What Have You Learned About Airsoft Recently?

[Stratton Oakmont]

BUT again playing devils advocate on the whole the people on here generally have a couple of brain cells to rub together (note I do say only a couple ?) but a very large proportion of the population (as I’ve learned through my work) see even just opening a kitkat as a technical challenge , changing a lightbulb as advanced electrical engineering and don’t even THINK about changing a fuse in a plug ! that’s borderline quantum physics !?

So I’d say yea setting the hop that’s not up for discussion but anything that’ll involve even a modicum or disassembly I’d equally say yes a very large part of the public wouldn’t have a Scooby what to do .

Alright keanu, easy.

 

[noctu]

...a very large proportion of the population (as I’ve learned through my work) see even just opening a kitkat as a technical challenge...

Hey, that was *one time*.

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

IT AINT CHEAP ??‍

 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

IT AINT CHEAP ??‍

And you only learned this, this year......?

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

And you only learned this, this year......?

Just  started an affair with gbbr’s

 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

Just  started an affair with gbbr’s

Yeah, that will do it. I often wondered at the gbbr crowd with their really economical shots and low ammo count. Then i looked up the cost of mags.....

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

Yeah, that will do it. I often wondered at the gbbr crowd with their really economical shots and low ammo count. Then i looked up the cost of mags.....

I’m relatively lucky, my ghk mags will hold close to 40 rounds

in the gbbr world this makes me as trigger happy as Rambo ?

 

[BigStew]

Yeah, that will do it. I often wondered at the gbbr crowd with their really economical shots and low ammo count. Then i looked up the cost of mags.....

Most games you can get a way with 4 mags (a large capacity speed loader helps). At CQB sites there are times when I have maybe shot 20rds on a game.

 

[Madhouse]

Today I learned the retailers don’t seem to be particularly bothered about UKARA, seemed to be that just showing that I’ve been/booked to go Airsofting is fine for them.

Caught me a bit off-guard as I hadn’t planned to buy anything so was only going for a look as I had a spare 20 mins. Did have a good chat with the guy running the place though and now have more of an idea regarding what to buy when I’m getting my first rifle.

 

[Shamal]

Today I learned the retailers don’t seem to be particularly bothered about UKARA, seemed to be that just showing that I’ve been/booked to go Airsofting is fine for them.

Caught me a bit off-guard as I hadn’t planned to buy anything so was only going for a look as I had a spare 20 mins. Did have a good chat with the guy running the place though and now have more of an idea regarding what to buy when I’m getting my first rifle.

Cool. Happy days?

 

[Madhouse]

Cool. Happy days?

my sentiments exactly, just need to stop endlessly looking at RIFs and actually decide what to buy!

 

[Hobbnob]

Today I learned the retailers don’t seem to be particularly bothered about UKARA, seemed to be that just showing that I’ve been/booked to go Airsofting is fine for them.

Caught me a bit off-guard as I hadn’t planned to buy anything so was only going for a look as I had a spare 20 mins. Did have a good chat with the guy running the place though and now have more of an idea regarding what to buy when I’m getting my first rifle.

I've had the same, when talking face to face they were happy to sell without ukara as long as they were satisfied that I was actually using it for airsoft

 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

my sentiments exactly, just need to stop endlessly looking at RIFs and actually decide what to buy!

Thats not really a though is it. You dont ever settle on 'thats my next purchase' just an endless cycle of 'i'm really going to buy this, but i still really like the look of.....'

Or at least thats the way i found it. I have 'almost' settled on next assault style toy and down to *hem* 3 shotguns.....

 

[Druid799]

Thats not really a though is it. You dont ever settle on 'thats my next purchase' just an endless cycle of 'i'm really going to buy this, but i still really like the look of.....'

Or at least thats the way i found it. I have 'almost' settled on next assault style toy and down to *hem* 3 shotguns.....

Think this is the main reason I’ve got 30+ Airsoft guns ?

 

[Madhouse]

Yep, can certainly see how it gets expensive - I need this one for outdoors, this one for CQB, this one for that loadout ……… ?

 

[mightyjebus]

airsoft lesson for me today was..never ever take a Systema TW5 magazine apart again.

 

[EvilMonkee]

Yep, can certainly see how it gets expensive - I need this one for outdoors, this one for CQB, this one for that loadout ……… ?

Truth is they all do the same thing, all roughly to the same standard.  Once you realise that you save money.  I am at the stage now where I only buy GBBRs and only ones that are sufficiently niche.  Like the upcoming FAL for instance

 

[Druid799]

Truth is they all do the same thing, all roughly to the same standard.  Once you realise that you save money.  

Now for me this is the very truth of the hobby I try to avoid , if I let this truth out of its box I’m never gonna buy a gun I like the look off ever again id just run the simplest M4 with a box mag and that’ll be it ! When I choose a new gun(immaterial if it’s ‘new’ or 2/3/4th hand or what ever) I have to like the look of it first , if I need to ‘tweak’ it a bit for optimum performance ? That’s not a problem I will do something with it if I have too . I’ve always been ‘form over function’ with all my guns . 

 

[Rogerborg]

Today I learned the retailers don’t seem to be particularly bothered about UKARA, seemed to be that just showing that I’ve been/booked to go Airsofting is fine for them.

Good, that's the letter of the law - selling "for the purpose of".  A future booking says more about your intentions than past behaviour.  Their risk, their choice, there's nothing dodgy going on.  Enjoy.

Today I learned that even when you're at a site that chronos in Joules (huzzah), and even when you personally set the chrono to your BB weight, and even when you point out the Joules figure on it to a marshal, he might still say "Hang on a second..." and look up the FPS number versus BB mass on his phone.  I mean, I don't mind the thoroughness, but... it's right there on the chrono.  :blink:

 

[Skara]

Today I learned that people can take two 0.3s to the face from a sniper rifle, bleed, and shrug them off like nothing happened

And that trying to carry 2 guns and a pistol is a cunt.