The 'What have you just bought' Thread

[Skara]

Santa came mega early this year...

 

 

 

Sightmark Wraith Mini Thermal riflescope.

[gavinkempsell]

1 hour ago, Skara said:

Sightmark Wraith Mini Thermal riflescope.

pics aren't showing... to me

[Skara]

12 minutes ago, gavinkempsell said:

pics aren't showing... to me

https://imgur.com/a/sightmark-mini-wraith-thermal-xFhianx link to the album where I may or may not upload more in the future

[GenuineGerman]

Thanks in part to @gavinkempsell my bank account is lighter and my load out heavier. ?

[gavinkempsell]

3 hours ago, GenuineGerman said:

Thanks in part to @gavinkempsell my bank account is lighter and my load out heavier. ?

 

Edited July 5, 2024 by gavinkempsell

[Skara]

My king arms pdw is out of commission because of a ssssssploded bearing..

 

So now I have yet another Retro Arms gearbox coming along with 8mm steel bushings and 3 SHS double bearing motor towers.

[gavinkempsell]

Unfortunately... a new nozzle assembly for my XM177, it decided to shit a brick at the crono this morning.

[Guest JinxDuh]

7 minutes ago, gavinkempsell said:

Unfortunately... a new nozzle assembly for my XM177, it decided to shit a brick at the crono this morning.

Pretty realistic, breaking down when it's most needed ?

[gavinkempsell]

1 hour ago, JinxDuh said:

Pretty realistic, breaking down when it's most needed

I thought it was the mag I'd bought used, wasn't until I got home and tested it plinking in the garden I realised what was wrong. I ended up using my L85A1 aeg instead, took my Scar-H too but couldn't be arsed lugging 7 gas mags around.

[gavinkempsell]

Just a 75mm barrel exension a guy can be proud of, I now have a wee pokey out thing where there used to be a chasm.

Edited July 8, 2024 by gavinkempsell

[Amokura]

I have been eyeing to get a PKM for a while now. I saw they were discontinued for some time. SO I am very pleased I snatched this for new at an arguably low retail cost : )

 

[Guest JinxDuh]

16 minutes ago, Amokura said:

I have been eyeing to get a PKM for a while now. I saw they were discontinued for some time. SO I am very pleased I snatched this for new at an arguably low retail cost : )

 

Until the import fees and customs charges hit ? Fingers crossed you don’t get any though!

[gavinkempsell]

My AK family got a little bigger this week thanks to ARC Fives

 

reposted as I'm a douche & put it in the wrong thread.

[MorganL]

Ebay elcan see what its like, I've got a Eotech clone holographic and just want a little more reach, will see.

[LMKipper]

On 11/07/2024 at 14:49, MorganL said:

Ebay elcan see what its like, I've got a Eotech clone holographic and just want a little more reach, will see.

I’d be interested to hear about this, especially if it holds zero. Seen these myself and it always seems like a gamble. 

[Lozart]

1 hour ago, LMKipper said:

I’d be interested to hear about this, especially if it holds zero. Seen these myself and it always seems like a gamble. 

 

All the ones I've tried have had really bad eye relief and piss poor shadowing from the tube on 4x. Personally I don't think that any of them are worth the weight.

[MorganL]

5 hours ago, LMKipper said:

I’d be interested to hear about this, especially if it holds zero. Seen these myself and it always seems like a gamble. 

Seems good so far, comparing it to a 5x magnifier I got off amazon its clearer and easier to see through, field test this weekend so hopefullly it does its job, optics are definatly hit and miss mind and the hits are normally 10x more expensive than the misses, not sure I can fork out over £1,000 for a proper one. 

 

4 hours ago, Lozart said:

 

All the ones I've tried have had really bad eye relief and piss poor shadowing from the tube on 4x. Personally I don't think that any of them are worth the weight.

You always have to take into account an element of get what you pay for, I'm not expecting it to be the dogs bolex for the cost of it as long as it does a better job than the previous sight I'm happy, I've not got 20/20 vision anyway so some of the nuonces that other people pick up I miss. 

 

 

 

 

[Lozart]

20 minutes ago, MorganL said:

 I've not got 20/20 vision anyway 

 

Neither have I, I'd still go for an LPVO over a copy DR any day of the week.

Needed another pistol. Innit.

 

[johnnyj]

I did wonder why you would paint a rs kac ras and noticed the clamp and screw was missing but for the price I had to have it. 

Not fully cleaned up yet but it's not looking to bad , need to find some ali black for the damage ( mind is boggled at how this happened)

 

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

2 minutes ago, johnnyj said:

I did wonder why you would paint a rs kac ras and noticed the clamp and screw was missing but for the price I had to have it. 

Not fully cleaned up yet but it's not looking to bad , need to find some ali black for the damage ( mind is boggled at how this happened)

 

 

I saw that advertised and was tempted to pop it on my ghk

A bit of unleaded will see that green paint off it no problem ?

[johnnyj]

3 minutes ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

I saw that advertised and was tempted to pop it on my ghk

A bit of unleaded will see that green paint off it no problem ?

Been using acetone and its looking better already , going on a super cheap g&p mk18 mod0 I got that had a UK spec rail.

[Skara]

Following up on my PCC/PDW thread, the replacement gun arrived.

 

 

Which I promptly emptied and transferred the KA PDW parts into.

 

Now it looks something like this:

 

[LMKipper]

  

On 21/07/2024 at 15:59, johnnyj said:

I did wonder why you would paint a rs kac ras and noticed the clamp and screw was missing but for the price I had to have it. 

Not fully cleaned up yet but it's not looking to bad , need to find some ali black for the damage ( mind is boggled at how this happened)

 

 

 

I bet at some point someone didn't have a tool to take off the barrel nut, so they just whacked the RAS with a hammer until it came loose.

Edited July 23, 2024 by LMKipper

[Johndaniel4863]

Finally managed to get a retro MP5 PDW stock to swap out all the modern hideousness on my Cyma CM041L so it's gone from this monstrosity to this classic but with the amazing range and rate of fire ?

 

[pyromancer6]

32 minutes ago, Johndaniel4863 said:

Finally managed to get a retro MP5 PDW stock to swap out all the modern hideousness on my Cyma CM041L so it's gone from this monstrosity to this classic but with the amazing range and rate of fire ?

 

Please do tell where you found a classic style cocking lever - I've tried the guarder steel one [didn't fit] and the VFC one [was too big] and I'm completely at my wits end looking for one. It's to the point where I might even order the gopping modern styled one just to have one again (or, if you've still got it around, I'd be happy to take it off your hands for a few quid)

I'm begging at this point. Looks awesome, by the way.

Edited July 24, 2024 by pyromancer6