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I have an A&K M249 Para. When it feeds it's great fun, but it is a heavy beast to lug about. Unlike the average carbine/rifle, there is NO point in chasing ultimate accuracy or rate of fire; the whole point of the things is to lay down a field of suppressing fire. The main thing to concentrate on is a) does it feed, and b) do I have the strength/stamina/sheer bloody-mindedness to lug it about all day.

Isn't the Fixie LT a 14.5" barrel, though?

I have the 901 with a back panel, and yes, it has ALL the capacity. All I would say is that while it is a chest rig, it is quite well padded and can still be quite bulky and sweaty (despite having "spacer mesh" type backing). Most of the Spiritus Mk3 or 4 or the Haley DC3R type chest rigs will let you attach it to a MAP style assault pack (there's loads of knock offs floating around). The pack straps basically replace the chest rig straps. Alternatively, take a look at the WTF stuff. They started out making tacticool gear for paintball so they have a number of air tanks specific pouches and packs (including a 13ci pouch that will sit horizintally on your belt if you want to get shot of the backpack completely). They do a range of modular chest rigs, and having used their gear, I would vouch for it over Chinese Spiritus clones! https://www.wtfidea.com/air-tank-pouches/

If you can't find a taper barrel the right length, you could try one of these: https://www.firesupport.uk/gp-taper-outer-barrel-adaptor-for-aeg.html and a regular barrel.

I seem to recall people saying much the same about the TM recoils when they came on the market.

I think I can honestly say that in the heat of raining plastic death, a little bit of stock wobble hasn't bothered me one iota.

Not if you break it into upper and lower.

Yup.

The film prop was a 37mm flare launcher. Fun fact, it's the exact same prop gun that Arnie uses in Predator. Also - the M16 front on the M4 receiver gives me Forrest Whittaker eye.

You'd certainly get some odd looks, but outside of doing some star jumps in your own home I'd have thought that as long as you're well off the beaten track away from Joe Public you'd be OK. I'd certainly suggest finding some weights other than mags and grenades though. Bags of sand or something?

The JG is a TM clone (same as the Cyma) so as far as internals go, standard hop rubber should fit fine but be aware that ones with a longer feed lip (like the Maple Leaf ones) may protrude into the feed tube a bit. As for barrels, just make sure it has both sets of grooves in the side of the barrel, the hop unit clip goes in a different place than on an M4. ZCI ones will work, or if you want to spunk a bunch more cash, Prometheus do an M14 specific one. You're looking for something around 420mm length. Worth mentioning though that if the cylinder is the same sort of size as a TM or Cyma, changing to a tighter bore will push your FPS up a not inconsiderable amount!

Thanks all, I'll get to hiding them then. An odd choice of nomenclature all in all. Why not just call it "delete ad"?

How can I actually delete an advert? I have a bunch of old completed ones but the only option I can find is to "Hide" it.

Blimey, an old Aria! That's a blast from the past! Honestly, I'm a bit out of touch with guitar prices. I was amazed to see how much a new Explorer is now given that the woods are arguably inferior to mine that I bought for a sniff under £500 in '91!