The_Lord_Poncho

I've had great service from my one, hope you have an equally enjoyable experience! Looks like someone has already done the job for you of swapping out the M4 hand guards that it would have come with for the correct slim style too. I will try my best to overlook the crime that is using a 30rnd mag and suppressor on it though

In addition on the hi-caps (and I caution that I have no particular knowledge of P90 Hi-caps, only the M4, AK, and G3 versions) - the sound of the spring rapidly unwinding usually means that the numbers of BBs left inside the mag are so few that they don't drop into the 'cog' that the spring tensions in order that the 'cog' can then push them up the feed tube of the mag and into the gun. The end result being that there is nothing to stop the cog simply spinning and unwinding the spring that tensions it fully (despite there still being a number of BBs still in the hi-caps feed tube rattling around). That's a terrible description from me, but basically - if you haven't already - ensure that the mag is full, give it a load of winds as mentioned above, and then see if you continue to have problems.

Yes, it made me very happy that it worked out! Key work for me was to regulate her exposure to the BBs - keeping her close enough to the 'front line' that she got some fun and action, without pushing too hard and placing her into a hail of plastic. I also worked on her expectations before the game, being honest and letting her know that some hits hurt, others do not - and that the first hits might well be the painful ones, but they wouldn't all be like that. I gave her a bit of a narrative during the game as well to try to bring it alive for her, telling her roughly what was going on, and how we fitted into the bigger picture for our team. I had noticed that you had been a bit quiet for a while!

I'm still so tempted by lite sport, not least as i have found that you can now get shotgun shell magazines for them (I have a load of shells already). Is everyone still getting good performance out of their rifles now that they have been fielded a few times?

Superb morning at Driver Wood on Sunday - a 2.5 hour game, starting just before half nine, and running all the way through to lunch. Its the first time I've been there when they have run that, instead of two nominally one hour games (but which can get eroded through general faffage). As I only ever go for a half day/morning, packing as much play into that time gets my vote. Quite a fun game concept too - with lots of balloons located all around the playing area at different objectives in the team colours - idea being that you shoot out the enemy team colour balloons, and defend yours. Also I took along my 12 year old daughter for her first taste of airsoft - which she absolutely loved! I managed to give her a heavily curated experience - generally with us sticking as a pair, and me playing a lot less 'aggressively' than normal (and taking a lot more hits in the process!). She got a few hits herself, including her highlight of taking out a group of five enemy players ten minutes before the end - leaving her absolutely buzzing. I managed to arm her with a fully polymer Specna (even a polymer buffer tube) that I built up from a few parts - super light and the stock can be adjusted pretty short. Shout out to the site shop as well -coming to the rescue and selling her a multicam hoody for just £5 as she didn't have anything suitable in her own wardrobe.

Your piston is definitely running smoothly on the tracks moulded on the inside of the gearbox? It's not jumped out of them when you reassembled the gearbox?

Please report back if you do!

Oh, good spot - 30 minutes away from me according to google, I might be tempted, if only for a bit of variety. Web presence seems extremely limited however! Looking at the booking page, it appears that it is full day bookings only and that spaces are limited to 50 (which might provide a clue as to the size of the playing area).

A few pics - my phone isn't great unfortunately:

Just a rather nicely made chest rig off Aliexpress - in my favourite Tigerstripe! Good to see more things these days available in it.

Forget to say, from what I've seen so far, the E&C Glock mag looks pretty good as well - another WE substitute (and feeds ok in the WE G17 gen 3 i tried it in) - and cheap at £13

That looks good - how does the repeater work - does it record and then rebroadcast each message (meaning you are at risk of hearing every message twice) or simply 'pass' it through real time on the same frequency? And if the latter, what unit did you buy?

Ok, E&C Glock 34 turned up from 18airsoft at the weekend - just two weeks from placing the order (albeit it was at customs for a chunk of that time). UKARA number very nicely written in brackets after my name on the address - useful as when Royal Mail emailed me to mention that they had been advised of a parcel being posted to me, I had written evidence from that email that the UKARA number was on the package should I later have an issue with customs (I didn't - it wasn't even opened by them, and no additional charges to pay). The actual RIF is really nice. It has a slightly stronger recoil than all of my WE G17, WE G19, and Army Armament G34. Build quality is good - feels great in the hand - I'd say comparable to a WE glock, and better than the AA. Full trades on the slide and lower, including the Taran Tactical stuff too. No misfeeds on the 5 mags that I've put through it, and seems to like WE mags and AAP mags (although FPS seems a touch higher on the WE mags). Shooting at about 310 FPS on red gas at about room temperature. Body size accurate at 35m, useful range probably ends at about 40m on the stock hop with 0.2s. Only negative being that the slide has about 1mm side to side play in it when wiggled - I might be able to tighten that up somehow - but irrespective, performance seems decent.

Here you go: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005909274080.html?search_direct=true&spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0 Currently priced at £30.66, with free shipping (+ the 20% tax!)

