RostokMcSpoons

I'm very keen on camouflage. When it's the start of the day and I'm looking at people on the other team dressed up in black kit I'm always pleased, I'll actually be able to spot them. The ghillie suited snipers give me no chance but I kind of think it's almost cheating to be that invisible ? Anyway at the moment I'm still wearing my old s95 DPM and using scrim or sniper tape to cover stuff up. It'll do for the time being. I had a fun hour at my local site trying out my guns on the range, burned through several hundred in the new gun, it's absolutely brilliant. But I'm getting wound up by hi cap mags Haha, see what I did there, wound up ha ha haaaaaaa I'm here all week etc So I'm thinking I might change to mid caps sooner rather than later... Will I find them a pain in the a**, unless I buy some fancy Odin speedloader to go with them? Do I need to buy quality mags or will a cheap set of asg polymers (10 for £50) do ok?

That's great to hear! I would normally have been playing today but I crocked my ankle playing football so I'll just be pootling along to the site to pick up my other guns from the tech at lunchtime. Hopefully I can ping a few shots at the range and get the hop dialed in ? I spent a while yesterday messing around with my kit. I fixed a couple of minor annoyances: I put a couple of velcro stickers inside the stock tube that stopped it from rattling at all (but I will buy that PTS EPS stock in the future), and another in the mag well to reduce the play there. Job done. Would like to reduce the small rattle of the right side selector switch too, but the bolt is already tight I've found a single point sling in the bargain bin at my local retailer which I'll be picking up soon. It's just got a loop to wrap around the stock tube, not sure how effective it will be... might be a fiver wasted but I do like trying my luck!

Thanks guys. I'll be buying the TM for sure. Just not yet, as my HFC M9 that I thought was knackered is now getting through a mag full of BB's before running out of gas... Good enough for an occasional use sidearm. And I spent my disposable income on a new rifle, so it'll have to wait for next payday.. or maybe the one after that ?

I've been thrashing around the internetz trying to do exactly the same thing. I've got some osprey sa80 pouches which I like, good in the they can hold both my m4 and AK-47 mags securely. But as you say they're not the fastest. So I bought a plastic shell fast mag pouch. Unfortunately it wasn't Molle do I had to paracord it to my battle harness, flopping around a little. However it did prove that plastic is the way to go. Eventually I found these.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tactical-Mag-Holster-Molle-Mag-Clip-5-56-Fast-Magazine-Pouch-Strike-System-/313209884981?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 I've only ordered them last night but these are cheap at £10 for two holders, and they were available in green as I wanted. The only problem is they might not arrive until the end of the month

That's a bold move on a brand new gun ?

Yes, it does seem that mishandling is the main cause, but when that could be as simple as catching a lead in the wrong place when you're changing battery in a hurry between games, that's something we can all imagine doing isn't it? That's the (slightly) scary bit for me.

Cheers, it's woodland with some sort-of cqb 'villages' where we change to single shot. Most of the longer range stuff feels like 20-30, occasionally 40m, but at partial targets - sometimes through a bit of light brush - so accuracy and momentum the key things there! I've had a dig around in my kit box, I found a bag of 0.30s in there I thought I'd already used. And a bag of leftovers which could be anything from 0.20s to 0.28s. Maybe even a pick'n'mix of all 3 weights. Anyway, I'll see if I can lift the 0.30s in the garden.. should be an interesting test! edit: Yes, it'll over-hop .30s. That's the stock rubber that's had probably a hundred rounds through it, at room temperature, at 20m range. Geoff's .30g Bio Natural Precision BB's. Operated by a non-expert user Now obviously I may have so much hop wound on at this point that the fps might be unusably low, and I definitely saw some variability in the trajectories (though that's perhaps down to the new hop rubber, and the newness of the gun as a whole, and me only firing a couple of shots at each setting, with a battery that probably needs a recharge) but it's definitely lifting them successfully. I'll probably order a big bag of 0.28s just to play it a little safe, but when I'm at the site next I'll try to get a chrono reading with the 0.30s Absolutely loving the look and feel of this, and the binary trigger... lurrrrrrvly!

As I'm going to run mine stock at least for a couple of games, can someone recommend the best BB weight to use... I'm thinking .25g to make sure it can hop 'em in cold weather, but of course I'd like to go heavier if it'll work...?

