Mk23 Wooden Carbine – Take 2

Possibly cut hole for shell ejection port or attach aesthetic dust cover?

Special Ops 14/08/22

Special Ops 03/07/22

Grand old day down in Spec Ops. Generally solid days gaming and had the chats with some sound Croatian rentals who seemed psyched about getting into it. I’m pretty happy with the slow-to-fast effect in the footage but the fast parts can be a little shaky. The belt straps for my rig worked well but

Slow-Motion, Urban Assault 20/03/22

I decided to try out my Press kit last game day. I think I might be able to get better footage if I wasn’t also trying to shoot at people but I’m still pretty happy with what I got.

Inferno 05/12/2021

New gear and Press loadout

I got a few new bits an pieces. Most importantly is the compression group. I suspect the issue with the AK and the Aug is lack of compression. I have a fixed cylinder, piston and piston head. If all goes well it should get the AK back into working order. Secondarily, and just for fun

Aug Gearbox Clean

Special Ops 19/09/2021

Bellurgan Milsim 11/09/2021

Inferno 29/08/2021

From the start, the Reds were playing well. Started out the day with a simple team deathmatch. After that 1st game team deathmatch. Fairly sure we lost 2nd and 3rd rolling Assault bomb. Defence first they got it in. We got as far as the courtyard

Urban Assault 01/08/2021

There’s me on the right. I managed to get a bit of use from the suppressor before I looked at the gun and realised it had snapped off! Noise suppression was not the best with the baffles. I may try the same design but with foam in-fill. Failing that I’ll just put up with the

16mm to 14mm thread adapter

3d resin printing from thingiverse. Find link when less tired. Works great but will need to increase noise suppression. Might put foam in between the baffles.

CM041G – First Impressions in Inferno

Performs great in game. The shots are nice and consistent and they shoot straight. Definitely gives a great sense of confidence. I just took it out for a half day’s gaming in Inferno in Thomondstown. Content to use it as my main for the foreseeable. I used the pouches on my belt only. Partly because

Cyma CM041G – New Gun!

This will likely be the last new gun I will be getting for a while. I got it from Taiwangun.com for around €230 and with a pair of dual pane goggles (which apparently reduce the temperature differential to avoid fog), some mags and pouches all in all came to about €300. So yeah, hopefully this

Short Suppressor Mk23

I have been slightly bothered by the length of the suppressor on my Mk23. I have no problem at all with it if that’s the only thing which will give the same noise suppression. I put the question to Internet land and apparently it is possible. Several 3d printed ones were recommended but one recommendation

AK Perpetual feeding issues

Everything was cycling properly but almost no air was being moved. “Your nozzle is moving freelyGuess your cylinder is upside down with the hole facing the cylinder head” I’m not entirely sure what that means but there was more. “Could be an o ring gone. Happened to me recently.” “Yeah mine had dried out pretty

Simtac Vietnam Game 22/05/2021

I went to the Vietnam Themed Milsim there in Simtac. There is a fair bit to say but as I am tremendously busy otherwise I will just put up some photos of the event which came from Simtac’s Facebook (or Urban Assault I should say). I messed around with some of them on an app

AK Feeding Issues (still)

To my dismay the AK has been not doing very well recently. After some mucking around, I am fairly certain that the problem lies where the barrel meets the nozzle. If I take out the barrel and press it against the nozzle, it seems to be shooting fine. What I think is going on is

Redbarn 08/05/2021

Redbarn is a wonderful site with mostly dense woodland and a number of stone and wooden structures. This was my local field when I started Airsoft but it closed down last year. I know the site pretty well but in the intervening time the undergrowth has had time to change significantly. Now, it had been

Special Ops 03/05/2021

All rain and gun issues. It was raining constantly without let up so I did not take any pictures. Could probably have used that little action camera but to be honest I just wanted to start getting back into practice. Fun games overall, no real stories so I decided not to log each game but

Artillery/Mortar Idea

Intro Ok, this is something which only clicked in my head today so it will probably take some revision before it works. There is a software called Ares Alpha which tracks devices in the field. This is still somewhat notional. So there are a number of ways to integrate mortars into Airsoft and as far

Finally New(ish) Boots

This is the first time I have gotten boots online. A good pair of hiking boots is always something I have made sure to have. To be honest, I don’t know how anyone in Ireland gets on without waterproof shoes. Anyhow, these came a little bigger than is preferable. Without any gaming, I’ve been breaking

AK Feed Issues

So after sorting the barrel on my AK, I had been having feeding issues with BBs not going through. Picture 1. below is what it looked like when I took the gun apart. I took out the inner barrel, removed the hopup rubber and re-set the nub. Putting it all back together was Picture 2.

Noodlefish (almost there)

I managed to get an STL file to 3D print a connector from the flash hider to the outer barrel. I had been prepared to just epoxy it on but given the option I would prefer to do it another way. I did find one for about £12 in the UK but between delivery and

AK Barrel Finishing

I raised the matter of cutting the barrel on an Airsoft chat which I am on and they recommended using a pipe cutter. The only pipe cutter’s I had used were very hefty things for large guage pipes (like 60mm pipe). Apparently there are smaller ones which work for Airsoft barrels. I managed to pick

Noodlefish Mod is Back!

