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The PTS would be the bare minimum for mounting thousands worth of night vision.  Definitely consider a real shroud to go on the front of it.
 
Sadly this is one area of kit where mil surplus is a no go.  The only place I've seen bring in ops-core non ballistic models (the best option I think for such use) is Endeavour Tactical, but they're out of stock, probably be a while before they get more.  I don't know of anywhere else outside the US one can get hold of OC, Team Wendy or MTEK and ship to the UK but if you try to checkout at enough sites you might strike lucky.

Lambda Defence Grasshopper Mouse-9
(it kills Scorpions) 😂
 

I've seen worse on out-of-the-box guns.
 
It's a plastic receiver - I wouldn't torque it down any further. If the rail is solid, with no wobble, then leave it. You can always move the red dot further forward to cover the gap.
 
Is the rail an Aliexpress jobbie? Looks pretty good on there IMO.
 
 
 

Back when I was in, you had to take your boots off before you even put them on in the morning.
 
@Tackle just doing a 4-yorkshiremen bit, please excuse my low grade sarcasm.

Back when I was in, you had to take your boots off before you even put them on in the morning.
 
@Tackle just doing a 4-yorkshiremen bit, please excuse my low grade sarcasm.

Might have answered my own question...seems this doesn't apply to the NGRS and you in fact just take the pin out that holds the stock on, and fit it in there. Duh.

Back when I was in, you had to take your boots off before you even put them on in the morning.
 
@Tackle just doing a 4-yorkshiremen bit, please excuse my low grade sarcasm.

Back when I was in, you had to take your boots off before you even put them on in the morning.
 
@Tackle just doing a 4-yorkshiremen bit, please excuse my low grade sarcasm.

😜

So ive wanted a little pdw / smg for a while but when I eventually grabbed a kwa mp7 I wasn't best pleased with the performance and I dislike having guns that use proprietary parts as I like to keep spares on hand for all my stuff. So I decided to design this little thing. Everything that isnt 3d printed came from a we tech glock 19 (with the exception of the recoil spring which is a raven g17 one and the inner barrel which is 120mm maple leaf one). It is lovely and snappy as the bolt weighs very little. Ill stick it on some scales alongside the original metal slide at some point. As it is it is fully working. There are some things Id like to improve like the last round hold open as currently that just catches on the front of the bolt which puts a little too much force into it for my liking. Made this one have a grip that can take glock 19 mags as that's what I have and now its on to aesthetics. Obviously it will have a fully enclosed upper receiver For my personal version ill probably just have an rmr mount but ill inevitably make a railed version too at some point. Right now im trying to decide what grip texture to put on it. 
 

A couple of additions.
G&G FAR9 - basically a folding ARP9. It works with Classic Army midcaps which is a bonus.


Other addition is the Well PPK20 Pro. It's basically the new Russian version of the PP-19. The Well version is pretty much all polymer so lightweight and the trigger response is really fast. Add to that an insane auto of about 25bb per sec makes for a pretty cool little AEG. If plastic isn't your thing then Arcturus are bringing out a metal receiver version some time this year. Oh and the ambi selector should be put on every AK from now on as it's a great idea.

All for the positive vibes, but peeps have handed over cash a year ago, Admin have been linked,  replies to other threads have been made, and not even an acknowledgement of the requests for an update.
 
Yet we have the very entertaining Macks dreamers thread.  As THE forum for seasoned players and newbies, I would hope we represented the respectable side of the hobby.  Wanted or not, the forum admin/owners really need to step up on this one, even if we are only dealing with a few fivers here and there.
 
I did a charity T shirt fundraiser for the Tsunami in Japan years ago when I was an Admin of a Jap car club that ran to a fair chunk of money.  Transparency of the funds was of upmost importance.  I even DMd pics of envelopes and addresses as part of proof of postage.  I might even have the spreadsheet somewhere  LOL.
 
Now if you don't mind,  I have 20 minutes left of Navy Seals to watch and I am desperately trying to think of a reason not to buy myself a TM MP5  for my birthday. 😆

MCX Build , 
 

 
 

Old school ish build ( WE GBB base ) 
 

 
shoots well too which is a bonus 😂

I mostly go on my own too - agreed that at first i felt a bit uncomfortable as it seems everyone else is in big crowds of mates - but the reality is there are lots of others like us, quietly getting on with sorting our kit in the corner. And if you are so inclined, without fail, I've always found people will strike up a conversation at the slightest opportunity - ultimately you automatically have rather a lot of common ground with everyone else there! Also - agreed - DPM (and, similarly, Multicam Tropic) is beyond effective with Rhododendron! It was of course designed for a dense woodland environment of central Europe. Multicam/MTP is very effective, but ultimately a bit of a compromise, and is a touch too light in heavy cover (whereas DPM sticks out as a dark blob in open ground or very light cover).
 

