RostokMcSpoons

Bargain-bin S95 DPM + cheap hat and gloves off Wish + used/boneyard Viper skeleton harness. ESS goggles, Tigris mesh mask. Kombat UK universal holster. A couple of SA80 pouches, and a cheapo fast mag holder for when I'm in a hurry (Got 4 of those on the way from that there China) Works alright! Just wish the DPM could hide my belly a bit better

Blimey I hadn't realised there was quite so much in this soldering lark. I'll get a couple of pics posted today.. at some point.. but as a general 'thang', if my solder is (to use a technical term) 'a bit shit' then maybe I've been guilty of using too much, and there's consequently a deal of it between the Deans terminals and the wire. Given the whole 'tinning' process I thought that would actually be considered a good thing?

Don't underestimate 'reliability' as a thing... Having had game days spoiled by guns failing chrono, or not working properly, if you have just the one gun you need it to work. Now I'm not saying the 11.1v battery will cause you problems, but if the gun fails on you, you will suspect or blame the battery, and you'll be kicking yourself for using it, because at that point you'd take a gun firing 'slowly' over one not firing at all! Having said that, I'm sure I'll send up buying an 11.1v eventually. But I have two other rifles and a pistol in my collection as backup ?

Took my M906c out for its first game today... First kill was sniping someone's foot poking out underneath a tarpaulin... Oh the glamour! ??? The gun was great. The lowish rate of fire was noticeable when shooting at moving targets at range though. The temptation to get an 11.1v battery (which will necessitate the PTS EPS stock purchase)... will be something I'll have to live with for a bit

Good day at Special Ops at Emberton (nr Olney nr Milton Keynes) Everyone as friendly as always, people took their hits. Perhaps because they saw me setting a good example so many times ? After yesterday's problems with my batteries it was pleasing to get through a day trouble free. Almost took the old AK out for a walk but ended up sticking with the M4 just because 4 hi cap mags on the belt is very reassuring. Made one 'hero moment' taking out the bomb carrier and his escort before returning the bomb to my team. Not bad for a fat old bloke with dodgy ankles knackered but happy... soaking in the bath ?

Haha, you boys... ? Ok so the good news is I managed to get through the whole day with... 1) my big foot 1300 mAH lipo which lasted maybe 2/3 of the day 2) the Titan. Yup it recovered enough to keep me going for the last part of the day, based on an hour and a half plugged into a site charger during setup and briefing before play. Thank feck for that! So I think the battery itself is ok, the cabling in the gun is ok. I'll get those pics for you... Once I've levered myself out of this hot bath...

Is there any chance I've used bad solder? It's just the stuff I had in my tool box from years ago... Maplins lead free solder, Sn 99.3%, Cu 0.7% Hmmm.. I forgot to mention I put a Deans on the charger leads too, so if the solder(ing) is bad that would be why I can't get charge into the Titan now

