Leaderboard

I have offered marriage services for Liberty loving ladies of other countries in the past, but I may have to draw the line at the males. HOWEVER, I know a female or two that may be able to help you out....

We've all seen "Love Actually", once they hear his accent, he'll be fighting the hotties off with a shitty stick 🤣

Looked into it already and where I'm looking I should be good as a legal permanent resident, even as a foreigner; that said, I will be going for citizenship through either naturalisation or marriage, whichever happens first.

That's a U94 style plug. The bit that makes a difference is if it's wired to civilian or NATO standard. Chances are that it'll work with all the Z-Tac PTTs but wouldn't work with an Earmor one for example.

I'm a resident young'n here and I'm honestly planning on moving to the US in a few years through work and I'd be lying if I said 2A wasn't at least part of the reason (you could probably guess the states I'm looking at from that sentence alone). I grew up in the suburbs of Brighton (which is a very anti-gun place), but my father shot handguns a lot when he was younger and it was still legal. I got my first air rifle from my father, as well as a firm education on firearm safety, when I was about 10 and would go into the countryside to shoot at targets we'd hang from trees and also plink in the garden at empty beer cans, though when we moved into a new place we'd always clear it with neighbours and they were largely fine with it. My air rifle wasn't locked away or anything and I kept it in one of my cupboards in my room; I was just raised to not do anything dumb with it. I also always came back from Spain with various spring BB guns when we'd visit family out there during winter and spring because they were a lot cheaper over there. I then joined army cadets as a teenager and I shot a lot there with both the cadet single shot L85 5.56 rifles and the semi-auto .22 conversions and even the L86 in all its full auto glory while out on army bases for exercises or summer camp, as well as the single shot .22s we had for the range on the school grounds (it was a CCF unit that was part of my school because I was a private schooler). I also shot the AUG when I went to Australia with cadets (I genuinely love that rifle) and fired a bunch of other guns that may or may not have been off the record . I also did clay pigeon shooting through cadets a handful of times, which was good fun! I love shooting and I'm an advocate of responsible gun ownership for sport shooting, hunting, pest control and self-defense. Guns were all-but outlawed here and we're still murdering each other in the streets, just now we do it with handheld sharp objects instead.

True, but many sites specifically mention no climbing trees in the briefing.

Harsh truth is that you can keep shovelling money into it or you can give it to an airsoft tech who understands the details of how things work and will fix it for you.

A man walks into a bar and asks the barman, "Can I have a pint please, but not Stella. I had ten pints of it last night and ended up fucking skint. The barman says, "But it's only £3 a pint." The man replies, "I know. Skint's my dog!"

As far as I can see, it's the same licence, Simple UK Light, and as @Tommikka noted above, you'll ideally have applied as an "Incorporated Association [...] a group of people who share a common interest". It's commendable that you're concerned about following the letter of the law. However, if you have any sort of licence, you'll already be ahead of many-to-most airsofters using non-PMR sets. And if you stick to the UK light frequencies (or PMR), and use it a typically remove airsoft site, the likelihood of anyone ever noticing, or caring, or requiring you to show that licence is vanishingly small.

Today I (almost) finished building this ❤️ Just missing the angled grip and I call done for now.

I hated the manual programming process on the Baofeng to be able to quickly add a freq to which ever team I would be on. So I ordered the bluetooth dongle. I can use my cell instead of having to drag along a laptop. Well, I had no idea that having the app would also give me a better chance of having sex at the field. THIS IS WINNING!

Which is the absolute worst thing you can do from a liability perspective. It's effectively putting up a sign saying "This was predictable and avoidable, but we didn't avoid it. Please collect your winnings."

🍍🤔

Last one I sold went for £40-ish, no wonder I'm always poor lol (edit: i should probably admit that I usually sell stuff for close to what I paid - /+, cos that's the kinda nice guy (aka mug😭) that I am)

As the saying goes; “ anything is a dildo if your brave enough!”

Liked the vid of him playing at Spartan Airsoft he’s posted recently, amusingly with a tongue-in-cheek click bait title. In reality it’s just a load of people enjoying their hobby and having a laugh, which is how it should be.

Yes but they didn't build those trees!

