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Yeah, just the same ones... 😉 There are a couple of Half decent face ache groups, but the actual "knowledge" and experience is much easier to distil in forums and this style of format There is one place I can think of where you can talk unashamedly about the hobby; I will get a little hate for this, airsoft sites, physical ones. Although that does kick up the awkwardness of interacting in real life, with strangers, that like dressing up in costumes and playing soldiers....wait

It's a long shot but can you find the original advert where you bought it from second hand? It would give people a bit of a better idea of what's actually inside the gun as it appears it's not stock - if they listed all the parts that is. The info would probably help any tech you end up sending it to. Failing that, try getting in touch with the previous owner if at all possible and ask them what parts they changed.

That may be the problem. Can you see any board in the stock tube? If not, you probably have an ETU, which might have been set up badly. If you are not confident working on it, you would probably be best advised get someone to look at it.

The closest CQB site to you is probably CAMO on Canvey Island.

That sounds rather cool! I would be interested to see how their insurance covers tree climbing though.

UKPSF maintain player membership, but do not run a UKARA style playing requirement. Players just sign up & pay for membership. UKPSF retail members have adopted a voluntary scheme to sell only to UKPSF members, or sell membership with the sale

Both the listed ones near me here are closed forever. It’s so over…

The website you have listed is I assume a Chinese business with a business operation in the Netherlands. They have “Gel blaster.countryname” sites for many countries. I would avoid at ALL costs ordering from them because your product is coming from overseas and puts you at risk of a VCRA section 36 importation offence. I was going to purchase a MAC 10 from them but did some digging. That being said, you should be absolutely safe buying their VCRA complaint products. As far as I am aware their stock comes from the netherlands. proof of their NL site identical to their U.K. one. https://gelwapens.nl/collections/gel-blasters/ their other website, .com based, identical, advertises to the USA: https://gelweapons.com - has different products listed. As for an actually U.K. based seller, Gelsoft, They’ve got some INSANE mental gymnastics in their sale policy of RIFs, saying that “Home insurance covers activities like back yard skirmishing” referring to the revision of the VCRA declaring insured activities as a legal defense to sell someone one (Lol rite?????) meaning by their logic, anyone could buy a RIF. If I walked into an airsoft shop and demanded they sell me a RIF under that logic, I’d be laughed out the door and they’d probably even put a big picture of me on their wall pulling a silly expression labelled “Moron of the year”. I wouldn’t touch Gelsoft RIFs with a 10 foot barge pole until the sport becomes more well established and there’s some degree of defacto governing body overseeing its legal status rather than the closest thing british gel blaster enthusiasts currently have; Sellers like that. The “Skirmishing defense” Applies to sites and activities / organisations with third party liability insurance covering the use of RIFs. There are no gelsoft sites in the U.K. currently operating, as far as I can tell, that allow you to bring your own blasters, meaning in terms of gelsoft, there’s next to no “Defense” for owning one for skirmishing. UKPSF, as far as I’m aware, operate a database now requiring you to attend paintball games at UKPSF sites before your membership qualifies you to purchase a paintball gun. I could be wrong, but I don’t feel I am.

easy check is to hold the bolt release down and see if it happens. if it doesn't happen then there is a problem with the bolt release/spring/3 parts that are attached to the outside of the gearbox and the little spring that makes these parts move. It's also worth trying different mags as this can cause the issue as the little bolt release lever on the mag can sometimes play up and trip the stop feature.

