Airsoft Thread

[Cortexian]

BB guns will shoot way hotter than airsoft guns, they're more akin to pellet rifles.

Also, check this out:




AFG-1 love and Magpuls on some of my mags now, my Airsoft GI order got here. And it got through customs for cheap as hell, because AGI may have fudged some prices on their invoice a little (lets just say all the documents that came with the package valued it at $60 instead of $260+)... Also got two more KP8 (KWA USP) magazines which were labeled as "plastic bearing holders" on the invoice lol.

[RedBaron]

So, can anyone give me a bad reason of getting one of these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[Cortexian]

The lenses aren't necessarily up to the task of protecting your eyes. Someone here bought something similar and when he tested it with .20's at about 380 FPS they cracked. If you buy a gas mask for airsoft it's always good practice to point-blank it with the highest FPS gun you can get your hands on, multiple times, to make sure it's safe enough.

[Warsaw]

BB guns will shoot way hotter than airsoft guns, they're more akin to pellet rifles.

No. Only the best ones are akin to pellet rifles (and usually ARE pellet rifles with BB capability). Most of them shoot in the 350-500 fps range.

Also, about gas mask, replace the lenses with some actual ballistics approved polycarbonate.

[Cortexian]

My Airsoft GI order got here yesterday (13th) as you can probably tell by the AFG on my SCAR pics, here's some pics of the new gear I got:

OE Tech Base Pullover top.
OE Tech Fast Draw Holster on my right leg.
OE Tech Tactical Thigh Rig and attached OE Tech Dump Pouch on my left leg.


OE Tech Fleece Jacket.


Indoor T-shirt look:

Indoor base layer pullover look:

Outdoor high-speed rig:

Full assault kit:

And of course the free T-shirt you get for orders over $80:

[Amit]

lol who takes the pics?

[Cortexian]

The camera, self-timer set on auto-portrait mode. I should have manually set more settings, a lot of the photos are pretty blurry.

[RedBaron]

hhmmm, how well does that one-point bungee sling work? I'm curious about the whole method of slinging your gun using only one pivot. It seems like it could be rather comfortable, but could it really support my 8lb+ gun all day? Also I was thinking of getting this one, which could be converted between one-point or two-point easily. No way in hell it really is military grade, but I guess what I'm trying to ask is if you think that thing would snap or if the adjustment folds will completely give in. There are no reviews for that two-point sling, but there were relatively good reviews for the one-point only sling made by the same company (which is really irrelevant since "matrix" is the brand that evike.com uses to stamp onto brandless Chinese imports, but in practice, evike.com has a decent quality control for the products they put up on their website).

I'll get some pics of my full setup too once I get everything in. Remember when I ordered those elbow/knee pads off of some shady Hong Kong Ebay store? (probably not) Well after seeing this video, I'm pretty confident that the ones I ordered are one and the same. Which means I got them hella cheap at $30(it was $18 + $12 shipping) for both elbows and knees, and they also seem decent. The only down side is that it's going to take 10 years for it to ship over here.

Also, multicam's looking good,... slut.

[Cortexian]

The main thing you need to consider about single-point slings is the length of your gun, they're best for fairly short guns for one pretty obvious reason. If you've got a long gun it's possible that when you kneel with your weapon on the sling the barrel will hit ground, never a good thing. I've seen some people with fairly long guns (full length M16/G36) and the barrel almost touches the ground even when they're standing, those people were a little under 6ft tall though. Another thing to remember with single-point slings is that if your gun is long enough, it will be hitting your legs/knees when you're moving around. Some people complain about this... My opinion is that you should find another sport if you're complaining about a gun hitting your knees because you had to switch to your secondary while moving.

I used this sling with my G36K for a long time, as well as my SCAR now. The SCAR is significantly shorter than the G36K and works even better in a single-point configuration than the G36K did. As for weight requirements a single-point does a good job of spreading the load across your back and shoulders, not as good as a double-point sling would obviously but it isn't something I ever find myself thinking about. My SCAR weights around 7-8lb's and my G36K was about 10lb's with the C-Mag in and fully loaded, never worried about the sling breaking, but that comes down to the quality of the sling itself.

I was recently able to try using a Magpul MS2 sling at a recent indoor game, thing is awesome as you can transfer from singe to double-point extremely fast. And having a double-point configuration lets you sling your rifle on your back pretty fast like Tim does in this Airsoft GI TV video (skip to 4:30). The Magpul MS2 does this even better, and when I can afford it I'll be getting a legit one from Magpul.

[Spartan094]

Annd it's finally in, do note I have NOT installed the metal body yet, I'm gonna do it soon after I get done wrapping presents and such




Awesome, I cant wait to install the metal body so it looks better, btw the metal body HAS the USMC logo on it.