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  1. Gunboat Diplomat

    If you could change the joule limit, would you?

    Interesting, some really good arguments for and against which I hadn’t considered myself.  (OT - this is why it annoys me when forums die out in favour of content farms like Reddit et al, you don’t get the same level of discourse).   I think I must be one of the masochists - about 75% of my...
  2. Gunboat Diplomat

    If you could change the joule limit, would you?

    Been thinking about airsoft joule limits in other countries and wondering who has the ‘optimal’ limit to balance effective range against injury.     I would personally happily take a higher UK limit, although tempered by the fact I still want my kids to be able to take part and I wouldn’t want...
  3. Gunboat Diplomat

    Jaeger Impact Grenade

    Thanks all, this thread has given me more options to consider.  I play a mix of outdoor/indoor but was ultimately looking for a single solution for both.  I didn’t realise how finicky the impact type’s were around the surface they land on, but on reflection I guess that should be apparent. Frag...
  4. Gunboat Diplomat

    Jaeger Impact Grenade

    Jaeger Precision has his new (TRMR clone) Impact grenade up for pre-order.    I’ve been considering a reusable grenade for a while so this comes at a good moment to part me with more cash.    Seems to be an updated and approved clone of the TRMR.    Any reason not to get one? Price doesn’t...
  5. Gunboat Diplomat

    Cringe in Airsoft

    My post was made in jest, I don’t really have any objection to someone who wants to film their game to watch later.  I plan to do the same when I can remember to buy a mount that doesn’t immediately fall off.   Just had a funny mental image of someone with more camera than gun running round...
  6. Gunboat Diplomat

    The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

    Visited Finmere Airsoft for the first time this weekend to take part in one of their Chaos and Control days, a long objective lead day rather than your usual skirmish.  Milsim-lite I guess you could call it. First notable point before the day of the event even came around was the great...
  7. Gunboat Diplomat

    Cringe in Airsoft

    He’s been reviewing hours of footage trying to work out why all of his shots are low.  Only seems to happen when he is filming.
  8. Gunboat Diplomat

    Gun picture thread

    Is the build noticeably better/different in the hands compared to your previous GBBRs?    My current MWS clone feels sturdy, but I’m pretty sure a couple of mild drops or knocks will show up its pot metal origins.    I’m more of a player than collector, but I like the idea of a solidly built...
  9. Gunboat Diplomat

    Gun picture thread

    Very nice. Thoughts on it?  Where did you buy it from? I’m wondering if I should short cut a couple of years of intermediate GBBR purchases and go straight to a VT as an end game gun. Once you’ve been through a few MWS/VFC/GHKs you’re kind of on the way to VT money anyway is my thought. 
  10. Gunboat Diplomat

    propane bottles

    Interesting. I’ve long ignored propane due to the smell but if you cam get it without I may take another look. 
  11. Gunboat Diplomat

    Wonky QR Optic

    Ta, in my case it uses a crammed QR mount (the cam is the right way round so no mileage in flipping it in this case) After shimming it with about a dozen layers of foil tape, it is now pretty much level.
  12. Gunboat Diplomat

    Cringe in Airsoft

    You didn’t spot him due to his Billy-suit. 
  13. Gunboat Diplomat

    Wonky QR Optic

    Ironically, holding zero is one thing it does do.  It’s mounted on my GBBR and the reticle, though blurry, holds position after a day’s shooting. I’ll see if shimming it helps, otherwise it will go into the category of optics-that-don’t-deserve-a-scope-protector and see how long it lasts before...
  14. Gunboat Diplomat

    Wonky QR Optic

    My woeful knock off UH-1 does not sit level on the rail of any of the three guns I’ve fitted it too.   Mini review: £52 from AliExpress, don’t bother, it’s shit. As you can see, it’s canted over once the QR is clamped shut.  Not amount of adjusting the QR or shifting it around on the rail...
  15. Gunboat Diplomat

    Cringe in Airsoft

    😆 💯 Is this a ‘thing’?  My local site makes use of a lot of pallets, but they’ve made a good job of turning a lot of them into proper fully fledged structures or using them as walkways to stop the ground getting churned into sludge when it’s wet.   I will say it is infuriating when the pallets...
  16. Gunboat Diplomat

    Any ideas what's required to run a one off site?

    Definitely second the waiver suggestion.  I’d be wary if the invite was being extended to friends of friends (which essentially counts as complete unknowns in my book). The last thing you want is to be on the receiving end of a civil case for personal injury when said friend-of-friend wants to...
  17. Gunboat Diplomat

    leasing guns

    With your guns being either broken or stolen would be my initial answer. What are you thinking?  People collect them from your home and then take them to their site of choice?  Or you are going to go to a specific site and rent them out of the boot of your car, presumably undercutting the...
  18. Gunboat Diplomat

    Recommended groin protection?

    I’ve only been hit there once. I’d liken the experience to the scene in the war film where the grenade goes off, the sound gets muted and all you hear is a high pitched whine as the stunned infantry men stumble around in the swirling dust. Except in this case that high pitched whine is you, as...
  19. Gunboat Diplomat

    Cringe in Airsoft

    Trying to single out the cringiest things in airsoft is a bit like pointing out the lemoniest part of a lemon. Still, the brief has been set so I’ll try… The Compensator.  Desperately masculine, loud, edge-lord, every morale patch is practically peeling itself off it’s own Velcro to tell...
  20. Gunboat Diplomat

    The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

    I’ve just jettisoned a load of money on a new Double Eagle MK18, a HPA conversion for a boneyard M4 and a shed load of knock off gear from AliExpress, plus my son finally got a day to use his freshly built AAP-01 carbine so thought this one was worth a write up. Went to my local (and by local I...
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