Dan Robinson

15p for a 500ml bottle of Costco mineral water isn't going to break the bank, especially when you can get a pallet with free delivery - these are customer facing businesses, and while personal responsibility is a thing...  Why not make sure there is drinking water available for free - or cost?  Especially in this weather.
 
Bottles can split (as happened to us last time), get forgotten, knocked over.  All sorts of reasons other than lazy for someone to not have water with them.
 
One of the reasons I took extras yesterday. 😋

Once they've been up the bombed out goat track to a typical airsoft site, I suspect that "Further postcode delivery restrictions might apply to this item" in future.  

I am sorry, it was only when I saw a pic of your son's hat that yeah we've seen each other a lot but hadn't connected the dots...
I'll try to put my 'Ross B' name badge on, but here's me as you mostly see me, and me with specs on in that there "Real Life"...


 
 

Businesses have contracts with carriers like UPS, DPD etc which will carry RIFs but as a private individual then it's pretty much PF48 or cross your fingers and pray.

Riiiiiiight...

So I found the very first mag pouch I bought, but discarded (not having a proper MOLLE attachment)... it actually works great for M4 (as expected) and AUG mags, and it's workable with the M14 mags once the bungee is well loosened off.
So I've ordered 4 of these from AliExpress, hoping that mine is in fact the 7.62 version   
You can see the construction from the grey version, I ordered green.
 


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001220175776.html
£3.50 each!  Plus a tenner for postage for the 4 of 'em.

The only problem I've got now is it'll take a month to turn up.  Should I return the WAS pouches for a refund?  I guess I should, I could always re-order them.
 

Yup, I asked for it a while ago because I like to keep my eyes relatively intact
 
 

I found it on ebay for £30 or so and took a punt.  There's no branding on it, but it is great. 
 
Has a fairly decent field of view and the reticule is so minimal.  Means it does its primary job of letting me see better down range rather than making me think I can shoot the snot from a field mouses' nose. 
 
Ditched my cheap Acog 4x as the optics are so far off that the bb doesn't even hit in the field of view. 

Well got my kit together for tomorrow's Big Skirmish at AWA. 
 

 
My SVU courtesy of @Asomodaiwill be having its first run, which I'm looking forward to.  Got a big bag of 0.32s to go with it as well as a 3d printed stock extension which is stuck on such that it can be taken off if needed without leaving marks (the adhesive is still going off, but it will be invisible when it has finished). 
 

 

 
Also got an alternative 2x scope with a filament reticule which is pretty good.   There's a red dot sight in my case too. 
 

 

 
 
And of course my obligatory "Running Fat" badge. 
 

 
Have got a second Ops panel so I can quickly swap between M4 spray and pray games and DMR.  I haven't decided yet whether to try an run with both the M4 and the SVU at the same time.... That's a pretty heavy kit if I do. But I don't fully trust all my pistol mags.
 
 
 

They pop up secondhand from time to time, though Matrix does do batches every now and again. I think I heard they are in batch production now, though that was a few months back so who knows. I turned mine into a DP-28 haha
 

Never really thought about it.  Although today for some reason, the vest was rubbing and has taken off the skin down both sides of my waste. 
 
My shower this afternoon was excruciating.  😭😭
 
 

Just got back from AWA.  It was their Big Skirmish event which was pretty good.  Although the other team apparently couldn't communicate properly so ruined the way the combat was supposed to happen, meaning a lot of walking around looking for someone to shoot. 
 
Still, 100 people turned up so when the fighting did happen it was pretty good fun. 
 
 
Only thing that really put a downer on the day was the dust cover of my svu fell off..... Thankfully found by the boy in a rather obscure place.... And my Osprey armour has taken the skin off my waste through rubbing, which is now very sore. 
 
Still ran, nearly 7 miles, so feeling good about the exercise 👍. 
 
Camelbak hydration kit certainly paid for itself too.  I got through at least 6 litres of water.  Can't believe there were people playing with just little bottles of water. 
 
 
Looks like AWA are going to rename these events Battlesim Lite and running more of them, which as they get used to how thi gs like these play out should only make them better. 

