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I am in way over my head 😂 Looks like the tamiya to xt60 adaptor I bought has its wires crossed? Either way it looks like I'll be using the NiMHs this weekend after all, there's no way I'm going to figure this out or sort the wiring issue before Sunday..

I was considering doing this, keeping an eye out for a cheap charity shop suit for the purpose...

Just doing some quality-of-life tinkering before next week's game. Found an old ammo tin my dad used for fishing stuff, bit of a clean and spray here and there and it's now my new mag carrier, with space for oodles of mags and bbs. Also made a couple of BB bags out of some soft goggle cases, cable ties and water bottles, they work great for carrying and dispensing BBs in the field.

lol wtf are you on about. Absolutely childlike understanding of firearms law and the political zeitgeist, mixed in with some cliche quasi-fascistic 4chan meme bullshit.

Cheers all, I've just order three batteries and a charger - hopefully will be all set up in time for next weeks game at Reforger.

That's great guys, thank you

I have had a search around but info seems to be spread out all over the place - I'm considering swapping everything out for LiPo batteries for better performance and longer battery life, but I just have a ton of questions: *First of all; brands to buy and brands to avoid, for both batteries and charger? *I see that some come with Deans connectors and some with Mini Tamiya - are the Tamiya ones ok to use or do I have to rewire all of my AEGs? Or use Deans to Tamiya adaptors? *Is the risk of fire and/or catastrophic failure exaggerated under normal/sensible use? Do I really have to keep them in an asbestos bin at the bottom of the garden? *Most of the impetus behind this is that I'd like to be able to get a full day out of one set of batteries (at the moment I'm only getting a bit more than half a day out of stock NiMhs), is this realistic? *So far all internals for my AEGs are stock, so I was going to go with 7.4v, perhaps upgrading to 11.1v if I upgrade gun internals later on - is this sensible? *Any reason not to get the biggest/highest mAh I can fit into the gun? *Anything else I should know getting into this?

TBH this is the kind of thing that's shit in real life but might be quite good for airsoft. Watching with interest.

All kinds of NO, for all the reasons above. Also when you peen something the whole side isn't going to expand, you're going to move the edges out first. Hopefully this shitty diagram will explain: First you're gong to flatten it in the direction the hammer is hitting, actually *introducing extra play* to this dimension. Then you're going to spread the material out. If you're hitting it near the edge of the piece (which you probably will be because its so small) it's going to create these ridges, rather than push the whole edge out. Those ridges will present a much smaller surface area to act as a bearing so will wear rapidly. If the part is ali or mazak the act of hammering will probably work-harden it and make it (more) brittle. So after your experiment, you will have introduced more play in another dimension, reduced the gas efficiency of your pistol, and made the part you have modified more brittle and prone to failure. And after a few hundred shots those ridges will have worn away and you'll be back where you started anyway.

I made mine out of some spare keys at work...at £6 each maybe I should start selling them...

What sucks the most is that its one of the few disabilities that people will actually get angry at you for.

If you're an indoor site and allow pyro then you'd have to be mad not to mandate ear pro. It's a massive lawsuit waiting to happen IMO. I have hearing loss (no tinnitus thank god) due to a combination of congenital issues, shotguns and drum + bass, and it's no fucking joke. Like to chat with some friends while you have a little light music playing? Not anymore you don't. Enjoy asking everyone to repeat themselves for the rest of your life.

All shotguns you possess must be recorded on your certificate, and you can only have as many as you can store securely in FEO approved gunsafes (for which the guidance has recently changed, no more cheap cabinets, now you need a proper safe).

