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primal turret
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real

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gym

primal turret
elder anchor
primal turret
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does

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i kinda cant earn money

elder anchor
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why not

primal turret
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cant get a job

elder anchor
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is that a hard and fast "cant"

primal turret
elder anchor
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pub

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glass collector

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sorted

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if your parents can buy you a 417 then can also get you to go gym

limber flame
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or easier fix
just lift shit

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do push ups and that

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i really need to get back into doing that stuff again

elder anchor
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Lift a microwave until you can throw it 15m

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Get fit quick tips be like

limber flame
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unity SARA and mountsjoecrying

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stupidly expensive

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lid goes really fucking hard though

alpine oxide
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Tactical zip ties

limber flame
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cant go wrong with em

crystal rover
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the gun that i sold got stolen in shipping

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dude wants his money back

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and i have already spent it

limber flame
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L tbh

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cant beat shipping yoinking shit

elder anchor
potent mango
humble token
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and yet so far

alpine oxide
crystal rover
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goods and services

crystal rover
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Ah

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I believe so

ruby pollen
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thoughts?

brittle marlin
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Has anyone gotten the new version of 6b47 helmet from grey shop? If so I’d love to be able to see what it looks like before ordering one myself

oblique laurel
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I have prepared to sink money into building my hi-capa

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And then put a holosun red dot on it maybe

elder anchor
muted bloom
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you really don't need a helmet for airsoft unless you are going for a certain look

oblique laurel
muted bloom
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probably a lancer

oblique laurel
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and what kind of airsoft are you doing

muted bloom
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as far as i am aware, amazon airsofters usually make the mistake of buying a lancer

oblique laurel
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I used to play IPSC so I wanna ask first

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that and I prefer pistols

muted bloom
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yea i have a hi capa that i have sunk quite a bit of money in too

oblique laurel
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I am preparing to start upgrading mine

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starting with probably a new slide, upper frame and extended slide release

muted bloom
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the nozzle is kinda fucked up so i need to change it at some point, but it's still too cold to even use mine so i have no rush to do so

oblique laurel
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I see

muted bloom
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if it's a TM then yeah get a new slide

oblique laurel
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pistols are great, they're more intimate and the manual of arms is closer to the real deal

oblique laurel
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stock grips?

muted bloom
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yeah

oblique laurel
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nice

muted bloom
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it's the stainless model, bought it used from some dude for pretty cheap, that explains the fucked up nozzle

oblique laurel
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my thumb is not super long so I'll probably get an extended slide release

oblique laurel
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I think I also need a more powerful recoil spring

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it doesn't always return to battery properly

limber flame
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thats normally an issue of not cleaning/lubricating properly

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wipe down every surface with rubbing alcohol to make sure its completely clean then apply silicone grease to parts that are in contact with other parts and springs

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but only a very fine coat

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should just be able to see it

muted bloom
oblique laurel
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I'm gonna buy a new metal slide anyway

hybrid vapor
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Made in heaven

primal turret
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not a 417 but still

hybrid vapor
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Nah i prefer the 416 for cqb

primal turret
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416 is rather attractive

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either way

hybrid vapor
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This is going to be fully custom

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Aprox a GATE titan upgrade, and maybe a custom paint

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Feel really sad cause i wanted it in tan color

primal turret
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oh my god

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tan 416's go so hard

hybrid vapor
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Marks are actually good

primal turret
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tbh next ill either get a MK18, 416 or more high range scope

primal turret
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its just

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£650

hybrid vapor
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I got mine for 510€

primal turret
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uk inflation

elder anchor
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416s<

oblique laurel
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I wonder

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Is it worth dropping money to upgrade a Hi-capa Vs buying an AEG or even GBBR

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I want to do hi capa more because it's a pistol and much more space efficient but I could use second opinions

hybrid vapor
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You mean hi-capa 5.1 or what you have in mind

oblique laurel
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Yeah I have a stock TM 5.1

hybrid vapor
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For real TM 5.1 is so good for upgrades

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You have million options

oblique laurel
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That and I just like pistols

hybrid vapor
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Go for it, i was upgrading mine too

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You clearly have a good pistol for years

oblique laurel
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I have a small local IPSC club

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But I'll probably go for simpler upgrades

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Like a lightweight optics cut slide

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Not the crazy slide racking lever and frame mounted optics rail

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so that if I want to feel irresponsible I can buy a holosun to put onto it

humble token
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real hk guns kinda suck

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hope the airsoft ones are alright

oblique laurel
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Wait they suck how

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oblique laurel
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about a dozen

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all of them have varying issues

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many were a great design, for the time

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but are very outdated

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just about any gun HK makes that has big hype has a better alternative now

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or even has had a better alternative for years

oblique laurel
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Airsoft should be fine then it's just a shell

humble token
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yeah, depending on which reproduction it'll still carry over a lot of downsides sometimes

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but mostly fine

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a number of hk guns are really heavy and nigh impossible to modernize

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so slapping all the attachments on them you want can be quite a bitch

oblique laurel
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Is it because they use more steel than others

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Aside from inherent design issues

humble token
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it's because they have to use more steel than others in the real world guns

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because of the design issues

