Airsoft Doesn't Sleep (Off-topic MADNESS!!!)MkII

o1s1n wrote: »

Yeah I'd say that's what it was! I was a bit concerned buying something that was a bit older and had been stored away for a while but really wanted one so went for it.

They gave it a look over and downgraded it to 1j first, really shooting lovely now. Much better reach and accuracy than any of my other AEGs.

o1s1n wrote: »

Thanks! Will do.

Any of you guys hitting any sites anytime soon? I was going to head up to Special Ops on Sunday but with the new restrictions decided against it.

CalpolConsumer wrote: »

Well after the milism i might be headin up to redhill to week after. Just to clear to slow pace with a nice quick skirmish with rentals haha

CalpolConsumer wrote: »

Only weakness of wearing VN gear is if your hiding, all id have to do is play fortunate son and just listen for people making guitar sounds. Foolproof. Its how the VC really won the war

CalpolConsumer wrote: »

Any news lads?

o1s1n wrote: »

I had a lovely sleep, how about you? :pac:

No craic at all here unfortunately! Been trying to rally some friends together to get out for a game soon but everyone seems to be tied up till after chrimbo!

Also debating whether or not to buy a Sten MK2...

shytan wrote: »

Have one as a project on the go at the moment

CalpolConsumer wrote: »

Any of you on that airsoft discord forum?

ED E wrote: »

Anyone missing a nice new gun case?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=115694484&postcount=3205

o1s1n wrote: »

So I've been looking for a long out of production G&P m16VN..haven't had any luck as you can imagine.

Until today! Yet again fire-support come through, randomly listed four on their website for sale. More dusty AEGs from the warehouse. Couldn't believe it. Dropped everything and bought one instantly.

Was posted out today so hopefully it gets here before the oul Brexit tax kicks in!

o1s1n wrote: »

Yeah still can't believe it!

Now just waiting for a site to open again and I'll be doing a full on Apocalypse Now

Hope you're doing alright by the way, funny oul days indeed.

Gatling wrote: »

A few people have been over for it ,seems just to big skirmish and drinks for most part ,
Personally I'd prefer one of the most serious events if a trip across the water was organised

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Had asked in the gear forum but doesn't look like it has much traffic.

Any restrictions on rail sights?
Looking at ordering a red dot sight from china would it be stopped at customs, confiscated etc?

Not that the application would matter if there are restrictions on sights/scopes. It would for a camera hotshoe and or a telescope for astrophotography.

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone heading along to any games soon? I'll be at Spec ops this Saturday, can't wait! Finally get a chance to give my new G&P M16VN a go.

Gatling wrote: »

No restrictions on optics or red dots at all , there is limitations on night vision optics

I'm currently in this hyperactive phase where I've been reading and watching far more things than I'll ever care about. It'll pass in a few months and the laser will focus on something else.

It comes an goes like waves. I joined the DCU airsoft society back when it was new. Then never had the money to do anything. In the interim decade or two, proceeded to accumulate a small collection of pistols and one rifle that I could target plink with a few friends without being too bothered and that was that. Never much more than idle curiosity and amusement and something we did together on weekends.

A friend of mine has an epic Mateba.

Years of idleness did more damage to them than idiocy. After taking them from their boxen where they've rested for the last few year's, they were found to be in a less than optimal condition .

The M9 has lost a spring in the nozzle- somehow- and no longer cycled. The nozzle jammed and locked it up with the slide back.

One of my 1911's had been infested with Zinc pest on the switchgear. The safety and takedown lever turned to powder.

The other - the newest - leaked. It's an Army Armament R32 -type

And the Dan Wesson just didn't work right. Low on power, and hissing from the seals.

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Cleared the **** out of the Dan Wesson. Electrical contact cleaner with the valve-knocker held open did wonders. It's fine for rubber and strips any grease or **** out. Also finds any cuts on your fingers. Gave it a dribble of the silicone oils and away it runs. Added some tension to the trigger spring - it doesn't affect power, but feels better to pull.

It used to the MIA's display-case model. It has a hell of a blast off it.

Put a pen-spring in the M9. Cleaned it up. tightened a loose screw. Away it goes. Cycles and shoots. Mostly straight.

Turned the corroding 1911 into a wasteland gun - because why not. It's CO2 powered and may yet explode. It's held together by bolt and locknut. It cost 70 quid - I doubt it was ever truly 'metal'. There's probably sand in the mix as filler.

The other 1911 was cleaned up, gassed and left sit. It more or less sorted itself out. Looks pretty. Fires with a snap and a tight trigger.

They got mounted to the wall. They look well there.

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In the meantime - wracked with obsessive curiousity and armed with some foulmouthed British youtube videos I cracked open the guts of a Devgru DG74 I bought from MIA before The Inconveniences arrived. It was cheap for a reason - but arguably fairly priced. Like complaining about Ryanair. In the interim, parts of the cylinder head had melted to rubber goo and mushed into the piston crown....and clogged all 4 little air-seal holes.

A random hard rubber washer of approximately the same thickness replaced it. Put a new piston-ring on. Somehow I got the thing back together and got the gearbox running freely despite dropping all the shims and having to redo it from scratch. Shaved a tooth on the piston slightly so it cleared the sector gear and away she goes.

Cleaned the contacts and plunger, and reassembled the entire trigger and selector plate.

It screams in pain and slams like a hammer when the piston goes forward. It's only a matter of time before the gearbox cracks. But it runs. It runs better than it did before I cracked it open anyway - it doesn't lock up on semi anymore. Despite being somehow bent like a Bundeswehr rifle left in the sun for an hour it still shoots more or less consistently.

I'd planned to give it away - that would be cruel to the cousin that got it. I'd be curious to see how low it chronos - even if it does cheese cans.

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Bought a Type 89 GBBR from Airsofteire with a work bonus that came at the worst possible time. Nearly bought the AKM they had - but the 89 seemed like something unique. I wonder if anyone else bought one. It arrived fast enough that I had no time for second thoughts and cancellations

It a replica designed to give the impression of the real thing - to someone who'se never handled one and is unlikely to ever handle one. It feels like what a Japanese gun-nerd would imagine a real rifle would feel like. Even the box presents it more like a service weapon, with a little faux box of ammo with your tools in it. More a model, than anything else. It sounds right. It feels right. Beautiful in its own way. It feels like it's worth what was paid for it. Everyone who'se held it has fallen in love.

Novritsch BB's feed into magazine easier than any other I've tried. Just a little thing I've noticed.

It feels special. I hope I don't wreck it. I always wreck the things I enjoy. It's my curse.

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There's one slot on the wall left to fill. Haven't figured that bit out yet. Maybe early October if the obsession still lingers and the laser still shines. It'll be a race between whatever's in stock when the whim takes out.

Novritsch SSP5 (6-inch) with some accessories like a tracer unit, or Marui M870 with wood finish and a few shells, or whatever happens to be there on payday. (Saiga?)

Something amusing for backyard shooting with a few friends. Make the beercans quake in terror. Have a few laughs. It doesn't have to be gameable - just be a curiosity that makes things interesting

The photo looks like who I was fifteen years ago, but can only afford to be now.

Maybe I'll wander off somewhere else. This was all just thoughts I needed to vent to people. A bit of a scream into the void if you don't mind. I'll be on my way soon. There're other doors to darken.