ParHunter

My first try at Camo painting. I’ve tried the sponge technique, worked out quite well. What do you think? The green isn’t quite as bright as in the picture.

As my old Tibetan Zen Sniper master said: “You have to think like a bush to become a bush!” 😀

I bought a Trident SPR after I had to return my Specna Arms because of faults. I love the gun, it is very sturdy but the UK version is a bit underpowered out of the box. It was only shooting at about 0.85J which seems standard for the UK version. I had Negative Airsoft upgrade it a bit and now it shoots at 1.06 - 1.08 with very good grouping. The gun is good out of the box, so you don’t have to upgrade it if you don’t want to but you know we always chase that little bit more 😉

I went from this to this in 7 months.

Same as above with the exception that I would of course do what my wife asks me to do straight away 😇 I guess leaving a few BBs in would not hurt the springs but it is safer to not have any loaded magazines in the house anyway. Having the mags fully loaded over a longer period would weaken the springs I believe. Regarding pistol/gas mags. Leave some pressure in the mags as that apparently helps with keeping the seal (just repeating what I read).

Yes Gore-Tex (or the other brand names) should say ‘Waterproof OR breathable’ and not ‘Waterproof AND breathable’. Yes they are waterproof and yes they are breathable but not both at the same time. They only breath when the pores are not blocked on the other side by the larger water molecules.

Well DNA has a compression ration of 1:7 (DNA vs deoxyribonucleic acid) so purely out of laziness I would prefer DNA (and I wouldn’t be able to pronounce it correctly anyway). With MK vs Mark we only have a compression ration of 1:2 so not really worth it. And when you actually use phonetic language the MK comes out longer than the word it abbreviates.

Thanks found one that will do Alpine Spudz Microfiber pouch

Socks are very important! Given how deep the mud is in places and streams of water just running through the woods I am considering getting some Seal Skinz socks. They are supposed to make every shoe ‘waterproof’. I’ve got some Sealskinz gloves and they are very good. I believe the Army is issuing these now.

Hi, Played this morning (Driver Woods) and had a few problems with my LPVO (Vortex crossfire). As it was quite cold outside I had condensation on the glass. I think it was just from the outside. It was difficult to make anything out through the optics as everything looked like it was foggy. How do you handle that during game play. Do you carry a soft ‘glasses’ cloth in your admin pouch?

I remember one tank commander putting his boots on the heater as he managed to step into a 1 meter deep ‘puddle’. When he tried to put the boots back on the sole still stuck to the heater.

Standard German Army issue? They must have improved a lot over the years. Back in 88 they were very solid but would give you the most beautiful blisters. Oh the joy when they then got infected as well. Our Sargent told us to urinate into the shoes to make the leather softer. I don’t think anyone took up that idea 😉

Hi I am planning on spray painting my AAP-01 pistol once it is warn enough (> 12 degrees) and dry enough (so by the looks of it that will be late May ;-( Is there a danger of paint getting into the gun? Do I need to cover the small gap between upper and lower? What would you tape off? Iron sights safety switch ’Ejection port’ Does anyone know of some cheap options for stencils? I bought a reusable one from Amazon but I am not too convinced of it. I have seen the Freedom Stencils but they are very expensive for what is basically just some stickers.

I am actually too scared to add it all up. I’ve started this year in May with my son. I knew that my gun alone was £700 (Krytac incl upgrades from Negative Airsoft and a Vortex scope) so my guess was that I spend about £1000 on Airsoft over the year. When I’ve added it up it actually came to twice the amount. And that didn’t even include what I’ve spent on my son’s games&equipment and a lot of the smaller purchases. RIF Gear Pistol Consumable Krytac 350 Vest 40 AAP 90 BBs 80 Optics 200 Plate Carrier 70 Mags 100 Games 200 Negative Airsoft 161 Pouches 30 Gas 30 Oil 5 Mount 22 BDU 40 Holster 30 Tools 30 Sling 20 Shirt 25 grip 14 G3 pants 85 Mags 36 Knee pads 15 Crono 34 Camo 60 Fast loader 35 Sniper Veil 55 Case 85 Boonie 15 Coms 30 Veil 7.57 Face pro 45 Eye pro 80 Belt 25 Camo paint 20 Total 957 642.57 250 315 Grant Total 2164.57 Regarding AI in software development, I use ChatGPT when I need to figure something out and it really helps when learning a new language. E.g. I am moving from Java (27 years of experience) to Kotlin and I can ask it how I would solve a problem in Kotlin and give it some Java code. BUT!!! It often comes up with stuff that doesn’t exists or it contradicts itself in subsequent requestes. So yes it can be very helpful but you always have to question the results. And you need to ask the right questions. I think AI will help with doing a lot of the boiler plate code but you will still need Developers - at least for a while, hopefully long enough for me to retire 😉

Some one is selling a FMA Fast SF Helmet for £75 https://airsoft-forums.uk/classifieds/item/43958-fma-fast-sf-helmet-black-ml/ when you can buy it new for £49 https://www.apextacgear.com/products/copy-of-fma-ballistic-aramid-thick-and-heavy-version-helmet-acu-tb1321-tb1322 That’s a bargain (for the seller not the buyer that is 😉 Update: Looks like you would need to pay a bit of Shipping but you can still get it slightly cheaper from AliExpress. All these different helmets are confusing. Is there a page that shows all the different variations and what the differences are?

Yes saw that. The prices really was convincing when it normally retails for £50 on AliExpress. Today the price already went up £10 again. What is the name of the App? I’ve tried to search for Chronograph or WoSport on the Apple App Store but didn’t find anything that looked like that screenshot

That looked too inviting 😉 Cancelled my other order for the E9800 and ordered this one instead.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have seen the HT-x3006 before but didn’t like that you have to attach it to your gun. We’ve got 4 guns all with different size muzzles or compressors so having to change that every time would be a bit annoying. The E9800 looks good for the price. Might give that a go. Has anyone done some comparisons between this one and a more expensive one? No point in getting one if it over/under reads by a country mile (per seconds 😉

I don’t strictly need a chrono as I don’t build my own guns but that doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t want one 😉 I just don’t want to spend much on it when I would only use occasionally. Do you have any recommendations for affordable chronographs? What is the minimum you have to spend? I guess options from AliExpress should be avoided? I had a look at used ones here on the forum but they don’t tend to come up often. There are no used ones on eBay either.

Looks good, especially the Attack Sense setup but the prices are quite expensive. £20 for 2 hour Airsoft range? I pay that for half a day of skirmish and that includes a range as well.

Are there any shooting ranges in the South East where you can shoot your pew pew? I've checked with my local site DriverWood on whether you could use just the range but the price was nearly as much as a half day skirmish and I think you could only do it during the week and not on the weekend.

Am I missing something here? A FMA team Wendy helmet is £50 on Patrol base. Are the additions really worth £60?

I am definitely going to drive! I was expecting a delivery today from pdp and the app told me it was delivered. However the picture that they’ve uploaded as proof of delivery showed a door I did not recognise. I walked up our street to check but could not find the door. No idea where they’ve delivered that parcel.

Looks like I am going to use my own 4 wheels to do that. It is just a 3 hour round trip, could have been worse.