RostokMcSpoons

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...

The Breakaway Coaster doohickies arrived from eBay. With a bit of dremelling I gouged a chunk out of the inside to accommodate the existing zoom lever hump... and I have to say this is an excellent "Extended zoom lever mod" for a mere £6. Video explaining the fitting and the dremel work... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X4t6mK_Yz4

I could be very tempted by the Swedish M90 camo... it's unusual, it appeals to the "graphic design" part of my brain (it even gets a nostalgia hit for my Art History studies, when I discovered Vorticism) I think it'd do the same job as DPM, but also get some Safe Zone cred just for being rare (if you care about that sort of thing). The problem is it's a little bit pricier of course...

I went from DPM to MTP because during the winter time I thought DPM was obvious against the mostly golden brown leaf litter, and the grey/green tree trunks... Exhibit A, M'Lord I'm on the left, and I contend that my camo is less obvious than the DPM (not that the DPM sucks!). What's obvious is how they're so much better than a pair of joggers If and when I get to play, and if and when the trees and shrubbery are in full green leaf, I'll happily be back in my DPM (which actually is quite faded, so it's a good bit nearer the MTP than that box-fresh set of DPM in the pic)

Excellent, I'll bear that in mind!

I have to say I don't fancy the little parts pinging around, once I'm done with the hop and the barrel I'm leaving everything else alone so it can be a reliable back-up / occasional use gun!

There's a whisper from Carlos at Special Ops that there might actually be a game next weekend (Saturday 13th Aug)... It'd be the first since May! I'll keep this thread posted with any further updates.

Ooh! Ooh! Mr Peevly! Mr Peevly! Obligatory Double Eagle post... https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/double-eagle-m916a-utr556-metal-handguard-version?pv=18897

Got my Visionking 1.25-5 scope and I have to say I'm very impressed. The eye box is... alright. If your mask allows some sort of repeatable cheek weld then a decent sight picture can be had very quickly, but I think as a Novritsch video mentioned when they compared sights, that if you're in an odd stance or in cover that restricts movement then you may have trouble picking it up as quickly as a red dot. The rest of it really impresses - clear glass, smooth zoom, very nicely illuminated reticle etc. It's a chunk of weight compared to a skinny red dot, but I'm very much looking forward to using it (whenever it is I actually get to play again), because at the 1.25x end of the zoom, it is possible to use it with both eyes open. (I'm sure, as mentioned before, with a bit of practice that it's possible to do that with any sight at low to medium zoom levels) I've ordered a custom protector from Red Dot Engineering on eBay, I'll post a pic of that when it arrives. Edit: The pic looks a bit weird, but it's a good job as usual from Red Dot. £10. Sizes were 30.1mm diameter, 20mm bezel. The zoom lever is a stubby little thing, but notably has a grub screw or bolt in the top of it - is there a generic zoom lever extender that can be fitted to make it a bit more 'glove friendly'? Edit: "What, you mean something like this?" https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313507427413 "£13! Way too much, how's about this" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO6DUKtwC2U

Rattle can 'MTP' on my olive green mag pouches... it's such an easy thing to do, but very satisfying for the 20 minutes it took

I know, i know, I know, I apologise!

I ran into the same thing, then I thought about and checked my attachments. We've got a 100MB limit on our attachments, the tiny size you're being told is the max size is whatever you've got left of that allotment. So yeah, go back and delete some old / big pictures and you'll be fine. What is best to do, if you can be bothered, is find the big ones and replace them in the threads with smaller or more compressed versions so you don't lose the usefulness of those old posts... but I think I'll be just deleting the images that don't have much intrinsic value. And going forward I'll be pasting screenshots into Paint.Net, saving them as JPGs and reducing the size and quality within there. I can then use the 'choose file' option to insert pics that are now often < 100K in size, and yet still a decent size in the post.

My new mag pouches arrived from China (in fairly good time), and I can happily confirm they're the same size as the very first mag pouch I ever bought, and they happily accept (and retain!) the STANAG, AUG and M14 mags. They allow easy extraction and re-insertion. Obviously the STANAG M4 mags are the least secure, but I can still hold the pouch upside down and give it a shake without an empty Lonax mag falling out. And that's before I've tweaked the bungee cords. The MOLLE clips aren't brilliantly made (and the the retaining bits have some sprue on them which I'm trimming off, to improve their fitment) but yeah - they're good pouches. Especially for the low price they cost. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001220175776.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.0.0.4519f19c2WJPtx Time to get the rattle cans out and make them a bit 'MTP'. And to return the WAS 7.62 pouches and get my £60 back. Also got the M14 sight mount. Annoyingly the bolt for the forward hole is too big for the hole on the Cyma's body, I'm going to need to ream that out a mm or two. I used to have the thread tool with a variety of bits, but I've misplaced the damn thing... It's a heavy lump of metal, on a heavy gun. I don't think I'll be putting a full scope on it... unless it's to use for a couple of short games! Edit: Oooh I do love an unexpected visit from the delivery man... Visionking 1.25-5 scope. Got this on the classifieds, stuck it on my DE and I'm already impressed. Nice clear glass, good illuminated reticule, and it was even zeroed pretty well It's quite heavy though - it won't be going on the M14!

I get what you're saying I would prefer a vanilla 1911, or even better a really good Browning Hi-Power, but the extra functionality of the newer design (bigger gas chamber for better performance in cold weather) and the mag capacity meant I (and a few others here) went the way of the TM D.O.R Yeah, I could do without the extra shizzle on the mag, but the gun performed brilliantly during the winter chill. And I think it retains the 1911's good characteristics

There is a reason why NYC did this.... https://news.sky.com/story/teenager-thought-to-be-attempting-tiktok-water-gun-challenge-shot-dead-by-off-duty-officer-12657029 There is a tik tok challenge of people recording drive-by shootings with these things, and an off duty prison officer shot a kid dead. Apart from that tragedy, anything where Airsoft type guns are causing panics (in a country where mass shootings are common) and unsuspecting people are being shot at, who have no eye pro so might get blinded and are certainly being pissed off and perhaps hurt.... Well that's the sort of publicity we don't need.

Yeah I can see that if you're wearing the ESS goggles over a helmet, the hinge structure that allows the headband strap to expand outwards over the top of the helmet creates a noticeable gap in the sides. It'd still be unlucky to have a shot find it's way through, but we've got to be all about taking luck out of the equation when it comes to keeping our eyesight. So if I ever get a helmet, I'll ditch them, but at the moment I still run with caps / hats which don't create that problem. In the meantime I'll strip off the foam bits and run them with the lenses in the safer 'back' position. Edit: And I've ordered some semi-rigid fine plastic mesh which I can glue on to provide some extra protection for the vent holes... which might be overkill but I'll see if it'll make me feel safer!

OK thanks for that info.. I'll take a look at gluing some more mesh over the top...

I'm using a set of ESS British Army surplus goggles. Full seal, and once you know to pop the lenses away from the face to open the vents, they're pretty good at not fogging up (any movement will get enough air through those vents to clear them) Dirt cheap too! (Well mine were, looks like they're ~£30 at the moment) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175352472498

Hi, welcome to the forum What's the story with "gel blasters" and airsoft there? I must admit I was basically clueless about gel blasters until a YouTube Short fell into my stream. I thought they were confined to Asia for a start, and basically ignored them!