TheFull9

Heh, well I put a fair bit in the savings too while I was down there, plus all the beer money (about the only thing you could get hold of easily at mount pleasant), but there's.... hmm, you know actually I've no idea of the total value of that lot, but you eat for free when deployed and get an extra couple of hundred quid each month on top of your normal pay packet which is pretty handy for increasing the old armoury. I've not yet compiled a list of it all but everything you see there will be appearing in a more detailed, focused fashion in the various appropriate threads around the forum.

Well, 4 months of extra pay and bugger all to spend it on.. Though I'm currently still waiting on a large order from G-Code, as well as other kit from Mil-Spec monkey, BritKitUSA, WGC Shop, Bitter End Airsoft, VZ Grips and Hardpoint Equipment. But what you see there is pretty much everything I purchased while in the Falklands.

I bought a few bits from RSOV literally about 2 days after the website launched a few years ago, and they were pretty good overall. Last time I used them however (needed a madbull DD barrel nut spanner that nobody else had) after many years of not, they took bloody ages to dispatch it, literally weeks (pushing near a month) to send out one tiny little item. Whether that was in isloated case I don't know, this was about 6 months ago and the only time I'd used them in around 2-3 years previously. EBairsoft have really turned themselves around recently though I've found, massively improved comms and dispatch times. The non-ACM-focused sites like WGC, UnCo and 'soft global also carry a fair mount of budget level optics and they charge just the same kind of prices on shipping as the likes of RSOV and Gunner.

Gotta be the A&K? If anything purely because there are hardly any other VN 60s available on the market.

Apart from a very small number of the first prototypes, Magpul never actually produced the Masada/ACR. Bushy/Rem bought the rights to the design once it was finalised and they're the only ones who ever mass produced it. Top shelf taste you have sir. Money well spent. I'd wager you'll find yourself dropping one or two of those accessories once you've played a game or two because I did the exact same thing for a while, but a great choice of rifle none-the-less.

R.e. The RS ACR (just for those interested in it) you'll fairly rarely see them on account of the fact that Remington/Bushmaster took the Magpul shell and filled it with shite components. The barrels in particular use a twist ratio in the rifling that is well known for giving w**k range/accuracy and they're not chrome lined as any decent barrel should be, which leads to excessive wear and unusually high corrosion. Combine the poor construction quality with a ridiculously high retail price (purely because of all the hype) and you've got one unattractive firearm.

Good looking loadouts guys. Marksman - Your MC is blending in brilliantly, I think if you were to swap that black t-shirt for something in a pattern you'd be on to a winner. Add some kind of baseball cap for a bit of camo, sun protection and BB protection and you'll be well sorted. HSGI make one which is about 80% mesh material that's awesome for the hot summer months.

Who's that aimed at? The rank and corps badges are somewhat dubious to my mind, but other than that match_man's load-out is very good.

Uber late reply, my apologies. Been very busy! Helped blow up 13.5 tons of plastic explosive this week.. Anyway, wouldn't say 'easter egg' as such but the photo needed censoring to conform to the rules of the board, and it just seemed the logical move to leave the initials really, heh.

Well, it was Foliage Green, and I like mint choc-chip ice cream but not on guns. Heh, unfortunately I played at the mall today, ran the RIS in the morning then swapped for the plastic in the afternoon and I've discovered that the rail is 90% pointless weight, ah well! I mainly put it together so I'd have the full set to photograph anyway, so no great loss.

Oops, double post I'm afraid, ah well! PTS ACR: Option 1: Option 2: When I had a random fit of thinking I was some kind of pro photographer:

The MC does cost extra, but the basic price does allow you to choose between Black, FG, OD and Coyote. Also you can choose which hand and whether you want the shirt guard or not, they custom make it for you. Can take a little while depending on exactly what you pick, but if it's for a popular weapon you'll be unlucky if it takes them 5 days to ship out. The GSH is their standard model, but I went for the OSH because it's that bit lower profile and only costs $4 extra. Though do be aware you'll have to pay a little bit more for a mount, unlike SERPAs these don't come with belt mounts as standard. Worth it to mind.

Mag catch is exposed on SERPAs as well, so unless you've had a problem with the Blackhawk holsters you won't have a problem with the G-Code.

