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the time difference at close distances is so short it's definitely a negligible difference. If you can tell the difference between the shot landing after 20 or 25 milliseconds you're a better man than me!

here's all the evidence you need for 'time to target': at 170' (51 metres!) the difference in time of travel between 0.2g and 0.3g is nearly half a second... in favour of the HEAVIER BB.

'time to target' is a myth too, sure, at 10' distances the .20g BB will get there 3ms quicker... but at distance heavier BBs actually end up going faster. For me the 'range' of my gun is the distance at which I can reliably hit a target, being able to float BBs beyond that is irrelevant, so I use the heaviest ammo my hopup can lift.

That's one of my pet peeves, people calling their Airsoft Gun their 'RIF'... seriously, it's a fucking BB gun, RIF is a legal distinction!

4.75" x 1.75"

I bought my last 2 PCs from Novatech, had no problems with either one at all.

You'll maintain a lot of the resale value if you go Crye.

yep, then you get people saying things like "Gen3 night vision... more money than sense" - no mate, just didn't spend all my cash on unnecessary shit for years.

"you may not need to spend money on that" "I'm going to spend money on it anyway"

That's what he said.... The M203 would be for him to put the shell in, so he can fire it!

upgrades you've listed for accuracy will definitely help. For snapper response you need to lose weight on the slide and match your recoil spring to the new weight. AIP make a REALLY good lightweight BBU and there's tonnes of lightweight aluminium slides available for the WE G17. On top of that, a good nozzle & piston head combo will really help, again I recommend AIP for both.

Depends if you have a WE or a TM... different bits are of different quality on each gun. Also, when you say 'upgrade' what aspect of the gun's performance or aesthetics do you want to improve? Range, kick, cycle speed, gas efficiency? Some of them are mutually exclusive!

Why pay UK prices for an item manufactured in China? Just buy it from China! Semapo make a really good NJPC replica, not cheap though.

Seconded, JPC is very low profile at the shoulder. They're not designed to have too much stuff on them though so while the molle coverage is extensive I wouldn't be tempted to overload it.

it's just what happens when a v2 gearbox doesn't finish a cycle, the cut-off lever locks the gearbox. The only way to 100% fix it is to install a MOSFET that ensures cycle completion.

if you can afford the Krytac buy the Krytac, it's a much better gun than the combat machine.

Ive had my VTG for years now and the 'break in' period is still ongoing, 3-4 seconds is still how long it takes to go boom. TLD MX80 is a timed alternative to a BFG, but they're not as cheap to run.

For usable NVGs... honestly you're looking at dropping a LOT of money. I've been down the gen1 route and they're near useless, even with quite high power IR illumination the range on them is iffy. Because of the illumination things in the foreground end up a LOT brighter than anything behind them. The fish-eye effect on all of the gen1 sets I've ever used has been really bad too, to solve that problem you need to either go digital, gen2 or better. My advice to anyone that can't afford/justify the cost of gen3 night vision is to buy a really good torch instead, 500lumens of surefire will seriously give you much more of an advantage than a gen1 night vision monocular.

For less than £50... I'd chance it with an aimpoint repro, I've bought probably 6 aimpoint T1 knockoffs over the last 4 years or so and only one is still working... BUT, it's still working after thousands of rounds on a TM MP7 which kicks pretty hard and the dot is perfectly clear. Failing that, ironsights and point shooting.

these forums ran just fine before facebook selling became a 'thing' in large numbers. I expect it'll be fine after too.

Me on the left and my teammate Tom on the right a week or so ago at the new UCAP site in Shepton Mallet.

You certainly could glue it on, that said you're just gluing a monkey metal buffer tube onto a nice receiver... The weak point is still there. There are plenty of nice receivers available that are probably better than the A&K one, but I'd seriously question the point in getting a 6061 or 7075 aluminium receiver, it's overkill.

Not at all, external upgrades are what I'm all about. But you can't make an AEG as durable as a real gun, not even close. The buffer is a fine example, it attaches with a very long, thin screw that has no real strength. Even the strongest receiver can't help that and there aren't any aftermarket buffer tubes that are made of anything more substantial than zamak.

with a 1J limit you're really best off just buying a stock marui and fiddling with the hop/barrel to make it consistent.

the problem you have with fitting a really nice aluminium receiver is that you just move the point of failure somewhere else... the buffer tube or barrel or pistol grip. you'll spend a lot of money (and for a receiver made to real spec a LOT of money) and have a gun that's not actually any more durable.