Retailer selling airsoft in Athlone

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Well lads i informed Gerry from Scully guns and Tackle in Athlone about the recent changes in law a couple of weeks ago[lifelong friend of my father].And after he confirmed the legality of them and what not hes just ordered a pile of airsoftguns and possibly other bits aswell [dont know which or how many or anything yet but their will be more 2 come ]

just tought id let ye know

Dave!

COOL! Fair play to ye. Make sure he knows to be smart about it and not sell it to kids, or else he may end up in trouble about it and we may end up with no sport

MaxForce

Thats great news. I have informed Duffys in Galway of the same and Brian said he would look into it. I can tell him now that Scully's in Athlone are getting into it so maybe that will force him to keep up with the trend.

Scope let us know when he gets the stuff in. A local supplier for consumables, gas and ammo would be great.:)

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He will be smart about it dave dont worry about that, I stand corrected on that "pile of weapons" bit .hes ordered a few just to see what their like 1st but it wont be long before bigger shipments are made methinks

Spitfire666

will he be getting anything substacial in for example the star para saw? or will he take orders? the one i was going to look at is now sold and i didnt get to go to pred as the airsoftireland website lost about 3weeks activity so my account was deleted along with the contact number of the guy i was buying it from.

Dave!

That's good to hear Scope.

Spitfire, I doubt the fella is at the stage yet -- he's just learning about it for the moment. Maybe in the future

Spitfire666

didnt think so...lol. i'm still cursing that website. the saw was going for a little of 300quid. what a way to start off in the sport of airsoft....predator with a saw and a borrowed famas, alas, it was not ment to be.

Dave!

Spitfire666 wrote:

didnt think so...lol. i'm still cursing that website. the saw was going for a little of 300quid. what a way to start off in the sport of airsoft....predator with a saw and a borrowed famas, alas, it was not ment to be.

It's probably to our benefit that it didn't work out Wouldn't fancy bein against that!

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thats ****y spitfire ya'd have most of us in fits of jealousy if ya get that beast:) hope ya do get 1 sometime its just the most savage looking lmg ever

Spitfire666

its just a minor set back. im determined to get my hands on one now so it'll just be a delayed situation. unless i find something even more destructive.

Spitfire666

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thats ****y spitfire ya'd have most of us in fits of jealousy if ya get that beast:) hope ya do get 1 sometime its just the most savage looking lmg ever

I know, im tempted to trace the guy who bought it and....... persuade.....(yes, that'll do)..... him to part with it. I wanted it based on the look of terror it would envoke as mush as i wanted it to use!

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ya going 2 keep looking for a 2nd hand 1? ive seen em around for $500 new dunno what ya think of that price but nyway.Would be unreal having that as your first skirmish gun lol

Dave!

Spitfire666 wrote:

its just a minor set back. im determined to get my hands on one now so it'll just be a delayed situation. unless i find something even more destructive.

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Spitfire666

well that one was the only one ive seen at all, id say its fairly rare one comes up second hand, you would want to be fairly devoted to the gun to buy it.
Believe it or not the 500 doesnt sound to bad......if ya say it fast mid sentence and keep talking.
As for it as a first gun, well, my moto is
"Start big, and pick on the little guy."

Spitfire666

DaveMcG wrote:

Start saving

Ya know something, i seen the mini gun on a wolfarmories ad in max power and had to talk myself out of buying one. i actuly checked the balance in my bank account before coming to my senses.

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Thank god.:rolleyes: .

Spitfire666

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Thank god.:rolleyes: .

my wallet said that too. i think buying that gun would have been like when nissan introduced the skyline to group b racing, it just killed everything so the sport ended. that gun would be too powerful to fight against.

o1s1n

something about the lack of finesse to those guns that would really turn me off

a bit too "point and spray" for my liking

Spitfire666

cant beat a bit of mindless rampage to creleave a bit of tension in the shoulders after the softly softly picking of sniping.

o1s1n

or totally annoying snipers by keeping them pinned down with one for the whole game :D:D

Spitfire666

now your getting the idea

o1s1n

you might wanna start looking for a cheap bb retailer!

Spitfire666

ive noticed that most of the bb's pictured with the guns are white, is there a reason for this or will the usual yellow bbs fit too as i have 1000's of those.

Dave!

