Airsoft can be allot of fun but like allot of things it's tempered by how much of a community of players you have nearby. Here it's not much different than it was 10 years ago which is to say pretty scant. But we've got a fairly regular weekly or biweekly game of anywhere between 20-50 players which is actually pretty good better than the 10 we used to have. But it's more fun to a degree the move guys you get past that 10 mark or so and opens up allot of opportunity for scenario's and things that I find add allot of fun to the game. When in doubt though there are large national games;)
Well that's the weird thing since all the projectiles are the same 6mm size, weight varies so say in a sniper rifle where your pushing higher FPS you'll usually use a heavier BB to counter wind and get more consistent results at longer range. But the trouble is making it safe, so say a sniper rifle shooting 550fps you can't engage someone closer than around 50ft in most rules so the BB has a chance to slow some and do less damage. If you shot someone point blank with that rifle, there is a good chance you'd embed the BB at least some in the skin, so the goal is trying to keep the power levels under breaking skin levels. Now with something shooting 550fps or so you can manage accurate shots out to around 100 yards, maybe further depending on the setup, we're not talking MOA but more like minute of person accuracy at those ranges. My bolt action is probably grouping around 18inches or a little more at 100yards right now. Normally though max FPS runs around the 550 mark, which is what my bolt action runs and that's the rules in most cases.
This gun stock shoots terribly, 400fps nothing to write home about, my short M4 will shoot further and more accurately. So more less if you bought this, you'd have to run through the entire internals to get it up to reasonable levels anyways and it will still be heavier than say my bolt action for the same basic range. So since I don't play places with strict rules and I won't be lending this rifle I might bump up the FPS a bit more just to make it worth while carrying around such a large gun. I've got 650fps in my mind right now as the goal, then of course tuning the rest of the barrel and everything to match as perfectly as possible. If I do that I won't be shooting anyone under around 100ft. for safety, but I suspect I can stretch the long range out to around 150 yards.
Oh and since I didn't mention this setup normally would be semi and full auto(despite not being realistic). Most rules don't allow full auto over 400fps, so this will likely be semi only when it's complete but still should make an interesting show piece and hopefully somewhat functional on the field as a long range piece;)
Luke
So does this mean you can use it to build an M82 holster? 
Hmm;) I'm not even sure if I want to sling this thing:)
I did however build an interesting holster, and actually it was part of the trade for this gun. He has an HK MP7 sub machine gun airsoft again. He wanted some way to carry it as a backup, and I managed to build a pancake rig from kydex with an attachment I've been working on. Amazingly enough it concealed and carried nearly as well as a large frame pistol. I was very surprised and almost makes me want one;) Though that said with airsoft and no NFA rules I typically carry a select fire Glock 18c as my backup which fits in normal holsters and is pretty much as effective as a sub gun but much easier to carry. So while the MP7 is interesting I don't see it replacing my Glock on the field, well when I'm not carrying an airsoft 1911 that is;) I gotta say I'm really enjoying my trip back into airsoft, it's not all good training some of it is purely fun, but I've found my draw and fire training I've done over the years since I started making holsters comes in handy allot when transitioning from a long gun to handgun etc.
Take care!
Luke
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