looking for first gun ideas

[Sitting Duck]

if you get a co2 pistol it will very likely be too hot to use at most sites

Green Gas would may be wiser but like all gas - they can leak

Cyma glock 030 is perhaps best aep but will only fire at 200fps but has auto/30 round mag

(or mental high cap mag if you like but cm030 is gonna be £60+ say)

you may not use pistol much or you may always rely on it as your secondary - who knows until

you find your own play style

grenade - most use 9mm blanks = about £30 for 100

small piece of tube will adapt a 9mm outer to a 6mm inner

(think it is 3/8 outer to 1/4 inner - about 25mm in length aprox but depends on grenade)

anyway you can figure that out if you got engineer skils/common sense to save buying

adapters n stuff - then the primers are tiny little things and the bang is not much smallerth

an if using the 9mm blanks - but at nearly a quarter of the price - not many places stock the

primers - LWA, JD Airsoft & zero one are the ones I know of - avoid other 6mm as they mayn

ot work properly in grenades as others are designed for blank firing guns not grenades

 

[Chock]

I think im going to go with a more exotic gun anyway; im an engineer by trade and the prospect of having to learn and understand the guts of a non-standard airsoft gun seems like a hobby rather than a chore.

I dont mean to disrespect anyone, i always would have bought a more exotic gun, but now i feel as if i can make the decision well-informed, rather than hastily.

Thanks a bunch gents, hope ill see you on a field soon

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Well if you are an engineer and good with your hands, then go for it, get something you like. One thing an airsoft gun will certainly allow you to do, is tinker with it, although don't forget, as others have noted, that you need to budget for other bits and bobs too. Not that getting those other bits has to be hugely expensive, but it might include a spare mag, some kind of get up to carry it in, some goggles and lower face protection (or a mask), some decent boots if you don't already possess some, possibly some combat clothing, gloves, maybe a tac light for the rifle, possibly a back up weapon, although that doesn't need to be another gun, it could simply be a training knife for a tenner, and of course, some ammo to fire at us all if you meet us on the battlefield. If you needed all that stuff, you'll probably be looking at at least another ton, probably more like 150 quid, although that'd still leave you with 250 for the rifle out of a 400 quid budget, and there are a lot of nice airsoft rifles kicking about for 250 quid.

Of course the nice thing about airsoft is that it can be a relatively cheap hobby once the initial outlay is over and done with, although the temptation to keep on buying the latest shiny thing is strong in when it comes to airsoft, as no doubt everyone on here will testify. One look at the number of replies on the 'what have you just bought?' thread will confirm that; hardly a day goes by without that one getting a few new replies on it.

 

[TheGrover]

I already have combat clothing, a vest, face protection, good boots and a few starter goodies, plus a red dot sight that i currently use on hire guns, so once i have a gun, battery and a few mags, there isnt much else to buy until i start upgrading and customising.

Although to be fair, ive got all my kit so far for under 150 (just ) i

 

[Ian_Gere]

If you don't get on with the L85A2 you could always join the dark side... we're always looking for new recruits :lol:

 

[TheGrover]

If you don't get on with the L85A2 you could always join the dark side... we're always looking for new recruits :lol:

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A bit of a thrashing with some wire wool and a nail and THEN, it is the dark side

 

[Ian_Gere]

A bit of a thrashing with some wire wool and a nail and THEN, it is the dark side

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Yeah, and tbf the CM.048 needs the wood colour sorting out too, but it is a lovely gun to hold and fire.

 

[TheGrover]

I had a chance to hold someones ICS L85 yesterday at Anzio camp, and i have to say that it doesnt feel like its almost twice as heavy as the G36C that i had been carrying round all day. It may well be heavier, but it is so well balanced (not literally) that it felt light. As the weight sits behind thr magwell, th weight can easily be supported by your shoulder using the well fitting butt-pad.

And aftet hearing his imoressions of the gun, i certainly want one now