TheFull9

Not a debate at all, just pointing out some bad retail practices that exist with gear stores. Nothing to apologise for either, you didn't do anything wrong.

You can answer that for yourself. Think on the following; do the pouches on your belt/PC/vest not carry enough? If not, can you physically not add more to give enough capacity? Do you need even more equipment on you to keep yourself going and your gun shooting? Do you mind that extra equipment not being easily/quickly accessible (quite possibly requiring you to remove your whole rig to gain said access)? Certainly for CQB I've never needed anything more than extra magazines carried in my gear. For larger outdoor sites I'll add water, but that's it. Obviously everyone has different loadouts and that's fine, but analyse what your experience has shown you to need and want to carry and avoid loadout-creep. If you physically cannot fit everything in to pouches and pockets that are easily accessible without taking your gear off, then go to a pack. Otherwise, I'd advise against it. Or consider a bandoleer/messenger bag style add-on or a pack that's not attached by PALS, far quicker and easier to get in to that way.

I wish retailers would stop doing that, the amount of kit they're labelling as MTP which isn't boggles the mind. Everything from apparel to rigs and pouches, it's incredibly mis-leading to a lot of consumers out there; especially when MC, MTP and all the MC-clones look so identical to the untrained eye.

Where are condor selling gear in MTP? I've not seen any large after-market gear manufacturer producing stuff in genuine MTP cordura so far.

Because they've already shown an example that was close to a production piece? WAS is all made in china, they don't take very long to get the production going on things compared to the more gucci western gear manufacturers.

Aw come on, you change your mind and sell your loadout every 2 minutes anyway, why not upgrade? xP

The new Warrior PC with modular front for velcro panels isn't too far off. Be very handy in the situation where you only want one rig but have multiple types of mags that require very different sizes of pouch.

I've paid for a few bits via gift in the past, but only with people who've I've known online for a long time who're known and reputable, the types who place a lot of value in their reputation amongst certain forums and the community in general (more than any money they might gain from scamming 1 or 2 people). I can't say I'd ever use anything but goods/service for an unknown on a facebook group and if anyone asked me to use gift instead I'd cancel the transaction instantly. Hopefully folks can learn from this, though the scamming seems to be getting more frequent if anything sadly.

Cheers. Mine came direct, but looking on the LWA site recently I think you can go through them and still get a fully custom job rather than just one of their stock designs (which are still nice in fairness). The OEM did say that they'd ship internationally but I didn't ask so don't know how much extra that is (possibly a lot given the paperwork involved). Not sure whether it'd be cheaper going through LWA, seems unlikely but you never know.

CQB AEG with some Foliage Green stuff. Still needs a small rail bit on the top of the handguard for a light, but other than that the setup works.

It more than probably is ACM, but in the literal sense, not the fall-apart-in-2-seconds sense. Their designs are clones, the SF jacket for example is a straight copy of a TAD Stealth Hoodie. But end of the day the prices look good if the quality's decent, seems like a good base level for airsofting kit that'll last a while.

Where do you play? Most of the time a clone Aimpoint red dot will do for the majority of airsoft situations. Personally when I played outdoors I used an ACOG as I'm a bit short sighted and it was a huge boon for team ident, but otherwise you don't really need the magnification (or the associated weight) that glass brings. I find all the EoTech clones have really bad reflection on the rear glass hence I'd personally go for a copy of an Aimpoint. The glass is often still very reflective but the window is much smaller so less of an issue. If you can I'd look at some red dots in person, that way you can check the glass. I've bought some cheap ACM optics before that had horrendous brown-tinted glass and gave a really terrible sight picture. If it's for an AEG (not electric recoil or gas) then you generally don't need to worry too much about exactly which one you pick. .

Ever think how many people in society think you're weird (at best) for having toy guns and playing dress up soldier on a weekend? Don't act a d-bag just because other airsofters like different things to you, there's literally zero need for it. If it doesn't interest you then don't do it; has zero effect on your life.

lul.. what? Show me your evidence please because that is a ridiculous assertion. I've been to the states and taken classes from ex US mil/LE guys; the sort of 2nd amendment lovers who want nothing to do with the government. I can tell you for a fact the registration forms very much did not get sent off to any 'official' body or government organisation.

As I said, there's a ton of ex military (SF and otherwise) already out there teaching stuff. If you want to worry about shutting gates behind already bolted horses that's your personal choice, but I'd recommend finding something to worry about where you actually have an inkling of a chance of making a difference. Also if you think the techniques the militaries of the world use are the most deadly/efficient ones, you're very much ignorant of the facts.

