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Oh yeah, I was just saying in general the gigabyte cards are quite good. Really good value for money, that or the MSI with the twin frozr, the cooler is good but not as good as the windforce, however the core clock is slightly faster.

For your first run out, "casual" gear will be fine. The only problem with jeans is that if you get wet, they'll take all day to dry - and be very uncomfortable to play in.
If you've got something lightweight to stick over the top - or waterproofs to keep in your bag - it's a good idea (I never play without a set of Goretex in my boot - I don't like being soggy and miserable).
 
Hats aren't essential, but a beanie will do fine if you need it.
 
Gloves are a good buy. Nothing fancy - I wear cheap Mountain Biking Gloves from Halfords. But a shot to the fingertip or knuckle will sting like a f####r, so something is better than nothing.
 
Once you've had a couple of games you'll get a feel for your play style.
Get yourself a nice gun you like and a decent set of eye/face pro first.
There's a huge variety of camo and kit out there - so spend some time having a look around for what you like.
For the most part, camo isn't that effective at airsoft. IMHO, it's just to complete the look and feel of it. I wear the cheapest DPM I can find - quick drying, very comfortable, cheap to replace.
 
Best bit of advice though...it's a game, enjoy it your way.

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Waiting on my eotech to arrive. I paracorded my flashlight onto my krytac and I installed a guarder m100 spring in her today too.
 
I know it's not much but early days and I have a lot of plans.

TM G18C
TM G26 plus 2 mags
XC1 torch
X300 torch
Multicam Maritime Helmet
Leopold ICO RDS
2 barrel extensions
ris rail sling thing
MP5 solid stock
MK18 straight mount for aimpoint
2 x MNP9 mags
2 x USPc mags
and a few other bits

Nuprol BBs? Bad choice. Consider a quality brand like maybe BB Bastards for your G5 - you won't be shooting a huge amount of BBs so going for the premium option isn't too bad.
 
Rest looks great though.

Pretty much everyone in the Netherlands can speak English. The only language barrier you will likely experience is the locals speaking in Dutch so they can discuss how bad they think you are without you knowing.
 
Personally if you're going for a "mini city break" there's plenty of far better things you could do with your time in Amsterdam than go airsofting.

SPR is great, my preference would be to buy a CRB, but only as I already own a few full length AR's. Performance across the longer range is similar tbh.
 
Two toning, I work for Patrol Base and do about 95% of the paint jobs we do, so I do have opinions on it. Choose a blue two tone service (if you buy from us) as the paint is MUCH more pleasant to use, gives a flatter finish and just looks better. We would paint the stock and handguard (all removed from rifle, not masked) so it doesn't actually look awful.

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OR an ASG Scorpion Evo, but the krytac is better.

If anybody has played this game, you know how awesome it is.

I did sort of - linked him to Legacy's guide which is very good bit of info
look I like to type but sod typing that much crap everytime somebody asks......
 
However there a few differences between that guide for USA & us Limey's
 
We have lower fps so we can't quite use m120 springs in normal aeg's unless we are Shortstroking to lower fps
So when Legacy says use this n that - it will often be a tad hot for some examples
 
The problem with increased rof is double cycling and PE - on lower spring setups this takes place earlier at lower rps
eg: 25rps = over running - double cycle & 30rps PE on a 340fps UK gun
 
This won't happen on a US gun with a stock m110 to m120 spring as they are not hot for many of their sites
 
So though it is a very very very good guide it is not to be taken completely 101% gospel for us over here
 
HOWEVER - it does go into depth about various stages of increasing rof and work involved especially at higher speeds
often depending how fast you really want to go very little needs to change - so you don't have to replace it all with Lonex etc.....
 
Service ya gun, AoE, increase seals maybe fit spring guide if trying to lighten piston for quicker return blah blah blah.....
Then if getting into 20's leave the stock 18:1 gears in there and heck you could leave a good stock ferrite motor there as well
run on 11.1v is one way but seriously advise fitting fet if going down that amount of juice.....
The extra juice will boost aprox 50% over a 7.4v lipo from extra cell eg: 13rps to 20rps
 
or fit a faster powerful motor - it really depends on budget and how far/fast you wanna go
 
However I could go into loads and loads of MY RECOMMENDATIONS - and they may be different to others a little
But I can honestly say to anybody thinking of going nutz......
 
