//Someone asked about CO2 capsules that have oil in them and wrote what I feel is a pretty good description of the situation. Any way to take bits/all of it and add to airsoft bot when asking for CO2 lube capsules or similar?//

Green gas and other similar gases (but not propane) have a little silicon oil mixed in so it will continuously lube up gas seals so that they don't dry up as quickly, meaning it is more forgiving in regards to regular seal maintenance as long as you fire the replica regularly.

Standard CO2 capsules however do not have any oil mixed in. That and the fact CO2 Is a very dry gas in itself means your seals will dry up much quicker, and thus be more prone to damage and leaks, with the eventual tear/crack that means replacing the o-ring/seal

The cheaper way to remedy this is to lubricate your seals by hand regularly. That means (you said revolver iirc) bottom of the well that makes contact with the mouth of CO2 caps, seals making contact on both sides of the cylinder, put a drop of silicone oil on each of those a day before and after each game, and also every couple of months if the gun is sitting on a shelf.

The CO2 lubrication capsules have a bit of silicone oil mixed in just like green gas. And like it, it will offset some of the drying effect of the CO2 and keep the seals lubed-up for longer. However they are much more expensive than just getting silicone oil and they do not completely replace manual maintenance. Just make it more spaced and forgiving. Most manufacturers reccomend using 1 lubrication capsules for every 10 standard CO2 capsules.

Ultimately it's a question of price VS time/convenience.

Edit: also, never ever put any kind of oil/grease on bbs or the inside of the hop-up. If you put some in the barrel to clean it, make sure to wipe it down afterwards. Otherwise it'll just give you big headaches for no good reason.

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Many airsofters want to remove the factory flash hider on their replica, wether it’s to attach a muzzle device like a suppressor or to simply replace an orange flash hider with a black one. This should only take a few minutes, and requires few tools:
-An Allen wrench, hammer and punch, or drill, depending on what’s securing your flash hider
-A wrench or pair of pliers
-a rag
-a pot of boiling water
Exactly which of these you will need depends on what exactly is securing your flash hider.

1. Find a product listing of your gun and determine the thread direction on it. If it says positive, +, CW, or clockwise threading, you will be removing your flash hider in the normal lefty-loosy, turn counterclockwise to remove. If it says negative, -, CCW, or counterclockwise threading, you will be removing it by turning it to the right or clockwise, opposite of how you normally loosen a screw. In the absence of such description, assume your flash hider is CCW threaded, as that is what most use.

2. Remove the inner barrel of your replica from the outer barrel.

(Optional) For convenience, remove as much of the gun as you can in a quick fashion, IE for an M4 just remove the lower receiver from the upper and set it aside.

3. Determine if there is a pin securing the flash hider. Look at the bottom first and if there’s no pin there, check the rest of the outside.

-If you see a hex-shaped hole, it’s a grub screw. Use the appropriate Allen wrench to fully remove the screw by turning counterclockwise.
-if you see a hollow pin with a slot down one side, it’s a roll pin. Use a punch and hammer and gently tap it all the way through the barrel so that it falls out inside.
-if you see a solid pin, use a drill to drill it out. Be careful to minimize damage to the outer barrel as you do this.

4. (Optional, but makes it much easier) boil a few inches of water and fully submerge your flash hider in the boiling water for around 3 minutes. This melts the glue securing the flash hider to the barrel.

5. Being careful of the hot flash hider, wrap a rag around your flash hider to prevent scuffing from the tools. If your flash hider has appropriate flat surfaces to do so, use a wrench to remove it. Otherwise, use a pair of pliers. Be sure to rotate it in the proper direction, as determined in step 1.

6. Allow everything to cool down, and reassemble.

It's getting too annoying to type up that it's just a rebranded kjw.

Just noticed there is no airsoftbot for all things HPA, id be more than willing to make a write up concerning what a player new to HPA will need to buy, a few different engine choices, tank choices, regulators, how to carry them, which bodies are good to build out of and all that kind of stuff.

Just tell me where to put it/where to send it to make it happen

This comes up regularly, but might as well comment. Probably several reasons, but I think most can probably come down to player behavior, and differences in attitude towards what airsoft represents.

Others have mentioned there's a bit of a problem with cheating amongst speedsofters. I have no idea if this actually happens at a higher rate than among other types of players, or if it's just a case of confirmation bias every time we observe one who is cheating, but given the particular attitude speedsofters tend to take with airsoft it's understandable if the instances of players who do cheat tend to be so egregious. Speedsofters treat airsoft like the game it is: as you said, we're all just shooting plastic bbs at each other using toy guns, so why not game the system to optimize for that?

