jcheeseright

Just get a decent gumshield, won't stop you getting welts on your face but it will protect your teeth.

5.56 doesn't really kick that hard, if you're strong and proficient with the weapon then for extremely close up stuff a 100% solid shooting stance isn't entirely necessary.

I've been playing for quite a while all over the country... it's a lot less common than most people seem to think.

I have never once seen someone take a hit and call 'last stand'. you're clearly playing with the wrong people.

either that or they're aiming by looking down the side of their barrel and walking their BBs onto the target, not nearly as effective as just zeroing your sights and aiming properly.

try heavier ammo first. don't change anything else, just put 0.25g BBs in it and notice the difference immediately. 0.20g ammo is frankly rubbish and only useful for chrono and extreme CQB where accuracy past 20' doesn't matter.

what I mean is 100% a picture in the post above yours.

here's an example of home-brew full face that I was talking about earlier; ESS Profile goggles with a sansei type lower cable tied on, I've also covered mine in multi cam tape but paint is just as effective. If you go down that route though, block up all the vents in the bottom and remove all the foam from the side and top vents, otherwise all your hot moist breath will go straight up into the goggles and fog you out in seconds.

if you're on a hard £300 budget, DO NOT buy a pistol. You won't get enough use out of it to justify the £100 you'll need to spend to get a half decent one.

The second most expensive thing you buy should be your eye protection. Don't cheap out on it, cheap lenses will fog and be generally unpleasant to wear, especially if you're full face! Get a decent set of mil spec goggles and one of the sansei style full face masks you linked earlier. Remove the lower half of the sansei mask and cable tie it to the goggles. Voila, instant full face protection that you can rely on 100% to stop a BB and will be more resistant to fogging.

Jesus Christ, are you going to crayon over the entire forum? Do you see me or anyone else posting pictures of their weekly shop? No. Because it's not relevant, neither is a neon genesis action figure.

I can fill a 1961 pretty easily. I don't use high caps so 4-6 midcaps in 2-3 of the front pouches, 2 smokes in the other. Pistol in the right side radio pocket, radio in the left. 2 pea grenades in the grenade pockets, extra pea grenades in the left side utility/battery pouch, snacks and spare ammo in the right side utility. 2 pistol mags up front and a lens cleaning cloth inside one of the small pockets on the front of the magazine pouches. No belt-kit required, bottle of water in a trouser pocket or a 1.5l bladder inside the lining of the rig if it's going to be a hot day. If I'll be out for longer than 3-4 hours I'll attach a pack to the back of it with a 3l bladder and various other bits and bobs to make life more comfortable :-) That'll generally do me for a 3-4 hour game, top stuff up if needed at lunchtime and out for the same again in the afternoon. As for the chimp wearing a chest rig with nothing on it... Some people are just special! I understand entirely that a couple of high caps and a bottle of water will 'do', but that's just not how I roll. I don't fill the pouches for the sake of filling them, everything I carry in a pouch has a use and if I find I'm not using it it gets ditched!

It's ok, I reckon you've got at least 18 months to save for the 417 :-)

For woodland I reckon every player should have the option of trying an LBT 1961 pattern rig at least once. Zero molle but so much carrying capacity it's unreal. I will never sell my 1961G, it's such a good 'one stop shop' chest rig that I honestly don't think I'll ever get a better rig for a long day in the woods.

37 is pretty small for a plate carrier, anything which takes a small or medium plate should be ok. A 6094a will be adjustable enough to fit you.

Your waist size is irrelevant for a plate carrier, what's your chest size?

It's a real trijicon RMR, no amount of beating a GBB can put out will break it. Plenty of guys in the States mount them on 9mm and .45 pistols.

bigger problems than money exist when it comes to air insertions with airsoft!

my friend had a car that broke down once, don't buy a car, get a van instead.

go the whole hog: https://www.dandbmilitaria.com/deactivated-fn-scar-mk17-assault-rifle.html get that milled out, chuck a set of PTW innards in it, get some magazines custom made and have the most awesome airsoft SCAR-H known to man.

P A R A G R A P H S

Current tally (RRP, not what I actually paid) is about $1600.

Net code is what allows you to communicate with other computers, that's not going to help with a hideously low frame rate!

450fps with a metal BB is still not exactly a lethal firearm though, a 9mm pistol for example is typically 1100-1300fps and that's with a seriously heavy bullet (7.5grammes approx for 9mm FMJ). For those who can't be bothered with the maths, that's about 570 joules at the top end. I should caveat that by saying that a 9mm is actually a fairly low energy firearm, the british SA80 (or L85 as you lot insist on calling it!) has a muzzle velocity of nearly 3100fps, with the 4.1g 5.56x45mm NATO bullet it fires. That's 1,767 joules and 5.56 NATO has received some criticism for not having enough stopping power in combat. Don't get me wrong, it'd hurt like hell and definitely break the skin, but as far as piercing bone and doing actual internal damage? No chance. In short, NO, your airsoft gun would NOT cut it in the zombie apocalypse, regardless of how big a spring you put in it.