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Airsoft Discussion / Re: Odd Radio Settings.
« on: October 21, 2015, 12:23:53 PM »
Speaking for the Suicide Kings, we always use channels not on the traditional GMRS/FRS bands. Typically, event communications are a totally disaster because everyone is on one or two channels, people haven't turned off VOX and/or are hot-mic-ing everybody else, or someone is screaming into their mic unintelligibly.

That's why we use channels that no one else can get on. We usually monitor the broader team channel and them communicate back and forth on our own SK net.

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Good luck to all those attending. Firestorm is easily the most beautiful game of the year. Enjoy being out in the woods.

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The Gallery / Re: More Classics - The JAC Thompson M1A1
« on: October 08, 2015, 07:05:07 PM »
What're some good sources for the history of Classic airsoft? I'm assuming it's mostly informal. I'd be very interested to hear about the early manufacturers like Asahi, JAC, Sun Project, etc.

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Clothing & Load Bearing Gear / Re: Mayflower APC and other SHTF gear
« on: September 24, 2015, 09:26:21 AM »
Those are some good picks and definitely provide you with a wide degree of scalability.

The two comparative options that spring to mind as far as scalability are the JPC 2.0 and the Velocity Systems Scarab Light.

https://www.cryeprecision.com/ProductDetail/blc06602lg0_jpc-20

http://www.velsyst.com/store/0/167/SCARAB%E2%84%A2-Light.html

The Mayflower APC is produced by Velocity Systems, so the swift-clip/QASM system is the same. Velocity Systems also makes "placards" for both the APC and Scarab, but these won't scale into a chest rig like the Haley D3CR.

http://www.velsyst.com/store/253/0/SwiftClip%E2%84%A2-Placards.html



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Airsoft Discussion / Re: Where should I start?
« on: September 18, 2015, 09:15:04 AM »
Whenever someone makes a post like this I like to quote myself:

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It's hard to go wrong selecting a gun provided you buy a reasonably priced AEG from a mainstream company.

For example,

Tokyo Marui
Classic Army
G&P
G&G
VFC
King Arms
Ares
KWA
ICS

Guns from the above companies should work well straight out of the box and shouldn't require any fixes.

Other "clone," "All China Made" (ACM) or low-price companies like

JG
Dboys
Cyma
A&K

make products that range vastly in quality and may often need a tune-up straight out of the box. I wouldn't recommend them for a first gun unless you're willing to do some work to get them skirmish worthy. I'm not saying these guns are terrible; they're not, but they are, generally, of lesser quality than the AEGs produced by the "mainstream" companies.

Now you'll probably get a lot of opinions about which companies are best/worst, which companies build the most reliable rifles, etc. That said, what you should do is settle on a particular rifle model (M4, M16, AK, G36, P90, etc) and then conduct some research to determine which company makes a reliable version of that model at a price point that you can afford.

For example, if you're interested in a G36, then you've got a variety of companies that you can look at including:

Tokyo Marui
Classic Army
Ares
JG
SRC

These companies produce G36s of varying quality at different price points and with different features.

So you've got to take some time and look at each company's G36 offering and determine which is best for you based on how much money you've got and other considerations like reliability.


In addition, as you delve into the gun buying process, you'll soon be overtaken by the urge to buy extra magazines and some sort of loading bearing kit or plate carrier.

RESIST this urge.

Remember, all you need to play is GOOD EYE PROTECTION, a gun, a high capacity magazine, batteries, batter charger and decent footwear.

Once you've got a gun, play a few games and figure out what works for you before making a big investment.

In my opinion, if you've got a $400 budget, it's far better to spend the majority of that money on a rifle, spare batteries and eye protection than dilute it in order to buy extra magazines and the equipment to carry it.

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Airsoft Discussion / Re: MiA Round Table #2: Teching Best Practices
« on: September 16, 2015, 10:53:39 AM »
This is going to be a controversial one, but what do you guys think of Marui gearboxes?

