Man held after alleged gunplay (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION -- A judge ordered a man held without bail Tuesday after he allegedly threatened another man with a gun. ... - By JOSH O'GORMAN Herald Staff

Many companies, notably Classic Army, have made their AEGs full metal. Not only does this make the gun nearly unbreakable, but it drastically increases the realism of the product. An alternative to full metal is reinforced plastic, which has a similar effect. Other improvements and modifications of an AEG further add to the realism of the device. More importantly, beneficial alterations can increase the functionality and usefulness of a gun. However, noticeably useful modifications are usually expensive.

AEGs: Part One

AEGs: Part One

AEGs can achieve high speeds (of BBs, measured in feet per second) and rates of fire (ROF). High-quality AEGs can have speeds more than five hundred feet per second, and fire more than two thousand pellets per second. In cases like this, drum magazines would be used so clips would not have to be replaced frequently. For a common AEG, a ROF of six hundred rounds per minute and a speed of three hundred feet per second would suffice in an airsoft game. Remember, the faster an airsoft gun is, the quicker it drains the battery (although very fast airsoft guns have larger batteries).

Electric airsoft guns are the most popular type of airsoft gun. They are usually powered by rechargeable batteries, as using non-rechargeable batteries would be exhausted incredibly quickly. The batteries power an internal piston, pulling it back and pushing it forward in order to project pellets. In the case of full automatic guns, this cycling of the piston occurs at a very high rate. A popular acronym for these automatic electric guns is AEGs. Most AEGs are modeled after real military weapons, such as M16, Steyr Aug, HK MP5, AK-47, M14, HK G36, and many others.

Speaking of batteries, a wide variety of batteries can be used in AEGs. As stated, most airsoft batteries are rechargeable. Batteries are measured in volts (V) and milliampere-hours (mAh), which is a unit of electric charge. A high mAh indicates the battery will last a long time, and a high voltage indicates the battery can support a high ROF. The most common battery used in AEGs is an 8.4V large battery with a 2400 mAh. While 8.4V is the most common battery voltage, some batteries have voltages as high as 12V. For some airsoft guns, regular AA batteries can be used.

Metal Detecting With My New Whites DFX Metal Detector

Metal Detecting With My New Whites DFX Metal Detector

I had in my collection about 12 hammered silver coins, none of which were of any great significance. I also had some 16th and 17th century tokens, 12 assorted Roman denarii and about 250 scabby bronze Roman coins. I also had a couple of nice medieval lead seals. My cunning plan was to open an e-bay account and use all of the treasure that I had previously found to finance my new and much desired metal detector, hoping to raise 50% of the cost of my new machine.

Metal Detecting With My New Whites DFX Metal Detector

Everything looked like doom and gloom for my hobby, that is until I conceived of a cunning plan, to sort out and collect all the old tat that I had previously found on numerous metal detecting trips.

Firstly, I have been a serious metal detector for many years and have in this time covered more miles than I care to remember, but I still have plenty of go in me and I am hoping to go everywhere I have not yet been.

Previously I had a Whites eagle detector, my love for this machine was strong and the day it stopped working was the day my heart was broken. I thoroughly believed that metal detecting and I were soon going to have to part company due to financial constraints and the ever increasing prices of decent metal detectors. My need for a new metal detector was great, but unfortunately my need to pay the mortgage was greater. My future and metal detecting prospects looked gloomy.

Fortunately for me it turns out that old metal detecting tat is highly prized by collectors from all over the world on e-bay. I soon had bids on every single item that I had offered for sale on e-bay, it was also apparent that it wasn't going to be a problem raising 50% of the money for my new metal detector. In fact I totalled up all the bids and I was amazed to see it had exceeded all expectations, one particular coin; a denari of Nero was well on its way, having already been bid to half the price of my new metal detector.