Lozart

When your sig is bigger than the post...it's time to rethink your sig.

You can also get ones with slots cut in the side to simulate muzzle flash. Works better than the ugly ass PoS in the OP.

Quieter gun eh? In that case you'll want to look at shimming it properly and maybe a different piston head. Sorbo pad to lessen the impact noise (which will then pretty much force you to do an AoE adjustment - no bad thing).

Gunman Eversley still do Flying Lead Filmsim days (this one was in February this year - https://www.facebook.com/events/606432199400121/ )

Flex. Flex, Flex, Flex. How do I put this..... You've just started (YAY!), you're enthusiastic (DOUBLE YAY!) and you have aspirations of greatness (HUZZAH!). BUT - you have just started. Setting your sights high is one thing. Saying already that you simply must have a training weapon is pretty much the equivalent of a guy driving around on P plates asking everyone about the service intervals on a Lamborghini. By the time you've been playing long enough for your CM16 to be the limiting factor in your games you will almost certainly have realised that actually a better G&G or indeed the Marui Recoil range is more than good enough for what you want. Nothing wrong with aiming high, nothing at all. Just maybe get a bit more play under your belt first to prevent going off half cocked...

In all these situations I do my level best to take the high ground and just walk away. The other guys just reinforce to the marshal that they're the ones being idiots plus life really is too short to get that aerated about a game of soldiers in the woods. Walk away, move along, get on with having fun.

Helical gears are usually recommended when you're trying to increase FPS rather than RoF. They have a greater meshing area on the gears which allows them to consistently produce stringer torque. If you're after increased RoF I'd stick with good quality flat gears (SHS Super Shooter, Siegetek, Lonex etc). There'll be plenty of other things to absorb your cash if you're going down the high RoF route!

I use napalm and a scotch brite pad. Of course... my guns screwed but it's shiny :-)

Helical gears are a pain to shim properly. If you get it right they're near silent. If not they sound like a cat eating wasps. In a can. Going over a waterfall in a dishwasher.

Have you tried adjusting your hop?

More to the point, no money changed hands. Other than realising the blokes a bit of a tosser no harm has been done so there would be no grounds for legal action whatsoever.

I feel it only fair to point out that the last post may contain traces of sarcasm, irony and possibly peanuts.

This. I hate to sound harsh but why the hell would you leave that kind of gear in a van overnight in the first place? Especially if your livelihood (I assume this was rental gear) might depend on it.

Just to check - he tried to scam you but actually didn't because your mum was sensible enough to ask around and not fall for it, correct?

My first memory of games (outside of arcades that is) was playing some traffic light game on an old Commodore Pet at my middle school. I would have been around 12 I guess so 1982ish? God I feel old now.

Cool. I need more guns then (no threats of divorce yet) Welcome to the madhouse, doghouse!

I seem to remember that was actually a standard V2 GB in an AA12 shell?

Like Ed said - the G&G MP5s are awesome bits of kit. A few of my mates have them and they work spectacularly well. Personally I prefer the sliding stock versions but they're all good.

Actually it was pretty restrained for James. Sometimes, people need telling the harsh truth though. There's only so much smoke a person needs blown up their arse. It's difficult to determine the cause of the failure to hit targets from a few words on the internet though. When my M4 was failing to hit people it really was down to the gun though. Even with the hop set right it would barely get 15m. Maybe a bit more description of the problem the OP is having would help.

Another possibility is that he just doesn't appreciate what the range of his gun is. Lots of people don't. But to be honest....it's what I was thinking.

305 is plenty for cqb.

This charger: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-IMAX-B6AC-Balancing-Charger300mAh/dp/B00GGBC8WA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404145806&sr=8-1&keywords=imax+b6 would be much better. Range and FPS don't have a great deal to do with the battery, but rof does. It's not just about the voltage though. LiPo batteries deliver their current differently which gives you higher rate of fire and improved trigger response. Personally I'd stick with 7.4v rather than 11.1v purely because it'll put less stress on your gearbox. Something around 1600mAh should last you all day unless you're hammering the full auto a lot! Of course you cold always get 2 batteries and swap them halfway through the day if you needed to.

If I'm not mistaken it's the same design as the old Marui M4 hop unit in that it comes in two halves. Replacement choices are limited but the Marui ones are pretty good (try Fire Support for them). Otherwise fitting a single piece hop unit involves cutting the lower part out and modifying the lower receiver to take a single piece hop (or going down the whole new receiver route like I did and that's a whole different kettle of expensive fish).

It's just that while yes, some pistols can outrange an AEG, in general they're not really designed for ranged use. As a result 270fps is actually plenty for the kind of close in engagements you would normally use them in. Also (as you'll find elsewhere on here with a quick search) fps isn't everything!