Tag: milsim
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Survivalist – Choosing a Pack
After a few months of shopping, I finally picked up a pack for all my travel and adventures and it really did take a lot of looking before I decided on one that suited my needs. I’ll do a seperate review of the one I’ve been using, but I wanted to talk about how I…
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Bug in or bug out?
A common question in the prepping community, and one that forms the basis for your kit and kit preparation. Do you pack a bag and head out into the great unknown, or do you turn your house into a self sustaining fortress? If you’ve read the first article in the “Survivalist” section, I’m not looking…
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The Transition
Out with the old, in with the new? I’m an absolute gear whore. My house is absolutely loaded with kit and there are always trips and opportunities to go visit surplus stores and collect more. If you follow my socials, or indeed the blog, you’ll know I have a preference for the 1980’s/90’s/Early 2000’s British…
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DPM Ops Vest
A look at the DPM Ops Vest – the latest addition to my load bearing cupboard. Cheap, basic, often overlooked. It’s one that most players will see on eBay and bypass because it’s not the latest, but it’s definitely one of the greatest. So I picked one up on eBay for £15 to do a…
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For Mike, with love…
Ghillie Q+A, don’t worry this isn’t an erotic story… But it is Valentine’s Day and today I got a lovely letter from Mike in the Czech Republic with some very good questions about making a ghillie, pattern control and adding 3D. So good in fact, that with his permission I’ve decided to answer them publicly…
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Using Cover and Defence
Attack all you like, but if you can’t defend yourself then you’re not going to be attacking effectively as you spend half the day walking back to the respawn. So how do you go about minimising the threat to yourself? Well, there’s concealment and cover, and defensive tactics. Concealment is your camouflage. Welcome to stipsniper.com,…
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Objectives
Airsoft is a game, and ultimately to win the game (or if it’s boring, to end the game), a team will have to complete the game objective. In either case, you want to be completing the objective as quickly as possible, before the enemy team does. Otherwise you lose and everyone will call you a…
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Working as a Team
As much as we’d like to believe some of the absolute “weapons” on social media that think they can win games on their own, Airsoft is a team game. It might be the classic two-team game or perhaps you’re fighting in lots of small teams of 4, but you have to work together to achieve…
