RostokMcSpoons

I tried a 4x32 scope on my M4... spent ages buying scope mounts to get a comfy height, strongly thought about upgrading to a better scope before even trying it, played a morning with it on and switched back to a red dot. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The experience hasn't stopped me from considering another experiment, but I'd probably want to try a scope with zoom, preferably all the way back to 1X, and with a red dot style reticule, so I can play 'normally' when I'm in a hurry to get to an objective. The problem is that such scopes are much more expensive than even the 3-6x40 style that you can pick up quite cheaply off eBay. So it probably won't happen. I may try the scope again, as my playstyle has evolved a bit since that first attempt (it's now slower, measured stalking, rather than a blind rush to the front-line)

Yeah that's pretty much the only way to get them in at the moment! But even then it still needs me pulling the pouch outwards to get enough wriggle-room to wriggle them in. The M4 mag is definitely just loose enough (when only one in the pouch) to make me nervous - but I'll try it on the belt as that might make a difference. I have a full polymer mag pouch in the loft. The first one I bought when I came back to airsoft - it had good retention and yet was still super-slick to pull from, and to re-insert into - I only binned it because it didn't have a proper MOLLE fitting on it. I'm going to go find it and try it just to see if I should find something similar on AliExpress. The nearest I've found to it in the usual shops is this Nuprol one, out of stock... https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/nuprol-m4-open-mag-pouch-v2

WAS Pouches received this morning and tested - off the belt so far... Well, they can definitely hold all 3 types of my mags. And AK mags too I should imagine. They can grip very well, even with just one STANAG mag in there, but that's dependent on the bungee tightness, naturally. Now I've slackened it off to let the M14 mags get in a little easier, it could definitely lose a single STANAG, so I'll install the retention loops too. The M14 mags will be a bit of a 'mare to re-insert once this is on my belt and on me, but it's do-able, and better than not having anything... but it's not a perfect set up. Maybe I should try to find full polymer pouches, if there is such a thing that will stretch to the full M14 size. I'll have to do a full install and trial before I decide whether to keep them. The double pistol pouch is a very snug fit with my hi-capa mags. I don't think I need the retention loops for those, which is good because they're really hard work to get over the base of the mags.

Hmmm. Ok, thanks for that info, it's something I'll test out once they arrive. I've got Distance Selling Regs so I can always send 'em back and go back to the cheaper Viper Elite single mag pouches instead.

How dare you say that about the brand I have just invested (checks receipt...) £77.75 in! I am totally invested! And now that I have bought the darned things, about 27 flavours of high quality mag pouches at bargain prices will inevitably pop up in the classifieds. It's always the way...

out of stock for multicam versions... yeah looks interesting but I'm not so worried about extreme-tactical-speed for pistol reloads as the pouch will be on my right, behind my holster... the cheaper option is good enough. edit: I went ahead and ordered those items in my basket. There's an EVERYTHING5 discount code to knock 5% off, and postage is free. Which was nice.

Nope that's fine thanks...! I already have a couple of pistol pouches but they don't hold the hicapa mags very well, so this bungee version look the very thing to have

Your 'ahem' is noted, and thanked! Assuming the all side panels are stiff enough so the things don't collapse when the mags are out, and re-insertion isn't too tricky, then those are the very (UK sourced) thing I'll buy. Cheers!

Have to say these look tempting... and double pouches save some belt space and cost! https://shop.reconbrothers.com/product/templars-gear-double-fast-rifle-mag-pouch-custom/ Is there a best place to buy Templars Gear? I've found reconbrothers and e-militaria.pl so far

I'm slowly learning that spending "tuppence ha'penny" on airsoft gear is often a false economy, but I still live in hope for the times when it isn't, so I'm still scouring the bargain bins If I was still playing regularly every other weekend, £100+ on essential gear wouldn't frighten me sooooo much now, but I'm still waiting for Spec Ops to come back on-line. Curse the local council and whatever stupid red tape they've come up with that's blocked use of the site. So £10-£20 each feels right for the 4 pouches I want. As for the site... I'll have to be brave and try somewhere else that's local to me, but so far the stars haven't aligned with dates, car availability etc.

Yes they definitely look like the very thing - but the real deal are a somewhat deal-breaking, eye-watering £31 each! I'll have a scout around for clones, if you can recommend anything very similar but half the price, I'm definitely interested Already got a couple of general purpose pouches on my belt (although the bigger one will contain my air bottle when I run the Tippmann), so I think I'll stick with the actual mag pouches if they work. I've fired off an email to AH asking for advice

Yeah I saw the Viper pouches when I was browsing Action Hobbies (as I can collect from there, and therefore return easily) I might well give them a go... They're not the exact same ones, they're a bit cheaper... https://www.actionhobbies.co.uk/products/viper-elite-adjustable-magazine-pouch/

I refuse to push things through a sphincter ;D I shall take a look. It may be the best option. I have emailed Novritsch in case one or the other pouch types they sell can be made to work (seems unlikely) I might buy a few cheapo 7.62 pouches from AliExpress in the hope they're good enough, but they'll take a month to arrive...

