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cropzy got a reaction from 20ChickenNuggets in The 'What have you just bought' Thread
2 magpul epm midcaps
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cropzy reacted to Lozart in Thoughts on this video?
This is all over FB. So bored of it now.
No, the kid shouldn't have been a dick about burning the patch, no the guy shouldn't have full auto'd him with a ridiculous RoF gun. They're both dicks. In America. Where most airsofters appear to be either bullet proof kids or dicks. Or both.
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cropzy reacted to proffrink in Thoughts on this video?
A tad of misinformation floating about with this one.
Edit for actual content
Firstly, these are both children - one is obviously a spoilt brat and has some HPA solenoid engine, but from the digging people did he's still in high school (15, actually). Other kid is young too, obviously. I say this only because of what I've put next and because of the assumptions people are making about his age because of his gear.
Secondly, the 'burning of the patch' - people have extrapolated this as meaning that other kid burned the shooter's actual patch. In actuality there's another video floating about of him (the guy that got shot) leaving the team they were both on and burning his own patch as a result. The shooter guy also cited some other disputes they'd been having over a year (as well as the 'patch burning' that is) as being the reason for shooting him.
All in all, it's dumb children sh*t that I've found to be telling of the UK airsoft scene on Facebook more than anything: People threatening to beat the living daylights out of this child or sending many, many abusive messages to him. The reactions have been less than impressive; instead of being level-headed players most people on social media have seen this as a frankly sad opportunity to form some sort of lynch mob and collectively give themselves some inflated sense of justice.
He's now banned from that site, the owner has also got involved after the publicity and will most likely issue a lifetime ban from that site and have other locals do the same as a result. This was assault and because of the publicity will probably trickle through to the parents via the police if they get involved, but from where I'm sitting it is - like I've said - more telling of some of the other hardmen we have knocking about who are more than happy to jump on a bandwagon that be sensible proactive players and commentators. Part of the reason I come on here I guess, because you guys aren't out to prove anything like some of those pretentious knob-heads - you just enjoy shooting and fiddling with toy guns and gear like I do.
Also, I hear this kind of thing isn't entirely unheard of at west coat sites. Lots of sites have banned HPA because of concerns over cheating, Joule creep and all the rest. You can already find three of four good fight videos where people forget they're playing with toy guns and have to turn it into something more. It's a reason why in the UK we need to be careful about using properly regulated CO2 (already banned in a lot of places because people buy cheap guns that shoot it far too hot) and that we keep ourselves in the know about Joule creep in particular.
The number of people running HPA rigs right now who don't know how to properly measure the output of their gat is pretty low, but as HPA becomes more accessible and people get more lazy about properly crono'ing their stuff I can see videos like this adding to the stigma that already surrounds some of the high RoF stuff. A cautionary tale indeed.
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cropzy got a reaction from Aengus in Thoughts on this video?
So a little backstory, apparently this bloke is doing this to get revenge on these kids or other players for not calling their hits/still shooting him when he called his hits, however the first clip is because the kid burned the players patch. I still think this is overkill and puts a bad name out for us airsofters.
EDIT: Okay so I found out a little more and they are supposed to be like rivals or something for a long time.
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cropzy reacted to Bottledtorment in The 'What have you just bought' Thread
6 OD PTS P-mags w/ ranger plates x £60
I'm lucky on the bargains this week
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cropzy reacted to Bottledtorment in The 'What have you just bought' Thread
15X dual vent Smoke grenades £30 at the price they were going for they were just asking to be bought
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cropzy reacted to Jedi_Master in Airsoft gun for home defence
I would have to disagree about keeping your car keys upstairs in your room. If they want your car the last thing you want in the night is the criminals upstairs with you and your wife/girlfriend/teddybear.
My sister-in-law had a brand new car which was targetted by a criminal gang. They broke into the house and just took her handbag from the hall to get the keys and stole the car. Upsetting but much less so than them threatening you in your bed for the keys.
