I bought my first aeg

wideangle

I have been keeping an eye on this board since airsoft became allowed in Ireland.When I saw the thread stating a ban might be on the way I searched the web and bought a aeg.
It only cost me 75 euro including postage and a jar of ammo,so not sure if it is a clone or one like ye all have.But what I have seen of yer guns they usually cost alot more.
I am in Cork are there any other airsofters down this way?
I got it just to see what my aim was like and if a group ever got togeather down hear I could join in or whatever.

kdouglas

congrats on your first purchase, you'll soon be wanting more no doubt

what aeg did you get?

for 75 euro its gonna be a clone, but nothing wrong with that

post a link to it if you have one.

wideangle

Thanks for the respect.
It is an m83 it came with add ons such as,flash light,red dot sight,handle,saftey glasses,handle,silencer,battery and charger.
The battery was allready installed and charged so it was ready for use straight away.
I got the link to the site in a thread here so I'll have a look for it as the reciept says their trading name.:cool:

This is the one: http://www.airsoft-warrior.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=265

Harekin

I dunno about that gun tbh man...not gonna say anything till you get it tho.

CrazyRabbit

Well for a first AEG, and considering there are no skirmish sites anywhere near you (yet), I think it's fine. Probably all plastic, and on the lower end of the power scale, but still fun around the back garden and in the house.

Just be careful with it and stay safe....goggles should be worn at all times, even when just playing around at home.

Great price too, so if you end up not liking airsoft, at least you haven't wasted hundreds of euro.

Evolute

Great to hear that there is another airsofter in Ireland althought the onyl thing i will say seening as it will be a clone do not use the bbs that are being sent with it because they are probably a very low grade bb and may damage your gun. Just check and make sure that they are perfectly smooth:)

Spitfire666

also, those extras could be used with other airsofts if you upgrade later

wideangle

Harekin wrote:

I dunno about that gun tbh man...not gonna say anything till you get it tho.

I allready have it,arrived last week.I do not think it is anywhere near one joule limit but have not really tested it out properly both our neigbours have dogs and when I fire it out the back they bark like mad!!

ED E

link dont work..

thecivvie

They seem to have been down for awhile. I was going to get the Spetsnaz from them, they they were hacked and so I went to Airsoft Warehouse. But saying that Airsoft Warriors prices seem to be good

MaxForce

wideangle wrote:

I have been keeping an eye on this board since airsoft became allowed in Ireland.When I saw the thread stating a ban might be on the way I searched the web and bought a aeg.
It only cost me 75 euro including postage and a jar of ammo,so not sure if it is a clone or one like ye all have.But what I have seen of yer guns they usually cost alot more.
I am in Cork are there any other airsofters down this way?
I got it just to see what my aim was like and if a group ever got togeather down hear I could join in or whatever.

Hi welcome to the group. My first AEG was a DE SIG552 and it was the real low end. But it got me interested and it was great fun. Came with all the extras yours came with and when I got my MP5K I used some of the extras on it. Any way best of luck, have funa and be safe.

Harekin

Harekin wrote:

I dunno about that gun tbh man...not gonna say anything till you get it tho.

Wow, how freekin negative of me. Sorry dude!! Welcome to Airsoft. Let me advise you of one thing tho...if you really enjoy shooting targets and stuff...wait till you skirmish for the first time!

MaxForce

wideangle wrote:

I allready have it,arrived last week.I do not think it is anywhere near one joule limit but have not really tested it out properly both our neigbours have dogs and when I fire it out the back they bark like mad!!

Check out this thread Details on how to build your own chrono. I tried it and it did work but the results varied. But it might give you an idea of your AEG's power. If its anything like the DE SIG552 I got last year(my first AEG) it will be around .5J. If you try it let us know how you go.

Pinkeh

wideangle wrote:

Thanks for the respect.
It is an m83 it came with add ons such as,flash light,red dot sight,handle,saftey glasses,handle,silencer,battery and charger.
The battery was allready installed and charged so it was ready for use straight away.
I got the link to the site in a thread here so I'll have a look for it as the reciept says their trading name.:cool:

This is the one: http://www.airsoft-warrior.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=265

This website seems to no longer exist. BEWARE, as my son has recently ordered (and paid in full with the help of his not so online aware dad and paypal) £75.00 of guns almost 3 weeks ago from this site with no delivery. Delivery was stated to be 3-5 working days. We have emailed and called the phone numbers several times with no reply and have now raised a dispute with paypal, as it seems obvious we have been scammed URGH! :mad:

o1s1n

Ah! Why did you buy from a site we had no experience with? I hope you can get this sorted.

kdouglas

Pinkeh wrote:

This website seems to no longer exist. BEWARE, as my son has recently ordered (and paid in full with the help of his not so online aware dad and paypal) £75.00 of guns almost 3 weeks ago from this site with no delivery. Delivery was stated to be 3-5 working days. We have emailed and called the phone numbers several times with no reply and have now raised a dispute with paypal, as it seems obvious we have been scammed URGH! :mad:

ouch, sorry to hear...

you've probably already done this, but if not, get onto your bank straight away and get them to cancel the payment, if it's not too late, they may be able to reverse the funds, not sure if this is possible or not though. failing that then you may get your money back after about a month or so

Edit: oh and dont let this put you off, unfortunately scams do happen online, but generally it's the exception rather than the rule

Pinkeh

o1s1n wrote:

Ah! Why did you buy from a site we had no experience with? I hope you can get this sorted.

