Army Surplus store at Salute

nonex

Army Surplus store at Salute:
all real deal gear lad's, his name is mat, great price's and he is beside the hrta tent.
the show is on from 10-00 to 5-00, but i asked mat if he wound open late and he will,so if anyone is going to be late he will be on site till 8-00 just say your from hrta.

Evolute

Sweet ill be making a few purchases then:)

kdouglas

any multicam?

hopefully his stuff isnt too pricey, im broke at the moment!

nonex

no kd,but i have!

Spitfire666

he has some very nie leather holsters which i had to pull myself away from.
ones that fit snug like a fobus only all leather. they have belt loop versions aswell as the ones the clip over your belt or waist band. also has alot of skrim net for anyone interested.

bewildered

Kinda wished I hadnt slept in now...

kdouglas

aye there's some good stuff there alright, think ill be picking some up.

bewildered: the show is open until 5 today and 10-5 tomorrow aswell if you want to get stuff.

gandalf

Paul whats the story with this lad does he have an online or bricks and mortar store as well?? I won't be able to make salute as I am exhibiting in the People Photography Exhibition around Stephens Green tomorrow (come have a look if yer in town, I'm opposite the OPW building on the railings with a load of other boards heads).

davvowl

does the guy have some irish camo ?
do you know any place where i can get some ?

Boston

davvowl wrote:

does the guy have some irish camo ?
do you know any place where i can get some ?

Its illegal to sell Irish camo. Afaik its also against some regulation or another to wear it while not on duty or on your way to barracks.

Spitfire666

as above, however, get some french stuff, which is identical except for a slight shade difference and swap the french flags for irish flags and it will loo the same.

CrazyRabbit

nonex wrote:

Army Surplus store at Salute:
all real deal gear lad's, his name is mat, great price's and he is beside the hrta tent.
the show is on from 10-00 to 5-00, but i asked mat if he wound open late and he will,so if anyone is going to be late he will be on site till 8-00 just say your from hrta.

Yeah, nice guy and he was selling everything at crazy low prices.

davvowl

irish camo really isnt the same


this is irish



and this is french


are you sure there is no way to get my hands on some irish stuff ? i was kind of planning to make myself an ARW outfit

Cheeky monkey

You could always try paint British camo:p

o1s1n

That was one great stall. Got the guts of a British PLCE webbing set up for 18 euro :eek:

Included a yolk, belt and five pouches. Not bad. I'd have bought more but I needed money for the bus :mad:

liamo333

Is it on tomorrow?

o1s1n

It is indeed. Some of the webbing pouches need a little work but still, for the price they're going for. Even the yolk alone was a steal at 2 quid.

Couple of the other lads were getting DPM combats for a fiver.

Boston

davvowl wrote:

Are you sure there is no way to get my hands on some irish stuff ?

Anyone selling you it here would be committing a crime. I'm pretty sure its also a crime for civilians to wear it, but I'm no garda officer so who knows.

o1s1n

The pattern is not legally available commercially. Therefore it is illegal to sell. A lot of the stuff which is being sold has usually been stolen. So I was informed.

It's illegal for civilians to wear.

If you really REALLY want it, join the defense forces. Other than that, stay away.

ED E

How did the Demo go? Any pics of Videos? Much Interest in playing the sport. Tied up so cannot go.

JOHN MC

davvowl wrote:

does the guy have some irish camo ?
do you know any place where i can get some ?

edit; Did you not read the last few comments?

o1s1n

Okay no more about where to buy/sell Irish camo please. It's illegal. We don't discuss illegal things here..remember?

JOHN MC

JOHN MC wrote:

edit; Did you not read the last few comments?

its not for buy or sell its been given away
didnt read all comments

o1s1n

Still illegal for him to wear it if he's not in the military.

Apologies if I'm seeming pedantic or over the top, it's just we have to try and remain squeaky clean on here with the level of people who read it.

If something is illegal, you really can't be offering it to people.

But anyway, back to the Surplus store at Salute. Anyone else pick up anything interesting?

Cheeky monkey

Gonna have to check this out tomorrow.... Anyone have any suggestions on what a nubbin should get?

Hivemind187

Got a whole bunch of stuff while rumaging around in the big box of DPM joy.

Near as I can figure I picked up a mag pouch, a Y-yolke, a respirator pouch a canteen pouch and a module for a hydration unit. Sweet as my length.

(sorry, extremely drunk right now)

Good stuff, lots of gear that is either wrecked or has grunts names on it, however, considering it is all surplus and old stock there are some absolute jems for anyone willing to dig a bit.

Oisin damn near got a whole rig out of it. It would be grat if he had the mags to put in it too

Well impressed, thanks to the guy running it.

odonnell

as someone asked before - does the camou chap have a store?

CrazyRabbit

odonnell wrote:

as someone asked before - does the camou chap have a store?

