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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 ?

That's good to hear, thanks chaps Heroshark, was it you that mentioned somewhere about how good the New TM M9s are? Is that the gun with the new blowback unit?

Ok so no one standing up for AA. But the only thing that still gives me some pause is that I hear the plastic slide will fall eventually and I'll need an Airsoft Masterpiece metal slide on a TM They're pretty damned expensive, looks like over £100 for that, would buy an awful lot of rubber seals...?

So it's the battle of the old Champion Of The World versus one of the New Pretenders... Or to put it another way... A known reliable gun with massive upgradability but a plastic slide and a bit less power, versus a metal slide, powerful gun (330fps) with alleged shareability of upgrade parts, and perhaps more questionable reliability... But some spangly looks... (that's the 501) Apart from the polymer vs metal slide, there's also the price, £130 for the TM against £90/£95 for the AA. I'm not intending to upgrade either pistol once I buy it, it will be a backup in woodland games, not a primary for CQB (though never say never..) Is the TM worth the extra cost and the loss of the 'real-steel feel' of the slide, over the unknown reliability of the AA pistols? Also, the AA guns are I think mostly 4.3 barreled, would I lose much accuracy with the shorter length? Anyone have experience with both?

There not much finer recommendation of a gun than buying a second variant of it...!

... works in desktop view perfectly, would be nice to have it in mobile view on my phone too. Maybe it's here somewhere, but I can't see it! Edit: ok, I'm a numpty, it's in the 'hamburger' menu. I found it by chance, it would be easier to find at the bottom of the page, on the home page perhaps? Oh and I mean 'as well as' where it already is, not 'instead of'

Two versions have sold out now. Please everyone, stop saying how good they are until I've bought one ??

I've not. The cheapest 906 has now sold out (e version) so I'm now at £170. Seeing as that's very close to the 907 prices I can go for one of those if the 6's sell out. The problem is my wife, frankly ?. If a big box turns up when she's around, she will know I've been spending and there'll be some 'sub-optimal scenarios' started. Or she doesn't see it, then she'll never know the difference to the bank balance (she never has the faintest clue unless I tell her), and she won't tell the difference with my other guns, I'd be fine. But sods law dictates the courier will turn up when I'm in a meeting, and she's home from her part time work, and she'll open the door to it! The alternative approach is I sell a guitar and can point at a wodge of cash I've raised. That will take a week or two though. And I'll have to say goodbye to a lovely guitar ?

Sorry about that, it was late, humour detector must've switched off I won't go for that mag then. Useful advice. I guess I'll buy a can of maintenance gas, a diddy can of green gas that'll fit in a pouch, and maybe buy a new fill valve. That won't break the bank, and have some usefulness with my next pistol (when I get around to buying something). If I can get 10-15 shots out of this gun sort-of-reliably per attempt to fill it, that'll make it worth carrying as a backup and not a total paperweight

Yeah that's the right magazine, I hadn't realised there compatibility there, so I might be able to pick up a cheaper one, that's good to know! There's an official CO2 magazine for my gun, which is why I thought it an option https://www.kombatkit.co.uk/hfc-hg190m-airsoft-gun-magazine-hg-series-co2-c02-gas-blow-back-guns-multi-fit-4128-p.asp

I can't sell a gun I know is not working properly, that's just not going to let me sleep at night. Besides, it's not working inside my house, and yes - the heating is on! But I take your point. Spend the cash elsewhere.

One thing I noticed is that I could buy a CO2 capsule mag for an extra fiver on top of the price for the gas one, and I have to think that would be an interesting experiment anyway. And maybe make it more sellable ☺️

Hi Buck, a short trip to Special Ops near Olney, not far from j14 on the M1, sounds like it could work for you...? https://www.specialopshq.co.uk/ They have games every other weekend, just book on the Seniors page. Price including gun hire (some sort of m4), a decent size bag of bio BBs, face protection, a hot lunch and and freely available bottled water will set you back £50 for the day. (Once you've got your own gun the price drops to £25, £20 for members) I'm there on Sundays, and would be happy to help you get settled in. My name is Ross, just shout out for me, or go talk to Carlos who runs the site - he's very friendly. Typically people turn up at 8:30 to get their kit sorted, play starts at 10ish and runs through to 4:30 It's a woodland site so wear green if you've got it Edit:. Best let you now I'm unlikely to be playing next weekend, I've absolutely buggered my foot/ankle playing football this week, I can barely walk let alone run around the woods at the moment. Not happy. So if you do come along say hello to Carlos

I am so very close on buying a DE M90... something. It's probably going to be one of the metal bodied versions, so 906 upwards, as they're starting at £160 at Patrolbase right now. But I need a final bit of advice: I'm looking at the DE site, and the Patrolbase info, and I'm struggling to understand the differences between the 906/907/908 series. I can see there are different barrel lengths, and slightly different flash hiders and rail styles... but is that it? The M906E is cheapest at £160, the M908A the most at £230... that's a big price difference - are they really just cosmetic differences, or is there more to it than that? Hmmm, talking of barrel lengths, I liked the idea of a compact gun, and I was looking at some of the really stubby PDW-style carbines before, but as I have a feeling this is going to be my primary for a while - should I take one of the longer barrel options for woodland combat? Does extra barrel length equate to better effective range on these guns?

