Quick Questions & Simple Answers.

[Ian_Gere]

Hello I'm really new to all this, going to get a cheap rifle. Just wondering what pellets it takes. Can anyone help me?

The rifle is a crossfire 676-1.

Does it take 6mm?

Do I get the "heavy" 6mm bbs?

Hope you're not planning to take that skirmishing?

What Zak means, mate, is that the 'rifle' you mentioned is not good enough to be competitive on an airsoft field, plus chances are it'd get broken if you tried to use it in a skirmish. The problem with websites like bbguns4less, or any of the sites with "bbguns" in their name such as justbbguns and onlybbguns, is that they are full of misleading information -

its spring powerd gun and its got a powerful shot on it

Compared to a Nerf gun, yeah maybe... but if you were to put the kind of spring a proper airsoft sniper rifle uses into that, the trigger sear would snap first time you tried to fire it.

You can get proper airsoft Bolt Action Sniper Rifles for as little as £130, but they are not competitive unless you upgrade the internals, which costs a minimum of about £150 but easily up to £250. Plus airsoft sniping is an art which takes a lot of practice to get good at - if you imagine that, even with the best BASR, you will lie up invisible to your target under camouflage to place your crosshairs on him and pull the trigger then watch him yelp, "Hit!", you could hardly be farther from the truth. The best advice any of us can give new players who are considering starting as a sniper is DON'T! The classified ads of this and every other airsoft forum or FB Group are full of BASR's which noobs have given up on.

Much better to get an assault rifle and enjoy the game for a while, learn how to shoot BB's, I mean how the various weights of them behave in the air and what differences in performance various modifications to guns produce. Learn a bit about camouflage at the ranges we engage each other, usually about 50m or less - unless the foliage you are in is very dense, often a ghillie suit is visible that close, and if the foliage is that dense, wearing bog standard DPM camouflage (old skool British Army clothing) and keeping still will be just as effective. Develop a feel for tactics, so that if you do eventually decide to give sniping a go, you'll be able to position yourself in a spot where your ability to outrange assault rifles will actually prove an asset to the side you are on, rather than just get you outflanked and either ignored or picked off by the opposition's snipers/counter-sniper.

This is a guide for newcomers on a tight budget.

 

[Sacarathe]

Are 140mm widebores worth bothering with (if they exist)? I don't mind 10mm of barrel sticking out the end of the gun if I bought the Orga Magnus 6.23 150mm, but obviously 140mm would be more convenient.

EDIT: Discovered barrel extensions as low as 1 inch.

 

[SniperFire123]

Thanks for the replys. No it's not for competing just to get a feel of it and practice some shooting then I will upgrade to a better gun.

Which bbs do I buy for the crossfire?

Which ones do you recommend?

 

[Sacarathe]

Are you over 18, do you have a limited budget? If yes to both, you're burning money if you buy that, and stick with airsoft.

 

[Ian_Gere]

Thanks for the replys. No it's not for competing just to get a feel of it and practice some shooting then I will upgrade to a better gun.

Which bbs do I buy for the crossfire?

Which ones do you recommend?

Honestly mate, it's so shit that it doesn't matter what you shoot through it, it'll be disappointing, and it wont give you any idea what actual airsoft guns are like. To get any kind of shot worth the name you'd best stick with 0.12g BB's and try to make sure that wherever you are shooting is completely sheltered from wind, because otherwise even a good fart will blow your shots all over the place.

About the cheapest gun you can get which will give you an idea what airsoft guns are like is a Double Eagle pump action shotgun. If you are under 18 you'll have to get your parents or somebody 18+ to buy it for you, but if not you'll still need to buy a two-tone until such time as you go airsofting and can get a UKARA registration number, due to the Violent Crime Reduction Act (read our info on UK Law). This is the one time where I reluctantly have to recommend a "bbguns" site (onlybbguns.co.uk are probably the least worst of the bunch) because they do a DE M56B tri-shot for £45 here. The good thing is that if you do decide to get into airsoft, the DE will be useful to you as a close quarters battle weapon, or as a back-up to an assault rifle.

The best thing I can advise though is that if you think you may be interested in airsoft, go along to your local site for a skirmish day and rent a gun and eye protection. You can find the nearest site to you on here.

