Speedbird_666
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I thought only Speedsofters and IPSC airsoft shooters need to short-stroke their guns? 😉
Personally, I'd prefer to keep the slide lock.
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Just now, leadly said:
I believe it can make your "ting go scrrrrrrr"
Is that the technical term for it? 😜
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4 minutes ago, AlphaBear said:
What advantage does that short stroking gizmo achieve?
Shortens the cycle time by restricting the rearward slide movement, allows the trigger to reset faster in semi and ups the ROF overall.
A lot SS kits preclude the use of the slide lock as the slide cannot cycle far enough back to engage it.
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7 minutes ago, AlphaBear said:
Well I’ve only just gone and done it... My caramel plastic fantastic.
Mucho grazie to @Spartan09
That auto really is insane. You need to see it for real to believe how bonkers it is in a pistol 😂
Only one week 'til payday. I think I need one of these in my gear bag.
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18 minutes ago, RonLancs said:
I've never bought from a store it's always been online - I feel shaken by these new charges to the point where I can't validate paying that much for what is essentially shipping. I'm in a bit of a conundrum personally about carrying on (maybe this is because I'm as we all are starved of a game day) but yea I'm upset by this and dont fancy paying UK prices.
That's fair enough. But it seems the days of cheap guns from Poland have gone. I've been buying guns in the various sales over the last year from UK stores, there were many bargains to be had. Not TaiwanGun cheap, but still significantly better than normal UK retail.
14 minutes ago, Piman said:I have spent more than I should on Airsoft and the significant majority of this has been in the UK. I have only really gone overseas when I can't get what I wanted in the UK (and that includes most of this order from Taiwangun). UK stock is very hit or miss and that is especially so right now where it seems many products are out of stock.
James
May I ask, how much was your order total? I'm trying to wrap my head around the 'Government Charges' bit and see if roughly correlates with Import Duty and VAT.
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2 minutes ago, Adolf Hamster said:
i mean i'd been airsofting a good decade before i started buying gats online, up until that point it was impulse buys at the brick and mortar and secondhand.
Indeed. I've been playing for 15 years now. My first ever overseas Airsoft order was placed only 12 months ago - funnily enough with TaiwanGun. The rest of my guns/gear were bought from UK suppliers anyway.
New players will get sucked into the sales pitch from shop staff - not realising that they can buy cheaper from elsewhere. Spend 20min in the Zero One* showroom on a Saturday morning and you'll see plenty of punters paying over the odds for their first shooter.
*Not dissing Z1. They have staff to pay, family to feed, Mercedes to buy etc, so if people are willing to pay their prices, then fair enough.
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3 minutes ago, lukeB said:
I knew I should have posted it on the real steel forums instead:)
Agree that it's expensive and totally unnecessary for airsoft, and only of interest to impression load-outs and real steel gear enthusiasts.
Target market is obviously very small, will probably sell in 6 months time when someone searches for it and comes across the ad.
It's a fair price for what it is. Very niche, but I'm sure there's someone out there who will want it.
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12 minutes ago, RonLancs said:
what's this going to do to airsoft
Not a lot. UK Airsoft will be fine.
I would wager that most new players get their kit from UK vendors, especially those that live close to a bricks and mortar store/showroom.
It's the more experienced hands that will be hit hardest with this.
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2 hours ago, Skara said:
By the way, WE has now released a, not surprisingly, really bad clone of the AAP, same upper but with a glock lower, while overcomplicating the overall design..
Gawd, it looks fucking awful.
I've been following this thread with interest. Very tempted to pick an AAP-01 up on payday.
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2 minutes ago, rocketdogbert said:
Aliexpress, only NGAL on there. Cheap, restricted functions thoughNo, Ali
Yeh - just found it. I'm resisting the urge to order anything from Ali until the Chinese New Year has passed.
Any problems with shipping with the new VAT rules?
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12 hours ago, rocketdogbert said:
NGAL. No, it’s not real 🤣🤣
That sure does look very nice. SomoGear?
https://www.somogear.com/product/somogear-ngal-red-aiming-laser-ir-laser-flashlight/
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1 hour ago, Sitting Duck said:
Poland's tax office have the authority in certain instances take money owed from your business account if they wish to.
Yup actually take the money from the account, where as UK can freeze the account, Poland can actually take money owed to them
So can HMRC through Direct Recovery. The new rules came in a few years back just before I left the department. If you owed more than £1K in tax, and had over £5k stashed across your bank accounts, the money can be taken directly from the bank if you ignore HMRC trying to contact you.
