Lozart

Ah, gotcha. If I remember correctly the CM16 has the sight moulded on as part of the outer barrel so yes, you'd need a whole new one. As far as where to get one or recommendations - I have a CYMA outer barrel on my M4 and it's fine (certainly for the money). Pretty sure it cost me around £15 new from ebay (Seal Airsoft or one of the other HK based guys). Try AK2M4 for ZCI inner barrels, they appear to be pretty decent for the price.

You don't need a new RIS. Get a 4.5" barrel extension and a 363mm inner barrel. Unscrew the flash hider, screw in the barrel extension and refit the flash hider. That should bring it to the same length as the Raider long or whatever they call it (standard M4A1 length). Fit the the inner barrel, run around the woods shooting stuff.

Try Elite Shooting Centre http://www.eliteshootingcentre.co.uk/accessories/holsters/Items/Cytac%20holsters.htm they sell parts for the Cytac but they look like a copy of the IMI holsters so anywhere that sells the belt loops/accessories should be able to help (UK Tactical, Zahal, etc)

Bags of ammo are heavy hence you'll more than likely pay a lot for postage. You could also try ProBalls from Socom Tactical.

Milsim is still "only airsoft" but the lack of realism in the Krytac would certainly grate on plenty there.

So don't tell him how to then.

They're really not. It's still a good rule of thumb to avoid them like the plague.

Yes but that table lamp he's got strapped to his glock will never fit in that!

That one from evike won't be any better than what you already have. Save your money and get a Prometheus purple rubber instead.

The issue is more that the little things won't quite fit the same. For example, I had the same thought process as you. My first gun was a second hand old tm M4A1 with a 2 piece hop. I bought a dytac receiver as it not only came with all the bits (fire selector, may catch etc) but also the hop itself. Then I started getting problems with fit. The tm fire selector for example looks better but doesn't work well with the dytac shell. The tm charging handle won't fit the return spring for the dust cover properly so then I had to get a dytac charging handle too. And so it goes on.

^^^^^^what he said. The old two piece hop is ......okay. But you could do a lot worse than just trying it with a new rubber and nub. Maybe a new barrel. Maybe. Thing is that you will need to either Dremel out the lower receiver to fit the one piece type hop or change the whole receiver to one made for a single piece hop. However that way lies great and untold woes related to incompatible parts and much expense to end up with a gun that works no better than what you started with. So unless you want to learn how it all works by tinkering endlessly, be happy with what you've got or buy a new gun.

It does tend to promote the vicious cycle of out of stock in the UK - buy from HK - UK suppliers don't see demand so they don't bother stocking

It's not just you.

^^^^^This. A thousand times this.

That's nothing. You should see me when I take my SAW out as a secondary....

It's not THAT big. My buddy has one on a sling and uses an M4 as his main. I'm not saying it isn't....challenging but it's certainly do-able.

Of course you can. Man up.

I was just going to suggest Novatech...

Cheap doesn't always mean "good value" though. I'm about to look at buying genuine Surefire pad switches because almost every single element or night evolution one I've had has failed.

According to him at a guess. It's his money.

Ideal number of guns = n+1 where n = number of guns currently owned.

Welcome to airsoft! Glad you enjoyed it. Is your bank account ready? Is it?

Do try to keep up.

TMC, Emerson.... Does it HAVE to be in the UK? Alternatively you could look at the Warrior RPC which is a similar style. Or even the Condor Sentry http://www.military1st.co.uk/201042-008-condor-sentry-lightweight-plate-carrier-multicam.html

It's not broken, it's an "undocumented feature"of the v2 gearbox design.