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So I went to the supermarket this morning on my bike and bought a bottle of whiskey. On my way home, it started raining heavily and I thought, if I fell off my bike I might smash the bottle, so I decided to drink it all. It was a good decision. I fell off my bike 5 times before I got home.🚴 Regards

My pet hate is when something is posted for sale and at the end of description the seller says 'does not include.....' If something is not included then don't put if on the pistol,rifle or whatever it is. Take pictures of what you are actually selling.👍 Regards

if your first thoughts on playing with a semi-only rule is to ask "how do i bypass this as much as possible" then i fear you may have picked up the wrong impression of the hobby. whilst there isn't anything intrinsically wrong with hpa'd pistols, there is a certain subset of players (like, by the sounds of it, the one you met) who use those capabilities to excess, and a lot of folks ain't so keen on that, after all it's why auto is banned for most cqb sites in the first place. some compassion for the folk you're shooting at goes a long way.

I see Godwins Law is in full effect in this thread then.

Bit of a rough week really lads. Lost my gran on Saturday. Monday I didn't get a Valentine's card from my secret admirer, for the first time in 53 years.

Me thinks this chap is being VERY hopeful with his pricing of this bundle , by the look of it after a cursory google of some pricing there’s barely a grands worth of kit with new prices let alone 2nd hand .

I've definitely noticed an increase in nobheads lately (more so than usual, let's face it this happens every year). That said I don't know of any platform that doesn't include someone that thinks because they've "barely used it" then it's worth 90% of purchase price. It's usually because they need the money and want to try and recoup their costs without actually thinking about it. I don't think there's all that many that deliberately inflate the price to try and rip people off here though, they're usually just misinformed or have an over inflated idea of what things are actually worth once you break that factory cellophane!

The more you buy and sell, the more you notice. It's prevalent in any second hand selling of any kind unless there are contracts in place (Ebay.... And even then!). It is especially prevalent in non essential hobby classifieds (If I may be stereotypical here). Airsoft, Guitars, RC Cars, Gaming. Full of flakes and dreamers who either don't have the money, patience and/or people skills. It's one of the reasons that I have to take a big deep breath before I put anything up for sale and have to be in the mood to deal with the above. Also one of the reasons why I almost never buy second hand stuff myself, I find it difficult to trust peoples descriptions.

I had an argument with someone about this a year ago at Mayhem. I was being shot at by someone who had a rifle above their head over a bush, but their head was behind the bush. They claimed they could see through the bush. I complained to the marshal who agreed it should be aimed down the sights of the rifle. But another marshal said the opposite and neither wanted to mediate and get involved. The guy who shot me decided that because safety brief didn't specifically explain this circumstance to anyone. He could see me, so it must be fine. So in the end it it meant I have a very small chance of hitting them through the bush and they gained an unfair advantage. The site you played at may have stopped hip firing, trying to solve the same issue I had. The average Airsofter can be pretty stupid and it's best to have a simple single rule, then attempt to explain what I experienced above. Some rules that sound overbearing to us, are in response to Airsofters that have pushed the boundaries (And the spirit) of the more lax rules that existed before. Not because marshal's are trying to be arses. Hip firing I have no problem with.

the version i always interpreted it as was you had to see what you were shooting at. the whole premise being that holding a gun round a corner and firing without looking to see if perhaps someone happened to be right on the other side of the cover. so i wouldn't consider hip firing, or any of the tacticool holding the gun sideways shenanigans as blind firing if the person doing the shooting has clear sight between his gun and the target. it does raise the question on wether or not the use of mirrors/fancy optics (ie corner-shot style equipment) counts, which boils down to wether the primary purpose of the rule is safety (as above) or enforced fairness in terms of letting the target have part of you to shoot at.