Well I know he is based in Cork, but no idea if he has a store or not. I'll ask him today. Heading back there now.

CrazyRabbit

Lethal_Bullet wrote:

How did the Demo go? Any pics of Videos? Much Interest in playing the sport. Tied up so cannot go.

In a word....fantastic.

No negative comments, no hassle from anyone. Lots of men & women who wanted to give it a try. Shiva going to have a huge increase in customers.

Airsoft was hugely popular. At one point, about 50% of the people at the show where at our tent. It was busy for pretty much the entire day.

The shocking thing was just how many kids already have airsoft guns. And some were walking up to the table and able to name every one of the AEG's, explain what a hop-up is etc. Their parents were standing next to them so I can only assume they approve. I get the impression that most were only allowed to use them in the back garden etc.

Most shocking memory was a 6 year old asking if I knew what internet site sold hi cap mags for his G36! I had a word with his parents about the appropriateness of airsoft for someone his age, but they seemed happy for him to have it and said he was very safe with them. :eek:

ambro25

CrazyRabbit wrote:

In a word....fantastic.

2nded and 3pled.

Paul's gonna be a busy man, too, and that can only be a good thing for the lot of us generally.

Soz I couldn't stay the whole day (and make the BIG demo - well hacked @ that), but lil' one got really REALLY terrible with the blank firing during the small demo and we just had to go (no way to get her calmed down).

Remember making a joke that the organisers wouldn't have us back next year, as we were pretty much stealing the entire show alright!!!

[hint, hint, wink, wink]the organisers might consider an airsoft-only event, then[/hint, hint, wink, wink] :cool:

odonnell

im gutted i cant get out there... just itching to buy some camo etc.

Gatling

6yo with a G36 slap the parents , heard from a couple of mates that went , they very impressed by what they seen in the HRTA tent, kicking my self for not going ,hope there is pics of everything ,now in itching for next weekend

o1s1n

Update on the webbing I got (just in case anyone else did)

The colouring on the pouches looked really really faded when I bought it. Thought that would explain why they're so cheap.

It's not actually faded, it's dirt and mud. I just put five of the pouches through the wash and they all came out nice and green. Hurrah!

All the buckles and links on the back are fine. They all attached to a soldier 95 belt perfectly.

The only problem with them is the buckles on the front are all broken in some way or other. They have velcro on them though so that should work. Although I hope to eventually find some more secure way of keeping them closed.

The yolk is actually for attaching to bergens and respirator pouches. So I had to buy a new one on ebay for a tenner.

Still though..16 euro for a PLCE belt + 5 pouches was a steal. Cant wait to try them out.

The Master

CrazyRabbit wrote:

At one point, about 50% of the people at the show where at our tent. It was busy for pretty much the entire day.

CrazyRabbit wrote:

"our tent"

does that mean there was an AIRSOFT display?
Under whose name was the AIRSOFT display organised?
Was this an IAA approved display?

Was "our tent" an IAA tent or a "HRTA/Na Taibhse" tent......

EDIT-Spelling

liamo333

It seemed be a HRTA tent. There was a great display there with LOADS of guns.

ambro25

Robster wrote:

does that mean there was an AIRSOFT display?

Yes

Robster wrote:

Under whose name was the AIRSOFT display organised?

HRTA / Airsoft

Robster wrote:

Was this an IAA approved display? Was "our tent" an IAA tent or a "HRTA/Na Taibhse" tent...

...tumbleweeds... storm clouds gathering...

PS: erm, I should discourage a quick glance at the Salute thread in the Shooting Forum, if you offend easy :rolleyes:

Boston

I did a 160 kg one of these in the gym last week, 36 of them in fact. There was some muppet there at the time with a big grin and a look, you know that look someone gives when they think they're too cool/good to do what you're doing. Point I'm making, no matter how good a job you do there will always be some gob****e saying 'poser' or 'I R Real solider, you're all just playing', trying to run your achievement down. I doubt anyone at the stand cares.

kdouglas

ambro25 wrote:

PS: erm, I should discourage a quick glance at the Salute thread in the Shooting Forum, if you offend easy :rolleyes:

not even going to justify that comment with a response...

anyway, Salute went very well for the airsoft stand (HRTA/Na Taibhse/Madrai ar seachtain/etc...) and we turned out to be one of the most popular tents at the show with a constant flow of people all day long.

Miscreant

kdouglas wrote:

anyway, Salute went very well for the airsoft stand (HRTA/Na Taibhse/Madrai ar seachtain/etc...) and we turned out to be one of the most popular tents at the show with a constant flow of people all day long.

I will second that. I was there from about 12 today with a mate of mine and the HRTA/Airsoft tent was swamped all day. Barely got near the thing before the Airsoft display kicked off. Must say that it was pretty impressive to see that many people interested. Nice array of airsoft on display too.

