MrTea
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5 hours ago, pedro said:
situation 2. its about 3 am on the m6 southbound and a motorcyclist has collided with a bridge support at high speed. he is an absolute mess and parts of his bike are strewn over a wide area. its me and one other driver that have stopped to help and when the patient is slipping in and out of consciousness and mumbling stuff the other driver says we should take his helmet off so we can hear him more clearly. i made sure that didnt happen.
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.- Jacob Wright, Tommikka and Rogerborg
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3 hours ago, Adolf Hamster said:
In general i've found the elimination of spring twang to be a nice side-benefit of using precocking, so that might be worth considering.
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. -
3 hours ago, Tugger said:
Hi MrTea/Everyone
I was just having a Google as I was board as hell an see the magflash post on my search....I seen someone commented saying they was on YouTube...Just for your info I have them...In 12g Blanks,Small Magflash,Magflash an Large Magflash...An a few others in development ATM? I've only just joined to reply to your post! I've not read up on site rules just yet so don't want to give out any info untill I fully understand the site rules?Don't want to get banned! But just for your info all x4 was developed for Airsoft use in All BFG's😉🤙💥...So everyone can get more use out of there BFG's.
Tugger👊
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?
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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 panelPentagon 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.
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1 hour ago, Leo Greer said:
If you really want to make your spring quieter, you can just put some shrink wrap around a few of the coils.
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! -
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3 hours ago, Lozart said:
You'll be fine, they're very good springs!
Also (absolutely no disrespect to @Leo Greer) some of the parts that have been recommended by Leo are easier to get hold of in the US. Doesn't mean the parts you can get here/via HK aren't going to be just as decent.
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
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Parts have been ordered and I've already got 90% of them. Annoyingly, the Wiitech hop parts (inc nozzle) are coming from Hong Kong so i'm going to be waiting for a couple weeks on those to arrive. The only changes I've made to the list are as follows;
- I've ordered some LY "J"-caged bearings which AK2M4 say have survived 300k+ cycles on M140 springs and are a third of the price of EZO bearings. The bearings are 3mm "tall", about 0.5mm taller than standard bearings which can cause clearance issues with selector plates which may need some sanding to allow these to fit. Hopefully I have no issues with them fitting and it'll help reduce some gearbox noise. I ordered the bushings just in case I still needed them.
- I couldn't get Guarder SP springs, out of stock from both places I ordered so I had to suck it up and live with XT springs for now.
- Inner Barrel; I couldn't get a Lambda SMART like Leo Greer suggested. I was planning on going for the Lambda Evo 6.08mm at 363mm long. This didn't give me an ideal ratio but wasn't too concerned as it was only slightly off until I discovered that Lambda Evo have a 6.12mm diameter at 363mm long meaning it was the perfect length for the 2.48:1 ratio and for £33, I don't think I could go wrong with this given it's only slightly more expensive than the cheapest offering.
I would have liked to start the build today but the lack of a nozzle means I'd have to take apart the gearbox again once it arrives so i'm having to sit on my hands for now.
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3 hours ago, Vryko said:
as I do not like contacts
As someone who only wears contacts for Airsoft and Karting, why can't you wear contacts? Are they uncomfortable or are incompatible with your eyes? My optometrist has offered me a few different types of contacts recently on my renewal. Older ones (that I use) versus some newer variants that are thinner and different material that allow more oxygen to the eye reducing discomfort.
Chain optometrists are crap IMO. I used my local non-chain optometrist and i've never changed since. They might give you some options that can help. -
3 minutes ago, RostokMcSpoons said:
Very nice Toruk! I'll have to look into that hydro dripping
I was thinking about this too. You can get custom hydro dip films made too if that's your thing or can't find what you're looking for.
I've helped people hydro dipping car parts before and it needs a bit of practice before you will get it right. I'm surprised it hasn't been used more in airsoft. -
First day back at NTAC in a long while. Around 20 or so players which is quite low for the site which was probably caused by A. NAF being on this weekend and B. The predicted torrential rain.
First issue of the day before games even began; "chronos are available on the table". Surely you should have zip ties etc. ready at the ENTRANCE to the play area and chrono people as they come through as mandatory thing? It takes 10 minutes tops.Teams were sorted and the first game started and the old problems that bothered me with the site began to rear their head. The first game was bands attacking a small village area with unlimited lives. Defenders (non-bands) have 4 lives. Teams will be reversed after the game was over and fastest time wins. The attackers objective, we were told, was to get the flag up at the back of the village and kill defenders in the process which seems simple enough.
The first game was competitive and eventually the attackers got the flag up however the marshall said that the game isn't over as the non-bands were still alive... several of the non-bands who ran out of lives were at the side discussing the rules; surely the game is over when the flag is up otherwise it's just Elimination with a twist? Regardless, we swapped sides and non-bands attacked. We managed to beat the bands attack time convincingly. Queue some """BALANCING""" with the teams.Next game was just the previous game mode in another area of the site without the flag. Non-bands got spanked on both attack and defence, not even remotely competitive. Interestingly there was no team balancing after this. Teams were only rejigged after lunch as some players on half-days left and some new players arrived.
