TheFull9

Just a recent trend I think is interesting, I'd like to hear if others have twigged it/think the same. If I recall correctly, it was around 10-12 years ago when the KJW GBB M4 came out and that was the first gas-in-mag assault rifle style airsoft gun ever.. or at least in a long time/actually practical, affordable, available and quite reliable. Then very shortly after there was the Western Arms GBB M4s (plastic body?) and G&P WOCs, plus the WE 'closed bolt' system within very short order. Plus of course some budget priced clones of the above. Then it wasn't too long before the first GHK guns if I recall, but those first 3 were definitely all hot on each others' heels and all the 'softers were pitching tents and drawing battle lines on which system was like totally the bestest one. After a couple of years that hype very much died down. There was the WE open bolt AR, the KWA system sprung up and then died down alongside the WA and KJW systems also dying off in terms of popularity and availability. I'd say from roughly 2014-2021 (big ish) there was a lull. The MWS is obviously king now, but it didn't start that way, or at least it didn't seem like that to me? I don't know when it first released but it was definitely a few years back and you didn't see all that much support for it initially, but now it's possibly the most highly serviced platform in the game (aside the AR AEG) in terms of aftermarket parts, receivers, accessory sets etc with various base models from TM in production and a few chinese clones. Or if not in 2nd place then definitely up there and definitely enjoying way more popularity than any GBBR did for many years prior to 2022. I've not touched and MWS but presumably they work decently all year round else they wouldn't sell here in the UK, probably overall quite a bit more reliable than those old systems and once the word spread on that it really revamped interest in these types of RIFs. I have no actual dog in the fight or a point here in general, I really like all the main archetypes: some spring guns, AEGs, EBB/NGRS and GBBRs all for different reasons.. just not modern HPAs obviously 🤮

I suppose they have a fairly painful/powerful little 'danger zone' where if you catch every bb in one blast on your exposed skin/tight clothes within.. ~5-10m(?) then that's a fair bit of energy transfer, but I gotta say I barely ever see these things actually be used in games. That's 100% totally anecdotal of course, but I feel like they're rare sights at most sites and you'd have to be fairly unlucky to experience the aforementioned scenario. That said I think there's a fair few airsofters in the UK who probably have one local site to go along with their local pub and that's their stomping ground 2-4 times a month. Then if that site is one of the very few indoor game zones with tons of close shooting and then a few regulars get interested in TM 870s and also get their mates in to them... Either way, you can definitely pelt 5+ shots in to someone in a second or so with an AR AEG with nice internals using semi auto for sure, but I don't think I've ever personally been in a site brief where there was a hard and fast rule against quickly spamming AEG semi shots under 10m to try and win an engagement. Obviously one should stop once their opponent has their hand up, I've been on both the receiving end of over shooting up close and at least twice I can think of I've started pulling the trigger quickly and unfortunately put quite a few bbs in to someone 5m away before my brain's registered their hit call and made my finger stop moving.

And just to emphasise that point - not modified by much at all 😂 mostly just slapped a ranger plate and some tan paint on it (I won't make the obvious analogy just in case).

Issued Sharpshooter pouches very cheap on ebay and tough as old boots. Generally look at any '7.62' pouches you'll get a ton of results searching that, long as it's not for AK, should be good.

Not what I was saying at all, impressive leap though. It's a forum thread about slings, relax.

I used to like him in the early days when he talked about nylon gear, boots etc, but a lot of the videos in the past couple of years have been more like demolition ranch. Not a dig people can enjoy what they like, but it's not really for me anymore (mostly). That setup is actually mega common, certainly in a recent history context, but it's one of those things that's so basic that it's not 'cool' and doesn't get highlighted much; kinda taken as read type type info, even though it isn't. By far the best social media account I know of right now is this one (was a post there made me switch to said sling config) - https://www.instagram.com/redbeardtactical.de/ It's just not at all relevant 90% of the time if you're someone purely interested in playing skirmishes with bb guns.

This one should answer that (I think the answer is basically no, not much cheek protection). As I say, if the thought of getting your face low enough to look through a sight is affecting your choice of face pro I'd advise not letting it. There's loads of dead cheap pic rail risers out there to stack any optic as tall as you like, plus drop stocks like the G&G and up close you absolutely don't need to see through your sight (or even at range if your eyesight is good since every shot is a tracer).

