MrTea

I've never had an item not turn up with Aliexpress or similar. Usually it takes 8-14 days to deliver but it's always been within that timeframe, Royal Mail issues not included. Temu deliver their stuff with Evri once it's in country and they've been great but their selection is lacking compared to Aliexpress and others.

If you want a Holographic style optic, I have a SOTAC branded XPS3 from Ebay and it works a treat. Bright enough for use outdoors on a sunny day but doesn't have huge issues with parallax in my experience but it does exist, it always will with cheap airsoft optics. They're pushing the top end of 'budget' in airsoft but it's worth it. Between that and my HolyWarrior S1 XPS3 I struggle to choose which is better. The HW S1 has an annoying habbit of not turning on/not accepting CR123A batteries, i've spent 20+ min finger fucking it before it works where the SOTAC one just turns on instantly, zero issues. The HW however has light levels low enough to be used with NVGs (for the ultra larpers that use them which rules out 99% of players) The SOTAC can be green or red reticule, whichever you prefer. There's an ebay store called "mk1_tactical" who sells a lot of SOTAC branded gear. You'd likely benefit from their Comp M2 offering. A mistake people often mistake is buying an optic that is too low (due to face protection) meaning they have to bend their neck into a strange place to get a good sight picture. After realising their mistake they buy a riser. The Comp M2 i've linked earlier comes with the riser/mount meaning you're unlikely to have this issue.

Glad I could help! Like I said, the S.I stocks are (or appear to be) pretty hard to come by and expensive when you do unless you can find a cheap one on the likes of aliexpress or similar. Stock styled like the Magpul CTR are much more plentiful or like @Tackle said, the D-Day minimalist (or similar) stocks will fit your needs.

As much as i'd like to do that because I know i'm going to have to take it apart again at some point, my inner perfectionist refuses to do it and i'd rather spend an hour battling with it so it works rather than removing the functionality

It's annoying that they're just grub screws into a soft metal that deforms extremely easily. It can't be that hard to make them from a stronger material and tap a thread?

I used the thicker stuff in Halfords, the velcro in the while/black box.

Well. Things didn't go as planned... I sat down today to start work on the DMR. I cleaned the gearbox shell and everything in it. Replaced the bushings/bearings with the nice new bearings from AK2M4 and reshimmed. The etched shims make it really easy to tell what you're using. The extra 0.5mm in bearing height didn't cause any issues with the selector plate so i'm happy about that. Compression set changed and is fantastic. Interestingly, the DMR version of the Masada has a quick change spring where I don't think the Carbine versions does. The spring guide I ordered is a non-quick change one so i'll sort that whenever, it's a 2 minute job to get to. Fuck ambidextrous selectors. I got it working but it can fuck right off. Test the mosfet to make sure it's seeing the different selector positions. Bingo. Pop the new motor in and gently bend the motor connections----SNAP. Ah for fuck sake. The little spade connector for the positive tab snapped rather than bending. Thankfully there's loads of spare wire for me to put a new one on tomorrow once i've paid halfords a visit.

I use this battery however it's showing as no longer available so you may need to take the dimensions from this listing and use others on Amazon. If you have prime, you can order them with free delivery and their returns (if it doesn't fit) are super easy. The Strike Industries stocks are hard to find in stock. The main retailer won't ship to the UK from their shipping options and I can't find it anywhere other than Brownells who are asking £79.90. Specshop.pl are asking €93.75. I have a Strike Industries stock in my spares box. I'm surprised owners aren't trying to sell theirs at a huge premium. So you have mil-spec and com (commercial)-spec. Krytac, I believe, is mil-spec. Here's a comparison of the two. To fix any inaccuracies in measurements I use the 'soft' side of velcro on my buffer tube and force the stock onto it. Here's a couple pictures of my Krytac LVOA-C for reference. It wobbles a bit from left to right, only slightly but it doesn't "rattle like a MF". I had to do the same on my Specna Arms Mk18 custom build.

Christ, that's some riser!

