Airsoft_Mr B

Apparently it should be back in stock soon. Wish I could get one

What's your budget? G&G MP5? Sportline versions for ~ £130 and Top Tech (full metal) ~ £250 http://www.proairsoftsupplies.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=mp5&PN=tgm_mp5_a4_combat_machinesub_machine_gun%2ehtml#SID=37 http://www.zerooneairsoft.com/product_info.php?products_id=6090 KWA B&T MP9A3 http://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-weapons-c38/gas-rifles-c48/b-t-mp9-a3-p264 Tokyo Marui MP7A1 http://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/airsoft-weapons-c38/gas-rifles-c48/mp7a1-gas-blowback-p743

No. Please don't buy from justbbguns!!!!!! Just look at the justbbguns thread. They're utter rip off merchants (and they lie about a load of their products too) That M4 is £80! WHAT? It will probably be made of sh*t plastic. The internals are most likely plastic as well. You won't be able to upgrade it. It looks terrible. It WILL be out ranged by everything else. I could go on... You can get a G&G Combat Machine M4 for £100-120! A battery and charger maybe £20-£30 more at the most. You're only paying £50 more and trust me you will be getting a MUCH better gun. Everyone recommends them if you have looked around at some other threads you will notice how popular they are because they're so good. Much better quality, excellent range and accuracy (performance to rival much more expensive guns) If you're gonna buy from a 'bbguns' site then I'd spend 20 absolute max on a springer pistol or something if you just want it for messing around with doing target practice. There should be a lot of useful guides around here for beginners or how to start and everything. I think it is UnrustleThineJimmies who has all the really useful links in his signature. Oh and welcome to the forums by the way.

Welcome!

There are Madbull outer barrels for £40-£50 but apparently they don't fit unless you're using a madbull ultimate hop up

Agreed with Flex, it'd be amazing to come play airsoft in the US. My mates and I definitely will do some kind of road trip one day and no doubt I will try to make it to a game and buy a gun / lots of tactical gear whilst I'm there! If I could get some stuff for half the price it is here or not have to pay like $50 shipping and a load of import charges and tax that would be brilliant. Don't think I could do a holiday just for airsoft though. Especially all the way to America.

Agreed they do overcharge on a few things

Try Patrol Base too, cos they said they could get a JG BAR in for me even though I don't think they've ever stocked em (or at least I've never seen them with any in the store or online anyway) So I'd assume they could try ordering you the SCAR.

GBBRs definitely are much more fun and everything, but AEGs are better for reliability / cheaper to run / cheaper mags and higher capacity. I have a feeling a G&G Combat Machine M4 or MP5 will be my next rifle, then a WE M4A1 (£275) or WE G39 (£185) or GHK G5 (£225)

Airsoft International did an article recommending it I think. I didn't really read it but the article was 'Can you snipe for £150?'

Agreed if you want a flash mag, buy Lonex.

You can get a Nextorch WL10 illuminator for £39. I've heard they're great. NASH Airsoft did a review. There's also the Element SureFire replicas which I think are supposed to be pretty good. If I remember correctly they are only £25-£30 from Asia (but over here they will charge £50/£60 for em) The WL10 has a momentary on switch / paddle which is great or you can get a pressure pad for the Element SF flashlights. Try to mount flashlights as far up the gun as possible so it doesn't illuminate your handguard / barrel too much, use it in sort of short bursts, aim at walls / floor (can't remember exactly why but I think you will find it if you type flashlight tips into YouTube or something) Finally if you're right handed, mount the torch on the right. This is cos people are more likely to aim for the light they see and if it was on the left they'e be shooting at you whereas on the right they could be just missing you if you see what I mean.

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Agreed there's not much need for any attachments to start with. There are already a few guides here on the forums I'd recommend searching for and reading, they're really useful for beginners and I wish I'd seen them before I started. I'd say get some camo clothing first. Any surplus stuff should be cheap (especially DPM) and clothing is quality as you'd expect. If you've got a generous budget you could search more for some different camouflage patterns and manufacturers but generally surplus is a good choice. After that, decent pair of boots are a worthwhile purchase. Of course don't forget good eye protection too, you don't want to lose your sight so buy a well known brand. Personally I'd aim to get some ballistic goggles such as ESS Wolf Spider / Desert Locusts / Smith Optics Boogie Regulators or custom mesh products by Heroshark. Again, I think there are probably guides on eyewear anyway (if not, might make one myself) In terms of plate carriers, cheapest you will probably get are either MFH or Condor. Both brands should be available from Military 1st. I don't think MFH is great quality, Condor is okay but not the best and will probably break after a while. There's also Flyye which are a Chinese company but their products are nice quality. However I think the cheapest plate carrier is the Fast Attack Plate Carrier for £70. For another £30 you could get a Warrior Assault Systems DCS Plate Carrier (CKinnerly on here did a review of one) for £105-£110 which is an excellent real steel mil-spec (military quality) system (and it's available in a load of camos to suit your loadout) available from UK Tactical. Chest rigs. Loads of choice, depending on budget. Bulle rigs are good (I have the MOLLE Recon Chest Harness) you can buy them from Flecktarn.co.uk. Condor ones are also pretty cheap (not sure how they compare to Bulle) There's also the Tactical Tailor Mini MAV which is very small but awesome for a lightweight loadout and just carrying essential sort of stuff. If you're after gloves, Mechanix are supposed to be excellent. I'm buying a pair soon but haven't used any yet. Hope I covered some things you were wanting to know and that it helps. Sorry for long post, I can post some links as well later if needed or you want some more inspiration or something.

