The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

[MrTea]

Another quality night game at Armageddon Airsoft with a BBQ during the longer break - sadly a smaller crowd showed up tonight probably due to NAF but still enjoyable.

Just shy of halfway into the night my Mk18s gearbox decided to lock up right after a reload. Pull the trigger and - clunk and then a dead trigger. Annoying but not really an issue I had my G&G L85A2 as a backup. It was dark now and because G&G have big brains they didn't thread the muzzle device on the barrel meaning I didn't have a tracer so it was hard to tell where my BBs were going but I worked through it using my weapon light... then my L85 decided to strip something in the gearbox... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU-  this gun has never been fielded and had about 3 mags total through it.

I was left with my TM MK23 and two magazines which thankfully did have a tracer I'd got into the suppressor. I now understand why people love this pistol so much. I had to pick my shots with my very limited ammo count and managed to land some great shots on people who were barely visible in the now pitch black forest. The pistol kills were supplemented with a copious amount of grenades.

Now i've got ANOTHER two guns to strip and fix ?

 

[Galvatron]

I went to RIFT Airsoft's Epic Weekender for Saturday at Dalton Barracks in Abingdon. Getting registered, signed in and parked up were swift considering the volume of cars. Chrono testing was no hassle for me though some players didn't follow the marshals advice and didn't get to there as soon as possible so there was a bit of a delay ahead of the safety briefing and more marshals joined to speed up the chrono test.

Tony did his best to keep the safety briefing as short as possible given that it was hammering down with rain in the morning (weekend players weren't required to attend the Sunday briefing after attending that on Saturday). The mission objectives were a lot of fun as the Blue Team had to recover laptops from across the map while preventing Red Team from retrieving mortar ammo tins and returning them to either of the two mortar points on the map. Both teams had the opportunity to stop the Land Rover Snatch vehicles with smoke grenades and steal a jerry can (only one at a time).

Game play was good despite the morning weather. Both teams pushed forward and retrieved items from across the map though some understandably took cover within the containers or near trees. Some players did leave after the morning game due to the weather so teams were rebalanced for the afternoon game and the objectives were swapped.

There were alternatives later in the day where there were 1v1, 2v2 and 4v4 competitions in the bunker.

White Sphere Tactical had a daily raffle where several items could be won including a TM Single Action Army pistol, another couple of RIFs and some tactical gear along with a lifetime membership in Saturday's draw. There was also a weekend raffle where a TM H&K 416 NGRS was the prize. On special offer through WST were AAP-01s for £70 apiece.

Players were able to sell their RIFs and gear at the site. RIFT Airsoft itself was selling its ex-rental G&G CM16 Raiders for £35 working or £20 boneyard. Through RIFT you could also buy ammo, gas and pyro.

Food options were plentiful with chicken wraps, hot dogs, sausage rolls and pasties available along with chocolate bars, ice cream. In addition to the water and fizzy drinks available throughout the day, a selection of beers and ciders were available to purchase later in the day though you wouldn't be allowed to play if you drank alcohol. The MoD did some really nice burgers in the afternoon for a reasonable price.

Blood Cancer UK was a charity of choice and £1,000 was raised for it.

Despite the miserable start to the day, I enjoyed my time, catching up with players I'd shot alongside or against before and made new acquaintances at the same time.

 

[Colin Allen]

It was dark now and because G&G have big brains they didn't thread the muzzle device on the barrel

Just like the real one then

 

[TheFull9]

The L85?  I've changed a few dozen flash eliminators in my time, the end of the barrel is cut with a thread.

 

[Ian Bru]

Today @TBT second game i took a 3 round burst to my testicles.

4th game i took another 2 bb's to them. 

5th game our squad held onto the bomb from beginning to end, holding stairs and an adjacent corridor from 2x teams ? 

 

[ButcherBill]

5th game our squad held onto the bomb from beginning to end, holding stairs and an adjacent corridor from 2x teams ?

Sounds like you should have strapped it to your zipper.

 

[Skara]

Eeh, first game after summer break went well.

Nothing interesting to say about performance, I've had the shits all week and I'm not in top shape, but I'm glad I managed to play and not turn into a puddle of feces.

Gun/gear wise, finally tested the new pdw and yeah, I'm happy with it.

Throws 0.32s over there at 27 RPS with a reasonable degree of efficiency, considering it's running a 3t short stroke and a M95 spring.

 

[ButcherBill]

I managed to play and not turn into a puddle of feces

Should have just gone all imersive stick a gillie suit on and shit your pants like the well trained pretend sniper elite soldier you are.

 

[Emergencychimps]

Skirmish day at gunman tuddenham. Awesome day again.

Great hit taking, good game modes which worked nicely with the site. 

Somehow managed to get into some really great spots, really pushed myself physically for it and definitely paid off. 

 

[LMKipper]

Brilliant day at Imperium - perhaps my bestestest airsoft day ever.

It was one of their 'Cartel' games, with three factions (police, taskforce & cartel) all vying to prevent/control/run a drugs smuggling operation. The roleplaying element with specific RoE for each faction made the day feel really different from your typical skirmish without the eight hours lying in a trench of a milsim. A real highlight for me was leading a four man patrol that snuck into the cartel CP and pinched all the gear while they were out attacking another objective.

By far the best bit of the day though, was that I think it's the first time I've gone the whole day without hearing any cheat calling. No one was accused of not taking hits. No one was accused of being hot. No dodgy medics, no hiding from 'nades behind bushes, no dead men talking. Just a really well played and well marshalled day.

 

[Tackle]

Brilliant day at Imperium - perhaps my bestestest airsoft day ever.

