RostokMcSpoons

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.

Sorry yes, I do mean the .209, same as I have in my 'nade. I saw him loading it (and complaining about how a batch of his seem not to work at all). Yup, I've got foam plugs, and also the Army ones (forget the make). I have got a snood-style mask somewhere, but that's not really enough protection given the close ranges involved - my torso looks like I rolled around in a bee's nest after Wednesday! It just seems a shame to have good ear pro and not use it, if there's something halfway between a snood with a mouth guard, and the mesh masks Oh yeah, to those of you with active ear-pro... my only testing with the Howard Leights so far is clapping loudly while I've got them on: the first clap I hear mostly(?) unimpeded via the pass-through capability - it's only on successive claps that the active side kicks in and really dulls it down. Are they broken, or is that expected? It's not like I'm trying to protect my hearing from a second grenade! Are my claps not loud enough to demonstrate the actual usage?

Wednesday evening was a thoroughly enjoyable event at Special Ops' "The Fireplace" CQB environment. Plenty of amusing gameplay, all worthy of a write-up by someone who reports such things better than me... but I'm here to ask about protection. I was taking refuge in a tight corridor when someone (turned out to be a teammate) lobbed a (12-bore primer) grenade at my feet. Damn, it was loud. I've already got fecked hearing so it was less than ideal to be in such a confined space with no where for the sound to go but at me. Towards the end of evening, I pretty much returned the favour except my 'nade didn't go off. He'd have been kneeling next to it in a similar confined space, so a blessing tbh. Anyway, I wished I'd had my Howard Leight active ear pro on, but the darned things don't fit with my One Tigris mesh mask. I value my teeth and face too, so I've always chosen the mask over the earpro, but this has convinced me I need both! So - any good suggestions for face masks that are compatible with wearing ear defenders? (My usual mask is the one with the integrated ear guards, but I've tried the version without and that still has strapping and buckles that get in the way of the ear cups)

I've just become a member of the MP5 Owner's Club, so here's my rather dull pic of my gat. It's purchased from the Classified's at a sensible price for a Secutor (which is probably an Ares under the skin, but I've seen that different manufacturers do different models, so this might actually be something else. One crosses one's fingers, doesn't one?) The externals are pretty good for a full polymer RIF, and it's wanged some BB's to the end of the garden quite accurately, so happy with it so far! Setup - Acetech Blaster C for tonight's CQB shenanigans, and with a Cyma fixed stock and old school foregrip supplied with the gnu. It'll be enough for me to see how I get on with the MP5 scenario in the field... as long-term I'll be looking for a Classic Army full-metal, or maybe a TM or a VFC GBB variant. It certainly feels very handy, and I'm already enjoying the Die Hard vibes very muchly. The decent news for any wannabe MP5 owners is that two mags sit very nicely in my polymer shell M4 mag holders (hence the inclusion in the pic). So I don't currently feel the need to invest in a new chest rig or alternative belt setup.

I got an email today, Novritsch have updated their M4 with some small improvements... https://eu.novritsch.com/product/ssr4-automatic-electric-gun-aeg/ Note that the lighter (cheaper) polymer is only 100g lighter than the metal variant. Only the difference in the bank balance after purchase would be noticeable 🤗

I have managed to be very frugal over the years, but I think the amount of time I've actually spent playing means it works out as tremendously expensive. I've got much better value for money from my two £400-500 guitars than I have with any of my boneyard specials. However, I get a certain level of intangible joy from having toy guns knocking around... I was running around my garden with cheapo plastic guns at an embarrassing late stage of my teenage years, and now I get to do it all over again with much higher quality and more fun versions of the same thing

Interesting you should say that about the Well gun, as this one was linked in a promo email I got a couple of days ago... https://www.socomtactical.net/well-we09k-ak-12-aeg-assault-rifle/ And I have to say it looks rather good! If the internals are up to snuff, it's maybe a decent option to cover the AK side of the equation

The Specna Prime's look very interesting... A decent base gun with a brushless motor and a higher-end control unit. I've loved my Double Eagle M906C but given i had an overheating issue when spamming semi auto, to the point the Falcon fire control failed, then I'm slightly more reticent about recommending it. Currently it's not quite set up correctly, sounds a bit shrieky and still prone to getting toasty, but when i lend it to people to try they're still really impressed with it, it's the most accurate gun I've got, and honestly that's just such an important attribute. One make that's been left out of the suggestions so far is Novritsch. They seem to be solid even if the branding carries it's own peculiar baggage.

I had this in my (standard style handguard) G&G G36C, and a variety of my other guns too. https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-nano-tech-1200mah-2s-15-30c-lipo-airsoft-pack-t-connector.html It's very compact, fits in other RIFs which don't have much space, and it's been reliable. And it's dirt cheap! Assuming your G36 has a MOSFET so it can run 11.1v batteries, I recommend buying a couple of these.