I would say that either: 1) They used a mode against the rules 2) They are fast on the trigger Bounce, multiple modes etc are/were prevalent in paintball True ‘bounce’ is the physical or electronic double firing per trigger pull: For example recoil, a worn sear or badly adjusted trigger/bolt system cause an occasional second shot With micro switches etc a circuit could still have low power come through and be misinterpreted as another pull Therefore you get a ‘debounce’ setting to fine tune how sensitive the circuit is for the next shot When you restrict full auto, burst etc and the rate of fire of an electronically controlled trigger then when players are up against a semi auto mode or mechanical trigger then a player can pull their trigger as quickly as they like, and provided the bolt etc and next round is ready then a human being can pull the trigger more quickly than a restricted electronic mode In my opinion binary triggers and bounce modes are worse than full auto or burst modes In semi I have to keep pulling the trigger and everything stops when I stop Even in an ‘assisted’ semi (ramping in paintball) I would need to achieve a physical rate of trigger pull, then as long as I keep pulling the trigger then a mode kicks in and fires at a preset maximum rate of fire In burst then for example a burst if 3 shots are fired when the trigger is pulled In full auto a constant rate of fire continues until the trigger is released With a binary trigger you have lost control of your shooting: Pull - it shoots Release - it shoots again I could fire one shot, then see something that makes me stop. I cannot release my finger without firing another shot

No-full-auto-in-buildings-bro. That's a wanker gun, used by wankers. Unless you're playing speedsoft at a site full of similar overshooting spam-gibbons, please don't try to emulate it. My local CQB site runs a 3-shot-then-pause rule, which they actually monitor and crack down on. There's no need to be sending solid streams of BBs in CQB. I mention that rule actually being enforced because airsoft is rife with things which are "banned" but still happen regularly. For all you know, that bloke's ripping off full auto bursts and nobody is pulling him up on it.

That'll be what we call a "wanker gun".

Clearly that officer has NOT played knifey spoony before.

Mate, you can get your lights wired to the mains nowadays, with switches on the walls. Recently had mine done. Halved by battery bills.

I found this wonderful record in the charity shop called ‘natural sounds of wasps’. However, when I got it home and played it, I thought, this sounds nothing like wasps. Then I realised I was playing the B side. Apologies but had to post it I'm off now....

Immersion. That was a big pitch as to why we were allowed to keep realistic looking guns and not all go two tone only. So using a technologies that start to erode that principle may be problem if we go through a similar process in the future. Personal preference is not to exceed 15-20 RPS for basic “infantry” type stuff, perhaps more for squad automatic/support. But it’s not necessary, I’ve pinned down plenty of players with M60/M249/RPK/LSW’s running at stock performance. I seem too recall three support gunners holding hamburger hill at Combat South against all the other players…

The built-in system is quite good. You can set the advert to 'Pending' to let people know and stops them making offers but you can turn it back again if it falls through. When I want to sell something I'll start with the highest price I think is reasonable given the rarity, scarcity, condition, performance etc to see if someone is keen enough to buy at that price. If it doesn't sell I'll lower the price after some time depending how fast I need to shift it. If it still doesn't sell at the lower price then I'll keep it 😁

What about the kit, rifs for example, that gets posted up & you immediately think "that looks a bit steep ?", & sure enough 30 seconds on google finds plenty of retailers considerably cheaper BUT THEYRE OUT OF STOCK, is that enough to obviously overprice it or are they just piss taking chancers hoping to exploit some desperate noob with money burning a hole in his pocket (& probably no defence😏) 🤔 There's absolutely no truth in the rumours mate, I'm ecstatic about about what you sold me, & the image below definitely isn't a depiction of you 😜

I got screamed at by a marshal for having the butt of the stock too low in my shoulder at one site. I was lobbing BBs in at the edge of my range. Not worth arguing with that level of daftness.

