Airsoft_Mr B

Pistols are fun, but wouldn't recommend buying one as a beginner. They're not exactly necessary if you have a rifle and the money can go on more essential kit for starting off; magazines, batteries, gear... With a lot -if not all- Umarex guns, they're simply re-branded and licenced versions of existing ones, which are like twice the price. Not saying you don't already do this but it's worth considering how long these people reviewing guns have actually owned them and their own experience and if it's a retailer who's advertising them. I say that because I'm sure I've heard bad things about the Umarex MP5 which would conflict with what you've heard. Personally I'd recommend a G&G MP5 which are around £130, add another £30 for a good quality battery & charger (which really you should buy anyway because ones included with guns are cheap) If the velocity is too high then you can simply install a new spring, but of course this is not something you really wanna do with a new gun especially if you're new. It seems retailers take advantage of this and some places like to charge £30+ which I think is just for the fitting. Hope this helps, welcome to the forum as well by the way Check out the guides (such as Ian_Gere's Guide to Noobism, at least I think that's what it's called) on here which are really useful as well

Yeah there are so many different guns and gear and then places to buy them so read up on the guides. Wish I'd seen them when I was starting off, definitely help a lot.

Yeah I'm a member and it's my regular site Can't compare it to any other cqb places, I'd say it's pretty good though - just really small and it's a dedicated arena rather than an old building which would be better Looks like it will take a while to get here but as far as I know it's the only place to do weekdays so not much choice unfortunately Worth a shot coming down at some point and seeing what you think Safe zone facilities and marshalling are good If it's still the same offer as it used to be (I'm member number 15 so joined right from the start) then membership is a pretty good deal as you get Patrol Base voucher and training session Plus it's half price when you renew Hope this was useful mate and if there's owt else to know I can probably help out, but tbh don't get to play airsoft as much as like and moving soon so will be less convenient to go there as well.

Yeah what Frizzle said.

The hop on mine definitely works, isn't the most noticeable though. There are aftermarket parts available like a Madbull TBB, but from what I've heard there isn't much of a upgrade to warrant spending 20 quid on one. You can buy replacement hop rubbers as well although tbh just giving the gun a good clean and using the optimum weight BB (probably .25s) does the most for performance.

Shouldn't need modification for an EOTech, if anything the holographic and front sight post will co-witness? I have a red dot sight on my M4 and it doesn't get in the way.

Yeah I've ordered from Airsoft Club, not one of the best IMO because of shipping price & website, I'd go to Airsoft Peak etc first...but they're definitely legit.

Welcome to the forum mate

don't feel worthy after the last few posts but I bought an ACM / Lancer Tactical PT plate carrier and some Guarder grease off TaiwanGun for 27 quid

Welcome to the forum mate, just depends what exactly you mean by a fortune. I know paintball markers are pretty expensive as well but not sure what kind of budget you'll be looking at. Also are there are particular guns you like the look of? I wanna point out gas isn't the best thing to go for if you are just starting - usually because of people's inexperience and not having the commitment to maintain em all the time, but also cos they are so expensive. From what I know WE are quite a 'go-to' brand for GBBRs as they're probably the most inexpensive, and they do M4s / SCARs / L85A2 etc. PTS just came out with a Magpul Masada for £360 IIRC. Honestly you're looking at least 250 that's basically the cheapest you're gonna get a gas rifle. You might wanna consider a Tippmann M4 as they can be run on HPA like a paintball gun, potentially you could use some of your existing pball gear for that rather than spending £50+ on a new one. They're 400 quid...but it's cheap compared to SMP / P* setups which are drop in replacements for the standard gearbox in an AEG yet cost about as much as the Tippmann alone just for the fusion engine unit. In all I'd say start off with a JG G36 / G&G Combat Machine M4 / CYMA AK (the top three recommended beginner electric guns) to get a feel for it and so you're able to play with your own gun. Then you could move up to something better or upgrade it. Alternatively, go and hire for a few games, you're not gonna have spent a load on your own gun only to find out you don't enjoy it. Spring are worthless (only for backyard plinking) unless you mean sniper rifles, but even they aren't worth the money (you need to spend a lot on upgrades to make them really good, otherwise performance is as same as an AEG but you're limited by mag capacity and rate of fire etc) Hope this helps

We recommend to never buy from the 'BB gun' sites. Especially this Mark 1 place, never heard of it. Seems very dodgy

Still though $50 is only gonna be about £35 and that is for both the shirt and pants. Personally hate that V-Cam, but have a look at Emerson as well anyway as they do Crye G3 replicas for a similar price.

