It's all gone multicam for the British Army. Officially called Multi Terrain Pattern (MTP) (although we all know it's actually Crye multicam). According to the article in the Daily Telegraph, it will be made in China and will be the first pattern change in 40 years (although I'm pretty sure it's not). At least it's not ACU.
Monday, 21 December 2009
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Condor Tactical Gear
I've just had a reply from Condor about where to buy their products in Europe. I was specifically interested in their Rip Away EMT Pouch, which I have subsequently found on the Soldier of Fortune website, but only in coyote brown.
Condor replied very promptly to my enquiry with the following...
Thank you for your interest in our products, base on the info you have
provided, here are some of our dealers in Europe. You can try the following
online European dealers:
WWW.RECON-COMPANY.COM
www.speedgames.com
http://WWW.SOLOINT.CO.UK
http://WWW.SOFMILITARY.CO.UK
http://www.sexywebbing.com
Sincerely,
Condor Outdoor Products
Condor replied very promptly to my enquiry with the following...
Thank you for your interest in our products, base on the info you have
provided, here are some of our dealers in Europe. You can try the following
online European dealers:
WWW.RECON-COMPANY.COM
www.speedgames.com
http://WWW.SOLOINT.CO.UK
http://WWW.SOFMILITARY.CO.UK
http://www.sexywebbing.com
Sincerely,
Condor Outdoor Products
Monday, 14 December 2009
Friday, 11 December 2009
UK Airsoft Zone
...is going to be the replacement for ASCUK with moderators Beaker, Fluffy and Aitch at the helm, for good or for bad, best of luck to them. There's only a placeholder there at the moment, but UK Airsoft Zone will be found here.
ASCUK gone for good. Where to go now ?
Now that ASCUK is dead, and I quote from a post on Arnie's Airsoft forum from Aitch, one of the now, ex-moderators of ASCUK:
Right, save speculation, I've avoided posting until I knew what going on, now I know what is what here goes,
It's dead and will not be coming back,
Short version is we were trying to buy the database/url etc as fluffy had no interest in it anymore, the deal fell through, so end of an era,
None of us foreseen this sudden closure and It leaves alot of people stuck mid deal with sales etc, stuffs a lot of sites with forums who will have no idea what is happening, I can only apologise for this, out of my hands, it went down a few years ago and came back after a few weeks work went into it, if it does return this time I will not be involved with it,
I'd have like to have been given time to inform users/and sites of closure but s**t happens, thanks to all who supported the place over the years,
Hey, atleast it means there will be no more forum rivalry
Now stick the boot in lads
Ian.
There are more than a few forums out there that will be grateful of the traffic including at least one that is being set up to take ASCUK's place in the form of Simply Airsoft and a placeholder, Aitch.com that Aitch has set up.
In the mean time, entertain yourself with the following forum links. I've been a member on Arnie's for a good few years now, so I'd suggest you start there, then try these others:
Airsoft Ireland
Manchester and North West Airsoft Community
Zero In
Airsofters.co.uk
Or just google it and take your chances. Goodbye ASCUK, parts of you I'll miss, other bits I won't but thanks for being there for as long as you were.
Right, save speculation, I've avoided posting until I knew what going on, now I know what is what here goes,
It's dead and will not be coming back,
Short version is we were trying to buy the database/url etc as fluffy had no interest in it anymore, the deal fell through, so end of an era,
None of us foreseen this sudden closure and It leaves alot of people stuck mid deal with sales etc, stuffs a lot of sites with forums who will have no idea what is happening, I can only apologise for this, out of my hands, it went down a few years ago and came back after a few weeks work went into it, if it does return this time I will not be involved with it,
I'd have like to have been given time to inform users/and sites of closure but s**t happens, thanks to all who supported the place over the years,
Hey, atleast it means there will be no more forum rivalry
Now stick the boot in lads
Ian.
There are more than a few forums out there that will be grateful of the traffic including at least one that is being set up to take ASCUK's place in the form of Simply Airsoft and a placeholder, Aitch.com that Aitch has set up.