I’ll probably investigate that then Its a pain in the proverbial to strip the replica down, as the battery wires thread in under and between the buffer tube and the castle nut 😣

It’s quite a hefty read, but there shouldn’t be prohibition of private use/filling/transporting There are parts of the legislation that will refer to private use, but as you’ve found is a hard read The bottom line is your Pi is effectively the same standard, (there was a slight difference between Pi & DOT), and manufacturers aren’t making different cylinders for different regions, but manufacturing to meet/exceed all standards and submitting for standards testing to qualify for the markings I would be more concerned that a cylinder is in serviceable condition, in date etc - but when cylinder checking for an event I would look for the key points of UK legal, in date, no danger signs - and I’m not doing any events so won’t be comparing Pi dates Yes - those would apply to the importers & sale There will be cylinders on the shelves that had preceded the changeover, and also may be some imported post changeover in ignorance (Quite a few post Brexit standards regulations have established EU standards as valid, but they didn’t for cylinders) The bottom line is whether or not it will affect you in being able to use a cylinder on site at the fill station or to play, and potentially whether it impacts upon getting a hydro test (not particularly worth the cost for an aluminium cylinder) A UK hydro tester should not permit you to test a wrongly dated Pi as they are licenced, but I don’t know what level that sites are checking ………….. As per the original post with the flow chart (which I disagree with due to over simplification) sites have been made aware and staff ought to be checking cylinders before filling (they should do so anyway) Whether or not they do check, and whether or not the checker knows anything beyond what they usually see can vary widely (Note my comment about a player I know, that I first met at one of our events when I refused use of his US cylinder - and loaned him mine for the day - he more recently pointed out that only I and two venues ever checked him until he retired it) …………….. Back in the day when I began playing there was a blind eye turned to the use of US DOT cylinders in the UK. Partly with most sites running CO2 systems and players getting HPA, filling from personal scuba cylinders. (So if you didn’t use their fill station they ignored your cylinder) As more HPA fill systems spread across sites, blind eyes and bad habits occurred - including under age self fills This came to a head when there was a flash fill explosion on a site in the South . The knee jerk reaction was to blame the specialist ultra light design and it harmed a manufacturers reputation, but it was found to be an unregulated fast fill combined with an unknown players poor maintenance and oil contamination That sorted the tournament world for years, but they seemed to forget years later slipping in awareness when the scenario world adopted those standards of checking and awareness training.

Logically where would that make any sense to even have as a law to begin with? Anyone who is parting with a RIF in exchange for money is applicable for potentially committing an offence under section 36 of the Violent Crime reduction act if due diligence outlined in section 37 is not exercised. It is the sellers responsibility, Established businesses or private sellers alike, to investigate the circumstances of which the RIF they are selling is going to be used under in any and all circumstances where a RIF is sold. Likewise, it is the seller who will be investigated and charged if breaches of the law occur with the RIF you sold them. Just so we are clear, the seller, be it a shop, or private individual, has the legal duty to: - Ensure the individual they are selling any sort of imitation firearm to, imitation marked or not, is over 18. - Ensure the individual they are selling a realistic imitation firearm to has a valid defense, such as, and ONLY those listed in section 37 of the VCRA, or any “Organised activity or event where relevant third party liability insurance is held” (where airsoft skirmishing comes into play, which would be our relevant defense, sadly also the same thing that is being used by cos players insurance). I would avoid giving legal advice on this matter until you’ve understood the law you’re consulting on, you run the risk of convincing someone into selling a RIF to Dennis the Menace and ruin our fun when the bubble raised legislators find out something vaguely firearm shaped can be owned on our dainty delicate little island.

Use this link to go to playairsoft.uk and it'll show a map of the UK and all the sites on it.

Personally i think grip-pods are hideous, so that alone rules them out for me. Looks aside, I'd rather have a foregrip and bipod seperate, a more comfortable/better-looking foregrip and an adjustable bipod. Bipods might not get used much, but they can be good and we know 95% of airsoft gun exterior mods are for looks anyway. My two DMRs have both bipods and vertical foregrips, and my 416 workhorse has both too.

I live in one of the little towns on the east anglia coast in the Essex area. I am sad to find out that DTW airsoft, my local CQB site, has ceased operations. Is there any CQB sites any of you know of in that area? Or sites in general? I can’t find any I can reliably get to. Google maps is being as much use as a chocolate teapot right now, showing me no actual results, listing DTW as a still open site and also listing me war museums and militaria shops.