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I actually prefer cold/mild temperatures in Autumn and Winter as long as it's not raining heavily. It's much more comfortable for me than in the baking heat of late Spring and Summer.

That's a lot more honesty than one person we spotted recently on a couple of other airsoft classifieds who had been trying to deceive potential buyers into paying a lot more than his gear was actually worth. He became rather upset when some of us asked him for more info. Maybe he can take a leaf out of your book?

You don't have to dictate Milton or Tolstoy but you could give us a bit more rope to help you. What's not working? A VPN, resetting your router or both? Is there a change in your IP address? There are 4 octets in the number punctuated by a decimal. Your broadband/WAN IP address is the one you need to pay attention to. If that stays the same with a router soft reset (turn it off and on), you may have a static IP or if only the last octet changes, you may have a limited dynamic address that an IP block could be set to cover. It may be worth trying a few free VPN apps on your phone. Not all VPNs work the same way as some may still show the same IP address even if they mask your physical location.

You've got to love these expensive toys that function as normal but struggle to shoot consistently. The issue is so easy to repair that the seller hasn't done it himself to improve the resale value on his two-tone GBBR. https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/37769-tokyo-marui-mk18-mod1-gbbr He also pulls the "hard to get" card but I find it this particular example of the Mk18 hard to want without full transparency on the problems with it.

I'm not. Do you use a free or public VPN service?

My thoughts too. I get the PTS AEG has that licensing premium and it has a high-torque motor but I don't see the benefit over a DE M904/M906 series AEG with a couple of upgrades at its price. There's no mention of a tight-bore barrel either so I assume the PTS AEG doesn't have one.

It turns out I did get the pricing wrong. It's more of a rip-off than I thought as two people more eagle-eyed than myself called it out as a Golden Eagle brand of Mk 18. https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/rif-s/gas-powered_1/mk18-gas-blow-back-rifle_i77483

What a bunch of killjoy jobsworths. Signed.

Don't be so harsh on him. Can't you see the value is in the 5 magic bean CO2 capsules?!

They were priced about the same until a new batch in late 2023/early 2024 from DE came in much cheaper.

It's probably worth sharing an image of such a speedloader. I may well have seen one but not caught its name.

Welcome! As Rogerborg alluded to, one of the biggest mistakes we see new players make is buying a two-tone either in the buzz of having done their first game or right at the start instead of doing a rental. For whatever reason they sell their two-tone starter pack, they usually struggle to resell. Especially if you're playing in woodland or sites with uneven changes in elevations or tripping hazards, boots with ankle support are a must.

I have the Double Eagle version and reckon it's pretty decent. At the £40-50 price point, I think it's decent value now. It's only been fielded so many times but it's been reliable and taken a few knocks without anything breaking. The paint on the shell release lever and the front sling attachment ring does flake off quite easily if that sort of thing bothers you.

I understand too why Mike is unable to announce the very sad news right now and Dan has relieved my caution. Damn, Ollie was open about the grim diagnosis and didn't expectations but it doesn't make hearing this easier. Having a decent chin wag with him at the Midlands Airsoft Fair and discovering we have somewhat similar professional backgrounds while nerding out about barrel and bucking combinations formed a bond quite quickly. I can only imagine how devastating this is for his closest friends and family. Ollie's not only raised awareness of bowel cancer but done the most extraordinary job helping unite airsoft communities and create new airsoft fans. Fighting it as bravely as he did is something I hope I can do if I had to battle a terminal illness. Rest easy, Ollie.

Well, it's back.

Technically you can but run without an anti-reversal latch but I would never chance or recommend it for the reasons EDcase gave. Way too risky. It's like a spleen, you can live without yours but if you don't take antibiotics to compensate, expect a shorter life expectancy. With my Perun MOSFET, it explicitly states that active braking should be disabled when running it with a brushless motor. I assume the same would apply in your case.

In his weak defence, ASG specifies a very low energy rating itself. https://actionsportgames.com/en-gb/productcatalog/products/guns/rifles/ds4-carbine My biggest issue is the seller's lack of openness that just because it is a plinker, that doesn't mean it's skirmishable. Some poor not so knowledgeable newbie may not understand they're not getting a bargain but being exploited. I guess it's the CYMA CM.507 but as you said, his item description is as helpful as a bunghole on your elbow.

I want Angela Scanlon to deliver my next RIF purchases on a silver platter with her Irish charm. I want Sydney Sweeney to do my chrono tests and only mine at each skirmish I go to. In all seriousness, if you won't disclose who you work for or what you're getting out of what half-reads like a Chat GPT response, I don't think you should be surprised if there are sarcastic or suspicious replies. What is a "large airsoft company"? A site manager? A retailer? A distributor/reseller? What do you get out of this?

Noise and keeping BBs within the boundaries of your property aren't the only concerns. The jaded git that I've become would think some busybody neighbours may get the wrong idea if they see you in your garden with what appears to be a real gun then report you without speaking to you first to clear any misunderstanding because of this culture of fear the media has driven the UK into.

https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/37434-air-soft-rifle The seller is pretty divorced from reality if he thinks his two-tone is worth £20 more than retail for the RIF alternative. https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/cyma-cm-507-ar-15-airsoft-aeg-assault-rifle

I am with airsoft welcoming all but speedsofters who abuse abuse semi-only rules in CQB are a bane that keep me away from airsoft sites that accommodate them.

Our man who was dreaming of his overpriced and deceitful G&G gun is back with another dream. https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/37379-mk18-gbbr He's not declared the brand so I suspect that it's the CYMA/EMG Daniel Defense version of the Mk 18, which is a couple of hundred quid less expensive than TM's version. I priced up the other bits I can see from and in total I've got ~£770 for the CYMA Mk18, two additional STANAG mags, the Theta Optics RDS, a DBAL-A2 & torch and a mock suppressor, all brand new. From which body cavity did he pull £780 for all of this gear used? I'll put my hand up if I've got the gun and pricing wrong.

Is that word round the campfire or from the developer or webmaster? It was down at least a year ago and came back so I'd wait to see what the actual outcome is. I assume it was taken down because of the scams that sellers were hit by. As I understand it, it's run by a one-man army who worked on it in his spare time. He doesn't seem to respond to communications, not just with the recent spam but where there are/were some spammers/scammers who advertised this self help and general snake oil shite.

All I can say is...

As Chev alluded to, you should definitely complement a hammer spring upgrade with a recoil spring upgrade.