Ian_Gere

The main problem with mesh is the shadows it creates across your vision. If you haven't worn any, you will not know what I mean and unfortunately most cameras do not work the same way as the human eye so you cannot replicate the effect in pictures without some very expensive equipment. without any doubt Herosharks are the toughest mesh goggles available - they do not claim it, but i have no doubt that they would stop 00 buckshot. They also have the largest holes of any commercially available mesh - this is a two edged sword, because yes, they do let more light in than the common small hole perforated sheet "mesh" that many manufacturers use, but the bits of metal that remain are also amongst the largest...
 
When you are wearing mesh, your eyes attempt to remain focussed beyond it, which means that whatever you can see of the mesh between your eyes and their point of focus is very blurred and, if it is small enough, it disappears completely. The threshold for this seems to be about 1.1mm, ie if any dimension of a shape of metal is longer than 1.1mm, then it will never completely disappear from your view and will instead leave a very blurry dot of shadow (and since they come in rows there will be rows of these blurry dots of shadow). This is where Herosharks fail - the quasi-triangular shapes left between the offset perforated holes leave about the worst rows of shadowy dots.
 
You totally do get used to them being there and your brain adapts to looking beyond them, however another problem is that any sudden movement nearby, or if you attempt to glance down at your chest by just moving your eyes, even sudden noises that make your eyes involuntarily move, can all cause your eyes to attempt to refocus on the inside of the goggles. The larger the shadows, the more often this happens, plus, as Esoterick says, if they are unpainted or white on the inside, this makes it happen more often. So what? The trouble is that it takes a while for your eyes and brain to readjust to focus purely beyond the mesh again and not bother about the shadows, so basically the bigger the metal the more time you cannot see...
 
Still, your eyes will refocus, whereas fully fogged/rained out polycarbonate is a trip back to the safezone hoping you don't fall over something in your path on the way.
 
In my experience mesh made from interwoven wires, like those Kingrin's, makes the smallest shadows and they can completely disappear from your view. However, in the Kingrin's I personally bought from firesupport.co.uk, the mesh was pretty badly inserted into the frame - there are many of the last bits of wire missing so there is less substance actually holding the mesh in place than there ought to be, which does make me question their safety. The same style ACM ones, like these, have never given me any pause and i have been shot in the face full auto whilst wearing them at least 4 times.
 
You could also consider doing what I did to a pair of polycarbonate lensed goggles which fit your face well - swap the polycarbonate for mesh you buy yourself. You can then bend the end of each wire to loop around the last wire it crosses, or a boundary wire, to form the edge of the mesh insert. This adds strength because it means that the wires cannot be pulled into the centre of the mesh by deforming pressure - if the wire cannot move, the only way to deform the shape of the holes and thus penetrate the mesh, is to actually stretch the wire - personally i do not believe it is possible for an AEG, BASR, gas or even HPA, propelled plastic BB's to deliver enough energy to a hit to actually stretch 0.7mm steel wire, especially when it is also supported by the friction between each crossover. I also added to the strength of mine by making the mesh replacement bulge out way more than the original lens did, which gives the shape more room to flex and spring back than if it was simply flat.
 
Mesh Modified ESS Advancer V12's
...when I'm wearing these, it only takes seconds before it feels as if there is nothing at all between my eyes and the world.
The mesh is #8 0.7mm SS316 and you can buy/blag sample sized pieces which are well big enough to do any twin lensed goggles and, from some companies, just about a ski mask type.

The issue I had with Herosharks is the inside is unpainted(at least on the 2 pairs i've owned) and my eyes keep trying to focus on the metal. I'll probably give them a light coat of spraypaint at some point, as they are it's completely unusable.

a few of mine

UKSF

Kryptek Typhoon

Kryptek Mandrake

Insurgent - playing in Spain

I'll like to say in a large heap on the floor that I sleep on top of..but it's a bit more structured than that. I'll try to dig out some photos.

To be honest I have never seen the point in owning more than one of the same gun........

Nope its chav worthy.Rest of the collection is pretty nice though.

Jeez, here I go again.
 
