Zak Da Mack
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Also, I believe wolf only allow that at their own sites, so you're quite limited as to where you can go. I don't think they are the best sites either IIRC. As Mr.B says, try PAS, they are very friendly and don't try to rip you off (I had a bad experience with wolf armouries when I went there as they thought I was a noob to airsoft and tried to exploit that).
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Right. Where to begin? (Bare with me, I'm terrible at writing anything that's over a paragraph long, especially a review) If you think anything needs clarifying, please don't hesitate to tell me, and I'll sort it out.
I'll start off with the weeks/months leading up to the event. Baz initially set up a group on Facebook in which he posted up snippets of fake news articles which helped to build up the background history to help you get truly immersed into the story of it all such as why the rebels had formed (because the president Gretsky was labelled as "corrupt" ; filling his own pockets off a new titanium mine which was due to open instead of spending it back into the country) as well as the possible American SF which was apparently secretly in the country (although the state media denied this). After you booked and paid the deposit, you were invited into a secret group in which you could meet and greet the rest of your team on Facebook and discuss plans with each other as well as receiving any new information from "Foxtrot Command" which needed to be kept confidential from the other teams.
Now onto the arrival, which was actually very good as the post code takes you directly to the front gate, which is a bonus as we didn't have to faff around trying to find some secluded entrance behind some big bush or some back path, although the gate remained closed which (if it wasn't for the Okto Eight sign) made us think that we were too late or there was another entrance to go through. As we arrived at the safe zone, I managed to get all my gear on just in time and introduced myself to Baz and the rest of the MDF team (governmental forces) as well as some of the guys from the MPF (rebel forces) who were all very friendly and chatty with myself and each other. We then had our safety brief which was well executed and straight to the point which managed to get it all over very quickly, before being redirected to Baz who told us the background story and the events all leading up to current day in case anyone had missed any information from the Facebook page. We were then handed our equipment such as radios to receive important messages, bandages which were about a mile long and an edipen to some people for an extra revive for those who had paid for the privilege (I must admit, i thought this was a bit unfair that you could pay to have an extra bonus over other people, although it was nothing game changing at all). We were then driven out to our starter zones ready to begin the day(FOBs for the MDF, a village for the MPF and a bergen in the middle of the woods for the SOF). Personally, I would have liked the FOB to be moved forward so that the tower covered the bend in the road so we had a bit more time to react to enemies assaulting our FOB.
It was now about 10am and we decided to get comms up and running and then came up with and rehearsed a security plan to protect the president who was later going to open the mine (a marshal who acted out the role who did a pretty damned good job of it as well). It would have been nice if we were formally told that we had started as we were a bit confused at the beginning whether the game had actually started or whether we were still waiting for the other teams to get ready (oops, I remember being told that the game started over the radio, but unfortunately, my headset wasn't plugged in properly
). At about 11, we decided to patrol the road down to the mine opening to make sure that the rebels weren't close by and had not planted any traps to destroy the vehicle that the president was travelling down in. However, on the way, we were engaged by rebel forces who were trying to get ready and lie in wait for the president which ended up in a long lasting, heated firefight as we struggled to push them back whilst trying to stay alive as you had a real sense of self-preservation so you didn't have to watch the rest of your small team die and return to base. The immersion by both teams were great as once you were hit, you would go down to the floor screaming "MEDIC!!!" watching the firefight revolve around you as the rest of the team desperately tried to reach you. As the firefight drew to a close, the amount of people who were injured, rolling around the floor shouting "MEDIC" was actually kind of scary and daunting as you notice the amount of casualties taken in on both sides who were screaming, pretending to be in pain. I felt truly immersed within the game as many of players ran around shouting out in Russian accents (which happened to be quite comedic as well).
Some of the M72s which were confiscated on the second day.
The use of props throughout the day was amazing as well as the vehicles which could be used to transport yourselves around the 120 acres of woodland at your disposal. Although these had to be used at your own risk as sitting on the back and getting ambushed basically makes your self a sitting duck and proved to be quite painful aswell. There was a functioning mortar at our FOB (although the range was something else to say about, but that didn't stop us bombing the rebel village with it on the second day thanks to the marshals throwing pyro into their base after being directed by a small recon team who were only about 20 - 30 metres away from their main base
)There were also RPGs and M72s used by the rebels which could blow up the vehicles and kill it's occupants which we had to deal with to try and go in and rescue the injured before being ambushed at CP 15. All 3 teams played to their roles perfectly with the rebels constantly providing a challenge to us by ambushing us at unsuspecting moments and I didn't even see the SOF at all on the first day as they stuck to the shadows but apparently they had engaged us quite a few times that day without us even realising, helping the rebels to clear us out, before killing them off as well.
