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Happy Friday guys! and yep, that’s right… They’ve just released their first AEG and possibly many more to come. Introducing their first AEG, the M4A1, with a patented spring decompression function integrated to the safe position of the fire control.

 

Here’s the quick spec sheet given by WE Tech:

Dimensions: 770MM/850MM
Color: Black
Weight: 3050
Thread: 14mm CCW
Body Materials: Aluminum Alloy
Outer Barrel Materials: Aluminum Alloy
Gearbox: Zinc-Aluminum Alloy
Gear Set Materials: Steel
Piston Materials: Nylon polymer 30%
Motor: 8.4V 25000RPM
Firing Modes: SINGLE, FULL AUTO + spring release on SAFE
Hopup: Adjustable
Power: 360-380 fps
Magazine Capacity: 300/400 BB
Package Includes: M4A1-AEG
Recommended Battery: 8.1V-11.1V

 

A review has been written on the forums here. WE has not set a retail price yet but have said it is going to be way under US$200 and rumor has it that it will be similar to G&G’s price but time will tell where the retail figures will actually be. Is this WE Tech’s reaction to the limited supply of China AEGs? What more will WE bring to the market?

 

For wholesale enquiries, please contact sales@weairsoft.com for further information about this product.

Expect this AEG reaching your retail shops very soon within the next few weeks!

(WE Airsoft)

That’s right. The official Arnies Event is back and happening this August!

What is it?

Arniegeddon: Forever is the return of the Arnies community event. A weekend event, the aim is fun and socialising, rather than serious military simulation (although as numerous geardoes attend and all of our brothers in bdus are welcome!).

Games will generally be rapid, fast-paced and most importantly fun scenarios featuring both FIBUA and woodland games. The content while planned WILL be highly flexible, and I will happily arrange new games / shift the focus towards more FIBUA or woodland based around what you all prefer. The aim of the weekend is for you to have fun, so please say throughout the event if you have a preference!

 

Who can go?

ALL members are welcome, whether you have 1 post or 10,000. Arnies regulars and forum staff will be present for you all to meet, socialise with and shoot (yes that includes me!), but the event is VERY newbie friendly and we will welcome new forum members and their friends as much as long term regulars.

 

Where is it?

Based upon the experience of the past 3 Morning After events, Arniegeddon Forever will be run at Gunman Airsoft’s Suffolk site, a former WW2 RAF airfield which features a mixture of urban and woodland, which is easily accessible from major A roads, making it ideal for people across the country. I try to play there as regularly as I can, and I’m from South Yorkshire, so that should indicate how easy it is to access the site!

The site is located at 52° 18′ 12.41", +0° 33′ 57.98" (52.303446, 0.566105 , at an old RAF airfield on Cavenham Road, Tuddenham. When heading down the Cavenham Road from Tuddenham look for a driveway on the right leading across an open field. If you have driven past the quarry on the left, you have gone too far. If heading from the Cavenham side of the road (those of you driving from Bury St Edmund may come this way), look to your left for the site entrance, just after the quarry entrance through the trees on the right.
My awesome (…) road signs will be marking the site entrance once more (more gale force winds / natural disasters notwithstanding). NEW: Google Streetview now has visited the road – please look at this image to see the correct driveway should signs etc fall over!

When is it?

The gates will open at Friday 05/08/11 at 1500, from which point on all are welcome. Game on will comment at 1000 on Saturday 06/08/11, with games concluding at 1300 on Sunday 07/08/11.

 

How much is it? How can I pay?

The total cost of the weekend is £60, payable via PayPal either fully up front or with an initial deposit and payment of the remainder upon arrival. Should you need to use an alternative payment option please contact me and we can discuss alternatives.

To pay please visit the booking thread, where links can be found to the payment system. Please remember when booking to state your forum name so I know who has paid and can add you to the list!

 

If you’ve any questions please feel free to get in touch or visit the Arniegeddon: Forever Facts & FAQ thread. I hope to see you all in August!

 

ALL WELCOME!

Location: Gunman Suffolk (Formerly RAF Tuddenham)

Dates: Friday 05/08/11 @ 1500 – Sunday 07/08/11 @ 1300

Price: £60 for the weekend (payable by partial deposit or in full in advance – see the booking thread for more detail). Please ensure you approach Marlowe before attempting to book – any unsolicited bookings will be cancelled and refunded.

For more information please contact Marlowe directly or visit the MA7 FAQ Thread. Hope to see you there!