So build and mod guns to max out ROF, well above anything the real-steel counterparts would be capable of, but it's a game and we're carrying mags with hundreds of rounds of capacity to sustain those ridiculous rates of fire, so who cares? Employ tactics that emphasize speed and aggressive movement that would be suicide in any sort of real-world scenario, but it's a game with infinite respawns so who cares? You can sprint down a hall and spray and pray around every corner and be reasonably sure you'll hit something if it's there, and if you overshoot, who cares? It's just a game, and speedsofters are playing to "win". This might account for an added impetus to cheat, but I wouldn't want to pin that on the group as a whole and certainly at least not every single speedsofter without sufficient evidence.

On the other hand, for lots of other players, and milsimmers especially, they like and got into airsoft because airsoft guns are such close replicas of real guns, and they like to use more real-world gear and tactics. So they do care, it's part of the whole appeal of the sport for a sizeable portion of our community, and Speedsofters tend to break this, both in immersion and competitiveness. Obviously there's room enough in this sport for lots of different playstyles, but the different motives will always lead to a bit of tension between the big 2, since they tend to be so diametrically opposed. People may often do both milsim and speedsoft, but not a the same time.

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3. Offences, outlining the offences which can be committed under those statutes and the penalties imposed for them.
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5. FAQs concerned with the above.

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Super nit-picky thing, but is there any chance you could make all of the keywords either "noob x" or "beginner x" instead of having some of the phrases be activated with one, and others the other?

Again, I know it's nitpicky, but I always forget which phrases use which, and there's not much reason for there to be both phrases when they mean the same thing

Not sure if right place to post. Maybe the guy that made the flair not is here?

This question is often asked.

There is a wonderfull video from Gun Gamer about it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ymp_WUvRvA
This video also include a sheet of test results.

We could do something with it, couldn't we ?

I'm surprised that there isn't a specific Hi Capa section under specific gun models. It's the most prevalent pistol and the TM Hi Capa is the most commonly recommended gbb pistol. I think it'd be good to not only have some information on the different brands and models between them, but some common upgrades for the TM spec models

If we can have it go into detail and explain the nuance of barrel length not equaling accuracy and dumping the snippets of the RHop rant that would apply, that would be neato there.

Bit busy, cannot expound atm but just to address those queries.

Title. I just picked up my own rifle and I'm already thinking about painting it. I'm sure others will have the same idea.

40mm Grenade Launchers? 40mm grenade launchers, and their associated shells, make up a small niche of the community. Launchers come in many types. There are underbarrel launchers like the M203, M320, EGLM, or GP-30. There are standalone launchers, like the M79 or MGL, or even launchers that replicate rocket launchers like the M72 or RPG, and there are “pistol” or “flare gun” type launchers, which aren’t based off of real weapons. Virtually all airsoft 40mm launchers work the same way, a gas-powered shell is inserted into a chamber, the chamber is closed, and when the trigger is pulled, a peg at the rear of the chamber (where the firing pin would be on a real launcher) depresses a button on the shell, firing it. The thing to understand about launchers is that they’re just a trigger group and a barrel, all the complex parts are located in the shell itself, so when you buy a launcher, one might be more durable than another due to the material it’s made out of, but given the same shell, no launcher is going to significantly outperform another. Grenades, however, have quite a bit of variety. They generally fall into two categories, with plenty of exceptions. The first main category is “Shower grenades”. These have several small barrels around the face of the shell. Each barrel is loaded with several BBs, and when the shell is triggered, all of them are fired out the barrel, like a shotgun. These shells normally have a relatively low muzzle velocity, somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 FPS, which leads to a low effective range, usually 15 yards or less. However, they make up for it with capacity, as they can fire upwards of 200 rounds instantly with a single trigger pull. The second main type of grenade shells are “Payload grenades”. These shells are made to launch a single foam projectile, like a ball or rocket. These projectiles usually have special rules associated with them, such as a 5 yard kill radius around where it impacts, or the ability to kill otherwise indestructible vehicles. It is worth noting that a shower grenade loaded just with gas is capable of launching a foam projectile, if not as far as a payload grenade. Payload grenades are capable of effective ranges of 75-100 yards, although accurately estimating ranges is essential for hitting long-range targets with indirect fire.

shown in this comment According to the airsoftbot reply thread here, it can reply to multiple keywords. Did I do this wrong, or is something not working?

super minor tweak:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Airsoft_Bot/comments/8bqn92/keywords_replies_v10/dx8w67y/

airsoft bot currently says the classic army AUGs are internally inferior (in context, I presume inferior to the TM clones they are based off of).