Strike Industries Mod 1 (or it's knock off equivalent) stock might interest you. I hated my Krytac stock so I just swapped it to a Magpul CTR Style stock. Only annoying thing was having to find a battery that'd fit the buffer tube. I bought an Amazon special 11.1v LiPo and have since used that for my M4 style rifles as they all have CTR style stocks on them.

When I was looking into LPVOs for my DMR I found a lot of people use red dots alongside LPVOs (usually on the top of the scope rings (in airsoft)) because they're faster to bring on target in close quarters (than a 1x LPVO) and can be used with both eyes open which can be an issue with magnified optics like an LPVO alongside the requirement for proper eye relief/eye box alignment. Flip up iron sights are unlikely to work because they'd be blocked by the mount like you said. You can get some scope rings that act like an iron sight on the top but at that point you might as well use a red dot.

I got lazy and just bought what appears to be a legit (or at least uses the original design) HK MP5 sling but it's not as fast to adjust as a regular 2 or 3 point sling that you'd use on an M4 for example as you need to pop the 'slider' into that bit near the magwell if you don't want to drop it and have it smack you squarely in the nuts.

Guys please! Fire your stuff nowhere near your setups. I test mine in an empty garage with a mesh net wrapped around the chrono until it literally blew the zip out and i'm figuring out a new solution that can withstand 500fps.

OOF. Was it a ricochet or did you pull the trigger while it was pointed at the monitor? Regardless, why are all of your setups so cluttered? There's more than a few pics posted recently of peoples setups and they're all like this. It's agonising.

For reference; my custom Mk18, when playing outdoors, will last about 3-4 hours on a 1500mah 11.1v LiPo with a mix of semi and full auto fire. Usually run through about 10-12 150 round mid-caps. It's an Amazon special to boot to fit my stock tube. When playing indoors with it, it'll last all night in semi-auto without the LiPo alarm from the MOSFET coming on. I think there's something wrong with the battery. No way should it die that quick.

You need regular airsoft magazines. Low/real cap, mid cap or high cap, it doesn't matter. There's loads of them available from a bunch of retailers and they're pretty cheap.

Looks cool. Why wouldn't you recommend the site though?

At £100 you can definitely pick up Warrior Plate Carriers if you're patient enough. If you're lucky they'll even come with all or some pouches.

Was I one of the only people told to minimise neck/head movement when assisting any kind of vehicle incident and to not remove helmets? What the fucky wucky? I thought this was common knowledge but I guess not.

Yup. I've got a Perun Hybrid ready to go. I was interested in testing, what I assumed to be, a useless throwaway comment in some corner of the internet.

If they're as good as they appear to be in the videos, i'll snap your hand off for some magflash rounds. Send me a private message as soon as you're able if you've got some ready to go. For the different versions of the magflash from small to large what exactly changes? Is it the noise level or the amount/size of flash/sparks? I'm only asking as the noise level is the main issue when it comes to magflash and 12 gauge blanks on the forum from what i've seen. Quick question; it's a little bit of a coincidence that you've appeared after I was talking to a guy last week at District 23 about these very rounds. Are you that same person or original creator of magflash? Keep us updated.

Taken from Saturday at NTAC. I'd have more but some of their pics are out of focus WAS Pathfinder chest rig w/ generic back panel Pentagon Ranger Green Trouser HelikonTex Alpha Tactical Grid Fleece - Foliage Green My custom Mk18 I didn't see the photographer in either of these pics. A high-vis and camera is truly the best camouflage in airsoft.

I did mention that one earlier but I only saw it in one place and no one seemed to confirm this one so I thought it was a myth!

Probably more questions and frustrations if experience is anything to go by

I know, i've only used XT springs so far. I had read elsewhere (can't remember exactly where) that guarder SP springs produce less noise/twang somehow? Possibly the material they're made from? Was going to try it out and see what kind of a difference it made, if at all. I've seen someone suggesting putting heat shrink on parts of the spring to reduce the vibrations and noise which seeems unlikely and i'm not in a hurry to test that one