or a vortex crossfire and put it on a riser, such as the unity tactical fast mount. There are clones that work for airsoft, pts ones around £55 and acm around £15. There is another mount called the scalar works which is higher than standard, but not as high as the unity. I haven't recommended the sparc ar as you can't change the mount and would strongly recommend you do, or at least retain the ability to do so in the future. The holy warrior xps has a night vision mode, but it's lowest nv setting is the same as the highest nv setting on a vortex or holosun. It effectively creates a photonic barrier so you can see it, but not past it onto your target......which isn't that helpful. It's just about useable but compared with vortex and holosun isn't ideal. The eotech 512 on a riser is amazing - easily the best. Has a nice big window to look through, the reticle is just amazing but you're lucky to get one under £350 even second hand plus the riser. The aimpoints were good, smaller windows but did the job well. It's just the holosun/vortex ones do the same job (for airsoft purposes anyway) and are around half the price as again, you'll be lucky to get one for less than £350. The vortex and holonsun, you're looking around £150-£170 new plus the new mount, they're great in the day, the night vision modes work well and they can be set nicely, for not ridiculous money. The holosun has a shake awake feature, which is nice but not essential. Can save batteries though. I would recommend keeping the IR laser, in buildings they're handy for the amount of "splash" they can create where there is less ambient light. I'd also recommend an IR torch on a pressure switch for similar, but can be handy, especially outside. BTW, a night vision mode is nice, its better than using the same optic on a non night vision setting. But it's not mandatory, in fact at some events you're better of using the red dot version of it. The nv mode is essential if you're attaching your NV device to the rif, but when head mounted, for a general look through, aiming etc it should be fine for a standard gen 3 device (has been for me!) The reference to having it in red mode rather than nv mode is once a contact is initiated it's amazing how often it switches to lots of white light and having it in red mode for that can be handy, without having to change it, flip your nods up etc mid contact. you'll just have to play with it to decide what you like.

Check out weapon762, based in Spain but they stock some good airsoft versions of the expensive kit. Very hard to tell the exact vest, would agree it looks similar to a jpc and even if it's not, it's great carrier and likely to do you well (it does pretty much everything well).The real ones are more expensive but airsoft clones are generally fine. There is an argument for real versions, but I'd suggest sticking to airsoft ones and the quality of TMC has improved massively and the price is easier. Some sites like shooter cb gear can be worth looking at too.

Thats a good shout, heard good things about his products and service he provides. Not cheap though

Edgar brothers, though they look out of stock for what you're after. If you're after a real steal tactical light land warrior stock streamlight and their new rifle light is meant to be excellent value. https://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/aiming-devices-mounts-and-bipods-c7/flashlights-c79/streamlight-protac-rail-mount-2-625-lumen-p12246 I don't work for land warrior. Just an available real steel alternative.

That is easily the best protection and best looking protection I've seen for that type of optic. Quite impressed! Personally I'm really not a fan of the look of that optic at all, but don't let that put you off it if it's the favourite as I can be a grumpy old man at the best of times! If we all like the same stuff the world would be very dull.

I'd recommend option 1 or option 3 on a riser, I'd generally advise against option 2. Re option 2 there are a couple of reasons I'd advise against, the main one being how exposed the glass is. Over the years I have seen dozens, if not more of them smashed and cracked from bbs strikes with regular comments of "I only put that on there the other day" (or similar). Adding protection against bbs isn't as straight forward as options 1 and 3. Add in the rain issues and I'd recommend staying away. There will be people who have run them for ages, but they seem to have a higher destruction rate than the others. Option 1 is a good solid foundation but not the most operator looking (it's a clone of an older aimpoint), option 3 is a clone of a more modern aimpoint and is generally paired with a mount or riser (such as the cool Unity tactical fast mounts, clones are available) which is not only a cool modern look, but also really helps with body posturing while playing and using the optic while wearing a mask. While the look might not be that important now, you might (might not obviously) get into more milsim, operator larp etc impression stuff and it's more likely to help you avoid having to buy another optic at that point. Both 1 and 3 are pretty easy to add a poly carb lens (Screw fix do some poly carb safety goggle for about £1.50 that provide enough to cover 2-3 optics) and rain is much less of an issue as well. Just my 2 cents worth.

No idea on a suitable price for this but definitely better to sell it somewhere an aliens collector would see it rather than just airsofters. This is pretty unique.

I would advise any ngrs owner to have an AR wrench. The recoil/wobble causes stuff to get loose surprisingly fast. They can generally tighten the barrel nut as well (which on recoils needs doing occasionally). For the castle nut, it's needs tightening but I'd also recommend some threadlock (can't remember if it's blue or red). I'd also recommend checking other screws and pins periodically as well, at least after every game day for the first 3-5 game days you do, mag catch, the ones in the stock tube, the pins in the lower receiver. Just a standard side effect of the recoil.

You can get amped ptts to combat this issue, however they are generally not cheap and often for the dual pin boafeng/kenwood plugs. Disco 32 do a range and would imagine JCI comms does something too. One of the nice things about the baofeng is that it's easier/possible to get a wider variety of accessories.

