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Land warrior Airsoft had some reduction, not sure if that's stopped now. Retailers tend to put stock that's not selling or has been sitting around for a bit too long that's tying up cashflow so that they can re invest in stock that will move at full price. Also January can be a pretty tight month so having some cash flow, even if not the most profitable, can still be a good thing. As pretty much everything seems to be hard to source, I'd question how much of this old stock is actually kicking about.

I think it's a complicated answer and entirely depends on what you're happy with. Other brands used to be significantly behind tm for quality and consistency. That's not the case anymore from what I understand for aegs. So if range, trigger response and rof if what you're after you can get the same (or better for less, sometimes a lot less) and this is out of the box. You'll miss some features (recoil, bolt stop). Gas rifles have improved (tm mws and ghk) so if you're after realism (recoil, bolt stop, not running high round count mags). Then for around a similar total cost these are now viable. The ngrs range haven't really progressed beyond the introduction of MOSFETs. Upgrade parts are available but often only as good as the person/tech doing it. But upgrading tms has become its own industry with high prices and I question how much improvement the expensive upgrades bring....is it actually value for money? I think to make them competitive they need some upgrades, a slight increase in fps and a MOSFET makes them very tasty. Gbls das is the latest at ptw type prices, reciprocating bolt, recoil, bolt stop, high precision engineering, all the good stuff of gas without a lot of the drawbacks, eye watering prices but my god do they feel nice. Ptws still exist but replacements and parts are harder to source and pricey. Nowhere near as common ad they were. If you must have the bolt lock feature, some sort of recoil etc then I think they provide a great base for long term use. I've been running my 2 for over 6 years. I get the impression the cheaper aegs are more short term use, use, when they start wearing or fancy a change then just buy more.

Polsim is very niche, there's very few who are proper dedicated to it.....but that loadout is pretty impressive. I have seen it add a huge element to some events and then be almost irrelevant at the next based on how the players are. Personally I hate the focus on whether a face is blurred. Some photos just have people pulling silly faces, sometimes there's a genuine reason (workwise) where you don't want pics of you running round playing toy soldiers or fake coppers to be available. Having been heavily involved in recruitment for some big employers I've seen hiring managers get funny about lesser subjects.

Your content is currently pretty laughable. Best aeg is a lancer tactical!?! It looks like you want some serious content on there to better hide your currently painfully obvious affiliate marketing business model. This isn't the forum if you just want people to say nice things or nothing at all. Best of luck with the money making.....I mean blogging.

Hi Cem, Welcome! Airsoft is a very welcoming sport and as long as you know a few key words such as "Hit", "Medic" etc you should be fine. If you can get hold of the sites rules beforehand, read them/use google translate then that would be sensible as you need to understand what is and isn't acceptable at their site. At my local site there is a lot of players that have English as a second language and it doesn't seem to cause them any problems. Airsoft is often labelled as a team sport - but often people do their own thing all the time, you're not there to do as you're told etc and other players won't listen when told etc. Communication helps, but it also isn't a barrier for entry to the sport. Regarding your physical condition - it depends. There are players who are wheel chair bound that do the sport, seen people play using a crutch. You will have to judge what you can and are willing to do, some players run around and others don't. When you play, be sensible and know your own limits. If you aren't sure, take it easy and ramp up the effort levels until you are happy etc. Camo Some games (not standard skirmishes) will have camo rules and it's generally a version of tan vs green/black. However these are more specialist events, most sites run armbands vs non armbands or Red armbands vs Blue Armbands. What you wear doesn't matter. If you do milsim or weekend events then yes it will matter but those companies make that very clear. Most skirmish sites accept everything. The 3 games rule is so that you can prove you're a regular airsoft skirmisher, this needs to be in more than a 3 month period, so doing 3 games in a 4 week period won't work, it needs to be in more than 3 months. This rule is there so you can purchase a Realistic Imitation Firearm (or RIF for short). One way of doing this is to be a member of a site who then add your details to UKARA which is a database of regular players. Airsoft sites check this database to make sure you're a regular airsofter before selling you a RIF. This is to do with the VCRA (violet crime reduction act), its frustrating and easy to get around, however you really shouldn't, it's easier if you just follow the guidance as ultimately following this protects the sport. If you don't follow this then I guess you don't care about the sport. Another reason to follow the guidance is it will save you money. Buying Airsoft RIFS, kit, boots etc is expensive. hold off spending until you're really sure you love the game, rent for the first few times. If after 3/4 games you're hooked and know you'll do it enough, then start buying your own, but by then you should be registered for UKARA. If you buy a £150 RIF, plus batteries etc it's hard to know what to get until you have been a few times, understanding brands, type of rif etc takes time to understand and actually using them. You'll almost certainly not buy a great RIF for your first one if you buy before you play, so play a few times, learn what you like and don't like from the rentals and other players, then spend your cash.