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a bunch of hk guns are designed in a way that requires weight in order for the gun to function right, lmao

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reproduction wise you can likely get away with more polymer for sure

oblique laurel
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I can't speak of their flaws ofc but uhh, I take it that the only good ones are because they created the niche that the gun is good for?

humble token
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ummm

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not really

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the "good" hk guns that still worth using are kinda like an alternate design to an existing gun

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like the 416 is a short stroke piston version of an m16

oblique laurel
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It's kinda weird that the MP7 is supposed to be a cheap "give it to everyone" gun and HK being HK somehow added a layer of myth on top of it

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Either that or the idea of the PDW is stupid, I don't know

humble token
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mp7 is the closest thing they probably have to a "this is the best option"

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4.7 as a caliber was good

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not as much so now

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so it falls into the same category as most other pdw and smgs

oblique laurel
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Because we can just use things like the Mk 18 and the AKS-74U instead?

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oblique laurel
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So a rifle Lawl

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pretty much

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the mythical "small caliber with armor penetration" doesn't really exist

oblique laurel
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So the AKS-74U is the first and still the best PDW

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because it's a rifle

humble token
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ummm, kinda

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it's still an ak, which has it's own downsides

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but aks are still a very good design

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plus you start getting into a yelling fight when you start trying to label "first" on things

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lol

oblique laurel
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Um acktchually the M1 carbine is the first one

humble token
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gotta go older than that

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lol

oblique laurel
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Older lever action designs?

muted bloom
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yea the aks-74u doesn't have that great penetration but no pdw really does, but due to the short barrel the bullet does extra wacky flesh damage for some reason

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5.45 is kinda crazy

humble token
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it tumbles at a faster rate

muted bloom
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yeah

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poison bullets

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and spins faster as well, because the aks-74u has a faster twist rate than traditional aks

oblique laurel
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You'll probably still get better armour penetration with dedicated AP loads than an MP7 or P90 right

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oblique laurel
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If you can somehow get your hands on some PPBS for example

humble token
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it's an intermediate cartridge

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instead of a pistol cartridge

oblique laurel
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Russia's solution to the problem is more funny

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Just make a super +P load for 9x19

humble token
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well given that's what a majority of the rest of the world is also kinda doing

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it's not that dumb

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the dumb part is think it'll work all that well

muted bloom
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i don't think i've seen anyone use those russian smgs in any of the footage fsb releases though

oblique laurel
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Armchair general-ing aside I'm about to go into the rabbit hole of hi capas

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So that's fun

muted bloom
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they make all these cool smgs for law enforcement, then don't use them, from what i've seen, the fsb mostly uses zenit fucked ak105s and stuff like that

humble token
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zenitco sucks

oblique laurel
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Because rifles hit harder I guess

muted bloom
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if you find spending hundreds of dollars, and a bunch of more on import tax, then yea it's fun

humble token
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zenitco sucks

oblique laurel
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I think SMGs were only really only that prevalent before we found out how to make short ARs hit hard

humble token
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pretty much

muted bloom
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zenitco looks cool though

humble token
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most are large, clunky, blocky, and heavy

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and not to mention cheaply made, out of cheap materials, with a very cheap finish

muted bloom
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you see, heavy means less recoil, and those guys are usually trained to be pretty strong

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oblique laurel
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would building my hi capa into a staccato lookalike be good?

oblique laurel
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I don't really want to go to race gun aesthetic

muted bloom
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and not like they need to use it for large periods, just kick some poor dude's door and yell at them or shoot them

elder anchor
oblique laurel
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so like a simpler optics cut slide

elder anchor
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why bother changing the whole operating system for added weight and a little tincey wincey bit of reliability

humble token
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there's just better instances of it now

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416 is dated

muted bloom
elder anchor
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E.G MCX

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actually takes advantage of what you can do with it

muted bloom
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mcx is sig, it's not fine

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sig is never fine

humble token
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416 is dated

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better products exist

elder anchor
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better than a 416

muted bloom
elder anchor
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and most of all other guns

humble token
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but it's really reeeeaally hard to out strip it's performance and capabilities

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and modularity

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and pricing

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and reliability

elder anchor
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its a light cheap modular durable reliable gun

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literally about as good as it gets

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some might argue its caliber is a set back but...

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muted bloom
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eh, looks cool

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elder anchor
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those are people who judge being shot by numbers on a data sheet

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lol

elder anchor
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yeah true

limber flame
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if you care about IR performance of your gun youre spraypainting it anyways

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if you wind up in a world where you need that

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you're using ride or die gear

elder anchor
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pretend like zenit is shit AK furniture lol

muted bloom
limber flame
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which is?

elder anchor
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zenitco

humble token
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adding weight?

limber flame
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be a solid mounting platform for optics lights and lasers

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if weight is an issue youre a pussy tbf

elder anchor
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youre adding shit of course youre adding weight tf?

humble token
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so the slr then?

limber flame
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its really not that heavy

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go ask neko about heavy

elder anchor
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"ounces make pounds dude" joenerd

limber flame
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with her 14lb carbine

humble token
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neko c grips an ARMS ar

limber flame
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that doesn't count

limber flame
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her arms are literally noodles lmao

elder anchor
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i am speed

limber flame
muted bloom
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high speed is when you shit your pants

