Colin Allen
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11 hours ago, raynor said:
thank you for this. I don't know the current fps but it was below 300 last time I had it chrono'd. All parts have been cleaned and lubed with silicon oil. I'll look into getting the mentioned parts next. Would a new spring be worth investing in and if so what would be the recommended one? 100 or 120?
What weight BBs are you using? If you are using, for example, 0.25g, being just below 300FPS is not a problem. If you are going to work on a gun, you really need to buy a chrono.
What did you lube with silicone oil? Gears should not be lubed with it; you need to use something like Super Lube or gun grease. It is possible that you have got silicone oil on the hop rubber, which could explain the very short range.
A new spring is only worth investing in if doing everything listed does not drag the power up to where it should be. If everything is sealing, you should only need an M100 or M105 spring. -
14 minutes ago, Tackle said:
I wouldnt want to be, he's a Cn#t, & I've not made up my mind about you yet either😜
The only safe thing to do is to decide that he is a cnut and wait to see if he proves not to be.
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What is the current FPS?
Clean the barrel, check that the hop rubber is intact, open the gearbox and check that the piston head O ring and cylinder head O ring are sealing; if they are not replace them with parts from https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/. Also check that there is no leak between the nozzle and the cylinder head pipe; if there is, get a new nozzle with an internal O ring, if one is available for the G&G L85.
If you want to improve range and accuracy, get an XT barrel, a Maple Leaf Macaron hop rubber and a red Omega nub from https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/. -
3 hours ago, Rogerborg said:
Companies House has an entry for a "UKARA LIMITED", involved in "94120 - Activities of professional membership organisations" https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12865652
This was incorporated on 8 September 2020 by one Mr Haroon Al-Rashid Dawood Atchia of 20 Eversley Road, Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex, England, TN40 1HE, but it claimed to have gone dormant in 2021, then filed accounts for FY 2022 showing £15,000+ of debt.
That is a different organisation that has nothing to do with airsoft.
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36 minutes ago, ParHunter said:
How would you actually confirm that the UKARA number they give you is valid and not just a random number? Is there some information encoded in it? Does it have a given structure (like a VIN). Does it have a checksum or something?
None of the above, apart from being a three letter site indicator followed by a five digit number.
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On 16/03/2024 at 13:57, Dan Robinson said:
I find it bizarre that @Sneakyduck wants to build his empire by directly pissing off members of the forum by not answering a very basic question.
It's not particularly entertaining, and I certainly won't be going to the site as a result.
I suspect that we are not his target market. Having spent more time than I care to in Stoke, I hate to think who his target market are.
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42 minutes ago, Dan Robinson said:
3 games in three months isn't a lot if you're monied and present
There is not a requirement to play three games in three months; it is three games in not less than 56 days.
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5 hours ago, superwok said:
If you have a bitter taste in your mouth because you feel as if you earn a UKARA because you play so often then take it up with the retailers.
I have been playing airsoft for just over 10 years now, In my 20's I could go every week but not so much now, so to it from the other side, I see it as a punishment that I cannot buy a new rif because I haven't been able to play as much as I used to, to keep an active UKARA
To keep an active UKARA registration, you just have to play 3 games at one site in more than 56 days. Playing three times a year at the same site qualifies you; is that really so difficult for you?
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This week, I picked up the following for £100:
LCT AK745 AK magazines
Padded gun bag
Baofeng UV5R radio
SRVV belt rig- Jacob Wright and Tackle
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1 hour ago, Tommikka said:
I did manage to satisfy the inquisitive police, asking me what I was doing parked up late one evening, with one talking to me through the window while the other curiously scanned through my back window
I’’m on my way back from having run an event and am having a rest stop ….. and not quite in these words but to the nosey one at the back ….. “That’s shit loads of guns and pyro bagged & boxed up in there”
They were perfectly happy with that !
Because you were not doing anything illegal.
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7 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:
it probably couldn't hurt to be able to flash a policy and say "liability insurance" as a way to bamboozle a copper or CPS apparatchik who thinks that might matter.
Which would be approximately none of them.
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12 minutes ago, Tommikka said:
I’ve decided to bite the bullet and have signed up to JustCos to see the policy cover for myself ……
On sign up (and payment) you receive a copy of the policy certificate (Zurich insurance):
Name of Insured: Just-Cos
This is to confirm that Just-Cos have in force with this Company until the
policy expiry on 17 May 2024 insurance incorporating the following essential
features:
Policy Number: @@@@@@@@@@
Renewal Date: 18 May 2024
Limits of Indemnity:
Public Liability: £5,000,000 any one event
Products Liability: £5,000,000 for all claims in the aggregate during
any one period of insurance
Pollution Liability: As per Products Liability
Professional Services Extension £1,000,000 any one event
Note: Cover for Financial Loss, and Third Party Property Damage or Bodily Injury is provided where arising from advice or services carried out by the Insured in the furtherance of its purpose as a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation.
