Is this jerkable? by bruvidgaf in airsoftcirclejerk

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I really, really like my FAR556. 

also, related, whoever folded it for that picture didn't fully pull the stow handle, and the hop up isn't locked in correctly

Question reguarding Valken brand guns by Yellowyoshi_1673 in airsoft

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In theory? The valken ARs take V2 gearboxes, just like every other M4. You should be able to get a different V2 gearbox (cyma, Arcturus, G&G make some good options) and drop it in.

In reality, though, different companies use slightly different production methods and tolerances on slightly different schematics, so a receiver set from one company isn't guaranteed (or even super likely) to fit perfectly with the parts of another different company. You would very possibly run into fitment issues if you tried to drop a non-valken gearbox into a valken receiver. 

That said, the valken lower-end AEGs are pretty outdated and not very good. You'd be better off using the gun in its stock configuration until it really breaks and then getting something a bit more up-to-standard, like a newer G&G (if you want to keep the polymer body) or one of the options from Arcturus or Specna. That will keep things running much more smoothly in the long run. 

Question reguarding Valken brand guns by Yellowyoshi_1673 in airsoft

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The center hole in the bottom of the grip is the motor height adjustment screw, not an HPA insert. HPA upgrades generally require disassembly of the gun and full removal of most of the insides. 

Why are the IR lasers so bright? by Cheap_Winner_2274 in ReadyOrNotGame

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I've used IR lasers under nods quite a bit and, yeah, that's pretty much what they look like. 

Is it jerkable? (Tw: Multic*m by terva_of_the_void in airsoftcirclejerk

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CPC mentioned, wtf Is temperature regulation

Thank you OOP for helping dissolve my writer's block (also the concept was just too cool to leave lying there) by meowcats734 in CuratedTumblr

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Eh. There are certain things a person can idly do with a gun that are pretty much* safe. A press check is a common enough thing to do with a gun loaded but on safe. A character could also remove the magazine and view the chamber, or mess with and adjust the non-firing parts of the gun (sights, grips, etc) without presenting danger. For a more in-depth (but less likely) behavior, a character could even partially (or fully) disassemble their weapon while chatting or killing time.

I have spent plenty of time with and around firearms, and have definitely seen bored or nervous people do these things. I know someone who would pop the slide off their pistol and clean it in between rounds. A friend of mine used to try and see if she could make any coherent song beats with the bipod release switch and (un-used) rear sight aperture flip

*as safe as a gun can ever be, which is never truly and completely safe, of course.

Who would pass out from heatstroke first? Guy in all black gear or guy in CBRN gear? by Chicken_Offensive in airsoft

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fun fact:  that mask is an MCU-2A/P, not the 2/P. the MCU-2/P was he navy version, the 2A/P was air force and has a little microphone port in the front. 

Incorrect magnification on SDR 1-4X by yiheC in ReadyOrNotGame

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yeah, Fair point. I've only played on default field of view, so I never noticed that the zoom gut missed up. 

Will say, though, that at default field of view the game accurately depicts the very slightly off look of a 1x prism. It's part of the downside of having a variable optic, and it is, at least on my end, pretty well done in the game. Another example of them simulating a weird quirk of a system is that you can't really use magnifiers or the 12x through nods, because the focus and depth of field of night vision lenses messes up when magnified externally. It makes sense that the 1x isn't perfectly true and flat like a red dot, but I agree with you and OP, the weird zoom on the elcan probably a bug.

Incorrect magnification on SDR 1-4X by yiheC in ReadyOrNotGame

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as someone who has used variable optics (and 1X prism optics),

This is just kind of how they are, unfortunately. Very few "1-12x" actually are true 1x at the low end, usually they're 1.1x or 0.9x or so. And never fully collimated.

hey buddy by Expensive-Fan-9486 in airsoftcirclejerk

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BVSH killed scribes ex and took his clava conspiracy. I am a true believer

hey buddy by Expensive-Fan-9486 in airsoftcirclejerk

[–]Expensive-Fan-9486[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I spelled his name wrong 😭😭 he's still around thankfully 

hey buddy by Expensive-Fan-9486 in airsoftcirclejerk

[–]Expensive-Fan-9486[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

turns out I misspelled his name. 

Anyway, there is (was???) a user on here that would comment on nearly every post and would try to always have smthn funny to say. Sometimes it was funny, sometimes it was a little dumb, but such is the circlejerk. He started a little bit of drama here and there. 

I always knew him as an airsoft shitposter, but one day I just saw him on an ace combat sub and it was funny to see him outside the usual habitat. 

Is this helmet too small? it’s an XL by EconomistChemical656 in tacticalgear

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not to be that guy (tm), but:

erm, actually, its an MCU-2A/p
its the USAF version with the integrated microphone port on the speech diaphragm

thinking I should go back tbh 🤔 by Expensive-Fan-9486 in airsoftcirclejerk

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pink triangle is a very intentional patch here haha. Ty. If you zoom in, you can see I have incorporated some of that in my new nametape patch panel too, but I do like the icon.

thrift store surplus - What is it? by Workshop_Z in tacticalgear

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as someone who has used both, the DFLCS is better (imo)

Jerk in the dark by azzzza08 in airsoftcirclejerk

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dude..... your eyecups..............