LMKipper

Do you skirmish it? Very cool if so!

Not sure if that makes me feel better or worse! On the one hand, DAMN YOUR EYES MAN! But on the other hand I wish they'd said 'another batch came in and out but you're next' rather than what they actually sent me, which was: I'll be honest, I nearly said 'forget it, give me the refund' after that but I've already ordered some spare mags from elsewhere now.

After hearding nothing, I emailed HPA. Said they've not heard anything from the supplier themselves, and might be able to give me an update by the end of the week. Not currently holding out much hope for getting mine before my next game on May 10th 🥲

Well this has turned into a right saga. Filled in their little form, got another text saying I needed to submit more info. Went on the form and lo, it didn't work and I had to email them instead. Sent the email, then received further requests for info but nothing more I can send. Next I get an email saying it's cleared and I need to pay the fees, so I pay the fees and it says I need to provide more info again! Having sat in the warehouse for another two days, I rang up the customs team at UPS today. They said it had cleared and if I needed to book a delivery I should speak to customer services. After a transfer to customer services, they said it still hadn't cleared customs... After much department passing back and forth, they've booked a delivery for Monday. Let's see if it turns up eh!

If you're the South East, I'd recommend getting along to a Defiant game - there's a battlesim on May 10, then plenty after. The sort of people you're looking to join in with go to those games, so you should find some folks in no time!

I've sent them a message too - I've not really found the hop in my GDR lacking in any way but I'll be interested to try it if there's a noticeable gain.

"Bang off the limit"

Finally sorted and got round to painting the Tanaka I bought just before Christmas. Looking sharp now, if I do say so myself...

Gosh I made that terribly unclear didn't I? What I was trying to say was my first order sailed through with no customs or RIF declaration (also only parts, similar value) but my latest one has been picked up for both.

FYI, I ordered from WGC last year and no declaration for parts, it sailed through. Placed another order last week and just had an email from UPS asking for my UKARA for parts! Filled it in, will update as it goes on...

I did think about cancelling but I'm not in a rush as I've ordered some mags & other bits from HK that I expect will take a couple of weeks. If there's no progress in two weeks though I'll cancel, but for now I'll quite happily save the extra few quid. Do they have a physical retail store or site shop? Wondering if people walked in at the weekend and bought them before they had chance to update their online inventory.

HPA actually just emailed me saying they can't fulfill my order as they've run out but they've given me the option to wait (they think around 2 weeks).

Only one now 👀

Cor drilling and tapping the receiver precisely is going to be a very hard job. The basic tools needed would either be a specialist jig that centres and aligns everything, or the ability to lock the rifle into a fixture on a mill that allows you to centre and true everything, then traverse the bed to keep everything in line. Personally, I would only take this to an armourer - I wouldn't fancy my own abilities to do this on a mill and I've got a rough idea of what I'm doing with precision tools 🤣 A bit of consideration needs to be given to the thickness of the receiver in the points you want to drill and tap. There needs to be quite a lot of spare material to be able to screw the mounts down tight without interferring with the bolt/breech area. Basically what I'm saying is, if you don't care about accuracy get the Bad Ace mount.

Had a fun day at Imperium yesterday, involving possibly my finest airsoft moment of all time. The two teams were set up at opposing sides of the lower half of the site. The task was to secure the APC, and transport your teams jerry cans to the APC. Once one team had done that, they had to move the APC to another location, put the VIPs inside the APC and extract. Either team could secure the APC to begin with but once it had been secured by one team, it was theirs for the rest of the game and it was up to the other team to disable it/prevent extraction. The morning started off with a few scraps but my team (blues) managed to secure the APC. Unfortunately reds came in force and took us off the APC before we were able to transport all our jerry cans to it. Further scrapping ensued but the reds got all their jerry cans there and it was theres. We were then instructed to set up an ambush between the APC start point and the VIP location. Various groups set off, but I spied a nice little dead end in the long grass. I laid down and stayed silent/totally still. Despite just being in ODs, the enemy team walked right by me within 10 or 15 feet. I waited a minute or two longer until their team was completely facing away, then popped up and moved forward elminating the entire force guarding the APC. I moved up, waited for the APC doors to open and tapped the reds in there too. A couple more reinforcements bagged before I was shot by a sniper. Quick tally put it around 15 players elminated, or half their entire team. They fought back well but their momentum was lost and they failed to extract the VIP. In the afternoon, the reds started with the APC on the comms tower. It was our task to assault the tower and disable the APC within an hour, but if we failed to do that we had a secondary task of capturing the intel in the FOB, which would reveal the location of some missles. If we got those back to our regen, they could be fired at the APC from a distance winning the game. I decided to leave my GBLS in the boot and roll out with the Tanaka. By the afternoon the wind had picked up and even with 0.45s it was tough to make any accurate hits beyond 50m, so I mostly stuck to harrassing the reds. 0.45s pinging off metal sheets does tend to keep people's heads down. I did have a few issues with rentals not taking hits, I watched a few bounce off them but I always see that as one of the expected downsides of long range sniping. Even so, I scored a good five or six hits with my pistol. In the end we never captured the comms tower, but we did get the intel from the FOB and managed to get the missles back to our regen with seconds to spare.

It’s got quite a bit better of late - last month was 30 odd. Not huge numbers compared to some sites but more than enough for plenty of action. *Full disclosure I’ve been helping out Val building new structures on site.

I just saw this - really surprised as that place is a 120-200 a day site, running eight days a month. EDIT: Just read on Facebook the owner is saying he's 'poorly' and taking some time off, so they'll be back soon. But they're insolvent. Something doesn't add up eh.

Ha! Genuinely what is their plan here?

On the off chance anyone stumbles across this thread via google, it's a relatively easy job. If you need one making, slide into my DMs...

Another day, another nozzle for a Tanaka - this time a set of three for @Impulse The Kar98k nozzle was a little different, in that it needed a thread running through it internally for a power restrictor.

As much as I love my 1911, I really wanted something with a double stack magazine as they seem to run much better in the cold. Add in a polymer frame and you've got something that should run year round. Really pleased with this VFC/Cybergun FNX but my oh my is it a big boy.

I'll be there - not sure if that's a plus... 🤣

He was a futures trader. If he set himself up well when he did that, I imagine he can live off his YouTube revenue now.