Agreed. Now please change 'sight' to 'site' in the title because it's triggering me 😅

The 13mm external diameter looks the very thing - cheers for that diagram - it also shows the correct orientation of my hexagonal 'lump with prong' 👍

You're a bit confused? I'm as confuzzled as feck Maybe the bigger o-ring is at the interface of the pressure gauge to the bottle? I've seen mention of 'top bonnet' in some diagrams for other bottles, perhaps that's the specific one I need. But info seems surprisingly thin on the ground. I pinged an email to one of the retailers. They know the right ring, but don't have stock. They'll order some up. It'll cost me in p&p but at least I'll end up with the right thing, hopefully!

Bah humbug. The o-rings arrived but are the wrong size for my Dye LT bottle, they're ~13mm internal diameter, and the diameter of the recess is 11mm. The original o-rings internal diameter was somewhere in the 9-11mm range, difficult to tell without the missing bit. Having had a quick scout around eBay again, all the ones aimed at paintballers are the same 13mm size I got. So I'm thinking an assortment set from Amazon/eBay/Screwfix/local plumbers' supplies might be a better bet (and faster to get too). I'm aware these things are made in a variety of materials - are there any I should avoid, or are they functionally the same at the pressures involved here? Edit: Going by the colour charts, yellow = nitrile, so I'll go for that in preference. Oh yeah, and on the right-hand pic, you can see the metal piece inside the chamber is 'prong down'. I presume it's meant to be other way up when it's all assembled?

Well I _was_ going to say thank you for that eBay link, which I've clicked through and bought from, until I saw all the other offers for the same rings, at half the price, popping up at the end of the transaction 😂

These are the ones HPA UK are selling... The knackered o ring from my tank looks a tiny little more orange-y, but perhaps that's just because it's old https://highpressureairsoft.co.uk/products/tank-o-ring But I'm refusing to pay £7 when it can be sent in an envelope 😂

I bought the line from HPA UK, and it's fine - but when I tried to fill up my Dye LT bottle, the darned thing leaked. Turns out I mangled the o-ring (or it was old and just split) when I swapped over to the Balystyk regulator. So I need a new o-ring. HPA UK seem to have a standard £7 p&p charge, so that's something I can't stomach on a 50p item. Is it a standard size that I can just find one in my local B&Q? (it seems to be ~10mm inner diameter, judging from the bit I fished out of my bin) Or could I buy a selection box off Amazon? (At least then I'd have a bunch of them for my outlay)

The fitting on the right is the tail coming off the magazine adapter... I presume I'll be aiming for about 80psi into the gat, so a 200psi line would be fine. I have a proper chunky metal line coming off my own scuba tank, so don't need another whip line... I think! Watching YT vidz (which of course I should have done earlier) looks like a simple line with quick disconnects on each end will do just fine. I perhaps need a key for the pressure regulator, though I can turn it just with my thumb pressing down on it so far... Not sure if that'll be the same once it's pressurised, so best get one?

I need to connect my Airtac adapter for my VFC HK416 GBBR to my air bottle... which now has a Balystyk 800 regulator mounted on it So I need to buy a line. I'd rather spend as little as possible, but will invest in something that gives me a clear advantage in performance or usability over the cheapo option. Any pointers or specific recommendations would be very welcome!

My boonie hat with a drawstring chin strap thing always seems to get caught on twigs and undergrowth more often, so my 'sprint' (oh I wish) from spawn at game start ends up getting curtailed rather abruptly 😋 I'm probably just wearing it wrong, but yeah I stick to my camo baseball cap, which also has a bit more 'form' to it and therefore feels a tiny bit better at taking the sting out of the headshots My mesh lower face mask has ear protection, consider getting either type of headgear with the fold down flaps if you don't have that. "Flaps". Yub-yub wibble etc

He really is taking the pith 😋

Being one of them 'earlier adopter' types, I was early in on interwebz back when being 'Roscoe' was enough to stand out on a chat list. When all the 'Johnny-come-latelies' started filling things up, I changed to Atomic Rooster as my online nom de guerre. Turns out I'd subliminally picked that up from the name of a Prog Rock band (my genre of choice, and yet I don't think I've ever heard any of their music). Still, other Atomic Roosters appeared occasionally, so had to go to something else... I think I've got the lightest touch of Tourette's syndrome, and used to say "Spooooons" a lot (pre Wetherspoons!), which highly amused my boss at the time, and so Rostok McSpoons became my new forum / gamer tag. Been using it for many. many years. I saw that old boss in a pub meet-up for the first time in about 20 years recently. As soon we saw each other.... "Spooooooons!"