Worth getting or making a valve tool and greasing all the seals while you're at it tbh

Another awesome day at Reforger, switched it up and did some different game modes this time - Infected, Juggernaut and Sniper Ambush - and I got to see a few new areas of the site. Had a blast in the last game, running completely out of BBs in the last few seconds in a final mad dash to the truck though sniper fire. Got a complimentary mag fill from @GAMBLE (cheers dude). Player conduct seemed pretty good on the whole, bar the odd grumble about hit taking (I get the impression this is par for the course). Someone got booted off site for something but I didn't see what. I switched to the G36 after lunch, and it behaved well enough, though the optic I have at the moment isn't suitable (another facog is on the way), and I found that gripping the magwell had a tendency to catch the mag release on the m4 converter. Something I'll have to train myself on. Tbh I think I prefer the ergonomics of my m4 so that will remain my primary primary for now. My entire body aches and it'll probably take me a week to recover. Bring on that next game.

I do have a soft spot for the G36, but it was the association with rental guns (and general good vibes here and elsewhere) that convinced me to buy it... If you're after a reliable workhorse AEG, then logically you can't go too far wrong looking at what guns the sites are using as rentals. Other points in its favour were the low comb of the stock, which will work with a Warq when I get one, and the fact it can fold up and fit in my general gear bag. She's all scoped up and ready to play now, got a rough zero in the back garden. Shame the red tape is showing on the mag (it doesn't on the M4) but you can't have everything.

Got my JG G36 today, in time for Sundays game. First impressions are pretty good! The M4 mag adaptor also works very well and is very easy to install and remove (though it did need a little fettling to get mags to sit nicely in it, as @Rogerborgwarned me, but this was done a few days ago with a few strokes of the file). I also got a 2nd hand viper gun carrier for £20. Pretty much as new, just a little faded. Both purchased from Action Hobbies, who have been a pleasure to deal with.

UKARA was in all honesty a very very smart move at the time, pre-empting the HO and negating the need for them to create their own system. But its more a way of minimising the need for the law to get involved than a law itself. And it seems to be working, I can't knock it for that. Kind of my point, though I phrased it badly. For sure, but say you find yourself in the unfortunate position of having to prove that intent at some point, it may be nice to be able to say Look I have a UKARA number or have a game day booked etc., but really you've either done something stupid or not, and if it's the former then having a number isn't going to help you.

UKARA is an ass-covering exercise for sellers with no real basis in law, it's not a defense for manufacture or possession. If it was then every airsofter would be breaking the law when their UKARA ran out. If you're actively skirmishing, then you have a legitimate reason to possess or manufacture RIFs for that purpose.

I aspire to being a Total Menace 👊

I briefly played with using some 8g N20 chargers in a tiny custom crosman 2240 I converted to take 8g CO2 caplets. Lower power and fewer shots than the CO2 equivalent, I would just be guessing but would think more powerful than propane etc. In a reciprocating semi automatic gun I'd imagine that it's going to smash the balls out of guns designed to run on green gas, and be insipid in guns designed to run on CO2. Save it for making whipped cream or emergency home dentistry.

Liking the sound of that because I've just bought two bottles of .28s to try out on Sunday. I think magnification is a big deal and I wouldn't be without my facog. Not just because I'm wearing mesh and don't have my prescription glasses so need all the help I can get, but it's just so useful for spotting, and you can walk shots on target even at longer ranges if the light is good and you understand your trajectory. Totally feasible to play the 'dmr' role without actually running a dmr, it's more a state of mind...

Its certainly distinctive! The Vism clone dot sights aren't easy to find at a reasonable price in the UK, AliExpress was teeming with them last time I looked though.

I'd avoid getting into air tanks for the hassle factor and instead look at the compressors which are being made specifically to directly fill PCP airguns. There's a lot that goes into owning a dive cylinder; there are safety and storage issues (it's essentially a bomb), and you have to get the tank tested periodically without which no reputable shop will refill your tank. Testing and refilling places may not be nearby, or friendly. Airgun specific compressors on the other hand have matured a bit over the last year or two and there are some good options available, there's even a compact one that runs off makita batteries. My local gunshop has got rid of their tank in favour of a compressor, and many other ranges and shops are doing the same. That's also your other option, how often are you going to need to refill? If its like once a month you could just take it to a local gunshop and get them to fill it for a couple of quid, and not have the financial and physical burden of a cylinder or a compressor.