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try using .25g BBs, they go further.

'Shorted gearbox' 'diagnostic path' ... Wtf?! This guy hasn't got a fucking scooby doo, get your money back ASAP and leave feedback.

yeah, it'd be like putting a 5.56 bullet in a 7.62 rifle... just don't work! adding in a CO2 bolt will improve the efficiency over it's stock state... but 8mm is hamstringed by weight, a 0.2g 8mm BB suffers from drag a LOT more than a 6mm one and you've still gotta pass chrono.

good luck with the 8mm cheytac... you'll find people with £130 combat machines are firing further and more accurately. 8mm sadly is just not very effective.

Because the only things controlled are the sale and manufacture of RIFs, ownership is legal.

'Broken' is a big range of stuff though, could be a motor connector is loose, which isn't really broken, could be a blown fuse... Also not really broken. Ooor, it could be the motor is completely burned out which IS a broken gun, albeit an easy fix. It may be that he's sent a working gun that's been banged about in the post and something's come loose, if so fixing it shouldn't be a massive issue. Either way, the suggestion that plugging a battery in is the cause of it being broken is utterly ridiculous.

There's no way in a million years you could short a motor just by plugging in a 9.6v NiMh, he's sold you a broken gun.

Should clarify that with 'works for me in 50C heat while I'm sweating like a blind lesbian in a fish shop'

ESS turbofans with lens inserts and fogtech DX wipes. Works for me.

maybe you just have short thumbs?

TRMR all the way, I'm keen to pick up a couple for use with the mag flash base at milsim weekenders, that much flash in the dark will be awesome and I expect genuinely a bit disorienting for the recipient/victim. The multi shot base will be extra handy for normal game days, 6 bangs in 2 grenades!

On the subject of following grenades, it works well the other way too, if I hear an enemy grenade go off in an adjacent room I get in there ASAP, often when people rush into a room after 'banging' it they'll completely ignore the doors and look at corners. Easy meat for your counter-rush.

You'll have more problems with customs on the UK end I expect, orange tip means bugger all here.

there'll be two pins at the top, knock them through and the feed lip assembly will come right off. Easiest way to get at the springs and follower without having to take the bottom of the magazine off.

you mean like this beauty? surely everyone wants one like it?

Depends how long you're going to be out in the rain and how cold it is. I played at a local site a couple of weeks back and it tipped down all day but it was 20 degrees so I just wore what I would normally. On the other hand, I played a 36 hour milsim game at the sandpit in Kent in January and I made 100% sure I carried a waterproof jacket at all times as it was cold and there'd be no easy way to get dry and warm again if I got drenched.

green painted MP7: looks ok to me!

That kind of stuff (MREs, toolkits, etc) I always carry in a rucksack/bag, you won't need them when you're out actually playing. If you're in a game where there's no breaks then normally you'll have a 'safe' harbour area or camp where you can leave stuff like food and tools. Carrying it all with you just adds to bulk and ounces turn into pounds...

because the VCRA initially just outlawed the sale of RIFs altogether, it was only after consultation that they added in the specific defence against prosecution for skirmishers. It's a really badly written bit of legislation that's full of holes and inconsistencies, I expect whichever work experience kid or mumsnet forum wrote it just didn't think "these guys have real guns already, will BB guns make any difference?!".

Woah, ixnay on the patronising there pal, I'm 32 with nearly a decade (so far!) of service myself. So much so I'm actually on R&R mid way through a 9 month op tour right now. Your initial post said NOTHING about tan, which was the one I quoted, but even with that I've seen loads of rifles in various shades of green and even some dark red mixed in, just don't have photos of them.

Oh hell no, osprey is awful (unless you're getting shot at/blown up with real explosions, then it's brilliant at keeping your insides inside!), get a belt type setup for cadets and if you want something different for airsoft there's loads of options for something far less bulky and impractical than osprey.

Yes, we get it. you'd rather everyone played airsoft in shorts and tee shirt so then everyone would always feel their hits. The rest of us just aim for legs or head or arms instead when someone's 'not hearing' the BBs hitting their kit.

Took a new photo of my M4 the other day, figured why not put it up here

Really?! The British Army painted a huge amount of weapons for Afghanistan, and well before that most special forces units painted their weapons as a matter of course: 2Para SAS/SBS SFSG US Army SFOD-D USMC Force Recon (Travis Haley!) German Army US Navy SEALs

or you could try a 6094 B or C, the 6094A is the smallest size.