Lozart

From their website: So they are a Chinese manufacturer that no doubt makes BBs for other people. They'll be cheaper because they're selling them direct without other peoples markups. This is the parent company (which explains why they make decent motors) https://www.ko-technologies.com/about-us Fun fact, I spent some time working about an hour up the road in Zhangjiagang.

Fixed that for you.

Stick your email into the stock notification here: https://www.tactical-kit.co.uk/axl-sandwich-bag-41285-p.asp Saves a chunk on shipping.

Does the recon not have an admin pocket in the top bit? Also - the AXL sandwich bag is basically exactly what you're after.

Probably so he can actually attach things to it.

Given that it's a REALLY cheap gun I'd suggest you leave it alone unless it breaks. Personally, I'd wait to get a better gun for actually using and THEN take the Lancer apart and fuck about with it to learn what you're doing to be able to fix the better one come the day that IT needs upgrading/fixing. That said, yes you can improve the longevity of a gun by improving the shimming, you can improve the performance by upgrading the air seal parts or the motor/spring but you can also fuck it completely and end up with no working gun at all.

It's funny I was going to post that exact link and then had a fit of snark. You're right of course but in all honesty google will be about as useful as asking without knowing what sort of stuff he's after beyond what fits on URX handguards.

https://lmgtfy.app/?q=airsoft+URX+rail+section

I literally charge them the day before a game and leave them in a LiPo bag until the next time I want to use them. I'm the poster boy for total lack of maintenance! I've never had a battery actually fail on me though, but I have binned a few due to having had them for years and them getting a bit puffy (abundance of caution and all that). Wouldn't surprise me at all if airsoft packs are made of B Grade cells though, the market is nowhere near the size of RC.

Not a bad habit by any means and certainly for the big RC packs it's a VERY good idea but equally it's by no means a necessity to storage charge every time you use a LiPo. Is it likely to improve the lifespan of the battery? Sure. Will it stop your house burning down? Only if you actually treat the batteries properly over and above the storage charging and don't use them once they inevitably start to degrade. I personally don't bother and have had more issues with batteries puffing up due to to being shit batteries than anything else. Since making sure I only get decent quality batteries, I don't have as much of an issue. Plus if one does start to puff up, I fuck it off and buy a new one because they're just not that expensive.

Without knowing which way you're planning to go, not really. In general though, they're...ok. I did a build with 16:1 gears and a basic mosfet a few years back and it's held up OK so far but the blowback function is pneumatic and uses a hole in the top of the cylinder to bleed off air to make it work. My advice there would be to swap the cylinder for a standard one without the hole as it will help with power and consistency enormously. IIRC the gearbox has cast ridges on the inside that makes it a pain to use something like a Gate Aster as the ribs need removing to be able to put the stickers on the gearbox. I wouldn't go mad with it though, the front of the gearbox shell is known for being a bit fragile (unless of course you just HPA it in which case the world is your crustacean).

High torque? High Speed? DSG wanker gun or DMR?

Why are you storage charging it? Are you planning on putting it away for a while?

Well....yeah. Let's be honest. I suppose I try and look at it like the rugby vs football thing (a hooligans game played by gentleman) whereby it's a kids game played by grown ups but the more I see the more I realise that just isn't so.

Welcome back. As for sacrificial lenses, in photography where neutral filters are cheap and available and designed to fit in the threaded lens housing, you're basically buying a thing that is not designed as a sacrificial item to be sacrificial because it's cheap. In airsoft there's loads of killflash fittings that slide into or over the lens tube so it makes sense to pursue that avenue for sacrificial lens protection as opposed to making a threaded fitting which would be more expensive. In terms of the rail mounted ones, I agree that they are ugly AF but again, the rail space available makes it easy to fit and forget.

Honestly, the whole thing is pretty bloody childish. On the one hand he should be clear what the price includes (as should ALL advertisers), on the other hand you tried to low ball him which isn't going to make you his priority customer. The listing doesn't say "or near offer" or "open to offers". The whole tit for tat feedback thing straight off the mark is where it gets stupid though. You both make yourselves look like kids there, there's no need for it. Pay the money or don't, arguing over £1.20 is just ridiculous.

Strong how? What are you planning?

Bit like Stella, reassuringly expensive 😁

Same. Seriously considering splurging on the Krytac

Mp5, Mc51, ARP9, there's loads out there.

If it's paper pyro, once it's struck you have to get shot of it (obviously). If they were in the process of letting fly then they're not going to not follow through. Personally I'd be pretty miffed at having to take a hit from pyro that left their hand AFTER they were hit (assuming they actually called it at that time) but that's up to the marshals on the day.

Ooof. GWS dude!

Send it back.

If you're looking at buying multiple PCs I would say go with what you know (ie Invader Gear) particularly as you want vegtato as an option because not that many companies make that pattern. Alternatively, pick a colour that works across different camno loadouts (like Ranger Green or Tan) and splurge on one half decent plate carrier instead.

Not sure if it's a trick of the lens but it doesn't look like the magnifier is parallel with the rail - the front looks higher than the back. Which to be fair is pretty typical of that kind of mount.