The 'What have you just bought' Thread

[ButcherBill]

10 hours ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

A full size packet would be reckless in this economy 😉

Not when you can buy wholesale with discount too. The individual packets don't even slow me down either.

[Austeyr]

Whilst trying to sell my SA80 accessories, a friend messaged me he saying that he had a G&G L85A2 which would just beep whenever he pulled the trigger and he had given up with it, sold it to me dirt cheap as boneyard - Turns out the electric blowback had blown up, ironically causing the L85 to jam (VERY realistic...) 

 

Offered it back to him at the same cost once I'd fixed it as it was a case of removing the blowback unit, he declined and said keep it so I did just that.

 

Sadly none of my PTS E-Mags fit or feed it though. Going to have a look at sorting that out next 🤔

 

[strykerles]

11 hours ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

He said “some Haribo”

Like the quantity you would expect handed to the back seat passengers on a road trip.

A full size packet would be reckless in this economy 😉

 

Hands off my haribo 😡

[Colin Allen]

5 hours ago, Austeyr said:

Whilst trying to sell my SA80 accessories, a friend messaged me he saying that he had a G&G L85A2 which would just beep whenever he pulled the trigger and he had given up with it, sold it to me dirt cheap as boneyard - Turns out the electric blowback had blown up, ironically causing the L85 to jam (VERY realistic...) 

 

Offered it back to him at the same cost once I'd fixed it as it was a case of removing the blowback unit, he declined and said keep it so I did just that.

 

Sadly none of my PTS E-Mags fit or feed it though. Going to have a look at sorting that out next 🤔

 

That is rather nice.  I had an Army Armament L85 for a while; I quite fancy a semi-decent one.

[Austeyr]

3 minutes ago, Colin Allen said:

That is rather nice.  I had an Army Armament L85 for a while; I quite fancy a semi-decent one.

Coming from only owning ICS & WE, this one may genuinely be the best replica internally. The simplicity of the split gearbox is beautiful and it had a 2 fps variation, 21 shots all averaging 302 - 304fps on a 0.25g BB. Obviously the blowback is terrible, so I would advise disabling it even if it does work. I’ll have it with me this weekend if you want to check it out 🙂

[Colin Allen]

1 hour ago, Austeyr said:

Coming from only owning ICS & WE, this one may genuinely be the best replica internally. The simplicity of the split gearbox is beautiful and it had a 2 fps variation, 21 shots all averaging 302 - 304fps on a 0.25g BB. Obviously the blowback is terrible, so I would advise disabling it even if it does work. I’ll have it with me this weekend if you want to check it out 🙂

My eldest had one of the early G&G L85s, which was a festering heap of poo, although strangely the blowback did not cause any problems.  He sold it years ago when he gave up airsoft.

 

I am going to AP this Sunday and plan to be at Splatoon on the 26th.

[Austeyr]

13 hours ago, Colin Allen said:

My eldest had one of the early G&G L85s, which was a festering heap of poo, although strangely the blowback did not cause any problems.  He sold it years ago when he gave up airsoft.

 

I am going to AP this Sunday and plan to be at Splatoon on the 26th.

 

Internally it's really nice but my god, the issues with just putting the two halves together is a bloody nightmare - On top of that, battery space is non existent. Not sure where I'm going to even put a battery with the DD rail. On my ICS's I used to fit the battery up top after removing the mock gas tube etc but the G&G requires a clamp around the barrel at the rear which pushes the battery up. If it wasn't for the price of the G&G, I think I'd of got an ICS again in hindsight 

[Colin Allen]

8 hours ago, Austeyr said:

 

Internally it's really nice but my god, the issues with just putting the two halves together is a bloody nightmare - On top of that, battery space is non existent. Not sure where I'm going to even put a battery with the DD rail. On my ICS's I used to fit the battery up top after removing the mock gas tube etc but the G&G requires a clamp around the barrel at the rear which pushes the battery up. If it wasn't for the price of the G&G, I think I'd of got an ICS again in hindsight 

I cannot remember where we put the battery after I fitted a DD rail to Ben's one; I think we might have use a dummy PEQ box.  I think if I was to get one, I would stick with the polymer handguards.