Thanks I hope so too.

It was my hubby who caved in to our sons nagging one night, and hes a bit of a noob when it comes to the net lol! I knew nothing about it at the time. I like to think if it was me ordering I would have checked things out properly, as I have ordered many things online before with no problems at all.

kdouglas

ah the good ol' days when you could nag your parents into getting what you want... being grown up (well sorta) is just no fun

Pinkeh

kdouglas wrote:

ouch, sorry to hear...

you've probably already done this, but if not, get onto your bank straight away and get them to cancel the payment, if it's not too late, they may be able to reverse the funds, not sure if this is possible or not though. failing that then you may get your money back after about a month or so

Edit: oh and dont let this put you off, unfortunately scams do happen online, but generally it's the exception rather than the rule

Yes thanks kdouglas As its paypal, I cant get the money back unless paypal choose to refund us after an investigation, so time will tell, although I'm not hopeful.

Normally I would pay direct by credit card which insures against these things, but this time the credit card paid paypal.

Pinkeh

kdouglas wrote:

ah the good ol' days when you could nag your parents into getting what you want... being grown up (well sorta) is just no fun

Lol! exactly!

o1s1n

Pinkeh wrote:

Thanks I hope so too.

It was my hubby who caved in to our sons nagging one night, and hes a bit of a noob when it comes to the net lol! I knew nothing about it at the time. I like to think if it was me ordering I would have checked things out properly, as I have ordered many things online before with no problems at all.

I just did a search and the site seems to have been hacked. There was a thread about it on here a little while ago (which i seem to have totally missed)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055063411

If you need a list of reputable airsoft dealers once you get this sorted with paypal, I'm sure we could help you out.

Harekin

It looks like a database error on the site...Id say it'll be back soon!

o1s1n

Couple more posts from some random forum about the site. Dated three weeks ago.

i have ordered something off of airsoft-warrior.com but now they have been hacked by chinese people and i dont know what to do .
i mean like how can i find out whats happeningwith the order . ive tryed emailingthe company butthe message cannot be delivered ! HELP

i bought £70 worth of stuff off that website and 3 weeks later its still now shown up

It would seem a lot of people must have been messed up.

Pinkeh

o1s1n wrote:

I just did a search and the site seems to have been hacked. There was a thread about it on here a little while ago (which i seem to have totally missed)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055063411

If you need a list of reputable airsoft dealers once you get this sorted with paypal, I'm sure we could help you out.

Thanks very much

(Although I doubt if hacking would explain the non answering of mails and phone calls made to the supplier.)

o1s1n

Pinkeh wrote:

Thanks very much

(Although I doubt if hacking would explain the non answering of mails and phone calls made to the supplier.)

Maybe their paypal account was stolen along with the website being messed up. All their funds would have been taken, leaving them no money to refund customers. This may explain the lack of replies!

All just speculation mind you.

If you bought through paypal then your credit card company should insure 100% for internet purchases. Had a similar problem last summer. One phone call and it was all sorted.

Pinkeh

o1s1n wrote:

Couple more posts from some random forum about the site. Dated three weeks ago.

i have ordered something off of airsoft-warrior.com but now they have been hacked by chinese people and i dont know what to do .
i mean like how can i find out whats happeningwith the order . ive tryed emailingthe company butthe message cannot be delivered ! HELP

i bought £70 worth of stuff off that website and 3 weeks later its still now shown up

It would seem a lot of people must have been messed up.

Yes I saw that one when I googled, which is when I realised things werent right. Thanks anyway o1s1n

CrazyRabbit

Paypal are pretty decent with handling disputes. And any company that cons customers would quickly lose their Paypal services which would only hurt them.

It may take a few weeks, but I'm sure you'll get a refund (minus the 3 point something paypal standard fee).

o1s1n

CrazyRabbit wrote:

Paypal are pretty decent with handling disputes. And any company that cons customers would quickly lose their Paypal services which would only hurt them.

It may take a few weeks, but I'm sure you'll get a refund (minus the 3 point something paypal standard fee).

Actually, paypal kept nagging me for details and print outs/scans of things before they'd give a refund. Annoyed with all the fuss I just contacted the credit card company and they refunded a week later no questions asked.

Not saying that's the way to do it mind you..happened to work for me though.

Spitfire666

kdouglas wrote:

ah the good ol' days when you could nag your parents into getting what you want... being grown up (well sorta) is just no fun

Nagging still works. im in the process of nagging my man into letting me buy a car ( along the lines of bmw m3 convertable/skyline/supra) in her name that she will be insured on so that i can drive it and get insured.

Its working too.

