Another pistol from novritsch

[ruskitseller]

I occasionally mention my time in the TA but would never claim to be a veteran of any kind, I usually stress that it was the TA incase anyone suspects I'm a Walter.

Closest I ever got to deployment was my call up papers for the first Gulf War, it was over before we even got in a landy.

I see how many Reservists actually get deployed these days & feel embarassed about my service.

Nothing to be embarrassed of being a STAB, although I do get what you mean by stressing it was TA/reserves. Also I think it really depends what reg and unit you are in nowadays.

Its the MOD who define what a Vet is so that lies with them really. I think it is interesting for me because, I tend to think of a vet as...I don't know say someone who has been in 8 years and leaves as a full screw lol. I suppose its a grey area to define though, and so "vets" come in all different forms. But maybe vet status should only be applied for "insert arbitrary number of days served here" but this is going beyond our pay grades to define I think haha.  

That all said, I have said this to guys who only did weeks or days - there is no shame. In my book, serving for a week or whatever it is better than never having tried and serving a day at all. Quite a few lads get injured, or ill and have no choice but to chin it off or get casevac'd.

I don't really get the entire Novritsch thing and don't really know of the guy other than seeing a couple of his vids and looking at his website once or twice, but 6 months as a conscript is more than 0 months/days served, so is respectable to me. (not that serving is the only way to gain respect of course!)

Now, weren't we talking about a new airsoft pistol? ? I typed in "Novritsch controversy" on youtube and all it seemed to show is clickbait titles that are actually for the most part praising him.

Cheers

 

[mightyjebus]

I've got my veterans card as I did 13 years in a organisation similar to being in the military, the RAF. If you did 1 day or 22 years the card is worth getting as you can get 1/3 off every train ticket out there for 30 quid a year. 

going back to the original post about Novichok, there does seem to be a high number of his airsoft parts in the 2nd hand market which kind of suggests people buy them and aren't exactly happy with their purchase.

 

[ruskitseller]

I've got my veterans card as I did 13 years in a organisation similar to being in the military, the RAF. If you did 1 day or 22 years the card is worth getting as you can get 1/3 off every train ticket out there for 30 quid a year. 

going back to the original post about Novichok, there does seem to be a high number of his airsoft parts in the 2nd hand market which kind of suggests people buy them and aren't exactly happy with their purchase.

Yeah mate, They also let you keep your mod 90 now too, although they clip a corner off. You can get in some great places with it - e.g you can do a whole day at Plymouth dockyards going around HMS Victory etc. It's a great day (probably need two to really enjoy it) out. 

But yes, ahem! Back on point. You are right about there being lots of second hand Nov kit on market - but is there really anymore than say...TM or G&G and thus can we draw the same conclusion that people are also unhappy with a variety of brands? Is it just GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) haha!

Cheers

 

[Cannonfodder]

Re the amount of novirich gear sold second hand. In addition to the gear acquisition syndrome @ruskitsellermentioned it could be that a sizeable chunk of his target market are the players who don't want to spend time building their own upgraded gun. Not having invested time into it the chances are they're more likely to sell it on

 

[Kzwi]

a sizeable chunk of his target market are the players who don't want to spend time building their own upgraded gun

Absolutely, I bought the SSP5 to replace my TM 5.1, bought it because I liked the look of it and i wanted to see what the fuss is about on novritsch replicas.

It's decent, I could get a TM Hi Capa to shoot better and farther with upgrades, and I have in the past.

But it's a decent little pew pew for that money, i would not rate it as awesome value, but decent, and sometimes, you just want a replica that'll shoot instead of another project. Especially when we all know those project guns, we all have a highly specific list of parts that can take time to track down.