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A few bits I've acquired, I'm new to airsoft so I'm pretty happy so far, got multi cam ubac and trousers,

A few bits I've acquired, I'm new to airsoft so I'm pretty happy so far, got multi cam ubac and trousers,

A few bits I've acquired, I'm new to airsoft so I'm pretty happy so far, got multi cam ubac and trousers,

You're never going to see where you're going with that big black thing over your face.

Mil-Tec Ghillie suit review
 
First off the bat, I love sniping. To me it is a way of life and not just a skill.
 
OK, so you know me by now. I am very tight fisted to say the least. I hate buying anything that I can’t make myself for a fraction of the price. For heaven’s sake when I was eight I tried to make a bike from old scaffolding pipes. So far 95% of projects that I have attempted have been successful, the bike was not one of them and neither was my homemade ghillie suit.
 
I have attempted to make a homemade ghillie suit five times and each time the effort was poor to say the least. The concoctions I tried to make looked a mess and fell apart in the field during nightmare game after game. I am a very counter sniper player and enjoy hunting and taking out other snipers on the opposite team. This said, it is a bit embracing as a sniper to be taken out by a girl with a bright pink two tone AK47. The last straw was when my suit fell apart and I was spotted and taken out by two guys who looked like Robert Smith of ‘The Cure’ and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance (random).
 
So I made a bit of money recently writing for different web sites and from a few magazine articles. This money has been burning a hole in my back pocket. So I decided that in order to hone my sniper warfare skills then I would need to procure a professionally made ghillie suit using this money.
In this review I will cover the Mil-Tec variant ghillie suit. The suit cost me £32.99 complete with £2.99 shipping. Altogether this is an excellent price to pay for such a suit. I went for the digital desert camouflage option, this will blend in well during the coming autumn season. The woodland camouflage suit that Mil-Tec manufactures also looks very nice as well, being greener and darker in colour.
 
So I ordered it on a Wednesday evening and by the following Friday it arrived, nicely packaged in a sturdy cardboard box. Mil-Tec is a German company so the quality is definitely towards the higher end of products. I was so excited that I just had to try it on straight away when I got home. The first day I had great fun hiding in the garden, then for my girlfriend to come home at seven o’clock before I stepped out of the shrubbery to accidentally/on purpose scare the hell out of her.
 
The ghillie suit is a four piece system. The trousers are elasticated and feature holes so you can access you pockets underneath. The jacket is airy and light weight. Made of 100% Polyester so it remains cool. The head shroud is perfect and features netting over the eyes and nose allowing for easy breathing. The fabric is very durable featuring plastic press buttons, elasticated waist and adjustable drawstrings which feel strong. The suit features elasticated ankles and buttons at the bottom of the legs which is useful for covering your feet. It is worth adding the whole set can be easily compress into small and light kit bag.
 

 
The compact and packed up suit and then unfolded.
 
The rifle scrim is the only part of the suit which is a bit too small for a sniper rifle. I use an L96 warrior and sometimes M42A1. Both are long rifles and really need extensive ghillie wrap made of burlap sacks instead.
 
Now at first the suit camo looks as though it is too thin in places. But this is what every ghillie suit looks like at first. The fibres that the suit is made from will need to be flayed and will need to pick up debris and dirt making it look more natural over time. The US Army for instance basically get snipers to run through the woods over a whole day to break up a new ghillie suit. If it is good enough for the US Army then this is good enough for me. So I did the exact same thing but for only three hours. The more vegetation you can pick during this first outing then the more camouflage you have.
 

 
Meanwhile in the UK, the most random selfie of 2014. But the hood really is that good and stays put when you are wearing it.
 
The suit will easily tangle-up in nettles and small branches. But ghillie warfare is not about yomping for miles, it is about cover and concealment often working from a small number of hide locations. Putting the suit through its paces I headed out to my local woodland to practice. Now this is where I would need to be really stealthy as ‘normal’ people use these woods as well. I crossed a public footpath in close proximity to some walkers and they didn’t even see me. I even carefully crawled within three feet of a busy road on the other side of the woods and still I was undetected having passed within ten feet of about ten different people.
 
