RostokMcSpoons

I found an Evri tracking link which suggests they need to use a different courier for my 'large package' "Wibble, yub yub" etc But that (if I read it optimistically and with great faith in their business processes) suggests Evri are just returning it to the Hermes depot before trying again. It's a shambles regardless, can't they cope with sending a pair of boots in a box???

I'm in conversation with a guy who 3D-prints adapters for Odin type speed loaders, about getting a VFC HK416 version made... I asked if the WE M4 adapter might work - does anyone know if they're compatible? I'm thinking "no" because otherwise when there's a VFC mag shortage, it would already have been suggested to use those instead, but I thought I'd check... If is it is a "no", then he says for me to send a magazine to him, and he'll conjure one up in a couple of weeks. Let me know if you're interested in buying one, I might be able to use the expectation of selling more to keep the unit cost down.

Bastard Hermes have fucked up the delivery of my desert boots: it seems my eBay order failed to get delivered to the local convenience store I was going to pick them up from, so they're probably wending their merry way back to the seller by now, and I won't have them in time for Saturday. Arse.

You see there are levels of ignorance which I think you have to make some allowance for. I am one of the ignorant. I have never heard of a Keffiyeh. I had no idea whatsoever that the patterns had any symbolism behind them, I just thought they were purely decorative (or in the case of more militaristic ones, sort-of camo) I've been educated today (thank you), but if someone sees a shemagh / Keffiyeh for sale and buys it because they like the pattern... well I certainly couldn't hold them to account for it, because it's something (to borrow a much-mocked phrase) that's "an unknown unknown" to both them and me. Back to the main topic, I've got some personal experience in the Z patch thing. I'm not sure how to, or even whether I should share, but as I'm typing I feel I might as well keep going, see what you guys think... There's a young chap who goes regularly to Spec Ops who has worn a Z patch on several occasions. The first time I saw it my blood boiled. I naturally assumed he was just being a twat, or utterly ignorant. My initial desire was to run up to him, rip it off his arm, verbally abuse him for , and generally put either, or both, of us at risk of getting thrown off the site. Instead I decided to mentally count to 10, and approach it with an opening gambit of "that's a bold thing to wear that today, I can't say I like it". He explained he's Russian, his family back in Russia support the war (presumably brainwashed by Putin etc), and his uncle is actually fighting. He made a comment about the BBC as 'Main Stream Media', fake news about the Russians etc, from which I reached the conclusion that he's in a Pro-Putin environment where they're all soaking up the propaganda. And as he's got at least one family member in the army, it'd be pretty difficult for him to go against that without alienating himself from his close relatives. I kind of put him on my "RL ignore list", but as it turned out he's a nice guy, plays airsoft the right way, didn't push the Z agenda at anyone (though I think he'd defend it when questioned, as he did to me). He became too friendly to ignore, and I've turned a blind eye to his patch, and not talked politics since. He greets me by name, gave me a slice of birthday cake (which some others had turned down - not sure if they were ostracizing him for the patch, worried the cake would have Novichok in it, or just concerned their waist-line would end up like mine... but turning down cake is not something I can do easily). I really don't know if I've dropped my moral compass by not forcefully pointing out that the error of his ways, or being the good person who sees past flaws and make allowance for circumstances. The only thing I can say for sure is I was mightily pleased when he turned up to the last skirmish without the patch, indeed he was wearing British gear I think. Maybe Carlos had had a word with him. So yeah. Slava Ukraini

That's magic @Cannonfodder they'll be much appreciated ?

You sir are the Devil's Spawn, and no mistake P.S. did you find any of those SIG mags? ? I remain a constant admirer of the L85 Though it did lose quite a bit (where it gained quite a bit) when it transitioned from the original XL65 prototype (Somewhat ironic it's the Ares Research Services as my source for the pic) I quite admire that, mostly because I'd have no idea of the donor gun without your hint. Total conversion > Bits stuck on

Wait, you'd do something unspeakable to a Lee Enfield no4 too??? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo ?

I mean, c'mon. Surely not going to stick the Ugg boot on a FAL, surely not?!? (The red dot is bad enough) Of course it's not quite as vom-inducing as the Bullpup FAL prototype I've posted before... But that had the excuse of being a test-bed, rather than someone thinking it's a good idea to spoil the beloved FAL Edit: In a homage to the "What have they done to my boy" meme someone posted for that bullpup abomination, I commented... And it got a reply. He really actually wants to do that to it.

Wow, some amazing stuff here already! In spite of being fascinated by WW2 when I was a kid (Sven Hassel being my favourite author for quite a while, Commando comic being avidly read...) I never really questioned any of my family about the war. A massive wasted opportunity. I do remember my granddad on my mother's side telling me a tiny bit about his war service and so I've only got this as first-hand history: He was in the artillery as a gun-layer on a 25 pounder He bought home the gunsight off a captured 88mm Flak gun, He showed it to me once when I was very young. Mint condition in its velvet lined case, I remember being very impressed with whole thing, especially the reticle when looking through it. He told me he was one of the very first of the artillerymen to advance over the Rhine, but because he'd got a terrible case of the trots, he had to go across with a cork up his bum My dad told me one great uncle was one of the very first POW's, as he got shot down in a Blenheim bomber doing a leaflet drop over one of the Low Countries, right at the start of the war. Poor bugger must have spent 6 years wishing he'd at least been dropping bombs on the enemy. I do vaguely recall being told my one of relatives flew as wingman to "Johnnie" Johnson, famed Spitfire ace, but never found out any more about that.