I bought a repro from Aliexpress a few months back for circa £35 from memory- it's excellent. Super clear lenses, and looks the business on top of the xm177.

Half my mk23 mags are asg, half are novritsch. All my asg mags load fine from the channel. The feed lips on the novritsch are designed to avoid the double feeding issues, but to be fair, I've never had an issues with the ASG mags in that regard.

I imagine that it's chiefly the dispersion, slowing, and trapping of the air that provides the noise suppression factor- reducing the 'crack' of excess air at the muzzle. Mass in the suppressor wall would probably help, but if it ends up being effectively a barrel extension transfering the same volume of air at roughly the same velocity to a slightly extended muzzle, I wonder that it might not have a dramatic effect on sound reduction.

I'll let you know just as soon as my 18airsoft order arrives from Hong Kong! All being well a shiney combat master style G34 should be arriving at some point....

Here you go: https://www.fire-support.co.uk/product/silverback-suppressor-foam-set-10x-small-10x-large I've not bought that set myself, instead buying suppressors that come with foam, removing approx half the rings, and interspersing the remaining rings with strips cut from one of those green scourer pads, and then rolled up. I also believe that another DIY option is to buy mini foam rollers (the type used for painting), ease off the plastic central tube, and then cut it up. e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microcrater-Sleeves-Varnishes-Undercoats-Eggshell/dp/B0797D5PWK?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2AFHQIP450V7L

I seem to recall 'capability' as a legal term also being debated on air rifle forums - in relation to the 12ft lbs limit. I.e. that the law in respect to a non FAC air rifle effectively states that it should not be 'capable' for shooting over 12ft lbs - but that 'capability' isn't defined. It's anybody's guess if the state, by putting very heavy pellets into an others sub 12ftlbs gun could land blows on you, or even by winding up the hammer tension (which on a fair few guns is a very easy procedure with an allen key or screw driver) would suitably prove a gun to be 'capable' of shooting over the limit. No idea if such matters have ever been tested in a court, I would suspect not - I certainly haven't heard so. And if that's true, it just further supports the fact that unless you are really setting out to be a bit of a d*ck, the state has got better things to do than go out of its way to try and screw you over.

I'm not sure what holster you have, but maybe physically chop the gun to remove most of the material not visible when it is holstered, and then work out a way of retaining the visible remnants inside the holster- a few stitches or epoxy? Still not a garunteed hassle free solution though....

Unfortunately it seems that buying from an established UK business does not necessarily mean that the Airsoft RIFs which turn up in the post are anywhere close to the FPS/power levels they are sold as, and can stray into unlawful territory. I would presume in those circumstances though, should there ever be a drama, the weight of the law would fall upon the retailer, not the buyer.

AGM - it seems that you can buy midcaps now - 190 rounds. They feed absolutely fine. Interestingly, the outer shell still has the hole in it for the hi-cap winder, so they obviously haven't bothered making a new part or are using up old stock. That's a midcap in my photo above - with the winding hole! e.g. https://www.bullseyecountrysport.co.uk/agm-mp44-magazine-190rd-mid-cap-63791-p.asp Thanks for your advice on mag pouches, I've been giving that more consideration - and plausibly the double P90 pouches would fit a single mag (I dug out some old p90 single mag pouches and you are right, they are a fraction too narrow. I've always preferred closed top pouches - a bit irrational I know. I'll investigate the radio pouch idea - good suggestion. I'm also coming around to the idea of just buying the reproductions of the canvas and leather original STG mag pouches. On reflection the dichotomy of modern MC Tropic or tiger stripe Crye style combats with an old canvas and leather pouch on the waist could be quite amusing. A bit like, say, wearing that garb and running an STG44! I've now had a chance to give the STG a bit of a run in the garden - really rather impressed. It's an absolute beast, weighs a ton, solid, and I'm loving its weird retro looks. Also loving that you can very clearly see that its the grandfather of the G3 (and CETME before it), and of course the AK. It shoots fabulously - I haven't even cleaned the barrel out yet, and on 0.25s it was reliable hitting a torso sized target at 50m and probably further if i had the range to test it (albeit out of the box it is shooting at DMR power levels) - I might just epoxy a fake rivet to prevent the fire selector moving to auto and call it a day.

The 'lite-sport' - at under £200 is pretty tempting - as long as the performance isn't really compromised, we'll have to see! You are right though, the looks aren't to everyone's taste - well certainly not mine. I think it's the skeleton minimalist stock that does it, just makes the whole thing look a bit imbalanced. But, I notice that it is attached via a picatinny fitting - which would presumably mean that you could fit a picatinny adapted AR buffer tube, and then any AR stock of ones choice.

Oh, good option - I'd forgotten about RPK mags - albeit from a fairly perfunctory search not too many dedicated pouches for them around either. It occurs that P90 pouches may be an option, and if I get one of those 90 degree molle adaptors, several could be run side on upon the chest rig which might make things a bit more ergonomic.