Speedbird_666

It makes me chuckle that a brand offshores their product for manufacturing, then gets pissy that the factories start knocking out 'third shift' products at stupidly low prices. I bet the SIG knockoff optics on Aliexpress are third shift products, coming off the same line during the 'third shift of the day' (the first two shifts are for the 'authorised' product to be sold by SIG) maybe with the odd QC fail thrown in for good measure.

There are some awesome deals on AliExpress. SF M300/600 clones can be had for less than £20 shipped too. There's a whole bunch of accessories (grips, stocks, rails etc.) on there to suit most people's needs. Sometimes it takes a bit of creative searching (e.g. using 'Gel Blaster' instead of 'Airsoft') to find the cool stuff. They are also collecting the VAT at source - so the stuff is clearing customs pretty quickly.

I was going to post links to AliExpress in my initial post, but I didn't want to piss on anyone's Cornflakes. If anything has a Nuprol sticker/logo on it, it's pretty much guaranteed that it's available for the half the price direct from China.

And double the price for having the Nuprol logo lasered onto it. ?

I think I need one of these - before Sig throws their toys out of the pram. Looks almost completely parallax-free - really impressive value for money.

Broken lower receiver (trigger guard)....check Not been used in ages.....check Wants more than retail....check Yeah....good deal...?

Looks interesting - Is this the one you ordered? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001261172681.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.5ce41a8f22bycp&algo_pvid=null&algo_expid=null&btsid=0b0a01f816221035685957976e0a4a&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

That was my first thought actually.?

Funnily enough, I pinged a guy on there about a gun 4 weeks ago. Got a message yesterday saying 'Yeh, it is, still interested?'. I might wait 4 weeks to reply back to him saying 'no'.

Umm...that top left one looks....umm....more than a tad under-aged and over-graphic. My 'Nearly-40-Father-of-Four' instincts really don't like it.

You're quite right. To be fair though, it's an ICS - you can service the compression parts in under ten minutes.

https://forums.zeroin.co.uk/forum/classifieds/rifles-smg-s-for-sale/electric-rifles-smg-s/3204786-ics-m4-cxp-16s-magazines-accessories-chest-rig £250 for a £170 (new) gun with a sprinkling of crap/low value accessories. Oh, and no postage either. I doubt it'll be going anywhere anytime soon.

And I thought V3s can be a ball ache with their triggers. Fortunately I have no desire to buy an M14...like, ever...

Tsk-tsk. A silver mock BCG. It should be black....just to be accurate...?

Ummm...it's a cartoon...she doesn't exist.... Anime fans - I never understood that 'Waifu' bollocks.

Yeh, well, my Specna Edge was so shit that it now sports a complete E&C Gearbox. Gave up chasing the issues with the crap quality of the internals. CYMAs internals are better.

Bye bye pile'o'shite Specna Edge Orion gearbox - hello E&C replacement thanks to @ak2m4 Took the removal of the bolt catch mechanism and a tiny bit of dremelling to fit the Edge series receiver but the gun is shooting nicely now.

Old skool 'new old stock' ICS M4 Commando with Stubby Stock. So old, it still has (somewhat crappily implemented) Cybergun-Licensed Colt trades. It weighs practically nothing - I will be be keeping this one as light as possible.

Looking pretty slick, did you solder up the deans on your gun yourself in the end?

Patrolbase had stock, most models have now sold out, but this one is still available: https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/specna-arms-sa-e23-edge-2-0-tm?pv=15519 In theory, great value for money. Having been burned by Edge 1.0 though, I'll reserve judgement until there are more reviews for 2.0.

Just you wait - £1200 is cheap compared to a lot of Systema PTW builds. An HAO-based build will be well over two grand, maybe closer to three with gucci real-steel bits hanging off it. Than there's GBLS DAS, which is £1500-£1800 for the base gun.

Just bought: 2x SHS High-Torques Perun ETU++ Some Hop rubbers Some AEG Springs V3 Trigger Switch. Now £140 lighter in the pocket. I could buy a brand new gun for that.....*sigh*.....

Pretty sure its a first gen version if it was originally front wired. The newer ones (2015 onwards) are rear wired out of the factory along with a sprinkling of other changes. I quite fancy one. No idea why though.

Lasers can also be a real problem if you catch someone through magnified optics.

@paradoxum Please tell me that you are not intending to use one of these whilst actually playing?