Colin Allen

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Hawkwind.

Lydon is/was a fan of a band that I used to manage about 25 years ago. They wanted to get him to do vocals on a new version of their only hit single, so I had to try to negotiate this with him. The man is a complete arse.

I did not mention anything about how RM view anything; neither did I claim that NI is part of the mainland. I stated that NI is part of the UK, which it is. Perhaps you would like to argue with something I have actually written.

I know. 😉

Weirdly, I was listening to "Problems" by the Sex Pistols as I read that! Too many problems, why am I here? Need to be 'cause you're all too clear And I can see something wrong with you But what do you expect me to do?

NI is part of the UK.

My eyes! My eyes! I cannot unsee it!

I only went to Invicta once, several years ago; it wasn't a great day, but it looks like the site has developed a lot since then. Yalding would be much more accessible, so I will be visiting when it opens.

Unfortunately not, because the buffer tube has a stonking great spring in it that extends the stock. Most of the rest of the stock is taken up by various other gubbins as well.

The police do not routinely check the career history of alleged victims of crime; that is my experience from being a victim of serious crime and from supporting people who have been victims of crime, and I checked it this evening with a serving police officer. Realistically, the only way they would know would be if you have told them at some point. So, let's say you rock up to the boot fair and demand that the stallholder returns the allegedly stolen goods; the stallholder says "Mate, I bought these from a guy I met in the pub." At that point, how are you going to prove that they are your allegedly stolen items? Do they have something distinctive about them that you can describe to the organisers before getting anywhere near the stall holder? If you have not, you are going to be out of luck.

The only good AR is a weird AR.

I bought this at AP on Sunday, having admired it in the site shop for a while. It is currently in bits on the work table and will soon have a new hop rubber and nub, a Perun Hybrid and 13:1 gears so that I can run it on a 2000mAh 7.4v battery that just about fits in the handguard.

Indeed! It is possible that they checked previous employment, but I have never known them to do so in my sadly rather regular dealings with them. I think I can smell something that comes out of the back end of a male Bos taurus.

So, the site owner who called me a liar and banned me from the site for stating that it is permanently closed is a liar who banned me from a non-existent site. 🤪

That sounds interesting. I like semi-only sites and what you have described sounds like it might be good fun. It is a bit far but I know somewhere I could stay overnight nearby.

I have bought stuff from them with no problems.

Today was an invitation game day at Airsoft Plantation; 42 trusted, honest and excellent players, including some of the marshals and the site owner, were on site for the day. Oh, and so was I! As I wanted to finish setting up the ICS Masada, I had even more rifles with me than usual, much to the amusement of one of the other players, who also expressed shock that I had something that looked rather like an M4. The first game involved us (the blue team) attacking the village from the hill fort; we had infinite buddy regens after falling back 30m, while the defenders had three lives. Our objective was to set off bombs in four structures in the correct order; these being the Cock Inn, the Town Hall, the Casino and the Border Bridge. Eschewing the direct approach, I elected to swing far to the left and attack the village from the far end, so that I could hopefully strike the defenders in the flank while they battled against my colleagues. This proved to be a good plan as I was able to surprise and take out a number of them; we fought our way into the village, destroying all of the objectives after some really intense firefights. After a quick break to mag up, the game was reversed. The enemy pressed hard; again, there were some great firefights and some great play, as might be expected on an invitation-only day. The highlight of this game for me was that I shot the site owner a couple of times. Yay! The next game required the enemy, who again had infinite 30m buddy regens, having to attack the Mortar Pits from the DEA Base, secure a stretcher from the top of the tunnels and then transport a player on it to the bridge on the other side of the Mortar Pits. The stretcher required four players to move it and, if the player on it was hit, they had to be replaced by another player; we had two lives. Starting off at the front of the Mortar Pits, I engaged a number of targets as the enemy tried to push towards the tunnels; we held them up for a considerable time, although I was eventually hit by a sniper who had moved into the hill fort. Falling back to near the berm which runs down the far side of the Mortar Pits, I became involved in fighting off the attackers who were trying to reach the stretcher. We held them up for a long time, before eventually being overrun as they pushed along the berm. Being hit again, I retired to the trailer at the back of the Mortar Pits to watch the fun, which included red team players attacking each other in the mistaken belief that they were the enemy. Eventually, they got an injured player to the bridge. Luncheon was then taken, after which the stretcher game was turned around. We decided to split the team in two, with one group attacking and taking the bridge, while the rest of us secured the stretcher and transported it there. Our group pushed quite rapidly into the Mortar Pits, overcoming a strong enemy defence before being held up by accurate fire from the top deck of the bus. We eventually overcame this and I was very impressed with one of my shots, which went through a small open window and hit the player behind it. There was then a push to get the stretcher to the bridge, which was completed after a couple of changes of stretcher bearers and passengers. After this game, I left as I wanted to get home to watch Liverpool win the Premiership; fortunately, they did so, which was worth giving up some airsoft time for. As should be expected from such a day, there was some great play and generally excellent hit taking, although there were a few comments about one player. It was hard fought but also great fun and was played in an excellent spirit. Weapons used: SRC T-91 (which looks rather like an M4) ICS CXP APE ACR (Masada) Classic Army ISSC Mk22 (Because someone decided that the world needed a .22 version of the SCAR) ASG XP18 Commander (CO2)

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It sounds perfect! How many players do they usually get?

That looks like a cracking site!

But he has extended the barrel, so it's now a proper FAL, isn't it? 🤣

You don't want to lubricate the gears too much when using the Perun; if you do, there is a risk of getting some on the cycle detectors. If it is running well, there should not be any need to open it up again, unless/until it stops performing as you want it to. You probably did not need to fit new bearings or change the piston parts and cylinder head, but that is done. You did the job and it is running ok, which is good.

https://prefired.co.uk/ads/honey-badger-2/ The gun is £260 at DCA. https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/38276-jg-fn-fal The base gun is £162 at DCA.