GroundZero Weekender 2010 – Aftermath Day 1
Well the weekender has come and gone, and again, I've taken far too long to write about it!
I'll just start by saying: Awesome.
If I had to describe it in one word, awesome would be the one I use.
The weekend started out with pretty much the norm for a weekender now, putting up tents and having a few beers. The nice thing this year however, is that we were actually able to be there much earlier on the Friday than last year.
You'd think that this meant that we got to camp nice and close to the main game area. Sadly not. We ended up in the furthest field right up next to the fences.
The advantage however is that it wasn't too loud at night and we were able to sleep pretty well.
A nice new thing that was added this year was the car boot sale area, where everyone could bring down their old or un-wanted stuff.
I decided to try my hand at second hand sales but it turns out I wasn't so great, I didn't manage to sell the FAMAS but did manage to sell my set of boots (Random!). Darksaber also found herself a bargain pistol which shoots really well for £75.
Nightwolf also managed to purchase one of Rampage's ban hammers, and picked himself up a new rifle (furthest from the camera) which looks like a clone of Darksaber's custom M4.
After browsing the second hand gear, setting up tents, and having a few beers, we tied up the first evening with a BBQ and a visit to the Jersey lads, which is always a good laugh.
One of the lads decided that using the earlier purchased ban hammer, he would smack himself in the nuts with it.
And that was all on the first day....
GZ Weekender Prep
Prep work has begin for the Luna Wolves outing to the GZ Weekender 2010!
The weekender wouldn't be right if we didn't have some new toys though so true to form, we got ourselves some.
For starters Darkie and Bio have new Goggles. We are all for safety and you should never EVER skimp on your eye protection. Most Airsofters will spend hundreds on their gear but just a few pounds on cheap shooting glasses or purchase glasses from their local DIY store.
While these are OK for the most part, they can let BB's in round the edges which can still result in eye damage, or worse still, on some cheap glasses a round to the arms of the glasses will see them break and part company from your eyes leaving you totally exposed!
Dr. Airsoft has some great reviews of masks and goggles on Youtube and I recommend you check them out.
The one which prompted us to go for the ESS however was:
So we went on to purchase a set of ESS Profile with Cortex clip for Darkie and ESS v12 for Bio.
Although ESS do not recommend anything other than the profile with Cortex clip for Airsoft, they are a fully sealed goggle and this will be twinned with some lower face protection to lower the chance of BB's penetrating from the lower edges.
Bio, ESS V12, Mask
Although the lower face doesn't offer a full seal it should seriously minimise the probability of a BB penetrating the goggle seal.
The primary reason for purchase however would be for the sake of not loosing teeth. Unfortunately NightWolf has previously lost a half tooth, something which I don't fancy doing much, and this often leads to costly dentistry to fix. Not having particularly much in the way of spare cash, I don't want to take any changes, especially having been hit in the tooth before (which luckily didn't break but is now weakened).
Hopefully this will allow me to take a few more risks I would usually avoid this weekender.
DarkSaber with her new toy.
Darkie has also decided she wants to do a DMR type role, we we built her a customised M4.
This has a long 469mm, 6.03mm bore Prometheus barrel and clocks in at 350fps every shot +/- 0.5fps. The weekender shall be a worthy test of this one!
I have also has purchased a G36E front end in preparation for creating an MG36, however do not have the right box mag type yet, so this will be going as a backup in case the M249 fails or becomes too heavy.
Talking of the 249, upgrades!
6.03mm Tight Bore (Vanaras) and a new Madbull hop rubber had been put in. Combined, these two items have added around 40fps so it's now clocking in at a healthy 343fps +/- 3fps which shows just how bad of an air seal the default hop rubber really gives. Hopefully this will allow a greater suppression range which has always been a little lacking previously.
And finally, we now have team patches!
I've sewn the first one onto my "lightweight" Flecktarn shirt (which is slightly lighter in colour than a normal one) and have to say it looks fantastic.
Sewn on patch