Rock-climby-Dave

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I've used MK5 sized sticks before when I was stuck behind a tree, you'd be surprised what you can find 'roughly grenade shaped' on a forest floor. You'd also be surprised at how often it works for that brief 'oh shiiiii' to throw them off their guard.

easy enough mistake to make (I've done it before) You should contact whoever added it to the system - whichever retailer you sent it to

what products are you using to print with? Jebus' stuff looks great, but not printed, or have you added a finishing step?

Call the retailer up, tell them the mistake. If the difference is a substantial mistake (you wrote AB12 4PJ and they entered OP4 1GC) then they'll need proof that you're not just someone else trying to buy without UKARA

I can see that, your way works for you, my way works for me. But 1 eye for 1x sights is objectively wrong.

spending an hour lying behind a .308 with your eye shut gets tedious, keeping them open makes no difference, is more comfy and thus a better shooting position

Look at your target, then introduce the optic by bringing the rifle up to put the dot on the target, should keep focus on the target and squeeze the trigger. I shoot EVERYTHING both eyes open.

But with a PTW you'd need to waterproof, rewind the motor etc before you would be particularly happy using one. If I were to go out and buy a brand new AR type tomorrow, it would without question be a Krytac CRB or SPR

Excellent choice on the SPR, I'd say Krytacs are by far my favourite thing we stock and even after a year of them in store I have genuinely never ever been inside one. Scorpion Evos and Maruis we all know what they look like Grab this sight over the WE one: http://www.patrolbase.co.uk/airsoft-sights-scopes/30mm-cantilevered-spr-1-1-4x24dot-scope-mount.htm#.Vrxq4a2iSao Much higher quality than the WE optics, they're very solid mounts (I use one on my .22 mini rifle) and on that rifle, it'll look better. Objectively, not subjectively. They look better.

Guarder do an http://www.patrolbase.co.uk/airsoft-springs/guarder-tune-up-aeg-spring-sp-85.htm#.VrevMq2iSao'> SP85 , CYMA Aks are usually pretty airtight.

quite a poor way (from what I understand you're doing?) to check compression as some P heads release pressure on the return stroke. Finger over the pipe as before, then shove the piston assembly in as fast as you can. Should not move or reach a point where you can't compress the air further before it returns home at the front of the cylinder

The 'cogwheel' is the sector gear as only a 'sector' of it has teeth (the other gears are the pinion gear on the motor, the bevel gear touching the pinion gear and the spur gear in the middle of the bevel and sector. This is a little confusing as the whole set is a 'spur gear set' rather than a 'helical gear set' this gets nice and confusing when using helical gears and the same middle gear is still called a spur gear) Spring pushes it forwards as mentioned, speed at which it travels backward has no effect. a larger spring (M120 instead of M100, for example) simply pushes it forwards faster. You can use this effect in 'short stroking' by removing teeth from the sector gear so the piston is only pulled back, say, 12 teeth, not the usual 16, using a larger spring to push the smaller volume of air faster. If everything is 'damn fast' then the sector gear CAN engage into the piston rack before it's fully forwards. This is baaaad. This pre-engagement can damage both piston and sector gear to the point of breaking teeth off both. The function to stop this from happening is simple: Don't use 11.1 LiPos in stuff not designed for it. The tappet plate engaging early can be measured: Chrono on semi auto Chrono on full auto If there is early engagement on the tappet, the auto chrono test will be lower, typically a 10-40fps loss and inconsistent results.

For those that are happy wearing a shemagh and glasses, I'd recommend trying something as per this (shameless link to my employer, other places may stock it) Think it's a great idea, doesn't impede your cheek weld and gives the vital dental protection required, whilst letting you still communicate easily and look operator as fuck.

I'm tired and knackered so havent read the thread, my opinions are as follows I tend to not wear face pro (but also rarely skirmish these days) when I DO play. I had a tooth shot out about 2 years ago. Just the top off a front one, got it fixed and never thought more of it. Sadly, it (without realising) damaged the nerve ending and the inside of the tooth has died. I am currently on my 3rd course of antibiotics for a tooth abcess that began hurting on Christmas day last year (38 days ago at time of writing) and have been in constant pain (on a scale of 1-10 my constant pain is about 6) since then. non stop for 38 days. That wears you down. Add into that a few days of pain '10' (or the worst pain you've ever had) where some lovely, lovely, slightly woozey feeling tramadol brought that pain down to a 3ish and you realise that yeah. I should probably have worn face protection. The cost is irrelevant The slightly annoying mask-rubbing rifle cheek rest is irrelevant Being in this much pain gives you the answer you need.

Are you holding the gun upside down?

Compare your trigger and bolt carrier groups to another (new, or not broken) and see if there are any irregularities.

something in the trigger group is sitting a bit proud on full auto. double check all of the sears aren't broken or bent. Check the very front and rear of the BCG to make sure there are no burrs on it. Has it always done it or developed the issue over time?

1. Man up 2. Chicks dig scars 3. You got the scars fighting a swarm of killer bees, not 'poncing around the woods with other guys playing dress up' 4.????????? 5. Profit.

Apparently Pro win units fit. They're the hop unit to go for if your rifle takes them. The hop units are NOT attached to the gearbox

The joke is that H&K Manufacture the real one, which over here is a section 5 firearm. Posession of which carries a mandatory 5 year sentence. The H&K one is OEM by SRC IIRC, so I wouldn't bother messing around with it, they're an absolute pig.

yep, brand matters on an MP5 too. tbh though, with airsoft guns 'if it aint broke dont fix it' particularly as a relative newbie you can do more harm that good. That's not to say don't learn, though. I'd just recommend a backup gun being bought first

Thread cleaned a little. Which site?

Politicians and the public will think what they want, seeing airsoft next to what is available on the civilian market in the UK won't really make an impact. They already think we're all evil lunatics who bathe in childrens tears. The point I was making is that rather than fighting essentially the same argument (guns are bad m'kay) as two separate groups, we fight the same argument as a single voice. Many members of the public see shotguns as something people in tweed use to hunt gamebirds and claybusting as something they 'might like to try one day' but don't really care beyond that. What we do, by dressing in camo and running around using full-auto weapons and using real-world tactics? To most people, the claybusting is less likely to harbour lunatics/terrorists/whatever Excellent Ad Hominem, allow me to ask permission to add 'you're probably, like, 12' to my excellent list of internet comebacks. 'I shoot proper stuff' was added to show I use and understand both sides of this current topic. The real point I was trying to make was that the skills are mutually beneficial to each other and mostly transferable. Ahh, the good ol' appeal to authority. Now, don't get me wrong, if you were/are serving military I have respect for what you do. However, I deal far too often with service personnel who 'know it all' and then immediately pick up a gun, finger on trigger and point it at me. Great, cheers for that. Regardless of you being military/police or 'just a civi' You're just as squishy to a bullet from a firearm as me and your eyes are just as squishy to a BB.