Search results

Hi and welcome from Doncaster! Local sites within easy reach are probably the Skirmish sites (CQB at Wentworth in Rotherham, The Stan in Sheffield or Woodland in Worksop) or Yorkshire Tactical Airsoft or Brit-Tac both operated from Bawtry paintball fields. I don't get much chance to play at...

Weekend nights... joy...

No probs :)

Way back before the VCRA the sale of airsoft weapons was unregulated as they were viewed as toys, and in the beginning these toy guns really did look like toys. Then we saw the introduction of realistic looking weapons from the likes of Tokyo Marui. Again, in the early days, these things were...

I'm not a sniper, but I have a TM Glock 18c AEP - very nice pistol and you can get 50rnd magazines for it was well (Cyma ones). I have actually gone into CQB games with just that and a couple of 50rnd mags and have been fairly competitive. Not sure of the quality of the Cyma copies though, but...

Definitely wasn't dry firing; I was using my little AEP and saw the BB's bounce of him - even demonstrated to the marshal that I wasn't dry firing, but as I said, because the marshal didn't see it he couldn't call it. I wasn't the only person he stated was dry firing when they were shooting him...

I will echo the statements regarding clothing... at one game there was a player wearing a large, heavy leather jacket; he ended up taking it off at one point because he just couldn't feel his hits. At one CQB site I frequent which is single shot only, I rounded a corner and fired at a player...

Section Medic: it is a role that is given to the smallest, most agile member of the section. Hmmm... Being 6'2" and over 16 stone probably rules me out of being 'small and agile'... I actually like the idea of LRPing though as opposed to actual airsofting. Might volunteer to do the role of...

Looks quite an interesting event... I am actually off work that weekend... wonder if they would accept me as a medic... ;)

See... it is true men are no good at multi-tasking... I didn't read Sitting Duck's post that you quoted properly and failed to see why you said not to wear his forum name as I was trying to be clever and doing something else at the same time. My bad :blink:

Why? Most people who know me know my nickname, which happens to be my forum name... Granted, I don't actually have my name on my clothing, but I do have it on one of my gun bags. Still don't see what the problem is having a nickname on it?

It actually was called 'soft air' when the first guns came out... And another piece of trivia... BB stands for 'ball bullet' and not 'ball bearing' as commonly thought. Whilst it would be nice to try and think of an alternative the sport / hobby has been around for many years (at least 18 I...

That's the beasty - I use one of those in CQB; quite good masks :)

Full face mesh might be the answer if you are having issues?

I think rank markings look a bit silly in airsoft to be honest, and as said means nothing. For instance, the last 'rank' I held was this: I personally think it would have looked ridiculous if I had worn it on my airsofting gear and as already said it would have meant absolutely nothing...

Welcome to the forums and the world of airsoft. Just one, little, tiny, niggle... you don't need a licence to buy a RIF, UKARA is a way to prove you have a defence to the Violent Crime Reduction Act (VCRA) 2006 :)

Airsoft is a hobby to most, a sport to some and a serious past time to a few; there are no ranks in airsoft, only players, and you can't really 'award' yourself a rank. Some teams have their own internal rank structure, but you would have to find who those teams are, try to join them and then...

Stuck at work when I should be out airsofting... gutted

I think that will always 'rub' some people, especially those that have served and feel like they have earned their ranks and regiment badges. The only thing that winds me up is the people that take it waaaay too seriously, similar to the people mentioned by two_zero - if people want to take it...

Tropic Thunder. Sorry... I'll get my coat...