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there's nothing I'd want zenitco furniture for

elder anchor
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yeah but... why

muted bloom
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cus there's better options

limber flame
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mind if you list them please?

humble token
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elder anchor
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cause mlok?

limber flame
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1 handguard

muted bloom
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are you the kind of person that looks at a thompson submachine gun and says there are better options

limber flame
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one handguard

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cus free floating, non-bloated with better construction for a cheaper price and better finish

elder anchor
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lol like zenit doesnt do that

limber flame
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zenit is a conjunction of parts

elder anchor
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the price bit is a consequence of the war

limber flame
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all made to work together

elder anchor
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and free float does not equal better

humble token
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zenitco has always been price inflated

limber flame
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im gonna go up to scotland and beat his ass

elder anchor
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lol tf

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il buy it off him for 200

humble token
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that boy has connections

limber flame
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he sure does

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mf got a flir breach for like
stupid cheap

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i need to know who he knows

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elder anchor
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what the fuck

limber flame
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yes

elder anchor
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especially on an AK

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limber flame
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and adding onto the zenitco stuff
the b33 is the most solid optics mounting platform for aks

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3 points of contact

elder anchor
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limber flame
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ak barrel harmonics arent great with free float handguards anyways
unless you get one with that in mind

limber flame
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but that's also cheating

elder anchor
limber flame
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thats a copmplete new system though

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yeah

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SAG mk3 kinda a little bonkers

elder anchor
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a little

humble token
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I think it still using the same piston, trunnion, and bolt as stock

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so I wouldn't say complete new system

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but close

elder anchor
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the gas tube on AKs basically means you cant truly free float a handguard

humble token
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sorta

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it can be done

elder anchor
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so why not just get a really really really solid handguard that isnt going to affect your accuracy anyway

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e.g

oblique laurel
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isn't the AK-12 handguard free float

humble token
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that is also what the slr is

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elder anchor
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so its not free float

humble token
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the slr is free floating

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but also very solid

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I have never heard of one breaking down, or losing zero

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and people beat the shit of their aks

elder anchor
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right and which special forces groups are using the slr platform then?

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where has it been combat tested

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who is using it

limber flame
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the only benefit i see out of the SLR over the zenit minus price is that it doesnt have 4 million screws

elder anchor
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and mlok

limber flame
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and mlok

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but

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pic > anything else

oblique laurel
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zenit has their own basis rail I think

humble token
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lol, nobody uses the ak platform in a spec ops position unless they're in their own little world anyways

limber flame
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unless its an already modified version

humble token
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to my knowledge anyways

limber flame
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im pretty sure zenit was popularised by SOF

oblique laurel
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the basis rail is pretty similar to M-LOK in concept

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basically same thing

elder anchor
limber flame
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and the whole alpha ak concept

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a lot of chechens in ukraine were using it

humble token
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so russians?

limber flame
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mhm

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using a B30 + B31 combo with a B33 on their 105 in training

elder anchor
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russians who would use SLR rails if they were any better

limber flame
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also add to the fact that its an american company

elder anchor
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they would still sell them

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oblique laurel
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is that not a CTR lol

limber flame
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they buy FAB defence and magpul a lot

elder anchor
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we gonna pretend like there isnt an L3 product on top of that guys gun

oblique laurel
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that clearly looks like western stuff on the gun

limber flame
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ex L3
thats en exps
iirc they left L3 before they made the exps series

elder anchor
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forgot about that

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either way

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american company

humble token
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I'll back down on that point to a degree

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but I still tend to believe the russian masses are heavily biased if a russian option exists

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cus they've been told for decades that's what they're supposed to do

oblique laurel
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Maybe SOF being SOF they have more leeway to buy what they need rather than what is more politically correct

limber flame
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sport kits on the ak12 on spetsnaz units in kherson

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and thats not a wagner patch btw

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just looks like it

humble token
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their smaller handguards are probably their more attractive ones

limber flame
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their sport kits are swag tbf

oblique laurel
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I mean yeah zenitco makes basis only handguards

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It's basically like running quad rail shit or M-LOK shit

limber flame
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for any mods that see this
this is non political and only for reference

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(i dont want to get banned)

oblique laurel
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They also make a sport kit and looks very much like B-30 and B-31

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Except it's basis rail only

limber flame
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yeah

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the sport kits are the basis only

humble token
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I also generally don't like plain handguards that go the full length of an ak barrel either though

limber flame
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theyre great for lasers and flashlights

oblique laurel
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Then they make B-10s for short ones

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Same stuff

limber flame
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since you normally want them as far farwards as you can

oblique laurel
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12 o'clock rail for lasers

limber flame
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lasers not entirely but it helps

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given how dirty perst lasers tend to be

humble token
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the 12 oclock thing for lasers is an ar carry over

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not a bad idea still

limber flame
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12 o'clock is generally preferred though tbf

humble token
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but it's a bigger deal on ars

limber flame
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keeps it out the way

oblique laurel
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I don't want to pretend to know how their products are like but they also don't look like a super rigid company that cannot adapt to modern needs

