Galvatron

I'm curious how he managed to spend £480 on the rest of kit other than being taken for a ride.

https://prefired.co.uk/ads/bulldog-airsoft/ No rear sight, probably in need of a service on its gearbox. Seller wants more than retail prices for the gun. https://www.justbbguns.co.uk/bulldog-m4pi-ris-cqb-airsoft-gun/

Welcome to the money pit of fun!

It's not for me personally. My eye has a tendency to twitch when people say the paint job is "easy to remove". Surely returning a gun as close to its stock condition as possible makes it more resellable?

I can't help with your question though it may be worth looking at the JG variant too.

I didn't imply. You perceived. The two aren't the same.

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/two-tone-replicas/gas-powered_2/vorsk-vpx-two-tone-no-mag_i82240 The seller wants 60% of retail for a two-tone. Fair enough... until you find it doesn't come with its mag and that its magwell retaining pin has been replaced with a different pin. I always wanted an uncompetitively priced two-tone where it's unclear if the "different pin" is a like for like replacement or if it's a bit of a bodge job as the image is less than detailed.

I'm aware of the Patrol Base listing, thanks. I'd seen the chain since it was on Whatsapp, let alone get on to Used Airsoft. It may be technically retail because it's got a separate warranty but it's still going to be viewed as a third-party custom job (albeit produced on a small scale) because an OEM supplied an AEG, many of whose parts were replaced with upgrades. People aren't going to care about the technicality of it being a retail job, they're going to care about the G&G SR-15 base and its upgrades and how much they cost against the buyer's asking price.

I played up at Gunman Airsoft's Tuddenham site on Sunday. I booked in advance so signing on had no hassle and getting chrono tested was very straightforward. Primaries were tagged with one colour cable tie and bolt-action snipers, DMRs and LMGs were given a different colour to point out they were MED-restricted and thus not allowed to be used in the village section of the site - a sidearm had to be used in that case. The game rules were a bit challenging even for more experienced players but it added some variety even if the heat was on the forefront of a lot of our minds so I've probably recalled one or two things incorrectly. In both games, we had a 3-hit rule before we had to return to respawn. The first 2 times we were hit, we had to go to a knee or sit and call for an unwounded player to patch us up in a 20-second count with both of their hands on our shoulder, taking them out of being able to shoot also. On your 3rd hit, you were KIA and had to return to respawn to start over. If after 2 minutes, you weren't rescued and patched up or you deemed it too risky to be helped, you could declare yourself KIA and return to respawn. You could crawl to a teammate but if you were hit again while crawling, you'd be KIA (regardless of it being your 2nd or 3rd hit) or if either you or your teammate had their hands on your shoulder to patch you up and either of you were hit you would both be KIA (regardless of it being your 2nd or 3rd hit or your teammate's 1st, 2nd or 3rd) and have to return to respawn. Due to the risk of grass and bush fires, pyro was limited to Mk 5s, EG Flashbangs and BFG/IGs and they could only be used inside buildings - anyone inside a given building number where pyro was thrown was KIA when it detonated The morning game was a 3-way contest between two street gangs (red vs green teams) versus police (blue team - mostly marshals). The street gangs had to collect a narcotics package and return it to their respawn point but only "mules" (dedicated players with an orange armband) could pick up and return the packages so it was beneficial to set a strategy using players as cover for the mule when retrieving the package. The returned packages would be converted to product for the afternoon game for the street gangs' objectives. The blue team had to prevent "arrest" gang members on either side and collect their blue tag and if they collected half as many tags as there were street gang players, they would win. They also had to hinder the collection of the packages. After the lunch break, we went back out and those running gas weapons were retested on the chrono. Anyone above the limit had to either power down their gun or wasn't allowed to field it. One bloke had to put aside his sidearm but he caused no fuss at all as he wasn't running a DMR or sniper rifle. In the afternoon game, the street gangs retreieved packages were converted to product, which needed to be deposited in a safety deposit box on a given area at the site per gang. Each drop could only be completed with product, premium product and cash, the latter 2 of which could be retrieved from across the site only by the mules so again, the street gangs had to strategise to make their drops while the police had to thwart their efforts and continue collecting tags with their arrests with the aim of getting at least half of them. When you score a hit on an opposing gang member you could either claim their product if you saw them carrying it or you could ask if they were carrying if you couldn't see it and they were obliged to disclose and surrender it but only if you asked. Of course, you had to tread carefully to steal their product as you risked being hit by their teammates. Despite the weather, gameplay was good with people calling hits, there were no arguments the marshals were aware of. There was some really good teamwork from all 3 sides to push forward, distract attention, offer cover for mules (gangs), provide supressive fire, etc. I was running a Double Eagle Noveske N4 MWS GBBR as my primary along with a WE Hi-Capa 4.3 as my sidearm.