For quality I would give this suit a 9/10 – The suit feels durable yet amazingly light and airy
Easy of putting it on 10/10 – It is really easy due to the lightweight and flexibility of the material.
Build quality 9/10 – Really good and put together really well.
 
Overall the Mil-Tec variant of ghillie suit is excellent, if you are looking and getting a four piece suit next or as a first ghillie suit then this is one that you will not regret procuring.
 
I got my mate ‘superpaperboy1989’ to take some pictures of me in the ghillie suit in concealment. Rather than ‘Where’s Wally’, it is can you ‘Spot the Wally’?
 

 
Clockwise from top left (1) next to a fence post in prone position (2) in kneeling position next to a mound of earth (3) laying down beneath a fallen tree and (4) in a bush in prone position.
 
Cheers for reading and please feel free to post your comments.
 
Be kind to pigeons
 
Jez

Loving the scar l lozart

Here's all the guns I actually use (well...the AKs first day out tomorrow so... )
 

From the top:
A&K M249
G&G SCAR-L with Dytac tracer and DBoys EGLM
CYMA 045A with lower rail set and a B&T tracer
TM (well sort of, more like the Franken-M4 or maybe Triggers Assault Rifle now) based M4
 
Pistols
SOCOM Gear M9A1 Desert Combat with Nextorch WL10
TM MEU

Is there much difference between the 416 and the m4 raider?

First gun, go for the g&g cm16 raider.
 
A few extras on it
 

Photobucket. Why use anything else?

Get a HK 416 D, The CQB version is nice.
 

Overall rating (1 - 10) 0
 
Would you deal with the trader again (Yes / No): No
 
Any other comments:
 
Bought a G&G cm raider from this guy, described as, as new condition and only 500 rounds through it.
I paid for the gun the same night, and was told it would be here the Tuesday, it ended up being nearly 2 weeks before it came, when it eventually arrived it was in no where near as new condition and to top if off the gun used to be 2 tone green, you can still see bits of it where it hasn't all come off,
None of this was advertised. I messaged him via e mail but I've had no reply.

My 4x magnifier turned up today, I've put it on, guns getting pretty heavy now lol. Ill pass on sticking the m203 on I think ha
 

 

 

My m4, could maybe get a few ideas from that if that's the route you fancy.
 

I've bought a few things for my CM16 and got it looking how I want,
 

 
I'm now interested in spending a bit of money on the inside too get it performing better, the only thing I can think off is a tight bore barrel,
Is there anything else I can do too improve it?
 
Thanks.

My new Raider
 

 

 

If people are going to expect everyone to wear MLG army gear, they should probably stick to mils(l)im. Here are some reasons as to why people may be wearing jeans and a t-shirt:
 
They are saving up for camo
It's their right to do so
They don't want to wear camo.

If he shot me like that he'd be getting my barrel down his throat! What an idiot!!

On the total assumption that this photo is not staged ....
 
The gentleman on the left clearly knows there is someone the other side of the barrier .. otherwise he would not be pointing his weapon over the barrier in the first place .. he has no clear line of sight to his target either down his weapon sights nor through the barrier .. his finger is on the trigger indicating he is having to engage someone ..
 
The gentleman on the right very easily looks like someone who is trying to save himself from being shot point blank in the face ... his arm is raised in such a way to suggest this ...
 
This is what myself and many suspect to be blind firing .. not just on these forums but on the facebook page it was originally posted on ... the general view and feeling is this photo is showing a dangerous method of game play and one that frequently harms the sport due to the actions of a few silly people .. granted very small numbers but still something that brings negativity to the game.
 
Sorry to those who think/feel differently .. but having been to hospital twice due to blind firing .. this is something I feel very strongly about.

Sorry I have to completely disagree with what you wrote there ..

Yes it is sarcastic. Clearly not working.

Ouch! I think your right I think thats the cheap version! What a rip off !
better sending it back and getting the one with the turn thingy!

They are both decent for woodland, rather than mixing, get a full kit of either of them?
 
I'm loving the multicam at the minute. Can pick it up pretty cheap on ebay too