Spudgun

My two current rides.

My Webley arrived today. Bliss.

Love that Cortina. I had the German version (It was called the Taunus) when I was in the Army. Nice car.

I would like to nominate last years Torchwood: Miracle Day for some airsoft fail (Yeah, OK I know where the stuff came from, but that's not the point). Look at the UK footage closely. Muzzle flash; Check. Spent cartridge ejection; Check. Slide flying back; Fail! Somebody either: Didn't gas the magazines or didn't know how to disable the slide lock. We had quite a chuckle about this at the site where I play.

And now for something a bit different.

If any of you have read my rantings in the other section of Off Topic, then this is the bike that I'm trying to get Registered. It's a 1999 Royal Enfield 500 Lightning. I've owned it since March and I've only managed to ride it to the MOT test station and back (Total Distance: 4KMs).

I've just dragged my 1967 BSA Bantam out of storage (where it's been sat since 2001). I've had it since 1977. I'm currently working on it and (fingers crossed) it'll be back on the road for July.

As far as I'm concerned, there's only two worth bothering with. That's the MkVI and the Fosberry.

When Preperation H just isn't good enough.

OK folks, here's mine. Upgraded to the hilt and a real-steel mag and inert ammo added for effect.

This isn't so much a review, it's more a set of observations. It's to help/inform/whatever anyone who's bought one and they think that something is wrong. Firstly, a little back story. On Tuesday the 6th, a friend brought to out local club his newly aquired AGM XM8. We were quite impressed. Well, I was impressed enough (sudden salty smelling wet patch in my trousers impressed) to buy one from Actionhobbies the next day. On Friday it arrived (Spiffing service Actionhobbies!). Now the following is the culmination of my friends comments made on Tuesday and my observations made on Friday.

Photography was never my strongpoint. Try this one:

I've been tinkering again. I've gone for a quasi Man From UNCLE look. I think it looks quite snazzy.

Here's my 18C. Hmmm, Glockyness...

I'm left handed and most of my shots are on target. However, I do get the odd BB that has a mind of it's own.

OK, my turn. I hope nobody minds if TV guns are included. All of these items were built my myself (Hell, I am a modelmaker after all). Pictured: Blake's 7 Federation Troopers rifle Blake's 7 Federation Officers pistol (Built for someone else). Star Trek Starfleet Flintlock Phaser (I didn't design it, I just built it for a friend). Space:1999 Stungun. Not pictured. M1A1 Pulse Rifle (My baby! Standard TM Thompson and conversion kit). Robocop Auto 9 (Reworked airsoft springer). Space Precienct Officers Pistol (another scratchbuilt model)

Well, it's what's supposed to happen (according to other reports). I haven't actually fired it yet. I've discovered that I've put the wrong connector on the end of my homebrew battery. Whoops!

There is. The detector is mounted near the end of the barrel. It's conected to a divide by two circuit that's mounted in the mag well. When you push in the mid-cap, the counter racks up 95. For every two shots fired, it counts down one.

I reckon you could be right in saying that it's all the same, but different branding. There's no markings on the box or kit parts to say who actually made them. I have to entertain the possibility that the kit is produced at one factory (minus screws, assembly CD, etc) and then sold to other establishments who add the minor parts who then sell them under their own brand. Until a number of Pulse rifles can be put side by side (for comparison purposes), it's going to be hard to say if there's a 'knock off' factor involved.

Right, here's an update. As mentioned above, I've been doing a spot of 'fettling' (That's making sure that everything is 'just so' to you at the back) and I've found a couple of problems. The pictorial instructions for assembling the grenade launcher internals are WRONG!!. If you assemble the link between the slide to the external grip as shown, the battery won't fit into its tube. The linking rod is offset. It took a while prising apart the two halves of the launcher, pulling out the slide and linking rod and reversing it. Everything is now well in that department. The magazin

OK, I've finished building the Pulse rifle, so here's the 'skinny'. First up (since the question was asked), the kit is advertised by Airsoft Scotland as being made by ASC. I agree that it looks identical in the photo's to a G&G kit, but since I've not seen one 'in the metal', I couldn't say if there were differences or not. Disassembly. The pictorial guide on the CD is pretty good here. Unscrew this, pull that, slide the other and the Thompson comes apart perfectly. You will need a couple of screwdrivers out of your toolbox to do the job, but this sort of thing everyone has kn

I've wanted an Aliens Pulse rifle for a number of years now. I first saw the airsoft version around 5 years ago on an American site. Suffice to say, it was expensive and I couldn't afford it. It wasn't until the VCR Bill reared its ugly head that I looked around at what was available within the UK. To cut a long story short, it was available and if I bought the Thompson and the conversion kit seperately, I could afford it. I actually bought the Thompson from Airsoft Scotland (Nice peeps!!) last year. I also bought the mid-cap from them as well (you'll need one). However, every time I had