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If you're sticking with the DCS, your best bet would be to get a placard adaptor for the MOLLE front flap. Basically it's a molle backed sheet of velcro loop. Then you can put a couple of side release buckles (the female bit) onto the "bib" area and use aftermarket placards to swap loadouts. Something like this https://www.wtfidea.com/placard-adapter-pals-molle-vest-velcro-loop-field/ TMC also do something similar for less money or AXL Advanced do something much the same for more money. Take your pick!

Time is precious and believe it or not some people find that they just don't have the time to do everything themselves. And remember kids - if a job's worth doing, it's worth paying someone else to do it for you.

Result! If you fancy going down the Crazy Horse route, PDI make the gas block plug and front sight.

Funnily enough I always find that running about and getting some exercise actually helps the aches and pains but I think that's more down to the "why's" of my aches and pains!

Fair do's! To be honest I have a pair of ESS Profile Turbofan goggles for my forced convection eyewear needs. The issue with those is that the foam gasket that interfaces with your sweaty bonce has perished and fallen off. Can't get a decent replacement for love nor money. Currently looking at repurposing a paintball goggle gasket (any other suggestions gratefully received).

So - a few things to unwrap here. Firstly - M110 stocks are absolutely adjustable. As for telling you to get an M110 instead of an SR25, that just smacks of someone trying to sell you what they have in stock. The M110 is just a different military name for the same rifle (only with an adjustable buttstock and slightly different rail). If they're out of stock of the G&G rifle, this might be an opportunity to change manufacturers to one of the others suggested to you in your other threads. This would be a good option https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/cyma-cm-098-platinum-edition especially given that you're planning to DMR it and make internal mods anyway.

GPWM. Tempted to say it's his own fault for buying into the hype. You can get MOLLE adaptors for them. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fobus-Molle-Platform-Chest-Rig-Mounting-Rotating-Holster-MOLLE-/201641120585?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338268676&toolid=10044&customid=Cj0KCQiAys2MBhDOARIsAFf1D1cnhwUTZ4NUPfSnl2aRD-lTKUndNz09MGLCcQg47zgBgwtYdoOQB_IaAmmCEALw_wcB @occidioThis would work: https://deadlycustoms.co.uk/product-category/kydex-pistol-holsters/dc5-series-kydex-holsters/

See now, if you'd led with that this whole thread would have turned out differently. Thing is, only you can decide when enough is enough. I'm only 51 but my knees and back are screwed, I have a friend that plays who is 26 but has three slipped discs. Tramadol for breakfast and he's running about all day better than me! Maybe look into getting some advice from a sports physio/osteopath about exercises to strengthen any bodily weaknesses (hips/knees/ankles the usual suspects) and just take it steady. If you're not enjoying it anymore, that's the time to quit.

I think it was more of a "plexi" as in "see though plastic". Same as our Henry is constantly referred to as "the Hoover". I agree with the sentiment though, I wouldn't trust them to protect my eyes.

Blueprinting an engine does require changing out components to be able to meet the design spec. Sometimes it's just a bit of lapping and polishing but if the tolerances are too far out, you have to change components. But yes, Yoshimura. Legend.

Pretty sure they're all but defunct looking at this: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08467952

Fobus are easily bought right here in good Old blighty. Which gun would it be for?

I wouldn't go THAT far!

I hate to break it to you but RPB Industries do not make airsoft replicas. They are a licenced manufacturer of the real firearms.

More by luck than judgement I'd wager!

They're a great idea but I have to say that a £30 pair of goggles glued onto a £10 mask with a tiny wee fan lashed into the top of the frame for £100 seems a bit steep to me. I get the whole "development costs" and "if it's that easy, do it yourself" but still...

As you correctly surmise there are two problems most of us face. One is actual fogging caused by temperature differences between your face and the ambient air, the other is caused by sweat (although the two do go somewhat hand in hand) In terms of what you have there the issue is that while the design of the goggles is such that it has an enormous vent all the way around, you have blocked that airflow with the helmet at the top and the mask at the bottom. It's not just you, it's the way of the world! You may find a better helmet has better airflow - depending on the liner design and whether or not the shell has vents. Personally I am a fan of the FMA Team Wendy LTP Bump style.

I'm guessing you've not seen the inside of a Cyma or JG recently then? For reference this is a JG G3, tried it, wanted to fit a better motor as the rate of fire was woeful. When I saw the gobs of horrible brown shite all over the motor shaft when I took it out I decided to open the gearbox and was greeted with the enormous amount of sticky, nasty crap you see here:

You sound about as sweaty as me! I tried a set of revisions with the dual pane lenses and they lasted all of one game before I went back to mesh. Yes, you need @heroshark in your life.

All the issues you have highlighted are nowhere near as bad or as common as they used to be though. You are correct that a well built gearbox will reduce stress on the standard parts but look at it like this - once you've taken out all the parts likely to contribute to poor performance, you've removed any of the stock parts liable to stress failure anyway so that becomes a moot point. If you're chasing performance then absolutely a well set up gearbox is important but performance isn't always compatible with reliability. It's absolutely worth having a gun serviced if only to clean out the earwax that some manufacturers use for grease, but that's not the same thing as sending it straight off for "upgrades", and it really should be something that owners ought to be able to do themselves.

And yet the Hera Arms abominations are everywhere

I'm going to resist the immediate temptation to reply "get fucked" and ask why you think anyone "should" stop playing?

I have a couple of CA MP5s, so far the Nuprol NP5 mags have been pretty good. Cyma ones feed but need a good slap to get them to latch into the mag catch. Same for the Mag ones. If you can get some Classic Army ones they would probably be the best bet.

That's what he's already got. It still uses a standard length cylinder instead of the elongated one in pretty much everyone elses SR25 models.