RostokMcSpoons

In mitigation, I am currently considering which quite, or even hugely, expensive gas blowback rifle to buy... I'm still looking for the +1 ?. Buying another DE would just be a distraction from choosing from one of these... TM AKX VFC FAL VFC HK53 VFC SIG Rattler VFC or TM MP7 (I think I'll have to start a separate thread on good options for my next GBBR)

Wow, that's quite the bargain! I've picked up some nice guns from Action Hobbies' boneyard for around the same level... if a DE popped up at the same price I'd have a hard time resisting buying it "just in case", but it's silly really, my 906 being my most reliable gun why would I actually need a second? Back to the topic, I guess Fatboy's post makes it clear that the problem with the Titans was definitely down to the rifle, I might buy another of their batteries again after all.

It's crazy to think you could pick up a 904 for around £120, in the (g)olden days. They're still brilliant value given everything is so much more expensive (and it's all relative, innit)

Yup that's exactly it. I am super paranoid to remove the battery as soon as the skirmish ends to ensure I don't kill another.

Alright Spock, cool your jets ? 3000 for the Titan 1400 for the Crazypony The Titan site says the 16C is equivalent to 30C on a 1400 Li-po, and the RoF did seem to bear that out. However I'll declare I've no skin in this game. I wouldn't buy another Titan because I had trouble with a couple dying irreparably after leaving them in the gun overnight, after draining them close to empty during the day. But the Titan I've got now has been fine so I continue to use it. And the company deserve props because they did replace them, as per their guarantee. Can anyone recommend a suitable Abbey lubricant, just in case?

Excellent, looking forward to seeing you again Dan It's Monday though (the 29th). I hope that's what you meant! Have you checked the hop rubber is all in one piece and the hop is being applied properly?

I'll be interested to hear how you get on with that. Either the 22 or the 28 TPA can then find it's way to my shopping basket

Just tested my DE, it's now at 15 rps on my 11.1v Titan Li-Ion 16C. And it's the same 15 rps on my Crazepony 11.1v Li-Po 30C More damnable lies from broken chrono, obviously! But it's lost 1.5rps since I tested my DE shortly after I got it. Unsure if it's the gearbox gumming up, or the motor losing its oomph, or indeed both batteries no longer outputting as much current. Ah, the original test may have been on the stock spring, rather than the ASG M105 that's in there now.

Given it's been a toasty and not overly impressive motor in the first place, I would have to say (in best Mrs Slocombe voice) "you are correctitudinous in this" I have on several occasions burned through ~4000 BBs on a day long skirmish, I'd need to establish a separate ammunition fund though, if I up the RoF I hopefully have some incoming good news on the job front, so the Upgrade Fund might itself get upgraded to the "Buy More Gnus" fund though

I must have got one of the same bad chrono's too, that 16rps it's showing for my DE must be a lie!

This is all making me think my DE is being extra hard on its battery. I've had issues with the motor getting very toasty, perhaps it needs some adjustment. Or it's finally time to open the gearbox and re-lube everything.

It's not the voltage that decides how many batteries you'll need, it's a combination of how you play (carefully chosen single shots Vs bullet-hose suppression), and the mAH (milli amp hours rating) (Plus a few other contributory factors like how your gun is set up, the temperature, whether you feel lucky, punk... that sort of thing) If you shoot on semi auto carefully, you should get through a whole day on one decently large battery (3000 mAH). If you go hog-wild on the fun switch and trigger, and your batteries are only little 1400mAH sticks, then you might get through three or even four. Edit: Colin seems a bit more optimistic than me. I'm basing my reply on the fact I can burn through my 3000mAH Titan Li-ion battery by mid afternoon. I shoot a lot when I'm playing with my AEGs

Yes, good spot @Davet I can't edit my previous reply, its probably the name tagging Anyway, I checked my 416, that's just a plain 14mm CCW

Sad days when this is the most active thread on the forum ?

I've changed the flash hider on my 416, I can't remember any grub screws. Which means there's one obvious thing to ask ... You do know these are counter clockwise threads, so they unscrew the wrong way to everything in normal life? (Sorry if that's stating the bleeding obvious / teaching granny to suck eggs)

Thanks, I was still in the 'unread' summary view so didn't get the option menu for each post. D'oh!

Interesting you say that because I tried to report each of the shit posters yesterday, and perhaps I've gone blind or stupid, but couldn't find a way to do it.

I'm on this forum an unhealthy amount of time, clicking the 'unread' button like a lab rat addicted to amphetamines. So I'll volunteer to be an anti spam moderator, might as well make the compulsion vaguely useful ?