This. Though admittedly it's hard to price some things up. Case in point my practically "unused" set of 6 G&P Mid cap G36 mags, never used in a skirmish, no scratches, dents or otherwise. Considered the best traditional G36 style mag out there. Cost £17 per mag from any shop that has them in stock right now... Issue? I coupled them all together for storage, and of course like all G36 mags, the couplers break when separated. It immediately falls in value despite never been used in a skirmish. So have now priced them at essentially less then a tenner each. It's hard for me to go any lower then that, but I can see why someone would ask for higher because of how all the G36 couplers will fail in short order anyway... The fact it happened before being sold is just a harsh reality! I would like to think I price my stuff quite nicely though. And my stuff generally does sell. But it gets harder when it comes to the even more niche stuff, you have to wait for the right buyer (specialist in odd things) to come along who knows it's a good deal. But to the average M4 multiglammer it means nothing.

Prices for airsoft can vary so much from one shop to another. So most of the time when they say what they paid for it i believe them. I do shake my head, say poor sod got ripped they should of done their research and they'll never get their asking price.

the misleading adverts thing i'd direct you to mack's: which is a novel and often humorous way of approaching the problem. in terms of timewasters, unfortunately that's just the nature of the beast sometimes. any time i'm selling i don't set an ad to completed until the paypal transaction has actually gone through. although granted i don't know what the deal is if you're using the built in system as i've never used it properly.

1000% this☝️, its all very well wanting to win, but taking the piss or inflicting unnecessary pain on your opponents can be detrimental to the game overall, & sometimes can bite you in the arse 🤜🤛

Under resourced and in some cases incompetent. I work next door to an RFD and he was recently asked to provide 2 years worth of firearms transfers despite sending each one in on time. Seems law abiding citizens and businesses do all they can to stay on the right side of the law, but the authorities can't or won't do their part.

If you watch any of Negative Airsofts vids you'll see that very can make an appearance. Personally I use the WD40 specialist sprays but that just because I'm a brand whore with more money than sense.

Don’t mind him, like everyone who got “questioned” before the Nuremberg trials, he got his balls crushed so hard by the Soviets who were running the show, that by the time he got to the room, he was singing about everything they did during the war. Nevertheless, I agree with you all. “Just doing my job” is not enough. Not for the public service sector. These guys are employed for the benefit of the public, not the public servants themselves, however the reality these days is starkly different.

This is a question that comes up regularly, but doesn’t get completed The poster on the recent thread below says they will update us as it progresses Legally you can import RIFs into the UK for the purpose of Airsoft skirmishing at insured sites. By law you do not require UKARA membership - that is the best known scheme to document proof that a player is a skirmisher If you are already a player overseas and intend to play at insured sites here then you are legal - but might not be able to prove it Look at the other thread, think of ways that you can prove you are a skirmished, contact Border Force etc, and let us know how you get on If you’re not confident that you can prove it to Border Force then look for other options such as making arrangements with an Airsoft site, shop, an established player (that knows you) or wait until you are here and have played to attain UKARA then have them sent to you

Some time ago we had an officer from the Gun Crime Unit come in to the school I worked in to talk to the students. Caught the last part of her presentation where she spoke.about the law and replica weapons. Totaly clueless...

I use cheap as chips conveyor belt silicone oil. Unbranded stuff in a plain bottle. Nothing has caught fire, exploded or shredded itself to pieces in the years I've used it.

Going to a CQB game at a place with very low light levels in April. Whoever said AEPs can't be run as a primary

That's sad though. Sorry about your gran. 🙁 Regards Talking about valentines day though. I was caught in a valentines scam. I ordered some jewelery for my wife but a load of tools and a TV turned up! Beware!! 😉

As a pistol player I much prefer to use standard size green gas mags. A good gbb pistol will work well on green and most are capable of rapping off shots relatively quickly. Personally I prefer the freedom of not being tethered to a line and a massive bottle on my person or having a big stupid unwieldy mag of some sort.

Yowzers, our Lord and Saviour came back after 3 days, you've resurrected this thread after 3 years! That's some powerful magic...

Maybe I should brazen it out and say "Customised so the couplers don't get caught up in your webbing like they always do!" I reckon most G36 users do cut them off anyway...

