Lozart

The Oakley factory pilot gloves that you can get for around 30 odd quid were originally designed for extreme sports use, not military use. As a result they don't always last very well. They certainly have the gucci kit appeal but the ones often seen in military use are the fast rope version which is much more expensive!

Mechanix, helikon or warrior assault systems is what I would go for.

Seriously - component Shop.

Condor Gen 2 Battle belt and a bunch of bits to get the M4 living again!

The prices aren't significantly cheaper than www.componentshop.co.uk so I would stick with them. Less likely to get damaged in transit if nothing else (not so far to come).

Try tightening the little screw in the back of the fire selector, it might be as simple as it slipping out of place. Used to happen on my TM M4 too.

Loving the Fallout PipBoy!

There's often an MED for moscarts so check with the site (The Malls operates a 15ft MED for instance). Nobody needs a facefull of BBs even at 200fps!

Cleaning? Errrmmm....I'll ask the wife.

Sounds like my M4.....

The problem there is that everyone has a different idea of "perfect". I'd like a high RoF, low FPS CQB beast, the next man might want a high accuracy DMR but we both want it to come in an M4. You can't please all the people. Ever, usually!

WAS 40mm grenade pouch (currently on sale for under £5 if you want tan or OD http://www.uktactical.com/p-8886-warrior-double-40mm-pouch-tan.aspx ). I have three ZCI gas shells from Zero one but one has already failed on me (not resetting). I use green gas (which is what they recommend). I've heard very good things about the SHS shells but nobody ever seems to have stock. Also the King Arms ones. The Madbull ones are incredibly expensive especially considering they are mostly the equivalent of a low cap (18 or so rounds in most cases)!

This one? http://www.airsoftarmoury.co.uk/index.html They run the site shop at the Malls (and a couple of the other Zed Adventures sites I believe). They were also recently featured in AI magazine. Nice chaps, happy to recommend them.

Pah. Kids

You should sell me your Strike Back G3, then you'd have space........

43. 44 on Sunday though. I'm having jelly and cake.

One aims to please

Yeah... I did it once. Never again

I hate to say it buddy but I think you're donald ducked on that one. All the aftermarket handguards of a Magpul/CAA style I've seen are designed primarily for the real steel market so they expect a real steel style delta nut to hold it all together. If you just want to add rails to a standard handguard there are ones designed for that very task: http://www.actionhobbies.co.uk/M16-AR15-M4-Hand-Guard-Base-Rail_AWWG4.aspx#.U3oyQPldWSo I had one like this on my original handguard until I swapped mine out for the MOE guard (and the delta ring and all the other bits and pieces need to make it fit).

So how much extra would you be prepared to pay for all this out of the box reliability/performance? I seem to remember you saying in another thread that you don't see the point of paying big numbers for a gun and that you'd rather buy something cheap and upgrade it so I wonder if you would even buy a gun that came with all the stuff you're saying you want and still leave it alone! In terms of general AEG weapons, G&G top tech guns are great out of the box and I've heard very good things about the Lonex M4s but ultimatley a £90 CYMA does what it needs to with nothing more than a battery and some ammo! Maybe your expectations of what can or indeed should be done to an off the shelf product are a little high?

A friend of mine challenged me to work out how much I'd spent on airsoft (which came to a hideously large number) and then said "best make sure Sam doesn't find out!". Sam being my wife. She said that she wasn't really bothered because it's my money and as long as it's not stopping us doing other stuff then why should she stop me doing stuff I enjoy. The bit that annoys her is the space it takes up and the general mess I make leaving bits everywhere! She always looks on in concern when I reveal my welts with a boyish grin though. Bless her.

Cyma do (or at least used to do) one of those http://www.kuulapurkki.fi/index.php/p910.html?___store=land_camo_e2

It's £25 - what are you hoping for? If this is for your custom M4 build I'd say save a bit and get one of these: http://www.air-lab.co.uk/products/gearbox-parts/lonex-complete-gearbox-sp150-ultra-torque-for-m4-m16-series.html Of course - for that money you could just buy a whole new gun....

Try the Pirate arms ones from Bullseye Country Sport. I have one and it's pretty decent. The 3x FTS magnifier I bought with it has however been consigned to the "try and make it work better" pile.