We have another hockey game tonight. I didn’t blog about last weeks so here are the highlights. We beat them 12 to 1 and they gave up again in the 3 period with 9 mins left. That was kinda annoying because I was going for a double hat trick. I got five goals that game and 2 assists. We’ll see what happens tonight.
Yeah, I got bitten or stung or sat on by something Tuesday night and my hand is swollen. Caleb, a friend and I were hiding from our friends mom coming to pick him up at around 9:00 PM. We hid behind the sign by our house. It has a few kinds of plants that are more like little sticks now because of the time of the year. We were circling around it so that his mom couldn’t see us as she drove by. I felt a pain in my finger and thought I just got poked by a little twig or something. When I went inside I saw it started to swell. The next morning, my whole finger was swollen and there was a little white bump. A day later the whole left side of my hand is swollen. I don’t know who or what did it… But I’m not dead yet so I don’t think it was a Black Widow.
My bad hand
My good hand
Yesterday we got a lot of wood from Abilene Lumber. Most of them were 35 feet long. We had to cut them in half to get them to fit on top of the van.=
Thank you Paul for helping us!!!!
This happened on Sunday at airsoft. Doesn’t look as bad as it did on Monday. I hope it stays for a while. Haha
Last night was our third hockey game of the season. We only have 4 people and a goalie on our team. We are on the ice (or concrete) the whole game. The other team has 6 plus a goalie. We have won the first two games of this year. The first game was 9 to 0. I scored 4 goals. The other team gave up in the third period with 9 minutes left on the clock. The game last week we won 9 to 3. I only scored two goals. That’s because we played the first 10 minutes of the first period with only 4 players including the goalie. In roller hockey, you have to have 5 players on the ice to start, so we got a penalty. Last night’s game was 11 to 5. We still beat them, but they are getting better every week. I scored 3 goals and got 3 assists.
As you know I have been wanting to get a pistol for a very long time. I’ve been doing research to find the right one that has a balance between performance and reliability, not to mention easy to find parts.
After narrowing down the list of a lot of guns from many different companies, I have come down to the point of two guns because they are the most common. Reviews say they are reliable and there are a good supply of parts.
The first weapon is the WE High Capa. A High Capa is just a 1911 with a double stacked magazine and a heavier slide. A standard 1911 magazine (in airsoft) only holds 15 rounds. A high Capa can hold up to 30 rounds depending on which one you get. There are many different versions of the High Capa.
The High Capa Dragon – The High Capa Dragon normally comes in 5.1 length and in two different colors. It has a split slide so that the front part of the slide doesn’t move as the BB is being shot out of the barrel. It also has different sites than the normal High Capa. Since the slide is shorter, it is lighter than a normal High Capa slide. It doesn’t fit in that many holsters and It doesn’t look that good in my opinion.
The high Capa comes in many different lengths. As previously noted, it comes in 5.1, 4.3, and 3.8. The higher the number, the longer the slide, barrel, and frame.
The High Capa series all have their problems though. Mostly in the longer High Capa’s, the slide is too heavy for the gas to pull it back to load the next BB. Because of the design they are not that strong.
Many companies make parts for the High Capa series. Most of them for the 5.1 because it’s the most common model.
The next weapon is the SOCOM Gear 1911 MEU. SOCOM Gear is a company that buys WE guns and upgrades them. They put new barrels, springs and spring guides inside and put trademarks on the outside. There are a few kinds of 1911’s that they make but the one I want to focus on is the MEU.
The MEU has a 15 round single stacked magazine. A traditional gas gun magazine stacks the bbs in two offset rows. There is a lot of debate over how much gas the magazine holds. Some people say that after a while, they only get 7-9 shots off before they run out of gas. This problem is solved by proper filling of the magazine. The single stacked magazines are cheaper than the High Capa magazines and are more realistic. People have had problems with the magazine leaking and the base plate coming off. The reason for it leaking is because they aren’t lubing the magazine and the seals start drying out. The base plate coming off happens because they are slamming it into the gun too hard. SOCOM Gear has come out with a new design for the magazine which has a reinforced base plate that doesn’t come off.
The SOCOM Gear MEU comes in three different colors and according to many airsoft pistol review sites is considered the best 1911 out of the box (not including Tokyo Marui.) Tokyo Marui makes the best performing airsoft guns in the world, but because of Japan laws, Tokyo Marui isn’t allowed to have metal slides. This makes them a bit more fragile than full metal guns.
The SOCOM Gear MEU has a reinforced spring guide and a better piston head than the WE MEU. It is a reliable gun compared to the High Capa because of the design. It has a threaded adapter for a suppressor that you can attach. Using a suppressor will make the barrel heavy and not allow it to move that easily which means you will run out of gas before running out of BBs. A lot of companies make replacement parts for this weapon and there are lots of upgrade parts.
I think the most reliable gun out of the two is the SOCOM Gear MEU. For the reasons listed above, I think it is a better gun.
A person at airsoft is selling a M4 CQB for $100 and this is the reason I would like to have it.
I’ve been having a dilemma. I want my gun to shoot around 280-300 FPS so I can use it in the crates without people complaining about how much it hurts. But at that FPS, using it in the field wouldn’t be that good. Why? Because at that low FPS, the range wouldn’t be that good and it wouldn’t be able to penetrate through some of the leaves, bushes, etc etc.
I have been thinking about getting that gun. For a few reasons. I would take the gearbox from it and put it in my current M4. Mine has a longer barrel and the gearbox that he has in it shoots harder so there would be the range and penetration to use it in the field. I would put my gearbox with the Modular gears and a M90 spring (which would give me 280-300 FPS) in the body of that gun. It has a shorter barrel so I could use it in the crates without worrying about it being to long and heavy. (Which i am facing now.) Also. If that gearbox has 7mm bearings, we wouldn’t have to buy a gearbox shell. I would just take the internals from the gearbox that is in there now, and put it in my G&P gearbox. I could probably get it for $100. So instead of spending $60 on a gearbox shell, I could spend $100 and get a whole new gun and fix the one that I have now. (That is If the gearbox is 7mm.)
This is why you don't mess with Texas. (Black Widow)
Ok, you can mess with Texas now. 😛
We killed 3 black widows that day. They are a very dangerous spider that even dad is scared of. These can kill you and there are a lot of them around here. Some are big and some are small. This one in the picture is one of the smaller black widows. 🙁
We are going to build some dirt jumps and stunts in our back yard. We are working on getting dirt and wood. Caleb and I are planning it out on paper. We’ll build it in the winter because it is to hot in the summer. I can’t wait to start building. It will be soooooo fun.
This summer we went biking in Winter Park, Sol Vista, and Keystone. I think Winter Park was the best because most of the runs were fast. Some had jumps but they weren’t very big. Sol Vista. The one word I can use to describe this mountain? Crazy. The smallest gap was at LEAST 25 feet. There was a few fun runs with lots of berms. Keystone was the biggest mountain of all and it was just rocky and technical. It wasn’t as bad a Fernie, but it came pretty close. I had fun at all of them but Winter Park was my favorite. Plus, I got to see them build the course for Crankworx Colorado. 😀
Here is a video I made. Make sure to watch it in HD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZjRNfwHGQw