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I managed to get 3 kills in a night game by shouting bang while sitting in the middle of the path they were walking down Not a single grenade or BB needed!

aaaarh good idea....never thougth of that! just need to obtain one, need to pop in to outlaws and see whats in their garage i think! i'll get that bluepeter badge! haha rather not spend any more money as wife will kill me!, Oven decided to die so thats gonna push my first AEG to another month

Haven't got time for all that. Bigging yourself up so others can show adoration is pointless. When your as good as I am you dont care what the little people think. ?

A G&G with magpul furniture. That will be lovely its like all my dreams came true.

Absolutely! Wide bore barrels for starters! But i'd also like to see the guts of an average AEG set up in a clear polycarbonate rig so we could see full auto fire at 17K frames per second, so we could see exactly where each component is in relation to each other at any given moment. Plus I'd really like to see how the various shapes of spring guide affect the rate of spring compression and if that does anything to the timing of tappet plate delayers (the various shapes of which would also be nice to see @17Kf/s).

I'd love to see myth busters or someone with some kind of lab get to work on all the voodoo physics people cite around airsoft.

I like that!, Must remember that one for my local site and see if the kids take a hit lol.

Hid in a cupboard with a team mate. She called 50/50 to the enemy, I stayed quiet. Roll in a grenade which kills her as she had no hard cover but I was tucked in behind the door that was closed, wait for the shadow and popped out and put 2 rounds in his knees lol. Did that twice and got a 'Nice one you sneaky git'.

One of those "wish i had filmed that" moments by the sound of it. Good effort though man

Hi All, So I did my first day at Zed Adventures in Reading The Mall. I went with an ICS MP5 SD6 and a TM Shotty Which was all good apart from my torch is crap and broken already lol. First impressions. Mental looking! You enter in via a side entrance up a service corridor and straight into the safe zone where you can prep your weapons and tinker with your load out. The doors opened at 8:15 am and safety briefing starts at 9:30 am. What was not explained was that in that time you have to go and get your gun chronograph-ed but you must wear eye protection as the chrono area is on the game play area. This all being good me and James did the safety talk and then had to miss the first 15 mins of the game to get chrono checked. Right so that done, all good though my new MP5 is firing 275fps and the sellers website says 320. Now one of the lads at my local site has the same gun and his is firing 320 so I may message the seller about this. I do apologize now that my memory is utter crap and it being my first time at the site and first time in CQB I don't remember the games very well. The site it's self is good. Lots and lots of pitch black rooms in the basement and service corridors, a nice long concourse which you can use the shops to hold or take cover and then filter through using the corridors behind them. There is a big kids soft play area which is a good holding point for teams but this didn't work for us as the enemy team were too strong. you can get some point blank range or some longer range depending on what you like but don't expect woodland range. One game to mention was the Personality game but with a twist. So you have 5 personalities which are armed and solo hidden away at the start of the game. Both teams have to shoot them med the personalities and once that is done they have to work with the personality who has a list of 5 locations, now you have to get to those locations and hold it for 1 minute to score. If your hit you go to respawn and if the personality is hit he / she bleeds out for 2 mins unless med'ed in by either team. But on top of all that.... Terminator... Yep there was a terminator too! you can't kill him but he wont shoot you if you are passive and not with a personality. He had to go to locations to hold each point for 1 min but the funniest thing was he had an ultimate weapon.... a rubber duck! lol. He would 'knife' kill with Donald which is a humiliation kill. He had full auto whereas both teams were semi only. Marshals, they were very friendly and professional and I did hear a warning given out for blind firing. A few players moaned about most games being semi only and Luke the head marshal explained that people don't need 50 or 60 rounds to call a hit and its not as fun. I fully agree with him, I had a full auto burst in the leg at 5m away and it was not very pleasant since the player kept the trigger pinned even after calling hit twice and ducking for cover. Other games were things like collect the bits and bobs around and make a bomb (the more parts the bigger the bomb) or collect the bits and sell at the black market trader for points. Also did a zombie game. 6 v 60 odds. To sum it up its is fun, fast and intense and you have to try it maybe 2 or 3 times to decide if you would go more often. Marshals 9/10 (1 marshal per 9 players ratio) Site 8/10 Facilities 8/10 Games 9/10 I will go again but next time I will have a better torch and my own shotgun. (shottys are more fun!) Thank's to Raggedy Man for the use of his TM shotty. Brackish.

Id better grab my burbury baseball cap out and drive to the next game in me nova init. love my magpul pts rm4!

I had a black helmet, face mask and jumper with an olive mesh molle vest and dpm 95 trousers. The shotty was a non stock type ( I am not that big guy in bright blue shirt lol) Guessing as you are a regular you were green team? Oh during the game for getting parts to the trader I was in one of the shops in the cupboard and think the same guy went to check the cupboard and I jumped him. I am up for it again, think maybe fr a full first day it can get a bit crazy!