IT IS NOT THAT EASY - the tolerances and attention to detail on every single poxy little bastid part inside is critical
I learnt - still learning that it isn't a simple case of duplo/meccano of just dropping a new go faster part and it will just work
All them bits n bobs are manufactured with $hit tolerances that fit into $hit gearbox tolerances and furthermore....
 
EVERY SINGLE BOX IS DIFFERENT TO EACH OTHER - even 2 G&G builds may be shimmed differently if done properly
Each motor can have its pinion at slightly different heights - won't completely affect the shimming a great massive deal but will affect motor height
shimming itself can only be as good as the time and level of detail taken when shimming and even a good guess of motor height is no match for a dial guage measurement - even a rough measurement is going to be better than many people's guess (except Mr Spock teching a box)
 
The guide needs to be read though to fully understand the detail required and even on a modest 20+ build the same detail applies
Well if you really want it to last as long as possible - coz one part in particular WILL fail - it WILL
Often - very very often the reliability is down to mainly 2 things:
 
Shimming - I know this gets said every time but so true as bad shimming increases wear on box/gears and especially motor
&
Just how strong your weakest part is - coz it will fail eventually
Normally - pistons strip/snap, bearings start failing and when they do the play can destroy gears also
So when going to higher 20's eg getting to 30 or more a full metal rack is needed and use bushings
 
I have tried a few pistons but on 13:1 gears pushing it many pistons start to fail but make sure you did ya homework
as full metal rack + PE or bad bb jam slowing a high speed piston will smash f*ck out of box
but try to get the whole piston as truely light as possible to return asap
no bearing in piston - swiss cheese but it only saves about 1.5gms I found - depends on how heavy the piston is to begin with
 
Bushings - all or nearly all in box especially under the gears - left side of gearbox an absolute must
tbh bushings - will lose a round or two a second but will greatly prolong/prevent failure in gears in the long run
 
Oh f*ck it my fingers are killing me - the long story trying to shorten it a bit .....
 
gun is firing 30rps+ f*ck yeah that's great.....
 
ooh hold up - should of fitted a delay clip maybe coz it ain't feeding properly
fits delay clip - better but still not perfect.... uhmm ergh new tappet spring or lop coils off....
hmmm a little better but just now n then still splutters....
Another reason could be ya fitted a slightly longer o-ring nozzle
(that just so ever so slightly slghtly impedes the bb feeding into hop)
replace/file nozzle coz you didn't check when building it all.....
yeah getting there but just now n then splutters the odd one out....
 
Oh crap stock high cap mag is $hit, borrow a m8's mid cap or Lonex mag and works flawlessly
So gets new mags - the tech bill is getting higher n higher......
 
Funny thing is all this attention to detail for higher rof and yet
gun still shoots with mediocre accuracy on stock barrel & bucking
Ok to compensate for not considering anything outside the box.......
 
hmmm I wonder if I put a bigger battery in there - famous last words.......
 
BANG - OH $HIT !!!!!!
famous last words indeed
the story of me taking the pi$$ again and again
 
Hence the simplest advice it go easy and get to twenties in plenty
 
a quick question for you all:
 
What goes: "peck peck peck - BANG !!!!!!"
 
NOPE - not a chicken in a minefield you might think
but
ME getting gun chrono'd and starting my first game of the day with one of my super duper rapid duck builds
 
I've broke LOADS and learnt very little despite all the bollox I type

I know. I'm great, me.
 
 
Also - Cemetery Gates? Great song and all but come on - This Love, surely?
 

I can only really say it was advertised wrong.
 
Contact the shop.

Love airsoft the game
Love airsoft toys
 
Not a big fan of a lot of airsofters.

Personally I don't like that as it's too.....become stronger/ballady...I don't really know how to put it. However if you like that I reckon you will love this, pirate metal. It's amazing.

I prefer the term eccentric.
 
I do have a huge taste in music though.

As you can see from my earlier post, I love Alestorm and the song 'Drink'. And funny enough that led me onto Turisas. I quite like the folk / ballad sound, also reminds me of Thin Lizzy.

Second land rover i have owned, this one is a 2006 Land Rover Defender 90 Black Edition hard top. 2.5 TD5 (and yes the insurance is astronomical since i am 18! )
 

http://www.eyebleach.com/ If anyone needs it!

Let me know the date you go to Stan, and I'll try get me and the lads down. Never been before but seen plenty of online content

What about me?

completely stock.
 
And since it's raining outside and I have nothing to do here's a couple more pictures.