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A few bits I've acquired, I'm new to airsoft so I'm pretty happy so far, got multi cam ubac and trousers,

DON'T LAUGH. It's beautiful. "Age 14+"

You're never going to see where you're going with that big black thing over your face.

Nah Bled, it shouldn't have a disase in the first place Bled.

Just thought I would introduce myself... My name is Al and im from North London, I have been skirmishing for a few months now as my brother has introduced me to the sport and I am slowly building up kit. I have a few questions regarding my next big purchase and kit and will be interested in customising a Rifle in the very near future so expect a lot of silly questions from me I know forums are a great way to get advice and guidance about things so here I am. Hopefully I shall be contributing to the forum in a positive way. Thanks and HELLO!!

-Maple Leaf parts 6.03 x 610mm inner -Off The Grid MkIII OTW holsters x 2 with RTi hangers and light/no light options -PTS MOE Trigger guard -PTS MOE Pistol grip -Laylax PTS ACR extended handguard retention pin -Guarder 'Infinite Torque' motor -VFC M&P9 with stippled frame -Surefire X300u -MC and Typhon patches for the store PVC patches came with the holsters from OTG. Also 1 x PTS EPM, not pictured because I dropped/chucked/shot/drove over it to see if it'd break as soon as it came out the packaging.

> Turn up > Shoot people > Leave

"Why not" should be the question.

VFC S&W M&P9. Pretty sweet little modern sidearm.

Showing my age but . . . . . A LS M655 kit (basically a M16A2 fixed stock carbine) around 1984, cost £25. All ABS plastic, glue and screw together, spring cocking, no hop, prob 180fps tops! Bought from my local model shop when I was 14 and "RIF" and 2 tone wasn't even thought of! First proper gun was a TM MP5K PDW around 1990.

Save up more for the Combat machine, you'd be better off in the long run.

terrible idea, I'm a horrible cunt!

I a millionth everyone saying to keep saving! Just skirmish as a rental if you want to and forget the side arm for now, or for good! I had no money and saved up slow and decided not to buy much cheaper guns that looked cool and get a Tokyo Marui which was what my heart was really set on. Impatience leads to short term solutions that nearly always lead to you making the correct choice you should have the first time.

Ok, so I've only been into Airsoft for a couple of months, but am totally hooked, just picked this gun up today along with the scope & everything else (Mags / Batteries etc. etc.) Suffice to say, i've had a case of open wallet surgery today!!

no. just no. pro airsoft supplies are the guys I'd recommend for a beginner, they do some really good starter packages.

Hoping for this to be good!

because no reason.

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My first ever airsoft gun I got when I was about 7, it was a spring copy of some weird Sig design that looked a bit like a Walther PPK or a Makarov. It was so easy to cock that I thought it was broken, and it was so shit that I was never sure it even worked lol. It used to fire less than a foot and BBs could literally come out of the barrel at 90° So I tend to discount it... I got a spring P228 when I was about 13, it was actually pretty good tbh, cost about £30, ejection port opened and everything. I ended up with 4 or 5 spring pistols along the same line, including an M9, a Desert Eagle, a S&W M1911 type thing, and a USP that actually had a slide lock feature lol. Still got the Desert Eagle lol, still works. It's actually not that bad either. Also had a spring Uzi, which I also still have, and I had a spring M16, which was just crap in every sense of the word. The first airsoft gun that I would actually consider an airsoft gun - because when I got all the ones mentioned above, I didn't know what airsoft was, I just bought the guns because they were guns - was a WE M16A3 GBBR, one of the old closed bolt ones. My first ever post on this forum was actually asking about gas rifles, they're why I got into airsoft lol. Found some videos on YouTube, decided I needed one in my life, played airsoft as my means to get one, got one, realised airsoft was awesome in the process, and here I am. Incidentally, I recommend no one ever buying a GBBR as their first gun...

We don't talk about my first gun...

