Dave M

Christmas is here as are some new goodies. 
 
Santa brought a WE EU19 in tan and some other cool bits, a fire pig (amplifier) and side mount rail for my new RPK. A 4x acog for my M4 and a load a few new patches ☺️

Merry Christmas all of you 

Ooh I'm jelly right now, saw some M9A1s come in but I'd wanted something else even longer and getting both was being rather OTT.  But whatever you have, you always want 'the other thing' or the same thing in the other colour ha.
 
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I'm well behind on posting stuff I 'just bought', this is the early-mid '22 stuff.
 
 

 
-Crye G4 combat shirt Full-MC, G3 combat shirt Navy, G3 combat trousers Navy, Grey and MARPAT, G4 temperate combat trousers RG, G2/AC combat trousers US 3 Col Desert, G3 field trousers US Wood, 152 pouch MC Trop
-AXL Equinox cummerbund MC and eclipse belt in grey
-SHAW ARC chest rig kit RG and tourniquet holder
-2 x Tac Tailor 10rnd 762 pouches MC
-Magpul type 1 MLOK covers, AFG2 mount, MLOK pressure pad mount
-HBindustries scorpion handguard
-Unity tac sparks in Red and IR variations
-Varusteleka TST field trousers M04 camo and a lovely merino beanie in a classic dark brown (love this most tbh)
-Scho-Ka-Kola (huge box of 10 tins, 1 pictured)
-Aclima BDSM-kink-lookin' merino base layer shirt

GHK RPK to go with my AKM 
 
Now, has anyone got a spare kidney they arent using?

Well the JG Works RPK arrived, full metal  and wood with EBB. It is quite the weapon at nearly 5kg..
 
I will get some better pictures but this is it for now.

Spotted in my local airsoft group; a G&G MP5-A4 with EBB and 7 magazines, 6 midcaps and 1 hicap. Initially it was £80 but when going to test it before buying, the gun is jammed up. It clicks and sounds like the motor is trying to work but the gear box is locked tight apparently. Rear drum sight is damaged and flash hider is missing. Dropped the price to £50. Interestingly, the hop up adjustment is a linear/sliding type. Not seen that before.
 
Going to try and remedy the locked up gearbox over the weekend. Thankfully the gun is easy to strip and i'm sure it uses a standard V2 gearbox which should be simple enough to work on. I found a good video showing a full disassembly of the same gun. Hopefully all the parts are okay however the fire selector was loose so I suspect someone has already been inside it. I'm hoping that they've just got the motor screwed too high and it's stopping the gears spinning which is possible from what i've read.
 
UPDATE: The gun works! I unscrewed the motor all the way and incrementally screwed it back in until it engaged and cycled the gun then fine tuned it a bit more from there however it was still fairly 'whiney'. It's only running on 7.4v lipo so it's slower than what i'm used to but it still sounds poor. I disassembled the gun to find that the base of the gearbox hadn't been closed properly from whoever was in there previously. After opening and inspecting it looks like the gears have (what i'd assume is) normal wear, they don't looked stripped/snapped/chipped or damaged excessively. The tappet plate looks like it's taken some hits (it's plastic) but this is easily fixed, same with the gears. I reassembled the gearbox (even got the case closed properly) and reassembled the gun. It actually sounds less 'whiney' than before so I must have done something right. Will look into getting a new gearset and tappet plate and try my hand at shimming it on payday.
 
 

Maple Leaf MLC S2 Chassis 

Well the JG Works RPK arrived, full metal  and wood with EBB. It is quite the weapon at nearly 5kg..
 
I will get some better pictures but this is it for now.

Back at Zed again last night. Lots of fun as always and new game formats which keeps things fresh. Yeah our team wasn't the winning one but I don't think anyone really cared, we all had fun shooting people in the dark and that's all that matters.
Took a doozie of a hit to the forehead, other guy was coming up the escalator so his position meant my cap caught the BB and directed it to just above my eyebrow. Only noticed I was leaking when I got back to the safe zone and got that 'ooh that looks hurty' look from the other players and then a marshal appeared with a first aid kit 😂 Bit of a wipe and with the application of the worlds smallest plaster I was ready to go again. I look like I've popped a massive zit today though.
Worth noting that hit taking was on point all night, didn't hear a single grumble from anyone.
 
Also my rental battery went flat and while it was being changed a guy on our team handed my his MP7 and said 'fill yer boots' (or words to that effect) and I have to say that I could certainly be tempted!! Although I'd need a ton of mags 😁
 
Oh and one more thing ... I finally got my UKARA sorted!!!! There'll be a couple of deliveries next week ☺️

Nearly bumped into you then.  Looks like they had a successful day all in all because I went in to pick up the boy's M16 after they fixed its mashed gearbox, and see what they could do with my SVU.  Bumped into the person that domed me at AWA last week. 
 