Excess:
Public Liability: Nil any one claim
Products Liability: Nil any one claim
Pollution Liability: Nil any one claim
Professional Services Extension: Nil any one claim
Indemnity to Principals:
Covers include a standard Indemnity to Principals Clause in respect of
contractual obligations.
Full Policy:
The policy documents should be referred to for details of full cover.That means unlike the wording on the JustCos website I have not purchased insurance of £5m public liability for £20, but I have joined a club/society that has £5m PLI ‘per event’ - and covers injury / damage arising from the advice of JustCos
If I have any actual cover then it’s only the full £5m if I am the only member at any event then I can claim against £5m of PLI, but if there are two or more then the cover drops - there’s no mention of ‘being scarey’,
Just-Cos is a membership based insurance policy. We approached them with a view to covering CosPlayers with Public Liability insurance in their right as a re-enactor to wear and carry costume articles that may prove alarming or ‘scary’ to third parties who may not understand our purpose. This policy particularly covers the right to carry imitation weaponry that could otherwise be mistaken as real or mistakenly reported as an offensive weapon.
In today’s ‘Americanised’ legal system of ‘No claim no fee’ companies and similar ambulance chasers, it is now more important than ever to be protected by insurance. It’s better to be safe than sorry, right?
Just-Cos is exactly that: It’s just for us CosPlayers.
You can join up for a small annual fee of £20, that’s it. For your £20 you will receive £5 million maximum claim cover against public liability. It’s quite unlikely that you’ll ever need to use it and we sincerely hope you don’t! That is not all though.
With membership we have power! We can use our strength in numbers to apply for discounts and other awesome deals on behalf of the club. This is just the beginning and it’s your chance to be part of it.
Based on that, it does appear that Just-Cos’ insurance does not protect individual cosplayers as it covers events put on by Just-Cos.
The membership is being mis-sold.
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1 hour ago, woody_2231 said:
m5x12mm flat head screw.
Super, many thanks!
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Does anyone know, or would anyone be kind enough to measure, the thread size and length of the upper screw that holds a solid stock on an LCT AK74?
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30 minutes ago, gavinkempsell said:
Took my...
Scar-H gbbr, it hated the cold so wasn't used
XM177 gbbr, worked pretty well, locked open a few times due to the cold but felt good in game
L85A1 aeg(with dd rail), forgot to reattach the bipod (DOH!) but had good range and accuracy, the SUSAT was limiting on zoom but fine without it applied
L85 carbine aeg, plan B, but didn't need it as all my other pews passed the crono test
Mk18 aeg, just wanted to see how it felt in game but it only left the boot of my car to crono
Crikey! I felt that taking three was too much of a faff!
1 hour ago, Shamal said:Had an exhausting day at the ucap bunkers Portsmouth today.
My bb attraction device was set on hi and performed faultlessly hence many facial injuries but it's my choice not to wear full face protection so can't moan. Well I did anyway just for effect😂
The hunny badger,which has never let me down did! First shot through chrono and it made a strange whirring noise when trigger pulled so I'm thinking a gear stripped of teeth?
I managed to catch a bb in my mouth which nearly stripped my teeth!
It hit my bottom lip and as my mouth opened to say 'FUCK,' Mr bb carried right on in! It did make a mess of my lip though☹️
Anyway game play was intense and fast paced despite my efforts to slow it down. I racked up 6 good clean kills,two friendly hits and half a dozen disputed hits.
Overall game etiquette was great and there was no nastiness at all. The marshalls did a great job of being everywhere at all times and directing game play which helped keep the games flowing nicely.
Thanks to all staff👍
Went home hurt but happy 😊
If it was the Ares, it was probably the back of the piston breaking off; their pistons are notorious for doing it.
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2 minutes ago, DanBow said:
That says that its for the manufacture, import and sale of RIFs, not ownership.
b)he modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm;
How do you modify an airsoft imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm? You remove the brightly coloured paint or overspray it.- GraniteFraggle and Rogerborg
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17 minutes ago, DanBow said:
Yep, as the man says, they don't allow them! @superwok any idea why?
Begs the question, how would they know? If i bought a 2 tone and did a decent spray job, how could they tell?
Because Andy Stevens felt that they undermined the argument that using them negated the "immersion" contention that was part of the rationale for us to keep our non-brightly coloured toys.
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I am really not sure what they are providing insurance against; they mention public liability relating to dressing up and carrying "scary" items including imitation weaponry or having such reported as being an offensive weapon, but what are the members actually being insured against?
Public liability insurance covers against the cost of claims for:
Personal injuries
Loss of, or damage to, property
Death
You cannot insure against being arrested for carrying a RIF or any type of offensive weapon or for dressing up as something scary. Perhaps the insurance is in case someone has a heart attack or is injured running away from what they perceive to be someone wielding a gun or dressed as a a monster.
