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A timed blank firer that uses 9mm blanks, looks like a proper grenade with spoon and is light enough to throw a good distance.

running is definitely your fault, means you've applied it much too thickly! several thin coats are much more durable than one thick one.

I think it's more soap that a lot of them are allergic to.

in that case as long as you get the surface preparation done right either krylon or halfords will fit the bill.

1) always sand and prime a surface if you intend for the paint to stick to it permanently. If you're after a 'weathered' look straight off the bat, don't bother sanding, but the paint will chip off and expose the red below. 2) Halfords camo paints are excellent, their khaki and green are probably what you're after. 3) yes, but expensive 4) quickly, real soldiers don't spend hours making their guns look like works of art, they're tools.

dry brushing wouldn't work to get the effect he's after. best bet is a heavy coat of spray paint cleaned off with a heavy duty solvent.

use an acrylic spraypaint (krylon is good) and then use white spirit to wipe it off before it fully dries. Works just as well on plastic as it does on metal.

a new barrel is cheaper than the tools required to do a proper job of chopping and re-crowning your old one.

component shop will sort you out. Make sure it'll fit inside your gun though, 2600mAh is gonna be a pretty big battery.

If it helps, I think only 820 people played crysis2! Best FPS I've played is unreal tournament 2004... But it's a bit dated and the learning curve is a lot steeper than most games these days. Counter-strike is probably your best bet, it'll run on more or less anything and it's more addictive than crack.

As Ian said; A 1j gun is a 1j gun, the difference is how well a heavier BB retains that energy in flight.

Heavier BBs go further, mass and velocity are only 2 factors from a pool of MANY factors which affect an airsoft gun's range. There's a really well thought out and modelled explanation of the whole system here; http://mackila.com/airsoft/atp/

I stand corrected, twats would expect a salute when in civvies. Those of us in the real military would not.

that charger outputs 800mAh so a 3000mAh battery should take just short of 4 hours. Get a better charger as your next purchase, I recommend either the turnigy accucell 6 or the imax b6. They're the same thing internally and will cover you for all of your battery charging needs pretty much for ever.

Bullshit.

it compares favourably to a real 152 for exterior finish, obviously the insides are a whole other matter and it's effectively a Baofeng radio under the hood.

RE PRC152, there's a company in china called Triumph Industries (TRI for short) who make a pretty sturdy U/VHF reproduction of the 152.

woah, those things are awesome.

ITAR is a US law that forbids EXPORT only. As far as I know Magpul handguards aren't ITAR and are completely legal to own in the UK, finding a dealer in the US willing to export one may be a challenge though!

yeah, the students will be paying for that water, as well as the council tax, electricity and gas bills. doesn't change the fact that buying bottled water is daft!

If you're a student living in halls then tap water IS free. For those of us who pay water bills though; if you could drink enough tap water to affect your monthly bill by the cost of even 5 litres of bottled water I'd be amazed! A cubic metre of water (1,000 litres) from southwest water (most expensive in the country) is £2.05. Tesco value bottled water is 19p for 2 litres, a cubic metre of water at that rate is £95, 2 litres of tap water is £0.0041. Tap water is effectively free if you're drinking it.

bottled water?!? bloody rich student, what's wrong with the tap?

oh right, paint what you want, no requirement for serial numbers or trademarks to be visible.

Colt can't touch you unless you're replicating their intellectual property for financial gain. Also, they've got bigger fish to fry, do what you want!

Yeah, find a site local to you and just turn up and play, don't need to go with friends, I didn't for my first game. Just turn up and chat to people!