Looks good, if nothing else

Cheers guys - but actually MPA airsoft sell pre-cut poly discs from 25mm up, as lens protectors. I had identified them as the best source, but the p&p was a bit much for something that could go in a letter envelope. So I pooh-poohed it. "Never pooh-pooh a pooh-pooh". Useful advice, I'm sure you'll agree. Anyway, turns out Nunfa1 is calling in there today and has offered to pick up a couple for me and post them on. Top chap!

Has anyone tried LiFe batteries as an alternative? I know next-to-nothing about them (hiya Wiki, hiya pal), beyond the fact they're supposed to be safe. Can be punctured etc without looking like an accident in a napalm factory* Now I understand they're not as 'energy dense' so for a given pack size you'll be getting fewer mAH and lower voltage. And there's a lot less choice in sizes, but I saw a reasonably sized pack with 900 mAH and 9.x volts, for £20 (iirc). If safety is a serious concern, are they worth consideration? * This is how I imagine a LiPo fire. May be a slight over-dramatization - I've not seen one yet

Cheers I'd seen about the spring issue, so prepared for that... Which strength will I need? Now the stock is an interesting call.. looks like I could fit a triple battery in there, opens up the choice quite a bit...

I might as well have a disc for my scope too, as they do 32mm, please

That'd be brilliant - cheers! Most of the real plastic suppliers don't cut polycarb to less than 30mm, i found, so it'd save me some hunting. They're £1.10 each, I could do with a couple, I think polycarb is pretty indestructible but I might lose one I'll ping you my address and I can pay you £3 by PayPal if that's ok? Lozart - ok mate, you got a deal! PayPal ok for you too?

Wow that's cheap, I'll have a poke around for batteries there. Have you got a 904 with a PDW stock, the reason for going with the crane style? That foregrip is dirt cheap, and worth a try at that price I think... now MPA are already 'of interest' to me as they happen to be the only place I can find that have polycarbonate discs cut to 27mm diameter. They also charge £7 for p&p ('ouch', when it's stuff that'd fit in a small envelope) But if that grip is nice, it'll make the p&p a bit easier to swallow

Arrrggh, My scope being "super Old Skool" is a 1" / 25.4mm tube. But thanks for the offer, and they do look the very thing.

Ahah, yes, uninformed terminology use on my part there, it's the swivels I was after... but your suggestion is even better! That's great, two birds with one stone etc... saves a few more quid for the other bits Edit: In fact that very sling, available for £12 with free p&p is available on a Sale offer at AliEx for ... £3.51. Blimey, I think I'll be hunting around for a few bargains, it's the annual sale on the 11th, and you can pre-fill your basket in preparation!

So now I've got this little beauty... I'm thinking immediately of how to throw a few more pennies at it, to take it away from being "completely stock", and also to make it more comfortable. So I'm thinking ... 1) QD Sling mount(s). Any recommendations for a particular make? I got a bit anxious when I saw a video attached to one review, of Amazon's recommended choice, being yanked out of the attachment point to demonstrate how the gun had dropped when it was being used. As I'm (spoiler alert) looking at one-point slings, I really don't want it 'detaching and dynamically interfacing with ground at 9.8ms squared' so keen to be getting a good 'un 2) A single point sling. Or maybe a 2-point sling. Or maybe a sling that can do both (but not neither). Not a 3-point sling, already got one of them. A 5 point sling is right out. 3) Hi-rise scope mounts. I think I can find a set on Aliexpress and put up with a long wait... they're just to hold an old Viking 4x32 I used to have on my BSA Meteor when I was a kid. It's to experiment with magnification, and also for a touch of nostalgic enjoyment. So the question here is not so much 'which particular style of mount' should I get, it's 'am I being silly ordering from aliexpress' and 'is there anything I need to look out for / avoid' 4) A red dot sight. Yes my lovely Kobra is... lovely, but having just seen how much it's worth I'm kinda scared of using it - at least until I can find a protective 27mm polycarbonate disc to wedge in front of the real lens. I do fancy something small and super-lightweight and so maybe a dinky cheapo pistol sight on a small riser rail? Is that something people do? Any cheap ones worth adding to that AliExpress order? 5) Foregrip / vertical grip / angled grip. Something to attach to all that new M-Lok loveliness at the front. I was looking at these three on Amazon The top two are pretty small, really just to locate the hand. I'm suspecting the third is the one I'll go for, angling forward AK-styleeeeee, as it seems a lot of real-steel guys go for this. I was sort-of tempted with an MP5-K style of vertical grip with a hand stop, but I'm not sure if that'd look silly mounted half-way down the rail. I also saw an Ares Ameoba one that folds from being fairly flat, to angled, to vertical - £25 from Patrolbase, but I haven't seen any reviews or pics, not sure if it's actually good! https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/ares-amoeba-hand-grip-modular-accessory-for-m-lok-system 6) Battery. I've already got a Big Foot 7.4v 25C Lipo but I need another. I'm open to the 'risk' of an 11.1v, but whatever it is it needs to be long(ish) and thin. (I've got an ASG 30W/3A balance charger with auto-stop from Patrolbase to cram the 'electricals' in to whatever you suggest) 7) ....errr, that's it. The moon on a stick would be nice, but probably not stuck to the gun. So yeah - any thoughts welcome! Anyone who has seen my previous posts will know I normally operate at the "bargain bin / crappiest option", for a "Buy cheap, Buy multiple times" kind of style I've just spent a chunk on my new gun. so I'm not changing now

