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you know what'll feel cheaper? a £14 magpul clone from eBay.

every 1961 will carry 8 mags, those 4 pouches are doubles.

ahhh, strobes, the hi-cap of the torch world.

50% of misfeeds are down to tappet plates and nozzles, if you haven't opened the gearbox you're missing a lot of potential failure points.

LBT1961 - will fill all of your needs in one easy package.

loctite.

Yeah, an M4 will never be turned into any kind of passable L129 sharpshooter lookalike. Some kind of SR25 is required

A couple of mine have sprung leaks from the bottom o-ring, fixed it with silicone gasket maker, just have to remember to use SHITLOADS of it and make sure you don't leave any gaps. Dry it out for 24 hours in the airing cupboard with a bb wedged onto the release valve with electrical tape (for ventilation) and they should be good as new :-)

Not gonna lie, the night vision is a double edged sword in that place, I found the marshalling to be very good and the majority of the players to be decent... but there were a couple of people who thought that because it was dark no one could see them blatantly ignoring hits. Frustrating to say the least, especially as I think there's a special place in hell reserved for those who say things like "take your hits". I did lose my cool a little bit with one guy who I shot in the face (he was wearing a full-head mesh thing) 5 times, only for him to return fire with a full auto sweep of the corridor a second later, I may have blurted out "are you fucking kidding me?" after I called my (several) hits, to which he took umbrage and started shouting shit like "are you questioning my honesty?!". A few incidents like that really soured my opinion of the place, and the marshals really can't do anything about it as they're just as blind as the next man in the darker corners, I wasn't likely to ever go back as I'm only in portsmouth for a course anyway, but a few people's behaviour really put me off.

will try it both ways, in the dark sections they'll definitely work.

Got a sack full of BFGs and some night vision ready, should be a good evening :-)

3 year old bios may have started to degrade, once exposed to light, air and moisture (even normal humidity) they'll start to break down slowly.

Afternoon Gents, I'm going to be in Portsmouth next week for a course and fancy visiting a new site, the Bunker on Portsdown hill have a game running on Wednesday evening so I figured that was as good a site as any. Any one else from the forum going? or fancy coming along to show me round etc? Cheers, James

417 mags are bloody huge, they make M14 mags look like pop tarts.

fuck no, I'd honestly rather buy from justBBguns than that mickey mouse outfit... guaranteed 100% bedroom dropshipper who will take your money and order the gun from hong kong.

dynatex and SWAT are your only 2 options here, they both use the exact same design (SWAT licensed it from dynatex) internally.

Andy Bourne should be able to sort you out, google tactical optician.

yes, 300mm will be fine.

Have played at Spartan several times, read my post again. If you still can't decipher what it was I said then perhaps my old friends Janet and John can help with your reading comprehension. ;-) **edit** just realised this makes me sound like more of a c*nt than I actually am, it was meant as a joke, I've added a smiley now so it's ok!

The IR sensor in a tracer unit is no more powerful than a TV remote control. There's no way at all it can damage your eyes. The flash inside the tracer is less powerful than a cheap camera flash, again, cannot damage your eyes.

There's guidelines, some things are standard like first aid kit location, other things are more don't-do's rather than must-dos. Magazine pouches on the front is a big no-no, someone realised that secondary fragmentation from magazines (and the bullets held within) do bad things to peoples faces when you step on an IED, as a result soldiers aren't supposed to have magazines pouches on the front of their armour anymore. Also means you can get your belly down closer to the ground when prone, which is no bad thing. Looking at recent photos of guys in theatre you'll notice they've all set up their kits largely the same way, magazine pouches generally on the left cummerbund/belt, first aid kit on the right hand side, admin panel somewhere up front and high with zap-patch etc, PRR normally somewhere on the front quote low. Pistols on the chest were a 'thing' a while back (and still are for vehicle crews) but the new radar holster for the Glock 17 is designed to be worn as a drop-leg so that's what you'd see more of for a really current kit, there's still serpas knocking about though.