Ah yeah, it's the Tamiya polarity thing that must have been nagging in the back of my mind. Not a problem as it'll be Deans Thanks!

Oh dear. So I was about to buy the Novritsch mag pouches that would sort me out for my STANAG and AUG mags, thinking they'd also service the M14 I just paid for. It turns out I was wrong, Novritsch sell separate DMR pouches to cater for the M14. Now the problem isn't so much the expense of buying 2 sets of 4 pouches of each denomination (though that would run to 120 Euros, ouch), but that I either need duplicate battle belts for when I change guns, or I need to swap them over (and messing with MOLLE can be a bit of a pain in the fingers as we know, and would eat up a lot of lunch time!) The thing is I currently prefer to push my mags back into the pouches when they're empty so I can keep track of them, and that means soft-sided pouches get ruled out... trying to stuff mags into the likes of an Osprey SA80 pouch is not easy when wearing goggles and trying to look down the side of my (chunky) body. I currently use cheap, but effective, AliExpress polymer pouches. So are there any mag pouches that will hold *anything*, that are fairly stiff with good retention, still allow fast reloads and that aren't super-expensive bits of Gucci kit that would empty my bank account? If I'm looking for an impossibility with a stiff-sided pouch that'll hold M14 + M16 + AUG mags, then I suppose I could try a dump pouch setup - what are the downsides to those, apart from the possibility of a bunch of mags clattering each other? Do people ever lose mags out of them?

Possibly silly question: I'm looking for a new 7.4v battery with a Deans connector, preferably a fairly small stick one that'll fit any of my guns. My usual places seem to be out of stock - any recommended retailers? As I seem to be good at killing / abusing batteries I'd rather they were disposably cheap, and preferably > 1200mAH Also: Is there a difference between RC batteries and airsoft, apart from maybe the C rating?

Sweet + savoury. Hmmm, I'm deffo on the side of disliking Hawaiian pizza as a thing, but on the other hand I do enjoy the Yorkshire ridiculousness that is Apple Pie wit' t'Cheddar. Or indeed cheddar with marmalade. So it's not like I'm totally averse to similar flavour combinations. But I don't ever want to be chased by the Italian (Pizza) Mafia? Nah. So in the bin it goes.

I like the look of that KWA, and I definitely like recoil (it's why I bought my Tippmann M4)... one thing to bear in mind that got mentioned in a T10 review video: the recoil is strong enough that it'll actually knacker cheapo sights! So budget for a something a little more than the cheapo Amazon specials (that I happily use on my normal guns)

Action Hobbies had a nearly new NP Defender on sale for £90, but it's just gone... (coincidence?)

I've retained a strong hankering for an M14 variant, but they seem to be in short-ish supply at the moment. Action Hobbies have the SOCOM version in stock for £200, are they still good value at that price? (I'd have to invest in some more mags and appropriate mag pouches which is going to hold me back at least until I'm playing regularly again, what with Spec Ops still being on hiatus)

Ahhhh, there's a link to my personal fave band, Cardiacs. Both Ginger (and presumably the rest of the Wildhearts) and Justin Hawkins being big fans. Sadly of course, the mighty Cards haven't toured in years, due to Tim the lead singer suffering a heart attack and a stroke when being mugged, and subsequently dying a couple of years ago... but Tim did some of the Wildheart's production work. Last gigs I went to were Johny Marr at the Festival Hall, and Thank You Scientist at The Flapper in Birmingham... blimey, nearly 3 years ago in August. I normally try to get to a few gigs a year. Sucks that it's been so long

It was me asking for medium length motors before, for my JG SG552 (or whatever designation they give it) I managed to get one for £6 off eBay, which worked fine outside the gun but died when I installed it. I maybe pinched a wire and shorted it, not sure. Damn it! The next best I found was for £35, also on eBay. Action Hobbies have a couple of different ICS motors for £40 in stock today

That's impressive, mine would read BATTERIES. EYE PRO, SIGHTS, GLOVES, THE OTHER BATTERIES STILL ON CHARGE, TOOLS, BOOTS, SOCKS, AMMO blah blah. Anything short of an actual pew I could forget to bring, and have done on some occasion

I've got a Classic Army m15a3 and a Tokyo Marui Ak47 which are both doing much the same. Would love to find a fix, though at this point in my revived Airsoft life I've "already got too many guns*" * Says no-one, ever