Esoterick

Ah the Reddit Airsoft sub, the voice of reason....

This would be great if it happened, but then this is a community that can't reliably use the correct existing words to describe/define things. Good examples are things like clips, instead of magazine, sniper, instead of sniper rifle and mechbox instead of gearbox. If we all just use whatever words we feel like to converse things would get very confusing very quickly.

In answer to the OPs question I would do something like an Airborne Airsoft milsim day, see if you like it then consider some of events that last a whole weekend.

It's funny how legal definitions stray from, well the correct ones. I guess it helps keep lawyers in business.

Are they capable of causing death?

This actually seems pretty reasonable, although I'm not sure who came up with the 1 joule lethality definition.

I like the events where it's kit based so you aren't playing spot the armband as it's a horribly flawed way of denoting which team someone is on. There's also quite a lot of skirmish sites where it feels like the objectives for the day have been made up on the spot. I'm not sure if I can be arsed to ever play through the weekend, although i'd be up for stuff where it's a full session saturday, then camping with another session on sunday.

Welcome to the forum. To be honest that guy sounds like an utter bellend regardless of whether or not he reached that rank, which is unlikely. Either way that sort of thing is almost universally frowned upon. It all depends on how far you are willing to drive, i'm out High Wycombe way but I would recommend the following: Xsite: The Outpost(Dunstable) - Good CQB site, it has some outdoor fighting but most of the gameplay is based around the large building in the centre of the site. RIFT Com3(Banbury) - A woodland site that regularly attracts 100+ players. The standard of play and marshaling is consistently high. Bluestreak(Aylesbury) - It's an outdoor site with lots of buildings. Only been once but the marshals were good and no issues with hit taking. Heard mixed things about this site but couldn't fault it personally. I have a feeling there's a couple of decent sites out your way but drawing a blank on which ones.

It could be that the mags are leaking. Easiest way to check would be to listen for a faint hissing sound(right after filling it with gas) and also compare how many shots you get out of a mag if you fill it up and fire it immediately vs leaving it filled up for a couple of hours before using it.

It will depend on the site, most I've played at specify it has to be a rubber knife that is flexible enough to bend back on itself. Another site says that or rubber chickens The best thing to do is check with whichever site you are planning on using it at. Sites also tend to allow a tap on the shoulder to act as a knife kill, but not all do. Personally when I have the drop on someone at close range I just shoot them once or twice, but knife kills are pretty funny.

That's a fair point, it is all down to opinion as I've really enjoyed sites some people have really slated. Likewise we both played at a certain CQB site(not yours) where we seemed to have polar opposite views of the day. It was the worst day of Airsoft I've played by far, although the chaps running it seemed like good guys so maybe it's tightened up as it had only just opened. Although I still wouldn't go back there.

If anything I saw a slight increase in accuracy switching to a 6.03 Prometheus barrel, but I did also switch the hop rubber at the same time. Overall it was debatable if it was worth the money, but I guess you can always switch back to the stock parts easily if you don't like the results.

The issue I had with Herosharks is the inside is unpainted(at least on the 2 pairs i've owned) and my eyes keep trying to focus on the metal. I'll probably give them a light coat of spraypaint at some point, as they are it's completely unusable.

I'm not quite sure where you are coming from with this. Feel free to drop me a private message if you wish to discuss this further.

Warrior QRS Fastex sling Source 3 litre WXP olive drab A cheapo Eotech 551 and 552 clone

Yeah it will cause more stress on the gun, dunno how much by. They used to just offer spring changes and I asked the same question when I bought mine, they then changed this to a gear and spring upgrade package a while later. It's a pretty contentious subject with TMs and I used to be opposed to messing about with them, but now I own a second recoil with a load of work done on it

I'm going to start doing some cardio stuff at the gym as I want to be able to run around more without keeling over. When I started playing a couple of years back I was so unfit that after my first skirmish day I had trouble getting up stairs for most of the week....

I thought your initial post came across as quite hostile. You also don't need to call someone a slang word for penis for it to be seen seen as "personal". You normally come across as quite level headed, although not so much in that initial post. The problem likely lies in how things are perceived in text, although I'm not trying to vouch for anyone as they are more than capable of defending themselves. It's why I prefer to talk to people over the phone as opposed to via email at work.

Out of interest what is bad about their holsters? I was running and stood on a rotten piece of chip board which caused my feet to shoot out from under me and I landed hard on my holster. There are some gouges in my pistol from it but the holster just has some minor scuffs on it. I don't think they are particularly good value for money but that seems to be an English market thing more than anything.

Welcome to the forum.

I normally wear my Multicam Tropic stuff, if I'm doing CQB I might grab whatever dark blue or black top i've got kicking about. I quite like DPM too but I wouldn't want to go back to using trousers without kneepads and buying DPM trousers with kneepads is pretty far down the shopping list.

I'd get something cheap like an ASG SAS 12 unless you've used shotguns before and know you like them, plus you play a lot of CQB(even then most, if not all gas shotguns are out of your price range). I had a TM M870 Breacher and it was a good gun but didn't get used much as I didn't play at sites very often where it would even be better than a pistol overall. The advantage of gas shotguns is they are very easy to cock, the downside is the gas is finite so you need extra shells AND gas magazines if you get through a lot of ammo.

As Trigger said it's unlikely any site will allow them. Sites would run into issues with them being a fire hazard, possibly toxic and players could make something weighty enough that underarm throws need to be enforced.

It's the same as the kids screaming stuff on Xbox live etc. Always think where are their parents as they should be bursting in the room half way through their tirade and slapping them so hard across the back of the head that their headset falls off.

7) The velocity limits is 1.3 Joule, (approx 350 fps) with a .2g BB for AEG’S (Automatic Electric Guns). There is a 5% leeway for chronograph variation. Single shot guns Sniper Rifles and Pistol 2.5 Jouls (approx 520 fps) with a .2g BB, with a minimum engagement distance of 15 meters for Sniper Rifles. http://www.airborne-airsoft.co.uk/site_rules.php Looks like this applies to all sites as there are exceptions for Blitz in there, you could always message them on Facebook if you wanted to double check though.