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Can we shut down new membership requests during school holidays?

Hubris, over-familiarity and assumptions really messed me up yesterday. So many glowing reviews of Airsoft Plantation on here I figured being a long weekend I'd have to try. Not needing to book is nice in a way but should be accounted for in the game types better from what I saw, various areas are only linked by a few narrow gaps through hedges that you'd probably be injured by if you tried to push through. The last game that was supposed to be turned around just wasn't because us on the red team held back the attacking side so long. That aside, personally I screwed myself because I didn't actually bother to spend 30 seconds test firing my guns before packing them as they were working a few months ago when I last played, but some-fuckin-how my ACR sounds like it's stripped its' piston while sat in storage. It is the old PTS which is OEM by Ares though so if I left it compressed I guess the cheese gave way. My L85 (pictured) probably hasn't seen a game for pushing 6-7 years; the 345 FPS and high hop combined with me using up my .2s and a new optic was a recipe for shooting almost vertical - could not aim low enough to participate in the game and the hop dial kept spinning infinitely, which again I'm sure was fine when I put it away last. It was looking like I'd have spent my cash and fuel for nothing and would be heading home about 1030 as I didn't even bring a pistol. Obviously you don't quit til' all options are exhausted, so I took the bullpup apart, literally just looked and prodded a bit, looked down the barrel while adjusting the hop, reassembled carefully, adjusted the elevation zero as far as possible and in the end only missed maybe 45 minutes worth of play and the gun was running great after that. I've been bringing 2 long guns to games pretty much since I started and I couldn't believe it when I was facing the prospect of driving an hour back home before lunch frankly, stunned. That's life kicking me in the butt for being at this too long and getting lax, you can't let it happen as a walk-on. Anyway, mini review. Price is good (£25), main guy running it is excellent, tons of covered benches in the SZ, gents are not bad and actually had hand soap and paper towels, I think the water was drinkable but brought plenty. Burger van isn't bad at all, about £5.50 for chicken+bacon and some crisps since they don't do chips, quality middling but absolutely fine and they take card. Was slightly taken aback they site doesn't do card at this point, but then they'd have to put the price up in fairness, just wish this was made obvious on their website (unless I'm a total blind bat). We did start the safety brief almost 25 minutes late which frankly I was not impressed by, but the rule set seems decent overall, apart from perhaps the 'gas' (smoke) grenade thing which is weird. They say they spot chrono all the time but I didn't witness that, what I did witness was 2 marshals having their own little mini game within the game, also disappointing. I personally enjoy the fact of just leaving 2 chronos just outside the SZ for me to use myself, it's a pure honour game and on the one hand people can always modify and break energy rules, but if there's no morning chrono and rare (if any) spot checks I do have some small concerns. Considering how many were in attendance, a 97% well behaved bunch it would have to be said, seems a good place for that. There we a couple of kids and dragged-along girlfriends playing who seemed happy and content when I saw them which is a strong indicator. I think the game types sometimes made poor use of a very large site and I think they've bitten off more than they can chew in terms of areas/props as everything I saw was falling apart and full of rubbish. I wouldn't go back without a DMR/BASR either purely as those guys dominated given the layout, and it's a bit far for me to regularly travel given the layout doesn't lend to the closer in battles I like. If you want 'woodland' type ranges but with more features and lots of players though, absolutely, give a game a try.

Baaam! Got inspired by SonnyMP5 (?) and got old SD parts from ICS which after a lot of work finally fit like a glove on my TM Mp5 Nextgen ? Came out amazing! FullSizeRender.MOV

if i where to buy a air soft gun that wasn't two tone and i want to use it in a movie i plan to make on my own would that be a good defence.

The great thing is, you'll then get to see some real guns up close! https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/student-filmmakers-handcuffed-by-armed-police-while-making-movie-on-streets-of-london-a4282551.html

Ffs......... How many times will we hear this lame arse fake martin scorsese excuse. The answer is likely to be a 99.9% big fat NO. Over the years I've seen this asked about 90 times, I've yet to see one of these so called "films" actually get made. And breathe ?

Definitely interested, and as Shamal said: Potential sites? Maybe a car boot sale too the day before?

That's right, I remember now. Great feedback with some very handy tips; lack of card facilities being a massive one as I rarely ever have actual cash now. Got to wonder why this is the case with various operators now. I get that it's often reliant on phone signal, but come on, post-Covid (Covid's ended now, right?) who uses cash as primary currency now? I may well head that way in a couple of months as I need a break from GZ. It's convenient and generally a good experience, but it's all getting a bit samey now, and, as you say, the terrain is a bit of a PIA. The foliage is so dense as to be unpassable for all but the scrawniest of speedy bois! Good shout on Bravo Romeo at Bere. Forgot about them.