Supplied speed loader , first thing I saw when I opened the box ! 😂

10 available free postage wouldnt call them particularly rare Vat and import already payed as it goes through Ebay nowadays

WE G3 GBBR 😁 Comes with a tactical dildo too 🤣

Thanks Lozart, that's what I needed to know. Just ordered a U94 to Kenwood 2 Pin PTT, happy days

Hi EvilMonkee, sorry I should have clarieifed. I know I need a kenwood style on the radio end, its the headset end I am unsure of. Any ideas what type plug that is on the Warq Headset?

Anything labelled Kenwood compatible is the short answer. Personally I think those helmets make you look like a tit but each to their own. The Z Tac PTT should be fine but they arent great quality. Try Code Red

I reckon I'm probably closer to representative of the Modal UK Male than @Tactical Pith Helmet but still a little more pro-boomstick than most. It's hard to judge mass prevailing attitudes as any survey is likely to be highly biased towards producing a pro/anti-gun result, depending on who's commissioning it, and which demographic they canvas. It'll be a very sharp divide between country and town, and region by region - as @EvilMonkeenotes. I'm suburbanite, had airguns and easy access to countryside to shoot them in as a teen, have tried clay pigeon shooting and had a go with black powder musketry, which is when I looked into shotgun certificates and found that they were shall-issue and a very low bar. That would be in the 1990s, I have a vague recollection that the security requirements then weren't even a gun cabinet, just a plan for securing them, e.g. chaining to something solid. I'd speculate (and this is just speculation) that most UK men would vaguely like to own some kind of firearm. But 98% of us find reasons not to. And - this is sheer projection at this point - I'd venture to guess that the main reason more men don't have any boomsticks is that most women are very much against them. Of all licensees, only 6% are women. Mrs Borg doesn't even like the sight of my toy guns. I have to do my teching when she's out or asleep, and keep a pornhub tab open so that I don't get caught browsing airsoft sites. It's also remarkable that 2/3rd of licensees are over 50. Some of that will be due to a tailing off of younger people getting into shooting, but do I wonder how many are divorcees or widowers taking advantage of a new found freedom to indulge themselves.

Just an update for anyone who is interested or runs into the same problem I had. The Spring under the front chassis just needed stretching a bit, as Rocketdogbert suggested. As for the magazine issue, the TM Glock mags have a slightly thicker baseplate than the WE ones - only a couple of millimetres different but enough to make a difference on a Guarder frame. If I replace a TM baseplate on the TM mag with a WE baseplate , it works fine. Of course an alternative would be to sand down the TM baseplate, but the WE ones are cheap enough to pick up.

On a practical basis it’s not going to make much difference whether you signed up as a sole trader as yourself or a group as an association. e.g. If I signed up naming an association as the team TFD for gameplay and game organising - then it would be the team li licence covering all members plus on any particular day I can hand radios to hangers on that are playing with us or helpers with running a particular game Or if I signed up under my photography as a sole trader IWAC it would only be my licence - but I could have helpers that I want to use it for the day Note that I have neither - we have considered it but have stuck to PMR and existing site systems. Good enough for our purposes and the only time we have had range issues with PMR it was also due to terrain which also affected more powerful licenced site raidios, which we work around by relay and/or mobile phone Again not relevant to the licenced OP….We also have someone in comms who would not mess with OfCom - as above ‘sensible’ law breaking won’t be found out and ‘nobody’ cares, other than those like my teammate who would care about being caught with particularly reputational damage to him professionally

Remember that the UK is several nations with different but interconnecting histories/legal systems etc on several small islands. I live in the (highly rural) area with the highest gun ownership and a rich working class shooting tradition even with driven bird shooting. Roger lives in the hilly bit somewhere with a tradition that I wouldn't know any more than he mine. One of the reasons for arguments is the difference in local experienced cultures I imagine. In the village I grew up in, everyone's dad shot. It won't be the same in a city, or an area with less rough shooting, local syndicate shoots etc.

The right to bear arms is enshrined in the 1689 Bill of Rights, and is the legislation that the second amendment is based on. This bill was passed after a series of, revolutions, civil wars, and a regicide, by one would guess a pretty militant citizenry... Whilst the right exists, how it is applied and administered has changed. In the early 20's licenses were introduced for firearms. These maintained the right but restricted (further) those who could access that right. Until 1968(ish) you could buy a shotgun license from a post office, just like a TV or dog license. Both licenses are administered now by the police. If your grant of a license is withheld, you can argue that your rights have been infringed in court, and ask the infringement overturned. For numerous items in case law have a read of Bill Harriman's work. Most of what I found online on the subject is bilge tbh. If you want a really fascinating look at English rural working class firearms and weapons culture have a look at The Long Affray by Harry Hopkins that covers the 400 year long civil unrest/civil war/rebellion that enclosure brought. You'll learn that nunchucks are not just from Bruce Lee flicks for one. For modern UK gun stuff look up Fieldsports TV online.