I have plate carrier setups that weight a lot less than the chest rigs many people run. This airsoft myth that weight is defined by equipment type needs to die.. it should've already (a long time ago). The weight and bulk of your load bearing equipment depends entirely on which rig you buy, the materials used in it, types of pouches you attach, the way those pouches are constructed and most importantly, above anything else, the equipment you put in those pouches. Sure if you don't want anything on your back and aren't bothered about the coverage then don't get a PC, it's a few extra grams of cordura you don't need; but that picture you've used gives a rather biased impression. If the weight of fabrics is a concern I wouldn't buy a combat shirt either. If the wearer is worried about coverage then standard PCS/BDU shirts that don't have the t-shirt material in the body are the better standard option, especially when not wearing a PC. Though either one is preferable to a hoody if you don't wanna swim in your own sweat, doubly so as the weather begins to warm up.

Unfortunately, for £150 you could've gotten a decent and skirmishable gun. What you have there isn't up to task really. Ignore all these absurd made up names and as a general rule avoid any shop with BB guns in the name. Decent retailers like Land Warrior Airsoft and Airsoft Zone generally only carry guns that are of a basic skirmish standard as a minimum, you'll rarely see them with junk LPEGs (low power electric guns - the 'bb gun' crap that's only of any real use for simple home plinking). Your chances aren't particularly good if you use what you've got at a game. As mentioned, maybe at a real close CQB site then yeah your range will be sufficient. Woods/urban/outdoors in general... you'll have to learn to be the greatest airsoft ninja there ever was and get well within the ranges of everyone else before you're able to shoot them back.

Why? There's tons of companies out there already that train civvie shooters and airsofters in all sorts of things. A blunt chisel is more dangerous than a sharp one; an untrained person is far more of a liability than a trained/experienced one, in airsoft and shooting.

Never heard of Raid described as a snow camo. Far as I'm aware none of it physically exists yet to test and it's awful grey for that purpose to my mind. Also the Yeti pattern that Kryptek make as a specific snow camo seems a lot better suited.

Double post, sorry. Another Plat-A-Tac order came in: 'Harry' Softshell Jacket - Nanosphere, which is some fancy tech apparently. We shall see. Tac Dax Mk2 combat trouser in MC Large mesh organiser bag, for all those things that need organising Snugpak Sleeka Elite Reversible, tan/MC CRKT ExiTool - strap cutter, spark-plug style window breaker and small LED all in one

Ok... well in your one case clearly the Fobus was on the small end of the tolerance bracket and your Glock (which I'm assuming was WE?), must've been at the large end of the tolerance bracket. When you take two items from companies that produce things in vast quantities at comparatively low prices, these things will happen. The fact remains that what I said is true, if you don't buy the holster for the larger sized RS Glock your TM/WE/other off-size airsoft RIF will have almost zero chance of fitting, whereas with the larger holster there's a good chance. It's always a weigh-up of probabilities in airsoft because this stuff isn't life-saving critical and the manufacturers build it as such. There's never any 100% guarantee of anything actually being compatible with anything else that it should be compatible with.

The WE is a copy of the TM and the TM is a bit larger than the RS G17. With hard/moulded holsters you need something designed for the Glock 20/21 (which are the standard full-size Glocks in 10mm and .45 respectively) to fit certain airsoft G17s.

The important thing, imo, is to work towards doing what you actually would enjoy spending your life doing. If you get good enough at it (whatever it is), you will certainly making a living and hopefully end up earning enough for luxuries like spending a fair bit of money on hobbies, rather than just scraping by. Depending on what it is you really enjoy there are many paths to get there, you've got to figure out which is the best and which one you'll stick to in the long run. My trade within the air force covers a very wide range of different aspects and actually getting to work on the one you want can take many, many years in the job and that's on top of all the entrance tests and the time in training etc at the start. Toughing it out through some rather crappy times means I have a decent income now so that's all fine and dandy, but I don't earn that money through the exact sort of work I really want to be doing, not quite anyway, though it's not too far off so I'm pretty happy overall. The end goal is to get to the stage where I'm getting paid to do something I wouldn't even necessarily call 'work'. It was very bandwagon-cool for many airsofters (with no knowledge or experience to backup their hating) to slam on Travis Haley and Chris Costa at every opportunity, back when Magpul was really popular in the hobby. They both went through the military (in different ways), went from that to the firearms industry, then teaching firearms handling in a big company, then did well enough to be hugely popular all over the world such that they could break off and form their own companies. Now they literally get given more ammo than they could ever shoot for completely free and just have to mention certain companies every now and again. The same way big singers and actors get gifted hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of clothes and jewelry and whatever else literally just to potentially be seen wearing them in public; these guys get given guns and gear and bloody night vision goggles and whatever super tacticool widget their hearts could possibly desire.. gratis. Stuff that many airsofters would splurge their pants over the thought of maybe owning; these guys aren't even that fussed about any more.

I don't wanna buy Typhon, because I want Raid and I know as soon as I buy a set of Typhon uniform they'll release the stuff I actually want the day after. But then I see a picture and I end up on the UR-Tac or Vertx sites feeling very tempted...

I'm most impressed with the RealTree office chair. I can't own that sort of thing as if anyone ever came in to my room in the barrack block and saw it I'd not stop hearing about it until the actual day I die.