CrazyRabbit

Spitfire666 wrote:

Nagging still works. im in the process of nagging my man into letting me buy a car ( along the lines of bmw m3 convertable/skyline/supra) in her name that she will be insured on so that i can drive it and get insured.

Its working too.

The thought of you getting a car that goes 140mph+ scares the hell outta me. Let me know where you're driving in advance, so I can avoid that area completely.

o1s1n

CrazyRabbit wrote:

The thought of you getting a car that goes 140mph+ scares the hell outta me. Let me know where you're driving in advance, so I can avoid that area completely.

Just listen out for the sonic booms. That should give you fair warning!

Evolute

This post is off topic but i didnt want to start a new thread to ask one question if my friend buys an M4A1 can he use M16 mags in it??

o1s1n

Evolute wrote:

This post is off topic but i didnt want to start a new thread to ask one question if my friend buys an M4A1 can he use M16 mags in it??

All the armalite magazines are interchangeable. Depends more on what brand of AEG he's actually buying.

Evolute

thanks dude

MaxForce

Pinkeh wrote:

This website seems to no longer exist. BEWARE, as my son has recently ordered (and paid in full with the help of his not so online aware dad and paypal) £75.00 of guns almost 3 weeks ago from this site with no delivery. Delivery was stated to be 3-5 working days. We have emailed and called the phone numbers several times with no reply and have now raised a dispute with paypal, as it seems obvious we have been scammed URGH! :mad:

Hi Pinkeh, That is bad. Let us know how you get with getting your money back. A good retailer for airsoft is RSOV

Evolute

there aint much on that site Maxforce

whupass

yeah but he has all the stuff that wgc shop have too, so go an there and ask for something and he'll quote you a price

MaxForce

Evolute wrote:

there aint much on that site Maxforce

All you got to do is ask him and he will get it for you if you give him a brand name or a picture of it. He got me a 8pk of mp5 mags and a MP5 double mount rail which he has not got listed on his own site. He will also get stuff from Redwolf as well as WGC.

Evolute

sweet as far as wgc i can get my bro to order off them with his paypal his account seems to be the only one that they will accept becaue of the amount of trouble he had

dmiesterwzere

that gun is gonna break soon and i would recommend an JG gun as a replacement bcos its a quality TM clone, cheap and powerful cos it goes at 350FPS for every gun. the M16A4 looks kickass.

MaxForce

dmiesterwzere wrote:

that gun is gonna break soon and i would recommend an JG gun as a replacement bcos its a quality TM clone, cheap and powerful cos it goes at 350FPS for every gun. the M16A4 looks kickass.

350FPS would class it as a firearm and therefor require a license. To keep it legal it needs to 1J which is in and around 328fps.I know it does not sound like much but this is what we have to work with. I have never been there but I think HRTA would not allow an AEG firing at 350fps to be used. But the JG are good guns. Some of the members here have even gotten the supplier to downgrade them. As far as I know Keith on RSOV will do this service but you would need to ask him to make sure.

CrazyRabbit

MaxForce wrote:

350FPS would class it as a firearm and therefor require a license. To keep it legal it needs to 1J which is in and around 328fps.I know it does not sound like much but this is what we have to work with. I have never been there but I think HRTA would not allow an AEG firing at 350fps to be used. But the JG are good guns. Some of the members here have even gotten the supplier to downgrade them. As far as I know Keith on RSOV will do this service but you would need to ask him to make sure.

Yup...not allowed at HRTA or Predator. AEG's are chronographed before games begin to ensure they are <= 1 joule.

MaxForce

Cant belive you were sitting there and I got in befor you

kdouglas

but the question is, what does an aeg advertised as 350fps really fire at?

MaxForce

For truth. I know the AEG will reduce in power after a while but by how much? And how many rounds through it would it take to "break in" the spring?

But as said on another thread, if the AEG is stoped and tested by Customs (Just for argument sake) and it's packaging and manufacturer information says it fires at 350fps I would imagine it would be seized.

o1s1n

MaxForce wrote:

But as said on another thread, if the AEG is stoped and tested by Customs (Just for argument sake) and it's packaging and manufacturer information says it fires at 350fps I would imagine it would be seized.

Not to mention that you're technically importing a fully automatic firearm. I know it sounds ridiculous but it's true. I wonder what prison sentence goes with that?

whupass

10 at least i'd say

sparks will know

Rew

3 year mandatory jail sentence off the top of my head, mandatory being the key word.

Evolute

Rew wrote:

3 year mandatory jail sentence off the top of my head, mandatory being the key word.

Not really like many jail sentences are voluntary

Wossack

Evolute wrote:

Not really like many jail sentences are voluntary

mandatory, as in no time off for good behaviour etc

though, if theyre treating mandatory firamarms offences the same as with drug offences, it means feck all

Rew

Evolute wrote:

Not really like many jail sentences are voluntary

Well in this case it means that if you convicted the judge has no choice but ti give you a jail sentence.

Before the changes that made airsoft leagal the judge could have taken in to account hat it was a toy/pellet gun and that being a bit over the 1J isnt exactly a terrorist act and let ya off with a slap on the writst.