Anyway, as per my other thread.  The sadness felt at the demise of the SVU resulted in the purchase of this:
 

 
Which rather annoyingly, the grip has just separated itself from the fecking reciever.   😨
 

Having never really done any 'tech' work on my airsoft stuff outside changing barrels, nubs and buckings i've decided my first victim is going to be my Shadow 2 pistol. Sadly all the parts I needed are on JKArmy and will take a couple weeks to arrive.
 

Well the JG Works RPK arrived, full metal  and wood with EBB. It is quite the weapon at nearly 5kg..
 
I will get some better pictures but this is it for now.

Well the JG Works RPK arrived, full metal  and wood with EBB. It is quite the weapon at nearly 5kg..
 
I will get some better pictures but this is it for now.

Well the JG Works RPK arrived, full metal  and wood with EBB. It is quite the weapon at nearly 5kg..
 
I will get some better pictures but this is it for now.

Well the JG Works RPK arrived, full metal  and wood with EBB. It is quite the weapon at nearly 5kg..
 
I will get some better pictures but this is it for now.

Well, I am well and truly hooked now. My Cyma m4 has been stood down and a shiny new m4 is here…
 
and yesterday I sold one of my guitars to reinvest in another new toy.. A JG RPK replica. It doesn’t say so on the advert on PB but it looks like it is EBB. I will post a pic when it arrives. Substantially cheaper than most other shops where it was £280…

Well the JG Works RPK arrived, full metal  and wood with EBB. It is quite the weapon at nearly 5kg..
 
I will get some better pictures but this is it for now.

Morning all, hope all are well. 
Just a quick hello to the group and how i got to where i am, in brief. 
 
Started like most, went to a few meets, got hooked then brought my first rif. 
An S&T M4, which was poo, gearbox was a mess, grease so old it was like concrete. 
Why not return you might ask, well i enjoy learning, fixing and rebuilding just as much as skirmish. 
So it began, now there isnt a great deal left from the orignal rif and a large hole in my bank account and apologies ahead, yes i turned the M4 in to a DMR, sorry, i was new and didnt know any better lol. 
However it is absolutely bad ass. 
Now i have a resonable collection
M249
4 or 5 different M4's
M40a5
M9
3 shotguns
Highly modded M4 to DMR. 
The M40a5 was another noob buy, highly modded so snatched it up for £300, only to find it was dog ****, so i have now stripped, repaired, painted and rebuilt. 
Missing springs, paint in the working parts, just generally an unholy mess. 
The last missing spring will be installed today and testing begins. 
 
Hmmm, i intended that to be shorter ha. 
 
Thats me though, stupid purchases but then loads of enjoyment repairing, improving and painting to rebuild and test. Just love that side of it. 
 
Thank you for reading. 
 
Doc

Well the JG Works RPK arrived, full metal  and wood with EBB. It is quite the weapon at nearly 5kg..
 
I will get some better pictures but this is it for now.

My wallet hates me right now...
 
Went to onlyairsoft in Stevenage yesterday to get a few items...
 
Bought a case big enough to fit the Striker12, a pistol case for my Webley revolver and some BBs...
 
Then I saw a KWA GBB Skorpion in one of the display cases.  After handling the Skorpion and test firing it on the range, I was walking out the shop with it and 3 extra 40 round mags

Original TM Hk51 in surprisingly good condition for a gun from 1998 

Well, I am well and truly hooked now. My Cyma m4 has been stood down and a shiny new m4 is here…
 
and yesterday I sold one of my guitars to reinvest in another new toy.. A JG RPK replica. It doesn’t say so on the advert on PB but it looks like it is EBB. I will post a pic when it arrives. Substantially cheaper than most other shops where it was £280…

Hi @Dave M 👋
Welcome to the forum, full of advice and like minded players! 🔫🤪👍
Good luck sorting out your gear, we’ve all been through this process, watch your bank account! 😂
💷GAMBLE💷
 

Hi Everyone, 
 
Newbie here, so thought I should say hi.
 
I have so far only played at Blackhills in Chesterfield which I have found to be a great friendly bunch of peeps.
 
I am currently fighting the urge to spend on things I probably don’t need. 
 
I only have one RIF, which is a Cyma m4 with a few bolt on bits in Black and Tan. 
 
Look forward to chatting with you all.
 
Dave

Thanks for the advice, I will certainly do that.
 
 I did start this journey (prior to joining the forum) with some of the sticky topics around gear and rigs so have not gone to far off track.
 
From what I have seen at the skirmish sessions I have attended, everyone has kit lust, most people think everyone else’s RIF is better. And the ones who have spent crazy money modifying them , spend most of their day complaining about how their set up needs x y z and is hampering their performance. 
 
That is quite funny to watch 😂

Thanks for the advice, I will certainly do that.
 
 I did start this journey (prior to joining the forum) with some of the sticky topics around gear and rigs so have not gone to far off track.
 
From what I have seen at the skirmish sessions I have attended, everyone has kit lust, most people think everyone else’s RIF is better. And the ones who have spent crazy money modifying them , spend most of their day complaining about how their set up needs x y z and is hampering their performance. 
 
That is quite funny to watch 😂