Speedbird_666

Ahhhhhh....that explains my confusion! Still, that's six and a half more years than your average airsoft safezone 'expert'.

No - me neither. 16 years Airsoft and 9 years tournament paintball left me very confused and unable to work out the difference between the two. Thanks OP - I feel so much better now... (If you know, you know.)

Had similar feelings when I first rebuilt and shimmed a gun (circa 2006ish) - but once you've rebuilt a few guns from the ground up, you learn pretty quickly whether things will go bang or not. Pretty much every gun I buy now gets disassembled into it's constituent parts and rebuilt - warranties be damned. Voltage sag is an issue with Airsoft batteries as they are amongst the lowest quality when it comes to hobby LiPO packs - internal resistance is pretty high on a new Airsoft pack, so much so that RC guys would bin them as 'end of life' for their RC Quads/Planes/Helis etc. Don't believe the C or capacity ratings either. For example - I have 3-year old Turnigy 1300mah 25C Lipos intended for RC that completely outperform both Vapextech 1300mAh 25C Airsoft packs I bought last month - both in capacity and ultimately ROF.

A Vorsk for £140? You can pay another tenner and get a Novritch SSP2 for that money...😉

I have a similar inkling.

Yes. I'm an Airgunner too - and I've seen and heard of plenty of the cheapo pumps shit themselves at the local club . They get packaged into 'bundles' when buying new Air rifles , but most end up in the bin. In fact - the only Pump I would consider is made by Hill - but they are seriously pricey. And then there's the effort of actually pumping the bottle up - you'll have arms like popeye in no time at all. I would highly recommend a dive tank if you can get access to a Dive shop that can refill them. I have a 7L bottle for my airgun (I really must sort myself an HPA Airsoft setup at some point) which is probably big enough for a day of playing by my uninformed guesstimations. HPA shooters can chime whether I'm correct or not in that.

Paintball guns come under Airgun legislation - for a pistol, you cannot exceed 6 ft/lb which equates to 8.13 Joules. I'd be interested to hear what your particular guns were measured at. TBH - You might be better off asking in a dedicated Airgun or Paintball forum.

Now that is interesting. It's a premium-priced gun (~£350) - I would like to know if Double Eagle can compete in that market sector. I would love to hear more in a review on here.

They used to be £114 from Taiwangun when they first released. I do kick myself for not ordering more stuf before they stopped shipping to the UK. 😒

Oh, I've been around the block long enough to see plenty of new product failures. The TSI Tavor is a classic example from ~2009. That gun makes the MDR-X look shit-hot amazeballs in comparison.

And Specna, ASG*, Umarex, Evolution, Cybergun etc. don't do exactly the same thing? *Yes, I know ASG do make the Scorpion Evo in-house, but that's about it. I despise kickingtwat but I have to say that I appreciated his honesty in that Video. The gun has been crossed-off my 'to buy' list until I see independant (not shilled) evidence that his was a duffer and not representative of the entire product line.

Not everyone's cup of tea, but it's the first GBBR that I have been genuinely interested in. Pretty reasonably priced (for a GBBR) - they are doing discounted bundles which includes scopes and mags.

Fair point. I have found one small UK mainland vendor (looks like a site-attached/garage operation) that says they one of the G models left in stock. Just sent them a message to confirm before ordering.

I've decided to that I want a UTR45 and a drum mag - because reloading is for chumps and I figure it would be good for a giggle. That, and it's not 'another' M4 of which I have 7. Only problem is that the only model I can find available is the M917C, which has that gopping mock-brace stock and tiny battery compartment - so I have to wait until the 'G' model is restocked with UK retailers. I found one in stock with a NI retailer but I'm not spending £18 in postage. So i'll just have to wait. Thanks all for your inputs.

Yeh - I failed on both counts....

Unfortunately she keeps a pretty firm track on the bank balance - with spreadsheets n'all.

Still got 7 or 8 guns knocking around. Probably enough spare parts to build another full gun outright. But there's no harm in buying another, right?🙂

Well, that's stupid. Most movie blank firing guns cannot fire live rounds. There some very professional companies that work in that field that know their shit when it comes to safety. Using GBBs with CGI muzzle flashes and shell casings never feels visceral or real - I fear that we will never see anything as epic as the gunfight in Heat in a film again. Fuck me - I really want a fixed carry handle AR now......

I have 1000's of hours of prints now. It ain't rocket science. Certainly not artistry. Modelling the thing could be argued as the most difficult and time consuming part of the process. He was selling that pretty much that exact print as a kit previously. I hope he is the original designer of the files on thingiverse, or at least have permission to sell these commercially. I was being facetious...😉 The real artistry comes Games Workshop/Citadel/whatever the call themselves these days. They created the worlds, the concepts, the stories, the original artwork and the sculpts in first place.

Whilst that is very cool - what's the point of it? Does it actually fire something? (genuine question - I know nothing about launchers)

The amount of work counts for nothing - it's still a raider with some 3d printed parts. There's what, not even half a spool's worth of printer filament on the gun? I could knock up that front end in a few hours in Fusion 360. A cheapo Cyma stock with some vinyl attached and an LED counter that is the square root of fucking useless when it comes to actually playing does not make for a great deal. But if you can flog it for that price, best of luck! I should build a few to make some cash myself. Actually - that's not a bad idea...🤔 Oh, and welcome to Macks...😉

Ouch....£450 for a G&G Raider with some 3D printed parts bolted on.

That bit of the site is weird. You can't shoot into it, you can't shoot out of it. But you can shoot each other when you are in it. Again - a byproduct of trying to use a Paintball site for Airsoft methinks. I will try the site again - but I'll give it 6 months or so, hopefully they will change things up a bit by then.