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    How to setup ad-hoc fire teams

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by OTH21

    Derailing slightly. Is there an upto date list of milsim event organisers other than Stirling / Filmsim. Looking for more events for 2024.

     

    On the subject of fire teams, I've found at best you might be able to nudge other players into a direction you want, but anything like a coordinated section attack in a skirmish day with randoms is almost impossible. Like others have said, personally If I've paid to play, the last thing I want is having some trumped up ex-cadet shouting like a Colour Sgt. 

    What do you truly desire...

    in Guns, Gear & Loadouts

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    Most of mine are almost readily available in the classifieds, just can't justify the purchases at the minute.

     

    Wood stocked Ww2 rifle: Garand/Kar98k

    GBBR Thompson

    B.A.R

    Flux Raider build pistol

    G3 with sliding stock

    Something that hasn't been made - DP-28 Machine gun.

     

    My current build will hopefully be a UK unique AK, but time will tell if I'll get it to look how I want it. And it will need a HPA engine to operate. 

    Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    There's plenty more source material/imagery of the actual rifle online. So them using an angled shot will give them an excuse to be less than accurate. Being a Sig, is the G&G 16 actually a good base rifle? 

     

    Sorry to derail the thread further. Should probably have its own in the news section or DCA dreamers.

    LCT AKM (TX-MiG)

    in Appraisals

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    Maybe around the £275 mark (worked out at 1/2 to 2/3rds of RRP) assuming the torch is a repro and the side mount is an LCT ZB-13 zenitco style rail. Maybe I'm smoking crack/maybe not, ultimately put it up and see what you get offered If you're after more.

    The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

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    Posted · Edited by OTH21

    First time at Driver Wood. Just went for an afternoon session, £20, not too bad. Safe zone is good, albeit hectic because they had airsoft, airsoft 'beginners' and it seemed 2 lots of paintball. So lots of people, I left most of my kit in the car. 

     

    Safety brief was concise and quick, and team ID was via 2 x armbands - so no sneakily hiding an arm out of sight. Initial game brief was good, and I sort of followed the crowd because I didn't know where any locations were. Took a few good ambush hits and went back to re-spawn. Whilst I was meandering back in to play I'd missed an altercation between an apparent 'site regular' (40ish year old) and a younger player - who's brother then weighed in. I witnessed or heard none of it, and others may give an eye witness account. But ultimately it resulted in the players being booted out and banned. Worse still the older gent decided he'd wait outside the site to continue the argument, the last I overheard from the marshalls were the 2 brothers had 'filled him in'. All over a heated exchange of plastic pellets, pretty pathetic.

     

    After that it took a while to get going again, with poor communication between the marshall team/players. 

     

    Second game was less punchy but there were a group on the green team, that some orange players said were not taking hits. 

     

    First day of pewing since early May, and it's reminded me why I tend to stick milsim/battlesim. Shame because the site is only a 25 minute drive from the girlfriends. 

    What fun or exciting (Airsoft) things are you looking forward to?

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    1 hour ago, Beorn said:

    Looking forward to many things, mostly getting back to playing after some back issues recently :( I need to get down to Red1 Chiselhurst one last time to get my ukara finally. Then I have my eye on heading to imperium for one of their epic looking game days soon. Then I'm going to make it my quest to try and get some of my buddies to come play with me!

    My recommendation for imperium is to go to the ground war day. I really like the site, but get frustrated on skirmish days. Due to the sites size and effectively 2 game zones - it can be like herding 200 cats in and out at the end of games, it's taken upto 20/30 minutes. Ground war is just a morning and afternoon game, if players need extra ammo etc, take it to respawn, or go back to the safe zone under their own steam. Make use of the vehicle mounted MGs if they're working, but they are BB magnets. 

    The 'What have you just bought' Thread

    in Guns, Gear & Loadouts

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    Nothing too exciting this month, just a Cyma railed AK gas tube on my LCT AIMS. Tempted to swap the outer barrel/gas block/front sight for an AK104/5 length for a Romy Draco build. Aside from that saving for my next AK build, which will have to utilise a Gas RIF because I can't see how I'll build what I want with an AEG and get it to work. Any want to trade a brand new Lego Millenium falcon 75192, for a GHK AKM? 😬

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    Gun picture thread

    in Guns, Gear & Loadouts

    Posted

    Filling the void of no pewing for a few months (bloody work shifts) by tinkering with my AKs. 

