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I’ll have a look through and see if I have any khaki. If not I’ll get some and give it a go.

Who does a decent quality sand/tan paint? I usually use Krylon, but it’s a bit too bright in colour. Almost looks to yellow, as shown on my old Gordon Carbine build.

Thanks for the clarification @Jedi_Master I’m glad I asked first before posting.

Don’t worry, that doesn’t leave the house. Purely a collectors piece. It’s a VFC, so it’ll likely not make it through a game anyway ?

To make your airsoft toy look better ?

Is the sale of real steel magazines allowed on this forum? I’ve checked through the classifieds rules and there’s no mention of real steel gun parts or accessories, (unless I missed it). I’ve also done a forum search, but can’t find anything. I’ve never listed real steel items before and don’t want to list something and get a warning, or worse.

Yeah, I’ve recently ordered a replica Surefire 660 flashlight from them and was very impressed with the service. It arrived relatively quickly, well packaged and I’m very happy with the torch. I’d buy from them again. I first heard about them from people on Facebook groups, regarding Gothic Serpent Delta loadouts, where a few people had bought stuff from them and they recommended them as the place to go for a replica 660.

https://www.davescustomairsoft.co.uk/airsoft-weapons/gas-rifles-smg-support/pre-order-due-august-2023-vfc-m249-gbb-lmg Available for pre order now on Dave’s, £799, due in August.

Yeah, it’s definitely going to be more like £700 to £800. Bearing in mind the VFC FAL is priced at £489 on WGC, but the U.K. retailers have it anywhere between £640 and £830. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

https://www.wgcshop.com/collections/machine-gun/products/vfc-vf2-lm249-bk01 WGC are taking pre-orders with an expected delivery date of end of July, beginning of august. I wonder how long after that they’ll arrive in the U.K. and if the £549 price will be the same over here.

It could be a faulty magazine. I’ve only got one, so possibly need to buy another to see if the issue is the magazine or the gun. Either way, it’s not a big deal. The gun is still awesome and fires bbs fine. I can live without the dry fire mode, but I would prefer it if the bolt was full travel.

No. Bought from Dave’s Custom Airsoft.

Thanks for the YouTube video. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to have made any difference to mine. I’ve trimmed that tab down to the point that it is now shorter than the switch, but it still only fires once before clicking back across and the bolt still stops short of closed. It seems to fire bbs fine, which I guess is the most important thing for most people, but it would be nice to have a functioning dry fire mode.

Thanks for the info. Does that also fix the issue with the dry fire mode? The issue I’m having is that I can’t seem to lock it in dry fire mode. When I switch it over and insert the magazine it seems to switch back over and holds the bolt in the part open position after firing one round. Can you post a picture of the part you’ve trimmed? To be totally honest, I’m not even sure if I’m using the dry fire mode correctly. I can’t find a YouTube video explaining haw to set it properly and it doesn’t really explain it well in the instructions. Most video reviews just mention it, but don’t really go in to any depth regarding the magazine.

Yeah, it really looks the part with the handguard. Just finishes it off. It’s the VFC MP5 one, which fits spot on.

Well, I’ve had a bit more of a play and I have to say, I’m extremely happy. I have no idea what it’ll be like to skirmish with, accuracy, power or longevity of parts, but for my purposes as a collection, display gun, it is absolutely awesome. It feels solid, everything clicks nicely and it looks beautiful, as you’d expect from VFC. Unfortunately, it has the same bolt block feature that the VFC MP5 has, which prevents the bolt and charging handle slamming forward with an empty magazine inserted. It does have a dry fire mode on the magazine, but it only appears to work for one shot, then clicks back over to normal mode. All in all, I’m a very happy bunny. Bring on the VFC M249.

Well, my HK53 arrived today. I’ve only had the chance to have a quick look over it so far, but my initial impressions are, very nice. I’ll hopefully get more chance to have a proper play about tomorrow and get some pictures posted. But, at the moment I am very happy.

Yeah, I’ll put a bit of a review up. It’ll not be an extensive one. As I said above, it’s a collection piece, but will definitely give an overview.

Yeah, not great, but it’s better than running the risk of Customs destroying it because I’m using a re-enactment society membership as defence. If I knew it would get through without any issues I’d order from one of the Asia stores, but I get the impression Customs just look for any excuse to prevent scary toy guns getting into the country.

Not at all mate. Like all my other stuff, it’s primarily for display, collection purposes. While I have it, it’ll be luck to have more than a couple of mags worth of bbs through it. As others have said, VFC have produced some outstanding products over the last couple of years. I’ve had quite a few of them and never been disappointed with them, for what I use them for. If there are issues with the HK53 it’s unlikely to be a problem for me. Most of the concerns people have regarding VFC are based on earlier products. And anyway, if anything fails, as is a genuine possibility with most airsoft guns, especially GBB’s, then VFC are pretty good at producing replacement parts.

Dave’s Custom Airsoft had the VFC HK53 on pre order with an expected arrival date of 25th May. I’ve put my order in and had confirmation, but now it’s not showing the HK53 on their site. Guess I’ll just have to wait to see if it arrives.

That’s going to be extremely unfortunate if it is the case and they’ve been released with this issue. VFC are still trying to recover their reputation with regard to their GBB’s from the poor stuff they released in the past. Like the first gen MP5’s and G36’s. It’s still one of the reasons many of the stores won’t stock them, because their reputation isn’t great, so people are reluctant to buy. Which is a shame, because they’re one of the few manufacturers willing to make more than just another M4. But, that’s possibly why they have issues. By having a wide range of GBB’s they aren’t fine tuning their products. I guess we’ll wait to see the YouTube reviews of the HK53 when they start to come out from people who’ve bought them.

Well the two main things I’m after this year are the HK53 and the M249, so it sounds good on the M249 front if a bunch of U.K. stores are looking to pre order. I just hope the Chinese can hold off their invasion of Taiwan long enough for them to be produced and delivered ?

Yes mate, it looks awesome and can’t wait to get one to go with my MP5. I’m a big fan of VFC’s GBB’s even though they had a bit of a poor reputation in the past. They’ve definitely got a decent variety of products, a lot of which other manufacturers don’t do. I’m especially looking forward to their GBB M249, hopefully coming out in a few months. I just hope U.K. stores are willing to stock them.

So I’ve seen that a number of the Asian stores have the VFC HK53 GBB listed for pre order with an expected arrival date of April 2023. It’s showing at around £400 on WGC Shop. Does anyone know if any of the U.K. stores plan to stock this? I’ve not seen it listed anywhere.