TheFull9

I bought them yeah. Again they're going back home so.. something to look forward to I suppose. Won the auctions on the Opfor DPM set too.

Can receive post to work, it's a decent system all things considered. However, even though I'm 99% sure they're not x-raying parcels it's not the best idea to have RIFs go in to the post room in case a bit of outer packaging maybe gets torn in transit or whatever. Also I have none of my gear collection/airsoft stuff here in my little sardine can far-smaller-than-a-studio-flat room, so it'd just have to sit here in my way for months until this is all done and I somehow manage to get tested and cleared so I can see my family again.

Ordered an M16A1 grip, old-stock PTS rear MBUS (FG), TM M45A1 + 2 x mags from Fire-Support since they had the best price on the pistol by a decent margin. Normally wouldn't post in here without pics but I'm on base and can't go home until this all blows over (whenever the fuck that is) so yeah. Just gotta shop online and hope I get hands on my stuff in a couple of months. Which tbh I have done many times before on work 'trips' but when it's only an hour drive away there's a bit of a frustration factor I'll admit.

Yeah he guy making them is pretty smart on the shipping front, they cost the exact same posted anywhere in the world. I'll not hawk my wares further in here but just PM me if you're interested, they're rather nicely made by a guy who actually designs gear for Eagle Industries. So I created and admin the group for spiritus systems and all of their kit is in crazy high demand. Most of what they make goes directly to mil and police then what goes up on their site for commercial sale all gets snapped up rapidly. As a result this one guy got super salty and put up a whole dedicated post in the group just to say how he'd been waiting ages for a PC to come in stock, he'd "finally" gotten "permission" from his wife to buy it but he believed all the stock had been bought up by 'fukin airsofters'. The greatest irony being he used to be an airsofter until very recently with airsoft posts visible on his account, but had since joined the US army, he was far from anything special though, was only a couple of weeks out of basic training. There were 150-odd comments under the post ripping in to him fuckin savagely and bear in mind this is a mostly US group full of largely mil/le/firearm guys with only a few airsofters.

Had a whole batch of these made in the states to sell to people whose balls reside in a separate place to the rest of their body (also because some guy got really angry at airsofters in a FB group I admin).

That barrel is so U/S 😂 great looking gun.

If the clone kit comes out good just hang on to it, the basic fabric Crye etc use isn't much different (same as some of the TMC stuff actually) so if the stitching holds you don't need anything better for airsoft. If you want those cool-guy points and find some used for a good deal that's when it might make more sense if you're not on a huge budget (speaking generally). I am personally of the opinion that the softshell stuff is a huge asset if you're out for a period in inclement weather but it's not like wet legs are gonna kill anyone in a 10-to-4 sunday skirmish.

Completely different type of materials end of the day, if you had some TMC All Weather clones also made from softshell fabric that would be the relevant comparison. Personally I have a few All Weather/PCU/other softshell trousers for any sort of outdoor stuff through the colder and wetter part of the year, regular options for everything else.

That's Mother Airsoft (Nature's annoying great-niece twice removed) testing your resolve to not just yeet stupid shit at a bloody wall.

Definitely. Also get some lipo/life packs instead of that ancient brick 😂

Most game gear is made up weird shit and the arrangement of that thing is bonkers. The basic shape is vaguely like an old blackhawk plate carrier (just with 2 side straps instead of one): https://www.tactical-kit.co.uk/blackhawk-strike-plate-carrier-harness-37cl33-1130-p.asp Then you could add a bunch of handcuff pouches up top and press-stud pistol pouches below with big GPs on the back. The pouch on the centre of his lower back looks like WW2 US kit.

A stock helps a ton with a spring shotgun, pushing backwards against your whole body through the stock when cycling is way easier than trying to 'pincer' both hands together by pushing forward on the grip at the same time as moving the pump. Frankly I don't know who's saying that a 2nd hand P226 is such a bad idea in airsoft, at least if it's a TM. You see far more other brands for sale than you do TM, because everyone usually keeps their TMs and the 226 is easily one of their best offerings.

I'm a tad confused at the idea of a replica law folder on an AEG, if your buffer tube is held on the standard way with a long screw it can't fold, unless this thing either comes with a plate to screw the tube to the hinged part or it's purely an aesthetic thing that goes over the tube? Or does your particular buffer tube have some threading that doesn't usually do anything but will work with the adapter?

The lower half of my Crye collection, wasn't sure if I'd put it here but it seemed to raise a stir on facebook.

The chunkiest pistol red dot on the thiccest pistol. That's a setup for a main film character, coming to you in 2020. All the reviews I've seen out of the states sat easier than an RMR/Delta point etc, it's a tube so you have something to line up/look down vs a flat plain. I know I've struggled a bit fishing for the dot shooting real handguns with RMRs, but I fired a Glock with a 6-second mount and a T-1 once and that was easier.

Couple of my PCs and one of the belts that I've put on my own site and forgot to post here. Pics are from years ago but they've not changed too much in the interim. Mostly FirstSpear, some Tyr, bits of TT, BFG and HSGI.

iX working pretty well. I feel that middle pic really just quintessentially sums up an awful lot of UK woodland sites, especially in the winter (that's been my experience at least). Almost entirely just brown, which is why DPM et al can stand out and also why I rate my plain CB kit and want some concamo-brown.

Fair one, I missed that. My old OD stuff (about 10 years ago) used to be quite different.

Current WAS kit isn't what I'd call OD, it's RG but they won't put that name on it since they're not using actual RG materials (which are expensive, not too common and mostly get absorbed by the big US brands). When I started out they made proper eye-searing bright coloured OD green kit, very different looking to the current production.

Time to break out the term Smörgåsbord.

A 9mm is very different from a 556, but a 6mm bb takes you out of the game either way and you can fit just as many in an SMG mag as you can in a lot of airsoft rifle mags, however the SMG mag is far more compact and usually lighter (sometimes a lot lighter).

That's almost entirely a player issue. Lots of the old, poorly maintained budget AEGs on the field will be shooting the same or with less energy than a TM pistol on green in the cold. Upping your muzzle energy is rarely the answer to a problem, least of all hit taking. TM single stack GBBs can and do struggle when it's ~7-8 C or less though. Personally I'd just get a new design of double stack (FNX/226E2/M9A1/HK) over co2 but obviously it's an option.

Fair one I never use my sights either.

In this game the bloody green tape on the mag would count let alone the rail and stock. Must take you absolutely ages to aim down the sight.