In the mean time, entertain yourself with the following forum links. I've been a member on Arnie's for a good few years now, so I'd suggest you start there, then try these others:
Airsoft Ireland
Manchester and North West Airsoft Community
Zero In
Airsofters.co.uk
Or just google it and take your chances. Goodbye ASCUK, parts of you I'll miss, other bits I won't but thanks for being there for as long as you were.
Thursday, 10 December 2009
ASCUK no more?
Looks like ascuk is gone for good according to a thread over on Arnie's airsoft forum. Not sure how much to believe because the two sites have always had a healthy rivalry, but the evidence is pretty compelling. Never mind. Just a shame about the dreadful auction format they have the classifieds in cos the rest of the site's always been pretty cool.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
G&P Single Point Sling
Just received a G&P single point sling from KHMountain in Hong Kong. only paid £6.99 for it via their eBay shop, which is a bargain, even if it is crap. The stitching is a bit untidy but it seems sturdy enough for what I'll be using it for. Will chuck it on the rifle when I get home and try it out.
Friday, 20 November 2009
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Site Update: new links sidebar added
I've just added a complete links sidebar with graphics instead of the short, text placeholder that has been there since I redesigned the blog sometime ago.
New photos of the L119A1
Now that I have improved my photography skills and got to the point where I know what most of the knobs and buttons do on my Sony DSLR, I can finally put up some photos of my gun that I am happy with. These were taken under artificial light on shutter priority with a 10 second exposure. They seem to have come out okay.
The specs of the rifle are as before. Please note that this is an airsoft rifle and not capable of firing, or being converted to fire, real ammunition:
L119A1: Guarder Colt Canada metal receiver, Marui M4 internals & stock, AR15.net stock pad, DBoys RIS, delta ring, foresight cup, DragonRed L119A1 barrel, Blackhawk mag pouch, Guarder oversized grip, ACM ACOG. there is still a few things I want to change about the gun including upgrading all the internals, fitting a tight barrel and getting the RIS to stay still - it currently twists slightly around the barrel, cheap Chinese tat.
The rifle is sitting on a bunch of my gear. Some of the stuff you may spot in the background:
TT 2-Piece MAV with Warrior triple M4 pouch, TT canteen pouch and TT GP pouch. Desert and DPM assault vests, DDPM windproof smock, Warrior assault pack, SOTech plate carrier and my custom PLCE webbing. Hope you like the pics.
The specs of the rifle are as before. Please note that this is an airsoft rifle and not capable of firing, or being converted to fire, real ammunition:
L119A1: Guarder Colt Canada metal receiver, Marui M4 internals & stock, AR15.net stock pad, DBoys RIS, delta ring, foresight cup, DragonRed L119A1 barrel, Blackhawk mag pouch, Guarder oversized grip, ACM ACOG. there is still a few things I want to change about the gun including upgrading all the internals, fitting a tight barrel and getting the RIS to stay still - it currently twists slightly around the barrel, cheap Chinese tat.
The rifle is sitting on a bunch of my gear. Some of the stuff you may spot in the background:
TT 2-Piece MAV with Warrior triple M4 pouch, TT canteen pouch and TT GP pouch. Desert and DPM assault vests, DDPM windproof smock, Warrior assault pack, SOTech plate carrier and my custom PLCE webbing. Hope you like the pics.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Tactical Tailor Two-Piece MAV
Just received from one of the guys on ASCUK is the newest addition to my tactical gear collection, a TT 2-piece MAV. I've wanted one of these for a while, having not been very satisfied with my SOTech Hellcat. Not sure how I'm actually going to configure this, but I've had an initial crack at it to see how it feels.
It's going to stay pretty lightweight as I want a simple rig. It needs a hydration pouch but I'm pretty happy with it so far. The X-Harness is very comfortable and the whole things sits well and is much more solid and stable than the Hellcat which, with its integral magazine pouches had a tendency to loosen up when you'd used up all six magazines. In it's current configuration above, it is carrying a Warrior triple M4 double mag pouch and Tactical Tailor Multi-Purpose Pouch and Canteen Utility Pouch. The name canteen utility pouch is a bit misleading though, as it's barely big enough for a US canteen and nowhere near big enough for a '58 pattern bottle and mug, which is a shame.