Heh, well I'm alright now, you should see some of my early efforts. It's taken me around 1000 pictures worth of practice to get to where I am, and that's just of weapons, doesn't include gear, loadouts or anything else non-airsoft. I'm also quite lucky in terms of having access to a decent, fairly modern camera. The basic keys to good photos are getting outside, finding a nice, uncluttered natural background and time it so you've got good clean sunlight. Even with a phone camera you can get decent snaps if you follow those simple rules, the problem people have is they too often use the light from average house-hold lightbulbs, combine that with flash and a phone camera and it's hard to make the end result look good. As I always say, even a cheap, battered gun can look amazing with the right photography. It's easy to make a £2000 rifle look cack in a bad photo though. Nice work, impressive for a first effort, keep it up. Can't remember if I'm entirely honest, I purchased that on a pre-order back in '08 when the ICS very first came out. I think fire-support have some stock in, they're my favourite retailer for RIFs in the UK.

Massive step forward, love everything G-Code. The holsters, the whole RTI system, the service from the site, all top of the line and very well designed. My Kimber is insanely tight inside the OSH but I'm certain that's down to the HurricanE metal kit rather than the holster, because all my TMs are fine. SERPAs are fine, never had a problem with any of mine in all my time airsofting, but G-Code make a much wider range of holster types, all of which comes in a much wider variety of colours and styles. All works on tension fit as well, the holsters don't even need a locking mechanism. Not that I'm saying the SERPA lock is complicated, but in a pinch situation when you need your pistol ASAP then an extra fraction of a second never hurt anybody.

From my cold dead hands! Honestly, I'll probably have some kind of coronary episode if I try and run around too much with that thing come summer time. Thanks. If you're referring to the white writing, that's just the NSN for that sling. It's an issue item, but I've no idea who it was ever issued to, I've only ever seen the normal green ones used (both in work and from pictures online).

My two most recent belt-rigs: Medium Speed ATS Warbelt ATS Warbelt Insert SOC-Cs 2 x OPS Pistol Mag Pouches TAG Roll-Up Dump Pouch G-Code RTI MOLLE Adapter Blackhawk 1911 SERPA w/ RTI Hanger Higher Speed VTAC 'Brokos' Battle Belt Warrior 2" Duty Belt SOC-Cs 2 x HSGI Pistol TACOs Emdom-MM Dump Pouch G-Code RTI Kydex Belt Slide G-Code 1911 OSH w/ Multicam Finish & RTI Hanger Everyone likes a close-up right?

I figured there's probably enough rifles out there now which follow the new standard and I'm also really not a fan of Grip-Pods, so I thought I'd keep to the legacy colour for plastic furniture on L85s. I find the RVG works brilliantly on there I have to say.

G-Code belt mounted RTI wheel MOLLE mounted RTI wheel 1x RTI Hanger for OSH Holster 1x RTI Hanger for SERPA Holster

Yeah, I've seen that grip style used with the horizontally mounted handstop quite a lot. I'd just presumed that the users hand wouldn't interact with another stop placed in the position you've got that second one in. I've never tried anything along those lines myself though so I purely asked out of conjectured interest.

Presume she likes to utilise two different grip positions depending on the situation? Given the presence of the 2 LaRue hand-stops that is.

I'd think anyone using homophobic terms to describe certain things that they don't personally like has a incredibly poor attitude. Some people may consider that sort of thing to be funny or a 'joke' in some fashion, but this is 2012, not 1912. I'm sure the standard issue response to me will be "ligthen up" but pathetic, childish little plays on words like 'fagpul' simply don't fly on most forums, certainly not on arnies, and that's the way it should be. Your stance there isn't even anything remotely like the ones demonstrated in the Magpul DVDs, which makes his comment doubly ridiculous.

Good kit, nice and low on the profile. Slight shame about your friend's rather poor attitude.

I'm not a far of the suppressors-inside-rails looks but what you've put together is a very practical weapon. You had a problem, you found the parts to fix it and made the weapon function better, that's good stuff. It may not be the bleeding edge of modern tactical chic, but who cares? You've upgraded the ergonomics where they needed upgrading and made it comfortable and consistent, that constitutes a well thought out rifle in my books, good work.

Guessing the ACOG is a red-dot rather that magnifying?