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But we have just reached the end of school holidays......

If it’s outside sainsburys I’d say let the police know first then they can meet you there for crowd control .

Kwa ronin

Jim was using that rare talent that only us older non-woke members understand.

Are you joking ?, unless your on private land & not visible to members of the public etc, then it's a big fat NO.

Still not tooled up. Yeah, scratch that. I assume you mean in a Gene Hunt big fuck off revolver way then? Do you have a Quattro or an old Cortina to go with it?

On this forum 90% of the time people cover anything questionable by claiming sarcasm hence my scepticism

Either they are : Busy. Don't like the tone of your message. Have sold it and CBA to reply to you. Haven't sold it and really CBA to sell it. Fraudsters.

It's why I gave up historic re-enactment. The groups I was in were always trending towards "professionalism", i.e. committing to providing clients with more numbers, bigger living history displays, and showier arena performances. It got to the point where we were prepping and loading vans days before big events, and staying on after weekends to tear down, as the chap running each group tried to turn it into a career. Me, I just wanted to eat hog roasts and swing swords. Airsoft needs more hog roasts!

What RIF and what brand is it ? that might help with diagnosing the issue

I would say that an Airsoft pistol as a prop is not really strong enough or shaped correctly. Get some bricks and timber they are much better as props. I know cause I'm a builder and I would never use a pistol.👍

That's all we need, militant vegans on our case as well...

I'm a guessing it's just a generic "detective" look he's going for, applicable worldwide as almost every other country bar the UK Arms its plod. The whole photoshoot scenario sounds like a load of walting crap, no good will come of it lol

First, I'm not encouraging you to do it. Quite the opposite. But all you actually need is "a reasonable excuse (the proof whereof lies with [you])". There's nothing in the statute that requires you go to your local police for permission - and it's not like they have a statutory power to refuse. It would definitely be the sensible thing to do though. When I used to do swords-and-axes reenactment, we trained in public (and got a few recruits that way) but were careful to liaise with the local community policing unit, and had contact names and a copy of our public liability insurance to hand. Is this by yourself, or some sort of multi-person photo-shoot? I ask because there's a pragmatic difference in a rambler stumbling across you doing a Trenchcoat Mafia tribute act with a selfie stick, versus seeing you chatting a photographer wearing a hi-vis - the universal symbol for "it's OK for me to be doing this".

Unless its on private land forget it, even then you still stand the chance of the local ARV turning up. You'd be better off asking your local Airsoft site if you can go out in the game area before or after play has finished so you can do whatever you're trying to do in the safety of a place where replicas aren't in potential view of people that could and would call the plod on you. For context - Ive been on private land doing pest control and had someone call the police because they saw me with a gun. Once I spoke to police to say why I was there and showed them that I had permission to be there all was good but its an entirely different scenario to you wanting to take a few snaps with a replica which chances are look nothing like what would be used for pest control and being dressed like a "detective" would definitely raise more than a few eyebrows! Unless you're a reputable production company this would never happen and even if it did would cost an arm and a leg.

Yeah. The other four didn't give a fuck.😂😂

I can neither confirm nor deny that I still sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, drenched in cold sweat, yelling "No, the Bayeux Tapestry is not a primary source!"

Fixed that for you From what I've heard from mates who've done reenactments have said, many of them are such stichbitches they'd put most airsoft geardos to shame

Some teasers

The idea of a "hardcore" game tends to be brought up every couple of years, usually by some insecure child who thinks they've got something to prove

Ok, I’ve been lurking this post for a while. I can’t be bothered to go through and quote individual posts because I’m at work on my phone (don’t tell the bosses). KM has been caught on video firing TAG rounds AT people within 50m, if anyones unaware of the affect of being hit by a tag round at that sort of range it will knock you out if it hits you in the head. (The video was recorded at Apocalypse Airsoft it was brought to his attention in the comments and as far as I’m aware it was re edited) He has been caught at numerous sites in the southeast using a hot gun, this is technically hearsay as I was told this by the site owners/managers themselves and as we all know is banned from more than just the sites mentioned in the OP. KM is, whether we all like it or not (majority of us don’t like it) a role model for the sport and especially its’ younger audiences. His portrayal of airsoft is not in a good light and unfortunately in this general society the smallest negatives will always outweigh the positives, and as I’m sure it’s been mentioned it was fought for airsoft to remain as it is under the VCRA and the last thing we need is a Facebook group called “Bored Mums Against Airsoft” or similar gaining any traction and using his videos as evidence to prove the activity is dangerous. If you want a more “hardcore version” of airsoft do a milsim, if you bitch and moan there you’re on your way home. Be prepared for all the other caveats that come with it (ammo/camo limits/ hard routine/multiple day events), or speak to your preferred site about private hire days and you and all your friends can go shoot each other till you look like you’ve got monkey pox.