Leafed up for summer ? TT MAV2 5x mags 1x comms 1x bins 1x rangefinder 1x tourniquet 1x shears 1x hydro 2x smoke

As a counter to all the bullshit add’s we get that end up on here and to try and give us a ‘wee’ bit of hope for our fellow Soft’ers I’d just like to highlight this almost textbook ‘boneyard’ add if ever I’ve seen one ! and say well done to the seller?

Sadly, I rather suspect that we're going to see it relisted soon enough as "Mint condition, shoots like a laser, barely out of the box."

Note that for an airsoft gun purchase any offence under the VCRA is committed by the retailer / seller The question is “Would a retailer accept my claimed Defence at risk of a considerable fine and/or a custodial sentence?” The added problem of ‘I want to make a film’ is those who have done so in the past attempting to claim waving a gun in the park for YouTube is filmmaking - and ‘almost proper’ filmmakers getting reported to the police for guns in public. The odds are increased if you getting ‘caught’ and pointing towards your retailer An offence under this section shall be punishable, on summary conviction— (a)in England and Wales, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks or with a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or with both; and (b)in Scotland, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or with a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or with both. A level 5 fine is unlimited (a level 4 fine is limited at £2500, and until 2015 a level 5 fine was up to £5000) https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/38/section/36 https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/explanatory-material/magistrates-court/item/fines-and-financial-orders/approach-to-the-assessment-of-fines-2/9-maximum-fines/

Before I started playing and being UKARA registered I did actually buy a RIF (MAC10) using the film defence but I had to show proof that I worked in an actual production company. So saying that you want to make your own film will not work...

Are you a film maker working under a production company with various forms of insurance, indemnity etc?

@Shamal I see what you mean, I’ll ask the question! As for location most likely somewhere within the East of England as that’s my area, but I won’t be dead set against hopping borders if I can’t find somewhere! Possibly a boot sale yes, not 100% I can commit to more than a day at the moment though so would have to be concurrent.

Not my normal setup but it was only like this for the day so was committed to digital celluloid.

Drum roll……..

Yup ALL P90 hi-caps are about as impressive as a beer fart in a hurricane ! ?‍♂️ Agree with everyone saying get the MAG 170rd’ers , defo best option ? PS as to the STANAG adapter ? Most players I know who run P90’s wouldn’t pee on you if you where engulfed in flames those things are that hated ! ?

We did have two agms at the Grange in Birmingham which incorporated a game day. Any idea of a potential location? I would be interested ?

170s are the only mags for the P90s really, just don’t overload them, 130 is ideal really, you’ll have to run them in, start out at 90-100 a few times to get everything moving smoothly

I’m hoping to run a members-only event later on in the year, what would people like to see? I’ve secured an attack sense range so should be able to run some sort of side-competition with that but just after members/players ideas!

Indeed - I think I'm only 15 or so minutes from you IIRC (I'm in Christchurch). There is definitely some fun to be had there, and there seems to be quite a number of 'regulars' attending. Perhaps my standards are too high.... Some things I noted: - Car park is too small - get there early to get a spot. - The 'facilities' consist of a Portacabin and a single Portaloo (with a dodgy door). Food options were Hotdogs or Chilli Con Carne. - No card payments. Had no idea until we rocked up (can't find it on the website), but they will take PayPal. - The game areas I played felt tired and a bit unloved. Some covered pallets pitched here and there, a few broken structures that have never been fixed. Yes, there are a couple of 'features' on the fields i.e. a tyre fort thing and the trenches, but GZ has much better quality playable buildings and individual game zones etc. I like the terrain more than GZ though, especially the 'Dark Woods' area of the site. - The site is great for sniping. - The games are around an hour long with four played yesterday, which leads me to..... - Takes a lot of ammo/mags/batteries - I used more BBs yesterday than my last two playing days put together. - I like the rolling 25-pace fallback re-spawn. It kept the pace up for both attackers (unlimited lives) and defenders (2 lives). I would say give it a go and see what you think. I'm going to try Bravo Romeo next - it's only a mile or so further up the road from Spec Ops.

