Airsoft Thread

[rossmum]

Gurne: Guess what FAGGOT
Gurne: I found an airsoft version of the VSS Vintorez and AS Val
aquila chrysaetos: what
aquila chrysaetos: WHAT
Gurne: Full metal full wood where applicable
aquila chrysaetos: GET THEM
aquila chrysaetos: FUCK
aquila chrysaetos: LINK ME
aquila chrysaetos: AND GET THEM
Gurne: I'm not spending $1000 to buy both guns lol
Gurne: And as far as I can tell
Gurne: Given the prices
Gurne: The VSS is like 600 or 650 USD
Gurne: And it comes with a legit PSO-1 scope
Gurne: like a real PSO-1
Gurne: It's AEG so it's kinda gay
Gurne: Since that means you don't get as much feedback as you would with a gas blowback

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Also holy shit that is retarded. There are like six billion M4geries and SCARs and ACRs but AK-74s are hard to find? Fuck airsoft companies, ugh.

[rossmum]

There's also this







$400. More than a real Mosin (even here). Still, aside from the absolutely terrible '70s Kitchen Counter Orange finish on the stock (should be dark red shellac), brass nosecap (should be blued), incorrect markings and dodgy hop-up location, it's not as bad as I expected. I only wish they hadn't stamped the markings themselves so I could get one and do it up like the real deal, with the proper stampings, proper fonts, and proper "OH FUCK NAZIS" sloppiness with said stampings. Then that would kinda rule.

[DarkHalo003]

I'm glad you acknowledg the finish is bad. Because it is bad. Very, very bad.

If I ever picked up Airsoft (no money to spare makes doing so impossible) and it came down to gear, I'd at least have an enclosed helmet; I'd feel really off-kilter with the types of helmets I've seen people using in the thread, not to mention I to find it aestheticaly pleasing.

[rossmum]

The metal finish is great, actually it's too good. No machining marks. Even the nicest of Mosins still have some pretty evident ones on them. The actual bluing though is good, the scope has the right finish, the mount looks about right too. The only thing that really lets it down is the stock, which seems to be a common theme with airsoft wood stocks; they look like shit because they have no interesting grain and are bright fucking orange.

I watched a video of the rifle; the bolt design is kinda poor and to load it (10 BBs) you have to open the mag floorplate, pull a string to open a trapdoor, and pour the BBs in. Bummer. I was hoping it would feed from those BB catridge things that a few airsoft K98s use, or at least have some other reasonable means of feeding. Shit, a properly functional cocking piece would be neat too.

e/ Fuck enclosed helmets, they shit up your cheekweld. Just wear a mouthguard and/or balaclava and/or shemagh for padding, plus goggles (and a helmet if you really want to.)

[DarkHalo003]

The metal finish is great, actually it's too good. No machining marks. Even the nicest of Mosins still have some pretty evident ones on them. The actual bluing though is good, the scope has the right finish, the mount looks about right too. The only thing that really lets it down is the stock, which seems to be a common theme with airsoft wood stocks; they look like shit because they have no interesting grain and are bright fucking orange.

I watched a video of the rifle; the bolt design is kinda poor and to load it (10 BBs) you have to open the mag floorplate, pull a string to open a trapdoor, and pour the BBs in. Bummer. I was hoping it would feed from those BB catridge things that a few airsoft K98s use, or at least have some other reasonable means of feeding. Shit, a properly functional cocking piece would be neat too.

e/ Fuck enclosed helmets, they shit up your cheekweld. Just wear a mouthguard and/or balaclava and/or shemagh for padding, plus goggles (and a helmet if you really want to.)

Err, sorry, this was exactly what I was meaning.

I just prefer helmets over no-helmets for mostly aesthetic purposes, but also because I hate the natural elements hitting my face while I'm in the woods (mainly dusts and insects).

[Bobblehob]

Good god, for the amount of money and faggotry involved, why not just buy the real thing xP

[rossmum]

~*~*precious snowflake*~*~

Dust and insects are nothing, and they really aren't likely to hit your face that often. If they are I'm not entirely sure what you are doing but it is probably not the correct thing.

e/ The real thing is cheaper because they were made in the tens of millions during a time of war. The new ones had to have new machinery tooled up, had to have materials purchased, had to be assembled by workers who are more concerned about their dinner being on the table than the Nazis kicking down the door and shooting their children, and then there is the fact that they also have to be imported. The only surprise here is that they don't cost even more.

You would be lucky to find a halfway decent reproduction PU scope for less than $250, by the way, and originals run between $350-400, more for Krasnogorsk silium alloy types. An original 91/30 PU sniper will cost upwards of $7-800 in the US, double or triple that anywhere else.

e2/ Additionally, I can't shoot people with my real 91/30 PU and not cause them permanent and usually fatal damage.

[DarkHalo003]

Dust and insects are nothing, and they really aren't likely to hit your face that often. If they are I'm not entirely sure what you are doing but it is probably not the correct thing.

Well like I said, it'd be mostly for aesthetic purposes. Either way you look at it, it's tell headgear to protect the head.

[TVTyrant]

Good god, for the amount of money and faggotry involved, why not just buy the real thing xP

This deserves an infraction

850 for that 74 mockup is ridiculous. I can buy a Tantal with a shitload of ammo, 4 magazines, and a gun bag for 600 bucks.

AKA the US rules.

[Cortexian]

This deserves an infraction

850 for that 74 mockup is ridiculous. I can buy a Tantal with a shitload of ammo, 4 magazines, and a gun bag for 600 bucks.

AKA the US rules.

That 74 was likely smuggled into the country, so on top of retail price there is the smugglers price. Generally the guys brining in guns illegally only do 5 or so at a time in case they get caught, but they charge extra for gas+time+risk. Basically there's a huge markup on smuggled stuff, which is to be expected.

Like I said, it would likely be cheaper to go with a different model AK and convert it. I'm not an expert on AK's so I don't really know the difference between them, IMO the only difference between a 47 and a 74 is that the 74 usually comes with modernized furniture (not wood).

As for helmets, I use the open style because I have a real Sordin Supreme Pro-X headset that I can link my radio into. Also provides hearing protection for when someone tosses a Thunder-B grenade into an enclosed room with you in it. I take the up-armor side-covers off the helmet when wearing the Sordin's since the Sordins provide enough impact protection for airsoft.