     

    Put my RPK back to wood stock and put a folding stock on my AK. Keeping the side folding reciever  because I know I'll want to put it back on an AK in the future. 

     

    Next pewing will be first weekend of August at Battle Lakes. 

     

    May have to say goodbye to the RPK within the year due to a possible move to London as a mature student. So I need to give it a good few run outs. 

     

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    DDPM Bergan

    in Guns, Gear & Loadouts

    Posted

    As far as I'm aware the main DDPM regular issued packs are the one above, the Karrimor ECM pack and a mortar carrying variant of the one above, I'd assume there'd be a medic clamshell type pack also. Not seen a bergan, probably just cheaper to issue out a DDPM bergan cover like you've seen and put that over a standard DPM bergan. SF may have had DDPM bergans, if they're out there they'd come up on fleaBay I guess with the appropriate "genuine SF issue, rare, I know what I've got" pricing.

     

    Any other kit you're after? 

    Family history channel

    in Off-Topic Discussion

    Posted

    Pretty tame family history compared to others here. 

     

    Of note:

     

    Great-Great-grandfather was 32 when he died serving in the RAMC as a medic onboard the Glenart Castle Hospital ship, sunk in 1918 by a U-boat. Family tradition, that all first born sons carry his first name as our middle name. 

     

    Maternal Great-grandfather served in the East during WW2 and ended the war as part of the occupation force in Japan. Supposedly had photos of the aftermath of hiroshima, which he'd smuggled home. My nan used to say he was in a 'commando' but I've tried to research formations that ended up in Japan and I couldn't see any. He was from the Isle of Lewis, with McLeod surname, so I presumed he'd joined a jock unit. I maybe wrong, and he could have transfered between units/formations. My mum said he never spoke of the war and very much had PTSD. 

     

    My mums paternal grandfather was a train driver in London/Kent during the war, so was in a protected occupation. He did have a small box of paraphernalia, such as helmet for air raids, which I did see as a child. Unfortunately this went wayward on his passing. 

     

    Dad's side.

    His mother was born in Danzig to Polish/German parents. His mum fled Danzig via U-boat with her mother and brother in 1945 as part of Operation Hannibal. Supposedly they were meant to escape on the German liner the Wilhelm Gustloff, however secured passage on the U-boat and avoided the greatest maritime disaster. 

    Not sure about the rest of her family, but it's probably safe to say the men would have fought/served on the German side in some capacity. I know she had cousins who remained in Germany and my dad kept in contact until the last remaining one died of cancer in the early 2000s. Their family surname was Hess. 

     

    Dad's dad was born in Hertfordshire and served in the RAF Regiment for his national service, completing the majority of his time at an AA installation in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus. He came home, became a salesman and learnt to fly, and flew in civilian airshows in planes like the gypsy and tiger moths. He remains a plane fanatic, only stopping flying within the last decade. 

     

     

     

     

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    Quick Questions & Simple Answers.

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by OTH21

    14 hours ago, AirsoftTed said:

    Are Cyma AKs still the best / a good shout for a budget AK?

    Also, worth checking Patrol Base in the run to Xmas, they usually have an AK variant in their sales. Last year it was a Cyma AK74SU, cm045a. For £145. 

     

    Obviously quite a way off yet though.

     

    I've added a cyma AK recognition chart. It can be found by googling 'cyma ak models' and image search. They make loads of variants, just not that much variety in stock in the UK. Hope that helps, happy pewing!

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    what did you wish you knew

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Not to be a debbie-downer, but is your priority producing content or amassing a collection of RIFs? 

     

    You say you've got 23 or so RIFs, unless they were all donations I'd say that you have had the money to get a decent camera set up. Even just a mobile with a tripod is good enough. - that's all Negative Airsoft uses, just a phone suspended by a monkey grip thing above him while he works/berates RIFs. 

     

    The best time to start anything is always 'last year or the year before'. But some get lucky in the algorithm, try and work out a niche in the airsoft YouTube world. There's enough licking shit-stains on the interwebs already.

     

    All the best, and do it for as long as you enjoy it.

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