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They're not stupid

limber flame
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and most optics can see over them now anyways

oblique laurel
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Yeah

humble token
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they've been making pretty much the same handguards for 25 years

limber flame
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id say if it aint broke dont fix it

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but theyve been altering em a good bit

oblique laurel
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Yeah make the same handguard except cut holes in it like M-LOK

limber flame
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lightening them with the sport lines

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oblique laurel
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same stuff

limber flame
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aimpoint is kinda changing things up a lil

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and overpriced, and old

limber flame
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trijicon is stuck in the past

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eotech is well

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eotech

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they're all stuck in the past

limber flame
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and far too expensive

oblique laurel
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Aimpoint has to because Holosun is knocking on their door

limber flame
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but they all work really well

humble token
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eotech hasn't had a "new" design since the 80s

limber flame
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holosun is kinda bonkers with their newer stuff

limber flame
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its definitely catching up

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trijicon has always had problems, and is being surpassed in the civilian

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let alone military

limber flame
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last time aimpoint tried to make something different it kinda was shit

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muh acro

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and that's all they sell

oblique laurel
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I don't want to buy Airsoft optics

humble token
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make sure you invest in optic protection then

oblique laurel
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And I'm Chinese so I might as well support Holosun

humble token
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lose a $300 optic to a 6 cent bb

oblique laurel
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oblique laurel
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Fair

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Yeah it's an eventuality anyway

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I'll focus on planning my gun out first

humble token
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optics are almost completely un needed in airsoft

oblique laurel
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Holosun will probably have new optics by then anyway

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the biggest point to having a fancy optic on an airsoft gun

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is if you're cloning your kit gun

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for training purposes

oblique laurel
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It's really just that optics are a different division in IPSC

limber flame
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i use my optics a lot in airsoft

oblique laurel
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you have standard and open

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standard is iron sights only

limber flame
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get good ones and work with it and its fine

oblique laurel
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Open division is optics

low umbra
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bro almost everything in airsoft is for cosmetic purposes only

oblique laurel
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Typically you'd use a frame mount for a red dot

oblique laurel
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But I don't really want to do that so I want a slide mounted red dot

limber flame
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better than the rail mounted ones

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low umbra
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if you want performance get the smallest pistol ever with as much capacity as possible and as high rpm as possible

limber flame
low umbra
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doesn't even have to be shape of a pistol it could be a fuckint triangle that shoots

oblique laurel
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No machine pistols

limber flame
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are you actually shooting people?

oblique laurel
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No lol, it's just paper targets

limber flame
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if not
you dont need a protector

oblique laurel
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It's competition shooting

humble token
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likely friction, depending on the optic

oblique laurel
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It's not Airsoft wars or anything like that

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It's also why people still buy and use dinosaurs like the C-more

low umbra
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it's a larp to begin with

humble token
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larping comes first

limber flame
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tbf if you get a solid optic a bb isnt gonna break it

oblique laurel
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Because you don't need anything more than a C-more for competition shooting

limber flame
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ive had my vortex eat a burst near point blank

low umbra
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💀

limber flame
oblique laurel
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valid

oblique laurel
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It's a huge window

humble token
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how much are they again?

oblique laurel
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I think 300

humble token
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eh, I'd rather just get a holosun

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but if I did comps

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I would consider it

oblique laurel
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We have Airsoft versions but my cousin has a real C-more

humble token
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I thionk they have hotswappable emittors too

oblique laurel
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Honestly while I'm building my gun for competition shooting I still want a more practical look to it so optics cut slide and such

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It's just for fun

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So it doesn't matter

low umbra
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yea that's what i meant

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it's all cosmetic

humble token
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some people take some stuff serious

low umbra
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or training

oblique laurel
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And I don't actually have to put an optic on an optics cut slide

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Which is the best part

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I can just shoot with irons it's a lot of fun

humble token
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if you can lower 1/3 cowitness it's the best of both worlds

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without having to take it off all the time

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but you probably knew that already

oblique laurel
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Yea

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I'm planning to sort of do it like this

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It's a real carry gun

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But build it in airsoft

humble token
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I should get an airsoft canik mete sf

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or the closest to it

oblique laurel
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I'm wondering if I should just convert mine to a 4.3

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I have a 5.1 and it's pretty huge

humble token
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if you're refering to bb size start large diameter for competitive stuff

oblique laurel
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nah it's the barrel length

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5.1 has more market support but it's also a good bit longer

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this is the race gun version

honest meadow
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fucking hell just looked through all the messages of u guys arguing about zenitco

oblique laurel
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@humble token holosun pistol sights use the RMR pattern right?

humble token
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I think so

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Just your research

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I need sleep

oblique laurel
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alright good night

tulip plinth
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anyone know a beginner setup for airsoft

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i got a budget of like 500-600

slate jay
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Just got a new ak

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Witch means more mag for the pile4

crystal rover
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Jesus

honest meadow
slate jay
honest meadow
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nice

hushed yoke
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lct midcapsfester

honest meadow
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anyone know if the twi 45 rounders are decent mags?

elder anchor
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risk it

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why not

limber flame
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apparently theyre solid

brittle marlin
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It’s not where I want it to be but it’s p much the only genuine rpk style magazine that goes in mid cap

