Colin Allen

Over many years, I have seen far more of them without the right side selector than with it. Removing the right hand selector, along with the gear wheels and shaft, means that you do not have to remove the remaining selector to remove the gearbox.

The selectors on the A&K Masada are notoriously awful; neither of mine has a right side selector any more.

Surely not!

Likewise; I still have a couple, although they are pretty much unrecognisable now. The entry level G&G weapons do seem to have been left behind somewhat, don't they?

It is new, but has been sitting around for five years and has some shit weathering.

Running a binary trigger is not using semi; I cannot see a legitimate reason for using one.

I use an L85 sling with a clip to fit it on the front sling point.

The brown M&Ms test.

They do, which will have a significant impact on the power delivered at the nozzle.

My lawyers will contact you.

I know that you were not; my comment was intended to point out that your "flavouring" argument was somewhat flawed. Penalising innocent people because other people are tempted to commit crimes is perverse and is essentially an act of surrender to the criminals. I don't use BFGs. However, watching, and providing covering fire for, the lad as he works his way through a village armed with two BFGs and a pistol is like watching Messi at his peak; training wins every time. I suspect that he would still play if he could not use them, but why should he have to give up using them because some thieving cunts cannot keep their hands off other people's property?

I remember seeing reports of other kit being stolen in safe zones, including helmets and pistols; should those be banned as well? After all, they could equally be considered “flavouring”. Banning BFGs because people might steal them is perverse. I disagree as to why we are at Airsoft sites. We are there to play a game; bangs, whether they are BFGs or paper pyro, are very much part of that game at sites where they can be used.

So sites should ban them because thieving cunts sometimes steal them? The "logic" behind that is somewhat worrying.

Bravo are the new HPA. Are you really complaining about getting hit on the lenses? That happens. I suspect that you are massively overestimating the accuracy of airsoft toys and the ability of those who use them. You really should take up a more suitable hobby; maybe you could try macramé.

Damn right; anyone who has stolen from other players should not be welcome at any site. I don't know if it still exists, but there used to be a FB group where site owners/managers shared details of the more problematic players, who tended to find themselves unwelcome wherever they tried to go.

Interesting to note that they still cannot manage to brief the teams properly. Still, you had a good day and got your UKARA sorted out!

Verily, you speak truth! As a certified sneaky bastard, my armband sometimes gives away my position, no matter how much I try to position myself so that it cannot be seen. I cannot see any reason why bush wookies should be able to sidestep that particular problem.

I believe that Imperium has quite strict rules on who can wear ghillie suits. i would like to see them restricted to snipers.

Indeed; a proportionate response to someone potentially wielding a real firearm would not be out of place.

Having raised these issues here, I think that Cr0-Magnon and JinxDuh should name the sites so that the rest of us can avoid them.

The sad thing is that the playing area is really rather good; it has lots of interesting structures, including a great trench system.

Yep, that about sums it up! My eldest, who used to work there, described it as a death trap with regard to the wiring.

The less said about Red1 Chislehurst, the better. In my opinion, it is a potentially excellent site which is ruined by very poor management, organisation and marshalling. The boundary with the sports field is a case in point. The site owners need to put up a proper barrier to prevent BBs straying onto it; it is their responsibility to take every action possible to ensure that it cannot happen. Not only is there a potential risk to the football playing children and their families, but shooting BBs onto or over someone's property without their permission is potentially a criminal offence. Unfortunately, airsoft does seem to attract a fair few people whose knuckles drag across the floor when they walk and who struggle with basic morality and empathy. A little while ago, I was berated by a group of players for pointing out that one of them had just pulled the trigger in the safe zone for the third time in a few minutes, after I had already told him not to on the previous two occasions. Apparently, pointing it out in a rather pissed off tone was disrespectful and out of order, but repeatedly pulling the trigger in the safe zone was not. Having encountered barrel socks, I am also convinced that they should be mandatory.

No, which is why sites need to deal far more robustly with the fuckwits. At one of my regular sites, part of the safety brief warns players not to shoot towards the few adjacent properties and sets out the consequences. They can only be shot towards from a very small area of the very large site and are situated such that they are not in the line of fire for any games; you have to make a conscious decision to shoot at people's homes. Just before the last game, a player started shooting towards them; a very angry site owner told him rather forcefully to leave the site. One of the things that I like about the site is that they are not afraid to throw out people who are behaving like idiots or ruining the day for other people.

Probably because a lot of site owners/managers would be incapable of looking after a piece of gravel. It really is quite easy, isn't it? There is the safe zone and areas where BBs might be flying (chrono/range and game zone). All of my regular sites manage this well; there is good signage and the delineation between the areas is very clear. In addition, the transitions between safe and non-safe are designed such that a random BB shot towards the safe zone gate from non-safe cannot make its way in without making at least one 90 degree turn. Which is absolutely reasonable if that is made very clear to players and there is highly visible signage.