RostokMcSpoons

Yay have fun ???

Oh ok. Maybe it's how cake works, I've had plenty of that.

Yeah, I'm pretty certain of that. I mean, at some point you probably say "I've had enough crack today, I'll just have some cake instead". Airsoft offers no respite. There's always another range of guns to buy. I'm buying guns much, much, much faster than I'm actually attending skirmishes ? MP5 next on my wish list. And then one of them FAL GBBRs would be oh-so-nice...

I had a (very minor) brainwave. I was trying to source a small spring to fit into the pair of small recesses (one in the body, one in the catch), without re-using something from one of my other guns. The spring from a retractable biro, cut down to a couple of spirals, was just about the right size! And it damn well actually works, the hold open catch works again. It'll probably fall apart again the next time it takes a knock though...

"I say, you're a fine young filly! What a shapely ankle you have"

Finally got me one of those pop-out bipod foregrips, £12 at Ant Supplies... Yeah, pretty sure it's going to make all the difference to my pistol shooting It'll probably go on my DE M906 as I think that's my longest ranged rifle at the moment, but it's quite a chunky thing, it may not be there long, I'll probably stick with stubby grips tbh. Also nabbed a gun bag from Action Hobbies boneyard section, room for a normal assault rifle, but it also has a sniper rifle extension, which will allow me to transport my M14 properly covered up, and a second section that's big enough for the AUG HC. All for £15, a good result as they are usually £60 I'd recommend it even at the full price.

Action Hobbies has a sort-of mint condition AGM MP40 for sale at £65... https://www.actionhobbies.co.uk/products/agm-mp40-used/ It needs the ARL re-installed in the gearbox and then it ought to shoot ok

Go Outdoors have a sale on ... Link to sale page so that's a good shout. There are some nice looking boots that are cheap (£50-70) and will look respectable outside of a pew-pew scenario, so yeah might take a wander to try some on. These look very nice for £69 and even inspired this as a review - poetic, you might say even a bit Haiku-like "Very comfortable. That good. I bought 4 pairs. For future. I have tried many boots. For the price. Brillllant." Three L's in "briliant". So instead of mentioning cherry blossoms, he's channelled a bit of Fast Show instead.

Mil-Tec's got a shout for being good value... these multicam ones for £62 at Amazon (so easily returnable if they don't fit) might be worth a go https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mil-Tec-Mens-Boots-Multicam-multicam/dp/B00DSOJOI4/ref=sr_1_6

We had a thread about boots not too long didn't we? I can't remember the recommendations for light-weight (i.e. "CQB sensible") boots, they're what I'm in the market for now... edit: Here's the thread and here are the lightweight AKU boots I'm gonna buy

You're quite right it was Quake 2. And it wasn't really an Uzi as such, it was just "machine gun". But it looked like an Uzi from the PoV, so that's how I thought of it

The Uzi in Quake, I think it was the first gun to have some semblance of real recoil that was controllable in a game? If have to play it again to be sure though. But I certainly enjoyed playing with it.

Bah humbug. I bought a tap bit set to open up the front mounting hole on my M14 so I could properly fit the Aliexpress scope rail thing on to it.... turns out I have M4/5/6 and it looks like I need an M5.5 Damn it. Anyway that's the small fly in the ointment of life, which I'm sure I'll sort out.. next problem is I noticed my bolt hold open catch was no longer working. And when I was inspecting it, it fell off the rifle! So I now have a short pin, the actual catch itself... and that's it. I rather suspect there was a spring involved in the system which ought to have kept the catch in enough tension, but that's gone walkies. Again, I might be able to find something in my Box Of Bits, but was there anything else? Even when the catch was still in place, it didn't seem to actually hold the bolt open, however I manipulated it

https://bbguns4less.co.uk/products/double-eagle-m906c-ar15-rifle-with-falcon-system-in-black.html That's what I've got, and apart from the spring going a bit limp after a few game days (easily replaced for a tenner), it's a champ!

Tokyo Marui AK47-S Yup, still got it, still shoots (though not feeding very reliably on full auto), currently wearing a set of Cyma tactical polymer grip / handguard and a stubby grip, as the original plastic handguard was a bit creaky. Honestly can't remember how long ago I bought it, it could be as far back as 2001 or so It's still a cool gun, and light and small enough it'll maybe come back from the "retirement home" (my loft) once I start playing CQB

Wow, just read @Emergencychimps post there. I'd add the cautionary note that I've never had any of the first set of awesome experiences, but rather more of the bullet-proof teens in joggers... and yet I'm still "gripped" (and indeed "sorted", for Fast Show aficionados) by the damned thing. If you like the idea of messing around with military stuff on the cheap (relatively speaking!) then there's fun to be had even when you're not actually pew-pewing at people. I've got a collection of guns that have me given me pleasure in spite of the fact I've only fired a few hundred rounds through 'em in the back garden since May... I'm easily pleased, it seems. Anyway, enjoy yourself

"Bah", and indeed "humbug" No game this weekend. At least there's 'signs of life' in the enterprise... maybe I'll get to pew-pew in a week or two

Yeah, I'm excited by the idea of this but I've got a few guns already that haven't been skirmished - I don't need another gun right now. So I'm not going to be the guinea pig. I'll happily wait for a couple of YT reviews. $455 shipped does feel rather close to the price of the known (stellar) quantity that is the TM MWS, so it needs to prove itself

Looks like a nice gun you got there, and you're definitely on a good track with the loadout. Deffo move the dump pouch though. I'd always have a sling on a gun though, just to give your arms a rest whenever possible (they tire quickly, and once one bit of you starts complaining, you feel more knackered generally. Or maybe that's just me and my age!) Even with a lightweight gun, a sling lets you free up both hands quickly which is useful. And if you get one of those "slingster" types there's an element of "Tacti-cool" as well

I don't have any concrete info either way at the moment... Carlos said he'd have confirmation yesterday - that hasn't happened as yet. If it does happen it'll probably be at a temporary outdoor site at North Crawley (quite nearby) He's also posted a pic of an indoor (barn) site that is "under construction"... Maybe that'll be ready for the weekend? Depends on whether setting up some chipboard walls and hay bales is do-able in a couple of days?

Hi! Welcome to the sport, and to these forums I seem to recall concerns over the reliability of G&G ETUs, but the MOSFET is a good addition, and a necessity if you want to use 11.1v batteries. So a bit of a toss-up? The standard Raider is perhaps the choice for absolute reliability. If this is your first gun and you're going to leave it stock for ever as your backup once you move on to something else, it's a good choice. The problem is it's not quite as good value as it used to be... Still the base models at £160 aren't wildly overpriced. It's a shame neither the Raider nor the FFR have quick change springs - they're a very useful thing to have. (Shoehorns in obligatory "take a look at Double Eagle M9xx's, if you can find 'em in stock" mention)

Alternatively buy a PTS EPS stock... £50 new, but occasionally show up for less used. I'm sure there are plenty of clones available much cheaper too.

Wow that's veeeerrrrrrryyyy interesting!

Yeah, exactly... but still waiting on volunteers to go the extra mile...