Rogerborg

Mmm, I'm mild at the moment, and it may be from biking rather than airsoft pyro, but I have no desire for it to get any worse. I think I may ask Santa for some of those Earmors then. Aside, William Shatner has lived with tinnitus for over half a century after an incident while filming Star Trek, and has seriously considered offing himself just to make it stop. I mention this to illustrate that flinging big bangs away from yourself and towards other people's earballs is one of the most genuinely dickish things that you can do, whether it's airsoft, fireworks, or anything else. I'd love it if sites would cap pyro to .209s and Mk3s, even outdoors, but I guess its one of these things that's all fun and games until your ears start to go eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee late at night.

Sounds good. The stock hop unit looks like a decent enough rotary. Barrels come with varying amounts of oil inside them for shipping - they could have been on a boat for weeks, or on a shelf for months - so it's always worth giving them a clean out. Some aftermarket barrels (AOLS in particular) come very greasy. It's not a criticism, it's protecting your purchase, just give it a quick clean out and you're good to go.

For o-ring lubing? Looks fine, I use silicone grease or spray, whatever's closest to hand. For the gears and motor pinion themselves, I use, well, whatever's closest to hand out of lithium bearing grease or low fling chainsaw oil, but not silicone.

I've got very mild tinnitus and don't want it getting any worse from pyro, so have been looking at hearing protection, specifically electricool active protection that apparently limits noise without making voices inaudible. The big bulky over-ear tacticool stuff doesn't really seem like my jam, but I've spotted that there are now in-ear versions, specifically the Earmor M20. Decent review here: And £60 isn't outrageous compared to the lifetime consequences of taking a Mk5 near to an unprotected earball. https://www.ballisticdesigns.co.uk/shop/communications/m20-electronic-earplug/ But if they end up cutting out too much low level noise, I'm unlikely to wear them. Any personal experiences with these, or alternatives?

You can lube the o-ring just by putting some silicone up the nozzle, which you can do when cleaning the barrel - and that's the other thing I'd suggest on any new gun. Split the receiver (should just be one pin at the front), get some silicone (spray or liquid) into the nozzle, then clean the barrel from rear to front with a patch of clean paper towel on the cleaning/unjamming rod that I'd hope that it comes with, so that you're not pushing any shipping oil or gunk into the hop rubber. I use isopropyl alcohol on it, but you don't really need anything, just put the rod through with clean pieces of paper towel, slowly and rotating it, until it stops picking up any more gunk. Then give it an auto burst or two to blow any excess lube out the nozzle before reassembling. After that, what @RostokMcSpoons said, just feed it 0.28g BBs, get your hop dialled in, and enjoy it. Apologies if you already know, but for hop adjustments it can be handy to have a spotter standing off to the side, as they can observe the flight more objectively.

It's pre-pre-weekend o'clock, but I think I might have whipped that out to spice up a handbag fight over: 1) A trivial to obtain airgun firearm which might also be considered a verboten VCRA RIF by the Clapham Omnibus test. or 2) To illustrate the FA definition of an S57 “imitation firearm”. Me, I'd consider a Pulse Rifle to be an IF for the purposes of FA S19 (public possession, remember that bigly genius here who was intending to open-carry one on a bus because "Herp derp, is not real, innit."), but not as a RIF for VCRA S36/S38. For VCRA sales purposes, the risk is entirely up to the seller. Although it's increasingly surprising that any of them actually give a stuff about what they're selling or to whom, given the apparent complete disinterest from the tools of the State.

Joking aside though, why? Just why Coral? Sure, I bought a two toned plastic CYMA M4 off the buzz from my first day, but it cost £75, it was painted over, and the paint was off before my second day. Even if you just want it as a wall hangar, even if you can't persuade someone to sell you a RIF (more on that in a moment), why wouldn't you factor in getting it repainted. It's not even gangster to do so, because it's not an imitation of an actual make or model of modern firearm (whether existing or discontinued), so there's no VCRA offence committed by either sale or modification. I look at that horror and all I can think is "My God, someone please save it." Wait, was it... was it bought to troll people? Because if so, mission accomplished.

The amazing part is that it didn't spontaneously combust. I'd fully expect to have to use an acid etch primer on whatever random monkey-metal any airsoft toy has been made from.