Game after that was "body parts" in a recently remodeled area of the site. Game mode consisted of attackers having to recover mannequins on a stretcher from a van and bring them back to spawn. Stretcher must be carried by two players at all times. Most mannequins wins. Sounds interesting right? Sure but now consider that the only entrances to the objective area are two doorways barely bigger than your average person so I think you can guess where this is going.
Two of the players that arrived at lunch came with a bolt action sniper and a 417 styled DMR and were both put on bands. Both of these people found a position outside any real danger from our team and picked us off the second we got into the doorway. The only way through was sacrificing a player at the front but then you were hampered by a lack of cover. The left flank had an unobscured view of the team and the right side was a long lane where the sniper/DMR guy was nailing everyone. Another poorly thought out area in my opinion, there should have had another way of attacking other than through two choke points.
Once the first leg of this game ended, I and another arrived to the conclusion that this was, and I quote, "wank" and left.
The level of gameplay was quite high and never noticed or heard of any non-hit taking or moaning about other players with the exception of one guy who was "keyholing" in one game.
NTAC is an amazing site with huge potential ruined by lazy marshalls, shit team balancing and poorly thought out game modes that are too similar. My main gripe is team balancing as the marshalls appear to balance the teams on numbers not player experience & loadout capabilities unlike other sites i've been to. In addition, the marshall who was directing us for the day got the game started and just sat at the spawn closest to the parking area so he didn't have to walk as far. He never walked through the game area once.
The Mk18 performed well for the first half of the day, at one point I sniped the actual sniper, it was lifting BBs out to an absurd range. Occasionally it would double feed in semi auto but a quick burst in full auto would fix the issue in semi. I turned down the precocking a bit which appears to have fixed the issue. There's something causing issues with the gun however. Over the course of the day I began to lose accuracy and would sometimes get flyers. Not too sure what the issue is but I might try changing to a different barrel to see if the 6.02mm is a touch too tight and is causing issues. -
9 minutes ago, Adolf Hamster said:
These two do not belong in the same paragraph, let alone sentence.
Twas a joke considering the ad says "patches not included". Despite their crazy pricing even they realise that patches add no value otherwise all my kit would be worth thousands as i'm a patch whore.
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https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/24008-specna-arms-black-double-case
I know it's not the most exciting one but damn, £70 for a used double rifle case? Am I wrong for thinking this is too much? -
11 minutes ago, JinxDuh said:
I literally got it yesterday morning so it’s well within the return period haha
If you haven't already, try ringing them. You'll get an answer faster on the phone than over email. It's interesting that it's around the 260fps mark (with huge variance) and randomly drops to 150fps. I'm not terribly sure what could cause such inconsistency like that.
As for the MOSFET it has, I think it's a MOSFET as so far as it protects the trigger contacts from suffering when using 11.1v Lipo and has no programmability so I can't see it effecting or causing any feeding issues.
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18 minutes ago, JinxDuh said:
I'm hoping PB will respond and allow me to send it back to them to have whatever issue(s) it has sorted out, but I put my optics etc onto the rifle so it has signs of use already, hopefully they won't refuse to touch it because of that.
How long have you had it? I can't see them being able to refuse a return if you've only just got it.
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31 minutes ago, JinxDuh said:
Yeah, I saw that on their site. Wouldn't be the first time PB was wrong though.
Any stock AEG should be hitting 300fps consistently. I'm assuming you're chrono-ing on 0.2g BBs? Look at the drops in velocity on some of those shots too, there's definitely something wrong and for the price, i'd expect it to be perfect OOTB.
Have you thought about returning it and going for a Specna Arms One Sa-H11? £180 less but doesn't have a mosfet or trademarks but for the £180 saved you could add a mosfet and have cash left over if you're not bothered about trademarks.
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Quickly went out and bought some wet weather gear as it's supposed to be horrendous tomorrow. Surplus Goretex DPM jacket and trousers as I couldn't get MTP. Hopefully the Goretex lining has held up all these years and I don't get soaked through. At least skin is waterproof
Grabbed a US style poncho just in case of showers that don't warrant full wets. -
10 minutes ago, Haru said:
ima leave my comment here if someone does buy something let us know
Same. I was looking at this store when building my Mk18 but got lucky with DD style Mk18 rail from another user. I will say that they used to have clear line drawings of all the handguards they sold which made it really easy to understand what you were buying. I wonder what happened to them. -
19 minutes ago, Fatboy40 said:
To throw a spanner in your works what's made the biggest difference for me, for range, was not barrel width etc. but how the BB was being hopped.
