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Gaugemaster are worth a look (in Arundel, West Sussex, but they offer free postage over £15 iirc). They are mainly model railways but do a massive array (claim to be biggest retailer in UK) of scenic stuff and the superb Preiser military HO scale figures, as well as other military kits, paints etc. Always had great service from them, been around for donkeys years. Their website is easy to use and massive.

Overall rating (1 - 10): 0

Would you deal with the trader again (Yes / No): NO WAY!

Any other comments: He advertised an as new SHS motor on here, said still available when I PM'd him so agreed price £20, sent my paypal gifted, as it was a relatively small amount, which I sent 4th July, he confirmed received same day, said would post next day "hopefully". So far so good. I then contacted him on 10th by PM to check progress and he said (quote) "yeh buddy got it posted on tuesday (8th) matey, i know that royal mail are seriously slow sending from n.ireland. sorry buddy."
 
I'm pretty sure they ain't this slow. The motor has never arrived.
 
Contacted him via PM and his gmail addy on 23rd to ask if he had proof of posting or tracking and could chase Post Office. No motor or reply received from either as of today (31st).
 
Therefore it appears that at best the PO have lost it and he doesn't care, or at worst he's taken the cash and never posted it. Either way I'm out of pocket. YES I WAS STUPID to gift payment as it gives very little protection, however I will still notify Paypal of this once 28 days from posting are up. I trusted the guy having never had a problem with fellow 'softers, clearly this was misplaced and I won't make the mistake again.
 
I would clearly advise against dealing with this guy. If he resolves the issue or the motor turns up via Brazil or somewhere I WILL put a message up in this thread.

Love the sniper concept, but there's a reason my loadout is US cavalry:
 
Frontal assault on full auto, hitting only a few of my own side as I charge through the undergrowth before going down in a blaze of glory.
 
:-)

It's a very simple formula for this really.
 
P= N+1
 
 
Where
 
P = Perfect number of guns
N = Number of guns you already have

Too many?....PAH RUBBISH!
 
you need at least 2 back ups for each gun you have

I have both a mosfet and a mechanical lock on my M27. The mosfet improves the trigger response drastically and they can be used to lock to semi, however the plug in ones that go between battery and motor can be bypassed easily.
If your DMR had one of them and got checked by a marshal, you could easily remove it afterwards and plug the battery straight into the trigger contacts as there will still be a mini tamiya/deans connector the mosfet plugs into. This would give you a 400-425 fps gun firing in automatic, which is against most site rules and I believe it's against the law to have an automatic AEG over 350. Not 100% sure though.

if you don't know the answer, why bother posting?
 
Most permanent way to do it is to remove the part of the selector plate that moves the cut-off lever out of the way;

 
The bit just to the left of the top arrow is what you need to remove, probably about 5-6mm. When the gun is set to auto, the selector plate moves backwards along the gearbox and pushes that little lever which disengages the cutoff lever, with no cutoff lever the trigger doesn't get disengaged after each shot and you get full auto.

No need for apologies, you've had bigger issues to deal with, great that you will be able to get back to some games too!

No need for apologies, you've had bigger issues to deal with, great that you will be able to get back to some games too!

No need for apologies, you've had bigger issues to deal with, great that you will be able to get back to some games too!

No need for apologies, you've had bigger issues to deal with, great that you will be able to get back to some games too!

Imagine how much better it could have been.

Ok, so the outer barrel mentioned above consists of 2 brass tubes, inner diameter if the INNER one is 15.25mm, outer dia of the OUTER one is 16.5mm measured using my digital caliper. the inner tube sticks out of the outer tube where it fits inside the Spets type gas block, but I still had to cut a slot using a hacksaw across the diameter to make it a tight fit in the gas block, which is attached using the original screw under the gas block..


At the receiver end the tubes are flush, and a hole was drilled through to allow the original single point fixing to be used (light grey bit in pic below):

The outer barrel has a tiny bit of movement where it fits in the Cyma 028 front end, mainly due to the OEM fixing method, ptfe tape would probably sort this (next size bigger tube is too big) but its not an issue in my gun as rigidity is provided by the hexagonal original bar (seen in the pics) which I have drilled and is pinned into the gas block.
Hope this helps!

It's like people don't actually read the post they are replying to.....

will check tomorrow mate as working tonight, its a while since I did it, seem to remember using 2 or 3 consecutive sizes telescoped into each other as one end is smaller diameter, think I superglued them together, or maybe soldered, I forget lol.

i had ago myself, solder wires on and wrapped it with some plastic wrapper of a carling 4 pack which was pretty simular to the original plastic stuff haha works pretty well so far

I can understand how much of an issue it would be. I do... I just think that if you take it upon yourself to do something like this, you have to take responsibility for it.
 
