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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.

Are you the guy who posted questioning whether it was a scam? Did you get my comment? Hopefully it helped and prevented you getting scammed.

Let me guess, is it in Australia?

https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/19722-rare-we-colt-m4-co2-rifle £1230 for a WE CQBR with mags and a few accessories. That’s massively over priced I hear you say. Ah, but hold on. He’s ex-infantry who wants something more than just a normal airsoft gun. So this is a rare WE Colt M4 (yeah, there’s no Colt trademarked receiver, so it’s just a bog standard WE CQBR with a couple of internal upgrades), which is a fully upgraded milsim rifle. Now you see where the value lies ?. Honestly mate, you’ll be lucky to get half that price ?

To be honest, with the amount of stuff I’ve bought and sold over the years I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s my wife trying to flog all my stuff ?

Also, be aware that if you see this WE M14 EBR for sale anywhere using this photo, it’s also one of my pictures of a gun I sold a while ago. I know of one person so far that’s had this offered to them for around £200 using this photo. £200 is very cheap for a standard WE M14, let alone a fully trademarked EBR with accessories. So it suggests it’s a scam as opposed to the current owner wanting to sell.

That had crossed my mind. He seems to have been a bit quite lately. Other than the fact it was clearly my photo, there were other things that stood out about the advert. Mainly that it was described as being a Tokyo Marui. Obviously, TM don’t do a GBB MP5, (although I wish they would, because it would be awesome). So, if you know your airsoft guns it’s possible to pick out some of the scammers. The problem is these people are mainly praying on people who don’t know a great deal about airsoft, or are new and just want a gun.

The irony is, I’m actually after a GBB MP5, so I would have been interested in buying it ??

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/rif-s/airsoft_i45974 Be advised there is a scam seller trying to sell an MP5 using an old photo from one of my sales. I’ve seen it on Used Airsoft, but don’t know if it’s anywhere else. They’ve photoshopped the name. I’ve added my picture below to confirm. The post has now been removed, but I think the name was William O’Connor, or something like that. Name was obviously photoshopped.

Does anyone know if the LCT wide hand guard is compatible with the VFC G3 without any modifications? Or anywhere I can get a real wide G3 hand guard? I think the VFC is real steel compatible. I’ve looked around the deactivated gun stores and none available at the moment that I can see.

Ah man, now showing 3 in stock. I’ve got some serious thinking to do.

I’ve just seen that Landwarrior have the Archwick L119A2 listed on their GBB’s page, but showing out of stock. I’m wondering if that means they’ll be getting some in stock soon. Listed at £1999.99 though ? I may have to consider selling some of my keepers if they do get some. Sorry for the necropost, but thought the update was worth it ?

Yeah, that’s part of the reason I sold both the ones I had, the trigger pull sucks. Hopefully if they’re changing it for the Gen 5, then it’ll be awesome because the trigger pull was the only issue with it. Everything else is great.

That’s definitely good to hear. I’ll keep my eyes open for that.