When you spend that much on a custom gun built by a third party, you have to anticipate a massive loss when trying to resell it as that example isn't what you'd call a collectible. As the seller has mentioned nothing about the original G&G parts still being included, I will assume the base gun has lost more value because it can't be returned to factory spec (ignoring wear and tear) so the value of the upgraded parts only reduces the loss instead of preserving value if that makes sense.

Is he talking about the bag of smack and the mass spectroscopy tools to verify its purity that acount for £720 of his asking price? I bet he's the type of person who gets pissy when he hears the same question over and over without any sales.

That really grinds my gears. It's like someone admitted they'd done something taboo or downright reprehensible but they ask you not to judge them because they deserved to be condemned. Some people have very sheltered lives not to understand that especially when it comes to your own decisions, you're going to be judged. Some are more constructive than others when they're critical but you're going to be judged regardless.

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/rif-s/electric-powered/bundle-aap-01c-pistol-and-lancer-tactical-m4-and-more_i81041 Seller wants £400 but hasn't specified the model of his Lancer Tactical M4, which internal upgrades it's had done, nor is there a photo of the non-description green gun bag

Classic example of having a tech work on your gun then passing on that labour cost (or some of it) to the buyer. Similar story of "You're paying on top for the upgraded internals but I'm not supplying the originals while I still charge X% of the original cost of the gun".

https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/39484-ghk-akm-v3-gbbr Our old friend is still peddling retal priced guns. At RRP, is he paying VAT and providing a warranty for the gun?

I assume under that foam inside the case is a stash of whatever illegal substance he was on?

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/air-guns/air-rifles_1/m56b-airsoft-shotgun-with-multi-shot-system_i81561 https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/air-guns/air-rifles_1/m4-style-aeg-automatic-electric-gun-airsoft-rifle_i81563 Seller regurgitates some text off the internet, possibly from an AI prompt. Doesn't bother to list a price or say she's open to offers.

I usually take that as a euphemism for being something you technically can skirmish but really, really don't want to.

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/other-equipment/collection-of-airsoft-back-garden-shooters_i80781 Did somebody get stung by or bored with a couple of mystery boxes from one the the retailers with "BB Guns" in their name?

Some WhatsApp chats were insufferable. It wasn't just the slurs, it's the memes lampooning those with disabilities and other shock jock behaviour. I didn't ask for that shit on my phone. I have a dark, childish and often distasteful sense of humour but there's a time and place. The worst is where you find 100+ unread messages and you'd be lucky to find 5% of them to actually discuss airsoft. I do appreciate that some chats have somewhat strict rules to keep the discussion to sales and tech/equipment advice only and use the dedicated chat if they want to dick about.

https://prefired.co.uk/ads/aap-01c-custom-build/ "Too many parts to list", apparently. Is that to prevent people from checking if it's completely overpriced and/or that you're charging for an AAP-01 that's become Trigger's Broom?

I would say £850 is your ballpark. The return spring, hop bucking & nub along with the furniture will only add so much value as they're replacing rather than adding to the stock items. Especially with the stock and grip, if you had the originals, you could boost the value by at least £50 as they'd be listed as an addition instead of a swap. I'd say the sling and handstop (as you said it was cheap) would be where people may try to haggle on the price so I didn't factor them into my valuation.

Almost returned to stock now - an NPAS valve should come as standard with GBBRs these days to be honest. At that price, I'll be surprised if the listing lasts 3 or 4 hours.

Do you know if it's completely stock or if the previous owner tinkered with it? Being an ARP9, I can see players swapping out the motor for a higher speed model to increase the rate of fire on full auto even further but coming at the expense of single-shot performance. If you've got semi lock, one of the causes can be that your motor isn't producing enough torque on a single cycle to drive the gears and piston.

Gunnery Sgt Hartman's reaction to finding a jam donut in Private Lyle's foot locker from Full Metal Jacket springs to mind.