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cropzy reacted to Jedi_Master in Airsofter - How she can tell
Three ways how your wfie / girlfriend / pet dog knows that you have been out all day playing airsoft:
1. Looking like a victim of chicken pox when coming home covered in BB welts.
2. Smelling like Billy Goat Gruff after a hard day fighting Bridge Trolls and needing an immediate shower.
3. Moving like an aged sloth due to over exertion and aching muscles after a days skirmishing.
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cropzy reacted to 20ChickenNuggets in ICS-MA-234 Mid Cap
DjBen.... They don't click in, slide and fit nicely but don't click in place! :@ emailed wolfarmouries to get them returned. Only cost me £30 for 5 but I'd rather pay full whack and have them work.
On another note, WE 882 Holographic looks as sick as two hospitals on my CXP-HOG. And my stubby grip came today ready for weekend! Photo soon!
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cropzy reacted to Daniel248 in Blank firing grenades/timed grenades
Quick update. They have both been ordered! So if anyone is interested I will leave a bit of a review/feedback on here. So keep an eye out. Now I just need to order the blanks!
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I will be at The Mall on 21st Jan so if anyone is interested in seeing it up close and personal and if you ask nicely I might let you use it! Just drop me a message
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cropzy reacted to Esoterick in Blank firing grenades/timed grenades
To be honest almost every single time I want to use Pyro at any site it would be over waist height at the very least. I'm going to sell both of my BFGs at some point and buy a load of MK5s with the money.
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cropzy reacted to jcheeseright in Gun picture thread
as soon as I get one I'll let you know!
Though a friend got one in a trade and ended up selling his real Aimpoint T1 because he preferred the holosun, that's enough of an endorsement for me.
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cropzy reacted to AirsoftTed in Load-Out / Loadout Picture topic
I'd imagine he'd have his own creation called the Vatigun. Something like fallout's railway rifle but firing big f*ck off wood nails instead. It would of course have a grenade launcher for shooting holy water filled balloons ,on the bottom, mounted to the gun with four silver crosses.
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cropzy reacted to cyrexx in Help With Suppressor
It's fairly simple, 99.9% of airsoft suppressors are left hand threaded, so all you have to do is remove the flash hider and screw on the suppressor.
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cropzy got a reaction from 20ChickenNuggets in The 'What have you just bought' Thread
Neon pink 550 paracord for my spr keymod rails.
Mechanix m-pacts in black.
Toggles for paracord.
Windproof lighter for paracord messing haha.
I will be getting a lot more things when i get paid.
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cropzy got a reaction from 20ChickenNuggets in ICS-MA-234 Mid Cap
http://www.patrolbase.co.uk/stanag-magazines/pts-epm-enhanced-polymer-aeg-mid-cap-magazine-black.htm#.VpT2FfmLTcc
Those are always a good choice.
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cropzy got a reaction from Will Lewer in The "Share A Bargain" Thread
Mechanix m-pacts £16
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MECHANIX-WEAR-TACTICAL-M-PACT-MENS-PROTECTIVE-GLOVES-AIRSOFT-COMBAT-WORK-COYOTE-/151831028065?var=451025695201&_trkparms=%26rpp_cid%3D564e693be4b03ae0a715e9a8%26rpp_icid%3D564e693be4b03ae0a715e97e
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cropzy reacted to MrMcG in The 'What have you just bought' Thread
Kydex mini oven clamps boards and foam to start making some custom kydex holsters for everything
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cropzy reacted to sp00n in Gun picture thread
finally finished !! .. well these guns that is
TM VSR G-SPEC
Airsoft Pro 90 Degree Trigger
Mancraft SDIK
AA Hop unit
Maple leaf 70 degree hop rubber
PDI 6.05 430mm barrel
Spartan Doctrine 40x335mm Light weight Silencer
Custom barrel to silencer mount
Custom 3d printed LRB holder
Custom 3d printed silencer foam spacers
Jack pyke English oak tape
Jack pyke LLCS leaves
4-16x50 scope with sun shade
WE MP5SD3
TM Claw Mount
40mm Red/Green reflex Dot Scope
(edited to remove silly text height)
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cropzy reacted to Jedi_Master in RIP David Bowie
A great musican departed, grew up to listening to his music. RIP
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