RostokMcSpoons

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?

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...?

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!

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

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)

Fair enough, this office-chair warrior knows to shut up in the face of actual experience ... but... is there need to go so far when the rest of the gun looks so much tidier? Apart from anything I'd worry so much shine is not very tactical!

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...

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). I'd not have the appropriate kit for most of the mil-sim events I've seen discussed, I've kind of written them off as a thing I'd do. This could appeal.

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)

... not for long!

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.

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.

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 I'd entirely trust him to keep working on a gun until it operates properly though.

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?

I'd like to see one up close. I hanker after a deactivated No4 with a working bolt that can cycle deactivated rounds, this might scratch the itch for a bit less cash. And let me do some plinking with it too. Edit: Not much less cash... de-activated no4's are available with cycling bolt / dry fire / removable mag for £850. I suspect the breech will be welded up so won't take dummy rounds, but it's the bolt-action itself that I have some weird case of "whatever-the-physical-version-of-ASMR-is"

That's a slightly trickier proposition than the usual scope tube, but I'd give Red Dot Engineering on eBay a shout, as they've made some very good sight protectors for a range of hardware. The lenses are polycarbonate so they're not "sacrificial" they're properly BB resistant. And they 3D print the lens holder - typically it's slightly elastic material which looks decent and won't fall off. And they're not expensive. Example protector for 'Amazon special' red dot... £10

I did a thread on this a few months back. I ended up buying a cheap poncho from Go Outdoors in case it really tipped down, but I've just been rained on a couple of times since then, and my Brit Army surplus stuff and decent para boots kept me sort-of dry and warm enough to get through it. This is outdoor woodland when there wasn't much leaf cover. Very much enjoyed the change of undershirt and gloves at lunchtime, and dry clothes at the end. ESS goggles + mesh lower face mask worked ok actually. The poncho remains unused. I've probably got wetter through sweating too much tbh, so take from all that what you will

I've really enjoyed watching him, and have learnt a bit (not quite enough to be able to replicate his work!) The only slightly worrying thing is he used to make a video, and then a couple of videos down the line he'd make a comment along the lines of "I snuck that in to fool you, bet you never noticed", so perhaps some of it is designed to hoodwink the techies who are stealing his ideas or business, and consequently you can't 100% trust every word!

The typical "4 BB fall-out" pisses me off! I do most of my test firing in the lounge out to the garden, and inevitably manage to drop a couple of BBs on to the hardwood floor, then spend time chasing them around under the furniture etc. If Maxx hop units stop that, I'd be inclined to buy 'em - please tell me more! To be fair, much (almost all?) of that noise that I've heard/seen is from Luke at Neg Airsoft loudly dissing them and bigging up the ZCI hops. That usually carries some weight...?

Inability to spot the catastrophic use of "your" instead of "you're". The joke sir, is you on YOU sir! I must admit I'm surprised @Fatboy40 you're having a problem with the DE. I simply swapped out the stock rubber and nub for the usual 50 degree Macaron + Omega nub combo... I didn't see any obvious improvement in accuracy when I did my target testing at ~15M, but I was very happy with the distances I was getting out on the field. I've used both 0.28 and 0.30 BBs. Good luck with the Maxx hop. It wouldn't have been my choice given the usual noise around their "value proposition" but whatever works is good - let's hope it works for you!

In case any of you want some more video ... and can speak Japanese ... It does look very, very nice. I am envious. I would want to go "full SLR" with it though - is that likely to be do-able in the future? Would VFC themselves produce an SLR variant?

Yeah, to be clear, my opinion is if Kicking Mustang is doing any of the stuff he's being accused of, he's a complete c*nt and needs to be banned everywhere. We're supposed to do this stuff to have fun, not to get hurt by some twat who think he's above the rules.

😋 I would whole-heartedly defend the wearing of lower face masks tbh. One sniper shot to a tooth or the gum tells you it's eminently sensible. (I was lucky, I didn't lose the tooth)