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Only gripe is it takes some mental adjusting when your using them and going prone if you plan on putting them on a reg ak

honest meadow
brittle marlin
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They are the 45 round AK magazine that’s chambered in 5.45 I think they hold around 160 BBS

honest meadow
brittle marlin
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Oh

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Twi has two versions one being realistic

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The realistic ones are only 45 rounds and they kinda suck

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The others are the most common

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Order them from evike

honest meadow
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my bad if im phrasing this wrong but i mean they take real steel mags buy them get rid of the real magazine internals and replace them with airsoft internals

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you getting what im saying?

brittle marlin
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Nah Raptor doesn’t do that

honest meadow
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ahh k

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just seen some post somewhere saying that

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my bad for phrasing it confusingly

brittle marlin
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It’s no problem my English isn’t the best rn since I’m getting my kit together

honest meadow
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ah kk

river mural
oblique laurel
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if not then which slide and frame

honest meadow
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The mag fit but just didn't line up?

honest meadow
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did u try filing it had to do it when i bought standard lct ak mags

honest meadow
oblique laurel
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mmm ok

honest meadow
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do u have a pic or nah?

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i'd be getting the plum ones anyways

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even just of the top

limber flame
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fugg
i need a rpk

honest meadow
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r.i.p

slate leaf
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I think we all recognize this scav

limber flame
elder anchor
low umbra
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fr

river bison
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I learned this the hard way

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During a skirmish

elder anchor
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I don’t use expensive mags

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Cheap mags are the future

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I don’t wince when I throw them ten meters onto concrete

river bison
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Just because they don’t break

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Also cheap

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And reliable

elder anchor
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Cheap and reliable

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Love all that shit

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Unless its expensive and cool

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Anything along those lines is preferable

humble token
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What's a cheap and reliable airsoft ak cost me?

humble token
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That's pretty cheap

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But I see varying prices

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Would I be able to use standard akm pattern furniture on them?

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I got some stuff lying around

river bison
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man this scar SC HPA is a headache

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This hopup setup is causing double feeds with the kythera

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I’m about to take it all apart and test it with a N7 milsim to see if it works better

elder anchor
hybrid vapor
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Need some scope recomendations for a DMR build for this beauty, i was thinking about a Vortex Optics Crossfire II SFP because i see a really budget option here but i accept suggestions.

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Might i consider going for a Burris Ballistic Plex but is kinda the double price eft_PrapKEK

humble token
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they're usually missing a lot of features compared to their fancy brethren, and can be a less than perfect purchase for an actual firearm

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but I think they'd fall quite nicely into the airsoft realm

timid flower
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Tm mtr-16

elder anchor
honest meadow
crystal rover
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Wort it

elder anchor
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Still not sure how I feel about the DNC kydex PC

crystal rover
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Meh

west vortex
late rover
river bison
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This fixed it

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Apparently kythera didn’t work well for this so I switched it to a redline

crystal rover
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Lmao

river bison
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It works beautifully

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The only thing I hate is the redline’s plunger sound

crystal rover
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I am at a bst meet

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I haven’t sold shit

honest meadow
honest meadow
eternal kindle
honest meadow
eternal kindle
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Those are my knees pads they work for me

alpine oxide
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Few things I don’t like such as the gas mask and medical stuff but I see the appeal, I think you can probably swap them out for more practical things in Airsoft like a radio pouch (if you run that) or a dump pouch at least but besides my opinion it’s still a cool loadout 👍

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Gas masks are cool why not I guess 🤷‍♂️ if it’s for irl purposes tho I can’t really comment, I just hope you’re medically trained 😂

humble token
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the worst piece of any kit, is the piece you don't train with

alpine oxide
humble token
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can you think of many other instances in which you get to work with your normal kit for an extended period of time with and against other people?

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and not have the police called on you?

alpine oxide
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There’s many places that offer training in a safe environment and offer REAL situations that you could be in. Regardless it’s a difference in opinion man

wise kestrel
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You should not be using what looks like an outdated gas mask for real life purposes

humble token
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most people should use airsoft to train

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just never use exclusively airsoft to train

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that is when it becomes a bad idea, lol

wise kestrel
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I'll take your word for it

humble token
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personally I'd use a mask with a non-dominant side can bias

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or support for belt mounted filter

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see if you can use a tube filter or whatever

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moves the filter off the mask

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so can a rifle sling, or a number of other things

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unless you're running specifically low drag

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I wouldn't worry too much about it

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in a perfect world I'd have two

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but masks are expensive

wise kestrel
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Chances are if you need a gas mask you need a MOP suit anyways

humble token
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and I'm not made of money

wise kestrel
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Definitely a cool factor if like that kind of stuff though

humble token
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like tear gas

wise kestrel
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Fair enough

humble token
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or smoke, from fires and/or ordinance

wise kestrel
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You wouldn't want for smoke as carcinogens require different filters than chemical vapor

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Obviously it's better than nothing but dont be a hero and try to get near a fire

humble token
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there are combination filters that are good for both

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more expensive mind you

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but they exist

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plus filter changing from chem to smoke is easy

wise kestrel
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Yea filter changing ain't the problem, I assume most people who buy masks for cool factors only have a chemical filter or some nonfunctional filter

