Colin Allen

January 28

7 minutes ago, Amokura said:

OP keeps listing a "Specna Arms SA-C22 CORE™ Carbine", when its a Cyma CM.515

Well spotted!

Jacob Wright · January 28

30 minutes ago, Jacob Wright said:

Great day at RIFT 'The Battery' today. Less than an hour from home and being CQB we thought we'd give it a go as it's something a bit different to a normal outdoor skirmish (and less muddy).

Well organised by RIFT as usual, with hot/cold drinks, snacks and hotdogs for lunch. Also a well stocked shop from White Sphere.

They cap the number at 70, which I'd say is the most you can get on the site. Rules such as no pre-firing or suppressive fire, and no pyro worked really well with very few bottlenecks, and the short 30 minutes games were long enough to get involved with but not so long that you get bored.

Will definitely be back, ran the MP5, L119A1 and at one point just the Glock - great fun.

This sounds like a really interesting site; unfortunately, it is probably just a bit too far :(.

Impulse · January 28

This morning, I braved the journey into deepest Essex and the wonderful little site that is Dragon's Lair.

Having paid and got my wristband, I was having a chat with the owner when he told me that the site would soon be closing as the landowner wants to open an adventure park and, as part of that, needs the land that the site occupies. Sadness was overwhelming; Dragon's Lair is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, sites in the UK, having been there, either as an airsoft site or as a paintball site, for 38 years.

However, the good news is that they have secured a much larger location, for which they have great plans, including an Afghan village and vastly improved catering.

Anyway, on to a description of the day.

Around 100 players were present, being a good mixture of experienced and relatively new players, covering a wide range of ages.

We started with a fallback game; as attackers, we had infinite regens on our rearmost player, while the defenders had one life at each of the ditch, the fort, the bridges (the stream could only be crossed by the bridges) and the village. We pushed them out of their first position quite rapidly, the SLR causing its share of casualties. Taking the fort and crossing the stream seemed to take forever but, once across, we wrapped up the village rather rapidly, despite not noticing a live bush wookie, which added five minutes to our time.

The game was then turned around; taking up a lone position on our left flank, the SLR and I held off the enemy there for a long time before I was eventually hit, whereupon I fell back to the area of the fort and took up a similar position by the boundary ditch, again holding the enemy off for ages. My sojourn by the bridges was cut short by a magnificent shot which hit the only exposed paper of me (my left elbow). Falling back to the village, I again took up position on the left flank, taking out several opponents before they ran out of time to complete the mission.

After this, as the labyrinth is being dismantled next weekend, we played a game entirely inside it. Each team started with 10 players attacking into the labyrinth, with the objective being to hold the centre of the structure for longer than the other team. Once players were hit, they moved out of the labyrinth and tagged in another friendly player. As this was not a game that any self-respecting SLR would wish to be involved with (as well as it being totally unsuitable for CQB), I swapped to the rather more practical QBZ 97 for the rest of the day. This game was really good fun and utter mayhem; we won!

The final games of the day were based around attacking the fort and the labyrinth; at the end of the game, if either team controlled the labyrinth and the raised walkway in the fort, they were the winners. Within the fort, neither side could go past the centreline. Before this game, five of us were asked to move to the other team in order to balance the sides. It soon became obvious why we had won the earlier games; the team were a bit sluggish and hesitant. In the first running of the game, we lost both objectives, despite trying to push the team forward; when the game was turned around so that we were now attacking from the other side, it ended in a hard fought draw.

It was a good, fun day of old fashioned airsoft. While the Lair is not somewhere I play very often, I feel quite sad that it is closing as it has been a fixture of our airsofting life for years. Still, on to a bigger and better version.