It's very unlikely that it will ever be an issue for them, even though "for export" is not a defence. My real problem is that they either don't know, or don't care, what the law is. It's not a secret and it takes literally seconds to look up. And if they know and don't care, then it looks like they're thumbing their nose at it. I just hope they don't have any disgruntled customers out there who are aware, given that it only takes a few minutes to make a report to Crimestoppers, and that some forces have a rager for anything they can record as a Firearms offence. Recall the poor chap in Stirling who got an ARV response, arrest and prosecution because he posted images of his airsoft gun, in an airsoft Facebook group.

It's 2021, you don't have to pretend any more. Nobody will judge you for proudly declaring that you love P90s. I will judge you.

I understand it peaks about now thanks to Wintervalmass. And as above , this is exactly when I wouldn't want to risk trying a new, unknown courier. Although even if DHL just lose or scrap half the shipments out of hand... is that worse than UPS? I wonder if that's specifically from the Orient, or if they're not wanting to touch EU to UK either. Hopefully Taiwan Gun are being honest in the declarations. We've seen examples of Border Farce getting their handbags in a twist over mis-declared RIFs, which is something that we've got no control over.

Qualified good news, they could set up a trebuchet at Zeebrugge and it would still be a better bet than UPS. I'm minded to still not risk it though until they're charging VAT and duty at source so that we can see and pay the whole cost up front, and not risk it languishing in Customs while the biggest mob in town decides what protection money they want paying. With Wintervalmass coming up, this might become more of a consideration, rather than less.

Nah, that'll deflect breath upwards into the goggl- ohhhh, right.

Agreed, after even a couple of days without light, regular exercise I start to get a bit creaky. Use it or lose it.

Hmm, no, and the foam on mine is also in a bit of a "well weathered" state - I've already had to stick it back down. On a casual search, I didn't find anything equivalent with adhesive on one side, although any thin strip of closed-cell foam (EVA craft supplies, perhaps) plus some impact adhesive should do the trick. I've temporarily taken them out of rotation though, in favour of either a Valken MI-7 with some small fans added, or another random unbranded set of goggles with DIY dual pane and a bigger blower round the back with the air piped in. The FMA's sort of work, is the best I'll say about them.

Yes. FA 5 (2A) criminalises both manufacture, and also possession with intent to sell - and it doesn't say to whom. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/5 I've "kindly" let them know. Honest to God, cluelessness like this from airsoft professionals seems like a bigger threat to us than chavs and neds larking around with RIFs. If the very people who should be trusted to know and follow the specific exemption that we got aren't doing so, that's a strong argument for removing it.

We're - respectfully, based on the examples that we have to hand - disagreeing. The TB-FMA example that I have seems fine, and I'm happy with the lens thickness and the protection offered. I've been point-blanked in these over and over with no concerns. My issue is that the fan is inadequate running off of the suggested 1.5V AA, and I put a lot more push behind it.

I'd certainly hope it's not "plexi" given that "plexiglass" is acrylic rather than polycarbonate. Examples doubtless vary, but my side vented model is 2mm of what I'm certain is polycarbonate given the number of point blank and sniper hits that it's shrugged off without any issues.

Is the second picture him using it to try and rob an airsoft shop? "I can let you have it for £1500, today, mate, cash only deal. Yeah, fUlLy UpGrAdEd, mate."

Kudos to TM for even admitting to it, although I wouldn't expect too much from UK retailers.

What's the construction like? It's surprising that something covered in fabric can be more breathable than mesh. I'm not questioning it, just wondering how they've managed it.

I would, and I did. Not great, but bin off the single 1.5V AA that they're designed (or "designed") to run on and fit a lithium 14500 and you can get a fair bit of whizz out of them.

Mmm, plenty of airsoft guns come with trademarks, properly licensed or otherwise (Army Armament used to put on dodgy trades until they got Glock-blocked), but it doesn't mean much. It's pretty annoying, as it makes it harder to work out who made them, or determine compatibility. I don't think we're going to be able to determine what that is unless someone happens to have a collection of Mac-11s to hand and can spot any small significant features. Have you tried asking at your local site(s) if anyone has a candidate magazine tucked away that you could try out?

Agreed, you might as well just buy FMA fan goggles for a fraction of that price.