Jump to content

Newbie first game today


MUKY
 Share

Recommended Posts

Welcome,

 

You will soon be showing off what you have bought

 

Have you decided on a gun?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Welcome to the dark side. It's downhill from here. You'll start saving open tabs of stuff you want to buy.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 hours ago, The_Lord_Poncho said:

It's only a matter of time before you get a gun.. And a backup, and a backup backup!

I already have the backup, just the main I’m undecided about 

3 hours ago, Mik3F said:

Welcome,

 

You will soon be showing off what you have bought

 

Have you decided on a gun?

Not decided, I’ve always liked the MP5, but wonder if they’ll be a little short on hitting power & range. Otherwise I suppose it’s the many many M4 type. Double Bell 416 maybe 🤷‍♂️ I honestly don’t know, you hear good and bad about pretty much anything. But whatever I get I’d like it to be upgradable if needed, but repairable with available parts if needed. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I’m all too aware of how it goes from my air pistol collection. I’ve had to slim that down in preparation for this

Edited by MUKY
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Supporters

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. There's always a big buzz after day 1, so try not to go too mad.

 

11 minutes ago, MUKY said:

I’ve always liked the MP5, but wonder if they’ll be a little short on hitting power & range.

 

Perfectly solid choice.  Jing Gong, CYMA, both work. Put aside any real world assumptions, anything with 200mm+ of barrel length (or even a bit less) will be fine.  M4s tend to be a bit more easily fUlLy UpGrAdAbLe, you might want to find a way to secure the hop arm a bit better, but there's nothing hooky about MP5s. Mags are cheap, battery space can be a little limited, but lipos are compact enough that you'll be able to feed it electrons.

 

Have some welcome-to-the-hobby memes!

 

all-airsoft-guns.png.7388f7a5e08d2cd4679ee85143c0f0ad.pngimage.png.c27c9baf2b2706b00243c8eac155076d.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

38 minutes ago, MUKY said:

I already have the backup, just the main I’m undecided about 

Not decided, I’ve always liked the MP5, but wonder if they’ll be a little short on hitting power & range.

 

MP5s are great. They're compact, especially with the collapsing/folding stocks, lightweight, ergonomic, etc. I have two Maruis, with an upgraded barrel and hop rubber they're pretty accurate to 40m, maybe a little more. They're well below the power limit but they're fine.

 

Another advantage is with mid-caps you get a similar ammo capacity to others, but magazines are half the size. (At least comparing Marui 416 to MP5.)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Welcome.

 

I'd recommend renting till you get your site membership. Yes this is more expensive but it means you won't be stuck forced to buy a two tone. Do finmere rent anything else? If so this'll give you a chance to try other models which you may prefer.

 

Having posted that though, a MP5 can certainly be used in woodland. I suspect that any performance issues were down to the ammo provided. Sites usually give out .2g bbs with rental guns while regular players will probably be using something heavier (at least .28g)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Supporters
3 hours ago, Cannonfodder said:

I'd recommend renting till you get your site membership.

 

I mean, sure, I'd recommend it, but I didn't wait. I also never played with a two tone.

 

What I'd definitely suggest is not dumping high-end money in. Tokyo Marui have that magic dust, but £110 for a JG SD6 is likely to be regret-free.

 

 

3 hours ago, Cannonfodder said:

Yes this is more expensive

 

And maybe not as much as it looks, as you'll be getting BBs for the rental money. Granted, probably not the BBs that you'd want... 

 

If the rental gun wasn't great, it may just have needed the hop adjusted - this takes a few seconds, and is something you'll need to learn to do on your own guns anyway.  Marshals or other players will be happy to advise, and spot the BB trajectory for you.

 

If it was giving you serious trouble, don't hesitate to let the marshals or site runner know - renting should get you a trouble-free experience.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Or you could get a starter bundle that gets you everything you need to get playing with your own equipment and slowly upgrade / replace as needed

 

Once you get a UKARA then the range of RIFS you can get really opens up

 

Or check out the classified here for a suitable gun

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Rogerborg said:

 

I mean, sure, I'd recommend it, but I didn't wait. I also never played with a two tone

It's definitely a case of do as I say, not as I do😁

Link to comment
Share on other sites

5 hours ago, Rogerborg said:

 

I mean, sure, I'd recommend it, but I didn't wait. I also never played with a two tone.

 

Same here. No regrets.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

So the site uses .25 bio BB’s, make of that what you will. 
 

I think I’m now decided on a Double Eagle M908B

 

any suggestions on battery make, shop I  plan to use seems to use a lot of BigFoot accessories, but also some WE batteries, acceptable?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just make sure to get the battery with the correct connector on depending on what your gun uses

 

Deans, Mini Tamiya etc

 

Although you can change the connectors on them quite easily if you know how to solder

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...