The rest of the place was pretty good too. The retailers seemed to still have a good choice of stuff there and it was all reasonably priced. Didn't buy anything though (unless a cone counts:D )

Well done to everyone who was there.

Dar

Did anyone video the airsoft demo? Would be nice to see how it all turned out from a spectator's point of view.

The Master

kdouglas wrote:

Salute went very well for the airsoft stand (HRTA/Na Taibhse/Madrai ar seachtain/etc...)

Glad to see Arisoft was represented by some of the more
responsable groups involved.

kdouglas

Robster wrote:

Glad to see Arisoft was represented by some of the more
responsable groups involved.

thank you

JOHN MC

Dar wrote:

Did anyone video the airsoft demo? Would be nice to see how it all turned out from a spectator's point of view.

the airsoft demo will be up soon

EyesOnly

Was their any WW2 gear on sale? i.e uniforms etc..

Hivemind187

EyesOnly wrote:

Was their any WW2 gear on sale? i.e uniforms etc..

Plenty of it about all right. WWI as well, several trench coats.

CrazyRabbit

I believe there was some camera phone footage taken by Adrian during one of the airsoft displays. Not sure, but I think it was taken using Johnny's phone.

There were photographers there today as well. One from The Star newspaper, so check it out for the next few days.

The stand was basically a large tent (30x25 feet approx). We put some of our AEG's/Bolt action sniper rifles on three tables at the front that the public could hold (unloaded, with no batteries). Mick brought up about a dozen AEG's and had them tied to some railings on display as well. We handed out the IAA press release, some flyers with airsoft info/popular retailers (great work kdouglas on them) and some rather quickly printed cards with the url's for hrta, eirsoft and this forum.

As for being IAA sanctioned, well O1S1N was there...so I guess it got the thumbs up.

A big thank you to everyone that participated. The Stray Dogs, Na Taibhse, Mick and anyone else that showed up. An extra special 'thank you' goes to Paul. Without him, this would not have happened. I won't tell you what he had to do to get a loan of the tent...:eek:. Paul also provide the tables and free bottles of water. What more can you ask from a guy?

Overall, this was a great weekend for airsoft in Ireland. The public are really interested in Airsoft but only a few knew it was legal. Expect to see a lot more new players over the next few weeks. The only downside is that some of the kids there were better dressed than us :eek:

Shiva

A big, big thank you for putting the eirsoft.ie address on the cards and flyers....its much appreciated.

ambro25

CrazyRabbit wrote:

A big thank you to everyone that participated.

You're welcome

CrazyRabbit wrote:

I won't tell you what he had to do to get a loan of the tent...:eek:

G'waaan... spill!

CrazyRabbit wrote:

Overall, this was a great weekend for airsoft in Ireland.

Again, 2-ded and 3-pled. Probably the 'first', in a way - the sport came out of the closet, away from the very few unitiated to meet'n'greet the wider public: now we just gotta see what kind of further attention it gets... hopefully much, much more good than bad

Rew

o1s1n wrote:

Update on the webbing I got (just in case anyone else did)

The colouring on the pouches looked really really faded when I bought it. Thought that would explain why they're so cheap.

It's not actually faded, it's dirt and mud. I just put five of the pouches through the wash and they all came out nice and green. Hurrah!

All the buckles and links on the back are fine. They all attached to a soldier 95 belt perfectly.

The only problem with them is the buckles on the front are all broken in some way or other. They have velcro on them though so that should work. Although I hope to eventually find some more secure way of keeping them closed.

The yolk is actually for attaching to bergens and respirator pouches. So I had to buy a new one on ebay for a tenner.

Still though..16 euro for a PLCE belt + 5 pouches was a steal. Cant wait to try them out.

Its pretty much standard practice to rub the local dirt/sand/mud in to webbing to take the new look off them and cammo them up. So if you going for the authentic look dont clean them up!!

Sounds like the yoke you got is for the rocket pouches. Respirator pouch goes on to the belt and bergins just go on via the shoulder straps of the bergin.

I was there on Saturday all looked good but needs to be bigger to hold the crowds. Dont think despite the obvious success of the airsoft side of it that there will be an airsoft only show in the next few years. Wouldnt draw the general public the same way.

Did Paul find the missing M4?

Rew

JOHN MC wrote:

its not for buy or sell its been given away
didnt read all comments

Giving away what ypu don't own is still stealing and I guarantee that if airsofters start going around in Irish uniform it will draw the wrong kind of attention. One paintballer has already been delt with for this very reason.

JOHN MC

Rew wrote:

Giving away what ypu don't own is still stealing and I guarantee that if airsofters start going around in Irish uniform it will draw the wrong kind of attention. One paintballer has already been delt with for this very reason.

well it was giving to me so would not call that stealing and i wear it all the tine .that was a paintballer that was delt with im an airsofter
and no one has said anything about it