Magpul seemed novel/cool looking until everyone had it, just like DD etc. I await the next M4 fashion season... One thing though, the gun in the picture has part a caption saying the "customer came in wanting a scope that works for CQB and the 'outdoors'". If that massive 4-50 scope is what they sold him then Patrol Base = cunts

Def take that ICS MP5 back to shop and get it swapped! Glad you had a good 1st time, a definite marmite site, I love it, hate marmite though. Was there with a MP7 myself, good day i thought, people kept calm and behaved well. Last game was a bit of a comedy dodge-ball shambles, but there was only 20 minutes left of the day so can't expect too much, did see a couple milsimers leave then in disgust (fighting to get into a central room where you can only play dodgeball not use your guns didn't meet their sense of immersion!) First time there I've heard people moan about no full-auto after lunch, usually it's people moaning about getting sprayed with full-auto when '1 shot will do'. I did notice a 'squad' talking to the marshals about their dodgy Scar L/Hs that didn't do semi properly (meaning they couldn't use them after lunch) and it was a day where i didn't bring a 25+rps gun. I'm just gonna assume a few people didn't like having areas/games where they couldn't use their primary, and not enough people got high ROF over-killed, to explain this reverse in the usual sentiment. P.S I only spotted one person with a shoty, if you're the chap with a blue shirt on then kudos to you for a first time, very proactive player

Things always seems to breakdown when you least expect or the day after the warranty ends There's always a way round something simple that doesn't involve tonnes of dosh

Why not use the material from an old camping roll mat ?? Cut out what size you need, contact adhesive to glue them together then shape them with sandpaper

at a 40's event in Bath.

For the actual series yes it was real steel, as was the one for the full test that the Mythbusters guys did but for setting up and workshop testing the rig to mount in the car they used an airsoft version.

Hi guys, I bought my ICS L85 second hand and it came with a 20mm rail on top which is nice for my ELCAN, but I am currently looking at setting up my L85 with the SUSAT sight or carry handle for a little while. Does anyone know where I can get one of these 19mm rails so that I can fit a susat or the standard iron sights on my gun? I know you can get the 20mm to 19mm adapters on Ant-supplies but I don't really fancy having it raised up like that, looks a bit ugly. Cheers.

My pleasure bud, Sounds a bloody good time.

Guessing this is on the l85? Have you found the forward assist in the mag well?

Last Wednesday playing I lost all my lives in the last game we played so was walking off at the same time someone else was doing the walk of shame found out he had another life but ran out of ammo so just gave him my gun and a mag so he could continue. Best bit he was on enemy team and killed my mate with my rifle hahahaha The guy gave gun back and was really grateful didn't cost anything and made someone else's day easier

I hand then out by the mag full usually at a rate of 35 per second ?

Now that's the one new-player-stereotype trap you do not want to fall in to.

Be careful with that depending on the shape of your lid you might end up looking like a nob, by that I mean literally a camouflaged penis.

Not fluffy enough.Needs to be lilac or pink unicorn with a rainbow horn, just think as camp as possible.

As alot of others have said tbh i cant see an issue with topping up a mag or two. I only use tracer rounds but still happy to hand a few out if its asked nicely for. A: is only a game, B: is only a few quids worth of plastic. Allowing others to carry on llaying is worth way more than the few quid a bottle of bb's cost.

Make it a reality and I'm in Anyway I'm more than happy to lend out some ammo to anyone who needs a bit. That said I won't lend out my more expensive/sniper ammo unless the person is using that sort of rifle and wants to try a different ammo weight in it. But yeah I'm the "tools and spare ammo guy" in our group for a reason.

Nowadays using 0.30g BBs I don't often find many people wanting to take a mag from me, but I always offer. The cost of 300 BBs is just nothing compared to everything else this money pit of a hobby costs me so being a nice doesn't cost me anything. In a year I have perhaps given away £6 worh of BBs total, but in the process I have made about 10 people happy and some of them have turned out to be team mates I play with a lot. Its just another ice breaker. I do view there beingn a difference between in game and in the safe zone, in the safe zone there ought to be somewhere to buy some so its kind of cheeky to be asking mags to be filled by others, but I have given BBs for the purpose of testing feeding and magazines and guns before, in practice its just not a lot of money in the end. I understand those doing this on a tight budget might not want to give up BBs, I am not going to hold it against them but from my own experience I have found it beneficial to hand out mags like they were free. Haven't had anyone fail to bring the mag back.

I do know someone actually. Leave it with me. It's gonna be a thing.

I'm kind of with lozart on this one, tend to use .28's for my main, but always keep some cheap .2 and .25 as a throw away for anyone running out mid game (I've got 2 of those ammo pouch bags, one for each set). hell, when I first started there were plenty of times when I ran out of ammo, and some kind person lent me a couple of hundred to tide me over till endex, and I'm all for encouraging the younger players. all for one, and one for all

You miserable barsteward where's your humanity and sense of camaraderie. Should hang your head in shame. ?

