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Invicta black site is really good fun, indoors, up close and personal, quite dark so you need to use the light to help with tactics, everyone is friendly, according to Google it's about an hour from Woking. It's not full auto as the engagement distance is usually 5-10m and semi is plenty. I use my MP5K with a Gate Astor for fast trigger response so can get a good number of BB's in the air. https://www.invictabattlefield.co.uk/cqb-site

Autobot electric speed loader as I’ve decided I prefer to use mid caps with the MP5 but find I get hand cramps in the afternoon when trying to reload in the 5 min pause between games (when I should be re hydrating/snacking).

The local indoor CQB site chrono with their .20 ammo which is great as typical max engagement distance is 2-5m so they need to be extra sure you aren’t running a hot gun. You can run up to .25 for the game, the safe zone is so small you would be spotted pouring BB’s out of a .28/.30 tub (assuming you were stupid enough to bring them in the original packet) The woodland site is based on trust and will re chrono you if other players let the Marshall know they think you are running hot. Personally no idea if/how they weight the BB’s you use, I have 2xAEG’s which chrono around 320-330 fps on .20 so never been re chrono’ed on field. There are obvious and easy ways to cheat the system but as Jez said above if you cheat from the start airsoft isn’t really for you.

Me in the middle as we move the crates to the base, the guy with the shield did a cracking job of deflecting the incoming BB's from a LMG posted down the track. Really wasn't sure about the leg mounted, open top mag carrier thing but it works really well, reduced the insulation around my body and help keep me cool. Me, parked where the LMG gunner was giving him few rounds back when the teams switched.

I wear either my Apple Watch or no watch. When I wear the Apple Watch I wear it on the inside of my left wrist so its face is against the gun when shouldered. I don’t wear it for indoor CQB, as it’s very up close and personal, I don’t even use an optic as I’ve seen to many shot out.

I have an older Cyma MP5 platinum and it doesn't do this, happily carries on shooting after briefing / lunch with no need to mess with the battery.

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Latest additions to my MP5's Nuprol E1 T1 red dot on a raiser for the MP5k. Won't use the red dot for CQB but I will be playing a woodland game on Sunday so it will come in handy. Short mock suppressor for the full size MP5. Really like the look of this one now, it was a scratched boneyard gun that wouldn't shoot straight when I got it a few weeks ago. It's been serviced, greased, straightened, painted and had the optic, fore grip and suppressor added and looks stunning now.

As above, part of our fields CQB briefing is “Do not pick up anyone else’s reusable grenades” leave them where they are or if they are a trip hazard move them to the side of the corridor or room, if I randomly find one I just tell the Marshall where it is when’s there’s a lull in the action. Distracting you in any other way is fair game, I’d be pleased he didn’t come through the door and shoot me to make sure.

More open top viper mag pouches to go on my belt as I was sweating buckets under my chest rig last week. 2x 1100 mah 11.1v batteries and a 1 point sling as I am taking a mate to airsoft for the first time tomorrow so need to be able to field both guns at the same time instead of choosing between them.

Great day out at Invicta Woodlands. Usual good vibes, some great weapons and tactics deployed, highlight was a HPA M249 LMG with a steam/flash/tracer device on the front of it, you could hear it firing across the field, such a distinctive sound. The guy running it had to go out and reload a couple of times mid game, that’s a lot of ammo given the 2500 BB’s in a box mag. The ghillie snipers taking to the (literal) swamp to flank was exceptionally good work! Played 4 games, capture the flag and hold the base/location, swapping spawns to give both teams the same advantages/disadvantages. Was close until the last game when a few of the red team went home (or we ran out of steam and blew it). Took my recently purchased and rebuilt boneyard Cyma MP5 which shot admirably for its first day on the field with me. Chronoed right at the field limit and shot laser straight. I took the 1200 round drum mag and used it for the first game but switched back to mid caps for the other games as just blasting away on full auto is fun but not very tactical and I found it took something from the game? Usual few not taking their hits and there seemed to be a few players with very long range DMR’s who were impossible to hit back, even though I was right at the max limit on the chrono, 340 vs 400fps makes a difference but it felt like a bigger distance than usual. Food truck was ace, bacon, sausage and hash brown roll for brekkie and a burger with chips made a great lunch. Bought a mock suppressor for the MP5 from platoon stores on site just to add to the look. Overall throughly enjoyed, thanks to AJ and the team!

Just finished putting this together, it was a boneyard Cyma Platinum MP5 CM0.41G which was scratched, bashed and wouldn’t shoot straight. A good clean and service on the inside, fresh coat of paint to the metalwork, fore grip, Nuprol torch, theta optic, a bit of camo tape and extended battery tube for the stock and she’s ready to skirmish on Sunday. Might pull it apart again and paint the metal parts in camo and add a dummy suppressor at some point but trying to decide if it should stay Matt black as it is a MP5?