I don't think the colour makes a difference. I got about 100 free white ones with the gun, and bought 4000 which also happen to be white. But all the ones I've had before this are blue or yellow.

I think it's just at the discretion of the producer.

o1s1n

never EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER *gasp* EVER EVER EVER EVER ...


EVER

use cheap .12g yellow bbs in an expensive AEG. especially something like a SAW with a high rate of fire.

total internal destruction

o1s1n

Never!!!!

o1s1n

NEVER EVER EVER EVER


in any expensive aeg.


those little crappy things are only good in cheap 20 quid springers. and even then i wouldnt

Spitfire666

ever?......lol

Ok, so i geuss i have just got a few thousand rounds for my newly confiscated KWC sig saur pistol then.

o1s1n

sorry for the quadruple post, this is just a very VERY important point to make.

plus, never EVER EVER EVER reuse bbs.

but im sure you already knew that.
seriously like. if you wanna make your AEG last more then 4 months.

i bet this'll stick in your head now.

Marge Simpson was right, repetition works

Dave!

o1s1n wrote:

sorry for the quadruple post, this is just a very VERY important point to make.

plus, never EVER EVER EVER reuse bbs.

but im sure you already knew that.
seriously like. if you wanna make your AEG last more then 4 months.

Ahh come on, NEVER reuse BBs? Of course don't use the ones that have been broken in half or dented, but I would think that the BB manufacturers just tell you not to use them at all because it means you buy more!

Spitfire666

i wouldnt reuse bbs anyway just because i couldnt be arsed picking them all up.

o1s1n

okay...dave...do you want me to shout NEVER at you another 30 times? lolol

when you fire a bb, it gets deformed in the air. it gets deformed when it hits something. it picks up dirt.

put that in your expensive finely tuned AEG and im telling you, the dirt will fuk up your mechbox (even small dirt you cant really see, build up over time)the fact that aegs, especially yours and mine have such a high rate of fire, that deformed bbs, even slightly, flying through it repeatidly really can mess it up quick..

as someone said to be before, bbs are really like used cleanex. theyre worthless. spending 20 or 30 a month on them is nothing when compared to having to buy a new AEG.

MaxForce

MaxForce wrote:

Thats great news. I have informed Duffys in Galway of the same and Brian said he would look into it. I can tell him now that Scully's in Athlone are getting into it so maybe that will force him to keep up with the trend.

Scope let us know when he gets the stuff in. A local supplier for consumables, gas and ammo would be great.:)

I spoke with Brian in Duffys today. His outlook on it is that he is going to go to the local Super and hash out a few bits with him. He does want to start selling them and is aware of the change in law but he does not for see starting to sell them until the new year if all goes well.

EyesOnly

this is great news, not to far from either galway or athlone so im sitting in the right spot ;p

o1s1n

i take it he'd a responsible enough person? i was horrified when i heard they were selling springers at toys for big boys. i wish i had of gone now. would have liked to see the age group they were selling them to

MaxForce

o1s1n wrote:

sorry for the quadruple post, this is just a very VERY important point to make.

plus, never EVER EVER EVER reuse bbs.

but im sure you already knew that.
seriously like. if you wanna make your AEG last more then 4 months.

i bet this'll stick in your head now.

Marge Simpson was right, repetition works

How about if you use a collection box. I made a box reinforced with 3 layers of cardboard. I can clip targets onto it and the box will collect the BB's for me.:D

Fiach Dubh

Even a BB that looks perfect after being fired can have hairline fractures that you can't see, if it shatters in the barrel when you fire you've got problems. I wouldn't recycle BB's unless I one day got tired of having an AEG with a mechbox that worked LOL

o1s1n

by all means use a catcher to minimize the cleanup and reuse in crappy guns. maybe even in a cheap bolt action rifle as they only fire one at a time (still not recommended though) but seriously. in your AEG? that's madness. it'll be broken quite soon if you keep doing that

Harekin

Can you not hear us?

DONT REUSE ANY BBS!!

EDIT: Had to add more tags!

o1s1n

i know its like people just dont want to listen. seriously. bbs are totally inexpensive. thats the great thing about this sport. you only have to spend pennies on ammunition. 6000 bottle only costs twelve pounds and last a good while. why risk ruining your gun? in the long run your wallet will be damaged a hell of a lot more.