I think this can be misleading and should be clarified that it has good gearbox internals, but not as good of a hop than the TM:

the CAUG comes with a full bore-up kit, including a CNC double o-ring cylinder head and an o-ring nozzle. The GB has a QC spring, and the spring guide has a bearing.

It may have poor rps out of the box, but make no mistake, the CAUG is much better prepared to be a upgraded to a DMR than the TM is, and I think this is what was meant by "good project gun". With all the nice internals it has, it seems disingenuous to say that the internals are inferior, they just aren't geared toward high rps.

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Hello. This is the drafting page for a USMC loadout. please give your suggestions and observations.

This loadout is meant to be here along the scale:

New player --> Adopting player --> seasoned player/beginning milsimer ---> second time milsimmer ----> super gucchi elite noscope NVD equipped operator.

This kit will not be 100% accurate, to any one time, but will be immediately identifiable as a USMC kit. It is for someone who wants to begin doing proper impressions. This will be continually revised until it is complete.

Armor: Your armor should be one of, or a replica of one of the following: Modified Tactical Vest, Improved Modified Tactical Vest, Scalable Plate Carrier. Two direct links to makers are provided here. You may be able to find a genuine, military used PC at a surplus store. https://shop.opticsplanet.com/tacprogear-commercial-modified-tactical-vest-carrier.html?_iv_code=OA-APC-COMMOD-V-CMTV1-CT-XL&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=plusbox-beta&gclid=CjwKCAjw2dvWBRBvEiwADllhn-TJlT9AIURdtTfnuLiEWuhSlse2W88kuMtZNJxqZ0uPtxpFWvP44xoCYS8QAvD_BwE

http://armypanda.com/products/FLYYE-MOLLE-SPC-Armor-Vest.html

In addition, Emerson makes a cheap SPC, however its colors are off. https://www.evike.com/products/37912/

Cammies: get a FROG suit or replica. They're easy to find on ebay, or you could buy knockoffs. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2053587.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xusmc+fro.TRS0&_nkw=usmc+frog&_sacat=0

Helmet: Get a LWH or replica.

Gun: You can either get a LCT M16, if you want a pre 2016 loadout, LCT M16A4 if you want a pre 2018 loadout, or VFC IAR if you want a post 2016 (ish) automatic rifleman loadout. The IAR will also eventually become the standard arm, so if You're looking into the future, choose it. The former go to for most impression builds was the VFC/ECHO1 Platinum M16/M4, however both VFC and ECHO1 have sadly officially discontinued those products and do not intend to replace them. Some might recommend G&P, but G&P does not supply in-box ris systems, is not completely marui compatible and Evike has a bad habit of selling duds, so you must import. The LCT guns are unfortunately EBB, but thankfully the EBB parts can be removed fairly easily.

http://www.lctairsoft.com/webe/html/products/show.aspx?id=3574&kid=10,56,59 http://www.lctairsoft.com/webe/html/products/show.aspx?id=3024&kid=10,56,59 https://www.evike.com/products/48445/

eyepro ESS or Revision goggles or glasses.

Pouches, optics and extra gear: PPI mtv cummerbound, Eagle Industries spc shoulder pads, fire force m4 pouches x3, EI m67 pouch, EI FSBE2 kydex 9mm pouch, Tactical tailor prc 152 pouch, star dynamic h/350u mic, real steel whip antenna, element mbitr, IFAK A1, AI acog pouch, SDS FSBE bump pouch, specter gear Medium GP pouch 2014 issue, Gen 1 source wxp 3L,

SDS molle belt from ILBE FLC, SDS ILBE canteen pouch, AI gen 1 IFAK 2009 issue, tactical tailor M203 bandolier,

Blue Diamond Group, for example, has made several videos and facebook guides on what gear they personally use in their impressions. You should absolutely consult these. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1704340179829555/?ref=group_header

Your first gun should be something that is desirable, and practical. Think of your first airsoft gun like your first car. If you don't like the look, you won't be happy after buying it. But If you just choose looks, you might spend too much or wind up with something that's impractical.

Instead of telling you what to buy, we'll tell you what to avoid.

