Gunboat Diplomat

This boneyard (but fully functioning) Specna M4. I bought this specifically to do a HPA build but it seems to run really well so I’m in two minds about gutting it for HPA. No model number on it so if anyone can identify it I’d be grateful. It uses the old style hop unit and a Tamiya connector. After a clean up it’s in great shape and the receiver and hand guard feel really substantial. I think it might be a very early ONE series?

Relying to my own post above, the only workable way to fill the GM mag is to eject the shell and lock back the follower which is a bit of a faff. I destroyed my speed loader this weekend trying to load this and my DE stanag mag, then borrowed someone else's loader which lasted one mag before shattering a BB inside itself jamming the feed chute. So I'm now on the hunt for a better speed loader. The 6mmProShop one's look good but they are only available from the US with hefty shipping.

What speedload adapters work with V4 GM P-Mags? I cannot for love nor lust get my loader to top or front feed my new V4 Pmag. Apparently GM changed the castings on this new version. Am I going to have to eject the shell every time I want to load it?

Double Eagle’s new DD MK18. Early days yet, so not done much more than chrono it so far. Hopefully get to use it in anger this weekend, though I only have 2 mags and none of my speedloaders are any good at feeding them.

I reckon old Monty would be right at home in a ghillie, laying in wait for the fool who steps on his hydrangeas. Don by name...

Got through a few thousand of their .25s without issue in the past. I'd use them again happily.

I watched the first episode the other night after seeing this thread, and thought it was utter shite. Does it get better? Worth another go? Struck me as just another low-IQ combat-bro series with slightly above average use of props.

I use Bolle Tracker IIs (about £10 a pair) along with Revision antifog wipes (about £5 each but they are multi use). As long as I'm on the move they stay fog free.

I'll second the vote for any of the Specna Edge 2.0 models or the Double Eagle Falcon equipped RIFs. I wouldn't buy something without a proper ETU (Electronic Trigger Unit) these days and the Aster in the Edge 2.0s and the Falcon in the Double Eagles are both solid, well featured units. The X-ASR in the plain Specna Edge models is reportedly crap and prone to failure so I'd avoid them. Airsoft internal barrel length is largely academic and the performance variations between the extremes of barrel length are minimal. Handgaurd and outer barrel lengh are going to be more significant in terms of ergonomics. Do you want a long gun with lots of rail space or do you want something shorter that you can use in CQB environments?

Can you not order from someone like WGC shop or JKArmy and have them ship it directly to SA? I'm not sure what the import rules are for SA but presumably no different to your sister trying to bring it in person on the plane.

If you like that one you should see their other auction... only £20 for an instant site ban and a personal injury claim. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126540465210?itmmeta=01J1PZ3SRGWNSZ5WFMS97V4HAT&hash=item1d7666443a:g:p7gAAOSwWbVmFDwv

Close to the sun indeed, didn’t realise at the time just how close to the limit the Guarder 100 would take me. I’ve kept the factory spring in my game day kit so I can do a quick change should I fail chrono. Oh I’ve no plans to try and chase any more consistency, it shoots fine irrespective of the numbers. This thread is really just for curiosity sake, the result of a quiet afternoon when I probably should have been fixing my garden fence but instead decided to play with my toys. I am yes, as you say shifting the muzzle around can make quite a difference so for each group of shots I keep it pretty much static.

I recently picked up a cheap chrono from AliExpress so have been doing some testing to see how my Double Eagle fairs in terms of consistency, but I'm wondering what the benchmark is? I've done several runs of between 10 and 20 shots and nearly all are between 1-3FPS of one another, but then occasionally one shot may deviate by maybe 10-12FPS. I'm not really sure here if that is an error in the chrono reading or a sporadic inconsistency in the gun. Here's an egregious example where one shot drops by 28fps, but the variance can be up or down and is usually less dramatic: I had another example of a shot reading at 307fps, which for a .28g BB puts me well over the UK limit, but I'm struggling to see where it suddenly gained all that extra power from for a single shot. For reference the gun has a Guarder 100 spring, ZCI hop unit, Macron 60 and Omega nub. I'll frame this all by saying I don't really have any complaints about the gun in the field, this is all the the name of science/being a geek.

You could buy some of those silica gel pouches and chuck one in each box.

Can’t imagine it’s a problem. I think most hop rubbers are made of silicone which can tolerate temperatures much higher than your loft is ever going to reach. Assuming your house doesn’t catch fire.