The_Lord_Poncho

Might this be an alternative option for you (presuming that the nov 249s aren’t entirely proprietary)? https://eu.novritsch.com/product/ssr249-hop-up-unit/?_gl=1*z6cbzu*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjMxMjI5Mzc4LjE3Mzc0MDcxMzA.*_ga_K9359NZ65D*MTczNzQwNzEyOS4xLjEuMTczNzQwNzE0MS4wLjAuMTU4NjkyMjkxOA..*_ga_B99L79801L*MTczNzQwNzEyOS4xLjEuMTczNzQwNzE0MS4wLjAuMA..

If you have installed a like for like replacement G&G green bucking, then that rules that one out. But in my view the fact that the mags are no longer locking in place indicates that the failure to feed is unlikely to be down to the bucking lips being e.g. longer, but rather that the hop unit isn't sitting where it was previously - which you have probably worked out already. I presume that you are confident that the spring that was either around the inner barrel in front of the hop unit or the little bendy spring that is attached to the front top part of the hop unit were reinstalled (I’m not sure which design your hop unit has, but I presume that it is one of those two options)? This keeps the hop unit pushed back onto the front face of the gear box. The upper receiver is fully located as far back as it should be on the lower receiver, and the front retaining pin was able to be inserted with the similar level of friction as when it was first removed? You didn't take the opportunity to do a few wraps of tape around the inner barrel, which if overdone might somehow be preventing the inner barrel and hop unit sitting where they previously were inside the outer barrel? If it's none of those, then I’m out of ideas!

This rather nice 1911 from 18Airsoft. It's an E&C, nice trades, seems to work well - and only £52 (plus a minimum of about £20 for postage I seem to remember). Grips are Ivory effect G10 from Aliexpress for about £8 posted - only a small amount of dremmeling required to their undersides to achieve a perfect fit.

I couldn't agree more. If nothing else, it might help shake up the market a little and bring out a few more keener priced offerings from other manufacturers.

Yep, I've never had an issue with Aliexpress either. Plenty also from 18airsoft, MLE Mart, Airsoft Tiger that also arrived without additional charges.

I'm not sure if there is an open invite to add other items to this thread, but....to add to the list (and apologies, because it is Ares) - the new Ares HPA drop in gearbox could potentially be a bit of a game changer. Single and select fire versions available, supposedly works well even at very low pressures, and only £140 posted from HK (or £199 from the UK). We'll see if it turns out to be any good, but looks promising.

I have the S&T no.4 mk1. Points to note: The bodywork is quite nice - I’ve not felt a compelling urge to refinish/stain the wood (but I probably will at some point for the fun of it) Mine had a horrible bolt pull at first (they all have this) - easily rectified with a bit of good lube, an aliexpress thrust bearing on the spring guide, and a cut down L96 spring (M130 or M150 flavours depending on whether you want a MED or not). The back of my bolt was wobbly out of the box (a two minute fix) Out of the box, the trigger box on mine wasn't attached to the receiver -at all. all four screws were entirely missing! But these things are super easy to take apart and it was quick to sort - plenty of video guides about They use a bb feed ramp+ a loading plate/fin on the cylinder to guide a bb from the magazine. It seems luck of the draw from what I can read, but the C clip holding my loading fin on keeps popping off. The accepted mod is to make (or buy) a C clip made from an AEG brass barrel, and optionally fit an airsoft pro metal feeding fin intended for the TM L96 AWS, and slightly filed down to fit. The both the front and rear sights are non adjustable (unless you count the rear flip up 'volley sight' as 'adjustable' - but that is not a problem really They take VSR cut barrels and VSR/GBB hop rubbers The range and accuracy is outstanding, even if you run it at 1.1j In summary - lovely rifle, but unless you get super lucky, be prepared to spend a few hours doing some (easy) work to it in order to get it perfectly ready for a skirmish. The jury is out as to whether the Vector Optics No.4 scope mount will fit it - I suspect that it would though - which together with the readily available stock cheek pieces would allow for a passable No.4 T sniper version to be created.

After many hundreds of chinese purchases over the past few years, i got stung for VAT (and a small handling charge) for the first time this month. The value of the package was about £135. The value declared by the sender of the package on the sticker on the outside was £50!

Personally I'm a member of the peg board posse. Sounds like we need to hold an annual 'Skadis Invitational' skirmish- Grid Wall Gang vs Peg Board Posse to settle this once and for all!

I've a Cyma 028 with wood effect plastic furniture. The range and accuracy are obscene (mine has a traditional style Guarder hop rubber and an old school H nub), and it's very light. The grey body is an acquired taste, but a can of matt black spray paint sorts that out. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the gun can be lightened even more by easily removing a weight that usually sits inside the (fake) gas tube.

To be honest - I'd advise the very opposite - the most painful shots I have had are when playing indoors - ranges are much closer, and frequently point blank. At least outdoors it it more usual that the BB's will have had a chance to lose a bit of velocity first (even if heavier BBs are used than typically indoors). Also when playing outdoors you usually have an opportunity as a parent to regulate to a much greater extent how far your child is in the 'thick of the action' - i.e you can work with them to keep just on the edge of the action that it feels exciting without there being a high risk of them e.g. taking a hail of pellets in a close range ambush. I took my daughter along for a few games when she was 12 - she loved it for a while, but the last two games got too many painful hits, so we are sitting it out for her for another year or so until she gets a little older. For garden fun with his mates, maybe have a look at 'gel blasters' - the gel balls are completely inert in the environment, the pain is an awful lot less - and whilst you need to wear a mask, the danger of losing an eye or a tooth if one of them removes their mask is much much less.

If it assists to widen your search, I use double M4 mag pouches with a full flap (i.e . pouches that fit 2x m4 mags each) which fit a single M14 magazine well.

It's not just you - today I've found it painfully slow (using firefox). I'm also unable to open various links/forums etc in new tabs.

I've mostly found my springs settle down a little, and I lose up to 15fps (assuming a 0.2g), usually takes a month or so. Presuming though that you haven’t got an enormous inner barrel, and that you intend to use something heavier than the 0.2s that you Chrono'd with, one might think that when the hop is set for heavier BBs, you might scrub off the rather small amount of power that you need to lose? Using it on auto, and stopping mid cycle may leave the spring cocked back under tension, which if left that way for a few days would likely also reduce its power somewhat.

Yes, I do 50% hpa, and 50% aeg- I enjoy both. The Chinese regulator and line I got was a solution to different HPA guns shooting at wildly different power levels despite the same regulator setting. As I like to cycle through different guns each game, it was becoming a pain to re-chrono before each game, so having two sets of everything solved that