I always carry a full hi-cap as a spare because one weekend my son was having a bit too much fun & managed to empty ALL FIVE of his mid caps in one game & had ran out of ammo. He couldnt see where I was & some dude threw him a full hi-cap so he could fight on. Back in the safe zone I refilled the hi-cap to hand it back to the dude who told me that my son could keep it as he never used hi-caps, it was just his spare & he had a few. I now keep this full just in case anyone would ever need it. the next time someone ask's me, that hi-cap is theirs & I hope that person will do the same. I also do this with Gaffa tape, I have given out loads of rolls to people in need. It comes from my mountain biking hobby, I'd never leave a fellow rider stuck with a puncture or at the side of the trail. Same with any airsoft dude.

I had a guy asking if anyone had green gas & I had just over quarter of a bottle left, he offered me full price to which I said no mate as I had a full bottle in my bag so you keep it, he bought me a few cups of tea during the day to say thankyou

I always carry spare ammo but have never been asked for any. I feel left out now

Mid-game - I don't really carry loose BB's, but happy to lend someone a mag if it'll fit, or if they have a hicap to empty the midcap into. In the SZ - I usually take a back-up bottle of non-tracer BB, so happy to let someone dig into that if they've run out and no cash on them to buy more (done this once for a solo hire-gun kid walking round the SZ offering to be a human shield in exchange for BB's, he got through 2 rooms of people saying no (for shame!) until i gave him the bottle) Way i figure it is even if someone manages to eat half a bottle of BB from me, then that's still only the price of buying someone a pint, and the games a frivolous money-pit anyways.

I mean....yes the guns are expensive and in many cases the gear is too but one of the things that sets airsoft aside from paintball is the cost of ammunition. A typical bottle of 3000 rounds costs what, a tenner? So 0.33p per round. So let's say you give away a hi cap's worth, we're only talking about a quid. A mk5, £2? Maybe £2.50 if you've bought it onsite. If these tiny little amounts are that big a deal to you then maybe you've chosen the wrong hobby... Think about it this way - some rental kid who has clearly been having a load of fun (on account of having run out of ammo) asks you if you have any spare. You look in your bag and yes, you have more than you actually need. You could just say no. He'll go away deflated and you'll have either a sense of pride in having managed to keep that extra pounds worth of ammo for another day OR maybe you'll get that niggling little doubt in the back of your mind that actually, ACTUALLY you could have been a better person back there. Alternatively you could actually say "yeah sure, fill your boots" (hopefully he wouldn't really fill his boots cos that's WAY more than a hi caps worth). He goes away happy, you get a warm sense of pride that you've improved someone else's day and maybe, just maybe you've made a new friend. Is your life so full and rich that you don't need any more friends? I seriously doubt it. Life is short. Don't squander it being mean.

This.

Not just the sport but life its self. Far too many selfish people around.

Cant believe this is really a question. I have given bbs, tracer bbs, various batteries, pyro and I even gave a kid my back up aeg because I felt sorry for him even chucked in two batteries and charger. Maybe I am too generous but one day it might come back around.

If I have some spare 0.2 or 0.25 then giving some away if they ask nicely and aren't a dick about it doesn't seem like a problem. I can understand not wanting to give away heavyweights but standard ammo is so cheap I really can't see a problem with it.

I've needed a few rounds or a magazine myself in one game & borrowed them so in my respect it's only fair to help out plus if rentals & noobs see you helping then it gives a good face to the site where everyone helps eachother but you do get those guys that look at you & say piss off I personally will help out where I can for example, rentals were saying they didn't hit anything so I took them onto the range & helped dial in there hop & now 3 of them are regulars

Happened to me twice last time out, I chose to dish them out like the milky bar kid so the guy could cover me while we moved up on to the objective. He topped me up when we got back so all good in the hood.

I've given out bbs in the past. I carry a small speedloader and sometimes small bottles that contains about 500 bbs each. In a lot of cases the player is just caught short if the game has gone on longer than expected. Usually they offer to top me up when we get back to the safe zone but it's no big deal if they don't.

TBH i would have been happy to fill a mag of his, 350 BBs out of 3000 from a single bag isnt going to break the bank, but if the same guy kept coming to me then i might have been a bit pissed.

No, Hobbits...the little hairy toed blighters.

School holidays + unsecured woodland or premises = destructive bored little buggers There have also been a few issues with our travelling friends at some sites.

Actual licensing - but that would cost money, UKARA pays for and regulates itself (capitalist motivation lol) despite the fact that it is ultimately (so far at least) meaningless.

Don't think the legislation on airsoft needs to change. It needs to be viewed in the correct light and what it's designed to do. In my opinion the ukara system is there to preserve the sport/hobby we all enjoy, in some countries rifs/airsoft are banned! That's not to say I don't think it has issues. Sadly, I fear like many things in this world it will be the idiots that destroy it for the rest of us and relaxing the laws will just make it easier for them. I have been around firearms for a number of years and be it shotguns, riffles or rifs they need controlling. I believe there could be a better system but I can't think of one......... (Remove soap box ?)

At Sennybridge FIBUA last weekend