Foam Dart Ops Castanho

Posted on by Edmund

Robert HBK and I joined a 40+ pax mini MILSIM at Batu Pahat.

We brought our only blasters to the game, the BK1/2S. While good for short range, it is outclassed by Springers at longer range. Still, we did good for its intended use.

The 2 highlights for me were

(1) the garrison of a small house in Round 2, that rekt a small team of incoming attackers by surprise

(2) the scenic route that Joe, Robert and I took to go around and flank the enemy’s base from behind

We held our ground in the first 2 rounds, though by the 3rd, half the team ran out of steam due to the hot weather.

Still fun in all!

MidValley Charity Run 5KM

Posted on by Edmund

Joined the 5KM Midvalley Southkey Charity Run, that I signed up for a few months ago.

And wow, the goodie bag and gift redemption is exceedingly generous! Is that why it’s called a “charity” run? If only there’s this incentive every day or week. Run 5KM and you get to claim all these!

P.S. And what a day it was, because when I got home, the electricity was out in the entire neighborhood for the rest of the day! There was a scheduled maintenance, and electricity came back only around 8PM.

My First Foam Dart Blaster

Posted on by Edmund

Okay, so I did get my own Foam Dart Blaster after all. Meet my first blaster, the Zius BK1S AEB (Air Electric Blaster).

I strongly considered the springer type, for its ease of use, operation and maintenance with less moving parts. But after 3 games, I find that most engagements are very close i.e. CQB, so the AEB will most likely dominate such scenarios.

I purchased the AEB along with the essentials like battery, magazines, a box of 1.1g foam darts, and the jailbreak hand guard style for cosmetic. This comes up to slightly more than RM1,1xx. A bit pricey IMO, for a foam dart sport. The attachments are my own.

And earlier today, I took out the BK1S for its first run. It was a casual 3 vs 3 game at Sireh Park, Iskandar Puteri.

Here’s a video of me running an obstacle course with this AEB – done in 29 seconds (best record for the day):

While not as accurate and far ranged as its springer counterpart, the ROF makes up for it. But also because of that, it eats up darts real fast; I need more magazines and boxes of darts after this!