The Waco Kid

Mine looked exactly like than when it came out of the box. But it had been through a Parcel Farce depot. 😝

Done, Stirling game at Catterick. Because first impressions count.

It can vary at sites depending on quiet who shows up. A few of the regulars where I was said what an unusual day it was. Much reduced attendance, presumably because of the weather. I had a few issues so didn’t get “stuck in” my initial games. Not being able to see kind of slows you down! General skirmish days a lot of players, rental or otherwise, just want to shoot people/their mates and tend not to be very objective focused.

Slow start to the day for me. Site was less than half the players of my previous visit, which is both good and bad. But plenty of space for my deck chair. First couple of games persistent gun misdeeds, when it worked eyepro was fogging badly so I mostly acted to draw fire. Binned AEG and things were moving more to CQB. Got sneaky and ambushed with pistol. Had a nice group of five regulars mosey up to me, dropping a frag would have been too much movement so just started up with the Glock. Several of them turned and riddled me pretty close on auto, as well as hitting each other despite, having been hit. I just thought I’d was funny because I genuinely scared them. Sitting very still in camo even without a ghillie is effective and I’d let them move around me while say to each other “I’ve cleared that”. I beg to differ 😁. Fell-back into the village for next life and had masses of fun tapping very deliberate shots. Quietly rolling a grenade out and hearing “fuck it” just as the bang goes off. Simply ran out of gas and bangs in the end. Pretty good play. One chap on my team was moaning about a non hit taker, so I reminded him he was shooting in to the wind….. 🙄 It’s quiet satisfying to empty 6 pistol mags in a game pretty much getting a hit every few shots. Happy days.

Love a big of classic olive. Great stuff.

My stuffs not out of date but I’ve realised it’s all older that the Marshalling team.

But it’s specifically for hunting those men women. As everyone knows they are colour blind, as well as being naturally attracted to reject breath of the wild characters.

Get a sewing machine and start practising. It’s surprising what you can learn to make. Although my plate carrier is 500 years too early…

Another one from back in the day when Multicam was a novelty. SDS ACH plus MC cover SKDTAC (gen1) BDU Hatch Tri-colour pads Danner boots or desert Magnums Hatch long operator gloves Blackhawk FR balaclava HSGI holster with flap and add on mag pouches CiRAS maritime with SBA soft armour Throat mic and PTT, Entel submersible PMR radio Emdom M4 (Pm4?) mag pouches Tactical Tailor zippered utilities Emdom hydration carrier HSGI pistol mag pouches M4a1/sopmod. Vltir stock, acog, peq. Not sure what’s up with the front sight post.

Yes most definitely. 😋

I do agree with you, to an extent. Nor do I doubt you. The thread started off asking what people considered blind firing. This raised two points. 1) What is safe 2) What is unsporting There are clearly differing opinions on those. And different groups/sites use various definitions and rules. Therefore we keep to the ones that site uses when there. If it’s unclear, ask. I asked you to clarify and you replied you felt that the player was acting in an unsportsmanlike like manner. I’m sure many would agree, I wasn’t there but two Marshall’s were and didn’t address it. Did you both walk away or what? You’ve raised it on a discussion forum as an example and thought the player had an unfair advantage. I raised some points for discussion that are specifically about “advantage” maybe this should be a separate thread. What is deemed fair or “ethical”? Skip this it’s a big digression. —————————————————— A player with a little field craft taking up a good position using natural features having all the benefits of a “less than A4” window but it’s within the rules and “fair”. experienced players pushing the rules to gain a specific tactical advantage. Why is this less relevant or different to your example? One is lack of situational awareness that’s very likely to lead to hitting people at less than MED for the gun, indeed I have seen point blank to the back of the head more than once. So safety. Same as running/shooting with seriously fogged up eye pro. The other is as I said effectively mobile cover. A player with so much material they cannot feel or even hear impacts. Or potentially worse the player rationalises that the hit “didn’t count” because it must have been a stray shot and they can’t see me. Sites with lots of structures tend to brief about minimum allowable firing points but not all do. Better to block up smaller openings. My last game this wasn’t covered and not everyone was a regular. Some sites have far better briefings that others. I agree they should be pertinent. But more detail isn’t always the answer as people will just switch off. I think “fairness” is elastic and depends if the objective is fully a competitive game or some sort of balance. I think Asomodai you’d be for a balance as would I. I’ll give an example from sport. Is Michael Phelps a great winning athlete? Yes but he also has “unfair” physical advantages. His body proportions differ from many people even Olympic swimmers. Look it up he’s been studied. But no one seriously says he is a cheat. Digression is a sport unto itself.

Was it an all walk on day? I’d hope for maybe more sporting conduct if is was, but I am partially delusional. Asomodai definitely visited more sites than me in recent times. Certainly my local one is gun hits are good, I can’t think of many over the years that I’ve been too didn’t allow them. Perhaps UW but years since I visited. I can’t remember Mayhem, but I haven’t had my evening glass of port. If the shooter isn’t aware of the barrel position/line of sight then that may be unsafe. If he had simply got a position that offers advantage that’s tactics! If he was shooting through a firing loop in a wall would it be an issue? Was it a brief “racing incident” or impeding play? If I was on the receiving end it may have annoyed me, or not. Manoeuvre, use teammates to suppress and flank. I’ve used rental aeg’s that shot so inconsistently that some of the rounds went around corners. Blind firing? I digress: I know some very good snipers who are sneaky as a sneaky thing with extra sneakers on. I have seen far more who are not: 1) Wookiee gonna get ya wearing a shite overly thick ghillie that they think makes them invisible and can’t feel hits through. Essentially mobile cover. 2) DMR dongle who STANDS in the centre of the field blasting away continually simply relying on a bit more range than the site guns. This player tends to stay locked to the scope and cap as many of their own in that back as they do opposition. Okay I maybe exaggerate a tiny bit but both are examples of problem play or “unsporting” behaviour where essentially the opponent doesn’t get a chance to get them. All problems can be solved with more dakka! Plus explosives, which is of course more DAKKA.

