Colin Allen

I suspect that you did not mean that to sound arrogant, but it did.

Do you enjoy making yourself appear foolish? A couple of friends and I carried out experiments on joule creep using AEGs, GBBs and HPAs years ago when we were marshalling at a site and HPA was just becoming a thing. Joule creep exists; however, its potential negative effects can be managed through proper chronoing procedures, random in-game checking and developing a culture where HPA users are required to reset and lock their systems if the temperature changes. It seems that you have chosen not to do that, but have chosen to impose an arbitrary rule on HPA users. Why don't you do the same to GBB users? Their guns are also susceptible to joule creep.

I am pointing out that your statements do not validate your approach to HPA; that is not being argumentative. There is neither love nor hate in this discussion; if you think there is hate, you probably need to become somewhat less sensitive.

None of which provides a valid reason for restricting HPA users to a lower power output.

You have not provided a rationale for limiting HPA to a lower power than other weapons.

That is pretty conclusive.

Ares pistons have a habit of doing that. They are junk.

Was that Graham McLellan?

I think you have ? Did you get the Ares sorted?

What weight BBs are you using? If you are using, for example, 0.25g, being just below 300FPS is not a problem. If you are going to work on a gun, you really need to buy a chrono. What did you lube with silicone oil? Gears should not be lubed with it; you need to use something like Super Lube or gun grease. It is possible that you have got silicone oil on the hop rubber, which could explain the very short range. A new spring is only worth investing in if doing everything listed does not drag the power up to where it should be. If everything is sealing, you should only need an M100 or M105 spring.

The only safe thing to do is to decide that he is a cnut and wait to see if he proves not to be.

What is the current FPS? Clean the barrel, check that the hop rubber is intact, open the gearbox and check that the piston head O ring and cylinder head O ring are sealing; if they are not replace them with parts from https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/. Also check that there is no leak between the nozzle and the cylinder head pipe; if there is, get a new nozzle with an internal O ring, if one is available for the G&G L85. If you want to improve range and accuracy, get an XT barrel, a Maple Leaf Macaron hop rubber and a red Omega nub from https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/.

That is a different organisation that has nothing to do with airsoft.

None of the above, apart from being a three letter site indicator followed by a five digit number.

I suspect that we are not his target market. Having spent more time than I care to in Stoke, I hate to think who his target market are.

There is not a requirement to play three games in three months; it is three games in not less than 56 days.

To keep an active UKARA registration, you just have to play 3 games at one site in more than 56 days. Playing three times a year at the same site qualifies you; is that really so difficult for you?

The chap was returning to his homeland and could not take it with him. The gun needs a couple of hours work to get it running nicely and I will then decide whether I keep it or sell it.

This week, I picked up the following for £100: LCT AK74 5 AK magazines Padded gun bag Baofeng UV5R radio SRVV belt rig

Because you were not doing anything illegal.

Which would be approximately none of them.

Based on that, it does appear that Just-Cos’ insurance does not protect individual cosplayers as it covers events put on by Just-Cos. The membership is being mis-sold.

Super, many thanks!

Does anyone know, or would anyone be kind enough to measure, the thread size and length of the upper screw that holds a solid stock on an LCT AK74?

They describe themselves as a club, so are possibly set up as an unincorporated association.