One of the squads from the MDF who provided eyes on the ground for the mortar strike.
The game finished sharply at 5 and we all headed back to the safe zone to get debriefed, before setting up camp for the night but you had to be aware of where you put your tent thanks to the amount of horse s***s there were lying around in the field, and don't get me started about the daddy long legs. They were everywhere and when they saw the slightest opportunity to get in your tent, they would go for it!
I had the pleasure of camping with the rest of my team and we had a laugh in a small circle although it would have been nice if everyone got together round a large fire and had a laugh, but still, I enjoyed the evening and was certainly one of my highlights being there for that.
Pre game time in the safe zone on Sunday
The game started at 10 again the next morning and the team got back together with one man short who unfortunately fell ill and was unable to continue on the second day. The second day was also a lot more fun, although towards the end of the day, you could tell people were getting tired as they were getting frustrated that they weren't shooting any body and someone decided to remove themselves from the immersion of the day by going back to the safe zone (which was out of bounds during the game day unless it was necessary) and decided to make himself a pizza in his caravan's oven which may or may not have made me a bit jealous as all I had was a can of heated up baked beans in a mess tin for breakfast
But we managed to change a few outcomes throughout he day such as destroying a weapons cache and confiscating a bunch of M72s before having to hold off a giant ambush against the attacking MPF. But I did feel slightly outnumbered on the second day as when the MPF teamed up with the SOF, we were outnumbered 3 to 1 which felt quite demoralising as we knew we weren't going to win any engagement we had with them. The mobile spawns also proved a PITA as I don't think the rules were clear enough and the rebels would be able to spawn after we killed them in a matter of minutes, meaning that we just ran out of ammo and got overwhelmed at some points. Luckily, towards the end of the day, some of the rebels were getting tired and we managed to push the rebels out of the village and hold it until we were told to withdraw back to our FOB. During the last hour, we were tasked with taking the old cache we had secured from the rebels again which felt a bit skirmish-y for me as I had no real understanding as to why we were there and it was just a massive-ish shoot up.
Holding the FOB against the rebel counter-attack (if you look carefully, you can see me cowering in this picture
)In conclusion, the weekend was a massive amount of fun and I thoroughly enjoyed it with the hiccups hardly causing much of a problem for me. The teamwork and camaraderie was great and I would definitely play with these guys again and we have agreed to try and keep in touch and go somewhere else again. The storyline was great and I like how the way you and your team play affects the storyline of the game as we managed to save president Gretsky from losing his hide (just!). I will definitely go again the next time it is on and i think it is well worth the money and time spent preparing for it and I recommend it to anyone who is thinking of going (as long as you join the glorious MDF
).As I said earlier, anything you think I should add in or any questions, feel free to ask or tell me. Phew, finally done writing it up
Giant team photo from Sunday (It would have been great if more people were there, just saying that you lot should come, that's all)
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Are the Glock 18 and the Glock 17 the same dimension (excluding the selector plate), I own a Glock 18 and want a hard shell holster for it but all I can find are Glock 17 holsters, they look the same size and the real Glock 17 I fired in America was the exact same size as I remember. So basically if I buy a Glock 17 hard holster will the Glock 18 fit???
Different gun brands may be different sizes but the glock 18 & 17 are completely the same, other than one is full auto and one isn't, so they will fit the same holster. However, airsoft glocks are a PITA and aren't actually compatible with proper glock holsters and I believe you need a glock 23 holster for the 18 to fit. (on phone, can't change colour)
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That's what I love about the g&g model; it's qd-ness and the easy quick change system. If there was a way to pull the motor out the stock and change it as well, then I'd seriously consider it. But a Ed says, G&G trying to be smart arse and innovative is just going to end up back firing and they aren't going to get any sales
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A friend just recently bought me red orchestra 2: Rising storm. That game is brilliantly fun as well as a challenge. I'm thinking of getting the red army one as well.