It's a big battery (physically) but it's only 600 mah, which is quite small. Assuming you don't know much about batteries (I don't know loads, but this is basic), the number of v a battery has is how powerful is that battery, so an 11.1 is more powerful than a 7.4. mAh is how long they can shoot for, (some guns are more efficient and get more shots per mAh), I go on the basis of 1 shot per mAh so a 600 mAh battery is around 600 shots. Discharge rates can have an effect as well, a 7.4 lipo with a 25c discharge will seem more powerful than a 7.4 lipo with a 15c discharge rate, but it'll get flat quicker. There are 3 main types of airsoft batteries. Nimah which is what you have there, they're big, old and less powerful (an 8.4 nimah is weaker than a 7.4 lipo). They are what used to be popular over 10 years ago.....times have moved on. Lipo is now the main battery type, they're smaller and more powerful but need to be looked after (stored safely, good charger and care taken in general....no stabby). They can't be run down completely either. Life is the newest kind, I don't know much about them but they seem to have higher mAh for the physical space they take and aren't as easily damaged. They haven't really taken off yet, but I'm not sure why. Fixing your current battery is like fixing a knackered old car that won't go more than 10 miles even when fixed. I'd recommend a new battery, probably a lipo. If you stick a really powerful battery (11.1v lipo) into an older gun it'll probably rip itself apart internally. Older guns just can't handle the power, think of sticking a really powerful car engine into an old Ford fiesta.....fun while it lasts but that won't be long. So I'd recommend a 7.4 lipo. You can go to somewhere like a component shop which was always reasonably priced, probably looking around 15 for a 1600 mAh UpTo £25/30 for a 2600mah. Just make sure it'll physically fit where the battery goes and you get the right connector type (normally dean's or Tamiya). I think the titan lipo batteries are great (got mine from land warrior). More expensive but have a guarantee, loads more mAh for the space but they're basically double the price.

My guess would be around £200. There has been a stock lower recently for £200 and the total second hand price for a full mws rif is around £450 (stock). Combined this still wouldn't have a bolt (expensive). The spare upper is an attractive option for a lot of people (hence why you got one!) The hop unit, spare upper and full barrel assembly in 1 go is nice. The fact you have a nice rail on it and an after market outer barrel is very dependent on who your buyer is, you're just as likely to have a buyer who has a similar set up and is looking for an alternative (that length and rail seems super popular on mws I have noticed) so they'll want to change it/it has no "extra" value to them. I don't think you'd be looking at a lot less if it was the stock outer barrel and ris rail.

I think its due to returning to normal. During the lockdowns and we were all keen to get out and play but couldn't. There's normally a relatively steady flow of new players, none of them could give it a go. So when games returned you had regulars frothing for a game, 6+ months worth of noobs and the people who would have been new players at opening time and the subsequent few months. Add that into sites restricting numbers so that airsoft itch couldn't be scratched as easily and this new concept of pre booking etc meant there's almost a frenzy for spaces. Look at the goal as an example, they were getting booked out 4 months in advance. Regulars are back to their regular pattern, the mass influx of new players has been satiated and those who weren't going to be long term regulars have stopped and that steady flow of new players is back into it's normal rhythm. Throw in the weather, the economic realities a lot of people are facing and the above and I think this could be how it is for a while. Good sites and site organisers make the best of their site and the players they have, 5v5 can be awesome.

I have done hundreds of purchases and sales on various airsoft forums and Facebook. Not once has it ever turned to threats or abusive messages and that includes times where I've taken too long to post items due to life getting in the way, it happens. Airsoft seems to attract scammers, they are rife, especially from people who have little or no feedback. They are not cheap items that are in that sort of grey area while not being serious cash (thousands) that could attract proper police attention. Buyers and sellers should be aware of this, they should therefore act accordingly, the minimum of which is reasonable comms and reasonable posting times. Buyers should do some sort of due diligence and sellers need to demonstrate they aren't scammers. If you've received threatening or abusive messages from more than one person I'd suggest you're the issue. As has been mentioned if you have the time to list an item, take people's cash and then not have the time to either post it relatively promptly or respond to messages asking where their item is (or even better, manage their expectations regarding postage, "I'm away with work for the next x amount of days, it'll be posted on...." ) etc then maybe you shouldn't be listing them?! What might be a low value item of little consequence to you could represent a lot of hard work and saving for that person and you being too busy with other things you deem more important than pewing despite taking their cash or communicating isn't really on. Life does happen, accidents and emergencies happen, people can be numpties but with smart phones, emails and the forum are available 24/7 from pretty much anywhere and a quick message doesn't take long. Whatever is going on, I hope it improves for You, threats to you and your family arent acceptable and you probably have a point that people should have a bit of slack/understanding for other humans.

This and this again. Airsofters love chatting about guns, gear etc and their choices. Be warned though, getting them to shut up can be a challenge.

With tuddenham, I'd recommend taking a small respawn bag with you and either leaving it near the road or at your respawn. You either gather near the road between games or the road is part of your way back. Leaving it at your respawn can be quite a walk there and back which is annoying after a full session of games. In it should be enough to see you through the morning/afternoon, so extra bbs, a snack, water, any extra pyro, a spare battery, spare eye pro etc.