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Well I suppose it isn't unusual to find people have everything go wrong the day before their first game in 4 weeks, but this feels particularly galling. I've got my new Double Eagle M906C. I've been testing it out in the back garden and it's been running like a champ, I've put several hundred BBs through it now. I've got my Classic Army M16 and TM AK47 which, realistically, are going to be backup guns from now on. And I've got my new Titan 7.4V Li-Ion 3000 mAH battery that I received last week and which I used straight out of the packet - it had charge, and Li-Ions are supposed to hold charge for years, and can be run down to zilch without problem. Just plug it in and charge it up when it runs out. So I didn't charge it up any more, just plugged it - no problem. So I decided to re-wire my two old guns to Deans so I could slap in the Titan (which should have juice to easily run all day, as much of the combat is semi-auto). Particularly useful on the AK as getting all the cabling tucked away for the Li-Po was a pain. Now I'm not great at soldering, not had much practice and I've just got a basic soldering iron... but I watched the YT videos and understood exactly what I was trying to achieve. I got the fancy AMASS adapters with the plastic shroud rather than the cheap ones. Cut off the Tamiyas, tinned the wires, tinned the connectors, and joined 'em up - made sure the solder was kept reasonably small and tidy to avoid any short circuits... job done. Definitely got the +ve and -ve leads the right way around! And then I plugged in the Titan into the AK. Nada. Zilch. Nowt. Oh sod it, how did I mess that up? Connected the Titan to the M906. Still zilch. Ah, must be out of charge. Perhaps because I left it in the gun for the first time overnight. Charger won't charge it. (ASG Smart Charger, Life/Lipo (and therefore Li-Ion compatible), sold to me by Patrolbase) Keeps flashing the green light, won't go to steady red. Shizzle. Plug in one of those little LED displays I got from Amazon. At first I thought it showed nothing. But it actually was showing a very faint 'A'. Eventually after praying / plugging battery into charger in a cycle for a few times, the charger decided to show signs of life: Alternate flashing the primary power charger indicator, and flashing the 3S indicator. After an hour or so, I checked the Amazon monitor again. Ahah! Warning beeps and actual voltages shown. Plugged back into charger ... repeat. But after a long while I thought I'd try the Titan in a gun again. Still nothing. On the monitor I got *2* cells, one at 1.90v and the other at 2.04. The charger still shows 3S. So I seem to have a knackered Titan. The question is - has the gun knackered it somehow? When I plug in one of my old 8.4v1600mAH Nimh batteries the gun does the mosfet vibrate to show power, but sometimes it won't fire in semi auto, I need to shift it to full auto. Perhaps insufficient juice coming through? Jostling the cabling (which I haven't meddled with on this gun / battery, but includes a Deans to small Tamiya cable) can make the power vibration occur again. So perhaps a bad contact in the guns' cabling? Or has the mosfet thrown a wobbly? Connecting the (Tamiya > Deans adapter) Li-Po to the AK seems to work fine, so I'm leaning that way. But I've not had any problems with the M906 until today, running either the Titan or my Big Foot 7.4v Li-Po. I'm scunnered. Any thoughts?

Yeah, simple upgrade - buy decent 0.28g BBs and play with it a for a couple of games before you do anything else - it's what I'm doing! The temptation to dive in straight off is strong (especially when I said about the spring and lube), but when I look back at my TM AK47S when I first started airsofting, I had a great few games with that before I got the spring upgraded and a tight barrel fitted (and stuck a big heavy battery on it, weighed it down with a top rail and sight). Having said that.. it seems changing the hop rubber and nub is easy, other people here will recommend you some options. Accuracy seems decent out-of-the-box though, and my hop lifts 0.30's already. I'll be interested to see what the improvement will be with those changed out.

Hi Jake Short version: You'll love it There's a good forum thread in the Reviews section which has switched into a sort-of owners tricks and tips and pics thread. If you want reassurance you've bought a good gun - that's easy - there doesn't seem to be a bad word said yet. (Well maybe note that the spring tends to lose some of its strength over a short-ish period of time, and piston might need a lubing. But given the quick change spring ability, and access to the piston is relatively simple, don't be scared by those things) All the Double Eagle M90x guns share the same internals. The 904's have polymer receivers, the 906's are metal, the 907's are milled metal, and the 908 has the fancy handguard and the PTS EPS style stock that maybe I should've paid the extra for ? So anything said about any of the guns will most likely apply to yours too There is a decent video review of the 908 on YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZkN0fqfkvw and a good in-depth of the cheaper / lighter 904 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_vnyRCLj4&ab_channel=Maniek44_Eng And a nice web site review here Double Eagle M904G / WMASG.com - Airsoft binds us!

I've got some fairly standard 'Silverhook SGPGT90' silicon grease I got from a DIY store, is that good enough or do I need to get some specialist stuff in there? (Any recommendation if so?)