I hadn’t taken pictures going through as I was really just going on a whim and didn’t think it would come to anything. I have had an issue with my AK for a while where the shots are veering off to the left. I can adapt for this so never bothered doing anything about it.

Mk23 Magazine Maintenance

Alright, so I had been making do with only two out of three working Mk23 Mags. Now, all three are leaking. It is not to do with temperature as I tested them all in a room temperature environment and was getting the same problem. After some work with the dremmel I managed to get the

Low Tech Indoor Target

I had some drawers from an old chest of drawers which we will be scrapping. I was looking at it and thought “that could make a good target.” So I started jotting things down. In the end I decided to go with a much simpler method than I originally had in mind. I got an

Wooden mk23 carbine

This may be a massive waste of time but I’ll have a crack at it sure. I found this image on Pinterest (via Google Search). It’s a bit rough and ready but as an example it points me in the right direction. Next thing was to clamp three parts together. Two vertically and one horizontally.

45 Degree Sights

Last time that I was out gaming (it seems an age ago) that I was having trouble with the shotgun. The gun itself is great and in close quarters it performed very well. In fact, it would probably be pretty good at range also but here’s where I ran into problems. There is only a

OK it’s Not Exactly Airsoft

With the sites closed (again) one has to do something to keep sane. I have a casual interest in wood working. My son asked me to make him a wooden to toy gun. I did not have to be asked twice. As it happend, I had a load of 18x28mm timber in the back garden.

Spec ops 27/12/2020

Late again. Missed the first round. Two of the Mk23 mags leaking. I will have to take them apart and seal the valve. There is a hidden brake valve on the Tokyo Marui mags. I gather that it is something to do with the power limit in Japan is strictly limited. So if the gas

EBM2 – Scrap Metal

This is a plan which came up more or less by accident. In the set of metal pipes which I reclaimed from an old clothes rack. I had been using it for the EBSG1. There were two sets of pipe. One, over 15mm in diameter and one smaller than that (around 10-12mm). In any case,

EBM1 – Prototype

I have the parts for the prototype of the EBM1 finally. I will have to do a good bit of sanding and spraying to get the plunger to fit. I had left a couple of millimeters clearance but apparently it was not quite enough. The measurements seem to have worked out fine. The only one

Loadout Shuffle

I have been thinking about how to incorporate the shotgun into my loadout. The same ethos applies in the sense that I need to be able to run and have a good range of movement. The first idea was another weaponlink but that means another sling also. I happened to have an old pistol holster

Fragile Masculinity

The thing which is great about hip-hop is it’s ability to tell a story more so than relate a feeling. The story is usually contained in the lyrics. Now, you might be wondering why I am talking about hip-hop at the start of an article about fragile masculinity and airsoft. Bear with me. Unlike other

Spec Ops 12/12/2020 and Shotgun

Before I get onto the game-day, Hobby Airsoft sorted out my shotgun. Apparently there was some issue with the previous one so they replaced it entirely. They did not have the exact same one in stock as the one I had was ordered so they replaced it with a Secutor M870 Velites M-LOK from Golden

Camo Tape Conclusion

After all that, I head to Hobby Airsoft and just pick up some camo tape for a fiver. We live and learn. In fairness, it wasn’t on their website. Not much else to say. The quality is the same as the other camo tape. That is to say very good. It can be removed and

EBSG1 – Main Principles

Before getting too concerned with ignition or anything else, I will need to ascertain if the general idea is sound. Will the smoke pellets produce smoke wen enclosed in a tube with holes? I found some metal tube when trashing out an old house. It’s internal diameter was just over 15mm so the pellets slid

Smoke Grenade – EBSG1

In Ireland, naturally, smoke grendes, smoke bombs and all fireworks are illegal. This is fine. It would however be great if there were some form of smoke grenade which were legal and safe for use in the game. There are Smoke pellets which are ok for use in ireland. They produce a decent amount of

Camo Tape Continued

After bob knows how long, the camo tape arrived. I have not been posting much recently because the sites have not been generally open during the lockdown. I gather they are due to open again in December so fingers crossed that the government doesn’t extend the lockdown. Myself and a group of fellow airsofters have

Friday the 13th Game – Story Mode

6-8 hour milsim type game. 3 teams of 10-12 players and 3 Juggernauts. This can be changed for larger/smaller sites if necessary. The game is divided into 2 phases; Get his equipment/Research (4hrs) – This is the phase where they will need to search for the cases/props and bring them to a stash location. Escape!

Camo Tape Catastrophe

Ok, not exactly a catastrophe as much as a very mild irritation but I couldn’t resits the alliteration. I ordered some camo tape a while ago. Generally I’m not too worried about covering every single surface with camo or painting guns. However, one of the drawbacks is the length of the suppressor (and yes, the