My sister once said that, if I ever got raided by the Police, between the airsofts and military kit lying around the place, I'd be in so much shit. After a bit of taking stock today, she may have a point. It looks like I could equip a small (albeit mismatched) squad all on my own!
Airsofts (skirmish grade weapons only)Longarms
- Steyr AUG
- M-16 (Vietnam pattern)
- P-90
- M-41A Pulse Rifle (theoretically convertible back to a M1A1 Thompson)
- Mossburg M500 shotgun
- L-85A2/SA-80 (admitedly, this is off being upgraded right now)
Handguns
- Glock 18c
- Baretta Tac Master
- Colt M1911
Uniforms (complete sets only)- British woodland DPM
- British tropical DPM
- British desert DPM
- Canadian CADPAT woodland digital
- US woodland
- US tropical olive drab ripstop (in ARVN Ranger insignia)
- US Marine woodland digital
- US Army ACU universal digital
- Singaporean woodland
- Malaysian brushstroke jungle
- South Vietnamese ARVN Ranger olive drab
- Generic black SWAT
And that's not counting the fictional stuff like the Space: Above And Beyond USMC flight suit or the Stargate olive drab outfit. Strictly speaking, there's also a British staff officer's No. 2 uniform (decked out as a Brigadier, naturally) and a New Model Army foot outfit but I can't see me skirmishing in either...
Webbing (complete sets only)- British DPM vest
- British DPM PLCE webbing
- British 58 pattern webbing
- Canadian CADPAT vest
- US canvas ALICE webbing
- US nylon ALICE webbing
- USMC MARPAT vest (South African pattern)
- USMC MARPAT vest (Hong Kong SDU pattern)
- Generic black vest
Now waiting for
vireton to arrive and then popping over to pick up Kate for a trip up to Airsoft Armoury: I need another magazine for the M-16/SA-80 and Kate wants to get her SA-80 looked at.
Anyway, what are you scared of, you have access to real guns!
I am under no illusions about my marksmanship and, despite airsofts' lack or range and accuracy, the ease with which I can get shot by someone I never even saw means I have absolutely no desire to do any of this stuff for real!
forum and there was some discussion about availability of these things in different countries and one of those mentioned was Israel so I was just curious.
/ocd
/reason i forced some french girls to open the chocolate and halva first when we had to eat from ration packs AGAIN and FOR NO GOOD REASON
/rant
/grr
*tickles*
If we all carried real weapons instead of replica stuff at conventions, the average stargate convention probably would have enough firepower to equip a small army! I know at one of the past wolf cons we had about 3-4 p90's, 2 mp5's, about 6-7 pistols then theres the clothing..and that was just one room lol!!
Just looking at them as airsofts, the Glock is the sexier piece of kit - it has a rail for attaching a torch or laser and an automtic fire mode. However, the Tac Master, by virtue of being simpler, has proved more consistently reliable - the Glock has needed to go in for servicing once.
Pistols aren't actually all that useful in a skirmish though. Range, accuracy and ammunition capcacity-wise, they're outclassed by AEGs. Things have to be pretty desperate e.g. flat battery before I'll resort to a pistol!
Re: weapons at cons. Quite frankly, observing the weaponry on display is one of the few remaining reasons I might go to a Stargate con.
Damn pigeons are armoured plated so need the extra forceYou never know, plus would be nice anyway to have the extra range and firepower..
Besides, they do look and feel better anyway. One of the guys who stays with me for wolf cons has a Tokyo Marui P90 and while its a lot heavier than mine, is obvioiusly far superior! Think he'd notice if I swapped them though ;)
It must be said, I have more interest in acquiring more cammies than guns, especially maybe the new Malaysian woodland or the Danish flecktarn. I'd love to get my hands on the experimental Finnish digital pattern but they're a tad protective of it!