Some real police setups that spring to mind; I've never persued such a setup for my airsoft kit so I've no idea how to make it happen but anything is possible with glue and/or 3d printers. HOWEVER, that's a lot of faff and just not having a stock/only using a folded stock in the folded position is quite possibly a much better option, particularly since our gats have no recoil, huge magazines and every shot is an instant tracer.

Other than the backpack carry method I don't know what you gain using the issued sling on an SA80 series weapon, last time I deployed I used (for the very few hours I actually carried my rifle) an Edgar Sherman 2-point and it was waaay better than the standard issue. The quick adjust feature on a 2 point does what the buckle and extra strap on a 3 point does in terms of length adjustment, except more betterer in every way I know of I'd have to say. @LzChase hard to say much from the picture tbh, your rear connection point makes a fair bit of difference to how much slack you'll ever have to play with in any given position. Either way, regardless of how much tension you like if you have a quick adjust 2-point you can always dial it in a practically-speaking infinite way to suit any given position or arrangement of kit. Personally the setup/carry method I'd recommend everyone to at least try for most circumstances is one that's considered 'the standard' by pretty much everyone I know of who's seriously worth listening to. You attach to the outboard side of your stock right at the back, then inboard on the handguard wherever suits but generally about as far forward as possible; then route the sling over your dominant shoulder and under your off-side arm pit. Best depiction I could find is here: https://reconbrothers.com/training/tactical-gun-sling-setup/ I like a 1-point attach at the stock base for indoor only games sometimes, but that's because indoor airsoft is very much getting in to the realms of a sport and is extra far removed from almost anything that'd probably happen in real life.

I mean that's the same for everything in this lark 😂 but airsoft stuff is too cheap to ever say anything much with certainty, hell probably applies to the likes of Magpul too I'd imagine they pump out millions of plastic bits per year so there's gonna be tolerance wobble. I'm sure someone here said their Magpul handguard dropped on easily, whereas with the one I have it can just about be persuaded on and is then one major sweary effort to remove, totally not viable for game use and currently being filed and sanded in to submission. On the other hand my VFC old school Surefire style lighted handguard fits great and just needed a hairs width of plastic reaming out of the pin hole to work perfectly, but I'd bet other people who try other examples of that handguard on their own TMs will have different experience. I had to have a LOT of work done to a real collapsible F stock to get it to fit, not a good idea at all. Personally my sum up is that I'd only expect TM NGRS MP5 stuff to just drop in, maybe the couple of laylax bits. RS and VFC GBB stuff is often close enough to be viable after work, but probably expect it to not fit out of the box. I don't think any other AEG MP5 stuff is viable except maybe some optics mounts but probably with work. If you approach it like that, you hopefully won't go super far wrong.

@BigStew I have a real mount that fits, so *presumably* they all will, also anything for the VFC GBB line seems good, or at least close. I think the old style AEG stuff often needs work from what someone else posted (?).

I'm just all about the late 90s vibes hon.

Think this is the latest FS thread.. It's extremely rare I have any sort of CS experience at all with an airsoft shop, but I've placed a few orders with FS recently. With my current living situation (have my old bedroom back home, mostly live on base 95%+) I'll sometimes order something then not touch it for months, so I can kinda lose track now and then. I bought some stuff what I thought was maybe 3 months ago, then another order about 3 weeks ago. E-mailed asking to return an item from the older order and 2 items from the newer - all 3 of said items totally unused, brand new condition in their packaging and fully ready for resale. Bearing in mind I once returned a multicam shirt to an american retailer 2 years later, which they were fine with again because it was new with the tags and in it's bag ready for resale so I thought this would be ok. Worst case they can just say no I'd be fine with that too. The reply I got was.. interesting. On the one hand, turned out my older order was actually 6 months ago and I'd lost track. The items had been sat there sealed up for all that time, so if they'd just said 'as per our policy which is X, we'll not accept a return'; I have no idea what the actual law is personally but that's fine, whatever. Being told, quote "it's unfair for you to even ask" however did feel patronising and I caaaan't stand being condescended to so I wasn't a fan of that. Just a professionally worded reply that I'd normally expect from a CS e-mail saying no, was all that was necessary. I returned the 2 items from the more recent order following their policy strictly, got those refunded pretty quickly so credit where it's due there. Bit of a mixed bag.

