My next airsoft replica

At the last airsoft game I had another great idea of what should be my next purchase. I don't need to change the gun I use because I am quite satisfied with G36 and MP5K PDW, but the events that took place last time have shown that I need more firepower and bigger rate of fire. :)

I decided that I will buy an M249 "Minimi" MkII replica. Isn't it beautiful? It weights more than 7 kilograms (15 lbs), including box magazine for 2400 BBs and a large battery (9,6V 3000mAh).

What happened two days ago that had that strong influence on the choice of my dreamweapon? In two cases I needed to fire many BBs at more than two targets at the same time... The very large battery and magazine full of BBs will allow me to fire not only when I have a chance to hit someone. :)

But for now I have to fulfill my machine gun dreams with G36 equipped with only 600mAh battery but 470BBs clip. Gotta buy a larger battery.

The airsoft game at SD, Warsaw

SD is the name of the place where we had our todays airsoft game. I don't know how it got its name, but I guess that's not very important at the moment. The army had there SAMs and AA guns, it was a part of Warsaw's anti-aircraft defense.

Now the place is owned by a guy who runs commercial paintball games. He allows the airsofters to play for free, he just wants them to take some trash from the place and put them in plastic bags and leave (later he takes them from there).

Today there was about 30 of us. I took a friend of mine, I borrowed him my G36 and used only the MP5K PDW. It was warm 15°C (59°F), with no wind so the BBs flown in the direction they were shot.

Unfortunatelly, a bunch of people with "cheap" replicas (around 15 of them) were amongst us. They didn't want to play with the people who owned the standard or slightly upgraded Classic Army or Tokyo Marui guns. I don't understand them, since I had a pump action shotgun and was not afraid of playing with guys who could fire on full auto. But I guess they are too young to understand that the pleasure of airsoft is playing, not winning...

After a short discussion with those people we split into two teams, in my team there were around 10 people. And we had 20 enemies in the opposite team, a case I like very much since you have many targets to shoot and little competition. ;)

In two rounds I fragged more than 5 guys, I am glad of it since I don't think of myself as of a skilled shooter.

The funniest thing that happened? There was an embankment, seen from the top would look like a very large U. On the right side of the U (inside) were three guys, firing at us, we were outside. I went to the bottom side of the U, climbed up, shot the nearest guy with two or three BBs and fired four more at the second guy. He was sitting under a very small tree, that had only few thin branches and was not higher than one meter (3 ft.). The guy obviously didn't feel I shot him so I turned the selector to fullauto and fired something like 30 or 40 BBs at him. He had to feel that...
And then the guy turns his head to my side and asks (I don't know whether he asked me or his teammate who was sitting between us) if the rebounds do count as hits(*). I yelled at him something "f--k, what rebounds!?" and at that moment the guy realised that I was firing at him, not someone from outside of the embankment.

(*) The question asked some other time wouldn't be so stupid since in Poland we believe that rebounds do not count as hits.

I hope I will get some photos soon, I will post them here.

Added on Feb. 24th, 2008 - this is the only interesting photo I got. Courtesy of Squarek.

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Bunker and abandoned chemical plant

Today I went with some friends to Tomaszów Mazowiecki, a town about 100 km (60 mi.) from Warsaw. Near the town during the II World War were built two large bunkers, each more than 300 m (1000 ft) long. They were built for trains with generals and their staff, who went to the nearby Spała for vacation, hunting and stuff.

But when we went there we saw some abandoned factory or CHP plant and decided that we have to see it from the inside. We were going to see both bunkers but checked only one of them and went to what was said to be a chemical plant.

This was my first opportunity to go inside the smoke-stack. The view from the bottom of it to the top is one of a kind...

G36 @ home

Yesterday a courier brought me mine G36, which I bought on Allegro -- the polish response to EBay. It costed me less than $400 and I am very glad that I bought it -- it came with bipod (front grip with bipod), one high capacity magazine, two 8,4V 600mAh batteries and a charger.

I was a bit worried since the package was sent as priority and priorities are said to be delivered the next day after sending. And I had to wait 6 long days. In current circumstances I'd prefer it to be lost on the way here and to get the money back instead of the replica -- I want T3 more than G36. :)

The gun works well (I tested it today) and I am sure that I'll be glad that I have it. But T3 is now $400 more distant.

[added much later]

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This photo was taken few months later than the date of this post, but I put it here to show how the replica looked when I got my hands on it.