Okay was there actually a safety issue? If the shooter could see his own barrel and where the bb’s were going I wouldn’t call that blind firing. Might be if his situational awareness was nonexistent. Some places specifically brief no gangsta skills, some don’t. There are plenty of Airsoft “marksmen” who set up where Dozens of players are bound to walk straight across them but are totally focused on the scope. You can shoot both eyes open it’s a telescopic sight, or have an actual spotter… As to the unfair advantage, is it much different than him prone in a ditch firing from behind a tree stump so only 4 inches square visible? We’re hits on his gun not counted? I know we think we should be able to shoot through bushes and it count but the reality is most cover in game fields won’t stop a real bullet. We have roddie bushes and thin pallet wood at most sites. Anyway this is why I carry grenades 😉 Did Fireball Squadron weekender with just pyro once. Expensive but so much fun. “Stop throw grenades at us, we don’t like it” Just smile as you light the fuse.

Soldier of Fortune. I can’t speak for this specific item but I’ve always found dealing with them a mixed bag. There are limited sources for some stuff so you can’t always choose but I’ve never had a order go smoothly. I have found uniforms to not be that robust. A friend and I have both had items tear or blow seams when putting it on. I may be fat but but if a £20 set of miltec bdu’s don’t fall apart on me I expect a £100 shirt not to break immediately. The returns/refund/replace process is like pulling teeth via a Jawas arse crack. One excuse was that the return address is not situated in the same place as the actual office so they have to wait on condition report etc. Then sent wrong replacement. WW1 is not really my era but a lot of reenactment groups do have publicly available(or on request) starter to intermediate kit lists and recommended suppliers. Anyway skirmish as this, their is a reenactment version around.

Immersion. That was a big pitch as to why we were allowed to keep realistic looking guns and not all go two tone only. So using a technologies that start to erode that principle may be problem if we go through a similar process in the future. Personal preference is not to exceed 15-20 RPS for basic “infantry” type stuff, perhaps more for squad automatic/support. But it’s not necessary, I’ve pinned down plenty of players with M60/M249/RPK/LSW’s running at stock performance. I seem too recall three support gunners holding hamburger hill at Combat South against all the other players…

Yeah DPM needs to fade in. The MC/MTP pallet does well in UK autumn woodland. Light is good.

Great I might have to have a technology update. 😁

£40 odd quid for a speed loader, cripes I am getting old. Seems like you find them worth while. Scratching my head a bit as I never had an issue bombing up in a game with the old M16 mag shaped thingy. Pistol mag sized ones a bit caddy I admit. I assume the Odin’s are quick if you have a vest load to do at once?

Step one: growing suitable mutton chops and ‘tache. Step two: never call anyone Shirley

Forgot to say chargeback isn’t a legal right. But if you paid by credit card you are covered by section 75 of the consumer credit act.

I miss read your post. I though you said “I can’t recommend Halfords paints” 😉

The simplest thing would be to find some images of the location and period in question and take inspiration from that. You probably realise that Russia has a number of agencies with fingers in the “internal security” pie and they have a miriad of uniforms, insignia (or not), equipment and a sometimes puzzling mix of issue kit but plus what they picked up in Mere (Lidl type shop). What I’m saying is either try for a specific unit and research them as Russia has made masses of variations to list all of them. Or settle for a general kit that supports the weapons you’ve chosen. If you like flora go for it and look for decent quality chest to start with like the Pioneer M4; Gorod assault vest; MVD & OMON vests et. I’m sure someone will point out that you need blue addidas trainers. 🙄 Sposn and Bars kit are online. I think Oleg at Rusmilitary is still going. Plenty on eBay. Grey-shop is a another source.

Rogerborg is right on this. Even custom made items are covered by your statutory rights. Specifically if they fundamentally flawed or faulty. If you bought the item over the internet, ie distance selling. You have more time to complain and return but as you seem to have contacted them immediately it should not be an issue. Chargeback and good luck.

Is Krylon paint not avaiable? Never had issues with that.

Two tone is probably needed but a brightly coloured gun like object in public will not stop the police being called. Not is it bulletproof… As a old pre VCRA codger I’ll tell a story that happen to me some years back. Early 2000’s I was walking along a residential street in Southhall when a teenager of Middle Eastern ethnicity wearing a green m65 coat, red and white shemagh and carrying a G3 comes barrelling out of an alley right into me. Luckily for him I was probably one of the few adults then who had any real knowledge of Airsoft. This probably hasn’t changed. To an extent even within the Police. I told him not to be a stupid dead **** and to think about why. He went inside rapidly to use the toilet. A friend of mine got raided for unrelated reasons and when the Police officers found a TM MP5 in the wardrobe they really though they’d struck detective gold. Anyway it’s all subjective. A tiny flat or small garden you’r far more likely to attract attention. A private estate in the country, no one will care if you are firing a semi-auto shotgun out of the Ferrari’s window while pulling donuts. 😉