For my recoils I have changed the spring, to an M95 which isn't a massive increase, but if you do that and change the barrel for a tightbore and one that is slightly longer you should have a decent fps. Mine are around 335-340 pretty consistently. This way you aren't just wacking in a bigger spring, realistically more powerful springs will break tm recoils quicker than other modern brands (as described above, they are built for power so the gears and piston aren't as strong) but they have been running pretty well for over 5 years each and a lot of use on stock gears and pistons without any major malfunctions. The FPS mentioned is at 0.2, it's obviously lower as I run 0.3s through it normally. I don't think TM recoils are great if you want a reasonably high ROF either and I think regularly people use 11.1's (even with mosfets) and then get annoyed when their upgraded recoil can't cope with it. Doesn't really sound like I am endorsing recoils, I am, they're great, but they aren't some super dupe easy to upgrade by slapping in a higher power spring or massive battery, they're more refined and if treated like it will deliver some fantastic results for quite a while.

This might sound silly, but I actually have a name tag, it's just my first name as a velcro patch. While it doesn't help me with other people's names, it helps them with mine and I have noticed more people chat to me when I have it than when I don't. As I've been doing Airsoft for 10 years, I have a lot of kit, know a few people on site, am older etc but I want to be approachable to any player and newer players especially so making it easy for them to chat to me seems a good way of doing this, they are the future of the sport. I've always hated going to sites where the older/regular players almost seemed unapproachable. I also figure that if I'm wearing a name patch, people figure that I want them to know my name and probably chat to me, which again I think helps. I swear this has made people I don't know feel more comfortable chatting to me.

Unfortunately, I think that's where this is heading. Was really hoping someone would come in with a gem like - the new TMC ones are the dogs bollocks or check this brand out etc.

Comms and ear pro can be the same thing, but they don't have to be. For the radio, the baofeng you've mentioned is very popular, cheap and relatively easy to programme (several good how to videos on YouTube). Looking at a small business license is sensible/needed if you want to remain legal. Some sites have this already and you can use their channels (such as gunman). Personally, I hate baofengs, their QC is lacking and they often get moisture ingress which renders them useless or constant niggles that make them inconsistent. To be fair this was when I was doing around 15 weekend events a year and some were very wet, but in 1 year I went through more than 4 handsets. If you can spend more, check out yeasu which is a much better quality handset and a better longer term investment (c£100) Generally I'd recommend that, a speaker mic and a in ear covert ear piece. If you then want to run ear pro such as sordins you can run them over the ear piece or some have an aux input which you can plug straight from the speaker mic. You'll tend to find the sordins with the aux input and no boom mic are cheaper as well (c£130). Regarding ear pro, I never thought it was NEEDED, however I was on the receiving end of lots of pyro at catterick including the new tag 67s (£10 each!) And it was horrible, I now intend to wear ear pro every time I play. I have never heard of z tax, ear mor or whoever are the latest greatest clone to last long under serious use and the quality of their sound enhancement is never as good.

The pts mtek flux has all of the functionality I need, just love the classic ops core, the mtek is a bit too modern for me. Rs is looking more and more like the viable option. Thanks!

Hi all, I'm in the market for a new airsoft helmet, ideally a ops core clone of a carbon or maritime, but it needs the following: 1.Be at least a high cut, I need to run ear pro under it. 2. Be big, I have a 62 cm circumference head (massive) and most airsoft helmets I've had were too small. 3.Finally, it needs to be not shit and flexible. I don't mind spending for something good. I currently have a pts mtek flux I've looked at TMC, FMA and I just can't tell if it'll hit the above. I've had negative experience from evolution gear so I'd rather avoid them but will if I have to. Thanks

The heresy group attended and then did a post game debrief. Whether you're a fan of them or not, sounds like there are a few key choke points and once they're dominated that's pretty much the end of the game. Sounded like it had or has some potential but that it's lacking in such a way due to the size and layout of the site. I'll await further reviews before I decide to go.

What a great thread/conversation. God I've missed forums! Loads of great ideas suggested but as had been mentioned the dick's will be dick's regardless of the rules. My recommendation would be to have more specialist games. Gunman run a skirmish weekend (anything goes within reason) once a month and a filmsim (ammo limits, different medic rules and teams by camo, mid caps encouraged). I've never seen another site do similar, the occasional "milsim" day or gas and shotgun but that's about it. My main moan about gunman is I have attended a few of their advertised filmsim games and they were effectively how they do skirmish days (I've done them when run as filmsim and it's very different). It's very rare that event organisers are explicit enough about what each event type is and how it differs. For ages there was chat about what milsim is, it never really resolved, people just got bored of the conversation. I'm not encouraging we have that conversation but if organisers put on an event and could list what it is for and what it isn't. Skirmish - hpa allowed, no ammo limits, some respawning in field as per individual game rules. Etc you as the player then know what you're signing up for and I think the differentiated game would draw more players in from further around. Ultimately I think we are paying for the experience from the day and while sites can't guarantee if you're going to have a good day, they can be explicit about the rules for that event and have events that cater to different groups within the community. I saw an event recently for just tm recoil owners only, while I could have gone I didn't think it would make the game more enjoyable but it was nice to see the option.

Don't suppose you took any pics etc of what you did? Nervous about mine getting wet!