novioman Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 VFC PPSH-41 now available in U.K. shops. Shop around though as prices vary. ButcherBill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantKiwi Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Yup, especially when some are almost £150 more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novioman Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 15 minutes ago, GiantKiwi said: Yup, especially when some are almost £150 more expensive. Wow, the most I have seen is £80 difference. Best price I have found is £599.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantKiwi Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 6 minutes ago, novioman said: Wow, the most I have seen is £80 difference. Best price I have found is £599.99 Raresoft preorder is £740. Which is mildly absurd given the other retailers. If you want to really save money, the cheapest way is buying from ProAct, as its $506USD with free EMS shipping - so even after customs and parcelfarce take their pound of flesh it'll only be £460ish. Tackle, novioman and Lyndication 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novioman Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 35 minutes ago, GiantKiwi said: Raresoft preorder is £740. Which is mildly absurd given the other retailers. If you want to really save money, the cheapest way is buying from ProAct, as its $506USD with free EMS shipping - so even after customs and parcelfarce take their pound of flesh it'll only be £460ish. I don’t have UKARA any longer, and would be very uneasy about buying a complete gun from overseas with customs and border force being as they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndication Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 You can't buy a new RIF anywhere without UKARA though? There's an easy fix for it at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novioman Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 6 minutes ago, Lyndication said: You can't buy a new RIF anywhere without UKARA though? There's an easy fix for it at least. Many defences available, very few shops only take UKARA these days. I have Sportsman Association and it’s accepted in most shops, only one I found that didn’t was patrol base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndication Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Oh right. Chuck that on the import parcel then tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novioman Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 2 minutes ago, Lyndication said: Oh right. Chuck that on the import parcel then tbh. I think that customs and border force only recognise UKARA, even with it there can be problems. I would rather pay a bit more in a U.K. shop and be certain of getting it delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndication Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Fair dues, I got my UKARA to stop paying the premium tbh. Expensive enough hobby as it is innit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novioman Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 1 hour ago, Lyndication said: Fair dues, I got my UKARA to stop paying the premium tbh. Expensive enough hobby as it is innit To right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmes arms Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 4 hours ago, novioman said: VFC PPSH-41 now available in U.K. shops. Shop around though as prices vary. I now have one Doug novioman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novioman Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 34 minutes ago, Harmes arms said: I now have one Doug On its way, or have you had chance to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_97 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 21 hours ago, novioman said: Wow, the most I have seen is £80 difference. Best price I have found is £599.99 I managed to get one imported with customs paid for £550 novioman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novioman Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 13 minutes ago, Jim_97 said: I managed to get one imported with customs paid for £550 What do you think, pleased with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmes arms Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 21 hours ago, novioman said: On its way, or have you had chance to try it. It's been delivered but it's at home and I'm away in Dorset on holiday. novioman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan09 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 I got one delivered from high pressure airsoft. Took it out for a bit at RIFT Blackstone today. Got a lot of admiring glances, and a couple of guys test fired it on the range in full auto and all loved it... I did have a small drawback of only having the one mag and one gas tank that it was delivered with, and the output valve has a slight leak, so I need to look into that.... an overnight soak in silicone oil and a few puffs of maintenance gas will be first port of call I had ordered some spare mags and a spare gas tank fron SOCOM tactical to reduce faffing around to replace the mag insert on the field, but they didn't turn up in time. Not that I really burned through ammo at a semi-only site.... plus it's a bit bulky for the tight corners, so probably not an ideal CQB weapon. Aside from the slight gas leak from the tank (which i kept on top of by topping up gas in between games), it ran flawlessly, but half way through the afternoon I packed it away and switched to my MP7 that was more suited to the sites tight turns. On 02/07/2025 at 18:49, GiantKiwi said: If you want to really save money, the cheapest way is buying from ProAct, as its $506USD with free EMS shipping - so even after customs and parcelfarce take their pound of flesh it'll only be £460ish. Bugger, wish I had known... could have saved myself a bunch of cash. Oh well. At least I know I got it, and the customs monkeys weren't going to break it.... unlike my VFC M249 I imported 😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndication Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Would not recommend the silicon oil soak. The o-rings in VFC guns are nitrile, silicon oil doesn't inflate them or anything like that. Has no benefit. May just need to tighten the output valve slightly, or grease (not oil) the inner o-rings so they sit a bit better. Wouldn't recommend oiled gas either, it gets sprayed all over your hop rubber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novioman Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 (edited) Had a good look at one, not for me, heavy without the mag installed, with the mag in its to much for me, few have had a breakage caused by people slapping down the receiver instead of pushing it forward with the spring when they have the receiver opened up. Edited July 10 by novioman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndication Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Yeah, the real thing was heavy as fuck so it makes sense a faithful repro would be heavy as fuck. novioman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novioman Posted Thursday at 17:58 Author Share Posted Thursday at 17:58 S/H ones in the sales adds already. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitmanNo2 Posted Thursday at 18:12 Share Posted Thursday at 18:12 You're always going to get that with new stuff. People want the newest thing and then see an even shinier new thing they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st commando Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago I expect some people underestimated how big and heavy they actually are too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndication Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago Yeah, plus it's about AK length. I think people play some video games and hear SMG expecting it to be tiny and nimble. Haven't held the VFC but held a deac PPSh once and yeah, the gun is heavy and the drum really weighs it down more. The drum wasn't even loaded lmao. Those Soviet teenagers had to have eaten their Weetabix let's put it that way. novioman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan09 Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago On 06/07/2025 at 23:08, Lyndication said: Would not recommend the silicon oil soak. The o-rings in VFC guns are nitrile, silicon oil doesn't inflate them or anything like that. Has no benefit. May just need to tighten the output valve slightly, or grease (not oil) the inner o-rings so they sit a bit better. Wouldn't recommend oiled gas either, it gets sprayed all over your hop rubber. Abandoned the silicone oil soak after your message. I did however try tightening the valve then stored for a week with maintenance gas and leak has stopped now... i always store my gas mags with a puff of maintenance gas in them, but make sure to purge them before use to limit any lubricants going in hop unit 1 hour ago, 1st commando said: I expect some people underestimated how big and heavy they actually are too TBH I don't think it's that bad weight wise... Two biggest issues I have noted so far (with only 2 game days so far) for me are reloading... its a faff to unlatch the front plate and swap the mag in the drum on the field, so i did need the pair of spare drums at an outdoor field where I could use full auto.... That and I need to get a proper period correct sling for it (either genuine or repro) so I can run it as a secondary. I was running a kombat MTP sling on it last weekend at the ollie talks airsoft memorial game at C3, but had to fiddle to get it through the sling point on the stock... and may have to cut the sling off the stock at this rate Had two marshalls and several players all fawning over it..... until I mentioned the price... and all but one player were impressed with it's rate of fire on full auto.... that one player being one of three birthday boys who had to run a gauntlet.... everyone was taking turns on the firing line checking their weapons were feeding, while the gauntlet trio stood 20m down range.... and then my turn... *BRRRRRTT*... this one guy then shuffled to the far side of the gauntlet and shouted back "fuck that. Thats just evil" ButcherBill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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