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Also some masks aren't made with direct smoke and heat to the visor in mind

humble token
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yeah, regardless of how good the filter is

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wading through a fire is a bad idea

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unless you're a fire fighter

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then it's still a bad idea

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it's just your job then too

alpine oxide
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I’m a man and prefer my filters with asbestos

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Adds character

humble token
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and cancer

alpine oxide
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Always curious on how to upgrade the kit so if anyone got ideas lemme know

humble token
alpine oxide
humble token
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got a hydration pack?

alpine oxide
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I do not, however that would add a bit of weight to my rig 😂

humble token
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all you gotta do is add a water bottle pouch on your hand panel, and then run something like this

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so you can kinda run whatever water bottle you want

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and even run an in line water filter if you wanted

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beyond that, you could upgrade your coms, maybe add a tear-away kit, zipties, and gaffer's tape

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plus a bitdriver, and a pair of pliers always has a home in any kit really

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and if you wanted to get fancy, you could upgrade your cummerbund

alpine oxide
humble token
#

I assume that's a baofeng uv-5r?

alpine oxide
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Yessir

humble token
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for just a few dollars more (like 30-40) you can get a BAOFENG GT-3WP

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which is kinda a straight upgrade

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it's ip67 rated

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so water proof

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caveat being it doesn't use a kenwood connector

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so you'll need a new mic

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which you can also upgrade, lol

humble token
#

do you use an earpiece?

alpine oxide
# humble token do you use an earpiece?

Yeah that radio would deffo be a needed upgrade, bought the UV5R years ago and was never really impressed with it. But yeah it does look like I’ll need a new mic due to that connector but that’s not an issue if you got a decent brand to recommend. In terms of ear pieces I got sordins I run every now that I plug into the mic however I don’t have anything low profile when wearing a mask

humble token
#

there are a ton of headset compatible options out there

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do you have mic or non-mic sordins?

alpine oxide
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They’re non mic, that’s why I use the speaker/mic

humble token
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and they also sell compatible PTT on their site too

alpine oxide
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Yeah that’s solid that pal, I didn’t think you could buy something to directly connect onto the headset

humble token
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it's pretty smart tbh

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and the mic uses a pretty standard PTT connector

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so as long as you get right passive/active PTT

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you can run any brand you want

alpine oxide
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The sordins with the built in headset are like £300 more expensive so upgrading a £200ish headset for about £60 to have a mic is a steal 😂 It’s a dope idea if the mics are built well.

humble token
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even if it's decent, it fits a niche

alpine oxide
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I’ve been looking for a reason to upgrade my comms so ima look into everything you sent, solid recommendations thank you 🤙

humble token
brittle marlin
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Common misconception with Ak magazines especially lct mags. It’s not that it doesn’t fit it’s that your putting it in incorrectly

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Lct mags are designed specifically to eliminate the wobble factor hence the tight fit. All it takes is to play with them a bit and carefully understand how it goes in your airsoft gun

I’ve noticed people have a tendency to put the lip in too far causing the feeding tube to completely miss the magazine hole. Or another is it goes in slightly side ways to where the magazine won’t slide in right

(This isn’t all the time but a majority of cases I’ve seen at the field I work at)

elder anchor
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I missed this

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Don’t do that

limber flame
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we've all been there tbf

elder anchor
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We have

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I wish to forget

humble token
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I feel like there's a classy way to do a short video showing off kit

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but it's not that

elder anchor
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Oh absolutely

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But it’s not that

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Never will be that

humble token
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lol

limber flame
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yk when you would rotate your operator

glacial drift
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Airsofters when they don't flag everyone 50000 times while trying to record their cool kit showcase

elder anchor
elder anchor
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As long as your gear is cool then you cant be cringe

honest meadow
slate leaf
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Got my gear mostly together (DEA SRT) suggestions welcome

buoyant tundra
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Jack boots

rapid wolf
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does anyone know how to get the grub screw out of a pts radian model 1

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i cant for the life of me get it out so i can unscrew the orange flash hider

slate leaf
# humble token hydration

I’ve thought about adding some form of hydration, any specific types of hydration pack in mind?
(Currently running fake plates and a slick back)

humble token
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lets you run whatever bottle you want pretty much

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so you can scale up, or down

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depends on match length and field size

slate leaf
humble token
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swap your cummerbunds too then

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something that breathes more, and has a quick detach

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you're nopt currently using the molle by the looks of it

slate leaf
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I use my left side molle, but I keep my right side slick so pouches don’t mess with my sidearm draw

slate leaf
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Radio and a single mag pouch (mag pouch is mainly for the magazine I put in my rifle at the start of a game)

humble token
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oh, you don't need those on the molle

slate leaf
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Nah I could make it work with a different cummerbund probably

humble token
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get a side ride or sidekick radio pouch

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it attaches it to the side of the placard instead of the cummerbund

slate leaf
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Gotcha I didn’t think of that

humble token
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difference between the two is if it's in front or behind your cummerbund

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usually people prefer it behind the cummerbund

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particularly if you have a quick disconnect cummerbund

slate leaf
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Right I’d probably run it that way

humble token
#

what's in the placard mag pouch on the left

slate leaf
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Sorry I’m a little slow sometimes which mag pouch?

