From backpack to briefcase

There's a moment in boy's life when he becomes a man. I think it is the time when he leaves his backpack and buys a briefcase. Like the one on the photo:



For Google: MP5K PDW in briefcase.

Second Shamo ASG video advertisement

This video was made by Wotan (as usual) on january 9th 2005, in the middle of polish winter though you won't see a bit of snow here. This shows what we were equipped with at that moment. Indianin had G3 SAS, Squarek - MP5 A5, Mamut - MP5 A3, I had MP5 SD3, Majki carried SR16 previously owned by Wotan, Wrubel had some M15A4 carbine.

You can see me in the movie during two brief moments. The first time I am visible is after the smoke attack on the bridge, around 50th second of the movie, carrying the MP5 and with helmet on my head. The second time is when I fall towards the flaming smoke grenade (1:59).

Now two photographs taken at that day.

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The Shamo video ad

I mentioned about this ad before. But since this evening is devoted to the history of Shamo Warsaw Airsoft Team, I scroll through my photos and videos to find something worth showing.

This video (link for those of you who are unpatient) was made around february 2004. At that moment we had mostly spring and gas powered replicas, only me and Indianin had MP5s (he had A5, I had SD3).

The view I hated

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What is this? That's the view of what's inside MP5 SD3's gearbox. Why did I write that I hated that view? Because I had many troubles with this replica and didn't like all the repairs I had to do. The most unpleasant experience was to go to airsoft game without knowing that the replica will fire 1000, 100, 10 or none BBs at all.

After many repairs I finally saw that the main cause with the gearbox was broken selector plate... It had one crack that was almost invisible but prevented it from operating. I also had troubles with nozzle that I had to replace with custom made by one of my father's friends. It was made of metal but was not as tight as the original one.

Majki and his Steyr AUG

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Majki's first AEG was this Steyr AUG replica by Tokyo Marui. I presume he bought it somewhere around autumn 2004 because this photo was taken on october 10th 2004. As far as I remember he sawed-off part of the barrel, silenced it (he put some foam around gearbox inside the stock) and sold the replica with income. You can see the sawed-off rifle in the post about poor copying of Charlie's Angels.

At that time I didn't understand Majki because he was buying and selling replicas on a regular basis while I stuck to one MP5 SD3. It seems now that this is a proper way of maintaining your ASG collection because you can't tell if the replica you want to buy will fill all your needs. This is the reason for which I had couple different submachine guns and rifles and even now am not sure which one I prefer...

Note that this is the same replica I own at the moment - Steyr AUG A1, but from different manufacturer. I own a Classic Army replica and this one was made by Tokyo Marui.

MP5 and S&W M6904 sidearm

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After some time (around spring 2004) I decided that MP5 SD3 is not enough. I thought that I needed a sidearm, a simple and cheap gas pistol. I chose one of the cheapest at that moment, S&W M6904 replica. The photo shows me and both of my replicas. You can see the outfit I was using at that time -- M65 trousers, jacket and polish metal helmet WZ50 (mark 1950), I mentioned using this outfit earlier.

This photo was taken on march 13th 2004 in Białobrzegi.

My first AEG replica - MP5 SD3

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This photo was taken on january the 17th 2004, this was one of the first games I attended with my first AEG replica - MP5 SD3 by ICS... Photo courtesy of Wotan. This electric airsoft MP5 was not a purchase I would remember well -- I had a lot of trouble using it. It broke several times. I will add some more information here when I find some time...

As you can see at my early airsoft games I used Battle Dress Uniform with Urban camouflage. That was not the best choice, because it wasn't universal for urban and forest games but that winter we played almost exclusively indoor. After that I was using M65 jacket and trousers and now am using M65 trousers and flecktarn parka.

The early beginnings of Shamo Warsaw ASG Team

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We started being a team about three years ago, we started shooting BBs somewhere near the summer of 2003. This photo was taken on the december 13th 2003. You can see there the "core" of Shamo. We came long way since that moment.
All of the people shown on the photograph back then had spring or gas powered replicas, now all of us (except Mamut, the guy in the helmet) have AEGs. Mamut had an electric MP5 for some short time but decided to sell it and get a Benelli M3 Super 90 by TM. He says he likes shotguns. But I guess there's something more behind that decision since Mamut is the only Shamo member who had given his replica a name (a woman's name that is ;) ).

At that point the team consisted of less then 10 people. Now there's 15 of us but at the airsoft games you won't see more than 5 of us. That's because people have other stuff to do.

The day of returning BBs

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I should say that this week's airsoft game was the day when the BBs were turning back. We were playing at Miami, the same place as last week. The wind was so strong that hitting anything with the BB fired from airsoft replica was almost impossible. The BBs' trajectories were unpredictable, at any point the BB could turn vertical or horizontal. Even very long bursts didn't give a chance to hit the enemy one was firing at.

I shot more than 1 000 BBs, but hit only few times. These hits were achieved by rather short bursts on short distances. There was no need for the large battery nor the second magazine, though they were very useful. It's very easy to refill the one hicap magazine when you're ready to fire BBs from the second mag. And I must say that after that 1 000 BBs I didn't notice any drop of rate of fire. :)

Our team consists of 15 members (including two girls), but it's very uncommon to see more than 3-4 Shamo airsofters. ;) The today's representation of Shamo ASG Team is present on the photo on top of the post. You can see Mamut with his CA870, Ziutek with his M15A2 carbine and Squarek and his MP5A2.

The proud, but not happy, owner of 3 AEG replicas...

Today I went to a bank to cash my cheque from AdSense. I took also money from my bank accounts. I went home and ordered the desired MP5K PDW replica by Tokyo Marui. I phoned the guys from the internet shop, I'll meet them tomorrow and get the gun.

Yesterday started an auction on which I want to sell my M15A2 Classic Army replica. I want to sell it and buy G36 (CA) instead. Or some sniper rifle, I didn't decide yet. I paid for the entire set (replica, mount, second magazine, scope) a bit less than 300$, I want to sell it for about 400$. That's the starting price I set. If noone will want to buy it, I will then put it on an auction starting from 370$, 350$ and so on... So it will probably take time to sell this gun.

And half an hour ago a friend of mine called me on instant messenger to announce me that his colleague will not buy my old MP5 SD3 (ICS) replika. The guy has my gun, has paid me 30$ (I wanted 250$ total) and now says that he doesn't want the gun. But he's so generous not to want the 30$ back.

So on saturday I will probably have three replicas. On saturday I'll meet with that friend, he'll give me back my MP5 SD3. He said that he'll think about buying that gun from me, I guess he feels a bit guilty because of all this. I hope that he'll decide to buy it. ;)

So I might say that I'm now an owner of three aisoft electric replicas. Proud, because I never thought that I'll be able to have more than one AEG and one gas pistol. Not happy, because I'd prefer to have money instead of the second MP5. And want to change that M15 for a G36.