MaxForce

Harekin wrote:

Can you not hear us?

DONT REUSE ANY BBS!!

EDIT: Had to add more tags!

OK SHEEEEZ Its a good job we cant all hear you cos you would blow or ears off:D

o1s1n

hey, if screaming is what it takes so people wont reuse bbs, i'm ready to scream my head off

Harekin

Mise freisin!!

SpitfireIV

Harekin wrote:

Can you not hear us?

DONT REUSE ANY BBS!!

EDIT: Had to add more tags!

I got 500 bb's during the summer, and I'm still using the same ones now, been recycled a number of times by now .

I think telling people NOT to reuse bb's is a bit harsh, it depends on whether they are using a padded target trap (like I am, which is fine, there is NO damage done to them), or hopping them off a wall/fence, in which case it'd be a bit dodgy. Also depends on what type of gun they are using, ie a bb breaking in a bolt action rifle isnt going to cause near as much damage as being broke in a AEG gear box.

And most important.....its there own choice, if they want to make s$%^e of there aeg then its there problem, they have been warned (god knows they've been warned!)

o1s1n

actually about 20 minutes ago im after throwing out about 1000 spent bbs. i have a sheet at the top of my garden that i let them all gather in.

whether you use them in a padded trap or hop them off a wall doesnt really matter. bbs deform in flight.

minor deformities that the eye can not see. like the actual spherical shape being altered. this will scratch and damage the inner barrel.if one does this, imagine what 15 a second in a row would do? not to mention cause jams. i really think you need to read some of the horror stories ive seen online about people reusing them. seriously, dont be posting saying stuff like that. AEGs breaking down of their own accord is one thing. but due to carelessness? come on man! its just silly. and for the sake of simply just buying a few more bbs? the money you are saving now is just going to be spent ten fold when you have to buy a new gun.

do...you...not...see...that?

SpitfireIV

o1s1n wrote:

whether you use them in a padded trap or hop them off a wall doesnt really matter. bbs deform in flight.

I honestly cant see how a bb could deform that much, so as to damage a barrell when being fired to 20-40m at approx 300fps and being stopped by a loose net. I'm not being smart, but I see no problem re-using them in MY gun, and if someone else feels they want to reuse them let them, its there gun, there money, there problem, like I said, they've had enough warning!

(by the way, I know nothing of the workings of an AEG, my comments were based on bolt action weapons)

o1s1n

well what are you going to do at a skirmish? fire your 500 and then run around the site trying to pick them all up?


sorry, that WAS a bit smart. funny though

okay well fair enough. i could compare it to reusing toilet paper. but i wont go on.
its just something you dont do. if you want to reuse them, fair enough. but dont post up online that its somehow okay to reuse as someone might take what you said, think "fair enough", reuse all their bbs and two months later have a fuked up mechbox.

i can advise about certain things, but one thing i do NOT have a clue about is how to fix mechboxes.
actually im tempted to buy one and take it apart just to see the mechanics. but thats another topic altogether

SpitfireIV

o1s1n wrote:

well what are you going to do at a skirmish? fire your 500 and then run around the site trying to pick them all up?

Reduce, re-use, recycle .....I'm doing design, so we're though to conserve........so, its an idea

I hear what you're saying, I'd still be skeptical though, but listen people DONT RE-USE BB's in your airsoft weapons..........if you do, and damage your gun, its YOUR FAULT!! :eek:

Tha' should dooooooo it!

o1s1n

well...i'm doing Fine Art, which deff does not have me conserving things. paint all over the place on a daily basis. including me


wait wtf, this thread is about a retailer selling airsoft in Athlone.

*jumps back on topic*

Miscreant

Retailers in Athlone and Galway eh? Sounds great. I usually pass through both counties on a regular basis. Thinking of getting a GBB (Mariu P226) but the only thing putting me off at the moment is the lack of availibility of the proper gas. I could order the gas from Wolf but they charge €48 for postage so that is a bit steep. I would say that by next summer there will be a few places around the country selling Airsoft gear and weapons. As long as they are responsible about who they are selling to then cool.....

o1s1n

if you want cheap postage on gas check out www.firesupport.co.uk

i bought a bottle of gas, bbs and some silicone oil from them a while back. i think the postage was under ten pounds.

bottle of gas may be a fiver to post.