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12 minutes ago, Sitting Duck said:
so TWG are likely skimming 2% admin fees...
As previously mentioned, it could be currency fluctuation. I've seen the prices go up and down a few quid each way quite a few times on TG.
I've no idea how frequently they update their conversion rates - it could be a built into their shops back-end system to pull the spot rate automatically.
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3 minutes ago, Brophy said:
Yeah, I've just had the email through.
No doubt any cost savings will be like you say, swallowed by "handling fees"
TG stock a lot of stuff that’s not readily available from UK suppliers, so for me cost is a lesser issue, it’s about having choice of products.
For example, they have the CYMA blue edition MP5K in stock, which I’ve yet to see here in the UK.
Handling fees are annoying, but it’s the import duty that will be the kicker, if it’s charged at all.
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13 minutes ago, GothicGhost said:
So we need a order minimum of £140 plus shipping and VAT/duty and then carrier charges.
Not worth it then I guess?
https://www.taiwangun.com/pl/keepcalm?campaign-id=13
Taiwangun are not charging Polish VAT on sales to the UK. All the prices have been dropped by 23%.
UK VAT is chargeable at import, collected by the carrier. Not sure about the duty side of things as to whether it is chargeable under the free trade agreement or not.
So net we gain 3% on the VAT difference, but that will be swallowed in carrier charges.
The shipping cost has been dropped a little I notice, just over £9.
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I just bought a Classic Army G36K 'doer-upper'/boneyard.
Hopefully it doesn't become a money-pit to fix.
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Were HAO squinting when they modeled that grip?
Pretty sure the real H&K v7 grip looks like this (note the angle difference):
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On 02/02/2021 at 07:01, Zullgore said:
Im thinking of buying M908B DE on Taiwangun.
Thanks in adv all
If you are UK-based, good luck with that. Nothing is being shipped from them at the moment.
To answer your question, as they don't publish the inner barrel diameter, assume it to be roughly 6.05 to 6.08mm.
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My 'Rustys Rigs' SBS-Style SF Extraction Chest Rig arrived this morning.
Very pleased for £40. I forgot how practical these style of rigs are. Very nicely made, the straps could be a touch longer, but it still just about fits my slightly rotund post 'xmas and lockdown' figure.
Not my pic - Taken from the Rustys Rigs FB page:
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5 hours ago, L3wisD said:
One of the New Specna Edge 2.0 rifles (The E05 - the CQB M4)
Excited to see how they've improved it.
They come with Flat triggers licensed from GATE to work the best with the Aster mosfets, the previous Aster-fitted Specnas used standard triggers which didn't agree with the Aster.And they've apparently tweaked the gearboxes to fix the problems they had with Edge gearboxes failing.
Oh! and a Flat hop as standard - but I'm not sure if it'll need swapping for something softer. Typically Specna stock rubbers are too hard as they are meant for the 400fps players on the continent.
But!.... we'll see!
It would be interesting to see if they've fixed the QC issues with the Edge 1.0 guns.
Did I see somewhere that the Core series will start being shipped with X-ASRs as standard?
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2 minutes ago, maxewc said:
Oh, right thanks so much. So when the Uk shipping comes back, i just pop the UKARA number and downgrade thing in and I’m good
You shouldn't need to mention the downgrade in the commentary - there's a button on the product page to specify your output before adding to cart.
Otherwise, just your UKARA number and downgrade FPS and you should be fine.
Be prepared for VAT + Import Duty + Handling fee from the Courier when you are actually able to order.
Otherwise, if it's a relatively common gun, consider a UK supplier - the price difference will not be as big anymore.
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3 hours ago, Cromulon1994 said:
Their MP40 is probably the best available.
1 hour ago, Asomodai said:The SRC Steel MP5 is pretty nice!
When it comes to Star Rainbow Company the old saying 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king' springs to mind with your examples....😜
I shall counter with - the XM8.
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But does fitting a Titan/Perun/whatever to a V3 gearbox sort out the horrible trigger pull (at least compared to a V2)?
My AK and G36 have fairly long trigger pulls, I know MP5K's are worse - so what's the point of a fancy pants ETU without a nice, short (sub-5mm) trigger pull?
(Yeh yeh yeh, I get it - you'll have the fancy programming bollocks n'all that as well, but so does a Warfet)