I used mine for the whole skirmish on Saturday, I did use 0.40g because I had a bag of 3000 I've bought for it, and the leafy vegetation is coming in properly now. It seemed sensible to have the extra weight so it could hit through a couple of leaves and twigs on the way, and indeed I did seem to get a get a couple of hits when I was intentionally shooting at people behind light cover. Maybe I was just lucky and hit nothing but air on the way... But it gave the confidence to try it I suppose. Range seemed excellent, though I can only judge in 'airsoft metres' ?. I'd say 50-60. The hop (which I've not replaced, so I assume is stock) can lift em fine. Accuracy was good at 20-30m, but naturally enough a bit more inconsistent beyond that. I run my gun with an LPVO and most of the time it's cranked to 5X so I was effectively sniping, tracking my shots through the scope. I was hitting heads and limbs showing out from cover, and main mass hits at long ranges. I could probably have got more with my DE (and its higher volume of fire), but each hit was all the more satisfying for the small added difficulty. Mine ran like a trooper too, I didn't bother using my Double Eagle AEG for the first since I bought it, a high recommendation! I had two small issues: 1. The hop seemed to unwind. I realised part way through a game that my BB's had no apparent hop. I wound on some, and all good, but maybe I was just about empty on gas and it was down to lack of oomph. I had to tweak the hop later, so that's possible, but I will keep an eye on it in future. I might want to find a way to stop the adjuster from rotating (if that's what it's doing) 2. Two embarrassing de-gasses, which both were my fault. Both occurred the same way, when I realised I was about to double load a BB into the barrel to cock the gun. I tried to drop the mag out one-handed, but the mag didn't drop properly (presumably one of the new ones), so when I released the bolt handle it 'did something' and vented the mag quite noisily ? Purely down to me trying to do it one handed. Embarrassing because I did the exact same thing again. Both times during the pre-round brief ? At some point I'm going to run out of 0.40s and return to using the big stock of 0.28s I've bought for my AEGs. I'll try to do some comparitive long range shooting next time I'm at the site. I love this gun ❤️

Is there? Is there though? ?

Oh dear. Maybe bad weather leads to a psychological 'take it steady' approach. Or maybe it was just one of them days when things weren't running smoothly behind the scenes. No problems with delays yesterday, I think we had one mask-off break in the afternoon, everyone was working up a sweat so that seemed alright, other than that it was just stops to bomb up and cover the game rule brief for the next round. Will took over the briefing duties from Carlos (maybe that's helped?) and covered the rules at a clip to ensure we were playing as much as possible. The morning had the usual zombie warm up, which lasted a while due to the big player count, two long rounds of 45 minutes each and a short 20 minute game just before lunch. One game in the afternoon was called early because the attacking team became too passive, we got offered the option to change to a different game, or to switch. The defenders choose a switch and succeeded with the objectives... So I guess the worst thing you could say about the day is that the teams were numerically kept in balance, but one had more aggressive spirit (my team, coincidentally ?)

You're forgiven ? I've not had any problems with my mag catch, hopefully someone else can help though

£80 ....

Quality day at Special Ops again, lovely weather, 60-70 in attendance but everything went smoothly so no delays. I decided to haul in the Tippmann M4 HPA, the VFC HK416 GBBR, and of course ol' faithful, the DE M906C Well I couldn't get the hop working nicely on the Tippmann with 0.28s at the range, which was a surprise. I might have mangled another hop rubber somehow, I'll need to do some forensics... So anyway that was sidelined. The 416 and the 906 went off to play. For the first time ever since I've owned it, I didn't use the 906. I just enjoyed the GBBR experience too much to go back to the AEG! Again I could probably have racked up a few more kills with the AEG, but damn it the recoil just sells itself as an experience. My two new mags didn't leak, so with 4 of them and a speed loader, and an acceptance that I'd be somewhat more like a sniper than a rusher (though I still did that), I had a great time picking off people at a decent range, and entertaining the people around me ("that gun sounds awesome" was heard more than once). And I got a decent medium range pistol kill too. My only small problem was the 416 tended to lose the hop setting, it drifted to 'none' at one point, though of course easily fixed due to the clever way VFC used the gas block adjuster as the hop adjuster. Could do with some advice on how to prevent that from unwinding! Carlos and everyone else made the day a pleasure, though it was possibly more so for my team as we won every single round, even though the other team looked stronger at the outset. Excellent burgers for lunch, and the freely available bottles of water were very welcome in the warm temps Roll on the next one on the 29th... Edit: a special mention for the Cyma MP5K I tried, that gun is a simply fantastic little thing, if I do buy more AEGs that one is going to be at the top of the list. High RoF, and very accurate ?

I don't know about the T1/2 clones, but if you can spend £120 on a sight, then that would get you a used Vortex real-steel quality T1/2 style sight with a lifetime warranty that means any one that owns it can send it back for repair or replacement even if the damage is accidental (I.e. the glass getting shot out by a bb, or dropped). No receipt or proof of purchase required. To me that's more appealing than spending £120 on a new clone with no similar warranty. An Eotech style sight is more intricate, there's more for your money in terms of what it looks like and the features it has, but that's the trade-off. If you're not sold on the Eotech style, then the Vortex might well be the best bet. IMHO ? What is your budget, btw? Is £100+ a stretch?