So I decided to pay a visit to the tunnels at Epsom yesterday and it definitely managed to scratch a cqb itch. Numbers were lower than I was expecting at between 10 and 15 players in total but to me that made it better as it meant there was room to move and every doorway or corner wasn't a choke point. Hit taking was excellent with none problems or whining I'd noticed had started to get worse at my previous regular site. All in all I'll definitely be going back 

I've had a couple for about as long as I've been playing, no sign of them giving up.  And yeah plenty of other people out there who'll say/have said the same.

I mean, every Ares out of the box needs, as a bare minimum to keep the gun going for *at least* 6 months:
 
New bushings,
New piston body,
New o-rings,
New nozzle,
New tappet plate,
New hop rubber.
 
That's out of the box, no matter what gun or gearbox version it is.
 
Once you do these things you still have a gun with proprietary parts that can't really be modified without spending way too much.
 
Back on topic, I did ask Ares about something a while ago and it took ages for them to respond, but at that point I had already sold the gun.

Yeah I'm going to buy whatever the  recommendation is too, but we didn't we do this quite recently?  Pretty sure it is either a G&G for the smaller ones (or, ridiculously, the dragon / dick shaped ones), and it's the TM  for the M4 size version

I've barely ever heard anyone in a video pronounce Salomon correctly.
 
The one that really gets me (and this has been going on for at least 10 years) is the blatant global lie that is the use of the word polymer to somehow mean something different to plastic.  'Oh this is polymer, not just plastic'... get fucked.

Did you just keep rolling around in mud and bushes for all 7 months till you eventually became one with nature, a walking bush Wookiee?

Figured its about time I shared my 20 year old TM Steyr AUG.  Still my only AEG and running perfectly with some upgrades over time. 
 
Still want to play about with the under barrel rails but this does the job for now and doesn't look too bad.  A barrel clamp with Rail riser attached.  I got a 3D printed rail similar to the AUG HC piece but need to modify it a little to fit.
 
Also need to get the Feyachi magnifier to sit behind the reflex sight (which is sitting quite far back as I needed to fit the lens protector on (not an issue when I get the Red Dot Eng. protectors in.

Do influencers use the word correctly when they employ it to imply something which actually just misleads people?

Tried a new site, but by a regular host - RIFT: The Battery.
 
Numbers were fairly low - about 35ish on the Sunday, and the previous day was about 25-30 by all reports. So under half, but this really helped the gameplay. Only a couple of rentals, and only a handful of people who have been before, so a bulk of people were in the same boat.
 
It's an old Battery Hen house, so 4 large interconnecting hen houses in an H shape, with obstacles and props in the outdoors area. The site is CQB, but i like it as it's not all right angle turns and dark rooms (yes, there are portions of that) but there are also good lines of sight, multiple flanking positions and not just people stacking up on corners. No pyro, so you had to shoot your way out, and Single shot only, with a gentleman's agreement of no just shooting at a corner to pin people down or spamming the trigger, only shoot when you see them - this really helped people push up.
If you locked down a corridor or opening, there was opportunity for the opposition to fall back and find a path to sneak up behind you. Doors and paths changed with the games, which is a nice touch. Being young and fleet on foot was definitely an advantage, so everyone actually ran from the spawn points, rather than the usual of a few of them sprint off and the rest trundle up.
 
Blue team dominated the 1st game, so a few went to red to balance. Same story for the 2nd and 3rd, so by the afternoon, Reds had more bodies to try and make it competitive.
 
Staff, as always, were on it. Minimal no-calling hits, and only the odd "I got you, no you didn't", as the spawns were only a minute or so walk away, and everyone generally seemed in good spirits.
 
Overall a really good day, one of the best I had, thanks to the site. It had a nice balance of not being out ranged by snipers and DMR's, but not to close that you walked into someone around every bend and doorway.
 
Most of RIFTs site are based around Bucks/Beds/Oxon sort of area, so this one is a bit of a drive way in comparison out in central Essex, and even though it's not a financially viable, the lowish headcount really helped the gameplay and pushing up.  I would need to see what it's like with a full compliment of 60 to see if it makes it better or worse.

I've barely ever heard anyone in a video pronounce Salomon correctly.
 
The one that really gets me (and this has been going on for at least 10 years) is the blatant global lie that is the use of the word polymer to somehow mean something different to plastic.  'Oh this is polymer, not just plastic'... get fucked.