RostokMcSpoons
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That Kello app isn't available for my Android phone, so I'll try it later today on the wife's phone. Thanks for the tip
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Ahhhh cool thread I hadn't spotted before either!
Loving those Seiko chronos, I've had a soft spot for all things Seiko for many years, I quite often wear my dad's SQ 4004 Quartz that he bought aboard the SS Canberra back in the late 70's.
I've got a SARB035 which is a lovely thing, but desperately needs to get regulated. It was about 30 seconds off a day, I decided to 'improve' it, and naturally enough it now runs at 5 minutes off a day 🤣
I'm sure I could actually sort it with some more trial-and-error, but in the absence of a time-grapher, I'll just get the jewellers to sort it for me, some day.
I'm not wearing many of my collection these days. I sprung for a Tudor Black Bay Pro recently
which is a cracking watch. But no sooner had I bought that than I got "The Call" from the Rolex dealer (after a year and a half on the waiting list!), and a few weeks ago I picked up my grail watch... Oyster Perpetual with blue dial.
Wearing it every day, it's not an investment piece. I absolutely adore it, it's just so beautifully finished, and perfectly proportioned.
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On 24/09/2022 at 12:02, BigStew said:
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I know I'll be in the minority in this group with my stance. I would never want Americas gun culture in UK. I don't think guns should be banned but they should be heavily regulated.
Yup I'm with you. For a bunch of reasons, but mostly because I'd like to feel fairly certain I'm not going to get shot in a robbery or by the police, by accident or design.
The freedom to have some fun with firearms is something I'm prepared to give up both for 'the big picture' and 'the greater good'.If I ever go to Texas I'll be down the range blasting with away with anything cool I can get my hands on though
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Hiya!
Special Ops nr Olney / Milton Keynes are building a CQB environment right now (and are still planning on re-opening their woodland site)
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7 hours ago, Speedbird_666 said:
Patently incorrect.
Speedbird's right, but thinking MOAR BARREL = BETTER PEW is a logical thing to think (and I think excusable to the point where 'patently incorrect' is a tad harsh)
It just doesn't work out like that in the wild world of airsoft.
At short-ish range my TM Hi Capa pistol shoots as accurately as many of my rifles, but the list of reasons for that 3" barrel performing as well as ~10" barrels in the other guns... is long and varied.
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(This may be a sign I have too much time on my hands)
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17 hours ago, leadly said:
I pick a pistol by its looks. They'll just cool to hold and use, often find myself in the garage fiddling with my pistols for no reason at all 😂
Me too! ... and it brings up an important point: if you're more in to the gun pr0n aspect of airsoft where the realism is a cool thing that really gives you the 'fizz' when you're racking the slide, then you'll be looking for an all-metal pistol for the full effect. But if you actually want your pew-pew to pew and then pew some more - especially when it's cold outside - then the plastic slide of a TM has already impressed me with its ability. Previously my cheap all-metal pistol had just became a paperweight and a waste of gas when the temperature dipped.
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I've got a Parker Hale cleaning rod with the pull-through attachment, but that's always a slight faff to find some cotton and cut it to size etc... so I thought I'd pick up a mop and a brush from good ol' Ant Supplies.
https://www.ant-supplies.uk/maintenance-and-care/uk-spec-rod-attachments/british-thread-rifle-rod-fittings.html
Question is... what size(s)? They have 0.22" or 0.243" (and 6mm for a couple of 'em). The mop will have to be 0.243", it's the only size they've got in stock - is that ok?
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Sleeping position, as approved by USMC. No need for weapon storage...
Doesn't everyone do the Rifleman's Creed at bed-time? Or is it just me?
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I bought one of these... https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/444856 - SkyRC T100 dual channel charger.
I don't know if it's the batteries or the charger's fault, but when I plug in the balance leads on a couple of my batteries (notably the Titan 11.1v) it complains and won't start charging.
So even though I went "top of the line" (relatively speaking, for me!), it's still not plain sailing 😕 -
A "Rossi" VSR type sniper rifle bought from the classifieds, my first dip of a toe into the bolt-action waters... good fun plinking in the garden at least!
And I enjoyed doing the faux multicam rattle-can job on the stock, I think it came out reasonably well. I used a bit of camo net as the stencil.
And I just picked up a set of Viper multicam trousers, t-shirt and hoodie for a very low price from Action Hobbies - supporting my local retailer, one bargain at a time!Apart from exotic stuff like Lee Enfields, SLRs, and maybe another HPA gun, my main hankering now is for a cheap H&K MP5, or a G36K. But perhaps I ought to actually go skirmishing...?
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M904s are the polymer receiver / hand guards, excellent value for money.
The spring in mine went a bit soft rather quickly so I lost FPS, but a new spring was very easily fitted thanks to the quick change system.
Good guns. My local site runs them as well as the g&g raiders, which must be a recommendation!
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So a long handguard, full metal receiver DE available there again...
https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/double-eagle-m906-fire-control-system-edition?pv=17610
I don't quite understand why it's priced at £50 more than the M906C... unless PB will bump the price of that up once they've actually got some in stock again.
Anyway this means the value proposition isn't as stellar as it once was, but then again everything is much more expensive now... 'tis the way of it, it seems
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5 hours ago, SBoardley said:
I think if you look closer, there is significant “wear” all over the rifle. I think it looks pretty darn on point tbh.