M140 spring
Steel cylinder head
Steel cylinder
Steel barrel + hop up housing
6-24x50 Scope (current scope doesn't zoom or adjust, which is a completely pointless.)
 
Also nabbed from ebay:
Heroshark speartooth goggles for £17.50
1000 BBKing .45g BB's for £13.99

Finally got that PSO-1 from deal extreme £65 all in
 
Now if I could only get the bugger to fit lol
 
Edit :- had to file some bits, but fits like a glove now

Well, my wallet is crying bloody murder... Dropped over 3 grand in the last week... On quasi-Airsoft stuff...
 
Building a 3D modeling computer (I guess I can make better Airsoft videos with it 😉)
 
Ended up being more like $1700 with shipping (pic below)
 
Then I splooged and got myself a 3DR SOLO quadrotor.
 
A guy I know used a drone to film a game I was at here in the states, so I needed to be able to do the same 😊

It'll be fine. Shake well to make sure the lube is dispersed though.

I'm really, really tempted by a TAG as well but Christmas and a holiday next month put rest to that purchase. 
This launcher is just for giggles really. Plus I don't have any weapons I could attach an underslung launcher to (barrels too short, no space, etc.) so it left me with a stand alone one. At £30 it's worth a pop.
 
Update: Some more purchases.
 
Micro red dot sight - £17 off eBay.
Cheap pistol laser - £7 off eBay.
 
Just undecided whether to mount them to my shotgun or my mk23 now...

Yeah, I keep thinking i need a standalone launcher. I'm thinking for TAG's, but i don't want the unbalanced weight of a tube on any of my AK's. Because there are so many situations in airsoft where i end up throwing a pyro knowing full well that i don't have the skill to land it exactly where i want it, but have a go anyway I'm sure TAG's are the way forward, it's just the initial expense of the launcher and TAG tube insert that has stopped me so far...

CYMA AK folding fore grip - £10
Second hand shotgun stock for my M56 - £15
 
Very light on airsoft purchases this month - Christmas being round the corner and all. These are just parts I've wanted for a while (particularly the shotgun stock) and being relatively inexpensive I decided to get them.
 
Hopefully buying an s-thunder launcher with two grenades off a friend later. If I do then I expect I'll be spending a lot of money on 40mm grenades in the coming months to make a loadout out of it

I just bought a bunch of WE G17/18 mags for my TM G17, will confirm.

Ok. This may take a while to type -
 
ASG Special Teams Carbine (KJW KC02 V2)
5x Green Gas Long Mags, 6x CO2 Long Mags
ASG 3.5-10x50E replica scope along with a custom killflash and sunshade
Swiss Arms G.O.O.B. 320x45mm Silencer
Tophatrunner VSR type Hop Chamber for KC02
Tophatrunner High flow Rocket Valve for KC02
Tophatrunner Barrel Spacers 4 Pack
Kevin Forney Alu Piston
RATech Steel Bolt Carrier for KC02
A+ Airsoft REAPS Bucking
Orga Magnus 430mm 6.23mm inner barrel for VSR
Magpul USA Hunter X-22 Stock for Ruger 10/22 in Black
Magpul "" Hunter High Cheek Riser in Black
Magpul M-Lok Bipod Lug
Magpul M-Lok 11 Slot rails x 2
Magpul M-Lok MOE Grip

KJW KC02 with 2 Gas Mags

It's a problem I could solve but then I'd have to try and find somewhere to hide the body ☺😈

Yeah, we definitely need a CYMA impact grenade, or a wpływ Granat!

Down to what it should be retailing for! the original RRP of almost a grand is absolutely ludicrous.

Fan in the top he must be talking about the Revision Desert Locusts with a turbofan and the additional thermal lens available for it.

Wait til he shows off his L119a1's and the full collection of ak's

My dad told me he used to sit watching the telly pushing the Hoover back & forth while my mum was elsewhere doing the house work as 10 minutes of hoovering wasn't long enough according to her

Ahhhh - see now there's ya problem
(yes dear I'm doing the hoovering right now)
((Mrs Duck is out atm so I'm the man of the house - for now))

That's just not fair I definitely need to be having words with the wife

yeah I've been doing this way too long