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Zak Da Mack
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The way to set your hop is to by trial and error - you're looking to make it over-hop (for the BB to rise significantly during its trajectory) then dial it back in tiny increments until you find the point at which the BB starts to drop early, then put a smidge back on. At this point it's down to personal preference how big that smidge is: whether you want the hop up effect to provide you with the longest flat-ish trajectory it can and the BB to then simply arc down to the ground, or whether you want just a hint of over-hop so that the effective range is increased but the trajectory rises a few inches at the end before the BB arcs to the ground - personally i choose the latter, but be aware that this can lead to some funky BB behaviour at extreme range when there's even a breath of wind. However you can use a tiny amount of over-hop to your advantage when shooting at targets in cover - for eg you can fire under vehicles, etc knowing that the BB will rise slightly to hit the legs of those hiding behind, but more spectacularly you can turn your AEG partly or even fully onto its side to make a BB trajectory curve around vertical cover...
Atmospheric conditions (temp, humidity & pressure) affect hop performance so you should always reset it at the start of any skirmish day, and adjust it during the day if you notice that you are getting more or less hop up effect than you want.
Try europe first. But remember it's only RIFs, not magazines, not suppressors, not stocks, not rails, not inner barrels or gearboxes, or sights, not even 50% of a RIF, but a whole RIF - though if you haven't a defence ordering a RIF in two parts is not only illegal but could yield negative consequences if caught (obviously does not apply here).
So if you get that evil message from UPS or another courier about airsoft stuff, if theres no RIF in the package, tell them to shuv it (while co-operating fully).
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EdCoombesDogs
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Quick question ive used all the big name bbs just wondering has any one used gunfire rocket bbs? Are they any good looking at the 0.25g
EdCoombesDogs
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Quick question ive used all the big name bbs just wondering has any one used gunfire rocket bbs? Are they any good looking at the 0.25g
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ImTriggerHappy
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Nuprol tracers have got a lot better I am starting to prefer them to blasters. Apparently the normal ones have improved as well.
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EdCoombesDogs
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My .30 tracers seem fine too, but when they've been so inconsistent with early batches (and when a lot of those BBs are still in circulation) then they deserve the reputation they get.
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When you order an RIF from overseas, if there is a "Company" field in the address form, type "UKARA# XXX1234" into it so that it is automatically part of the address label. You should also ask them to write your UKARA number large on the package in any "Comments" stylee box that comes with the order form, but bear in mind that you're dealing with people for whom English is an acquired language and some of them will not understand the significance, so putting it in your address is still important. This goes just the same for ordering from the EU, wider Europe, HK, Mainland China, the USA or Japan.
Bear in mind that stuff which comes from the USA always gets hit by customs for VAT and almost always stuff from Japan. But stuff which comes from HK, China, and Europe is much less likely to attract this bum-rapage... (my average is currently up from 1/7 to about 1/6 parcels) although tbh the fact that they are gun shaped seems to get RIF's the attention anyway. It's the admin fee which the couriers charge for processing your VAT payment which is the real pain in the hole mind: it's usually between £8-13 but i've heard of higher. Bear in mind that there is no VAT on purchases from inside the EU, so buying RIF's from Poland is a very popular choice and the 2 main companies, gunfire.pl and taiwangun.com, both understand the significance of a UKARA number - just a hint: if you do order from taiwangun.com and want them to downgrade the spring for you for just the cost of the new spring, you must follow their instructions for how to fill in the order form to the letter, because they will not retroactively add free spring downgrade to an order which you ask for by email afterwards.
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