Despite a terrible weather forecast, I decided to go to Tower Airsoft in Essex today for a third successive weekend of airsoft, as I am unlikely to be able to play for at least the next two, and possibly three or four, weekends due to rehearsals, a festival set and, weather dependent, hiking on Dartmoor.
As the lad had set off for the Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg for a week of playing with G36s and other interesting activities, I was on my own this time.
Despite the site not usually playing host to HPA users, attendance was once again low, with a group of rentals forming a significant percentage of those present.
However, in true Tower style, the games suited the numbers present and a good day was had. The rentals turned out to be good players and the teams were well balanced, with the times for two legged games being almost identical. One "amusing" incident related to the site's 30m minimum engagement distance for full auto. While defending the village in one game, I was hit by a short full auto burst from about 4m; when I mentioned the rule to the player, he replied that it wasn't full auto as it was a three round burst; the marshal "had a word".
The forecast heavy rain and strong wind failed to put in an appearance, which was a bonus.
Weapons used:
CYMA/LCT/real steel MPiKM
Golden Eagle AMD-65
Milbro Classic M1911
The MPiKM has been running low on power for a while; a quick strip down this evening revealed that the piston head O ring was no longer sealing. It is now back up to power:).