Weapons used:
Ares L1A1 (SLR)
Real Sword QBZ 97
Cybergun M1911 Tactical CO2 (or whatever it is called)

Tackle · January 26

1 hour ago, Dan Robinson said:

Been to that Fort when I was little (my dad was from there). Used to sneak out into the estuary with him and my brother to go camping on the medway forts (Darnet & Hoo) which was a bit naughty even in the 80's. Sailing out on an overloaded, puncture ridden Avon rubber dinghy with a clapped out 4hp Johnson outboard motor, that I don't remember ever making a journey of any length without breaking down no matter how much he tested it in a bucket the day before.

Fun times. 🤣

I have been out to the forts and to the wrecked U Boat; I stayed overnight on Grain Tower a few years ago as well.

2 hours ago, Dan Robinson said:

Who has to go to Chatham? 🤣

I sometimes go down there for work.

January 26

Seems a lot for an upgraded CYMA

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/rif-s/electric-powered/tuned-and-upgraded-metal-and-wood-ma-045a-ak_i56558

January 26

1 hour ago, Sewdhull said:

Yes, it's really hard to get it back tho, so I normally get another one already filled with smoke

I was thinking of getting one of those smokers that beekeepers use.

January 26

1 hour ago, Egon_247 said:

Whereabouts in londinium art thoust?

Down in "pitchfork and torch" laden kent, we have a few. Kent combat (dartford) , platoon stores (chatham) and a few more deeper south.

Surplus stores as mentioned above is also awesome. My wallet goes into meltdown near good shops like this.

Is Kent Combat still going? I might wander over there tomorrow.

Platoon Stores is good; I always drop in when I have to go to Chatham.

January 26

46 minutes ago, Sewdhull said:

https://www.airsoftcentral.co.uk/search/for/Warhead/

104gbp

Different motor.

January 26

Just now, Earpy69 said:

So this would be the problem. Don’t think to

Yeah, that would be the problem. You have the positive and negative reversed.

2 hours ago, Sewdhull said:

Yes it's the smoke that makes it work...let it out and it stops

So, if you put smoke back in it, will it start working again?

Enid_Puceflange · January 26

If you did have a mosfet, you probably do not anymore.

ak2m4 · January 26

4 hours ago, Tactical Pith Helmet said:

If you have been, are going to, or are threatened with having to go to Stoke on Trent, you have plenty of reasons to moan.

Even the vague reminiscences about Stoke that this thread has bought on have made me monumentally bad tempered.

As for round seals, buy a selection of thicknesses of Viton from eBay and get a set of punches. I'm making Brembo F08 calliper seals tomorrow.

I was there recently :(. It is a deeply depressing place and a classic example of how successive governments have failed to react to the loss of traditional industries.

Rogerborg · January 25

20 minutes ago, Callum861 said:

I gotta ask how do I check for air leaks ans what's the vest way to correct the leaks if I have one thank you in advance

For any leaks within the gearbox, you have to strip the gearbox down and test the compression of the piston in the cylinder with the cylinder head attached and the nozzle in place. Stick your finger over the nozzle and try pushing the piston in. Once it passes the cylinder window (if there is one), it should be almost solid. If it is not, it is one of:
Piston Head O ring
Cylinder head O ring
Nozzle (if it does not have an O ring, get one with an O ring).

AK2M4 sells everything that you need.

You can also check the seal between the nozzle and the hop rubber; make sure that there are no BBs in the chamber, turn the gun upside down, place a small piece of paper over the feed tube and pull the trigger. If the paper flies into the air, the nozzle is not fully entering the hop rubber lips; they could be worn or the nozzle could be too short.

January 25

1 minute ago, DanBow said:

The link is broken.

If you click on the "Go Home" that comes up, it works.

January 25

14 minutes ago, DanBow said:

It's a feeding lip for one of my P226 mags.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134804360008 £6.99 free postage. Seller is trading as Bravo Three but is Bullseye Country Sport.

https://www.bullseyecountrysport.co.uk/kj-works-airsoft-magazine-feeding-lip-for-p226-kp-01--02-11111-p.asp £3.99 plus £6.99 postage.