Cheers I've already got a full length M16, so had to get away from that. I was initially going for the PDW / CQB stubby, but this feels a good compromise now I've got it in hand

I did buy it back in the days when dinosaurs walked the earth How much are real ones (like mine) worth now? Maybe I could trade down and fund a new pistol Edit: blimey, I just did a google and the new gen version is £400. I might take it back off and wrap it in swan's down... before depositing it at Fort Knox I'm certainly not going to skirmish it again until I can find a 27mm polycarbonate disc to use as a lens protector! I've got the box in front of me, it was made in 2002

Double Eagle M906C... Yay! Stuck my Kobra red dot on top, because... it's the only red dot I have, but it's cool Notice how Double Eagle can't spell "Marksman" as I guess that's what they wanted to say. Either that or they're great advocates for safety on, and off the field ? First impressions... yowzers! Plugged in a 7.4v 25C lipo via the supplied Tamiya connector and it's shooting very nicely. Will look forward to trying an 11.1 in there. I've just pinged a few shots into my garden so no real idea on accuracy / range / hop etc but all good things, eh? The main thing is it just feels great, so pleased!

Yeah, please keep us updated with the actual results if you do that, as sticking a mock silencer over a long barrel is exactly what I intend to do if I feel out-ranged I do like the look of a suppressor on guns, but only want to do it if there's a tangible gain!

Stock of the 907 models seems to have disappeared at Patrolbase this morning, and the 906's have dropped to just the C version. There are still a selection of 904's but given how quickly the situation changed, their DE stock coverage might well be 'wide and shallow', if you catch my drift. So, damnit, I've been pushed into a corner! I HAD to buy one before someone else got there first! Tell the wife it was a GOOD reason I had to spend the money! M906C on the way tomorrow (I just refreshed the Patrolbase page, I may have nabbed the last 906, there are just two of the longer M904's and a pricier M908 left)

Yes, there's plastic, and then there's plastic these days... when I was buying my TM AK47S (back when they were still excitingly new) plastic guns = creaky and wobbly. With modern polymers they can feel rock-solid and really rather premium. I remember grabbing an Ares Honey Badger in a shop when they first came out, and I absolutely couldn't believe the difference in the feel of it, I was immediately impressed. And the G&G CM's are similar. Very good for the money - light AND durable. I started a thread a couple of weeks back asking for advice on cheaper + short + light rifles. After a lot of research I've settled on one of the Double Eagle M906/M907s as my choice. A little longer than the Ares Stubby Badger and G&G Firehawk I originally thought I wanted (both really cool guns still!), but the DE guns really seem to be a fantastic long-term option that'll leave my two old guns as backups.

Ummmm, I'm not really a fan of the super boxy guns like the Glocks and the Socoms etc, I'm really more into the 1911, the cz75 and the Browning hi power. While I was googling some of them I saw mention of the M45a1. That looks pretty cool, but it is another step up in price... £170. I think the £130 5.1 is where I should go Edit: seems I picked an expensive shop, the m45 is available down at £140 ?