Yellow smoke is 'poison gas' except if you have a respirator of a certain rating you can survive in it, apparently. Except the radius it takes out wasn't explained, and I don't know anywhere else that does it so to me personally was an odd rule. Didn't really matter, didn't see much of it, just not a fan myself.

Thanks for the kind words Druid, glad I made it onto this thread for the right reasons ?

Didn't see any slacking from the marshals but would pretty much agree with all of the above. I got spot-chronoed at AP a few weeks ago, so they do do it.

This is the weird thing about measurements in The UK. Springs are measured in metres but we chrono in feet. I have an aquarium, it's 4ft wide and holds 300L ?

Interesting. Maybe it’s the plastic nozzle on the Abbey can that’s causing the issue. I’ll have another go and see what transpires. I tried the tilt method and also thought the same. I’ll have a go and report back in a bit.

36k in two months is because I don´t play games. I have never play "airsoft" in my life. I use the AEG´s in my home with small targets. I like very much to take aim. I usually shot 300-1000 shots per session +-. I write all the magazines used in excell. This is why I can say the amount of shot with more or less precission. Do you use 7.4v Lipo battery in yours Tokyo Marui recoil, or use the specific NiCd Tokyo Marui battery? And do you think that your aegs have more than 35k rounds? Mine was with stock parts. I don´t want to change either the stock components, that´s why I have ordered the Tokyo Marui gears. There is no one who has broken gears or piston in a TM NGRS with 100% stock parts? At some point they have to break, I suppose...

Page 238. Well done for using to measurement types in on sentence ? Adding barrel length only increases fps on GBBR. If you fit a longer barrel you will need an Npas to keep below 350. If you want range it’s nub swap and heavier ammo

Yes m8.

I will link the holy grail DMR thread: https://www.airsoftsniperforum.com/threads/the-holy-grail-of-building-your-dmr-aeg.892/ It's an old post but the fundamentals still stand up today. Three things to consider nowadays is getting a brushless motor, I recommend a Warhead Black, that will pull damn near anything while having good speed, a maple leaf MR rubber that will mimic the hop rubber mod, and radiusing the gearbox to reduce stress on the front end when going to higher powered springs.

If you like the feel of metal in your hands, then go for the more expensive one, I don't think the weight difference is very much. Personally, I've got mine covered in a Novritsch camo cover at the moment, and have a stubby grip mounted, so I'm rarely touching the metal, but I do like it very much - the m-lok handguard is very nice, and the metal looks good to my eyes, and it does feel very solid. My local site has a few 904's and I've been impressed with them too... but I'd probably still spring the extra cash for metal, if I had to buy another as my primary or main backup. It depends how much. Before Xmas, the metal vs polymer had a £20 difference in price, now it seems that has grown a lot... PatrolBase now has stock of 904's. The cheapest, the 904G is £145. That is such a bargain. https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/double-eagle-m904g-honey-badger-w-fire-control-system-edition?pv=13406 BBGuns4Less has the 906C (my metal version) at £190. Ouch-y... £45 extra for metal. I suggest that if you do want full metal, go the whole hog and get the 908. It has the metal parts, long barrel, and most importantly a PTS EPS style stock that will take nunchuck batteries. I don't know if it's as good as the EPS, but that's a £50 item. https://bbguns4less.co.uk/products/double-eagle-m908a-ar15-rifle-with-falcon-system-in-black.html

Check the flash hider isn’t loose or not aligned. They make a nice ring when they vibrate.

Green tick load out for early 2000’s. Old school holster works fine. ? Y-harness, belt and mag pouches are miltec. Okay build quality. Clips a bit meh, mag pouches are way larger than issue easily hold 3 polymer mags maybe usgi 4 metal body ones. Modified with cardboard dividers. Belt pad is kip mat and para cord. Holster, canteen, ruck & aid pouch are issue. Belt compass is old TAS early molle gen.

Was that not a warning sign to begin with? Seems a little "I've started dating a redheaded stripper called Tiffanii, hopefully she won't be crazy."

And decent pic with the bayonet fitted . Father in laws old bayonet. They don't like it up 'em !

So I finally fitted my TM AKM’s wood kit ? and for comparison a stock tm akm

After much searching, I have found a spare one. DM me with your address and I will stick it in the post to you.

I think I might have one; I will have a look tomorrow evening.

Wasn't there an incident years ago where someone had been using glass bbs and some vehicles ended up with broken windscreens? IIRC for ages afterwards the forums were full of debates about how dangerous they were Edit: it was bioval bbb max

Seriously ? I swear airsoft is a perpetual loop of power, barrel length and fill valve types