Ah, I fixed the wobble with a velcro sticky pad inside the mag well on mine, but I guess if you have a mix of mag manufacturers then each one could need a different amount of packing. I'm the sort of guy who frets about camouflage, so I won't be sticking bright colours on my mags anytime soon. But perhaps a bit of light grey electrician's tape I have will do the trick. It's a bit silly of me really, all my other kits is a real mish-mash of black / black camo / olive / S95 DPM / multi cam. Probably not very effective! And then someone sticks a big bit of yellow or blue tape on my arm as well, and I'm worrying about my mags

Silly question perhaps... when people are selling gear or showing off loadouts, I see a lot of magazines with tape around them in 'non-Tactical' colours... Is that just for ease of identification so you can spot yours if someone else picks one up? Or is to more easily spot them if they're on the ground? Should I be doing it too? (yub yub, fnarrr fnarrr) How often does it actually help???

Well after yesterday's travails, I have to give UPS (grudging) respect for delivering my parcel on time, ringing the dell bell and knocking on the door nice and loud. So although he didn't wait for me to open the door before sodding off in a cloud of dust, it arrived safe and sound One FMA Short Vertical Grip installed, after a bit of futzing... the m-lok bolt was too short so I had to countersink the hole from inside the grip to give it the necessary wriggle room. But damn, it's nice! Just what I wanted. A bargain at £8, it gives me true BF4 vibes! and my Titan 7.4V 3000mAH Li-Ion stick battery fits perfectly in the stock... No perceived difference in either trigger response or RoF from my 7.4v 1500mAH Big Foot 25c Li-Po. A couple of bags of Longbow 0.28g bio bb's complete today's haul from Airsoft Anonymous. These seem quite highly rated from a couple of reviews I've read, and reasonably priced at £12 per 3000.

Cool gun ? Can I ask a couple of questions? I've seen a couple of reviews meeting that the gearbox doesn't seem to have much lube in it, when it's fresh out of the box. Did you find that, and if so was it bad enough that I should get mine cracked open and lubed as a priority? Also, what FPS did you get before the spring change? I'm going to get mine chrono'd on Sunday for the first time, I imagine it's going to be comfortably under the limit, but I wouldn't want any surprises!

My airsoft day has been shit. UPS delivered me a couple of bags of BBs, a new foregrip, and a Titan battery. But didn't bother themselves ringing our loud doorbell, just left it out front instead. So some thieving git nicked it all. Arse. Edit:. Blimey. AirsoftAnonymous sent me an email at 9pm (which I've only just read) to let me know UPS made a bollox of their status updates, so it's not actually been delivered and then nicked after all! Huzzah! So it's now a good day ?

Note that the idea of writing cheques is not something The Youth Of Today really understand ???

I'm mid 50's, still playing football three times a week with a mix of ages. After gaps due to injury or Covid lockdowns I've come back to games struggling for fitness (and breath), wanting to try out that "walking football" malarkey (I hasten to add that extreme response wasn't actually required! Fitness returns after a few games) As for 'duty of care', well I could quite easily suffer a heart attack on the pitch and that'd be it. I accept that risk, and it seems the council (who runs one set of the pitches I play on) are the same. The benefits outweigh the risks. They have an on-site defibrillator, which is great, but never prohibit people from playing. Airsoft isn't quite as hard work as football, so I think the bar for protecting us oldies from ourselves can be a fair bit lower. (Or is it higher?) I'm more worried about twisting my ankle. Luckily we have a stretcher used in one of the 'rescue the pilot' games at SpecialOps, so it's there if I need it

Are the dust cover caps on scope turrets a standard size? Are they available for sale anywhere? I need some replacements for an old Viking air rifle scope, the thread is 22.4mm diameter, if I measured it right.

https://www.ant-supplies.uk/ I bought some 20mm / 1" scope rings from here for the princely sum of £6 I bought an M4 armourers tool for £6 as well The main thing is not so much the cheap scope rings, it's the fact they do loads of bits and pieces, but don't charge for the p&p. So if you want something small and cheap you won't get bombed with a £5 courier fee on top. They do general shooting / hunting stuff, so there's not a whole lot of specific Airsoft kit in there, but it is worth a poke around if you want a hat or a sling, or survival kit. Edit... Flip up optics lens shield for £6