I'd get running from Ed now with that reply

For lipos search hobby king or component shop... Measure your internal battery space and go from there For mosfets I recommend small companies or private MOSFET builders, I buy the HamsterFet, does everything I want and even has a self resetting fuse! If it's a private seller they get proper stress tests and QC tests, the same as the more expensive mosfets.

Yes it is and GPMG in the middle obviously haha

Is that the L129A1?

Never liked the solid stock on MP5s. SD6 all the way for me. Integral silencer, sliding stock and NO RAILS!!!! In this enlightened age of LiPos nobody should have to pick a full stock gun to get enough battery life.

Not to sure on the make but I believe it was CYMA as it was full metal. An AK47 AEG for £50 at a bootsale brand new. (this was pre-VCRA). It was either that or a Double Eagle g36c I paid £20 for, memory isn't too hot! The first "proper" gun I got was a JG bar 10 Edit: http://www.airsoft-forums.co.uk/index.php/topic/17250-what-was-your-first-airsoft-gun-would-you-ever-sell-it/

TM AK47S Ex rental. Memory is spotty on it,but It was in very rough shape. Stock broken off,receiver cracked,handguards held on with tape,shit ton of screws missing,no sights,etc.. used it for about a year until I blew up the fuse(Somehow) decided I got enough use out of it and threw it in a bin. Was a nice enough gun. Being in Ireland TM are just about the best thing bar upgraded guns since they're noticeably better at 1J than a lot of other stock guns Replaced that with a CYMA M4 CQBR than I had for a few months before I had to return it because it,well,disintegrated and was a massive lemon in general. Then got a TM VSR and here I am now.

Non blowback TM Desert Eagle. In about the mid 90's at a guess. Closely followed by the TM SPAS12 I still have to this day.

I guess I have my answer! Thanks all for the help!

I wish I'd visited this site before I made the mistake of making a purchase from bbguns4less.co.uk - they overcharged me, the kit was very poor quality and customer service is non-existent. I've sent them countless emails and tried calling them but they are just ignoring me as they seem to do with everyone after they have the money. Scammers and charlatans... allegedly. The owner of the company, Jonathan Crick, also owns bungeetrampoline.com - if his safety record is anything like his business ethics then I wouldn't let my kids within 5 miles of his equipment. I'll do some proper research here before buying anything else - if by some miracle bbguns4less.co.uk realise that in the internet age unhappy customers can warn lots of people about dodgy practices then I will update my post.

Also, and I cannot stress this enough - so I'll use bold, italics and underline to help me - ...oh and caps: DO NOT BUY SOMETHING SH!T BECAUSE YOU'RE IMPATIENT. Seriously... Whoops... Seriously, remove the notion from your mind that you need a gun. You don't. You need more money. Spending £80 on an airsoft gun is a bit like spending £80 on toilet paper, because it'll end up down the poo chute either way. Save up until you can get a Combat Machine, because anything cheaper than that, simply won't be skirmishable. If you spend under £80 on some horrible orange monstrosity from the likes of JBBG, people will see you at a game and think you are "that guy" they will know that you have ignored people's advice against your better judgement, and they will think you're a tit for it. You would literally be better off hiring a gun from the site than buying something like that.

One of my favourite loadouts is my 1968 period Vietnam loadout Although my favourite at the moment is my ghillie, with my A&K SVD Dragunov

hey it could have been worse, could have been a fresh out of phase 1 trainee, or a Major/Lt Cdr/Made-up-crabfat-rank who didn't need the money anyway!

Welcome to the site mate, despite the little interruption there haha By all means make your own choice but give a shout on here before you buy - there's a lot of experience collectively on here that may be able to find you a cheaper site or a better quality gun for that price

It's cheap nasty crap mate personally I'd stretch to £150 and get a G&G CM16 or CM model possibly even GR

UPO ? Useless ? well stick me in a dress and call me Sally, I would have never guessed!

