RostokMcSpoons

Success! The beast is ALIVE cheers all (I'll add a couple of pics here) Indeed. Being a fan of the gun in the Battlefield games etc, I had to get one of these stubby AKs eventually. This one has the 'interesting' customised paintwork. I knew I wouldn't mind an excuse to get the old rattle cans out again, so that didn't bother me. Neither did it being semi-auto only, as it'll be for CQB. If you're wondering, the long bit of Cyrillic text reads "Russian warship, f*ck yourself" And the short bit on the other side is 'glory to heroes', along with a 'Slava Ukraini'. The Adidas stripes and logo might be a bit much, but I'll probably keep it all like this until my daughter's Bulgarian boyfriend has had a go with it!

Well I suppose I could But often cabling space is at a bit of a premium (and it is a bit in this case) so I prefer to make it all 'go native' Cheers guys - thanks 👍

Hi ho! Well it's been a while but I'm expecting to go to a skirmish or CQB session for :checks notes: the second time this year, I think. And to celebrate this I went a bit bonkers and bought another gnu. Yay! I couldn't resist a nice little Cyma AK74SU that the previous owner anointed with Adidas stripes and some (no doubt) amusing pro-Ukraine Cyrillic text, from Action Hobbies boneyard I guess it's one of the older Cyma's, it's got the metal body but plastic handguard, and (damn it) mini Tamiya battery connector. All my stuff is Deans, so I've got the soldering iron out... I've done this job before but I think I made an educated guess and got lucky last time - this time I've got no batteries I can afford to bin, I don't want to trash my new gnu, and both wires are grey so I need help with which side of the tamiya connector is which, in the Cyma world. Please help an old man

Cheers, quite a bit of choice and the prices are reasonable ?

Hi all, I'm in the rather scary position of having lost a couple of my Lipo batteries. I think I've checked all my gnus to make sure they're not plugged in, but damned if i can find 'em. Anyway, upshot is that i need a couple of 7.4v and maybe a little 11.1v too, around 1400-1600 mah capacity, 25-40C, and with T / Deans connectors. I used to go to HobbyKing for the excellent NanoTech Turnigy batteries. They do have some in stock, but only with Tamiya connectors. I can't be arsed to buy extra connectors and do some soldering, is there anywhere in the UK that does good prices for what I'm looking for?

Nice to see someone joining this topic - @Mtemprell I think you'll absolutely love your new 416. I have had a long-time itch for an MP7 which is what got me here (searched for 'MP7' in case there's a super-cheap one out there - I must have one, one day) Sadly, as mentioned elsewhere in this forum, I broke my 416 by running an HPA adapter, and being careless with the pressure setting. That's had a bad effect on my airsofting - I think I'm still in mourning for it (and hating myself for being such an idiot). (Plus I've had a bunch of knee, ankle, foot and back problems that have regularly stopped me from doing anything particularly physical, so there's that too). So I really need to get mine fixed. I don't know if it's something in the bolt or the trigger or the receiver that snapped off, but I found a little cube of sheared-off metal - and I had to disassemble the gun to get the bolt out of the receiver. It's been in the loft for months, I really need to bring it down to find out just what went wrong. Hopefully it's a part I can source from somewhere and replace myself. I keep meaning to send some of my AEGs off to Luke at Negative Airsoft to get fettled / fixed, but where's the best place to send a GBBR for a fix, if it comes to that?

They're demonstrably almost as indestructible as normal bb's, even if you expose them to moisture and sunlight. So i think that's a bit silly tbh. You have to work really hard to break them down. I just went into my garden and picked up a handful that have been out there for months, they look perfect. I think they're supposed to break down when exposed to soil bacteria, these may have been protected by pine needle litter.

Hi guys, been a while since I've been around these parts... A combination of being skint through trying out a lower-paid job (in a much better one now thankfully), knackered knees and ankles, and worst of all a bad case of tinnitus caused by a grenade going off right next to me in a very confined doorway in the last game i played... meant I've not played for months. Luckily the tinnitus has eased off back to where it used to be, so as long a as i wear ear-pro i will try again. Anyway, glad to see the thread is being useful still! My beloved m906c has also decided to do something bad to the Falcon ETU again. I think the damned things are very heat sensitive, so a poorly shimmed gearbox or a badly adjusted motor, or just a lot of single shot spamming can cause it to fail. So these updates are good info ? My alternative thought is to go for one of those drop in hpa engines ... I'll wait until someone beats me to it so i can crib from their experience ?

I bought an Airtac adapter, and with a simple twist of the regulator knob on the air tank, I made something inside my beloved VFC HK416 perform a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. It went from 'sluggish' to 'busted' with one ill-judged moment. A bit of metal broke off, not sure if it's from the bolt carrier or the trigger assembly, but the whole thing is jammed together and I've not been able to separate the upper from lower receiver (though I've not tried very hard yet). So what ever you do, take note of my hard won words of wisdom / caution: 1. Ensure your RIF is well lubed and shooting nicely at room temp from gas, so there's no internal stickiness to overcome. 2. Dial the air pressure in slowly (starting at 'way too low'), in small increments. The adapter will add a lot to the effective length of the mag well, so maybe invest in some VN mags for AR's, or short MP5 mags, as appropriate?

I bought a cheapo Rossi VSR clone for £100 off a boneyard sale. I've had some good fun with that. It's definitely more accurate than all but one of my AEGs so if you want to do some garden target shooting, then something similar should do you well. When I took it to the field i got 3 kills with my first 3 shots! The ratio fell away quite spectacularly after that, but i still got quite a bit of enjoyment from it, it's only at the lower end of the power range, so the only real thing in it favour is the extra accuracy at 50m over an AEG, and the inherent stealthier aspect of a single shot rifle. On the downside, it's easy to fall foul of the minimum engagement distance as the enemy closes in, and end up with a pistol in your hand. Adds to the adrenaline though!

Well, I had to drag that image out of the history folder, for old time's sake Got me seriously interested in one of those as I enjoyed playing at The Fireplace. And I've always fancied a pump action just for the giggles. Available in black https://bbguns4less.co.uk/products/double-eagle-m58b-tactical-airsoft-shotgun-in-black.html And with a stock (which I'm perhaps more tempted by): https://bbguns4less.co.uk/products/double-eagle-m58a-tactical-bb-shotgun-m500-in-black.html Are the tri-shot versions equally as impressive, or is the single-shot the one to go for? (I am on hiatus again though, after returning from a lengthy layoff due to bad knees (and bad finances): I had a friendly-fire blank grenade land next to me in a confined space and I've got a bad case of tinnitus in my left ear. It's easing off a bit after a couple of months, but it's been a bit scary. I can't play airsoft again without some sort of ear pro)

I think that might count as a Lesser-Spotted Single Entendre

Annoyingly it's AWOL but you can save a bookmark for it... https://airsoft-forums.uk/classifieds/wishlist (And annoyingly you still can't delete completed ads from it either)

Make sure the barrel is properly clean, I've had some subtle curving deviation caused by blobs of crap stick in the barrel near the breech

Is there a decent cheap sling that can be recommended for the full stock version? All my slings are single point or won't fit the sling loop... My polymer gun is light but i still like to go 'hands free' easily.