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The ones with pistol mags on the front?

humble token
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well I guess all of them

slate leaf
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Oh I run mid caps in all the rifle mag pouches, (ares pmags) 1 in each fast mag pouch? (I think is what they are called) the ones with the pistol mag/utility pouches on them
In the pistol mag pouches I keep one spare mag and in the second a multi tool
To the right of those I keep 2 mags in the pouch with the Velcro flap
And then just one last magazine as explained earlier for my first mag I use during the game

humble token
#

for your mag pouch on the cummerbund you could either keep it there if you swap to a better cummerbund

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cus elastic style ones have built in pouches, or you could get a hybrid style

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or if you get one without a spot for the mag

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you could have a side-ride pouch on the other side of your placard or swap the two pistol mag pouches for two rifle pouches

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usually you can two pistol mags in one rifle pouch

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not ideal, but it works alright

slate leaf
#

I’m gonna be off for the night though

humble token
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▶ Play video
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the convenience is immeasurable

slate leaf
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Alrighty I’ll give that video a watch before going to sleep

humble token
#

they also make adapters to add quick-detach to existing ones

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but it's not nearly as elegant

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and winds up adding a lil weight instead of trimming some

cerulean minnow
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This thing cost me 365k roubles

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xD

limber flame
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mfw bridged optic

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shift the scope back
get both rings on the receiver

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if you ain't get enough eye relief
extend the stock

cerulean minnow
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problem is that im a small dude and the stock is already set to my comfort

steep token
cerulean minnow
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cyma, bought from taiwangun

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also thx for the advice @limber flame :]

limber flame
#

np

gray python
honest meadow
honest meadow
cerulean minnow
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dw i will

honest meadow
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and remove the rear iron sight u dont even have a front one on so no point

cerulean minnow
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its just that i bought the laser yesterday

honest meadow
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alr

cerulean minnow
honest meadow
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ah k

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if u have a look wadsn do some nice tape switches so u can choose what u use the laser or the light thats built into the peq

cerulean minnow
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cant wait to get back home from work to shoot it in the garden heheheh

cerulean minnow
cerulean minnow
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but most likely just laser

cerulean minnow
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thats exactly what i needed xD

honest meadow
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they also have smth called the hot button

cerulean minnow
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which is?

honest meadow
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bolts straight to ur mlok

cerulean minnow
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oooh noice

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me likey

honest meadow
cerulean minnow
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i was planning on leaving the thumb stop since i have a little bit of thumb that i can use to reach out to press something

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when i had the other flashlight it was comfortable

honest meadow
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its just preference but play around with it on and off and see what u prefer

cerulean minnow
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ye

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will send a picture later when i change where each thing is placed

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also i need a battery for the an peq since it came with none

honest meadow
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bruh

cerulean minnow
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noice m4

honest meadow
#

cummod

strange forge
honest meadow
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penismod

strange forge
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Key mod is gaming

cerulean minnow
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gaymod

strange forge
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It’s a Seekins hand guard

honest meadow
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i love gayselle

strange forge
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Is it real steel tho

honest meadow
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nah

strange forge
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The one I have is real steel so extra drip

honest meadow
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noone but kong and izarumi have that dilla dolla

honest meadow
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m-cock is better

strange forge
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A lot of good gun systems have key mod

honest meadow
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m-cock

honest meadow
limber flame
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dickmod bad

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stinky

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smelly

strange forge
limber flame
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no
peenmod cring

strange forge
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It’s a extremely good hand guard

limber flame
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mlok better

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and pic even better

strange forge
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It’s a Seekins hand guard so I’m gaming

limber flame
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should've got the mlokCT_kek

steep token
crystal rover
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Goofy ah image

low umbra
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pretty cool actually

cerulean minnow
#

you have to get used to reloading an ar15 in an ak way

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but otherwise its cool af

steep token
#

i usually play aks so i should be fine but thanks i might consider getting one

cerulean minnow
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mine was 120~ euro

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plus attatchments shown would be 400~

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mine has a custom pistol grip btw, but that was only 10 euro

#
steep token
#
cerulean minnow
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sorry if its in spanish XD

steep token
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im looking at it rn

cerulean minnow
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damn that was some timing

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btw bare in mind it uses T conector batteries

steep token
#

is this the green ones?

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the funky looking green connectors

cerulean minnow
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uhhh

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lemme get a picture

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this type connector

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which essentially connects to this

slate leaf
crystal rover
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That’s called deans

elder anchor
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M32s don’t protect your hearing, are incredibly easy to break and look goofy as fuck

crystal rover
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Walker razors are based

slate leaf
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True I bought them a little while back, didn’t want to spend too much on ear pro at the time

elder anchor
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Yeah try your best to get your money back and grab some walkers/sordins

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Money back as in sale on the used market

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The best value for money headset on the market right now is the comtac XPIs with the comms suite

slate leaf
slate leaf
elder anchor
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Cheaper walkers can be between 70 and 100

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Sordin basics are 150 new

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But because people end up wanting comms they come up on the used market loads

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Sordins with comms are around 300

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And the Comtac XPIs are around 400 new, but they are the best headset out of the bunch and give you the most options as far as comms and mounting options go

elder anchor
slate leaf
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I would prefer to have something with comms

elder anchor
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Took me a lot of time and effort to get this down

elder anchor
slate leaf
elder anchor
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Yeah, other than some of the cheaper walkers

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But it’s obvious whether they do or don’t

slate leaf
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Yeah

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Would I need to buy a new PTT?

elder anchor
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It depends what kid of aux input the headset has

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What radio are you using?

