WE Tactical G17 Gbb pistol

The sidearm, well now I've been playing with it for a while and feeling quite comfortable to have it with me. The gear is not in favor of it at this time, crawling around in bushes with my l96 the pistol tends to slip under my belly since I just have a side holster attached to my belt bag. I plan on getting a drop leg platform for the pistol.

Reading reviews on the we G17 people don't seem too happy with the accuracy and fire of the gun, but I chose it only because it's cheap and solid having a metal slide and all. the accuracy isn't really that good at say 20 -  30 m and above, but since it's my sniper sidearm I'd I really need it, if I need it my targets will be closer than 20 m and I might almost be walked over and then it'll deliver just fine.

Update on my Well L96 Airsoft Sniper rifle

Well, after playing with my l96 for a while I bought some upgrades:
 - Mad Bull 6,03 precision inner barrel
 - Strengthened Hop chaimber and R-hop
 - Steel cylinder and aluminium piston
 - Strengthened steel loading handling

I still kept the original M140 spring, since a don't want my safety distance lengthened just yet. After installing the R-Hop the first time, I realized I had cut/sanded the hop piece too small, and it had no hop. After buying a new rubber piece i sanded it much much less, with the result of having way too much hop. Now I must have opened, sanded and put it back thorougher like three of four times before I got it just right.

First, second and third game the hop was unpredictable but say on the fourth or fifth game after the installation it started working properly, having a nice even hop every shot.

Also, a sniper needs his sidearm for close combat, so i got a plain and simple WE G17 GBB pistol, with 3 mags. First impressions good, since the slide is metal and punches a nice kick to it. More on this gun later on!

Well MB01 L96 Airsoft sniper rifle

Yes, I bought a sniper rifle. A friend sold it ridiculously cheap so I couldn't resist. The weapon is a version av the famous AWG sniper rifle from counter-strike. The model is made by Well, and this particular version MB01A I bought with 3 mags, silencer, bipod and a hunting BSA Contender hunting scope.

All geared up fitted with silencer, scope and bipod it's a stunning 135 cm long, weighing about 4 kg. 

With 0,43 g bb's it seems to get the distance, but the hop feels unreliable, as it hasn't been used all that much it probably just needs to be used and run in.

As it comes to sniper gear, I'm gonna use a hip bag for tools, mags and bb's. Then of course a radio and a ghillie suit. I will need a side arm as well, but that will have to wait for now.

The playing style will flip my mind around completely. All my military training was either based on assault or peacekeeping. I have to wrap my mind around being fast to find a good firing position, and just lay there keeping radio contact to the rest of the team.  Popping one or two enemies while reporting back every move I see. Stealth and most importantly patience will be key to a successful sniping run.

At this writing time the weather is wet and cold, so I won't hit the dirt just yet. I'm still thinking of putting a 3 tone camo painting on the gun and barrel before the weather is suitable.

I shot the rifle in a bit a couple of days ago. The hop seems more stable now, and the scope is more or less dead centre when shooting on targets about 30 m away. Able to hit 3 beer cans with 3 shots, one per can from a standing position 30 m away is good enough for me right now. Since the gun is totally original, and there is much upgradable parts awailable!

Radio Controlled flying

Starting out buying a 450 size collective pitch 3d helicopter a couple of years ago, I realized quickly it wasn't a good idea. Collective pitch (referred to as CP)  helicopters are very difficult to handle, specially when your new to the hobby and all your concentration goes to keeping the copter straight, how are you to navigate it?

I used a simulator for quite some time, didn't feel as real as the real deal but I got a hang of the navigation at least.

Shortly after I bought a piper 1050 mm wing span plane. used it to get a hang of navigation in real life. The piper must have been the most rewarding thing I bought that year. It was so forgiving, though I of course crashed a couple of times but the foam was repairable.

With more confidence I took more risks with the 450 copter and crashed. Had to change all the swash servos. back up in the air now more careful again.

Then I bought a micro quad for about 70 €, and damn! This was the way to train up for the 450. The quad handled like the copter but was more forgiving, centering out almost at once when you let the sticks go. And the crashing, weighing approx 33 g it was really durable.

Later on I bought a friend's old 400 size quad for camera lifting. I fried the control board with a loose wire and had to construct the quad from scratch using modular components.

Got it done fairly cheap and quickly. Thanks to the modular build it is easier to change components that break in a crash. Now I tried lifting my Canon Ixus pocket camera, weighing approx 185 g it's quite heavy for this setup. Got a few pictures taken simply by putting the camera on taking photos every 2-3 sec on interval.