I'll possibly do a bit more about this when I've loaded it up and/or used it in anger.
It's going to stay pretty lightweight as I want a simple rig. It needs a hydration pouch but I'm pretty happy with it so far. The X-Harness is very comfortable and the whole things sits well and is much more solid and stable than the Hellcat which, with its integral magazine pouches had a tendency to loosen up when you'd used up all six magazines. In it's current configuration above, it is carrying a Warrior triple M4 double mag pouch and Tactical Tailor Multi-Purpose Pouch and Canteen Utility Pouch. The name canteen utility pouch is a bit misleading though, as it's barely big enough for a US canteen and nowhere near big enough for a '58 pattern bottle and mug, which is a shame.
I'll possibly do a bit more about this when I've loaded it up and/or used it in anger.
Monday, 2 November 2009
AR57
I just found this while surfing for info on setting up the TT 2-Piece MAV (one of which I should have by the middle of the week). I ran across the Weapon Evolution forum which looks pretty good in itself, and on it was a link to this site about the AR57, an AR15 upper receiver which accepts P90 magazines. There's a few videos of it in use on YouTube, one of which is below.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Green Zone
New from the Paul Greengrass/Matt Damon Bourne Trilogy team is the SpecOps & Spooks thriller Green Zone. Check out the Trailer.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Zombies beware, the chainsaw bayonet is real !
I'm not entirely convinced that this is a very good idea, but let's roll with it for now...
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Tactical Bacon
This morning I was made aware of TacBac, or tactical bacon to the uninitiated. 18 servings of bacon. In a can. A can with an M4 on the label. And it will that will last you ten years (obviously unless you open it). Doesn't come much more tactical than that. Or does it. DaveB then posted a link to an innovative way of making regular bacon much more tactical...
Friday, 31 July 2009
New Links Section
I've just added a new links section and some new links to my Centrepoint Airsoft Links Page. They are all links to sites with information about survival and bushcraft. Enjoy.
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
MilPictures.com
MILpictures is a team led by the multi-internationally awarded photographer and former sharpshooter Tom Weber. He has set for itself the goal to not only produce theme-specific photos and videos of military and police special forces, but to do so in never before seen artistic and technical quality.
MILpictures produces fine art photography with real Special Operations Forces units and combines these with pictures taken of models/actors. Many of the extremely complex battle scene reproductions are captured using a high-resolution, large-format camera equipment, so that every detail of the end-product stands out. Consequently, such images could never be found in those taken of real combat actions. To protect the identity of the elite soldiers still on active duty, faces may be digitally re-mastered or actors built into the actual scenes.
MILpictures produces, markets and sells various products ranging from posters, t-shirts, mousepads and much more. Copyrights for pictures found in the archive may be purchased for advertising purposes; in addition, Milpicture services can be booked for special photo/film projects involving military/police scenarios. examples of such services include projects for computer games, military outfitters, magazines, and military/police force reenactments.
MILpictures produces fine art photography with real Special Operations Forces units and combines these with pictures taken of models/actors. Many of the extremely complex battle scene reproductions are captured using a high-resolution, large-format camera equipment, so that every detail of the end-product stands out. Consequently, such images could never be found in those taken of real combat actions. To protect the identity of the elite soldiers still on active duty, faces may be digitally re-mastered or actors built into the actual scenes.
MILpictures produces, markets and sells various products ranging from posters, t-shirts, mousepads and much more. Copyrights for pictures found in the archive may be purchased for advertising purposes; in addition, Milpicture services can be booked for special photo/film projects involving military/police scenarios. examples of such services include projects for computer games, military outfitters, magazines, and military/police force reenactments.
Friday, 3 July 2009
Firefight in Afghanistan
This is a very unique bit of footage featuring some really interesting 'First-Person Shooter' shots with one of the US troops wearing a helmet camera. Some great footage.
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