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Cheers All, looks like I'm looking for Moscarts now, that are a reasonable price, either the shotgun shell type or the 40mm/M203 kind. I'm going for a series of booby-traps, mines and tripwires. Hoping to include, pyro firing, bb firing, blank firing and visual/auditory alarms. Triggered by proximity sensors, light gates, pressure pads, radio/wire controlled and good old fashioned wire/thread. My plan if I can get this stuff built is quite simply to make a big bag of tricks that will allow me to bring the mayhem.

Awesome, cheers Ian, I knew there was a word for what I was meaning, and that's the one. Yeah I'm struggling to find any in stock in the uk. Might have to keep an eye out for cheap 40mm moscarts.

I may release details a little later on, at the moment it's something I'm tinkering with to add to my box of tricks. If I get the go ahead from the sites I play regularly I'll end up building more than one and if I'm feeling generous I may put the how to up on here. Sorry that's all I want to say at the minute. I just don't want to spend a whole bunch of beer tokens on stuff that wont work and I have no use for otherwise. Cheers for your interest

Right, I have some projects in mind that require either cheap bb loaded gas m203 grenade shells or bb firing gas shotgun shell the question is do they exist and how do they fire. I'm fairly certain a firing pin hits the back of the M203 grenade releasing the gas which propels all of the bbs out of the tubes. Do some of the shotgun shells work in a similar way, if so which ones? Should say, I'm interested in shotgun shells that empty their bbs in one hit, and i'd like to know if the firing pin simply has to impact or stay pushed in. Cheers in advance.

I sense quite a theme from this thread, something along the lines of: "None of my mates were even remotely interested in Airsoft but I was pretty keen to give it a go. So I went on my own to my local got chatting to all the friendly people there and now I have a new bunch of mates for when I go Airsofting" I'll add, now all my friends who looked at me like I was one of the guys planning the columbine shootings think it looks like a massive laugh and want to come along after hearing some of my "war stories", seeing my kit and some of the bruises. But I'm torn as normally I turn up and meet the team/airsoft buddies, its amazing how quickly you make friends when you get wet/cold/muddy/knackered in a foxhole with a random person, even if its mostly just pretend.

There are .36's and .4's available in white, ASPUK sell them and there are others selling them out there. If ASPUK stock it then its probably ok!

On normal skirmishes, water and occasionally a packet of mentos or polo's for a bit of something tasty. Lunch times a sandwich, crisps and some biscuits but back at the car. On longer games where I won't be coming in for lunch I carry things that I can pick at. High salt especially during the summer or when it is particularly hot. When its really hot and I know stopping will be a problem I will include isotonic drinks, last year during a milsim I got quite severely dehydrated and was on the brink of having to require medical intervention. Since then I take making sure I have enough salt and water quite seriously. Tescos have these snack bags ( like half size sandwich bags). Three in my PC will contain, salted peanuts, biltong and dried fruit. I've recently been introduced to tuna in pouches, they look hideous but taste pretty good, especially the lime and pepper or tomato and herb ones from John West. Easy to eat in the field just tear off the corner and squeeze it out. Another easy to carry food I've been carrying round in pockets for quick snacks for quite a long time now are frubes, those yoghurt tubes you put in kids lunches. They make great easy snacks. Started that one 11 years ago at my first festival. I try to avoid chocolate bars as they have a habit of melting. My requirements of snacks are, small, lightweight (or atleast good nutrition for weight ratio), quiet to carry and eat.

What about Tan PC and Green pouches, get a set of either and the tan combats and you have both loadouts you would need for most of the milsim organisers.

With any lenses it is not a question of will they or wont they fog up. It's a question of WHEN will they fog up. All lenses will fog eventually, you can treat them as much as you like, but they will fog. If you find the holy grail of non fogging lenses please let us know.

You'll be loving your two tone right up until they call game on which will be swiftly followed by opposition shouting. "ORANGE Gun front, two to his left and 1 to his right!" Swiftly followed by all four of you getting lit up. I found at the site I used to play the two tone players would get very frustrated they couldn't get very close to us without being spotted but didn't seem to understand that their bright orange/green gun was causing us to have something similar to predator vision! But its your money, if you love it go for it. I personally wouldn't. And I don't mock people who have two tone, anyone who does is a bit of a d!ck IMO. But there is a reality and that is that Orange and Lime green are not naturally occurring colours in the British country side. So even with the best camo in the world the gun will stick out like a sore thumb even if you are camo'd up perfectly. At GZ this year there was a guy with a two tone HFC Bar 10 in luminous orange, running about in a ghillie suit. Totally pointless IMHO as you could spot a floating orange gun wandering about from well over his maximum range.