I use 0.40g BB's in my DMR with a Maple Leaf 410mm AEG inner barrel + 70 degree MR bucking + Maxx Model M4A-PRO hop unit using the solid concave nub, and with this I can put just the right amount of spin on the BB and rob it of as little energy as possible. I specifically went with the Maple Leaf barrel as it's designed to take full advantage of the MR bucking (the unique patch and extra internal ring, with the barrel having a cut out for the ring and a slanted window for the patch, so an "out of the box" R-Hop).
I've hit the point now where 3x magnification is not good enough for me, the BB can travel way beyond me being able to see clearly at distance, so I need to buy for example an LPVO that can do at least 5x.
Can't ever have too much information to look over!
As for hop unit, I'm a bit stuck because i'm DMR-ing a A&K Masada SPR/DMR. The standard hop unit is crap, I know this because I have the carbine length Masada from A&K and it's hilariously crap and the nozzles break a lot. I installed a Begadi rotary hop into it and while it works well, it makes the assembly/disassembly a bloody nightmare as you have to change the way it's designed to be stripped/built. The other option is Wiitech make a CNC version of the stock hop unit including loading ramps, nozzles, hop arms and brass nubs. The hop adjustment is stepped on a sliding scale rather than a rotary hop but i've heard good things. AirsoftPro make a CNC copy of the stock hop unit but they're difficult to find in stock.
I was planning on using Maple Leaf MR 70°. I've seen the Omega nub recommended all the time but might try out these brass ones that Wiitech supply.
Barrel choice is an interesting one as it depends what I can find in stock at the time while being in the length I want based on the discussions i've had with Leo Greer about cylinder/barrel volume ratios. I'm looking about the 380mm area with a range of +-50mm. -
Thanks for the info. I'm just gathering more info as i'm getting ready to order parts for my DMR build. I'm likely to go for 6.08 or 6.05 depending on what I can actually find in stock
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4 hours ago, Cr0-Magnon said:
Luke/Negative Airsoft built me a G&G GR25 DMR using a Maxx hop unit and 6.15mm widebore Orga barrel. It dropped the power significantly, but the range was seriously epic. This is airsoft though, so there's never going to be one definitive universal answer.
What spring is it using and FPS it's producing?
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Magflash rounds were made by the one guy on youtube on a small scale. As far as i'm aware he stopped making them years ago and noone has stock anywhere, I spent months looking. I tried reaching out to the original maker and never got a reply. A guy at my local field is looking into modifying the 12 gauge signalling blanks to emulate the effect as best as he can simply for simulation purposes but that's going to take a lot of time and effort.
As for noise level, 12 gauge blanks are, in my ears, no louder than 9mm (.380) blanks but three times as expensive per bang when compared to 9mm prices. In enclosed spaces, .209 primers are loud and are £0.10p per bang.
Until magflash or similar are released again, 12 gauge is pointless which is why very few people make BFGs that take 12 gauge anymore.
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As much as I like the MP7/9 design is it strange I find the VMP-1 ugly?
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13 hours ago, Leo Greer said:
The squeak is related to the height of the bevel gear in relation to the pinion. The spur gear is pushed upwards by the upraised edges of the bearing hole, which increases bevel height, and causes the sound. This is evident even on extremely high end Krytac builds using extremely nice motors. (I’ve personally tried Tienly, ASG, ZCI, Lonex, etc, and other assorted pinions transplanted onto various motors.
I was able to fix the issue by filing the lips of the bearing hole to lower the spur gear by a large amount. The issue then was that the shaft of the spur gear was too long and pressed on the gear for the dual selector, so then more dremel work.
It’s not easy to replace the stock set because of classic fitment issues. The Prommy set does work, but from what I’ve heard they’re not good quality (I don’t have personal experience), The original Krytac set are extremely durable (much better than SHS).
As far as I know, the motors are the same size as ordinary long shaft motors, but if not you can simply adjust the motor height, so the minute differences in shaft length should be irrelevant. I’m actually away from home for a while, so I can’t measure mine for you, but if you’d like I can ask around and find more info on the Prommy sets and Krytac shaft length.
Why are Krytac like this 😂
That said, i'm happy with the performance as is and the only 'upgrade' I would potentially be looking at is a Perun Hybrid or AB++ so I can get some AB & precocking. I'd probably go the Hybrid route as I need as much space in my buffer tube as possible as that's where the battery lives in my Krytac. 18:1 gears are absolutely fine and don't need to be changed but was asking about them as I read they're proprietary but haven't actually opened it up as of yet. I still use 18:1 in my Mk18 build and it's competitive in semi & full auto with most other AEGs that aren't DSG. The difference between my 18:1 Mk18 and 13:1 MP5 makes zero difference in the real world.
8Fields Plate Carriers - Good Budget Option or Waste of Money?
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Posted · Edited by MrTea
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.