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I had not intended to play airsoft today; I had been planning to visit either Airsoft Plantation or Dragons Lair on Sunday, but the weather forecast intervened, threatening very heavy rain in the southern part of Essex.
Therefore, on Friday afternoon, I decided that I would spend today at Tactical Warfare Airsoft, near Croydon, a site that I last visited with the lad on December 23rd, when we were both impressed with how it had improved. It has an interestingly varied woodland part with a number of structures, including some in the base of an old pit, and a CQB village.
In the morning, about 42 players were present, a mixture of experienced players, black clad speedybois, who are drawn in by the CQB village, and a large numbers of rentals.
I took three rifles with me; two of which I intended to use. One was my MPiKM, to which I had fitted a new CYMA gear box as the previous combination of the CYMA body, Begadi hop and LCT gearbox was not a success. My guess at where the hop should be set turned out to be spot on and it shot like a dream. I highly recommend the Begadi AK hops to anyone. Another was my "built from bits" M4, fitted with one of @ak2m4's brushless motors and a Perun Hybrid; this was just along for testing and also shot perfectly.
After the morning rituals, we set off for our first game, which was in the CQB village. The first thing that struck me was the mud; it was epic! Then came the realisation that the village had been significantly developed since my last visit, now being far more complex and a lot tighter. The game was a simple domination, using a card reader in the centre of the village; both sides had 10 cards, each of which could only be read once on each visit to the reader. Players had infinite regens on their start points. I found a superb position behind a fence and a bush, which gave me a great view over two of the main routes through the village; I got a huge number of hits, completely cutting off those routes, without getting hit once. We won the game by an impressive margin as the other team seemed hesitant to push up.
Following this, we wandered off to do an attack/defence game in the Pit. Defenders had two lives and attackers had infinite regens. This was a timed game with the end being when the attackers had five players in the building at the base of the Pit. I started off with a group attacking the plateau on the far side of the Pit and was shot almost immediately by a sniper lurking on the back of the plateau. Returning from regen, i found that our group had taken the plateau and were pushing into the pit, while the other part of the team descended into it from the front. It took a while to winkle the defenders out of their positions and eventually take control of the building.
This game was then turned around; I usually defend the plateau but, on this occasion, decided to set up on top of the ridge to the side of the Pit, taking advantage of the MPiKM's range and accuracy. This proved profitable until I attracted the attention of a sniper, who potted me. I moved to another position slightly further round and had fun taking out attackers until the same sniper got me again.
We won by a reasonable time margin.
Then, it was back to the village for the barrel game, which is a staple of TWA. The attackers, with infinite regens, had to locate three numbered barrels in the village and get them back to their start point; again, this was a timed game. We were defending and I had a set of nice duels with enemy before being hit and falling back to a new position, where I was shot by my own side :(. Being my second hit, i was reduced to being a spectator.
This was then turned around; we recovered all three barrels in a slightly longer time than the other team.
All of these games were played without returning to the safe zone, which is a nice feature of TWA.
At lunch time, the morning-only players left, leaving both sides significantly reduced; after lunch the teams were rebalanced and we restarted with an interesting game. Each team had a base in the woods with a smoke grenade wired up to a remotely controlled detonator; two remote controls, one for each team, were hidden in the woods. The teams had to find their remote, take it back to their base and, hopefully, set off the grenade in the opponent's base; the catch was that each remote had two unmarked buttons, one would set off the grenade in the opponent's base, while the other would set off the one in your own base. This was a hard fought game with some great firefights, which ended with our opponents setting off the grenade in our base :(.
After this game, a number of players left, leaving us somewhat outnumbered; however, only slightly daunted, we set off to get two flags to the far end of the village from our regen at the Police Station; we had infinite regens and the defenders had one life each. This proved to be a bit of a struggle, but we eventually cleared them out.
In the reverse of the game, I started on the right of the village, intercepting a lot of attackers and forcing them to go back to their regen, before being potted.
After rebalancing the teams again, we ended up with a game around Badger Base; each team, with infinite regens, had to ensure that they had a player or players in the dugout at the end of the game, In the first iteration, we played from my favourite end and I had great fun taking out enemy players; however, they held the dugout at the end.
This was then turned around, with one of our players diving into the dugout just before the whistle went.
As in the morning, all the afternoon games were played without returning to the safe zone.
Overall, it was a rather good, well organised day of airsoft. There were a few niggles about hit taking involving a handful of players, which got a bit salty at one point, but this was handled well by the marshals.
Guns used:
Morning: CYMA MPiKM
Afternoon: Golden Eagle AMD 65
ASG Commander XP18 (CO2)- Shamal, Galvatron, gavinkempsell and 2 others
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37 minutes ago, Enid_Puceflange said:
Because : Gunbilical Cord
This! Several years ago, I used a friend’s HPA sniper rifle for a day. Never again.
It only remained on HPA for a short time as he also hated it.
Which retailers in the UK accept Just-Cos Cosplayer Insurance?
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I think you have 😝 Did you get the Ares sorted?