Gotta say I am so photogenic..... And a BB magnet .....

Well got my kit together for tomorrow's Big Skirmish at AWA. 
 

 
My SVU courtesy of @Asomodaiwill be having its first run, which I'm looking forward to.  Got a big bag of 0.32s to go with it as well as a 3d printed stock extension which is stuck on such that it can be taken off if needed without leaving marks (the adhesive is still going off, but it will be invisible when it has finished). 
 

 

 
Also got an alternative 2x scope with a filament reticule which is pretty good.   There's a red dot sight in my case too. 
 

 

 
 
And of course my obligatory "Running Fat" badge. 
 

 
Have got a second Ops panel so I can quickly swap between M4 spray and pray games and DMR.  I haven't decided yet whether to try an run with both the M4 and the SVU at the same time.... That's a pretty heavy kit if I do. But I don't fully trust all my pistol mags.
 
 
 

Well got my kit together for tomorrow's Big Skirmish at AWA. 
 

 
My SVU courtesy of @Asomodaiwill be having its first run, which I'm looking forward to.  Got a big bag of 0.32s to go with it as well as a 3d printed stock extension which is stuck on such that it can be taken off if needed without leaving marks (the adhesive is still going off, but it will be invisible when it has finished). 
 

 

 
Also got an alternative 2x scope with a filament reticule which is pretty good.   There's a red dot sight in my case too. 
 

 

 
 
And of course my obligatory "Running Fat" badge. 
 

 
Have got a second Ops panel so I can quickly swap between M4 spray and pray games and DMR.  I haven't decided yet whether to try an run with both the M4 and the SVU at the same time.... That's a pretty heavy kit if I do. But I don't fully trust all my pistol mags.
 
 
 

Just found the forums dark mode settings..... 
 
 
That's much betterer! 

Found one of the lesser spotted boy in his Russian hat.... I say lesser spotted because he hates having his pictures taken.... 
 

 
As for tacticool.   I have a few briefing shots, but one thing seems common to the sites I play.... The official photographers are better marshals than they are picture takers. 
 
My shots are heavily cropped and tweaked 🤣🤣

Not the same topic... But for some reason this popped in my head. 
 
 
 
If you know.... You know.... 

That's something special 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Black and white you say ?
 
 

Fun times at Sentinel and Spec Ops.... 
 

 

 

 

 
 

Cats, yeah I get that, but my divvy Niece called her first kid Fred 7 years ago, no issues, & then 4 years ago had another sprog, AND CALLED HER ROSE FFS. 
& we're like "really, Fred & Rose" & she's like "I don't know what your getting at" ?
 
 

Our lad Pete , on the hunt in the trenches at our local site 
 

As someone who lived in Gloucester when that all kicked off.. I approve LOL
 
Actually, my old man named his last pair of cats Fred and Rosey as they had a thing for finding their way and hiding under floorboards. 
 
 
When the investigations were taking place we used to get crime tourists coming to see the house.... Being long before SatNav, we used to send people miles out of their way, on some occasions even Cheltenham LOL. 

A 2015 Infiltration Airsoft game in the Drakelow Tunnel Complex. This sort of captures the experience of playing in a dark, dank WWII industrial complex/1980s nuclear bunker, but the camera doesn't (and couldn't) capture the later atmosphere when players and smoke grenades stirred up so much dust you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. I have no doubt that a couple of games there without a gas mask would give you all the 19th century diseases.

Is that recent news? They were still open a month or two ago and are still listing next weekend as a date on the Gunman website...
 
In terms of "Atmospheric" pictures, mostly they seem to have people in them doing cool shit or looking tacticool, when we all know the actual atmosphere at airsoft is a bunch of people standing around talking...
 
"so I found this shell casing on the floor"
"still hungover from yesterday,  had MCd's on the way here..."
"No, I've ordered a new one from the retailer but it still hasn't turned up"
"Isn't that the wrong suppressor for that impression year?"
"not sure, but it's like red and itching..."
"Does anyone know what we're supposed to be doing? Have we started yet?"
"...whole other team not taking their hits if you ask me..."