I'd note that the best thing you can do with those AEPs is to switch to using a 7.4v lipo battery, either by wiring in a new connector, or by using an aftermarket battery like this one: https://www.airsoftworld.net/world-exclusive-lithium-polymer-aep-battery-li-po-lipo-7-4v-550mah.html

Bit hyperbolic, it doesn't actually 'break' your account, but it stops you from using it. I've spent the last 4 days completely locked out of my account because I changed the email address on my profile. Basically, the forum's emails are being blocked by google so verification emails are not coming through to the users - leaving you in a 'pending validation' limbo and unable to post or access your PMs. I was able to contact @proffrink via Discord, and it's now been sorted for me - thanks for that. So..... avoid anything to do with changing your emails in your profile for the time being!

How would they know? He has no qualms about booking in under fake names to get around bans.

Have a look at some of my block work. That'll make you chuckle.😮 😂😂

A Comedian masquerading as a builder 😜

Are you aware that the piston should not be tight in the cylinder? The design relies on the air pressure entering the ports and expanding the loose rubber seal to make it airtight without much friction.

Thanks, I needed a good laugh. The only group of men he could gather are probably banned from going within 100 yards od schools and playgrounds

Ah. Seems NAF have confirmed he was not on site so the guy on ZeroIn is going to look a bit of a numpty regardless.

In the general case, yes. Not so much a two-tone - and we do see a surprising amount of of regret purchases of those. Barring a close personal inspection and test, I'd always assume the latter, and that any used purchase is no more than a shell that's likely to contain most of the internal parts, probably arranged in something like the intended fashion.

Read my first reply again + humour

oh my bad , the police near me have always been really responsive when it comes to firearm looking things in a public place and For some people the Cost is irrelevant , the heart wants what the heart wants .

What are you trying to do, and where are you planning on doing it?

That's not a 'boonie' , that's a "boonbrella'

Nooooo, I wear mine like this, keeps all my kit dry, just need to fimd one in mc & dpm 🤔

I just work on the basis that all youtube so called 'celebs' are self obsessed pricks who should have been drowned at birth.

I'm guessing he's the sort of bellend who thinks any German made car is the height of luxury, no matter how old and knackered it is This is one of the reasons Bodgeups gave as to why he stopped filming

You mean, by the access roads at typical airsoft sites, right? In Minecraft.

Cos anything nice would probably get trashed ? 😏

A clause that only a lawyer could love. It's just begging for some juicy "What Parliament meant to say was..." case law. Nonsense, the Thompson doesn't shoot 10mm explosive-tip caseless standard light armour-piercing rounds. We know for a fact that sitting outside a bank with a bright orange springer - that everybody in the case agrees is a "toy" - can get you prosecuted and convicted.

Having met him more than once, I don't think he has the mental capacity to think about such things. Not the sharpest. And if he is making so much money (which I doubt) why does he drive a knackered 1990s Merc?

That's the thing, I'm not sure that he does. His fans like to rattle off "You're just jelly of his success", but I actually pity him. I'd hate to turn a fun hobby into a full time job where I had to travel further and further to keep making and faking more and more extreme clickbait to chase those rare multi-million-view hits. And the tragic thing is that he doesn't even seem to enjoy it, or not in any way that's healthy, as he has to constantly surround himself with grief and conflict. When he looks back on his career, I wonder what he'll have to feel proud about as a human being, beyond Bigger Number Better. In terms of "yeahbut, where's the proof", there was a series of videos made 3 or 4 years ago detailing his shenanigans. He got them taken down with copyright strikes, and, as above, he does seem to re-edit the most egregious stuff after getting the initial views. He's good at what he does, there's no denying that. The incident that solidified my opinion was when he was deliberately shooting a couple of players in the face, explicitly to punish them, because "dead players don't talk". Well, they shouldn't talk about game issues, but: 1) If he was 25 or 30m away from them, how could he hear what they were talking about? 2) In order to do this, he was camping their spawn. That's typical of the stuff that I watched. The narcissist narrative is CHEETARS PUNASHED, but if you apply a bit of thought, he's often condemning himself more than the players that he's policing.

Just played football with the little lad next door. My neighbour screamed at me to buy a proper ball.

Noone is 'belittling' you for wearing lower face, you're just being called out for being a fake tough guy. You're acting like KMs victims are just being little bitches, and saying you'd like a more dangerous version of airsoft, yet you don't even play the version we already have to it's max. This is why people are liking the post, because it rings true. There is literally no need for lower face in airsoft at current power levels, this sport IS safe, if everyone follows the rules, which KM doesn't, hence people disliking him. To recap, the point I'm making is you don't get to call other people safety nazis and pussies when you won't take to the field without a mesh training bra on your face.

and those of the folk who follow his example which imo is the bigger issue, setting a bad precedent for folk who otherwise have no reference frame for how to approach the sport.

One from sunday at Sierra Golf One Airsoft.

Had to redeem the previous super trash pic.

Game day pic. Added a can and a light bar…which turned out not to be the same colour as the surefire so that needs sorting.