Colin Allen

Excellent! I am glad it went well. I did the same with the G3 trigger when I fitted a Hybrid.

Indeed; trying to import a RIF using anything except UKARA as a defence is risky.

Crikey! That is a price!

That is impressive!

That isn't normal; BBs should not be able to roll out of the barrel as the pressure from the hop rubber should hold them in place. How long have you had the gun? Have you adjusted the hop to give good flight?

He threatened to get his brother Leo to sing to him.

I ended up putting a Perun in mine.

The idea of LCT making mags for the FAL worries me after their issues with G3 mags.

A bandolier seems sensible and is probably a necessity. What about drop leg mag pouches as well? A couple on each leg would be useful.

And a few on the back for his or her buddies to grab if they need them; that should get it up to at least 20, which sounds like a decent number.

That is a decision that only you can make. Was your post a question, a statement or a really bad attempt at haiku?

All matching serial numbers as well.

I should have known it was you who bought it. The Lad has this MAS36 and I was considering making an offer for that one.

Today I went to that curate's egg of a site, Splatoon in Essex. My main reason for going was to set up three newly acquired and upgraded guns on their well marked out and very clear 50m range. More about one of these later. With this done and the safety briefing out of the way, followed by the briefing for the first game, we set out to play fallback through the barrel yard, the barricades and the two parts of the container field; after the attackers had cleared each area, there was a reset before they could attack the next. As the defenders, we had one life in each area, while the attackers had infinite regens on a marshal. This was a reasonably hard fought game and we were slowly pushed out of the first two areas; after we had set up in the first half of the container field, the enemy began their assault on that. I was positioned in the pallet pile; four enemy players ran past me and positioned themselves on the back of a structure about 15-20m from me. I had a perfect line of sight to them and put a couple of rounds into each of them; two of them took the hits, while the other two turned around and returned fire! I had already shifted position and flicked to three round burst, which they took. Our defence collapsed pretty quickly in both parts of the container field; the attackers completed their mission in 42 minutes. When the game was turned around, our assault was noticeably slower; a few of us tried to keep the momentum going but most of the team seemed unwilling to press forward. We ran out of time after an hour, while we were still clearing the final area. By then, about half our team had already gone back to the safe zone; a few left at lunchtime. After lunch, we set off for a game called Smokes. Starting at opposite ends of the container field, each team had to collect three smoke grenades of their colour (purple for us and yellow for the other team) from a marshal who was at the far end of the site, bring them back and set them off in three locations in the container field. We split into two groups, one of which would get the smoke grenades, while the rest of us attempted to secure the locations; this resulted in some good fights, during which I got some lovely kills, including one from a couple of nicely aimed shots under a car. However, one enemy player located behind a door was blind firing around it by shoving his gun around the edge of it and firing wildly. A few of us shouted at him, pointing out that he was blind firing, but he persisted, so a few three round bursts aimed at his hand were deemed necessary. The enemy won this game 3-0. When we returned to the safe zone, more players disappeared. The final pair of games involved transporting a VIP in the form of a very large stuffed toy zebra from the lower end of the field to either of the helicopters in the container field. Our much diminished team made a decent attempt at preventing the enemy from doing so, but were overwhelmed while trying to split our limited resources defending two locations. When the game was reversed, we failed to break into the container field, while the chap carrying the VIP ran around in multiple directions. I got a number of nice kills on players in the upper levels of the container village and around some of the structures, but it was all somewhat frustrating. Thus ended a somewhat average day of airsoft. Weapons used: JG FN FAL (SA58) ASG XP18 Commander (CO2) Classic Army ISSC Mk22 (An Austrian designed .22 version of the SCAR, because clearly the world needs such a thing!): it only lasted for a very short time before the extremely torquey brushless motor destroyed the CA spur gear, which appears to have been made from the most brittle material possible. I had suspected that this might happen, but it was interesting to see.

1. A plastic ZCI rotary hop with a Maple Leaf Macaron and red nub and a 6.02mm XT barrel from AK2M4 will make a considerable difference. 2. If you want advice on other upgrades, it would be useful to tell us what you want to improve.

Cool; it should work then!

Perun have assured me that it will work; I was mostly concerned about the limited selector switch travel but, having had the gearbox out, I think that the selector plate travel is ok.

Has anyone here fitted a Perun Hybrid V2 in a Classic Army Scar or know of it being done successfully?

Everyone needs an LR300 in their life, although not with a carry handle.

After an utter debacle last Sunday, when I spent most of the day attempting to fix the lad's new G36K so that he could use it before returning to the urban wasteland that is Stoke, I was supposed to be at a private invitation game at Airsoft Plantation today. Unfortunately, they had to cancel it, so I fitted a Perun Hybrid to my new JG FN FAL instead. Unfortunately, I cannot make the rearranged date as I am going to "tanz mit Laibach" the night before and will not be in any state to get up early the next morning.

Happy early birthday to it! It is an interesting piece of kit.

Thank you; I read your report at the time but had forgotten about it. There does seem to be a dearth of good sites in the area, which is probably true of most parts of the UK.

I think there is a problem of definitions as to what is, or is not, a futures trader. The short sterling future market is about betting on short term interest rates, not exchange rates.

Welcome to the hobby; playing with your kids is great. Mine started when they were 10 and 12; the eldest gave up years ago but the youngest still plays regularly when he is down from university. Well done on buying a sensible first gun; play with it a few times to see what you think needs improving (range, accuracy, rate of fire, trigger response etc) and then start looking at upgrades. The Advice and Technical Help section of the forum is a great place to get advice and guidance on upgrades from some very knowledgeable folk. One thing I would recommend if you do not already have them is a good pair of solid boots that support your ankles; surplus boots are excellent for this and quite cheap. As for a pistol, I would highly recommend the CO2 powered ASG XP18 commander. My son and I have been using them for a while and have found them to be solid, reliable and consistent; CO2 is also more reliable than airsoft gas in cold weather, although they struggled at -6 degrees a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy this silly hobby!

Which is probably a good thing for them.