Adolf Hamster

That does sound familiar, i certainly dont have it any more

Worth looking at some of the more old school load carrying gear, the butt pack on them can be handy for hpa. Alternately a gutted camelbak or similar small backpack then carry the rest of your accoutrements de guerre using your preferred method.

So you want a system with recoil rather than a pure bb slinging engine? Because it sounds like co2 mags might be the better option if that's the priority.

What do you want a hpa setup for that you couldnt acheive with another platform? Edit: that sounds like sarcasm but it's meant to be a serious question to see if turning to the dark side is actually going to give you what you want it to.

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I was wondering if there was a mild link change that meant my bookmark would just be taking me to the archived site, glad for the clarification.

Tbf, when i was running the dragonuv i found myself doing that to the point that i basically gave up running the scope at all, not helped by the clip on cheek riser making it impossible to get your head low enough for the irons. But at least that was a quick release mount....

Gotta keep them backup irons available, should one need to engage close up......

whilst i do suspect that you probably won't get much more than some funny looks from folk you encounter it's wise for us to assume in our advice that the worst case scenario of running into the kareniest karen who ever karened calling the grumpiest cop who ever grumpied right as the daily mail and guardian corporate team hike stumbles across the scene. and as a community it'd look a hell of a lot better for us if we could at least show we strongly discouraged such behavior, no different than the "i'm 12 how do i get a black gun for my freinds to use round the estate don't worry we'll be sensible" posts.

in order of priority: a hearty breakfast water, in a container you can carry and use in-game. spare eyepro good boots gloves, a zinger to the fingernail hurts like hell weather appropriate clothing, heavier can help mitigate the sting of bb's, remember that it will likely get mucky or have to wade through spiky undergrowth. you can whip up a gun and ammo on-site usually even if it means renting if you haven't any battle buddies who can lend, and a spare charged battery is definitely useful even if you'll end up lending it out as often as you use it yourself. spare clothes are wise but only to avoid the joyous occasion that driving home coated in muck yields having to clean the car the next day.

i wouldn't bother. if you want the exercise just load up a backpack with whatever you think would be an appropriate weight for your fitness and go hike. if you want to try out how the gear works, then a mere hike won't do it for you as not only will you have plenty of opportunity in-game, but the crouching, ducking, crawling, leaning and other movements will reveal issues that just walking won't.

Didnt the us marines adopt it or am i mis-remembering?

Yeah the split gearbox design is aoe problem central, i very quickly gave up on it running as an aeg. It became a testbed for shenanigans for a while until i eventually had a polarstar jack spare and a nozzle long enough to turn down to suit. Fixed the mag issue by heretically grafting a mount to fit an m249 box mag But even then it was just too big and cumbersome to be useful in game so i gave up on it.

Indeed, dropped mine and it bent like a bannana, took a while to straighten it back out and run 2 big bars on the inside of the reciever to reinforce it. Fella i sold it to also recognised them as being made of pasta

i recall having a similar failure, think i tapped through and ran a bolt through, iirc the head of the bolt restricted the amount it could tilt but that just meant it was easier to leave the gun sitting on its own. surplus might be an option, think some of the later/foreign adaptions of the platform would be sufficiently compatible and not have the "ww2 german" tax.