Category Archives: Fun

Good shootout

Last night I went to TTAC3 for a quick and dirty CQB session and I have to say, it’s been a while since I’ve had so much fun.  Absolutely no yelling on my part woo, all the players played well and there was a lot of pain to dish out (I have two bleeders on my forehead).  Man I love the KWA MP7A1, it’s such an awesome gun indoors and it’s so much fun to shoot.  I can see myself using this thing for mil sims when the outdoor season heats up, I just need a few more mags then I’m set.

Anyway yeah just wanted to say that I had a great game, I hope next week’s session is as much fun. =D

New Vest Woo!

A few months ago I picked up a copy of Modern Warfare 2 and man it’s really tickling my airsoft urges lol.  I just picked up a used Phantom Maritime CIRAS vest in khaki because the Rangers in the game wear the same vest (but in Ranger Green) and I thought it looked good.  Usually I don’t like vests as big and bulky but this isn’t too bad I guess, good for those outdoor mil sims since it can carry a lot of stuff;  it’s not something you want to be doing CQB with.

I know it looks greenish but the vest is khaki in colour.   Anyway it’s still a few months till the next outdoor game, I guess I’ll report then how it is then. God I’m not even a gear guy and I have like 5 vests all in different configurations.

Damn Canon’s are tough!

Was sent this and I have to say it’s pretty damn cool.  It’s hard to believe that this dude’s Canon Digital Rebel XT could survive a 3000′ fall but apparently it did.

Trying to keep it short: I sold my first DSLR (Rebel XT) to my buddy from Florida who happens to be a skydive instructor. He used it mounted on his helmet to shoot skydivers in a free fall. The mounting plate detached when he opened his chute and both cameras (photo + video) took a fall from approximately 3000 ft. Amazingly, the Rebel survived the fall and my friend is still using it to this very day. It has a crack in the plastic body and the kit lens is a little jerky when zooming, but functional. I’d like to know if there is a similar story or something close to this but I doubt. It might me a world record indeed (for the height of a camera drop which survived). Kudos to canon!
Source: FM Forum

Makes me feel better about my XTi. 😀 Anyway apparently there’s a video too which will be updated later, I can’t wait to see that!

New toys are fun!

Earlier in the week Mike and I traded AEGs, I gave him my Echo 1 416 and he passed me his Echo 1 M14 SOCOM.  It was a good trade and both parties got exactly what they were looking for. 🙂  I ordered a few parts from eHobby Asia on Wednesday and got them today, damn that was really fast!  Anyway most of the parts were internal upgrades since Echo 1 QC is err questionable but anyway I was able to install almost everything aside from the M14 gears.  Seems like Echo 1 or whomever it sources for M14s use version 2/3 gears instead of version 7 (ver 7 spur gear is smaller) so I wasn’t able to install those but everything else has been pretty much replaced internally.

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I’d like to change the outer barrel assembly from SOCOM to full length but that can come later.  Hmm I’ll probably have to get a new Prometheus inner barrel too but meh I can worry about that then. 😉 Anyway here’s a quick picture the rifle, I think the Aimpoint will be more useful than a rifle scope considering the engagement distances in airsoft.  If I play spotter/sniper I always have the CA M24.  Next up a sweet paint job…

The big 3-0!

Today I turn 30 and it certainly sounds like a big number.  Maggie was bugging me about it this morning as are some of the guys at the office but in all honesty it doesn’t bother me much.  It’s just a number, lol mentally I’m probably closer to 12 but that’s another matter. 😉  Well anyway happy birthday to me woo…

Maggie got me a Playstation 3 slim and I picked up used copies of GTA4 and Street Fighter 4 along with Marvel VS Capcom 2 from the online Playstation store.  Fun stuff and I have so many games I have to play right now.  Thanks babe, it was a great gift!!! =D

Push forward, advance, ADVANCE!!!

So I picked up copy of Modern Warfare 2 on Tuesday and have been playing the last two nights after work, and in the process driving Maggie crazy lol.  The story continues where Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare left off or err it does but 5 years later, the world is still a messed up place and things are getting worse.  Won’t give away any more info, don’t want to be a spoiler but I have to say I rather enjoyed the single player portion of the game.  Multiplayer isn’t bad (there isn’t any of the cheesy stuff yet) though limiting matches to 9 vs 9 for the PC is a real drag.

Sigh the only problem is that there is so much cool equipment in the game and now I want to get a lot more gear for airsofting lol.  Yeah the gear bug bit me pretty badly, now I have a whole lot of stuff I need to buy. 😉

Oh I also picked up a copy of Gran Turismo PSP but I’ll play that after I’m burnt out on MW2.

I like cats

As I mentioned earlier I’m cat sitting Simba for my folks and man is it fun.  That cat does the cutest things (I’m sure every cat owner says the same thing) and I am really happy that there’s a cat in the house.   Maybe Maggie will notice and not get mad at me if I get my own cat later on… 😉  Anyway I’ve taken a lot of pictures and will post them shortly for everyone to see.

On Sunday I went to play Airsoft and I couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather.  Got to give the KWA MP7A1 a good workout and it’s certainly field capable though the 40 round magazines is a bit of a limitation for skirmishes.  For mil sims where there’s an ammo limit it’s not a big deal but going up against guys with multiple hi caps is asking for trouble lol.  I’ll post a review on it shortly, having too much fun playing with it right now. 😀  Definitely worthy of being my indoor/CQB primary from now on.