Speedbird_666

£150 for a Barrel and Hop-up? Nice. I'm pretty sure you can get 90-95% of the supposed 'performance' for a small fraction of that cost - especially with UK power levels.

Neither is KWA or Krytac. They are all bog standard AEGs at the end of the day with no 'special sauce' that really differentiates them from a mildly upgraded budget blaster.

Printer is very nearly repaired/dialed-in. I'll have a go printing you one tomorrow whilst I'm working from home.

Funny you should mention that….been running the G&G version of the grip for some time now….

I reckon that could actually work. It would also solve a lot of issues I've had in the past with motors being *slightly* too long for the grip, making motor height adjustment impossible (looking at you Specna Edge) and cramped/crimped/split wiring when stuffing the base plate on. I reckon a 3D printed inset could be fabricated easy enough.

Easy tiger....don't drag me into this. Whilst I sometimes might make a tongue-in-cheek comment, I try not to disrespect fellow members personally, especially those who have put a lot of time and effort to help people on here over many years. Can you say the same?

XT60s are overkill for Airsoft guns really - XT30 would be more sensible for all but the most Amp-hungry builds. Smaller than Deans too. Add ISDT to the list of 'good' charger brands. They make superb chargers and they don't cost mega money - a DC-powered Q6 Nano is only ~£26 and has a colour OLED screen with more features than you would ever need. Blows any B6 (genuine and clones) out of the water.

Again, I've never experienced or seen this playing CQB - perhaps i was just lucky?

Why....just...why? Of all the cool guns in the world - a frikken Taurus? Those crazy folks at Tokyo Marui.....SMH

The company seemed to specialise in WE GBBR stuff. Website's been down for a while, but it was archived, albeit without pictures unfortunately; https://web.archive.org/web/20100812195018/http://ts-custom.com/product.php?f_id=all&s_id=all

In all honesty, I have never experienced this playing CQB - ever. Most sites (at least the ones I've played at) sweep on a semi-regular basis, and there's just not enough rounds fired to create 'pools' of BBs to slip on during a game day.

Shame many PTW owners (mainly) past and present cannot report the same. I'm not talking about the A&K knockoffs either, having to send a £1k+ Systema off to be 'Tackleberried' in the first place is just wrong. It's a dying platform, Systema don't give a fuck anymore, they have been too busy selling Type 89 PTWs to the JSDF and forgot the market that allowed them flourish in the first place. In the mean time the Airsoft world moved on.

Why does that not surprise me...🙄 That man has made a fortune from the PTW fashionistas.

That's pretty hardcore just for some RIFs. Must be rough around your neck of the woods...😜 Mine are all unceremoniously dumped in a large pile down my shed.

It's funny innit? Eye protection gets quite a response on forums, but ear pro doesn't get anywhere nearly as much attention. I wouldn't run without ear pro in CQB, even a .209 BFG in close proximity can cause me problems. It amazes me that other players just kinda laugh about it when their ears are ringing. This is just a game, shooting tiny bits of plastic at each other - for fun. We should be doing it as safely as possible, even if that means shoving cheap ear plugs in. (woohoo- 1000th Post)

It's not worth £3K (nothing is when it comes to shooting tiny balls at each other for BBwarz/LARPsoft) BUT the Infinity internals kit alone is around £1300 to buy. If this had one of the gucci PTW body kits (i.e. HAO) on there, it could possibly justify £3K to those who are into these boutique shooters. But in this case it's a standard Max 2 body (notice he doesn't show the left-side of the gun in the pics) which makes it look like any other generic M4. But then you have this: So you don't even get the Real Steel stock for your £3k. If this was up for £2k, I'd say it was still pushing it. PTW's have fallen by the wayside for some time now (thanks largely to TM NGRS, HPA and even FCU-equipped AEG builds), and I've not seen one at a playing field in a good few years now.

Has this one been done yet? You can't polish a turd, but you can certainly roll it in glitter. *Edit - just found it here on Macks a few pages back*

Problem is, Milspec is (now) frikken expensive. At one point around 7-8 years ago the MOD 'Divested' pallets of Comtac XPs and they were cheap and readily available for sub-£100 NIB on eBay. I bought two brand new pairs for £150. Good luck getting a single pair new for sub-£200 now. If I was in market for earpro today, I would lean towards Howard Leights (like you've already got) or Walkers Razor. I know the Razor is omni-directional and can be had for £45. I've toying with the idea of 'downgrading' for some time now to Razors, because I stopped wearing my XPs as I rarely can get to a CQB site these days. I would make a profit from the XPs and could buy a tidy new gun with the proceeds. But because I would never be able to afford to buy them again, I've been hesitant to do so.

This. I have a couple of sets of 3M Peltor XPs that are amazing, and really help maintain situational awareness. Watch out for cheap knock-offs and low-end stuff though - many are monoaural which completely kills your directional hearing. My neighbour (who also plays) found this the hard way thinking a cheapo Aliexpress set would be in any way decent.

Nice. Well done. My printer is nearly back up and running so will be looking to crack on with mine soon.

Umm, how is this news exactly? Speculation over a replica of a gun that has only just been selected by the US Army (bear in mind the XM8 was too, before subsequent cancellation) is a touch premature, and not really relevant to this particular forum section. Try 'general discussion' or 'guns, gear and loadouts' instead.

No clue. But the balls were mangling metal bread bins (normally used as a target holder and BB catcher for the guys that shoot 4.5mm pistols) with relative ease. I would say that higher-end goggles with a proper safety rating and decent retention (i.e. a strap around the head) would fair ok, but cheapo eyepro glasses that some insist on wearing would be blasted clean off someone's face. A shot to the mouth would definitely require a trip to the dentist. And the revolvers - well, they lend themselves to 'custom' projectiles being cylinder-based. A guy on the range made some nasty looking rounds using chopped up hot glue stick (which fit the cylinder perfectly) as wadding and various sharp bits of pointy metal set into them. Whilst I doubt that said person would ever point his gun at a human (he's a pretty cool dude from chatting with him), I'm sure some other idiot would have a similar ideas.

Sorry, I know this an old post (I've only just spotted this paragraph) but this thread has bubbled up again. There seems to be an influx of 'HD' guns into the UK Airgun market, shooting various sizes of rubber balls. Of course, they are not marketed for 'Home Defense' but nudge nudge wink wink.....😉 Having seen first hand HD revolvers, double barrel sawn-off and pump action shotties along with a Gen5 Glock 17 firing at my Shooting Club I can say one thing: They were mental. I played paintball for many years before Airsoft and I would never, ever, want to be hit with one of these 'HD' guns. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before they are banned, but each time I go to a club shoot, another (new) HD gun turns up in the clutches of a fellow club member with a shit-eating grin on their face. They are definitely gaining traction and popularity in the UK market.

Funnily enough, I bought a JG G36C from Action Hobbies back in 2008ish as my second gun. Very good value for money - they are commonly associated with rental guns so lack the 'cool' factor these days. Don't see many G36s round my parts these days outside of the rental punters.

PBnation does something similar for paintball guns, but the guns were so genuinely different in operating mechanisms (at the time - not so much now) that it made sense. For example there would be no point having separate forums for G36s, CZ Brens, AKs, AUGs etc as they all use the same style of gearbox, with only subtleties such as hop units and nozzles to differentiate them. Then there's the ballache of moderating the sub-forums. As for 'long' threads, well, there is this funny little feature on these here forums that's called - wait for it - the 'Search' function. Sometimes that comes in quite handy if you are looking for specific information. You can even search within said thread. Clever that.