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Cheers buddy. Was planning to add some faded hatching on it but I'll leave it as is atm - fits in well at my local site.

I put a Promy Hop and Tight bore in my L86 and the range is radiculous. Need to measure it some time, get some numbers to back up my claims lol.

Couldnt get hold of any Cyma mags, so bought some TM regular mags and none of them feed properly. Normally work the first shot then stops, remove mag and pop it back in and you can get another shot off.

Theyre the assault rifles from Killzone right? Loved the look of them back in the day I reken you could pull the top one off if you really wanted to by making the drum mag pretty much just an asthetic feature and sitting the gearbox half way inside that and the rest in the body of the gun. Then Id probably use some low profile mags hidden part way inside the drum mag and the rest in the foremost mag retention strut. Doesnt keep the functionality of the gun as intended but would still get you the look.

ahaha, I shoulda realised. I got some quick links from B&Q, carved all the straps off that camelback and chopped the D-hoops off. Used the left over hoops with the quick links to mount it on the back plate and it works perfectly.

There is one, though you cant see it at all. You can see the feed tube from the camelback which is mounted on it though.

My setup is getting there some updates from today: This was between games so I didnt have my gloves on. I also have a boonie but Im not a big fan of wearing it.

Really good looking rifles. Cant make my mind up between black/tan + VLTOR/Magpul lower. Got another month to think about it anyway. Thanks for all the pics and input people

some pic updates on my setup now.

This is good news, would want it in FG with the RIS kit. Will be keeping my cash set aside

The RIS being missaligned doesnt really annoy me too greatly. If I could get the outer barrel out of the upper receiver I would try re machining it, but I cant get them apart for some reason. Ive now got the fps sorted, a tight-bore barrel, Prometheus rubber and nub in there and its performing great. Very pleased. Will have to get some updated pics up.

I like that solid stock on it. Have just finished a host of upgrades on mine today, not had chance to shoot it in properly yet though. Unfortunately the M100 spring I got has pushed it over limits again . . .

I too have been very impressed by ICS. My L86 is rock solid and performs like a dream, my brothers ICS SIR M4 is amazing for the money. Nice write up.

Well I skirmished it yesterday, had some issues at the start of the day with it not firing whenever we tried to chrono it. It was odd as it would fire quite happily whenever I was just testing it. At lunch I got chance to have a play and it seems the mags I was using werent quite lining up correctly or something. I have 2 ICS, 4 Marui and now 1 AGM. All of which work in my ICS L86 without issues but only the AGM and ICS will work in this 416. I dont really understand what is going on with it though as after putting a Marui mag in, turning the gun upside down and removing the mag you can see t

I managed to find a spare stock TM spring which I set about installing to at least make this skirmishable until I can source a better spring. Disassembling this gun isnt easy. This is where it really begins to stick out from other manufacturers as its just less thought out. Unlike normal M4 like rifles it doesnt pivot about the front pin, but instead this is the only one that needs removing to release the upper receiver. Took me a while to figure this out. Unscrewing the motor and pistol grip is the normal affair. The hopup unit and barrel float freely inside the upper receiver, just be

This reveals the mini-tamiya connector on a 'pig tail' cable which keeps excess out of the way quite nicely. The battery is a good fit in the stock and being well padded by the cables stops any rattle. I then cleaned the barrel out expecting the usual china-copy gunk but there was very little. The top rail where the receiver meets the hand guard doesnt line up correctly. I have attempted to fix this but simply cant figure out how the outer barrel assembly is fixed to the upper receiver so cant get it off to realign it. It is only a small difference but enough to annoy me.

Before getting stuck into the review I feel it would be beneficial to explain my background a little bit as I fear the combination of my low post count and the subject of this review will turn people away somewhat. Ive only been skirmishing for 5 months now, but have had a year and a half's experience with messing about with airsoft weapons including repairing and upgrading them. I have worked on TM, Ares/Star, ICS and WE and played with a few others. I still have a lot to learn and look forward to it. Heres mine and my housemates current collection of RIFs: My intentions for this

23 BBs overall = shot 23 times, no? This seems a pretty irrational response, did i hit a nerve? At no point did anyone suggest you were going to take fire from a real gun with these goggles. A FYI thread telling us putting abnormal damage on an already damaged product will break them still strikes me as pointless.

Good to see it up here too. Were you pleased with how it handled/performed on Sunday?