I'm thinking of buying an ICS Aks 74 (basically a wooden/metal AK with folding metal stock). I don't have a UKARA licence so I would have to get it in two tone. Usually this wouldn't be a problem, but personally I think AKs look awful with both wooden and painted blue parts. If anyone could suggest any ways of making it look realistic or at least better I would really appreciate it. I was thinking something involving tape to cover up the painted parts. Don't really want to spray it black because that's technically breaking the law, and I don't want to risk it.
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How to make a two-tone AK look good?
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lemon191
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If you don't want to paint it then use tape to cover the bright bits Or...
1 wait for your membership to buy a black one.(what I would do)
2 repaint it , if you are an active airsofter then you have a defence to paint it.
You can't really make a two tone realistic as the whole point of it being two tone is to make it look leas realistic in the first place.
1 wait for your membership to buy a black one.(what I would do)
2 repaint it , if you are an active airsofter then you have a defence to paint it.
You can't really make a two tone realistic as the whole point of it being two tone is to make it look leas realistic in the first place.
Its this really....
The whole UKARA and the law thing pisses me off. Once you have the gun (UKARA or not, there are ways around it) its yours, manufacturing a RIF ie painting it, is fine if you have a defense. A room full of kit, regular days booked, a site which will vouch for you, these are all defenses. People get hung up on it all and please stop calling it a licence, this will do you no favours with some of the regulars on here
Who the heck will know your not allowed to paint your own gun! You have a list of others you own and your profile states you play so thats your defense.
Is your lack of UKARA due to not playing enough to retain it, or not playing at UKARA venues?
Specific UKARA isn't a legal requirement, but the defence of the majority of retailers
You may be able to buy without UKARA if you convince the retailer on your skirmisher status
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Paint it black.
No but seriously, you could put some paracord around the stock, and get a railed/polymer handguard - only have the painted handguard on when you're transporting it etc. That being said, my old 74M was two-tone green and it actually looked kinda nice!
No but seriously, you could put some paracord around the stock, and get a railed/polymer handguard - only have the painted handguard on when you're transporting it etc. That being said, my old 74M was two-tone green and it actually looked kinda nice!
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CAUTION: Using tape to conceal your two-tone can be construed as converting an imitation firearm into a realistic imitation firearm!
If I were you, I'd find someone to vinyl wrap it in a bright colour. Once you turn 18, providing you still have a valid defence, you can peel off the wrap to its original colouring.
If I were you, I'd find someone to vinyl wrap it in a bright colour. Once you turn 18, providing you still have a valid defence, you can peel off the wrap to its original colouring.
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As you are under 18 you can't purchase a two tone either
You can be gifted a two tone or a RIF
(You cannot pay an adult skirmisher to buy your two tone or RIF for you)
Either accept that if you want it then it will have to be a two tone, get your 'gifter' to obtain a defence, or don't do it - wait. If you aren't going to like it in two tone then don't get it.
And what would be the problem here? The dood literally just said he plays regularly:
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No problem with an eligible adult to purchase either an IF or a RIF to gift to him
Underage under the VCRA so cannot be sold either an IF or RIF
My original understanding of the VCRA was that there was a specific offence of repainting a two tone into a RIF, and that differs from 'manufacturing a RIF' which an eligible person could do
In practical terms, as a regular player, if he is mature and doesn't do the chavvy thing then no one 'in authority' would ever know or care if he covered a 2 tone
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I did read it over 10 years ago
Looks like it's still there tonight, not specific on paint as the modification though - 'modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm', section 36 1b
Unless within the defences at section 37 - which don't include 'skirmishing'
There is however the skirmisher Defence in the additional Home Office allowance, which doesn't differentiate the Defence from the different section 36 elements
As i said 'my original understanding', which along with some google finds of some airsoft sources against painting them, as opposed to temporarily wrapping on site, could be a subsequent change and the Defence now fully applies, or sites etc that disallowed use of repainted guns were just covering themselves
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In any case, even if @lukeee.h is not able to buy one, my point above, which seems to have flown over you guy's heads is that he has a defence to section 36(1)(a),(b)&(d) - we all saw him say it:
I know you mean well, but your legally inapplicable warning here is not helpful mr.AshOnSnow. I hope I phrase this kindly, but if you're going to warn people about offence they might commit in the airsoft context at least have the decency to point out that they don't need to worry about the offence if the defences apply to them and furthermore perhaps in cases in which the offence materially does not apply actually state as much so as not to be a scaremongerer with bold red text.
Absolutely someone needed to point out to the OP that the offence exists, but bold red text when we already know he has a defence?! Is that really necessary?
Musing over this, I can't understand the meaning at all. Ownership of a RIF does not require a defence, so why convert it to two-tone until he is 18?. And if he managed to buy it, contravening FA68 S.24A it wouldn't matter if he smashed it to bits. The offence is buying, not buying and keeping.
His defence to VCRA 36(1)(a),(b)&(d) applies while he is under 18 - but it doesn't apply to s.24A which has it's own defences which are applicable only to the seller.
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