Due to demand, we’ve now raised the maximum number of spaces available for Morning After 6.5, the Arnies community weekender.

This means there are now 10 spaces available.

The event is open to all Arnies members.

Core Facts:

When: 18-20 March 2011

Where: Gunman Suffolk (Tuddenham) – for directions visit the MA 6.5 section

Who: Forum Staff, Regulars and friends (with perhaps the odd mystery guest!).

What: Fun games, socialising and perhaps just a tiny spot of drinking!
For more information and for any queries, head over to the Morning After 6.5 section or PM me (Marlowe) directly.

Hope to see you there! :)

There are only two spaces left for Morning After 6.5, the Arnies community weekender.
The event is open to all regulars wanting to meet friends and have fun but be warned – milsim this is not!


Core Facts:
When: 18-20 March 2011
Where: Gunman Suffolk (Tuddenham) – for directions visit the MA 6.5 section
Who: Forum Staff, Regulars and friends (with perhaps the odd mystery guest!).
What: Fun games, socialising and perhaps just a tiny spot of drinking!
For more information and for any queries, head over to the Morning After 6.5 section or PM me (Marlowe) directly. Hope to see you there!

Rather nice news from Airsoft International is that we’ve won the award “For Outstanding Contribution to Airsoft 2010” in the AI Industry Awards.

I’m told by Paul over at Airsoft International that they received over 3500 voting papers this year which averaged at 22 votes per issue sent out.

I don’t know the exact figures but it’s always a welcome news to know that we’ve helped someone somewhere and to be thanked for it. We’ve been here over 10 years and that just wouldn’t be possible without backing from the community.

So a big thank you to all that voted in the AI Industry Awards this year!

That’s right! Due to an unpredicted demand for places for this increasingly popular Arnies social event, there are now only 3 places remaining for this event.

Core Facts
Venue: Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham
Date: March 19-20 (Gates Open Friday 18th at 5pm – I’ll aim to be on site from 3ish onwards.)

Green Fee £50

Facilities: Portaloo (provided kindly by Gunman), Genny & Charging Facilities

Marshals: Marlowe, Rhino, Shriven and Cazboab. I would also be keen to have two other willing player marshals – drop me a line if interested. I have had offers already so please don’t be offended if I don’t take you up on this occasion.

Food run: BBQ Facilities (cook it yourself!) to be available Friday & Saturday night. On Saturday night we will also arrange a delivered pizza service – there are also Chinese takeaways, pubs and a Tesco within proximity of the site.

Booking & Payment Options
In order to keep the weekend as friendly and ‘intimate’ as always, we’ll be sticking to the tried and tested ‘30 player cap’ rule. To secure your place at the event, you two choices available:

A – Pay now the full amount (£50) + paypal fees (go to http://morningafter.konstipation.com)
B- Pay now a deposit (£20) + paypal fees (go to http://morningafter.konstipation.com) and then pay remainder on gate.

To book or for more information, visit the Morning After 6.5 Booking Thread.

As I write this I feel somewhat stunned and unsure what to write.

Galactica_tb may be known to some of you. He was a longstanding Arnies regular and a stalwart of the IRC chatroom, where he could be found offering advice on anything from airsoft to audio choices.

Galactica_tb had been in hospital for the past few months after suddenly experiencing a collapsed lung due to fluid. While recovering from this, a rare blood cancer was found, forcing him to undertake lengthy chemo. Throughout all this time he continued to visit the chat whenever he felt up to it, maintaining his characteristic sense of humour despite his considerable discomfort.

Sadly we’ve just received the news that his other lung collapsed today, killing him.

This news is very raw so I apologise if this is not the most coherent of posts and that there is not, as we so often do in this tight-knit community, at present any suggestions for donating funds to charity – I will update this should his family request this. For now I simply wished to convey this news to the whole of Arnies so that we can, as a community share in our sadness at Galactica’s passing and convey our best wishes to his family.

I for one am now going to have a drink while I try to remember Galactica in happier times.

Bye mate. We’ll all miss you.

Yes, it’s here. The sixth epic installment in Arnies Community Events is here!

After the (puzzling) success of Morning After 5, run by yours truly in February with great doses of support from Rhino and the goodwill and patience of all who attended, I have been asked by many regulars to run another game – this time preferably without complementary blizzards!

So here it is: Morning After 6. Supported by the kind team at Gunman Suffolk, who are allowing us private use of their Tuddenham site for the weekend once again, the event is due to run again. The game works on an invite only basis but if you are an Arnies regular you most likely will be welcome (along with a non-regular friend).

