druid799

The deed is done ! And yes it does look better dark ! But Christ what a ballache it was getting the varnish off the stock first ! Don't know what it was but by god it was on good !

And being a'true' airsofter and having the tensile strength of a kitkat on a sunny day I shall now buckle under pier pressure and darken it ! Lol

Wood stock arrived and fitted , going to be keeping it simple no scopes or what not just keep it GI , haven't decided colour wise either do I darken or leave as is ?(had a check and American oak was an issue colour) so will need to 'mull it over' I think .

Haven't put paint to gun in ages but just acquired these two in nearly new conditioned (think they were taken to a game site to be chrono'ed and that's it !) for peanuts so always loved blackhawk down (who doesn't?) so thought f**k it I'm having a go ! I'm happy with the outcome so that's good enough for me !

Did factor these points in but also forgot to say that was with no hop ( always chrono a new gun with hop off) and literally these readings were the 8th 9th BBs out of it and I've NEVER had a new gun hold its starting fps always dropped a fair few points once it's 'bedded in' I'm sure it'll be under 350 (it'll be high 40's but confident it'll be sub-50) by the time it's had a fair few mags through it to give it a good test for any thing that needs sorting before it's taken to its first scurmish , but if it does fail its first 'official' chrono then say'la'vie and I'll be learning how to strip

Yup always fancied one , made a nice bundle of beer tokens at the NAE last wk and thought f**k it I'm getting it and yes the fact that Napoleon uses one DID have a bareing on my decision ! Love that film !!But well happy with its doing 318fps on point 25s and I can get a 9.9 1300 in it so it has a fruity little rate too it !

Going old school Bitish S&T sterling ;

Yea joking aside I don't think it was that difficult at all like said take your time and use your head ! , and if your interested Xsite shop has them for £79.99

As long as you use your head (and an angle grinder and a Dremel !) I don't think it was that hard ! First I removed the leaf sight , then ground down the 'hump' at the front and the side rails that the sight sits in between. Then Dremel the top and bottom of the leaf sight to remove the range scale and flatten the underside as there's a channel there that the leaf spring fits in. Next I used plummers putty (it's a LOT cheaper than mil putty) to sit the leaf sight back on the receiver. Once dry , sand smooth paint re-assemble and gun done ! Hope this helps make up your mind for you . Che

The old browning thread had been archived so I've opened this new one. Always planned to get one but if I did get one to loose the hideous leaf sight and go with a bog standard set of irons and here it is . It's the WE of coarse and I'm really happy how it's turned hope you like as much as I do .

Am liking that ! Beeping good film and all !

Nope the top cover and selector are the ones on it (the carbine is 'oh natural' no RAS on it , and I made the charging handle my self from 3mm kydex shaped and cut to suit the job . Also carved and shaped the carrying hand and milled down a G36k barrel extension and the flash hider is a re-purposed M14 one .

FAL carbine to L1A1 F-1

Think it's one of the more common ways of doing it , have three guns done like that (two mates guns are done the same way) must say looks like you've done a nice neat job of it !

Difficult to say 100% but looks like an early 80's 'jungle' shirt (looks like the one I was issued back then)

He says will only fit the 417

Completely forgot about the inner length ! Yea I think that mite be the needed route to follow for optimum performance ?

To be honest mate I've kept the 416 totaly stock and when I get a 417 (no point saying if ?) im going to be keeping it in the same state . I've already got a 450fps L96 I never use from when I thought I'd 'dable' in the sniper world , and didn't , so yes it'll be aiming at the 20inch but I'll be relying on the awesomeness of the TM build and some sneakyness to get close enuf to my targets !

I'm booked in with the Chinese black market organ merchants next wk ! Have started saving already ! I'm sure it'll be as good if not better than the 416 (and that's the best AEG I've ever owned) and yes it WILL go down a treat with my norwegian load out good sir !

Oh Arnie you git ! I'd just about persuaded my self I didn't need one !

Latest DMR incarnation of my TM recoil sopmod , had to rebuild it after it 'died on the table' as it were !

Bone head ! Forgot to say I'm asking about kydex holsters !

Quick question , can any one tell me were I can get eyelets for diy holsters from in the UK ? I've found many suppliers from the states (and all seem to charge ridiculous amounts for P&P) but am really having a problem finding either a UK or an affordable international supplier of the long length barrel eyelets you need , all I can find over here seem to be short (5mm or under ) eyelets . Cheers in anticipation druid .

Like a lot of owners me and my oppo swapped the quick change for a deans so we run ordinary lipo's in them .

I use one of these http://www.israeldefensestore.com/opsm.html (so does my team mate stewpidbear ) . You do loose one stock notch on the tube but works fine for me .