Yeah I thought UTG was weird, guessed it was a US market rebrand and yeah turns out is the same as the WELL / Warrior MB01.

Hey guys, slightly f*cked off cos I've wanted this (http://www.platatac.com/platatac-de-bag.html) for ages whilst it was on sale... Was gonna order it soon an orl, but as you can see now they're all out of stock :/ Was wondering if anybody could point me towards a similar maybe tactical-ish bag with a pretty large capacity. I'm thinking mainly for carrying a plate carrier and/or chest rig / other clothes...maintenance / cleaning kit (maybe fit my TM High Cycle AUG I'll be getting in there too) etc. I guess tbh I wouldn't fill it all, although milsim / weekend ops are a possibility for the future. And it would serve as a general bag to keep all my sh*t in when not going to a skirmish too. Finally, would want it at a similar price ~£45 or preferably cheaper.

Nope haha I didn't, sorry, but since it's from HK so you're probably still gonna get hit with 20% customs tax at least....so still another £18-£20 on top of that

Only goggles I know will fit glasses underneath are Bolle PILOT / PILOPSI goggles. My dad has to wear em and hasn't found any others which fit. They're from the safety range though so don't look very tactical and are bright orange underneath.

I wouldn't bother with a lot of upgrades unless you really need em! Range and accuracy is always good to improve though. Yeah new hop up unit and bucking / rubber whatever you call it. Prometheus, G&G Green, TM are good for the latter. If you're upgrading the barrel, quality is more important than length - but it's an expensive part to replace, £30+ at least and double that for one of the better ones and probably has less of an affect compared to the hop. Doing regular maintenance, using quality and the optimum weight BBs makes a lot of difference so not even any need to spend money swapping out parts. AFAIK piston / cylinder etc is just improving reliability / life span. Not much of an effect on performance. That said if it's lighter (DIY known as 'swiss-cheesing') could help for a high ROF build etc but that's about it

Search g3 body pins...

$140?! Add shipping and import tax etc you're probably looking at £100+ at least. For that kind of money you could get a mil-spec quality chest rig or plate carrier! TMC is decent but about what you'd expect for Chinese clone stuff (from their other products) Same kind of quality as Emerson I'd guess. But not as good as Flyye / Helikon etc.

Goes well with woodland patterns but not so great with arid camouflage like Multicam IMO I was gonna buy ranger green as well but I've already got coyote brown gear so there's no point

Yes, the hop up unit and/or bucking / and a new barrel should help. The barrel quality is more important than length is. Firstly make sure you're using quality BBs, preferred optimum weight should be 0.25s rather than 0.20s. It helps a lot. Also doing regular general maintenance like cleaning the barrel will help improve range and accuracy so you may not actually need to invest in internal upgrades. It is possible changing those parts will increase your velocity anyway, also whilst doing the maintenance reassembly / lubrication may result in a tighter airseal, thus increasing FPS. If it's still not as high as you'd like simply installing another spring would do it. The number of the spring (for example 100) refers to the velocity you should get in metres per second. If it turned out to be firing too hot with the new spring you can cut it down a coil or two to reduce power closer to desired level. EDIT - Yeah I was gonna say a Prometheus, G&G Green or Tokyo Marui bucking. Good quality barrels Prometheus / PDI / Laylax I believe? Madbull is a common brand which is more affordable and should still yield decent results to make it a worthwhile upgrade. The former are a lot more expensive AFAIK (easily £60+)

Could be higher demand / price of raw materials or they just think they can get away with charging more as in enough people will still buy them. I've always thought that though unless you specifically need a chest rig I'd rather buy the plate carrier, since there's not much difference in price between them.