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the police use semi automatic MP5s because they're not allowed fully automatic weapons, the real MP5 also has a much lower muzzle velocity than for example a minigun... does that mean a minigun is more DMR than an MP5? your argument is invalid.

jesus Ian, heavy night?

S&S precision lowpro mount for a scoutlight.

3m safety glasses will absolutely stand up to an airsoft gun, no doubt about it. I expect they'll be designed with stopping high speed, sharp bits of metal from exploding drills/lathes etc so 6mm plastic balls at slow speed will be nothing.

he can play house with Maddie McCann then!

yep, that'd be the one, I was the fella with the green death tracer spitting MP7. Small world!

A little off topic perhaps, but did you happen to play in the courthouse in bristol this evening? A fella there had pretty much the exact same mod!

For the price those are a pretty good deal based on the reviews, I can't stress enough that china clones don't actually provide any tangible protection!

as hearing protection I can't recommend the z-tactical sordins, dunno about their comtac replicas but the sordin model is just a moulded PVC earpiece shape with a (really quite uncomfortble) pad round the edge and a couple of circuit boards inside. They do certainly dull your hearing when you wear them but since there's no actual insulation I'd say they're a no go for anything other than looks. That and the sound reproduction from the in built microphones isn't very good. Saying that though, for real shooting I don't wear real sordins either (who needs comms on a range?), I tend to wear yellow foam ear plugs and a set of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peltor-H64FB-Shotgunner-Ear-Defenders-BNIB-Army-Issue-/350928524757?pt=UK_SportingGoods_Hunting_ShootingSports_ET&hash=item51b4f855d5 If you're looking to really protect your hearing that is absolutely the way forward. Unfortunately it does make you quite deaf which will effect your situational awareness while playing.

Agreed, there's a definite undercurrent of elitism on here and on every airsoft forum really about so called CoD softers. They're just kids who get a bit excited about getting to hold guns and shoot at people. Only time it should ever be a problem is when they cheat, e.g. "I'm on last stand" etc. Really though, get over yourselves guys, you run about in the woods dressed like a soldier and shoot people with a BB gun. So do CoD softers, they just get excited about it for a different reason.

and my contribution, needed (want to keep my teeth) some decent full face for CQB so following a guide on Arnies I built this: It's a set of ESS Profile turbofan goggles with the bottom half of a Sansei style mask cable tied on the bottom. No idea how it will perform in practice but it'll definitely protect my teeth and face!

best bet is to put a band of high visibility tape in the recess on the grenade, it'll glow like a fucker when you shine a torch on it that way. Failing that, you could use a keyring to attach a small glow stick? Glow in the dark paint is actually pretty shit at glowing.

I think in future when people ask 'what am best starter gun', I will refer them to the G&G AK.

indeed, on a REAL M4 canted ironsights are a great idea as a backup if you have a magnified sight on top since rifling doesn't care about alignment of the gun... on an airsoft gun though hop-up with f**k you in the ass.

Oh beards you say ? This was last year's deployment beard at about the halfway point, for your safety no photos exist after this point.

So what's your beef, that their parents can afford to buy them £2,000 PTWs? If so, dry your eyes and move on, there's always someone with more money/better car/fitter wife. Be happy with what you've got and plan for what you want to get, ignore those who have greater means, theirs or those they're borrowing from others.

there's a 'team' like that plays at a site I occasionally go to, they all have their matching gear and think they're the dogs danglies (they're not, herd of poorly camouflaged elephants springs to mind), I find it's easiest just to avoid them. I don't speak to them, they don't speak to me because I'm a mere mortal and I'm not wearing A-TACS. One day they'll realise that A-TACS AU isn't all that great in the woods!

what kind of parent buys their kid a Systema?! besides, even the best gun isn't going to outrange your G&G by much more than a few yards, if they were the be all and end all of airsoft everyone would have to have one! Get a smidge closer, good gear does not a good airsoft player make.

don't think you can get one worth owning anywhere for that little, 2 tone or no... thats a topic for another day though.

that's pretty sweet.

+1 for the senior service, I haven't shaved since June!

Stick with plastic teeth on the piston and a plastic nozzle. Metal teeth on a piston are normally tougher than the gears so if something goes wrong the piston ends up destroying the gears and not the other way round... Pistons are cheap, gearsets aren't! Plastic nozzle is for a similar reason, if something goes wrong the nozzle will smash your hop unit to bits if it's metal, you'll also run the risk of chopping BBs up occasionally.

looking good, where did you get the stick on foam for the stock?

Pretty much yeah, if you've got the goggles on top of your head then the elastic will slip upwards but if they're round your face then they shouldn't slip. That said, if you have a weird shaped helmet or odd goggles then the retainer straps might be useful, I just don't see the point in spending money to fix a problem that may not even exist for you.

yeah I had a set on an older helmet, they're OK if you want to have a set of goggles sat on top of your lid and not have the elastic strap slip upwards but if you're going to be wearing the goggles they're near enough useless.