Either the sides get folded up a bit by the headband or you make cuts/do some sewing work.. or buy a really oversized hat to wear over it I guess? First 2 are what happens though, that's why folks wear either baseball caps under headsets or attach them to helmets. They're 2 items that are from different areas/eras of military kit.

Of the 3, the Razors and Leights are probably what I'd steer people towards. I've been on the range with the Razors, can say they work for sure, the Howard Leights have been the go-to budget electronic ear pro for a lot of people for absolutely donkeys, see them all the time in the states; definitely proven - simple but effective. Neither are quite as fancily made as 3M or Sordin naturally but what you lose in electronics function and military application is made up for in price. Earmor on the other hand tries to do a full on tactical comms headset but at the sport ear defence price, reality is there's no free lunch and my guesstimation is that's why their reviews are all over the place. I get why that particular combo appeals to the airsoft market, 100%, but to me that's a product that'd only be for costume posing, not actually playing a game that involves pyrotechnics.

Raided the dusty back shelves of 3 different shops for my weird old-man preferences (a lot of it is in foliage green).

Assuming the catch isn't the issue, all you could do is bend the metal outwards (which can cause a pinch and make things worse) or file some away, maybe sanding depending on how much material you need to remove. If you do this for a certain type of mag, then other types may be overly loose. Depends what else you've tried basically, mags wise. Best to borrow + test fit some other types, only takes a sec, see what works and out of those see which others you'd maybe want to buy/use.

Picture of a guy who got shot by a 50mm weapon: *This page left intentionally blank* Barrett have done a handful of bullpups actually well worth a look in to. M95, M99 and the M82A2 prototype off the top of my head. The M95 I mainly know about because it was the main unlock for the Sniper class in Battlefield 2 and I once sniped a heli pilot out of an Mi-28 mid flight and that was perhaps the highlight of my teenage years (I was too scared to ask a girl out on a date).

I've always put LiPos just under the top cover in mine; fake gas cylinder and piston come out leaves plenty of room, obviously easy access (not quite as quick on an A3). Pretty sure I had around 12-1400mah in there iirc.

Probably 4-5 times a year or so (which is actually more than I was a few years ago). Opportunities where I actually have good access to my own gear and there's a site nearby I'm enthused to play at aren't super common. And honestly, I am lazy, I don't want to have to do my normal washing/ironing/shopping/cleaning one day of the weekend then add on loadout prep and then spend the sunday night washing/airing out/de-prepping airsoft stuff. If I'm honest with myself, I never deliberately 'got in to' airsoft per se even when I started, I just wanted the M4 from a video game I was super in to as a teenager and to have the different barbie accessories for it. At some point in the researching and acquisition of said replica I found out about skirmishes and it only seemed like the logical thing to go along, but the first few I went to were pretty 'meh' experiences overall. Not bad, not amazing. I'd say I force myself to go out now and again to breathe fresh air, run about and actually use all this stuff because if I let the little gremlin in the back of my mind win and I acted like the hermit man it tells me to be, well then it just wouldn't be a good thing overall in my life.

I've mostly never bothered with adjusting airsoft optics tbh. The target is either close enough that I just use instinctive aiming, or it's far enough that an airsoft gun can't print any sort of useful group at said range in order to zero. A very coarse adjustment to get the wide area of spray at 50m+ roughly kinda midde-ish within the actual glass window (optic type dependant) is all I bother with and you can often do that just pre game while making any necessary hop adjustment for the bbs you've got that day. Then once in game you simply put the baddie in the middle of the glass, spray, and pray. When I have zero'd a RIF it was at around 10m, 15 max, as I only have the TM bb catcher that's got a target area roughly 9-10" square. The one time I used it to zero (was shooting a KWA GBB) I had to be very much sub 15m in order to shoot groups that were actually small enough to clearly define a mean point of impact and then be able to make any sort of useful sight adjustment.

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Not seen anything, it might be a bit niche for PTS, maybe, fingers crossed. From what I've seen generally there's (comparatively) not a ton of different types of mags out there for any of the normal AEGs even less so any of the GBB MP5s. Don't think there's a clone of the gun itself yet? That'll be part. RS wise the standard HKs mags are the only widely known style I'd say, with the old straight 30s a fair bit behind, then maybe a few know of the clear ETS ones.