I did specifically ask for a partial refund or some form of adjustment to be made, considering a large drop in advertised exhibitors and events. At that point they stopped all communication... So they can forget ever getting anything from me again. I've heard of guys booking train tickets to come across the country, some are coming from Ireland... For 10 tables, dwarfed in a massive space... I recon all hell will break loose. I hate this entitled view of "we own your money, we're entitled to it, cus we tried hard".... No... I'm paying for a service, thanks... Not an attempt at one.
 
Their actions are appaling, I think.

It never wears off because it's not just a novelty. Plastic guns are a let down every time you pick them up.

I carry Midcaps and a backup Hi Cap. I can burn through all my midcaps in an hour of play and have to get out the Hi.
 
There is a lot more shooting in the general run of Airsoft compared to real life. Airsoft is a day of continuous contact
 
Players would have to be issued with a fixed number of BBS at the start if they were all expected to fight evenly using 'realcap' magazines.
There would be a lot less shooting which might be more realistic but would be boring as hell.
 
I play to shoot people and be shot. not to sit around for hours waiting for a couple of minutes of contact.

I doubt added weight will effect the recoil, just unbalance the gun a little. Keymod rail systems like the Noveske NSR are supposed to be pretty lightweight. People also used a CASV handguard but AFAIK there's no airsoft version for you have to buy a genuine VLTOR one.
Also you could have a problem fitting the battery in such a small space so you might want smaller batteries and a PEQ battery box.
 
I don't think the ERG is any different to a normal AEG externally so there shouldn't be any extra parts you need or anything.

Why not just add a rail section to the moe guard?

Step by step you say?
 
1. Wear it airsofting
2. Do airsofting, not 'standing around in the woods with brand new tac. gear on not getting it mucky'
3. You see that muddy puddle? You bet your arse you're jumping in it.
4. Boy do those holly bushes look prickly. You'd better have a jog through those.
5. Repeat. DO NOT RINSE.

Yeah camping... I hear a lot of people complaining about 'camping'.
 
A person assesses the field and based on tactical considerations and terrain chooses a position to defend. By luck, experience, or a combination of the two, s/he has selected their position well: it is difficult to attack because there is little cover approaching it, or what cover there is does not give a clear shot at our protagonist; it is difficult to hit them with a bang because hard cover protects our protagonist from the only directions a throw is possible; it may also be possible for our protagonist to move unseen from one part of their position to another, so they can pop up and fire from somewhere other than where last seen; crucially the position cannot simply be ignored - the opposition must get rid of our protagonist in order to proceed with their objective.
 
The only way to defeat such a position is well coordinated team work - several people must provide suppressing fire so that our protagonist has no choice but to make use of their cover, while another one, maybe two, run in to shoot at close quarters... "well coordinated" being the operative term. Suppressing fire doesn't mean a load of shots in the general direction of the enemy, nor does it mean the most common interpretation (in my experience) a few shots at the position and then wait to see if the target pops up. "Well coordinated" doesn't include running out of ammo and needing to change mags while johnny-on-the-spot is relying on that fire, nor does it mean that because one or two people are firing at the position you can leave off an wait to see what happens, or, of those outcomes I've seen with my own eyes, my personal favourite, use the opportunity afforded by the initial attempts at suppressing fire to bugger off and try to advance somewhere else on the field...
 
Of course most people at a skirmish day do not belong to a team and even those who have arrived with mates have no command structure. Which is fair enough - if we wanted to take orders, many of us would have joined the military. But a curious phenomenon which I've seen play out several times is a group of players huddled in cover as close as they can get forward talking about how they can't get any further because of so-and-so here and so-and-so there, and what can we do? Then someone attempts to put a plan into action requiring the players to act in coordination...
 
But some of the people who were, minutes before, asking what can they do, who did not themselves have a plan, or voice any objection to the plan put forward by the ad hoc leader, just did not play their part. Later in the safe zone I've overheard such people saying things like "who the fuck does he think he is, telling me what to do?" Now fair enough, I can be a bit abrasive when I'm feeling frustrated, so if it was just plans that I've put forward and seen fail in part or wholly because others did not do their bit, then I could put it down to poor leadership skills on my part (although to be fair to me, this is not true of me in any other area of life and, as i say, whilst i can be abrasive, I am not dismissive or unapproachable), but as a sniper apart from the group i've seen it happen with other people's plans also.
 
So yeah, being very good at defence irritates attackers who cannot beat you. Hence the petulant yelp, "Camping!"

Main topic seemed to be what biscuits they're all having. Hardcore.

http://www.airsoftmap.net/Skirmish/