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UV5R?

slate leaf
limber flame
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plug em into a shoulder mic
audio goes through your headset

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speak through the mic

elder anchor
#

Only expensive ones are the earmor one for whatever reason

elder anchor
slate leaf
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Oh alright I’ll have to look into that

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Aside from ear pro is there anything else with the kit you think could be improved?

honest meadow
slate leaf
#

Yeah I was actually wanting to buy a small ifak, any suggestions on mounting it?

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Also I’ve been trying to keep my left side pretty much slick for pistol draw

elder anchor
alpine oxide
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Looks like a condor

slate leaf
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It’s a condor MOPC I think

slate leaf
honest meadow
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cause if so id recommend the rip away ones u can get

slate leaf
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I do have a belt

honest meadow
#

like this

honest meadow
slate leaf
# honest meadow like this

My torso kinda short so my plate carrier doesn’t ride very high above my belt though so would that cause an issue?

slate leaf
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That’s look good where about on my belt would you recommend putting it?

honest meadow
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u can see its got lil pull tabs and u pull out the bag with the medical stuff in

slate leaf
#

Oh okay

slate leaf
slate leaf
honest meadow
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u see the grab handles on the side

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thats where u pull to open it

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or u could go with a more classic style one like this

slate leaf
#

Any brands in specific for the belt ifak?

honest meadow
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i mean high speed gear is the brand of the one u like

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but make sure u buy ur actual medical equipment from a reputable place not amazon

slate leaf
honest meadow
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gimme a sec

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and they sell packs with the supplies inside so u can put them in ur own pouch

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but obviously if u go down this route get training on first aid and learn how to administer it to urself and others

slate leaf
#

Gotcha I’ll have a look at them

slate leaf
cerulean minnow
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@honest meadow

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i placed a little bit of tape around the pressure button until I get rhe actual button you suggested

limber flame
#

looks a lot nicer with thw scope back

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looks more natural

cerulean minnow
#

ye

limber flame
#

remeber kids
drip is the most important part

cerulean minnow
#

also realized how much having the rear sight under it sucked

limber flame
#

yeah i only run BUIS with red dots

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when i run magnified idrc

cerulean minnow
#

da scope sideways cus its dificult to hold both the gun and phone and sight at the same time XD

honest meadow
low umbra
elder anchor
river bison
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Ok modified it abit only slight issue I have is the hopup which works suspiciously too well

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And I have to give up the charging handle and the dust cover

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It’s a beast in CQB and can hold itself long range

honest meadow
pliant dust
cerulean minnow
#

yes indeed

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the fucking mutant is my baby

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i love her

elder anchor
honest meadow
pliant igloo
river bison
#

@elder anchor I’m torn on this when it comes to people carrying IFAK’s in airsoft games

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I carry mine because I can’t be arsed to take it off since I use work gear in games

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At the same time it’s extra weight

elder anchor
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I cant justify someone who has no idea what they’re doing carrying one

river bison
#

In the first place if someone gets hurt people usually call blind man and refs or marshals stop the game

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That too

elder anchor
#

Yeah it’s not really something that’s needed outside of perhaps very very large scale games where marshals may be few and far between

river bison
#

I’m a big believer in train how you fight but people running around with shit like medical supplies is iffy to me

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Hell I can barely trust the infantry guys with a fully stocked IFAK

elder anchor
#

Yeah I don’t really want an airsofter trying to stitch me up with their prefab IFAK

river bison
#

I threw a fucking fit when some infantry dude tried to use combat gauze as a regular bandage

elder anchor
#

lol

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Infantry doing infantry things is incredibly funny

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Airsofters doing airsofter things on the other hand

#

Often just sad to watch

river bison
#

Man I just wanna play

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I hate it when people get hurt in my field, I always end up having to take care of it since I’m actually a goddamn medic and people know it

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Instead of playing the game I’m treating injuries

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So many rolled ankles because dumbasses wear tennis shoes

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Or scrapes and bruises because someone’s want to play in booty shorts

elder anchor
#

Is this on your bases field?

river bison
#

Yeah

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And the field previous to that that I played on

elder anchor
#

You need to get some rules in place

river bison
#

It’s usually the folks who just show up for the first time too

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It was so bad in my previous group when we played a game in the mountains with 50 people someone took a tumble

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Down a hill

elder anchor
#

Lone survivor style?

river bison
#

Had to get him to the hospital he has to get surgery on his ankle from a bad tear

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Yeah

elder anchor
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Nice

river bison
#

I was so mad

elder anchor
#

Well anything that can go wrong

river bison
#

Wasted my time for sure

elder anchor
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I can imagine

river bison
#

Shoulda just had him sit and wait until I was done