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Special Airsoft Supplies are NOT a recommended retailer though, they're a dropshipper who will take your money for months and potentially never deliver the product you paid for.

agreed, there's too much 'ooh what if I hurt someone's feelings' bullshit in airsoft, just shoot them, full face is an option for everyone!

I shoot at the middle of what I can see, if someone's only sticking their head out then my point of aim is going to be their nose. Likewise if someone's moving quickly and I full auto at them to increase my chances of a hit and some of those shots hit them in the face/head, tough luck.

If you don't like getting shot in the face, wear a full face mask.

Only time I have ever complained about being shot in the face is when I got a row of 5 full auto shots across my face with my arms up and a red rag on my head from about 15' away while stood in the open. The guy claimed to not be able to tell I was dead... I had a bit of a flash at that.

Special Airsoft Supplies are NOT a recommended retailer though, they're a dropshipper who will take your money for months and potentially never deliver the product you paid for.

Special Airsoft Supplies are NOT a recommended retailer though, they're a dropshipper who will take your money for months and potentially never deliver the product you paid for.

Special Airsoft Supplies are NOT a recommended retailer though, they're a dropshipper who will take your money for months and potentially never deliver the product you paid for.

agreed, there's too much 'ooh what if I hurt someone's feelings' bullshit in airsoft, just shoot them, full face is an option for everyone!

Should clarify that with 'works for me in 50C heat while I'm sweating like a blind lesbian in a fish shop'

There's no part of a person you can shoot that'll hurt enough for it to be a dick move, I deliberately aim for bits of people where I know they'll feel it.
 
If you don't like being shot, don't play.

There's no part of a person you can shoot that'll hurt enough for it to be a dick move, I deliberately aim for bits of people where I know they'll feel it.
 
If you don't like being shot, don't play.

I have a degree in photography (not recommended as a career path, I didn't make any money!) so I think I can probably help here.
What you need for this sort of thing is a half decent DSLR, a tripod and a remote for the camera (it isn't 100% required but it's REALLY helpful). Set the aperture of your camera really narrow (like f25 or so, bigger the number, smaller the aperture) and make sure your lens is in manual focus. Then you need to put the camera into 'bulb' mode (this will make the shutter stay open as long as the button is pushed... this is why you need the remote!). Make sure your ISO setting is as low as you can reasonably go and snap away
 
The longer you leave the shutter open the longer your star trails will be, experiment with your f-stops as too high will give you an underexposed image and too low will overexpose. Since the black bits in between stars (on a clear night) are actually the complete absence of light you should get really good contrast. A few hours worth of 4-5 minute exposures composited together can look really cool, some remotes have a bulb & timer function built in which will do it for you.

I have a degree in photography (not recommended as a career path, I didn't make any money!) so I think I can probably help here.
What you need for this sort of thing is a half decent DSLR, a tripod and a remote for the camera (it isn't 100% required but it's REALLY helpful). Set the aperture of your camera really narrow (like f25 or so, bigger the number, smaller the aperture) and make sure your lens is in manual focus. Then you need to put the camera into 'bulb' mode (this will make the shutter stay open as long as the button is pushed... this is why you need the remote!). Make sure your ISO setting is as low as you can reasonably go and snap away
 
The longer you leave the shutter open the longer your star trails will be, experiment with your f-stops as too high will give you an underexposed image and too low will overexpose. Since the black bits in between stars (on a clear night) are actually the complete absence of light you should get really good contrast. A few hours worth of 4-5 minute exposures composited together can look really cool, some remotes have a bulb & timer function built in which will do it for you.

I have a degree in photography (not recommended as a career path, I didn't make any money!) so I think I can probably help here.
What you need for this sort of thing is a half decent DSLR, a tripod and a remote for the camera (it isn't 100% required but it's REALLY helpful). Set the aperture of your camera really narrow (like f25 or so, bigger the number, smaller the aperture) and make sure your lens is in manual focus. Then you need to put the camera into 'bulb' mode (this will make the shutter stay open as long as the button is pushed... this is why you need the remote!). Make sure your ISO setting is as low as you can reasonably go and snap away
 
The longer you leave the shutter open the longer your star trails will be, experiment with your f-stops as too high will give you an underexposed image and too low will overexpose. Since the black bits in between stars (on a clear night) are actually the complete absence of light you should get really good contrast. A few hours worth of 4-5 minute exposures composited together can look really cool, some remotes have a bulb & timer function built in which will do it for you.

I'd say that using the USA as an example for gun ownership is a terrible way to look at it, that's like looking at Mauritania for child mortality and literacy... never going to end well.

Instead why not have a look at Finland, or Switzerland, or even Canada, all of those countries have extraordinarily relaxed gun laws and extraordinarily low gun-crime rates.
 
America's gun problem is a cultural problem, not a legislative problem.

Only issue I can think of is storing them all!

Woodland and milsim I'll wear a gum shield to protect my teeth (get one made by a dentist, a £5 boil and bite from sports direct might not cut it!) as I'm not that bothered about getting welts on my face most of the time. Getting shot in the lip REALLY fucking hurts though.
 
For CQB it's full face every time, not a mix of glasses and lower mesh, full face. I tried glasses and lower mesh and had a number of instances of BBs hitting the top of the mesh and finding a gap below my glasses. Never took a hit to my actual eyeball but got close enough that I wasn't comfortable with it anymore.

Nope, the inside isn't threaded, it slides on to a thinner 'middle outer barrel'. TM used to do them the same way back when, saves money on metal I guess.

Got banned from every major provider 'moved away'.

I loved mine, the noise alone when racking the slide was enough.
 
That said, they do have issues, the tanks leak eventually; mine took about 2 months of regular use to develop a slow leak that I fixed with a bolt through the middle pin hole. The plastics aren't brilliant, they're not awful either though, as Proffrink said though- do not fall over on it! Loading arms as mentioned have been known to be a weak point, though mine personally didn't fail.
 
the 3/6 shot switch is a nice gimmick, I left mine in 3 shot mode most of the time for the better gas efficiency and 10 shots per shell rather than 5. the ability to slam fire a SHITLOAD of BBs very rapidly scares the crap out of people too.
 
I sold mine because I just don't play enough CQB to get the full benefit of it, but if I had a decent regular CQB site I'd pick another one up without hesitation.

Putting up a high accuracy GPS receiver for the British Antarctic Survey, they could have done it themselves but it would have taken them weeks. We had a helicopter and a free afternoon so we got volunteered.

Probably because no one will buy them anymore!

Probably because no one will buy them anymore!

Only issue I can think of is storing them all!

Only issue I can think of is storing them all!

Only issue I can think of is storing them all!