I bought this pistol from bbguns4less about 8 months ago, so it's out of warranty with them. It was absolutely fine for a while, but started to act oddly a couple of games ago. Basically it'll fire up to 5 shots or so, then start acting up with clouds of gas coming out and it firing full-auto briefly before whooshing the last of the gas out. The sort of behaviour it'd do when it was still working, after firing lots of BBs and then running low on gas. I have two cans of Abbey Predator gas that I've used with it: Whilst charging the mag with one of them, gas shoots out everywhere and it's a noisy, frostbite-inducing bit of drama. With the other can of gas, nothing seems to happen and I have to wiggle it around to hear anything at all. To rule out either or both the cans being the problem, the site tech borrowed a can of green gas, and didn't have any different luck with that. I've tried purging the mag. Didn't help. So what's wrong with it, and is it fixable? Is it worth trying maintenance gas to see if an O-ring has dried out? I can't hear the mag leaking though. Could the input valve be (technical term ahoy) buggered? As the gun is acting like it's low on gas I am rather leaning towards this possibility. I've looked inside the slide, and the end of the air nozzle looks a little ragged, could that be the issue? I hear HFC guns are hard to find spare parts for, but I'm sure I can buy a new magazine, if that's the likely failure. I don't want to spend much money on it speculatively (I'd rather put any cash towards a TM Hi Capa) but it would be a shame to write-off a gun that cost me ... well, let's say 'too much' , if it's salvageable Edit: In the spirit of adventure, I checked on YT that taking apart a mag wouldn't spring any surprises on me. I then found my can of WD40 Silicone lube, yanked out the magazine fill valve, checked it wasn't blocked, squirted some WD40 inside, reassembled and retried. It seems to have helped... a bit. I managed to fire off 20 rounds before it de-gassed itself. So it does look like this mag is refusing to fill properly, but basically the gun itself is working. Well, that's my take anyway. So is the mag repairable or do I spend £30 on a new one?

I'm very tempted to get away from Hi-Caps as I was sounding like a whole orchestra of maracas when I was running around on Sunday (well, maybe jogging would be closer. Or waddling. Anyway, movement was noisy!) But presumably the GBBR mags hold the gas too, and so they're extra expensive? Yeah I can't go for that really. I'll look longingly at the TMs but I think they're north of £400 aren't they? I've already baulked at the Aug Hi-Cycle that I really like the look of. And that's a mere £280. But... if I sell one of my guitars, I could throw a bit more cash at it... anyone want to buy a Fender Telecaster? Edit: just in case anyone is interested in this thread in the future and wants to know what the outcome was .. I bought the double eagle m906c which is compact, solid, and fantastic ?

I did have a quick look at a couple of EBB guns, they're all tending to be quite expensive! I think I mentioned my initial plan of buying an L85, it would have been the G&G with a somewhat fragile EBBR system, which I've discounted anyway due to the weight of it. I must say I do love the feel of the recoil of my GBB pistol, it's all a bit dramatic and immersive, but that's now decided to die on me so a GBB rifle would be a hard sell right now! What gun(s) are you running?

Yeah, that's true. I saw some pics of me in my bargain-bin mix'n'match kit on Sunday. I've got a black viper skeleton harness + belt which at the moment only has a few magazine pouches on my left side. It's noticeable how much the solid black spoils the camo effect though, so I'd rather go with camo than not, if possible. (I'm sure OD or ranger green would be better than black though)

I just wore my DPM S95 combat shirt and trousers that was quite warm enough thank you very much. I know exactly what you mean about the sweat ?? I might buy a pair of MTP trousers and base layer long sleeve base layer, and then a combat smock for when the temperature actually drops... Finding Molle kit to go with my current camo is quite hard.

Sorry to bump my own thread, if that's a hangable offence then ... Well please don't hang me, just tell me so, I'll take the hint. Anyway unfortunately my game today was a bit of a disaster kit-wise. My 'repaired' guns both died when I was dialing in the hop up on the range. Even my pistol refused to hold gas. I ended up with a rental that wouldn't hold my m4 mags well enough to feed properly. I was pretty gutted tbh, and on the point of going home. But then I swapped for a G&G Raider v1, and things picked up! That gun is excellent. It didn't look box fresh, and one of my mags didn't work well with it (I think my original classic army metal mag), but it ran so nicely, reached a decent range, and felt so solid in the hand. Polymer for the win. Good stuff! I didn't notice the trigger being slow, but neither did I feel the gun was snappy. The RoF was... fine. So there's some mediocrity in the mix. The upshot is I'll definitely consider the Combat Machine guns to be a solid option, and if retail stock levels and the condition of my current guns dictate I get one, I won't be unhappy!

Kit review coming up... But first, the weather. I shall now review the weatherman. He's a twat. Not only did it not rain at all, it was in fact sunny. So glad I bought that poncho ? Anyway, the boots were good. Sure it was nice when I took them off, but they fitted ok. I think they also saved me from a twisted ankle when I slipped on a tree root. They are heavy though. I bet a modern pair of part cordura boots would weigh 60% less. I'm not going to swap though, need that waterproofing for the coming months...

My local surplus shop has turned into a generic family run DIY store now. That lovely aisle of British army kit is now a line of paint tins and adhesives. I don't suppose they sold enough of the surplus stuff to make any money. I've not been there for several years and even then I don't think I spent much, so I can't complain. Mind you the paint was so overpriced I don't think they'll much of that either ? I've put the boots on and run around my garden for a few minutes. The problem is width not length. And that's apparent as some pressure across the top of the feet. They're near enough the right size that I'll try them for the day. But I'll have my trainers if I need to give up on that experiment early! The boots are fine for the price of £40. Not really grade A condition, as they're 2005 vintage, but new-ish soles with J masses of tread on them, and everything where it should be, leather still in good nick.

I'm in the market for a good reliable gun for a little less, and I've landed on Double Eagle as my preferred choice now. An M907 with a full metal body and programmable trigger unit, for £170. I just hope there's still stock when I'm ready to pay for it ?