Which I what I did, along with some Loctite 270 which you can only weaken with heat, and all the sites I've been to so far have been happy with this (I really didn't want to hack the selector plate about etc.). This was the No.1 reason why I waited until I had the cash and used a Double Eagle M908A as the base for a DMR, cycle control with the Falcon Controller so no worries about potentials jams on semi. Only other thing I'd add is factor in potentially replacing your cylinder, trying a few different ones, as my DMR wasn't up to scratch until I went with a 4/5 (and probably a full / closed one would have been better).

I don't know the answer to the first question...

There were two parcels from Patrol Base. For some reason they were sending one dpd and one ups. The dpd driver picked up both and one went who knows where?

If you do go that route and need an adjustable liner, give me a shout I have a spare.

How big are we talking? My bonce is 62cm (although the hair is less of an issue for me these days). Of all the lids I've tried so far the best fitting by far is the FMA Team Wendy bump helmet. Although the FMA Airframe is also a good shout. Don't buy the super cheap ones from the likes of Emerson as they come in "one size doesn't quite fit anyone" where the FMA ones come in M/L and L/XL. You do need to check the fitment range though as the FAST helmet goes up to 62cm but the Maritime only goes up to 61cm for example.

@clkdavid EMS will ship (air freight) the items from HK I believe, UK part of the shipping is then handled by Parcel Force. You might also be able to find a sea freight shipping company who ships from HK, this will be much cheaper but I only know of companies who ship minimum 2 pallets loads. As you're in HK you might have better luck, if you do find a company please let me know.

Jabronis, thats who. You're going to rampage with that. Also; when the carpet matches the drapes:

My new DE UTR 45 turned up today.

I'd characterise it as "only following orders".

"Never seen action". 😢 I can only imagine how much "loadout" posing in front of the mirror occurred before chumrade there decided that he didn't actually want to get shot with the hurty-balls.

I can relate to that, in the morning it's all tac vest full metal gun and a load of gas mags plus secondary. After lunch its the plastic MP5 and a mag in each trouser pocket !

1000% this, the best times I've had have been unclicking the buckles, dropping all the tacticool gear, and running around in a t-shirt with my pockets stuffed with hi-caps. We get caught up our "loadouts" (*cough* costumes *cough*) but the core experience of playing airsoft is just pointing a toy and shouting "Brrrrt".

It doesn't sound like a CJA 1988 prohibited weapon. If it were, then, yes, it's an offence to import, but there's a specific offence of "manufactures, sells or hires or offers for sale or hire, exposes or has in his possession for the purpose of sale or hire, or lends or gives to any other person". Exceptions rely on intent, not a loicence. That's not to say that one doesn't exist, but I can't see that it has any basis in law. The legislation is, I'm sure we know, a bit of joke, although not so funny when Dibble is kicking on your door to Check Your Thinking. It prohibits both hollow tubes ("blowpipes") and solid tubes ("batons"), aka sticks. Then we get to this absolute gem. (s) the weapon sometimes known as a “zombie knife”, “zombie killer knife” or “zombie slayer knife”, being a blade with— (i) a cutting edge; (ii) a serrated edge; and (iii) images or words (whether on the blade or handle) that suggest that it is to be used for the purpose of violence. Hurty words confirmed! Good on you for taking it calmly, I'm not sure I'd have been that reasonable. It does show that Border Farce are getting rabid for ratting folk out, and apparently they don't know the law either because on the face of it it sounds like what you imported was no more dangerous, prohibited or offensive than a spud peeler. I'm guessing that the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, which criminalised simple possession of a range of prohibited offensive weapons, is still a hot topic for Dibble, and is being enforced based on canteen wisdom rather than the letter of the law.

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The handle, or the mechanism? The handle, eh, they all do that. Easily enough bodged with a bolt or whatever you have lying around. If it's the mechanism, a knock off + replacement Odin internals costs less than an Odin.