Colin Allen

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Oh god! Those things! Awful boots; heavy, uncomfortable and very basic. I bought a pair once; they went back whence they came very rapidly.

The ankle support on the Iturri desert boots is good; they are great boots as long as you keep them away from anything that vaguely resembles water. I would not use the issue AKU Pilgrim for anything more than everyday around town use; they are very comfortable and reasonably supportive but are not particularly well made. They are also not very waterproof and are quite narrow. They are very popular in my eldest son’s reserve unit because they do not need polishing for parade. Just to throw another option into your considerations, the Meindl black Bundeswehr boots are excellent; really good soles, goretex lined, comfortable, supportive, light and quite wide.

They are not unduly heavy, but I guess it depends on what you regard as heavy. Given your feet, you might struggle with them as they are not the widest boots. Karrimor SF cold wet weather boots, which you can pick up on eBay, are quite wide.

Yes, Sports Direct took over the civilian Karrimor brand, while another company, Karrimor SF, made some very good cold wet weather boots for the MoD; I recently sent quite a few pairs of the latter to Ukraine, where they are very popular. The Sports Direct Karrimor walking boots are very poor; the Iturri desert boots would be better or, ideally, Iturri Cold Wet Weather boots, which are the best boots I have found in more than 40 years of wearing issue and commercial boots over various gnarly bits of the UK and beyond. My son describes them as: "Incredibly comfortable and have what I am calling "the down duvet effect", despite not being too hot at all when tabbing or doing platoon attacks, I also didn't have cold feet the whole weekend, even when it started snowing." However, you do need to go a full size up on them; for example, if you normally take a 10L, you need an 11L. The Iturri patrol boots are very light and very comfortable but, as I wrote earlier, do not provide as much ankle support. On reflection, I would not use them for airsoft.

Iturri desert boots are excellent; very comfortable, very supportive and they have the superb Defender sole, which is now replacing the Vibram sole on the main British army issue boots, the Altberg Defender, as they provide better grip on hard surfaces, while being as good on softer surfaces. However, they are definitely not in any way waterproof, even after being properly treated; even mildly long wet grass is a problem. The Peruana jungle boots are nice, but the soles do not provide adequate grip on hard or solid surfaces; they are designed for muddy conditions where they can sink in. However, they are somewhat iconic. I have to admit to being a military boot geek!

Welcome to the forum and a hobby that will drain your bank account.

Yesterday, I took a trip down memory lane and went to Battle Lakes in Kent, a site where I used to play and marshal but have not visited for a few years after it went a bit strange. It is now run by Gunman Airsoft and I was very pleasantly surprised to find that Tony, who was the site manager when I marshalled there, was back managing it. After registering and checking out the small but rather well stocked shop, I sorted my gear out and went to the chrono. The safety and morning game briefs were brief but complete and, as ever with Tony, rather entertaining. The morning's game was a domination style one, with the blue team holding three points (the village, the comms tower and the fuel dump), which we, the red team, had to try to take. In addition to the main regen, each team had a forward regen that they could position wherever they chose once the game had started, There was also a third team ("The Americans"), who were carrying out their own mission, which was to kill VIPs in both the red and blue teams. We decided to split into three groups, one going for each objective. My group set off for the fuel dump, which was the most distant; it soon became apparent that I was the only one in the group who know the layout of the site. We quickly located the blue team's forward regen and neutralised it, which meant that they would have to take it back to their main regen before it could be taken back out again. Circling around the fuel dump we attacked it from the rear, took out two or three defenders and replaced the blue team's flag with ours. We then got into a firefight with some blue players and ended up going back to regen. From there, a group of us set off to attack the village, which we took fairly quickly. However, instead of pushing on to attack the comms tower, we settled in to defend the village, from which we were eventually expelled. This was about the end of the morning session. In the afternoon, both teams were issued with a vast amount of money, which could be used to buy weapons from an arms dealer at the far end of the field, whose shop was only open at specific times. The Americans, as well as hunting the VIPs, were also out to recover the weapons, which both teams could store in their chosen FOB, ours being in the village. After much collecting of weapons, including a large and very expensive nuclear device, a sniper and I decided to go and prowl around near the Americans' base; we did not encounter them but we did take out a fair number of the blue team from well concealed positions. Returning to the FOB, we helped defend that against attacks by the blue team, only to be overrun by the Americans right at the end of the game. It was a very good day and I will definitely return. Thanks to Jez and Ollie for the recommendation. If you want lightweight boots, have a look at Iturri Patrol boots on eBay. They are light and very comfortable, although not as supportive as I like.

The question was about three wire mosfets. I have replaced a three wired mosfet with the AB++ by connecting it to the existing cables; it is a simple soldering job.

Maybe try the Perun AB++; it has three wires https://perunairsoft.pl/products/ab_plusplus/ Burst control, AB, precocking, ROF control etc.

Welcome, cowboy! Enjoy your first day and remember that age is a state of mind.

This one from the chap that SSPKali mentioned is very helpful for shimming: Try it with a fully charged battery; that one appears to be very low. If it is fully charged, something is preventing the geartrain/piston moving freely. It does sound like something is rubbing. What power spring is in it? Have you tried it with a motor that you know is ok? It looks like you are getting semi auto lockup; this happens when the gearbox stops in a position where the cutoff lever is still engaging the trigger trolley; it can be cleared by shooting in full auto. This can be fixed by fitting an AB mosfet or a Gate Titan/Perun Hybrid type.

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Think of a plastic toothed piston as a mechanical fuse; it is better to strip a plastic piston than to have bits of metal detaching themselves at high speed. Pistons don't fail very often, unless they are made by Ares, but it would be worth checking the angle of engagement (AoE) and for premature engagement, which is what happens when the gears catch the piston before it has travelled the whole way forward after being released..

They aren't quite so budget now, but then nothing is. However, they are still very good for the price.

Another vote here for a stripped piston or gear. You are going to have to open it up to find out.

Cat Crap is great, as is this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ESL80E0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

“…installed in a device”. Royal Mail does not accept them unless they are installed in something that they are meant to power.

Do not, under any circumstances, buy the Ares.

Negative Luke's famous "special mixture"?

I hear that Mr Prigozhin is looking for new staff.

That depends on the battery capacity (mAh) and how trigger happy you are. Two 1300mAh batteries should easily get you through the day.

You could pay him a visit and recover your toy. Regardless of anything happening in his life, he is/was running a business and has your property.

It was bleeding invisibule!

What? Why?