A few little bits and pieces have turned up in the last couple of days... The sling was from Action Hobbies' bargain bin. Bought on a whim, it's pretty good. It'll get replaced by a QD 2-point sling eventually. The scope mounts are a bargain from Ant Supplies. Delivered very quickly, free p&p. I decided these mounts are too low, so I straight away ordered some extra tall ones, £6.50 (I've got a decent red-dot, but fancied using that old 4x32 scope I've had since I was a kid, to see how it plays) The M4 tool came from Ant Supplies too. Thought it'd be useful to have when I'm futzing around with my old CA M15. The Kombat UK holster is pretty decent for a cheapo. At least if fits on my Molle properly, unlike the belt loop one I had before that I had to lash in place with paracord. The BB Pouch was also bought on a whim... it'll be useful if I keep running hi-caps, perhaps even more so if I go ahead with buying mid-caps. And last, and perhaps least, the Project Airsoft stubby grip. Hmmm... 3D-printed rather than moulded, not what I really expected. It fits fine, but just looks cheap close-up. The grey grip tape is so fierce it can do double duty as a sanding block, but I guess it'll grip into my gloves (and perhaps shred them). The best thing about is - I'm now sure I want a vertical grip on my gun - so I'll go and buy this one from Airsoft Anonymous I got a couple more bits from Project Airsoft that aren't in the pic (as they're small and wouldn't show) - a high-cap mini funnel device, and a M92 gas mag 'thumb saver'. The funnel will work, but I'll probably lose it. The M92 doesn't fit my M9 mag (but probably will with some filing)... and I'll probably lose that too!

That's great to hear! I would normally have been playing today but I crocked my ankle playing football so I'll just be pootling along to the site to pick up my other guns from the tech at lunchtime. Hopefully I can ping a few shots at the range and get the hop dialed in ? I spent a while yesterday messing around with my kit. I fixed a couple of minor annoyances: I put a couple of velcro stickers inside the stock tube that stopped it from rattling at all (but I will buy that PTS EPS stock in the future), and another in the mag well to reduce the play there. Job done. Would like to reduce the small rattle of the right side selector switch too, but the bolt is already tight I've found a single point sling in the bargain bin at my local retailer which I'll be picking up soon. It's just got a loop to wrap around the stock tube, not sure how effective it will be... might be a fiver wasted but I do like trying my luck!

Cheers, it's woodland with some sort-of cqb 'villages' where we change to single shot. Most of the longer range stuff feels like 20-30, occasionally 40m, but at partial targets - sometimes through a bit of light brush - so accuracy and momentum the key things there! I've had a dig around in my kit box, I found a bag of 0.30s in there I thought I'd already used. And a bag of leftovers which could be anything from 0.20s to 0.28s. Maybe even a pick'n'mix of all 3 weights. Anyway, I'll see if I can lift the 0.30s in the garden.. should be an interesting test! edit: Yes, it'll over-hop .30s. That's the stock rubber that's had probably a hundred rounds through it, at room temperature, at 20m range. Geoff's .30g Bio Natural Precision BB's. Operated by a non-expert user Now obviously I may have so much hop wound on at this point that the fps might be unusably low, and I definitely saw some variability in the trajectories (though that's perhaps down to the new hop rubber, and the newness of the gun as a whole, and me only firing a couple of shots at each setting, with a battery that probably needs a recharge) but it's definitely lifting them successfully. I'll probably order a big bag of 0.28s just to play it a little safe, but when I'm at the site next I'll try to get a chrono reading with the 0.30s Absolutely loving the look and feel of this, and the binary trigger... lurrrrrrvly!

As I'm going to run mine stock at least for a couple of games, can someone recommend the best BB weight to use... I'm thinking .25g to make sure it can hop 'em in cold weather, but of course I'd like to go heavier if it'll work...?

Cheers guys - but actually MPA airsoft sell pre-cut poly discs from 25mm up, as lens protectors. I had identified them as the best source, but the p&p was a bit much for something that could go in a letter envelope. So I pooh-poohed it. "Never pooh-pooh a pooh-pooh". Useful advice, I'm sure you'll agree. Anyway, turns out Nunfa1 is calling in there today and has offered to pick up a couple for me and post them on. Top chap!