 

[SniperFire123]

Thanks for the advice

 

[djben9]

Question

Looking at G33/36 as my next AEG, hopefully in some before or after Xmas sale

Or another H&k ????

Any advice on make, I know from reading, ares isn't any good ?.

Sorry iPod won't allow me to colour the text

 

[ricefarmer]

Sorry for the late response, turns out my barrel has fine air seal and the flat nub was rubbing on something, anyway I had a dmr with pretty much all the upgrade parts you mentioned; SHS nozzle, pom piston head, airlab O ring, sorbo pad etc., but i had a high torque motor with standard torque gears, a bw king kong super 2 and a shitty WE 11.1 2200MAH lipo from justbbguns. It was the neatest looking gun from the gearbox, but would last one game at a skirmish. All my piston pick-up teeth would cave in. Essentially i got tired of matching parts and decided to go HPA because of the ease of use and low maintenance. I considered myself a failed tech but i also blame zeroone for having no descriptions on their products. As someone said, its not just trigger response, its the whole ease of operation for a player who does'nt have the time to constantly replace parts. Snipers are another breed, but really I just chose to get it because it was guaranteed to work out of the box, instead of checking part compatibility. Also G&G combat machines suck d*ck for upgrading.

 

[Fumps]

Quick question about ordering from evike.

Anyone know what the extra costs will be for the following:

Hand rail & red dot sight costing $89.99

I've Google it & keep finding conflicting info.

 

[Sitting Duck]

dunno but if you place an order at airsoft gi you can choose the option to pay taxes upfront.....

worth noting most stuff from US has a good chance of getting stopped/charged

compared to Hong Kong having a good chance on small-medium parcels getting through without duty

(depends on parcel size and a bit of luck but often modest stuff from HK gets through (slowly) ok)

check out a similar sort of item on AirSoft GI site, do some calculations in basket and see what's the worst damage you might get hit for???

 

[Fumps]

Yeh the unknown quantity is putting me off making the order tbh.

I think I will leave it & go back to the drawing board.

 

[Sacarathe]

UPS will charge you £11 (capped to include duty/handling) + VAT if you order something from evike - furthermore they wont attempt to clear your item through customs until you complete and post/email them a form, even if all of your answers are " there is no legal need for me to fill in this form " in every box.

I've used evike twice, and other than the hidden cost worth about £6 to UPS it was fine.

EDIT:

Link to form.

 

[Fumps]

Cheers for this.

I appreciate the info

 

[Aengus]

Are these real or not? Look slightly differently shaped than the usual ones (profile turbofans)?

 

[EdCoombesDogs]

Does the g27 pistol/motor grip come with a bottom plate it doesn't look like it does and if not will a standard one of a kings Arms colt m4 fit

 

[Sacarathe]

Is changing (reducing) the length of a gun's trigger pull and return difficulty? I just noticed my new Cyma Mp5k has an annoyingly long trigger pull. It's 18-20mm, takes 12mm from zero to fire and the minimum return distance before firing again is at least 8mm, furthermore there is pretty much no resistance from the trigger severely limited tactile feedback.

 

[Rock-climby-Dave]

On one of those, yes.
Lots of messing around with the way the trigger actuates and cuts off in semi. Much, much easier (and in the long run, potentially cheaper) to fit an ASCU type device and shorten the trigger to just the button push

 

[cyrexx]

Are these real or not? Look slightly differently shaped than the usual ones (profile turbofans)?

These are Fake, the foam padding is not the same a real ones.

 

[Ian_Gere]

These are Fake, the foam padding is not the same a real ones.

That's what i was going to say. The foam on real ones doesn't look anywhere near as scruffy.

 

[Samurai]

Is changing (reducing) the length of a gun's trigger pull and return difficulty? I just noticed my new Cyma Mp5k has an annoyingly long trigger pull. It's 18-20mm, takes 12mm from zero to fire and the minimum return distance before firing again is at least 8mm, furthermore there is pretty much no resistance from the trigger severely limited tactile feedback.

You can heat up the brass contact in the switch's moving part and pull it out a few mm-s. Then you can drill a hole and push a pin in it's side to make the protrusion longer where the cutoff lever catches it. Needs some fiddling but can be done with DIY.

http://www.airsoftforum.com/board/topic/198550-aeg-hair-trigger-guide-necro-exempt/