I've owned a couple in the past (M733, P90) and, for what they are, they functioned fine. Seemed pretty smooth, had a nice, crisp pneumatic pop when fired. That said, nothing really special to write home about.

I'm always amazed when I see people selling Marui M14s for a premium and expressly touting that the gun as a Marui. Obviously, yeah, Marui M14s aren't bad and the QC is top notch. That said, you rarely see people falling over themselves to praise the Marui G36 line or the old Marui M4 line. Yet whenever someone asks "what M14 should I get?" the Marui M14 always comes up. This is never the case with G36s or M4s.


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Airsoft Discussion / MiA Round Table #2: Teching Best Practices
« on: September 14, 2015, 10:06:09 AM »
Welcome MiA members to the second MiA Round Table! (see here for the first Round Table: http://www.miairsoft.org/index.php?topic=408.0)

The purpose of the Round Table is to generate discussion about the latest airsoft news, trends and other "hot" topics. Ultimately, our goal is get forum members engaged and contributing in order to build a better MiA community.

Each week we will post a MiA Round Table thread with a series of discussion questions or statements. We invite MiA members to get involved and have their say!

This week's discussion

Teching Best Practices

Gearbox teching, r-hops, sniper tech, etc.

What are some best practices for teching airsoft guns? How do you distinguish between a "good" tech and a "bad" tech? What weird stuff have you see inside gearboxes? What sort of unusual problems have you seen with guns brought in for work? Should we give up on NiHM batteries and all just go to LiPos? Are fuses even necessary and is AoE adjustment even needed? What are some of the online resources you guys use for doing tech work?

Have your say!

@luke213

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Airsoft Discussion / Re: MiA Round Table #1: Facebook versus Forums
« on: September 08, 2015, 04:48:38 PM »
My experience is that the shift to Facebook has really negatively impacted airsoft forums in general. FB offers significantly more real time content than forums ever could. For example, a normal forum might get, at best, 10-25 new posts a day. If you're part of multiple FB groups then you're experiencing 25-100+ posts a day easily. A lot of the content is buy/sell/trade related and I think this attracts a lot of people. Unfortunately, B/S/T isn't really a solid basis for creating and maintaining a community. People in B/S/T groups aren't posting new information as much as they're trying to flog their old junk... which, of course, is the purpose of B/S/T groups. And because people can create groups for anything on FB, you get very specific sub-communities developing (MARSOC impressions, CAG impressions, teching, Polarstar, Tippmann, etc). So unlike say ASF or Arnie's where there's a lot of very general AND very specific information, you get these communities of specialists. So what used to be contained under a big tent via forums is now scattered all over the place in these specialty groups.

That's not to say that I don't enjoy the specialized nature of these groups, it's just that there's not really a sense of community there because I don't see that one guy who is really knowledgeable about MARSOC stuff also posting about tech stuff like I would on a traditional forum.

I also think that forums generally held people to a higher level of discourse than social media. I tend to see a lot of random memes and other juvenile posting on FB simply because it's judged to be sort of informal. People just whip out their phones and tap some chat speak rather than needing to compose their thoughts and ideas. I guess I'm just an old man like that.

One of the themes that I've noticed over the last few years on various forums is the fracturing of the airsoft community. On the one hand, I actually feel more in the fold as far as MiA because I know a lot of the guys who post here on social media. So they're not just some random internet handle, but a real person with a face and a name. This has definitely helped when going out to games by myself. That said, I also think that forums used to comprise a sort of common ground for people to circulate through and interact and I think that's being lost as more and more people come to rely on FB.

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Airsoft Discussion / Re: MiA Round Table #1: Facebook versus Forums
« on: September 08, 2015, 09:02:11 AM »
Bumping this post to the top for visibility.

