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What can I trade my points in for?

I missed a trick by not opening a new thread to ask if we could have the search character limit reduced. Ya win some ya lose some I guess.

Please get Devastator to reduce the search query character length minimum to 3 rather than 4. Will clear up a lot of issues.

It's possible your bucking had just slipped or something - mine rotated almost 90 degrees after the first 500 shots! I'm still having to clock in almost 130psi to hit the equivalent of 350 with mine but it's a 500mm wide bore so I'm losing air like crazy anyway. The parts will shift a lot during break in. Are you being sure to tighten well and putting loctite on the parts? If you need to get it apart you can use a heat gun (though be careful if you're getting that much heat near the bucking). Depends on how it performs regarding the ORGA barrel. If it's working like you want it then a barrel upgrade is probably pointless. If not, grab one as it's the final variable here after you've broken it in.

I might give them a try. I've given Devil .30s a go in my M249 but I can't tell if they're any good as that thing chops like there's no tomorrow until it hits the 8-10k mark.

Where do you source yours? RWA UK?

That's a bummer. You'd have thought it would be something they'd think of too if the same technology is being applied to those for tactical entry teams and the like. The concept is certainly cool though - if I can find out more about them I might go for something similar as not having a big old mic boom is certainly a plus for me.

I was going to put this in the simple questions thread, but I feel it probably needs multiple inputs so here goes nothing. I recently got a Baofeng UV-5R. Whilst I'm waiting for my licence to come through, I've been wondering about headsets. I've got a budget of up to £80, and I'd ideally like something that gives me as much situational audio as possible too (so single-ear headsets would be nice). I'm wondering what you've all tried and what to avoid and if bone induction earpieces are viable at all or if they're still kind of naff. Thanks all. Oh and it's the Kenwood 2-pin type headsets that is accepts if I've understood the rather brief manual correctly.

Another terrible L96 paint job for you all to enjoy!

I'm still only about 5k into my break-in because of the fact that it's so loud, heh. Good that it's going well. I'm considering making some sort of HPA system for a DMR to replace the one I sold next year. Possibly SMP, but the new PDiKs looks good as it doesn't require an FCU.

TNK are just the retailer. HPAirsoft do them too.

Yes. Also, this thread.

Maybe consider something like an MP7 or MP5 then. A compromise between the two.

Glocks are always a good choice. The Marui clones (and indeed the Marui ones) are great and easy to find parts for. They're generic, but they get the job done. As for CQB, gas is a good bet because of the trigger respsonse. Springers don't fire fast enough but lots of people get by with the springer tri-shot shotguns. AEGs are fine too really but you might lose out on those corner shots if you're up against someone who can fire a bit quicker. In reality though you'll probably just trade kills. You can certainly get by in CQB with an AEG if that's what you're asking. When starting out, dumping money on a pistol is almost always a bad idea because they're not very versatile and can be pricey (magazines and gas). If you've not got an AEG then get something nice and generic if you're not sure what's best and then you'll always have something to fall back on if you find that the pistol/sniper rifle you think looks cool doesn't work out for you.

Not this again, heh. Yeh, you want that CO2 to go through a regulator or some sites will ban it. Don't bother with pistols like Monty says as they always shoot hot.

You can get the Visionking 1.5-5x32 if you need that extra FOV. Obviously the objective is bigger though so it doesn't quite have that short-dot look, but functionally they're excellent.

It's like a budget but he can only buy his airsoft stuff on eBay.

£50 - rent. If not, £180 minimum. £120 for your gun, £30 for your eyepro, BBs and an extra magazine and £25-30 for your entry fee. Airsoft is kind of all about how much you're comfortable with spending. It's a part of what makes it a great hobby. Read the stickies on this forum. 90% of 'I'm a new player what do I do about X' questions have already been answered so many times that they have their own threads. Edit Was going to edit in the above links. Damnet Monty.

I think that's just what he wanted to confirm with you.

Airsoft Peak is 18% off for the next 24 hours if you use the code Armistice. 1 order per account as far as I can tell.

I see.

Wat? The 'max bid' system they have in place completely denies any sniping and has for years, right? :S

All AEGs have adjustable hops there days (anything built in the last 5 years really). I don't even think you can find non-hopped guns except for some collectors items.

Ok, what's new?

Well as we discussed on the other pages, it's basically only possible to hit about the equivalent of 550 fps with a .20 with Joule creep. Unless you're cheating the crono with other weights, above that isn't going to happen.