Yes, and you're doing the right thing, even if pragmatically speaking, there are no consequences for (ab)using the PMR channels at higher power. You should have a Simple UK Light licence, which allows use of any of these frequencies. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0036/79965/Business_Radio_Simple_UK_licence_template.pdf

I'd hazard a guess that over 90% of Brits, particularly urbanites and women, wouldn't own a gun even if we could buy one over the counter in the corner shop, no questions asked. There's no real passion for increasing gun rights, it's more of a rearguard action to preserve the few that are left. The UK still has some amount of hunting, but it's a niche activity, split between seasonal bird shoots by the land-owning upper classes, managed culling of deer and some wild sheep, pest control (a lot done with airguns rather than bang-guns) and a bit of poaching. There are a few target shooting clubs, and recreational clay pigeon shooting centres. That said, shotgun licensing remains "shall issue" in the UK. You have to apply and pay for a licence, provide references, and have secure gun storage, but otherwise it's up to the local police force to find a reason to refuse. Once you have a shotgun certificate you can buy as many smoothbores as you like, up to a 2" cannon, or (I believe) a 3-shell pump action. This means that in practice, anyone who wants a shotgun for pest control, recreational shooting, or any other reason (just don't say home or self defence) can get one, yet only about 1% of adults do. I'm actually surprised it's that high. If you were to use a firearm for self or home defence in the UK, you should expect to find yourself facing murder or manslaughter charges, irrespective of the circumstances. Conversely, I'm not aware of any UK police constable who has been convicted over shooting someone while on duty, even when they give their evidence in the form of song titles. Licensing figures: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-england-and-wales-april-2020-to-march-2021/statistics-on-firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-england-and-wales-april-2020-to-march-2021 As at 31 March 2021, there were: 156,033 firearm certificates on issue, a 2% decrease 548,521 shotgun certificates on issue, a 3% decrease 565,929 people held a firearm and/or a shotgun certificate, a 3% decrease of 20,422 since last year In the year ending 31 March 2021, there were: 4,988 new applications for firearm certificates, of which 98% were granted and 2% were refused 10,901 new applications for shotgun certificates, of which 97% were granted and 3% were refused 2,566 new coterminous applications, of which 97% were granted and 3% were refused 306 firearms certificates were revoked – a decrease of 18% (-65) compared with the previous year and 0.2% of the total firearm certificates on issue 982 shotgun certificates were revoked – a decrease of 14% (-159) compared with the previous year and 0.2% of the total shotgun certificates on issue Experimental statistics: 365 firearms and shotguns were reported as lost or stolen; of which, 126 were lost and 239 were stolen

So happy, my oldest pig wasn’t in good health but a bloke at the farmers market said if I come back in 28 days he’ll be cured.🙂🐷

(This may be a sign I have too much time on my hands)

As above. Have you tried installing some of the original parts, bit at a time? Process of elimination, takes time but worth it.

Not unless you've changed out the stock one. The factory snot-grease might have turned into wax, the trigger contacts could be just barely contacting, or the motor might be very tired. Dive in, I'm sure you can save it.

The youth of today …… 😂 Welcome back. Price of everything’s gone up, hell I ordered a weapon light from one site, two months later they cancelled the order and now it’s £10 more expensive everywhere! Not to mention having a shortlist of RIFs I’m thinking of buying that have all gone up by a small fortune in the last couple of months. Bloody supply issues and the weakest £ we’ve seen in decades ……

Sleeping position, as approved by USMC. No need for weapon storage... Doesn't everyone do the Rifleman's Creed at bed-time? Or is it just me?

Perhaps something like a paper storage tower rack? Spin it around and put a cloth or something over it and it's a sideboard and all out of sight. Maybe get a carpenter to knock you up one from plywood based on the size of the biggest rifle/box to set the footprint? Doesn't need drawer shelves I suppose to make it even simpler.