Good to hear you're really enjoying it. Welcome to the forum mate

My dad and I had a couple of those Palcos, tbh been meaning to get back to Ian for ages now (sorry bout that) We're trying to source new mags for em - don't leave CO2 in the gun cos the mags don't work anymore Noob mistake. I think they were good pistols, only thing I didn't like is the long trigger pull, but I think this is a feature of all USPs anyway. Halo Mill allowed them as they were their hire pistols (Now replaced by WE M&Ps I believe) but other sites might not let you use them.

You can't get any good guns for £30. /thread Edit: Best gun you can get for the money that is skirmishable. It's transparent so VCRA-complaint = no defence needed. Plus it isn't some nasty bright colour, looks much better IMO! http://www.proairsoftsupplies.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=trans&PN=cm16_carbine_transparent%2ehtml#SID=239

I'd just disassemble it and remove the fire selector, paint over the whole thing and re-assemble. Those markings are kind of unnecessary anyway. Wouldn't recommend you do it unless you have a valid defence though mate. If they were engraved or something you could go over them with nail varnish or a crayon but painted on I don't see what you could do apart from cover it with tape.

I wouldn't recommend any slings under a tenner. I've bought one recently off eBay and whilst it'll probably do the job it just feels cheap and uncomfortable. On the other hand, my ASG one point bungee sling is great (wrote a review of it on here by the way) I think Condor ones are good (can get them on Military 1st) but they're at the top end of your budget at £20 and up. Finally I've seen a few recommendations for the Viper 3-point sling and I know Ferro Concepts are good, you can get their LW-OPS (Lightweight One Point Sling) here: http://www.tactical-kit.co.uk/ferro-concepts---lightweight-one-point-sling-16089-p.asp

I'd recommend the G&G MP5A4 (I believe it's called the PM5) They do them for £250 but there's also a Sportline version for only £130 or so. The only difference is that the upper receiver is also constructed from (very high quality) polymer. As usual with G&G guns the internals should also be excellent. It probably comes with their green hop rubber which is awesome too. Plus, the stock should give you a huge battery space. You could pick up a battery and charger for it for around £30 max I think, and if you don't mind the wait you can order an 8 pack of MAG MP5 magazines from HK retailer eHobby Asia. They're only £30 or so, whereas in the UK they are £55/£60. I really wish I'd bought this gun myself as I've heard lots of good things about it. I bought a Classic Army MP5K Sportline Starter Kit as my first gun which cost like £140 but I honestly wish I'd known about the G&G MP5.

Most flash suppressors are completely useless apart for looks, since obviously there's no actual muzzle flash. There's the Madbull Noveske KX3 flash hider which works well as an amplifier on GBBRs but not so much on AEGs. I bought an Element clone KX3 off Airsoft-Peak for only about $11 IIRC whereas the Madbull one will set you back £30-40! Also my red dot sight arrived yesterday - only cost £16 which is the sort of piece you'd pay for one from China. Except this was from a UK seller so I didn't need to wait a month. I haven't used any other red dot sights but it's about what I expected after seeing reviews of other ones (they are all basically the same, probably all produced by the same manufacturers) It's really up to your play style, site, and personal preference, as the others have said already. I'd say some kind of sight is probably the most useful attachment since it would be good to have one regardless of if you're playing indoors / outdoors and so on. Maybe a set of rail ladder covers to make holding a RIS more comfortable and protect it. Stuff such as a flashlight depends on where you're playing but you can get lots of different ones for all range of budgets. For example I think I saw Swiss Arms torches for around £15 with mounts, or there's Element SureFire replicas from China for like £25 (in the UK they are £40-60 or somethjng) or NEXTORCH are an affordable real steel brand I believe (WL10 illuminator is £39, NASH Airsoft did a review of it)

Oh, thanks for the info. It's listed at £350 but you can still get £20 off with the discount code. http://direct.asda.com/Sony-PlayStation-4---Destiny--PS4/003750181,default,pd.html?dual=0