It's a very simple formula for this really. P= N+1 Where P = Perfect number of guns N = Number of guns you already have

You got it!

Nice one, a good home made ghillie is on the cards for me, have a nice Bar10 with a good setup. Problem currently is no money for either skirmishing or the materials so its on the back burner. Keep it up!

I wouldn't have thought it would be too hard to rip the guts out of those respirators to increase airflow, reduce noise and reduce the sweating issue.

Simple answer, if you want to be able to communicate with teammates without having to give away your position too badly or if you would have to shout to get them then yes. If you don't know anyone and you turn up on your own it probably wont be of much help. Having said that, you will find people at a site normally use a basic set of radios as mentioned above that conform to the PMR 446 feq's, they are pretty much all compatible because the frequency ranges and stuff are prescribed by the government and fairly limited so its easy to pick up one cheap and use it. You may find that if you turn up and make a few friends with people on your team you might be able to join in the radio chatter. I for one find there are too many functions on PMR446 that can't be turned off or locked out like the call button, and there is always someone who cant control this. Really annoying. My team use a higher powered set of radios, made by baofeng but they are overpowered for non licenced use. We now have a licence and a set of semi private frequencies, there are added rules, like using correct radio procedure and not swearing/being offensive. It cost £75 for these freq's for 3 years and one of the guys in the team filled in all the paperwork, we had to legitimise our existence somewhat, I believe his house is now our club address. The other advantage is that in open ground we can get crystal clear comm's over about 4 or 5 miles.

Its you that would be seen as doing something dodgy in the eyes of the law. The buyer provides you with a defence as long as you are happy with it then sell but you have to make sure your arse is covered in the eyes of the law. Its a weird legal grey area, and the defences are varied, Site membership (call their regular site) UKARA (essentially the same as above but their membership no is held by a central database) A skirmish diary or log I have bought a RIF from a forum member before, he didn't ask for my defence but we play two sites from the same chain, so I think he was fairly happy that I played regularly as I could name many of the people involved in the sites.

I've used Blasters Devil Blasters Proball And Zero In A break down of the most important factors followed by my own personal ranking. Cost: Proball work out the cheapest, Devil blasters would be the most expensive and blasters and Zero in somewhere in the middle. So cheapest = Proball-->Blasters/Zero In-->Devil Blasters = most expensive Quality: Zero in were probably the least consistent, I have only found misshaped bbs in their bags, none in any others. Appearance you can tell the difference between them, blasters are slightly off white, proballs are a mixture of "white and off white" and devil blasters looked the most consistently white coloured, but the surface finishes between devil blasters and proball are very similar, the blasters seemed a little less shiny which may equate to slightly rougher. Worst quality = Zero In ------------------------------------(a big diff)--------------------------------> Proball/Blasters/Devil Blasters = Best quality Accuracy: (Disclaimer- I have nothing I can show to back this up it is simply my gut feelings while using the various bbs) I could tell the difference between Devil Blasters and Blasters, the Devils seemed a lot more accurate, "you get what you pay for" I hear many saying. But personally I couldn't see a big enough difference between Devil Blasters and Proball for me to go out of my way to pay more for the privilege of firing the more expensive ones. Finally the Zero Ins seemed to end up with the most inconsistent shots, I had fliers and divers from a gun that was firing straight shots from the other brands. Least consistent = Zero In ---------> Blasters --> Proball ->Devil blasters = Most consistent I would suggest looking for the deals you can get out there, if you can buy a bag/bottle of each of these bb's and try to put at least a mags worth through each of your guns, you may find you prefer one over another, or like me cant see a big enough difference between two. Thing is the two I cant tell the difference in when firing are the least expensive and the most expensive respectively. My choice would be the Proballs in the future. Zero In own brand BBs from Zero In Proball are Socom Tactical's "own brand" never seen them being sold anywhere else. Devil Blasters and Blasters from many different sources, cheapest I have found them was Socom Tactical. Don't forget that postage costs that will need to be added to bulk orders are normally significant. Sometimes the best deal is somewhere local because you can simply pop over and collect them. I did this passing Southampton for Zero In and Fleet for Socom Tactical.