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After looking at videos of the VSS (thankyou for making me want to add another gun to my collection), I think I'm preferring the likes of the king arms VSS. It looks alot like the G&g one, but much easier to upgrade and mess about with. I haven't seen an LCT VSS, only an AS VAL. Are they actually doing a vss?
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Oh, this time he has been quite conservative in his spending... check back through the annals of this thread if you don't believe me - he is single handedly funding R&D into airsoft M4's and western kit in general!
Personally, everytime I think, "If I buy this [insert ordinary life object] I can't afford to buy, for eg, some Russian NV gear this month - sod it, NV gear is way more fun..." the knowledge somewhere deep in my subconscious that I'll never spank as much money on airsoft as Chris makes me feel sane.
Or I could just put both of you in the 'insane spenders' category
I have seen kinnerley's previous spending habits, which is why I said army, not battalion of some other respectable size
I just got myself a job, so hopefully I can afford to buy more stuff (but no where as much as you lot) -
Bloomin' hell CKinnerly. Are you starting to equip your own private army?
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I go in my normal skirmish wear, but when I used to snipe, I put an extra under layer on so I wouldn't freeze whilst sitting in a bush. Tbh, if you put on anything extra, you will likely take it off later in the day (probably pretty near to the start of the day), and you'll just end up wasting your own time taking stuff back to the safezone.
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Looks good, but the motor is in the stock and as far as I can see, it's unchangeable, which is a shame. It has a built in MOSFET which, if its anything like before, then it'll likely be crap. It's also annoying that the battery is propriety and if it could be changed to accept normal NiMHs and lipos then I'd really consider this as a future investment. I just hope it lives up to g&gs quality standards and still be around if I go to buy it. I bet it'd make an interesting compact DMR for use in the field and if you need something versatile doing recon or something similar. (Is it real wood? Because it looks a little plastic to me, but it might just by the pic quality.)
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If you're any good at sewing/stitching, you could cut the strap to make it shorter. I might do that as I used tape to shorten the length and it made it much easier to dangle from your body without getting in the way of your legs.
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http://www.toysoldier.com.hk/product_details.php?pid=641
But I have no idea what I could use that pouch for.
Ha, I finally found something to put my sniper mags in (although a bit late for it now)
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I think having metal parts is more in terms of being strong and reliable, rather than the feel and weight of it. My friend recently snapped part of his g&g CM16 stock off (the plastic bit at the end of the receiver which stops the buffer tube freely moving) meaning that it's still probably not as strong as metal, but I'm not sure of the circumstances of how it broke, so maybe a metal gun would have done the same
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I think the best thing about ARRSE is that the name describes quite well the people that use it
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Too late, you're on the list now.
Well, I suppose I could always start a new life in Syria.
- Bottledtorment and Namaco
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As royal mail hate people who are at work or at school by 10, I missed my new chest rig delivery by about 5 mins as I didn't finish for break until late. I'll probably cycle up to their distribution office tomorrow and give them a letter bomb (PS: GCHQ, I do not plan to blow up the royal mail distribution office)
- Namaco and Bottledtorment
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Welcome to the spend/excite/disappoint cycle that is airsoft. As long as the "that's exactly what I wanted" part out weighs the "f*ck me I paid xxx for THIS" then you're laughing.
Haha, that's the problem; don't know if I'll like it or not, but I can only try and if not, then I'll give it back
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I know NATO uses 5.56mm rounds as I served in the army and the cadets but I didn't know proprietary meant until now thankyou
Yh, sorry about the first part nick, (I should have guessed by your pic that you were ex-army or something similar), I thought that's what you meant until TacMaster explained it better
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L85's and M4's both use standard NATO 5.56 STANAG mags as that's what armies in NATO use. Proprietary means that it only fits for that gun and won't fit in another unless you can do an amazing botch job.
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As Kiwi said, there's no point, all new G&G stock comes standard with a 6.03 barrel if I remember correctly
Sniper role - is this sidearm any good?
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Maybe I'm just lucky, but my WE Glock hasn't failed on me once, neither in rain, snow or hail; It just keeps on going. The only issue I've had with it is when I broke the plastic tip which pushes up the BBs because the mag release button does not resist well against my drop leg holster, but the problem was easily fixed with a bit of glue, although it was still usable when it was broken, it just took longer to reload the mag.