The bolt not closing fully is quite a big issue in my opinion, I wouldn't buy one till they sort that out. And I'm with the guy in the video, that FDE finish isn't very premium, I'd rather be looking for a black version. Still, I'll keep an eye on it... Edit: watching the video posted by @hitmanNo2, the fde doesn't actually look too bad, maybe the bolt gap is a cosmetic issue I could get used to. But the full auto performance is very poor. My VFC does a much better job of getting through a mag dump.

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Great minds think alike...

"Sheath" :Snigger: Blimey, those things seem to have separate places for everything. I have questions, but I don't ever want to hear the answers ?

I must admit I cheaped out, and bought a pair off eBay. £4 for a pair, but they do have some merino wool in there. Just not very much ?. Well, 35% wool and 15% cotton too. I wonder if the wool will be proper Merino though! I thought I'd try them, and then go buy some good ones if my first day out with them gives me sore or smelly feet

Yeah, there are 2 here.... https://lt-airsoft.com/product/ma-sig-552-100-round-mag/ ... But that's about it. All the others are mid/hi cap winders. I've made my peace with high caps though. Of course I prefer flash mags given the choice, but I'm trigger happy as feck when I'm not using my gas rifle, I'll do the team a favour and lay down the suppressive fire given the chance

You'd trust Cyma to make a decent GBBR wouldn't you. I like that Noveske version. But thanks for reminding there's a DE gas rifle too ?

Wasn't there someone who always agreed to duel, but then specified Claymore swords of a type that were so heavy that neither combatant would be able to lift them, and specified the location as a coal cellar (with no lights) ?

Oh man, that would be wonderful! Thanks! I've got access to some donor knackered high caps, so I'll take any you can spare, and maybe I can fix up the broken ones - let me know how to pay you for the postage ? I spent some time this morning trying to wedge either of my two 7.4v Li-po's into the cramped space in the front handguard. What a pain in the arse it was too. First step was to remove the bracing strut from the top half of the guard. And then, even with a nunchuk battery with two slim 'arms', it was tricky to get it in there (wibble, fnarr fnarr). I ended up having to tape into a single block, then tape it to the barrel, just to ensure it didn't move as the guards were pushed in to position. Length was the main problem (yub yub etc), but it can be done. It'll be good for half a day of skirmishing, hopefully! (1200mAH)

Looks like I'm going to miss at least half of next week's Spec Ops skirmish, I'm going down to Brighton on Friday night to see a band. Likely staying over in London. But I can't wait long for my 'fix' so I'm going to try to be there for the afternoon... I want to try out the SIG 552 and the new boots ?

Airtac do have one on their website, but it was out of stock every time I've looked. (Edit.. sorry that's the 416 version I looked for, d'oh) I don't know whether it's just luck, or some sort of psychological thing, but my Geoff's 0.40g BBs seem to load more easily. They usually get loaded via my larger capacity (200rd?) Viper speedloader with that eBay adapter fitted (glued on), whereas I usually load other weight ammo via a 90rd loader, using the included adapter (also glued on). Here's the 3D printed thing that helps at least a bit ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Speed-loader-tip-for-GHK-WE-and-H-K-airsoft-magazines-locking-/334022271565 .. but if course that's specific for my gun. Might be worth checking with the seller for a G3 version

Watching the news tonight, where Donald Trump has just been charged with 37 counts of the same thing (but worse) for which he vilified Hilary Clinton with the "lock her up" chants... And then Boris Johnson giving Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel knighthood and Damehood.... ... has made me irrationally angry tonight. Fuck the lot of them.

The KWA F90 is a thing of beauty and will now compete with the FAL, the G53, the G3, the MP5, and the L85 for a place on my Xmas list. The bastards.

Mr Chewer plainly angling for most positive feedback of the day ???

It's the first time for a while where I've cracked the gearbox open and actually improved matters ? I've had temporary wins before, will have to have a good test shoot tomorrow, make sure everything stays in place and the piston doesn't eat itself! I did manage a few more shots earlier, and just using the iron sights I walked the group into the bullseye on my target and dropped a good few hits in there. It does seem accuracy is still really good for such a compact and cheap gnu I did look at buying a pulling device to remove the shaft, but they were quite pricey iirc. And I didn't entirely trust myself to fiddle with a motor properly. ("Shaft", "pulling", "fiddle" ... Ohhhhhhhhhh matron!)

I'm not having a go at anyone in particular, just disappointed a discussion has got personal. This is typically a happy place