Colin Allen

Mine gets a regular run out; it works well now that I have reworked the internals, including modifying a standard steel COL to replace the original soft cheese one.

The thought never crossed my mind. 🔥🚒

The classic refrain of every conspiracy theorist, flat earther, young earther, creationist or whatever,

I picked up a welt like on Sunday; there were no HPAs at the site. You probably should take up another hobby; airsoft seems to cause you nothing but stress and angst.

I would not buy one; the lad and I had one each and they are a bit crap. They are very inconsistent, the hop unit is crap and the only available upgrade is a pretty average hop rubber. I am still using mine while deciding what to get to replace it.

£11.99 minus £9.00 wholesale = £2.99 profit. Take off the contribution to general costs and they are not exactly ripping off the punters, are they? However, it does seem a heck of a lot for a patch.

The vast majority of G&G ETUs do not like anything lower than 11.1v, although the lad had one that ran happily on 7.4v. As concretesnail suggests, switching the board, which is easily accessible in the stock, to a Perun ETU++ will enable you to run on 7.4v or 9.9v and give you a few funky options such as precocking and a wider selection of fire selector options.

As someone who does a lot of hiking, I have never really understood the need for expensive hiking trousers; a pair of flecktarn shorts or DPM trousers do the job perfectly well. Most hiking clothing is more about marketing than need.

Today, the lad and I headed over to Dragon's Lair in Essex, a site that we visit 3 or 4 times a year at most. It is a small, heavily wooded site with lots of structures including a village, a fort and quite a few barricades. It has a rather decent and surprisingly large safe zone, with free tea and coffee available throughout the day, a basic site shop, provided by Airsoft Zone, and an in-house tech. We always take pizza when we play airsoft, mainly because it has become something of a ritual to do so, but also because most sites do not really cater for vegetarians. Today, we were very glad that we did as lunch was not available on site and it is quite a long way to anywhere that sells food. We were rather surprised at how few players were there today; we are used to there being around 100+, but only about 50 were present today, with fewer after lunch and as the afternoon wore on. One nice surprise was that finding that they now chrono using the BB weight that you will be using, rather than just using 0.20g BBs; I know that we can discuss whether chronoing serves any real purpose, other than providing a moderately reassuring ritual, but this seemed like a significant step forward. As usual, the games were fairly short, simple, straightforward and good fun; having fewer players present helped as the site can feel a bit "wall to wall" when it is busy. We played a good variety of relatively simple games throughout the day, with the first one being particularly memorable as I ended up behind the opposing (attacking) team and had great fun crawling around in a heavily overgrown ditch taking players out and hearing them complaining about being shot by their own team. In the reverse of that game, we completed the objectives in about 30 minutes, whereas the other team had taken nearly an hour. Other games played included a push the flag game, last man standing in the village and frozen (when you are hit, you have to remain still and can only be released by someone on your own team shooting you). Overall, it was a good, fun day. The games played worked well with the numbers and the marshalling was on point; the teams were rebalanced a couple of times in the afternoon as player numbers decreased. Weapons used: Me: CA HK33 CA HK53 Milbro M1911 Classic CO2 The lad: E&L AKS74U CYMA AK105 ASG XP18 Commander CO2 That is really pathetic; it is supposed to be fun. One site that we play at makes a point of mentioning in the safety brief that, if you lay hands on another player in anger, they will support the 'victim' if they want the police involved. It is one of the best sites that I know for player behaviour.

Happy to help and I am pleased the O rings did the job.

The O ring in the base of the CO2 valve (the one in the back of the magazine) has failed. You will need to unscrew the valve, get the O ring out, which is easier said than done, and replace it. The O ring is 8mm O/D x 6mm I/D. If you message me your address I can send you some. You can get mag maintenance kits here: https://www.gearofwar.co.uk/product/kwc-repair-kit-co2-1911-magazine/ If you want new mags, look for the KWC 18 round ones; they are the OEM for the Cybergun M1911.

Why on earth would you buy second hand eyepro? You only get one pair of eyes!

Not so much a dreamer, more a "you're selling what is potentially a Section 5 firearm": https://prefired.co.uk/ads/cyma-cm050-romanian-md-90-aims-replica/.

If it was HKD, it would be the bargain of the decade.

A video with audio so that we can hear what it sounds like would be useful.

That reminds me of a chap who used to play at a site in Kent where I marshalled; he would regularly turn up at the chrono with a ridiculous number of guns and a story about why they all needed chronoing. He was a lovely chap; I must try to make contact with him again to see if he is still playing.

Well, that is a result! We have all done something similar; assuming that the spring guide is a standard one, they are cheap to buy.

I have a Lancer Tactical LT-12, which I bought second hand a couple of years to see if they were as bad as they were supposed to be. The gearbox is standard and actually pretty decent, with a QC spring that can actually be changed without removing the gearbox from the receiver. It has a rotary hop that is not as good as the ZCI version but does the job well enough, especially when paired with a ML Macaron rubber and nub. Except for the outer barrel, the externals are entirely plastic, albeit of decent quality. I would rate it as being somewhat better than a basic G&G Combat Machine at a much better price.

Far too few!

The lad arrived home last night, having spent two weeks in Scotland doing section, platoon and company attacks interspersed with time on the range (he is now officially a marksman) and other shenanigans. This morning we set off for one of our favourite sites, Tower Airsoft, which normally pulls in about 40-60 players. On arrival, we were surprised to find only a very few people present, with attendance eventually rising to around 24. However, Miguel and Luke dreamed up some excellent games which made the most of the site's features and worked well with that number of players. For us, this was ideal as it provided plentiful opportunities for sneakiness and working our way around flanks. Personal highlights involved some very effective use of "poison gas", working our way around the village to attack the defenders in the rear, being part of an epic defence of the village in the reverse of that game and, in the afternoon, sneaking up behind the opposing team as they assaulted the castle in the last leg of a fallback game. Overall, it was an excellent day, with some great play by both teams. A very young lad on our team was notable for his enthusiasm, ability and brilliant sense of humour. We are planning one of our occasional trips to Dragon's Lair, which is also in Essex, next Sunday. Weapons used: Me: G&P/Hurricane kit SR47 DBoys AKMS Milbro M1911 Classic CO2 The lad: G&G GR4 G26 G&G CM16 SRL (well, it was when it was bought!) ASG Commander XP18 CO2

I am not sure what you are complaining about. You have alerts and the websites are showing those batteries as being out of stock. What do they need to update?

That seems a reasonable approach.

True enough; however, it is important to guide new travellers along the road towards righteousness.

Thoughts and prayers.

Welcome to the Forums. You need to place an advert in the Classifieds, where there is a "Guns Wanted" section. However, you will need to make a few more posts before you can do so.