• Avoid gas guns. Gas guns are very fun to play with, however they are much harder to tech, much more expensive to use, magazines are often above 30 dollars per mag, and many gas guns fail very easily in the cold.

• Avoid HPA. HPA is new, extremely expensive, hard to refill unless you live near a scuba shop and even banned on some fields.

• Avoid Cyma M16s, SVDs, M4s, TM clone AKs, and so on. Cyma makes very good VFC clone AKs, however the rest of their products are either hit or miss or subpar.

• Avoid any "low power" airsoft guns. These are unreliable, unskirmishable, and unupgradeable. If you see an airsoft AEG that's under $100, it's probably a low power AEG.

• Avoid Well, Dboys, WE pistols (specifically the 1911s), KWA, and any Umarex liscenced guns besides the VFC OEM MP5, MP7, Double Eagle AEGs, G&G AK combat machines. Some people may object to some of these choices, in particular KWA. What needs to be considered is that this list is for noobs, and because of the difficulty of upgrading KWAs, their recent instability, their inability to ship parts to retailers in a timely matter, they have been included as a recommended to avoid.

-------------------trusted brands------------------------

Here are some trusted brands to look for when purchasing your entry level airsoft gun!

Cyma: Cyma AKs are the go to entry level AK for probably about 80% of airsofters. Specifically the models CM040C, CM048 and CM045A.

G&G: M4 Combat Machines. Whereas Cyma makes the classic entry level AK, G&G makes the classic entry level M4/M16. Their Combat Machine series covers everything from the ultracheap, to the midrange, to the higher-end, and they're all great. Here are two choices for you to consider: https://www.evike.com/products/30418/ - $140, https://www.evike.com/products/56305/ - $230.

E&C: This little known brand among newbies has a surprisingly strong reputation for surprisingly good cheap guns, more specialized for the M16 series. They also sell from the factory RIS M16A3s and underslung M203 equipped M16s, also known as "the scarface gun"

ICS: This brand uses proprietary gearbox shells, however they are generally respected and their "sportline" (cheap) M4/M16 series have the exact same internals as their proline guns, with plastic externals.

King Arms/Cyma Thompsons: If you like Thompsons, King Arms and Cyma are your only choice at a low budget. Thankfully, they're both decent replicas.

Double Eagle Trishots: if you want a good Marui trishot shotgun clone, Double Eagle makes the best one. However, avoid anything else made by them.

Classic Army MP5: Surprisingly cheap, and come with many features from the box that other guns lack; such as bearings instead of bushings, quick change springs, and simple mosfets. Do not buy used ones though, which might be advertised as the older, much worse version. Buy them new from Classic Army's website.

I could shorten this possibly to "what not to buy for your first gun"

Noob Guns? If you're just starting out, it can be a daunting task trying to find a gun to start with. With the huge variety available, it would be nearly impossible to compile a complete list of guns, so we'll focus on the most used, and the most highly rated.
To begin with, we'll assume a minimal amount of investment is required, so these will all generally be sub-$200 guns.
AR15/M4 Platform In no particular order.

G&G Combat Machine line.
An options for European players. Specna Arms Core line.

Tippman Commando line.

ICS Sportline.

Classic Army Skirmish line.

Another option for European Players. Nuprol Pioneer Defender.

AKM/AK47/74 Platform

Easily the most recommended AKM Platform rifle, the CYMA AK47

SCAR Platform
Classic Army ISSC MK22

MP5 Platform
The UMAREX/Elite Force MP5

UMP Platform
The UMAREX/Elite Force UMP45

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Milsim and Speedsoft are the two extremes of airsoft playstyles.

Milsim aims to simulate actual skirmishes in warfare. Games are often multiple days, involve camping, territory control, vehicles and objectives. Players need to bring, and cook, their own food on the field. Kits or "loadouts" are meant to be based off of real-world factions. Games are often either loosely scored or not scored at all.

Speedsoft aims to make airsoft as competitive as it can be. Games are short, fast paced, with small fields, but lots of movement in those fields. Speedsoft kits or loadouts are often hyperstyleized, bright, and more closely resemble paintball loadouts. Guns are usually very small and not modeled off actual firearms. Games are scored very strongly and very strictly, and every game results in a winner and a loser.

While there is animosity between purists of the two extremes, most casual fields are a mix of milsim and speedball players. The purists are essentially on opposite ends of a bell curve.

I think I will use "loadout" instead of the prefered "kit", as most people who would ask this question would be more familiar with the word "loadout" I think.

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