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I always wondered about those potato masher fore-ends. I heard the first convincing argument for them the other day. As they are separate from the slide, they stop someone standing in front of you pushing the slide back far enough to stop the hammer striking. Not sure why they need the "meat tenderizer" finish though.

Simple really, you change the material of construction. Why not? And yes, it's an imperfection. I'm going to suggest that if you weighed those BB's you'd find them significantly under weight. An air pocket might form anywhere in the ball, so when the BB spins up in the hop it will be off balance and you'll get all sorts of strange effects due to gyroscopic precession and other strange phsicsy sort of things.

Airsoft gun, maybe (though all the stuff about needing the space to get a proper swing works as much with a swung "club" as a sword.) Real steel shotgun though, not in the slightest! A couple of thousand cartridges should keep you going for a while, and that's the minimum I keep in the ammunition safe! Would be fun picking them off at 200-300 yards with the stalking rifle too, though that might give the position away somewhat.

Swords? Knuckle dusters? Really? I'm going for the semi-auto 12 bore and some 42 gramme BB cartridges. They'll make a BIG hole at close range, and will slow pretty much anything down out to about 30 yards. And yes, it is another weapon that you need training to use effectively in a stressful situation. Try sticking a solid slug into a charging wild boar for stress, zombies don't even come close!

A TM MP5 High cycle, with the drum mag, three high cap straight mags, four 8.4V Ni MH batteries, a charger that will do for my other batteries including the LiPO, a tight bore (6.04) barrel fitted and a load of other bits and pieces or it, all for £260! Yesterday I ordered a low powered bolt assembly for my MP9 from the States. Just wish I could find some reasonably priced MAC11 and MP9 GBB KWA mags now. That would make me happy!

Thanks Taciturn, good answers, well explained. So the MOSFET might be as simple as an op-amp, taking the signal from the trigger switch and allowing a much larger current to pass. A bit like the relays in a car. I've read about all sorts of different things that are claimed for MOSFETs, but what you've said makes sense. My background is aero engineering, so I know a fair bit about electrics and electronics, but not much about how it's implemented in an AEG. What sort of area of the country are you guys based in? Cheers Matt

Hi Lee. Had a look through the site, the guides are clear and well written, and easy to follow. I have a couple of questions though. What exactly is sorbothane? Where does it go, what does it do and why should we fit it to our guns? I'm in the process of restoring a couple of slightly abused aeg's, but haven't had much experience with electric firing systems so this is new to me. What are the benefits of a MOSFET (and what exactly do they do?) I know what a MOSFET is in terms of an electronic circuit, but I think the airsoft MOSFET contains a few more elements than just a small op-amp, and does a few more things. Do you have a RW location that customers can visit? I have a few problems that I'm not sure how to describe, so it would be great to be able to demonstrate them to someone who might know how to fix them. Cheers Scoobs.

Firstly, legally, an air rifle is limited to 12 ft.lb before it becomes a section 1 firearm. An air pistol can only be 6 ft.lb. Make no mistake, if you are caught with ANY weapon that's not held on an FAC that produces more than 12 ft.lb, with ANY projectile that they can stuff down it, then you WILL end up with a criminal record and you WILL forfeit the gun. Now, for a weapon to be considered "airsoft" (i.e. a toy, not a "lethally barreled weapon for the purposes of the firearms act) Home Office guidance sets out a muzzle energy below 1 joule, so about 330fps with a .2g projectile. In theory, anything above this level is considered a "lethal barreled weapon" and falls under all the provisions of the firearms act 1968, as amended. Practically all this means is that any weapon which is capable of firing more than one projectile without repeated pressure on the trigger (i.e. fully auto) is a prohibited weapon under section 5 of the act. This is why single shot, and semi auto guns are often seen with higher energy levels. Now, this isn't actually included in settled law, only in guidance, but it would seem silly to risk the criminal record and seizure of guns that might result from a prosecution for having a S5 firearm without a certificate. For one joule, with a .2g bb, your velocity will be 328.08 fps. To hit the 12 ft.lb legal limit before a firearms certificate is required, you would need to propel the .2g bb at 1323.4 fps, which is going to be tricky with any of the standard mechanisms used in bb guns.