Chock makes a really good point there, it's all well and good some stores stocking stuff like Real Sword and TM etc... but quite often those guns sit on the shelf for months at a time because people spending that kind of money generally know they can get it cheaper online/abroad.

That's exactly it, gun-teching is no way to make money. People whinge about £15-20 labour for a spring change or r-hop installation, but when you consider that a shop likely has to pay their tech £12k+ a year (add on NI contributions, pension contributions etc) at the low end and suddenly you need that person to be making absolute minimum £40 a day to break even. Custom guns built to order too are another pit, airsofters in general seem to be obsessed with the idea of a 'package' deal, no one's selling you a holiday! a G&P M4 with a load of extra bits added on costs the sum of it's parts and probably a bit of labour for putting it all together, you're not gonna get money off the cost of those parts when the margins are already small! As for what I would like in a retail store with a web-outlet; Consumables: Reasonably priced quality BBs - note, not CHEAP, reasonably priced. These are probably going to be your bread and butter product as anyone can buy a gun and keep it for 10 years... they still have to buy BBs for it though! Always-available reasonably priced pyro - this is where you can offer people 'bulk deals', £3 each for pea grenades or 4 for £10, your margins will be relatively small but you're guaranteed to shift them in big numbers as long as you can keep up with demand! If you've got a CQB site nearby start selling blank firing grenades and blanks to go with them, again your margins will be smallish on the blanks but it's a consumable item people will be back for. Gas - Abbey gases and WE Nuprol seem to be the gases of choice for most airsofters (with good reason), you can make some money on these as the wholesale costs are surprisingly low! LiPo batteries and chargers - people are gonna buy these, might as well buy them from you! PARTS!!! Get a good range of regularly broken bits; springs, tappet plates, hop-rubbers, inner barrels (less so, but everyone wants a tight bore for their new gun... you can even professionally fit it in store for them for a small fee!), motors, deans connectors (again... fitted for a small fee). Big-ticket items: A range of good-quality starter guns (combat machines anyone?) which you can sell as a starter kit with a cheap charger and a NiMh battery. Chuck in a Sansei style mask (they're SO cheap) for nothing and they'll fly out of the door. Optics, torches, grips - airsofters love bolting shit onto their guns! Get a decent range of attachments going on and set them up near the guns, impulse buys are good for business Gear/nylon/etc I can't really comment on, I haven't bought anything retail from the UK for ages so I don't know what the market is like, or what people tend to buy. The NUMBER ONE most important thing though; customer service and a welcoming environment. Best airsoft shop I've ever been in is Pro Airsoft Supplies in London, staff couldn't do enough to help me and I didn't even say I was buying anything, they straight off the bat said "if it's on a wall rack feel free to have a play with it, if you want to shoot anything, let us know and we'll get a battery and some BBs". The customer service bit for them comes in when there's an issue, they honour their warranties (I expect mainly because they don't sell cheapo double eagle/SRC/etc guns and don't get many returns!) and do so without quibble or fuss, same for incorrect orders, they sort it same day. That reputation is well known because people talk about it when they get really good service, but not as quickly as when they get bad service! Wolf armouries on the other hand... I went in, spoke to the guy and said I was visiting London and was in the market for a new AEG (pretty much guaranteed him a sale!), but getting guns out of boxes for me to have a look at seemed like too much hassle and when they did come out of the boxes he was pretty reticent about letting me actually hold them... no sale there and I won't be going back!

Yeah, get some LiPos. The age of your gun could also be having an effect though (but only if you've shot it a LOT), if the trigger contacts are worn or the motor bushings are a bit knackered then the gun will put a bit more of a drain on your batteries. The age of the batteries is also a factor too, NiMh aren't 'forever', they're absolutely a consumable item and they do have a shelf life, if like the gun they've been used a lot then chances are they're getting a bit tired out.