Ahah, yeah on zooming in what looked like natural highlights are in fact nicely done wear marks, so indeed - the sight matches the gun - better than I thought.
(Ignore / forgive me, I was basically keeping myself busy whilst waiting to drive to the airport. As you can see from the time now, it's been 'fun'. I'm now about to do some extra work while I'm still wide awake (cheers caffeine) so I don't have to get up at the normal time) -
6 minutes ago, TheFull9 said:
I dunno how many SUSATs I've handled, lost count long ago, but that much paint missing is certainly possible. If it was scuffed up before getting to theatre then used for months on that arid, gravelly terrain.. yeah.
Fair enough, this office-chair warrior knows to shut up in the face of actual experience
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On 12/09/2022 at 18:28, Darkmikey22 said:
Susat painted worn, painted and worn again to give it the built up look.
Still some weathering to do. But 90% done now.
I have to say I think you've overdone the weathering on that sight... too much bare metal. I searched for pics of SUSATs on operational guns... I didn't spot any good 'uns, as they mostly seem to be in good nick.
So surprisingly perhaps this one off the wikipedia page shows the most weathering, and it's still an awful lot less shiny than yours...
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6 minutes ago, concretesnail said:
Hahaha, hopefully there will be less rubber, 12hrs it's going to chafe.
For some reason it's what they have been calling it, but it's like a milsim with less stitch counting and less kit restrictions.
So... simulating the battle rather than the military ?
That's a good idea, must widen the number of people who can potentially attend (although it'd lose the stitch counters, so ... swings 'n' roundabouts).
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I can hold my own in Battlefield 4 TDM
"Hold my own"
"yub yub"
I'm 55 and I've been off from footy for a couple of weeks, and haven't done an airsoft game since May. I may not make it out of the car park game (partly down to the insane amount of kit and guns I've accumulated and insist on taking)
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55 minutes ago, Tactical Pith Helmet said:
I mean, they've got a lot on their plates.
... not for long!
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1 hour ago, leadly said:
Why do they have to be dark in colour?
I'm guessing they're less "offensive to the eye" when spotted lying around. Also perhaps they're less likely to be eaten by wildlife.
These are things that have already occurred to me because I'm not impressing t'wife with the scattering of bright white BBs across the end of the garden (that show zero deterioration, in spite of being 'bio'). So I've already though about getting some black BBs for garden plinking.
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13 minutes ago, Badgerlicious said:
Was there anything in that video about getting the gearbox to close or the selector plate not covering sensors? It still seems like excessive work when there's so many drop in mosfets for cheaper.
I did enjoy his utter confusion at the mag button, where it stated the button was for magazine functionalities, and yet he had no idea what it was for 🤣
Yes, the instructions made it clear there'd a hole needing to be cut into the gearbox to ensure the circuit board would lie flat (due to a bluetooth sensor sticking out on the reverse side), to allow the gearbox shell to close - something Luke pointed out a couple of times wasn't happening before he sorted it.So yeah definitely not a 'drop-in' job and the "not recommended" conclusion seems justified.
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Luke's last video is of him installing an Eshooter Kestrel electronic trigger unit. It didn't go smoothly.
Normally I'd take that as a sensible warning to stick with the Peruns if I ever feel so bold, and leave it at that.
But... another video popped up on my feed, from someone who was doing a sponsored review (so can be taken with several shovels of salt). However this chap pointed out a bunch of things in the instructions, followed them, avoided the pitfalls Luke had fallen into, and came out with a working gun at the other end of it.
Of course any 'dramas' would have gone missing in the edit, I'm sure, but still the fact Luke's more gung-ho "I know this stuff, I'll chuck it in" approach might have meant he'd had more problems than he needed to.
(I'd still stick with a Perun over the Kestrel, naturally)
As for working on fixing one of my many broken / partly malfunctioning guns - I suspect I wouldn't actually use him as
(1) he has a famously long waiting list to get stuff done
(2) he'd absolutely rip the piss out of me on camera for my attempted fixes etc and I couldn't cope with the embarrassment
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I just bought a cheapo sniper rifle too, just to dip a toe in the water...
I bought some Geoff's .40s and the gun shoots quite nicely. But it's inconsistent. I'll get 3 shots looking bang-on, but then I'll get one or two off to the right - either going straight right or curving off a bit. At 15m I think might be missing by 4 or 5 inches - I'll stick a paper target up and measure it properly.
The barrel looks clean all the way through.I'm guessing that sort of behaviour warrants a new hop rubber and nub as a starting point... but I'm also aware it might be the start of a long and expensive journey, so I've resolved to leave it alone until I can test it at greater range and put a decent number of shots through it.
Edit: a very quick string of 6 shots.. 1 flier, low-left, the rest in a 1.75" group - which goes to show that shots may look worse through the scope than they actually are...! I did dial in some more hop after a few warm-up shots away from the target, so perhaps my previous shots weren't back-spinning enough to stabilise them properly?
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Class music there, @ak2m4
I was playing along to that on my geeeeetar (via ChordU.com) at lunchtime.
My playlist is a melange of prog rock... Porcupine Tree, Genesis, Rush, Marillion, and classic indie stuff from the 80s onwards.
But dearest to my heart... Cardiacs. Normal people hate 'em.