It was one of their 'Cartel' games, with three factions (police, taskforce & cartel) all vying to prevent/control/run a drugs smuggling operation. The roleplaying element with specific RoE for each faction made the day feel really different from your typical skirmish without the eight hours lying in a trench of a milsim. A real highlight for me was leading a four man patrol that snuck into the cartel CP and pinched all the gear while they were out attacking another objective.

By far the best bit of the day though, was that I think it's the first time I've gone the whole day without hearing any cheat calling. No one was accused of not taking hits. No one was accused of being hot. No dodgy medics, no hiding from 'nades behind bushes, no dead men talking. Just a really well played and well marshalled day.

I was in Faversham yesterday having a little op, I remember thinking one of these days I'm coming back to the town to give imperium try.??

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

Not mine, but my buddy

Made an horrific discovery on his Aps cam 870 ?

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[MistakenMexican]

Played at Special Ops HQ - the fireplace in Milton Keynes on Friday night. It was a rare opportunity for a night game as I’m not normally in area on a Friday night.

I spent the whole night trying not to get shot in the face, thinking about the wedding photos for my friend… instead of getting shot in the face, someone got a good angle and I was shot in the “two veg”… I was then shot a few more times because my hand wasn’t raised ?

Anyway, it was an awesome night and a good indoor venue - I’d highly recommend giving the site a visit.

I ran my GHM9-G and a few TM glocks - I’m very impressed with the GHM9 and loved that one type of magazine serviced both RIFs ??

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[Nick G]

Played at Survival yesterday. Combination of weather and recent road closures which had only just been re opened kept numbers down . About 28 of us, but what a great day ! . Now i Iove low number days 'cos it's way more tactical , add in a decent number of first timers and no snipers and it was bloody great. 

The rental guys all got stuck in and played well. Proper hit calling all round and fair play from everyone. We wone the first 3 games, and although we did probably work better as a team, the other team never gave up , none of that 'we're going to lose so meh' attitde, they kept coming right till game over. 

Pacey games using only part of the field each time , teritory game, raise / lower the flag in the village and get the barrel from the centre start point as close to the other teams HQ as poss. That one involved running into a hail of BBs !

Game 4 was interesting . I was made team leader (probably based on age ?) and got to pick 4 other guys. We then had to rescue a casualty ( manakin on a stretcher) from the medic station and get him back to our start point. Other team of everyone else were already spread out covering th earea when we started. We seriously didn't think we'd do it, the casualty was so well covered, but a concerted push just before the end got him out with 2 of our guys running him back up the hill to base . 

At that stage i was completely soaked as it had rained pretty steadily most of the day and various body parts were complaining, so I called it a day. 

Ran my L119 A2 and G3 GBBR's , they both got stashed in the airing cupboard over night to dry them off before a strip and clean today.

 

[Lozart]

Great day at Red Alert yesterday. The threat of bad weather seems to have put a lot of people off but numbers were good enough for balanced teams and good gameplay!

The rain didn't actually appear until around lunchtime then promptly buggered off just as we were going out for the first game of the afternoon. So that was nice.

 

[LMKipper]

Made my way over to UCAP Green Ops yesterday. It's a bit out of my way and further than I would normally travel, but I had to drop my girlfriend at Gatwick for 7:30, so thought I'd treat myself...

Anyway, what a really great site. There wasn't a huge amount of people, only 40 or so at the start of the day but the games were fun. Started with your typical fall back defence game, followed by a timer game then drugs/bombs in the helicopter. Nothing revolutionary but what makes the site so great is what they've done with the playing area. 

They've built/dug loads of bunkers, buildings, trenches etc, so there's loads of variety in quite a small site. It's not all long distance stuff either, so they've created a sort of woodland CQB in some ways. The other thing, which is a pet peeve at some sites, is that they've kept on top of maintenance. Lots of the rhodendrons/bushes/weeds are kept in check with paths kept clear. That means you can move around the site easily and everyone isn't funneled into one small area because the rest is impassible. 

Bit too far for me to be a regular site but if I find myself that way again I'll head over.

 

[The Waco Kid]

On Sunday I deployed children. Had a brew, loaded mags, had a kip through the briefing, heated chicken tikka, had a brew, slept through game one, bombed up the kids mags, had a brew and a nap in game two. Packed up and recovered children. It didn’t rain.

Best game ever. 

 

[Fatboy40]

Red Alert is 100% my favourite site now, roll on 27/10/2024 and the next Battle Sim, and the sausage + mash + gravy was lovely on Sunday...

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[Crazy_Crystal]

Had a fun weekend at Stirling this weekend. First Stirling in a few years and good fun. I was running solo but was lucky to be attached to 1 troop although the takings really were the same as any other callsign. Lots of patroling and recce to build up a target package before conducting strikes into the village.

It was really hard work as the tempo was high for a 36hr event and opfor fought incredibly hard with everywhere outside of the fob feeling like a hostile environment. If you have your admin on point and are comfortable being aggressive in a firefight then it really is worth giving it a try as they're really special events.

Run TF if you're into sprinting into battle and opfor if you're looking for a more relaxed attitude to the game. Either way you'll be looked after.

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[Cannonfodder]

i Iove low number days 'cos it's way more tactical

This times million. IMO far too many sites are happy to cram in as many players as possible which turns games into a boring stalemate where nobody is able to move.

I know it's a bit late but last Tuesday I took a trip back to Bunker 51 for the first time this year. Numbers were low at 12 total dropping to 4 for the last game and on the whole I had a great evening. Hit taking was good with no problems. Although there was one amusing moment where myself and an opposing player were both thinking the other wasn't taking their hits, only to find out both of us were having feeding problems. We both had a good laugh about it afterwards when we realised what happened. All in all I think I definitely would recommend their mid week games. The Sunday games I think I'll avoid though, from talking to other players it sounds like they have too many players for both the game zone and safe zone