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More in the field than in game, the Foxtrot 58 stand and display team at Armed Forces Day, Carrickfergus, yesterday. The airsoft kit attracted a great deal of positive interest from all quarters (a policewoman took the team picture for us!). Self to the right of the kneeling "enemy".

Time for something altogether more soft and cuddly after all those pics of people doing warlike, agressive stuff. Me and Colm, Foxtrot 58's "senior soldiers", return to the Safe Zone for a well-deserved nosebag and brew-up after a satisfying Sunday morning shooting the sh*t out of each other.

Trying out the new girder bridge at Foxtrot 58. Ready: Steady: Go!

My SLRs, from top to bottom: Star SLR with real SUIT sight; King Arms SLR with the inaccurate carry handle replaced with a real one; King Arms FAL (bought before the other SLR replicas became available) modified to resemble SLR with several real parts including wooden butt & handguard & Hythe rear sight, other parts modified to resemble SLR pattern.

Yes when the article says "replace the sector gear and piston with TM" it means Tokyo Marui or compatible. The different references to TMH mean the Trigger Mechanism Housing (=lower receiver).

Thanks mate and yes we are lucky at Foxtrot 58 to have a CQB "village" with a Security Forces base and a field full of bunkers overlooking a river (well, stream) crossing as well as the open areas. To be honest it was a bit of a jolt at first, coming from the close country of the large wooded estate we used to play in. Great thing about the open areas is that there's greater elbow room for more realistic fire & manoeuvre type tactics, as in the pics. Not much chance of sneaking up on anyone out there! But being able to see the enemy deploy, and then come at you inexorably in good order, c

Foxtrot 58's 3 (Para) Platoon watches from the high ground as the enemy, in the shape of 1(RM)and 2(RIR) Platoons, shake out into extended line and then pepper-pot forward to close the range; Sunday 26 April:

Here is Stealthbomber's repair and modification guide for the G&G L85, it also works just as well for the R85 clone. Mine is working fine, since I carried out the piston replacement, except that semi-auto fires full auto, not a big problem. Blowback is enabled on mine. http://www.man.poznan.pl/~bolen/ASG/G_G_L85_guide.pdf

Some lighter moments at Foxtrot 58: No I haven't any questions. Now can we start the mission, please? I don't know what effect they'll have on the enemy, but they terrify me! Go on, have a look - No, you do it - No no, after you, I insist! Funny how you usually realise you hadn't wound the mag, exactly when you least needed to make that discovery. If Pigs could fly, I wouldn't be hiding behind this one, would I? I wouldn't stand just there if I were you, sir. Did somebody say, "Sassenach?"