That mandible looks the bollocks, nice one

I am relatively local (currently near Ely, was near Bury St Edmunds). Locally you have Combat Action Games, which is near Norwich and is a woodland site, has a great reputation and I keep meaning to go there, however I my local site has recently (about a year ago) changed managers and has come out of a funk. It's getting pretty good again so it's hard to justify the extra commue. Battle Stations at Snetterton is very CQB (or it was when I went) and videos of the new layout suggest it still is. it's a nice change and players seemed friendly, but it's not a sit I would want to go back to again and again, every 18 months or so as a quirk. I am sure some will disagree but for me it's all very close and it's not my style. Combat Airsoft Games in Thetford (not to be confused with Combat Action Games) is a paintball site that does airsoft, I think they do more and more airsoft and team green run events there. Team Green do events at Gunman tuddenham as well on occassion (less so now they have access to the thetford site). I didn't enjoy it, lots do but for me it was run like a paintball day, they are similar, but different. Team Green do more LARP type stuff so could be worth checking out. Gunman Tuddenham, I think they're the best skirmish site I have been to, pretty much ever and I have done a fair few (The mall, sandpit (closed), snetterton, Combat Action Games, Mad dog, The goal, Eversley, Ace Airsoft, (another one down South), splatoon, loads of stirling games, awa herts, ravens nest (closed), urban assault (closed),). Players are generally great, marshalling is effective and low key and the site has a nice mix of buildings and woodland. They have a nice variety to the structure and offerings for their days (filmsim, skirmish, themed etc). The Goal, probably similar travel time for you and a great site, again not something I'd do on a regular basis (mainly due to the travel) but it was well organised and pretty different, they seem to care about the experience customers get and hold a good set of values (they remind people every week when it's the last day you can cancel etc). As for the cost of hire vs a 2 tone over 3 games you're talking about £25 a pop, so £75 all in. You won't get a semi decent 2 tone for that, you're probably looking £150 plus ancillaries. personally I'd say rent, ask around on site to see peoples guns (they love chatting about them), have a feel etc and learn about some of the more modern stuff. Then take the plunge and buy a good one that should last you a while once you know you're hooked again, after 1-2 games you can feel hooked, after 4 games you'll know for sure.

Leaking through the top, I have never been to either of those sites but I think you're spot on that they'll be helpful! Thank you!

Hopefully someone can advise. I have a couple of 1911 co2 mags for the cyber gun 1911, it was advertised as the "Rail gun" but is basically a clone of the KWC 1911 and I believe the RWA Nighthawk as well. Surprise surprise, they leak and I'd like to fix them. Are there any good guides or info on what size o rings I need to get, where to get them from etc? I have tried google and either im rubbish (likely) or the info is pretty buried.

The nice thing about timed is you can huzz it along the floor. If the place you want it to go bang is 10+feet ish away from the cover you're using, you can roll it/slide it along the floor. You can't post/throw an impact safely that sort of distance. Agree with the coloured tape etc. Personally I've thrown reusable bangs outside around 3-4 times, it's amazing how even bright yellow/blue bangs are to find when they're behind a tuft of grass and how far away from where you thought it went they can actually go. Never had one pinched, but nearly lost one every time I used it outside.

I have saved a fortune from reusable pyro. I do try to push up but I have used at least 400 shotgun primers and 50-100 9mm blanks, total spend of around £200 for grenades and primers (over 10 years) or I could have spent £1500 on the same amount of bangs on disposable pyro (at £3 a throw) and I still have 2 grenades I could sell. As for go pros, the footage is rarely any good. But if you enjoy editing the videos it could bring you more fun

Think they were called gr20 though there were several versions. Not sure who made them but Thomas lowe defence seems to make them, though I suspect these were clones of the TLD version. They were popular, but expensive and charges hard to get. Very cool, but not that practical (you only need to be grenaded once to die in Airsoft). The flying spoon, pins going missing, cost and the ever increasingly hard to get charges is what's caused their demise. They were super loud, not sure many skirmish sites would allow them. The charges worked by a primer lighting the charge and then the charge fuse acting as a delay for the charges.

Does it have to be holographic? For that budget (£300-£400 end) you should be able to get a nv 552 eotech or an aimpoint like an m2 second hand. Personally though I think they're overkill for airsoft, even if you do events on a regular basis. I'd recommend vortex, the cross fire red dot is good and versatile, their warranty is apparently awesome (not had to use) and you won't be able to get repairs on a legit eotech or aimpoint (at least not easily). Holosun do some great options as well. For these you're looking £150-200 ish. They're for real rifles so recoil won't be an issue, they have a warranty and NV modes ( if that's important). Tactical kit is one of many UK retailers. The holy warrior clones are the best clones I've seen, good on bright days, have NV modes and seem to work well. NV modes can be a little bright (based on the eotech XPS I have). Tactical waffles is the only UK reseller I know of, devt team six sell them from Europe or you can get them direct from Ali express but post takes a few weeks. Cheaper, good enough but not perfect.

Thermal is cheaper than good night vision. There is the Leupold LTO tracker (few varients) that you can pick up from £300 ish, the Torres pine t 20 is good as well. You can also look at clip on thermal, giving a thermal overlay onto night vision as well, but you're looking 2.5k for that. Check out Scott country, they probably have info on options.