I had the same issue but at the top of the cylinder, turns out it was because the screws holding the scope mount were too long and therefore rubbed on the cylinder. I built up the underside of the scope mount with electrical tape. Looks like exactly what RCD said, before I put mine back in I made sure it was nice and smooth inside.

Shame it isn't being attended by more companies really. It would possibly be a way to get a better representation of the sport rather than as a side exhibit of the country sports show or whatever it is that's the other one.

Mainly it was what I had to hand at the time, the holster isn't as defined as the press ones but it holds the gun really well so I really couldn't care too much that is doesn't look as pro as some out there. It was also the first two I made. I needed the holsters quick, and didn't have time to make a press. I didn't have a diy place close to me and no materials to make the press. excuses I know but I will probably make a press in the future for a second attempt. The method is really easy, take one of those large vacuum bags they sell in Wilko's for like £10 a pair, make sure it is big enough to hold the gun kydex and a couple of tea towels. Treat the gun and kydex exactly like you would for the press, wrap in a couple of tea towels then place in vac bag, seal and suck out air. Its a crude vacuum forming technique. If you are careful the bag will last ages, I've since used it to move house and it now stores my skiing kit.

Two custom kydex holsters (made by me using the vac bag technique) one each for my Mk23 Socom and Glock 18C AEP, they are attached either to a Blackhawk clone molle adapter on my chest (just the glock) at 45 degrees. Or the Mk23 mostly goes on the IMI drop belt loop which drops it about 10 to 15 cm from my belt where it is too high slightly down my leg. This mounts the pistol with the sights vertical.

Like it Ian.... hows about adding blood to the mouth and going as zombie jesus. Seeing as he rose from the dead, apparently......

My recommendation would be to have a look at the Airsoft Sniper Forum, the guys on there have upgraded everything imaginable and tested most of it to within an inch of its life! You will find the guys there can advise on everything from Gun choice, upgrades (not all are expensive! some are free just take a little work on your part) to ghillies and tactics. Its damn good fun if you can get around the fact that you will take far fewer shots than anyone on the field, but enjoy the learning curve.

My purchases went in this order: ( I already had a set of DPM combats from my cadet days, boots and a webbing belt) - Gloves (Oakley rip offs from HK), Safety glasses, Mesh goggles and a half face mesh mask - A drop leg magazine pouch set (held 2 mags), knee pads - RIF After about 6-8 months I bought a set of desert combats, a plate carrier with pouches, and a pistol, so I could play a night milsim game at my local. Since then its mostly just been bits and pieces to supplement what I have already.

Most sites will do a Gun, a mag (sometimes ammo in varying amounts) and full face protection, I would expect when they say protective clothing they are probably talking about a combat jacket if nothing else maybe overalls or a jacket and overtrousers combo. I wouldn't bother getting waterproof trousers. Turn up in a pair of decent boots (hiking boots work), trousers, tshirt preferably long sleeved (dark ish colours work well) and you might want a change of clothes for the end of the day. Make sure the clothes for playing in are fine for getting sh!t high. Google PMC and you'll see from the images what you could aim to look like if you want something functional that wouldn't look out of place. If you are going to buy anything clothes wise for yourself I'd suggest getting down to your local army surplus and buying the cheapest pair of DPM trousers and shirt you can find in your size. I can get a set for under £30. The pockets help if you want to carry around bb's and stuff but I really wouldn't worry if you don't have camo, its not as useful as everyone makes out. Top tip, grab a few normal sized ziplock sandwich bags, divi up your bbs between them (aim for about 1000 in each bag) that way if you drop one its not the end of the world, and you can carry one during the game for quick mag reloads. Try to find out from the regulars how the games work, you will normally find there is a spot that your team will use as a regen or sit around between rounds where you could leave a small bag with water, snacks and ammo to keep your pockets free and lightweight. It's doubtful you will get multiple magazines so rigs are a waste of time, if they give you multiple mags they should give you a way to carry them or just stick one in your pocket and the other in the gun once in the play area it works fine. Finally enjoy it, try to listen carefully to what is going on around you even between games and look around at others kit, guns etc, if there is something you like ask the owner about they will probably be more than happy to talk your ear off about it and you might even get to hold or even test fire. That way when it comes to buying your own you'll have an idea what you like/don't like.