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Tech Questions / Re: Version 2 gearbox reinforcement M4/M16 platform
« on: September 03, 2015, 04:17:21 PM »
I remember their being some chatter about these on Arnie's about 5 years ago when the STS was released. I seem to recall that the group that was using them played in Arizona and had ridiculously highly FPS rules, like 500 FPS for a rifleman was normal. My impression was that they did this to be able to have longer range engagements and not to be total douchers.... anyway, I digress.

One of the main guys I remember talking about them called himself Radrockin on Arnie's. You might try PMing him.

http://arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/156484-shock-transfer-system/

Review on ASC:
http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthread.php?t=96420

It's been such a long time, I kind of doubt the STS is even still being made. That might be your biggest problem.


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Airsoft Discussion / MiA Round Table #1: Facebook versus Forums
« on: September 01, 2015, 12:57:00 PM »
Welcome MiA members to the first MiA Round Table!

The purpose of the Round Table is to generate discussion about the latest airsoft news, trends and other "hot" topics. Ultimately, our goal is get forum members engaged and contributing in order to build a better MiA community.

Each week we will post a MiA Round Table thread with a series of discussion questions or statements. We invite MiA members to get involved and have their say!


This week's discussion

Facebook versus Forums

Which do you guys use more, airsoft forums (MiA, ASF, ASR, AS, Arnie's, etc) or Facebook to talk about airsoft related stuff? Do you prefer one to the other? Has the shift of people moving from forums to FB-airsoft groups been a positive one for the hobby? If you're more a fan of FB, what would it take to bring you back to a forum environment? Better content? More sales and commerce? Aside from MiA, what other FB groups or forum communities are you a part of?

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Clothing & Load Bearing Gear / Eagle H-Harness in Multicam?
« on: August 27, 2015, 02:17:14 PM »
Hi Guys,

I'm sure many of you are aware of the Eagle H-Harness that has been produced for the various LCS (RLCS, MLCS, SFLCS, etc) kits.



Does anyone know if a version of this was ever produced in multicam? I'm seeing versions produced in tan, khaki and ranger green. I spotted a version in multicam, but from only one source. http://webbingbabel.blogspot.com/2015/05/eagle-industries-h-harness-vest-multicam.html

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Tech Questions / Re: Want to upgrade my sniper
« on: August 26, 2015, 11:38:20 AM »
You're going to have to provide us with a bit more information.

What type of sniper rifle do you own? There are a lot of different sniper rifle manufacturers and they are not all cross-compatible, so we need to know the brand of your rifle in order to recommend upgrades.

The fundamental truth about airsoft sniper rifles is that small upgrades in performance frequently cost a lot of money. To go from a sniper rifle capable of shooting accurately at 100' to a rifle capable of shooting accurately at 150' is really no big deal, but once you start reaching out to the 200', 250', 300' ranges you start to see diminishing returns on the amount of money invested.

My advice to you would be to adapt your tactics to suit your rifle rather than trying to upgrade your rifle to suit a new set of tactics.

Two people you may want to get in touch with are Mosin (http://www.miairsoft.org/index.php?action=profile;u=4) or Deputy865 (http://www.miairsoft.org/index.php?action=profile;u=111). Both know a lot about sniping and upgrading sniper rifles.

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Airsoft Discussion / Re: Recommended Gear for Milsim West?
« on: August 26, 2015, 11:08:51 AM »
Yeah, a simple waterproof rain jacket will work to keep the wet off. I'd be wary of random China produced hardshells. They are advertised as being "waterproof" but that could be total bunk.

No matter what you buy, the general idea for living in inclement weather is to layer.

Base Layer - against your skin, best to be moisture wicking
Warmth Layer - designed to insulate and hold body heat in
Waterproof Layer - keeps water, snow, wind off of your insulation layer and body in general.

The great thing about Goretex and other waterproof but breathable materials is that they keep water from the outside out, but allow heat and moisture generated by your body to pass through. Totally waterproof, non-breathable materials trap perspiration and make it seems like it's raining inside your jacket when you start to heat up. Layers like this are great for keeping out a downpour, but not so great when you're actually hiking or doing anything physical.


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