Next project will be testing out fpv gear, mostly because the airsoft team demand a UAV for use in recon missions. This time I will build a Tricopter from scrath to get more agility for the reaco nmissions.

Airsoft Rk95tp (Gk99) by G&G

The rk, for me a natural choice for first airsoft weapon. An excellent skirmish weapon right out of the box. I actually played four or five games with it as it was without any bigger adjustments or upgrades. My friend tells me it has a distinguished sound to it when I fire, as the pneumatic blow back cap hits the body. We even used this to our advantage ;)

The Iron sights aren't as good as the real steels, but I found that with the back sight in the middle position, in night mode, its easier to aim quickly.

The first upgrade I made to this gun, was fitting a side bracket on the side. I got help from a local store. One of the employees had made the exact same upgrade to his Rk a while back and even wrote a post on in. The Cyma AK side bracket fits the rk if you drill a extra whole on the front as shown here. First I measured the distance of the holes in the gun. then I drilled the hole in line with the two other holes on the bracket.

As screws, I had to modify the smallest screws I found at a DIY store. I shortened them and flattened the hat for the back screw, as it would jam any sight of getting on the rail.

I played with my friends cobra sight for a couple of games. In the cold the batteries (2x ,1.5v AA) tend to run out or weaken, so the sight didn't work very well. I even had to remove the sight in the middle of a fire fight once!

I later bought a ACOG red dot sight from a team-mate from Vaasa. It worked better for some reason!? Although the voltage in 2 xLR44 batteries sum up to the same as in the cobra.

Here is the rail fitted with my ACOG. Its high up, but works very well. This set-up I have used now for say around 6 - 7 games now. The Lr44 batteries x2 seems to work very well, even in colder conditions. Have my first pair in still, and they are still going strong!

The guns Hop starts to be run-in and is very reliable now as well.

The last and not least upgrade was making a cheek raiser for the stock. The only thing is, there is no airsoft version made for the gun. You might be able to get your hand on a real steal cheek raiser, but the chance is very slim.

I chose to modify a Magpul CRT (M4) large cheek raiser. I used a electric tube, the same diameter as the stock. I cut of a 5 mm piece from the full length of the tube to a "half moon" so that it can be fitted on the stock. I then anchored it inside the cheek raiser using foam and 3 screws fitted with wall plugs in the foam.

When the foam was fully set roughly 24 h later, I cut out the pipe, and some of its surroundings because it has to flex when it is pressed on / pulle off the stock.

Then I coated the foam with primer, and later painted it with matte black to hide the white foam. The result wasn't an art piece, but so far it hold up pretty good. The pipe snaps on the stock hard, and barely moves sideways.

Hopefully the foam will be solid enough to taste some battle. The stock seldom gets a beating, but you never know.




Here is the result!

Airsoft

Back in 1998 or - 99 we played with bb guns, spring pistols with some friends. Back then there was no association, and the playing soon died and we moved apart. Life goes on as they say. I later that the first association was founded in 2004, and a second some time later. One of my best friends was a Co founder of an association in 2008, in Vaasa and he invited me to a real game summer 2013. He had 3 whole sets of gear: SvD sniper, Aks-74u and a colt 1911 with hi-cap mag. The game was intense, and more realistic with the gear and almost realistic weapons than I imagined. I got my spark for the hobby, it began there and then. In December 2013 I ordered my first real airsoft assault rifle, natural choice of weapon was the Rk95tp copy (Gk99) from G&g since I used the very same weapon in the military. My friend from Vaasa had moved back down south and the playing began. I will make a whole new post about the weapon later. When I vent trough some stuff in my cellar, I found my first spring pistol (Beretta M9) from back in the days. I also found my latest spring pistol a P228. The guns in between had gone missing or was thrown away. This brought back some memories, we now plan with a group to play a big game where we played as kids. that'll do for now, signing out!

About the blog

Hi!

My name is Janne, and I'm from Finland. My blog will contain bigger projects, work stuff and hobbies. I'm a amateur photographer, I play the guitar, I fly RC multicopters and collective pitch helicopters. I also Airsoft, and lately I will combine photography, airsoft and multicopter flying.

I served in the Finnish military in 2007, as a peacekeeper / landing craft driver. Since 2008 I've woked as a production manager at a local print house.

that'll do for now, over and out!