Some good sites include: -ZeroOneAirsoft - They 2-tone for free -ProAirsoftSupplies - Good all round -Taiwangun - Polish company, but the things are cheap LandWarriorAirsoft - Have lots of brands you struggle to find in the UK -PatrolBase - Generally a nice website for gear, gun stock isn't as good -Any of the forums sponsors, all reputable. If none of them tickle your pickle, have a browse of the 'Places to buy' subforum, plenty of website reviews on there, take your pick! Also, Try your hardest not to buy from sites with 'BB' in their title, just trust me on this one

Oops, thanks for the correction !

I'm at the Sywell airshow on Sunday (near Northampton) and they are doing a display there. Looking forward to it

Completed Navy Seal assaulter kit. Twas taken before i had a hair cut so it looks rather silly around the ears

Not enough ainsleys.

Baest gaem yeaht, n00bs gaet rekt buy da peppars 15/3 ~ IGN 100/69 ~ Metacritic Yeaaahhh Boiii/100 ~ Ainsley

I got bored.

Loadout so far. Will use either DPM BDU or Mil-Tec Vegetato ACU trousers. Battle Belt Viper MOLLE Belt Platform Warrior Assault Systems DPP (Double Pistol Pouch) x2 Warrior Assault Systems Double STANAG Mag Shingle Blackhawk! Frag Grenade Pouch Bulle shemagh ESS ICE ballistic glasses Bulle MOLLE Recon Harness Warrior Assault Systems T-Shirt (OD) Warrior Assault Systems Triple 5.56 M4 Magazine Pouch Warrior Assault Systems Compact Admin Panel w/ Patrol Base patch

Let me re-phrase my point in that case; No one has ever had a policeman walk into their house without there being a reason for it, see a gun, say, "SHOULD THAT BE BLUE?" for you to then stupidly say, "Erm, yeah" and which point he'll go, "YOU'RE NICKED SANSHOINE!" Doesn't happen.

Basically, buy a two tone and then "use the gun so much the paint rubbed off" read as: Rub the paint off. Or paint over it. Personally I'd rub it off because adding more paint just looks shit. Then see if you can count on one hand the number of people who give a fuck. I bet you can't. You're only going to be arrested for anything gun related, if you wave it about in public or try and rob someone/a shop/an institution with it. And in that instance, that's what you're going to be arrested and banged up for. Not painting it black when it should be blue. The law doesn't give shit number 1 about two tone laws, and neither does anyone else. There are too many stupid loop holes for you to jump through to avoid the charges, that the charges simply do not exist. No one in the history of ever, have been arrested and locked up for painting an airsoft gun, selling one to someone under the age of 18, or any of the other stuff that's been mentioned in this thread. The Association of Chief Police Officers have actually issued a statement which says the section of the VCRA with relation to RIFs, is unenforcible. Meaning they can't do anything to you, even if you're caught. Which is basically down to the fact that you will NEVER be caught, unless you walk down the street pointing it at someone, at which point, as I mentioned above, it'll be the fact that you did that, that you'll be getting nicked for. Get your dad to buy you a two tone, then do what you want with it. Possession isn't illegal. Painting one is, but who's going to know? Who's going to care if they do know? Who's going to "tell on you"? If anyone does, nothing will happen because there's nothing wrong with owning a RIF. The whole two tone debate is so pointless that I can't believe I even bothered writing all this down, it isn't worth the time or effort to talk about.

The problem with someone saying Goggle 'X' is or isn't comfortable is that everyones face is a different shape. What may be fine for you could be hideously uncomfortable for others. I would personally suggest either something like the ESS V12 Advancer goggles or something more like the Bolle X1000/X800 range which have a thicker foam seal which should conform more easily to your face. Boogie regulators were only really designed as jump goggles for parachuting anyway so they're designed to be very low profile which isn't always conducive to comfort.