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Bush Valley looks pretty neat, will definitely try and get there this year. I see they have invested in an Objective Box, do they use it much? I'm a big fan of Rush myself (not the 70's progressive rock band)

Hope to get to the Sandpit myself later this year. The number of active sites seems to grow each year, bit different to when I first started playing in 2004, there was just Fort Amhurst, anyone remember this chokepoint? Always some bastard with a M249 at one end...

I always wondered why the rest of the Bluewater site was never fully developed commercially - maybe the god of airsoft looking down :-)

List best to my knowledge... Darkwater - Ashford Battle Lakes - Tunbridge Wells BIA - Eastry ShadowOpz - Dover Cool Under Fire - Faversham Quex Park - Ramsgate Apocalypse - Maidstone UCAP - Dartford Bush Valley Airsoft - Maidstone Ace Combat - Tonbridge

Welcome to the forums Sam, it's a friendly place :-)

FPS depends not just on your spring but also on how good your level of compression is. If you want to save some money you can try cutting a couple of the coils off or just buy a M90 or M100.

@two_zero - Good grief comrade :-)

Enjoy, have fun. You'll love it.

I'm out of these at the moment. There's lots of motor information on the web, I've not tested these myself personally but from what I've been told SHS HT are 16TPA whilst the ZCI HT are 22TPA and the ZCI High Speed is 16TPA. You'll find various manufacturers use different names to rate their motors - Ultra Torque, Balanced, High Speed etc. I've got a SHS motor order on the way, I'll be selling the SHS motors at the same prices as the ZCI's, with P+P they will work out around £2 more than what you can buy them on Ebay from HK.

Hey Darren, I'm just outside Dover, where did you play 10 years ago? Firefight / Cage ? There's a site over at Quex, not been myself but close to you. I like the look of the improvements they've made at Apoc, will try to get myself there this year. Pete

Guessing this is on eBay. They use the term m-series instead of m4 / m16 as eBay has a policy against using firearm names in listings. Crazy huh...

"Enter UKARA Licence Number" ............. Genius :-)

USD? Are you in the US? Or will you need to get it shipped to the UK?

Excellent point MMN. So many rumours and misinformation were spread during 2007 / 2008 that it just caused confusion - e.g. "UKARA license", even now almost 10 years on! Personally I would have preferred a system where if you wanted to play airsoft you joined a local site, gained membership etc. Easy in hindsight and all in the past now...... sigh

I have a sample of this rail sent to me a while back, although it comes without the barrel nut and front plate if I remember rightly. I'll dig it out and let you know a price if you're interested? It's a 7 inch btw. Generally though these 2-piece rails can be a pain which is why a lot of people go for free-float rails.

Hey Simon, the gearboxes are pretty nice however they are not for every build because they won't fit in standard upper receivers without some modding unfortunately. They are around 5mm longer than standard V2 gearbox shells, similar to what ARES use. Personally I prefer the old style trigger system but with the quick release spring guide that are the same dimensions of the standard V2 shell - I'm starting to see more and more of these hit the market. (similar to the one in the pic below).

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Excellent point by Duck. You see this all the time, even with the new kids on the block like Krytac, just spending an extra $20 on each production AEG and could mean massive difference.

Hi Tony Vest looks OK but I'm not a Vest guy myself...No real need to spend massive amount of time and money on a load-out - just get out there and play :-)

haha, let me know if you need one buddy, just a fiver or 2 for £9 :-)

Hi buddy, that is great news. Haha about the FPS, compression is king in this game :-) Regards Pete

I think in this case I would just get a second AEG with it build in. Or maybe wait a while and see what the new DAS recoil AEG's are like. I spoke to the manufacturers this week and should be getting more info and pricing soon - hopefully a sample.

Hi Phil thanks for the order buddy. I thought I had one spare somewhere but alas. I could put one in the new ZCI order but it could be 3 weeks before it gets here, maybe even longer as it's Chinese new year at the end of the month. I've asked the ZC guy for an updated shipping date - will let you know :-) Regards Pete

Hey Phil, thanks for the great writeup. The ZC restock order is being processed and I'm aiming to stock all main SHS parts soon after. Hopefully the new business link with JG will mean lots more parts arriving over the coming weeks. Always happy to chat to new customers and offer any discounts where I can :-) Regards Pete

Always nice to see how a build turns out - remember to post back some pics when you're done :-)