Have a couple of Cyma Platinum MP5’s which have a nice, snappy trigger, good range and rate of fire. One was bought second hand, run both on 11.1v LiPo without issue. Had one upgraded with a Gate Aster/brushless high speed motor (for snappier trigger) and longer barrel/hopup (for Accuracy and range) which improved it but not by a huge amount. can’t comment on their life as I’ve not had them for very long.

I’ve seen earthy browny coloured BB’s somewhere and did think about getting them but then I played a night CQB game where everyone was shooting bright green/red tracers and I realised seeing what/where you were shooting was more important than stealth so didn’t buy them.

That is stunning, planning to do something similar with my new (used) Cyma

The Marshalls said they only have another 4-6 weeks but other players said that's been the story for a while now. The surrounding area is a very flat and muddy building site now so they must be getting close to demolishing it.

Played the Invicta Black Site evening CQB for the first time. Very different to woodlands, fast, tactical and very close (as it should be for CQB). Used my upgraded Cyma MP5K which was perfect, 3 x mid cap mags and my battle belt, it was far to hot for a plate carrier. Plenty of very interesting looking kit taken into the game, lots of HPA, mostly very rapid and accurate pistols. Got shot more in this 4 hour session than I have in 5/6 woodlands full day events I've played, but also got more hits. Covered in bumps and bruises but had an amazing time. 5x 20/25 min games with a cool down in-between. I was unsure how the 300 round ammo limit (per game) would work out but with no full auto, the games being very short and all the walking back to re spawn I only used 100 to 200 rounds per game so pleased I chose the mid caps. It was dark when we started, around 7pm and was pitch black but the time we finished at 11pm. Great fun trying to understand watching the shadows and tactically using a gun mounted light. Lots of room clearing pyro and tracer BB's added to the experience. The safe zone is small and tight so it was really fun discussing the last round and how it played out then as soon as the game started it was full on no mercy, then back to mates agin. I've found woodlands is a bit more spread out so everyone splits off into their own groups so you don't get the same level of chat.

Cheap ex demo Cyma Platinum MP5 CM0.41K, longer hand guard of the one I already have, if it works I plan to either go full Die Hard replica or upgrade it similar to my MP5K PDW and add a longer internal barrel with suppressor outer so I can have a bit more range and accuracy. Theta Optics TO551 Red Dot to go on top of it. Roll of camo wrap, 11.1v lipo and a bag of 0.28 BB's Black t shirt, black thin tacticool long sleeve top and black jumper and an extra 2 x 130rd mid caps for evening indoor CQB

My first gun, the Cyma MP5K Platinum with the 5KU spitfire/tracer suppressor. Just back from being upgraded so it has a longer inner barrel which runs nearly the whole length of the suppressor. Also has a Gate Aster, brushless high speed motor and upgraded hop up. Accurate to 55/60m and 27RPS.

2,500 green tracer BB's, Nuprol NX600S torch, rail to mount it and a smaller battery so I can take the stock off the gun. I decided to have a go at a local indoor, night CQB game and wanted the right 'kit'.

Similar to Daveoc33. I am new to this so started with day hire or borrowing a mates back up gun. Really wanted a MP5 because SAS, Die Hard, The Matrix....... Yes I am of that generation. I bought my own Cyma Platinum MP5K which was epic compared to what I had been using. One of the guys at my local site had the Bolster armouries patch and a MP5K which looked very similar to mine so I asked him about it. He very kindly let me have a go on the range, I think he was curious as well. The Bolster tuned variant was just better, smoother, more accurate, better sounding, snappy trigger response. Was it 2.5x as good as the platinum, difficult to say it did convince me to send mine off to be 'tuned' with a longer 'polished' inner barrel, high speed brushless motor, Gate Aster, hop up etc etc so it did make an impression. I am thankful I got to have a go as it showed me what I wanted and what could be done and how much better a well set up, shimmed and polished gun could be and stopped me going to a tech and just saying 'make it better' like the noob I am. Out of the box they are expensive but they have got some lovely internal upgrades but it is the law of demising returns at some point.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! So far I am getting away with the cost as its exercise, similar to going to the gym, which is expensive....... Right..... The games I have played so far the youngsters (teenagers) run off and are followed by the aged (avoided using mature and experienced) then stroll back past to respawn before I reach the front line. Will post a picture of the MP5 when it arrives, gone for a longer tight bore barrel so will be keeping the suppressor on when on the field to keep the inner barrel protected.

Hi Forum Quick intro, started playing last year, borrowing kit from a good mate who got me into the game. Mostly been playing outdoor, forest mil sim at Invicta battlefields woodlands Kent and had real fun, starting to learn how the game is played. Been buying my own kit over the winter and now have a reasonable amount of British army green forest camo along with eye and face protection etc etc. Decided to go all in and just bought my first gun (Cyma Platinum MP5 CM0.41L) and the associated trimmings after my first CQB indoor event, which really got the blood pumping, the gun is going in for a bit of tuning before it comes to me with a longer barrel and an upgraded mosfet along with a couple of other upgrades to personalise and remove some of the reported weaknesses. Next I need to choose an optic but wanted to play a few games before deciding what to get.