Orders made directly with Bullseye arrive as rapidly as those from AK2M4. They are slightly slower through eBay.

Postage through eBay is not free; they are including postage (£3.00) in the price; they have a flat rate postage charge (£6.99) for direct orders.

The reality is that you are always going to pay a disproportionate amount of postage if you make very small orders. It is not exactly a huge amount or unexpected, so I am not sure why it is something to moan about.

January 23

There is also Wolf Armouries in Camden, but they are not my favourite shop: https://wolfarmouries.co.uk

DanBow · January 23

25 minutes ago, DanBow said:

Really??

Yes; they deliver good range and stability.

January 23

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Mr Dellski · January 23

29 minutes ago, Josh95 said:

Hi guys,

As you may have seen in an earlier post I'm getting back into the hobby.

I prefer to touch and feel things before I drop quite a bit of money 🤣.

What is the best Airsoft store within 2 hours of London? Thanks

It is hard to say which is best without knowing what you mean by best.

Surplus Store UK in Crawley has lots of stuff on display: https://www.surplusstore.co.uk

Bespoke Airsoft is near Heathrow and usually has good stock: https://www.bespokeairsoft.co.uk

January 23

2 hours ago, AttackBunny said:

never seen this video before, crazy detail for anyone looking to shim a box. Thanks!

It is a great guide to shimming; I have been using his approach recently with excellent results.

Enid_Puceflange · January 23

I really hope that he gets help and support from his family, friends and our community.

Getting that news must have been awful; I can only wish him well and hope that what is coming is as painless and dignified as possible.

January 22

23 minutes ago, THE FNG said:

I've thought that about staffs militaria, something about the place...

If your up for a 50 min drive, have a look at JD airsoft in Cannock if you haven't already.

JD is good; I have been there a few times. It is about a three hour drive for me:). Staffordshire Militaria just didn't feel right at all.

January 22

3 hours ago, DanBow said:

My daughter and I went to Stoke on Trent today to visit the, many, airsoft shops.

What an absolute waste of time! Non were open! Granted, one has now become online only but the others have just taken it amongst themselves to close on a Monday! Even the one whos website says they're open, we're closed!

Luckily, the good old Army and Navy stores were open and eldest daughter bought some DPM trousers and lightweight jacket and I got a new pair of boots.

I went to a couple on Saturday; North Staffs Airsoft Centre was a waste of time, with hardly any stock, and Staffordshire Militaria was very off putting.

January 20

On 11/01/2024 at 10:42, Cannonfodder said:

Also once you reach a certain level of amassing kit its easier to slip something new in without it being noticed.

Meanwhile back on topic, my new boots have arrived. More specifically a pair of Haix German desert boots

Somewhat unsurprisingly given the size of my boot collection, I have a pair of those; they are rather nice.

Nick G · January 19

2 minutes ago, Tactical Pith Helmet said:

And of course 350fps with a .20 BB will break your rif or your fingers if fired from an HPA set-up. There's a full account on here if you care to look. 😉

`Ah, yes! I had completely forgotten about the pataphysics of HPA according to that particular individual.

Lozart · January 19

3 hours ago, Quicker said:

Based on my little understanding, not all FPS (feet per second) levels are equal in airsoft. FPS determines the velocity at which a BB pellet is propelled from an airsoft gun. Different airsoft games and events may have specific FPS limits, and certain types of airsoft guns have different FPS ranges.

For example, most indoor CQB (Close Quarters Battle) fields have lower FPS limits (usually around 350 FPS) to ensure player safety in tighter environments. On the other hand, outdoor fields or long-range events may have higher FPS limits (such as 400-450 FPS) to accommodate for longer engagement distances.

Different countries and regions also have their own specific regulations regarding airsoft gun FPS limits. It's important to check and adhere to the specific rules and limits set by the governing bodies or organizations where you are playing airsoft.

I hope you find this helpful.
Thanks.

Thanks, ChatGPT.

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