[ButcherBill]

My battery still goes in the dd handguard but I had to remove the gas parts.

[Colin Allen]

I bought this rather nice CYMA MP5 SD6 from @Petford25 through the classifieds here; it will go through all my usual upgrades, including fitting an SEF lower.

 

 

[Impulse]

Cyma mp5 always a solid bet

[Colin Allen]

53 minutes ago, Impulse said:

Cyma mp5 always a solid bet

Yes, solid guns with a decent hop unit.

[Cooperman26]

14 hours ago, Colin Allen said:

I bought this rather nice CYMA MP5 SD6 from @Petford25 through the classifieds here; it will go through all my usual upgrades, including fitting an SEF lower.

 

 

Ahh it was your good self I lost out too

[Colin Allen]

18 minutes ago, Cooperman26 said:

Ahh it was your good self I lost out too

Sorry about that, old chap.

[Cooperman26]

35 minutes ago, Colin Allen said:

Sorry about that, old chap.

That’s quite alright. I soothed my sorrows with a shotgun purchase instead 🤗😂

[Colin Allen]

1 hour ago, Cooperman26 said:

That’s quite alright. I soothed my sorrows with a shotgun purchase instead 🤗😂

Which is always a good thing to do.

[tside]

Just picked up a bargain of an arcturus pp19 from the forums. Most definitely the fanciest replica I've had so far. 

[BigStew]

Just need a STI Edge, some Rabbit ears and tail. 

[ButcherBill]

Had a few deliveries today, here's a before & after...

 

Cheap stock is a bit wobbly but waiting for one from our classifieds, LPVO is a temp fixture until a reasonably priced clone 'Optics suite L900A1' arrives on the market (planning on it going on my Ugr-i eventually). A similar reason for the Mawl-1, it'll be relaced by an LLM3 once a decent 3D printed or clone is available.

 

After all that... the Magpul foregrip is pucka.

Edited October 15 by ButcherBill

[strykerles]

Magpul style handguard for my arcturus pp-19.

 

Also a proper style flashider but it came without the endcap so back it goes!!

 

 

[tside]

1 hour ago, strykerles said:

Magpul style handguard for my arcturus pp-19.

 

Also a proper style flashider but it came without the endcap so back it goes!!

 

 

Was the Magpul set easy to fit? My gas tube is not wanting to shift and I don't want to force it

[ButcherBill]

A not as cheap Magpul stock arrived today courtesy of drgrzly, a bit darker than the cheap one but it matches the mag, grip & foregrip better, the cheaper one matches the receivers better tho.

[strykerles]

40 minutes ago, tside said:

Was the Magpul set easy to fit? My gas tube is not wanting to shift and I don't want to force it

 

Had to do some filing to where the guard goes into the receiver but it went on fine after some fettling.

 

I had to be a bit firm with the gas tube as its in quite tight but it will move given enough force

[tside]

1 hour ago, strykerles said:

 

Had to do some filing to where the guard goes into the receiver but it went on fine after some fettling.

 

I had to be a bit firm with the gas tube as its in quite tight but it will move given enough force

Cheers for the info I have the same handguards on a boneyard ak so might have to liberate em

[Colin Allen]

On 11/10/2025 at 16:05, Colin Allen said:

I bought this rather nice CYMA MP5 SD6 from @Petford25 through the classifieds here; it will go through all my usual upgrades, including fitting an SEF lower.

 

 

A rather easy transition to an MP5SD2, apart from having to butcher the new gearbox to allow the charging handle to work.

XT 6.03mm barrel
Maple Leaf Macaron and Omega nub
CHiLUN ETU as it was already in a spare quick change gearbox
SHS High torque motor
Trigger shimmed to reduce pull length

Edited Saturday at 11:54 by Colin Allen