Colin Allen

Oh, her! Give someone a little bit of power and see what happens!

Forget who?

Plug, plug here as well; they are excellent springs. They are consistent across batches and maintain their boinginess very well.

Really? I never knew that, he wrote ironically. Did you not read my statement "...assuming that the spring strength remains constant."? Did you not realise that my comment was made in the context of this thread in order to demonstrate that, except where there is premature engagement, motor speed does not affect the power output? Look, I get that you are an utter twat; why don't you do this forum a favour and fuck off to reddit or FB, where your inaccurate teching advice would fit in really well?

It sounds like it is the same gun under a different name. A short length of spring glued into the hop unit so that one end pushes on the wheel stops the bugger moving.

The same hop arm problem as the KWC version...hmm. Is the hop wheel very loose as well?

I shall keep the hot air balloon and the blancmange flinger to hand as I will encounter Roger the Welshman several times over the summer at various festivals, although I may be rather too busy running a lightshow and keeping the band in some sort of order to engage in mortal combat.

I have one of those; there are far too many proprietary parts, including the hop unit and the hop rubber. Airsoft Surgeon does an upgrade rubber but it is not particularly great. The hop design is very poor and requires regular fettling to get it to hop BBs properly. In the UK, they are generally branded as Cybergun and Milbro. I would not recommend them.

Excellent! No need for a duel then? That was a very good price!

Speedsoft is a different game and should be treated as such.

Ha! Youngsters today have no stamina!

Ah, I was looking in the advert itself, not at the title. In the advert he describes it "as new" and only the sight is specifically described as "brand new".

The power spring in an airsoft gun is a mechanism for storing energy. When the spring is released, that energy is expended in overcoming whatever is preventing the spring returning to its pre-compressed length, which can be friction in the guide rails or between the piston head O ring and the cylinder, or air resistance. Provided that the spring is always compressed to the same length, the energy stored will always be the same, regardless of how that compression is achieved, assuming that the spring strength remains constant..

Our April Dartmoor wildlife sighting; definitely not a deer.

The Covenant is just about ok. Ambush, on the other hand, is garbage; the plot is full of holes, the script is awful and the acting is dreadful.

The sites that I play at are as busy as ever, if not more so.

He is only claiming that the scope is brand new; how do you know it is not?

Good luck with it; I loved the look of the one I built but I decided to sell it as I could see a lot of problems with it in the future.

I cannot think of any in Kent, but Tactical Warfare Airsoft, which is only a few miles outside Kent,, is open on Saturdays. It is a mixture of woods and CQB, but tends to attract a few too many speedsofter types for my current taste.

He won't.

It is a proprietary two part hop (separate feed tube). https://www.zerooneairsoft.com/products/Tokyo-Marui-Plastic-Hop-Up-Unit-for-Type-89 The sector gear is made of pot metal and is also proprietary, having an extra cam to enable the burst function; the cam for the COL is also in a different position than usual due to the unique gearbox design with its vertical sliding trigger switch.. That makes increasing the power somewhat risky as the sector gear is prone to shredding itself if pushed too hard. Element used to make an improved gear set, but I have not seen one in stock for years. This is a good guide to the idiosyncrasies of the Type 89: https://tacticalparts.com/blog/resurrecting-the-champ/

Have you received the boots? The site is flagged as potentially being dodgy with the company being based in China.

Beautiful! We were on the high moor hunting tinnners' huts, kistvaens and anything else that took our fancy. I think we saw about eight people over three days.

Never used. Still pricy though!

This is what I gave sent them: Dear Sirs, As a member of UKAPU, I am deeply concerned that you have failed to abide by the latest published version of the Association's constitution, in that you have failed to give members the 28 days written notice of the 2023 AGM that is required by the Association's constitution. I understand that the AGM is due to take place at 7PM on 22nd June. I note that the latest published version of the constitution states that one purpose of the AGM is to elect the Executive Officers; the constitution states that nominations must be made to the secretary in writing at least 45 days before the date of the AGM. You have not notified members of this, making it impossible for members to nominate Executive Officers. Therefore, I am calling on you to cancel the AGM on 22nd June and rearrange for a date that will enable you to: 1. Notify members of their right to nominate Executive Officers and allow them sufficient time to do so bearing in mind the 45 day cutoff. 2. Notify members of the date, time, location (if physical) or access arrangements (if online) at least 28 days before the date of the meeting. 3. Inform members that they can raise any matter at the AGM, provided that they give the secretary at least 14 days written notice. I await your response. But UKAPU was founded in 2009 or 2010?