Colin Allen

How easy would it be for you to get to Billericay station? A few players at Airsoft Plantation get a taxi to the site from there. Splatoon is a couple of miles from Wickford station.

Unfortunately not.

This was my report of Mayhem from April this year: "On arriving, I couldn't find anyone to check in with; three of us eventually found someone in the shop/office. While everyone was prepping their kit, there was a fair amount of dry firing in the safe zone, which didn't seem to worry the staff. The real disappointment was the games. Mayhem is very much a paintball site, with a number of different fields that could provide some interesting gameplay. However, the four games that we played in the morning all involved the teams starting on opposite sides of a field and having to do something (move a flag, capture a flag, capture a jerrycan) that was a mechanism to bring the teams into contact. This ended up with two lines of players shooting at each other; there was no real possibility to be sneaky or to try something creative. I found it rather boring. If you are considering going, be aware that they do not do hot food. There are vending machines for fizzy drinks, chocolate and crisps and a tea/coffee dispenser, all of which take contactless payments. One positive element is that, despite what it states on their website, they chrono on the weight of BB that you are using." Airsoft Plantation is a site that I really like; it is well run and the games work well. Splatoon is usually a good day, although there tends to be a little too much time spent hanging around. Apocalypse is very popular and gets some very positive reviews; I find the marshalling to be poor. Skirmish Billericay seems to have a reasonably large and loyal fan base; I found it rather disappointing due to some of the game modes (30 people crammed into one small building). Try a range of sites and see which ones suit you.

Cheers; that would be useful. I have seen videos on FB of the work currently being done; they don't inspire me to go again.

Which site(s) do you like?

I haven't been to the new site for a while, but that looks like it is part of it; it is not the old site.

Indeed; Felton is an excellent self publicist who has made a career out of somewhat over sensationalised and sometimes historically dubious books and, in particular, his YT channel.

Would you care to elucidate for the benefit of forum members? I have been to the new site a handful of times and have found it to be decent, although it isn't my preferred choice locally.

It shouldn't be a problem; one of my guns has that setup because of the way it dismantles.

It is fairly small and is mainly an outdoor CQB site with some rather nice woodland parts. it is well run and has a very good safe zone. Lunch can be ordered from the hotel when you sign in to the site. Make sure that all guns are in a bag or case when moving them between your car and the safe zone. Follow the rules or Ray will throw you out, which is a good thing. It is solo friendly.

That should be chunky enough.

As seems to often happen, I found myself back at Airsoft Plantation this morning. Tomo and Dan were absent, so I teamed up with a few other players I know. As we went out for the first game, a player's battery started smoking; this was dealt with efficiently and effectively by the marshals. The first game was a simple attack and defend in the woods (yay!). As the attackers, we had infinite regens on a marshal, while the defenders had two lives, one defending the wobbly bridge and the other defending a flag at long walk (it is called long walk because it is a long walk from the start point at the other end of the woods). Starting off on the left flank of our attack, I took out a few defenders and was then hit, so went in search of a marshal; having found one, I decided to move to the right flank as the woodland there is more open and easier to attack through. A large group of us swung wide to the right, hugging the edge of the playing area and pushing across the ditch just before the smoke grenade on wobbly bridge was detonated. With the first objective achieved, we continued our flanking movement, ending up attacking the flag at 90 degrees from our line of advance; it was secured and the game ended. The game was then turned around. I took up a position on the far right where a collection of fallen trees and a couple of ditches offer a number of interconnected positions. Early on, a couple of enemy players came by; I let them go past and then shot them from a distance, so that they would not know where the shots had come from. Soon after, a group of about 12 appeared; I let them go past and shot the rearmost four. The others went to ground; I potted a couple of them and could hear the others discussing where I was. This seemed to be a good time to reposition by using the cover of the ditch and the trees to fall back towards my colleagues. Unfortunately, as I moved back, one of those colleagues shot me by mistake, so I started the long walk to long walk, where I took up a position that covered both the flag and one of the main avenues through the woods. The latter provided a target rich environment and the MC51 scored a large number of hits before the flag was captured. I stayed out on the field, sitting on the bridge at the border, as the next game would see us attacking the village from there and I still had plenty of ammo. Other players eventually came out, as did a couple of marshals; from their radio chatter, it was apparent that they were looking for someone who was believed to still be out in the woods, possibly hurt. As I know them, I asked one of them who they were looking for; he looked at me, did a double take and said "you". Apparently, the guys had become concerned that I had not appeared in the safe zone and had told the marshals, who came looking for me. Anyway, for the next game, we had to get bombs to three targets in the village; we could regen on one of two marshals, one on the border and one on the firebreak, while the defenders had two lives. A group of us attacked along our right, overcoming determined opposition from two buildings before attacking across the conveniently dry pond to take the building behind it and move into that part of the village. The three targets were bombed in due course by part of our team who had swung right round the village and attacked from the rear, so we returned to the safe zone to take luncheon. Having dined and, as ever, marvelled at how Emily efficiently feeds so many players, the previous game was reversed. Defending the front edge of the village, I potted a good number of attackers before I was hit and fell back into the village woods to defend against any enemy attacking from the rear; quite a lot of them were and we had some great exchanges before they finally blew up the three targets. For the final game, both teams had to blow up a target in their opponents' base. Our target was the Bedford in the mortar pits, while theirs was the plane at the DEA base. Everyone could regen after falling back 30m and high fiving a colleague. I was with the group defending the plane; as the enemy could attack it from a 270 degree arc, we sent out a lot of small fighting patrols to intercept them, leading to many confused and messy encounters in the scrub. In one, I spotted a couple of chaps moving through the scrub; I shot the rearmost one and his companion and I exchanged shots, hitting each other. We shook hands and went to find colleagues to regen on; a marshal who had seen the encounter noted it as being a gentlemanly exchange. Eventually, the game timed out with neither side achieving their objective. It was an excellent, if rather warm and very humid, day of airsoft, with around 150 players present and some great play on both sides. It will probably be a while before I can play again, as I will be on Dartmoor next weekend (Hurrah!) and then have various other weekend commitments involving rehearsals and festival appearances. However, if I can squeeze a day in somewhere, I will. Weapons used Classic Army MC51 JG SA58 ASG XP18 Commander (CO2)

If it has an ETU, you do not need a MOSFET.

They do indeed.

It might be that the battery that you are using is not butch enough for the job; what battery are you using?

That sounds pretty decent, although there is still a small amount of noise coming from somewhere; you could try adjusting the motor height to see if that gets rid of it. If it doesn't, then it is really your decision as to whether you can live with that bit of noise. It sounds better than most guns I hear on the field.

Sheep shit is a lot cheaper than BBs.

Without knowing exactly where you are in Essex, I would recommend Airsoft Plantation, which is just north of Billericay.

Sellers who read your message but don't reply, even if only to state that they are not open to offers.

It is sad to see a site close and to see people lose their jobs. It is also sad for their creditors, who have no chance of recovering the money that they are owed, and an awful lot is owed to those creditors.

Apocalypse?

Indeed; It is just a mailing address.

Looking through their published accounts, it appears that they have been unable to pay their creditors. Unless there is a significant injection of cash, it does look rather as if they are finished.

No, I will give him a chance.

Unlimited fine and, potentially, up to seven years imprisonment. I have warned him of the penalties; if he does not change it, I will report him.