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When it comes to the sport of airsoft I think I speak for most if not all players when I say bringing any weapon replica to an event is one of the better parts of the sport. It just does not matter what you bring to an event, bring an M4, AK, M16, G36 or any other weapon that has existed in the real world and you are pretty much guaranteed fun. We all have differing tastes when it comes to what we want to use. We all have different levels of finances when it comes to what we buy. But the most important thing is that we will have fun. Most events allow you to bring whatever you want, as long as it passes the chrono test then you have a green light to use it. I have been in the middle of the battlefield fighting off the enemy along side all manner of AK’s, shot guns, machine guns and the odd sci fi replica. So what happens when the choice is taken away from you? What happens when you have an event that is limited to only gas and spring powered weapons? You have even more fun. I had the chance to attend the last Gas & Spring event at Lincolnshire Airsoft Club and it was like a breath of fresh air for me. I had chosen to bring my GHK G5 assault rifle and a wholes heap of pistols. Even when I was getting ready the day before I could tell this was going to be a great event. It’s not my first event with these restrictions on weaponry but in every previous event it has been a laugh. These events are a little different from the norm and as such attract less players but this just adds to the whole feel of the event. I turned up at my usual silly early time, I normally do this cause I have a lot of kit to get set up including my media gear but I knew that this would not be the case with this event. I was ready in a few mins lol. I waited for the other players to show up and it did not take long for them to turn up. All of them were excited for the event. Once my rifle had passed chrono it was time to mingle. There was a few different sorts of players at this event. Some of them I knew and some of them I did not, but I noticed that they were all eager to get the show started. There was only 25ish players at the event and so the safety brief was given in the safe zone. It was time for the fun to begin………...match time. We had the usual styles of matches, attack and defend this area. Clear out another area. But all the matches felt like they worked well. With an event that has few players you have to change the matches. You have to play to the limitations that gas gives. Everyone that was running a GBBR had very limited ammo counts and had to think about every shot. The shotgun players were also limited by their shells only holding 30 shots. And as for the snipers well they had to deal with limited ammo counts and less targets then a normal event. With all things being considered it was a cracking event with everyone working well together and having a laugh. The special match For as long as I can remember myself and the club boss of LAC have been running a special match. We only run it at Gas & Spring and Piston & Shotgun events but we have been running it for a few years now. All of these matches have been excellent and a real laugh for all those who take part. We have the 2 separate teams with starting points at different locations on the village map. Myself and Ian are locked in the center compound. Obviously the teams will fight against each other but the only way either team will get any points is for them to kill both me and Ian and escort us to the starting point of that team. When that happens that team gets a point. We then walk back to the center compound and start all over again. The real fun part is that me and Ian can and will shoot anything on either team. It’s a very hectic match for me and Ian and I hope we make both teams work for there points. I hope that you have got to the end of this blog with the thought that these limited types of events are fun cause they really are. I was really feeling the strain of work and juggling airsoft together.
This event allowed me to relax and enjoy the sport. Thank you to all who attended. CraftySniper
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It’s been a while since I created a written blog entry but I thought I’d give it another go. The main reason is that I have just got myself a new keyboard and I am itching to take it for a test drive lol. As many of you know I am a woodland player, I am at my best hunting other players when I have room to roam. My loadouts all suit this play style, my prefered weapons also suit this style too. I am a huge fan of the big bolt action rifles and whether it be my SRS, Striker or VSR I am just loving hunting other players and teams down. How did I come to be like this? Well that all started with Lincolnshire Airsoft Club and there old woodland site at Kirton. This site was amazing, it had it all. Huge open fields, dense woodland areas, ridge tops and salt flats. Terrain could be as good as a field or as bad as a muddy salt flat. All those that can remember the site also remember the salt flats and getting stuck in them. I remember being that new player with no idea of what I was doing. I had an M4 and this huge site was spread out ahead of me. I didn't have a clue of where I was or were the objectives were. To say I was lost would be an understatement. Skip on a few events and I started to get a grip of the lay of the land and I started to feel more at home. Even though I had my trusty G&G M4 which had okay range and questionable accuracy at best, I started to make my way around enemy teams. It’s probably at this point when I should introduce you lot to a person that has shown me and is still showing me the tricks of the trade when it comes to being sneaky. Mr Ian Lawrence is the boss of LAC. A slightly strange individual with a taste for hobnobs, but his knowledge of being sneaky can still not be beaten. There have been other people who have turned up to events at LAC all saying that they are the sneakiest person at airsoft. Needless to say they may have there moments but they still are not up to the job of being quiet in an event when compared to Ian. Ian showed me how the weapon is not always the most important thing in a soldiers inventory. If you move extremely quietly and slowly and have a good understanding of the land which you find yourself in then you can get into very good shooting positions. Skip on to the point where I have my bolt action rifles. I now have the tools that can reach out and touch someone at ranges that they with sub 350 fps rifles can only dream of. A well set up sniper rifle that is accurate, quiet and easy to cover distance with is the holy grail. My VSR was good at this and in my view still is more easier to live with on the battlefield then my current sniper rifle. The Striker was along the same lines of the VSR in how it handled but and this is a big one for me was not as accurate or quiet. Step up Silverback with there SRS. Now I know I have mentioned a few times just how much I like this rifle but there is a method in my madness. It’s all true, if you setup the SRS with a good well built set of internals then it will out range anything and I mean anything on the battlefield. It’s quiet, easy to work on, and deadly accurate with heavy weight ammo. In short put a well built SRS in my hands, take me to a huge woodland site that I have intelligence on and let me put a few of the lessons that Mr Lawrence has shown me and I will have a lot of fun. CraftySniper |
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