MA games emphasise small, intimate (careful there ;) ) events rather than pointlessly large (and boring) games, so places are limited to 30 – with 17 already being filled.

If you’re interested and want more information or have already decided to book a place click here or PM me directly. Payment is not compulsory before the event but e-payment bookings are already being received.

Here’s to another slightly wacky Arnies wekender!

It’s not often I get a chance to post news these days, but I thought that this might be of interest to the locals.

Morning After 5, the fifth fateful instalment of the notorious Arnies Regs weekenders is running in just under a fortnight on the 19th-21st of February at the Gunman Tuddenham site in Suffolk.

As always the event will be an intimate event for regs to catch up, drink…oh there’ll be some airsoft involved in there at some point too!

Spaces are limited (with 21 of the maximum 30 full), but Arnies regulars are welcome to contact Marlowe (that’s me) or visit the MA5 forum for details.

It’s Christmas, so I’d like to take the chance to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and an enjoyable holiday (for those of you that aren’t working during the festive season).

Here’s looking forward to an equally enjoyable 2010!

RedWolf Airsoft are having a “Cyber Tuesday” sale.

The details  are as follows:

Cyber Monday Blues? Welcome to Cyber Tuesday and get 10% off everything in our store today only.

Simply enter coupon code “FVLDCPTR” during checkout!

(RedWolf Airsoft)

A repeat I know, but I thought you’d all like to get a second nosey at my ugly mug being humiliated on Redwolf TV. 

Whilst on holiday in HK I was asked to pay a visit to Red Wolf Airsoft’s Headquarters. I didn’t quite expect a full Top Gear-esque interview and challenge – especially with a pistol I’ve never used before in a climate I’m unfamiliar with and with a whole other arsenal of excuses to boot, but…Hey, just watch the video.

I should warn you that there’s a lot of talking. If you’re the type who flicks through a book and just looks at the pictures, skip to the actual challenge at 6:00 and prepare to be…er…amazed. :)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkpnxB0o0gc[/youtube]

Embarrassing, yes, but it speaks for itself really. I also bought a GHK AKS74 whilst at their HQ – I couldn’t resist, with them lying around. The review can be found here.

Chris u’5 has posted on the forums with some rather worrying news and a request:

As you are aware I started a thread recently regarding the very real possibility of both airgunning and airsoft being banned in Scotland.

There is a lot going on in the Scottish airgun community currently to oppose this proposed change in law and BASC is also heavily involved.

Currently there are very mixed messages coming from the SNP government regarding their intentions regarding this matter, initially after discussion with BASC the SNP promised there would not be an outright ban on airguns in Scotland.

Recently however they have been suggesting otherwise and it appears they are aiming for a complete blanket ban. BASC have been in contact with the SNP over the past few days and they have again stated that a complete ban is not their intention and they have apparently said that airguns will be allowed for the use of vermin control or recognised sporting events.

Unfortunately the question of airsoft has not been made clear in this entire debacle.
As far as the SNP are concerned airsoft and airguns are all one thing, I am very worried that they will not recognise airsoft skirmishing as one of their "recognised sporting events" and I have the feeling when they say this they are referring to airgun sports such as Hunter Field Target.

Tonight a petition was posted at the No.10 website calling for Westminster to regain control of firearm law and not allow the Scottish Government to destroy our sport.
Naturally I am a cynic when it comes to politics but at this stage I feel we must do anything we can to prevent this potential change in law to occur.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ScottishGunBan/

Obviously this is a potentially serious matter for our sport so I would be extremely grateful to you if you could assist in this campaign.

Kind regards and best wishes,
Chris

To find out more, visit the new Airsoft Ban in Scotland section of the forum here.

An error cropped up with the SQL database for the forums. The database is being repaired at the moment and should be back working without issue very shortly. Sorry for the headache but these things do happen from time to time. Things should be back up in about 15 minutes.

Update 02/01/09: (2029  GMT) All seems to be fine now

Update 03/01/09: (1000  GMT) The quick fix/repair hasn’t held so I’m currently conducting a complete rebuild of the affected table. This has happened before so I’m pretty confident that this will set things back to where they should be. Forums will be unavailable while I do this. Expect it to take a few hours. Fix ETA 1400. So far 173k of 196k records done.

Update 03/01/09: (1407 GMT) Ok that’s 3Gb of data rebuilt and it should all be stable now. Forums back online.