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Its other peoples thoughts and opinions that dial 999 and report suspicious person i think he might be armed. Its other people ( armed cops ) who decide wether you look like s threat and shoot you. Its other peoples opinion wether you are prosecuted or not. Its other people opinion wether you get sent down or not. DO NOT DO IT.

Heckler & Koch collection... We don't talk about the blue one.

Guys, no personal attacks please. Very few sites are shit, how they're run is often the issue, BUT Usually the biggest problem are some of the players themselves, wannabe tough guys/teams with overinflated ego's that think they're better than they actually are, or downright cheats, & if a site fails to quickly nip this shit in the bud, a poor site reputation soon follows.

Thanks for that little rant; it says so much about you, none of it positive. When I write about my airsoft days, I focus on the gameplay. I am not writing a review; there is a separate section on here for that. You have either totally ignored what I wrote about being constructive or have not understood it. I talk to site owners about issues so that they can decide what, if anything, to do about them. i don’t know you so I can neither like nor dislike you.

No, I don't think we echo your thoughts on this. Legal doesn't mean sensible to do. Not caring what anyone thinks may sound tough and heroic but it can be ultimately foolhardy. As others have said, just because something you plan to do might be legal, that doesn't mean you don't run the risk of an armed police response. You don't need to open-carry a RIF to get the police called on you. If you "look the part", people won't hang about and give you the benefit of the doubt no matter how little you care what anyone thinks.

Rather than fear of arrest, the advice is the fear of attention. Pre-speed cameras we used to call it the ‘attitude test’ when stopped by traffic police. Failing the attitude test today could be the difference between a concerned person reporting strange activity that gets an inquisitive Bobby talking to you , and a night in the cell.

If it's only the law that matters, can you tell us why you haven't considered the possibility that you can still be arrested for and charged with a public nuisance offence?

Just another couple of irrelevant thoughts. One of our original three founding members of the team had just left the marines, therefore our original t-shirt is identical in appearance to regimental t shirts worn by service personnel. No particular problem as it’s just a green t shirt with a military style logo. However as we are situated around the Salisbury Plain area, and may be up in the morning at the weekend in combat trousers and team t shirt you can then add on one of us who gets short hair cuts but has no situational awareness, and on his way to a game day will routinely stop at the garage for coffee & a newspaper. There are certain types of people who have been hanging around the Salisbury Plain area for decades keeping an eye out for easy targets with no situational awareness. Add to that a few years ago a newer type of people who conducted an untargeted / random attack on an individual who was selected due to proximity, a camouflage style back pack and a short haircut Worst case scenario - you don’t know the current security risk and could be mistaken for what you are not. Easy case scenario - random member of the public finds you suspicious and a call is made, resulting in educational words Ridiculous idea - what landowner would ever think that any business use would be viable when it depends on people getting out of bed on a wet Sunday to dress up and run around the woods????

That doesn't make things any better. Infact joe public is more likely to shit the bed seeing a group of people wearing military kit than one lone weirdo. Then why ask if it's a good idea? Btw that attitude doesn't paint you in a good light, you just sound like a 15 year old emo kid trying to be edgy

WE L85A2 GBBR from Surplus Store. Wanted the WE GBBR as... 1. wanted a proper A2 as most of my SA80's were springers. 2. wanted the WE as I have plenty mags for it so no further expence. (got some from the classifieds for my XM177 ages ago)

Top day on Saturday at Driver Wood - players maybe hovering between 80 - 100. First game was a fallback game - starting in 'the village', then moving onto the trenches field, and ending off on ‘Oxford Street’ complete with double decker busses, black cabs etc. We were the attacking team with unlimited re-spawn, the defenders were limited to 50 re-spawns on each field. For the first time in a while, I really enjoyed this game - the KC02 recently purchased from the classified section was incredible. The usual stalemate and lack of movement that this game mode can suffer from seemed to be solved in this instance – possibly due to the slightly lower numbers, and partly due to the additional aggression and urgency within the attacking team. Second game of the morning used the main area of the site, and saw me swapping to the upgraded L96 – probably one of most profitable sessions as a sniper that I have had actually. I sacked off any form of ghillie suit, with full reliance of the multicam tropic to do its stuff amongst the Rhododendrons, and focused on plenty of movement to get into advantageous positions. The L96 was shooting absolutely beautifully – it’s a while since I played with it, and the maple leaf bucking must be at least 5 years old now, so I had worried that it would be beyond its best. After lunch, we moved onto a game whereby teams had to locate a satellite dish hidden within the site, and take it to various objectives. I swapped to my recently built M723 for this game – which again, was performing phenomenally. The satisfaction that comes from building a gun from a variety of parts – some new, some old – and then have it work flawlessly on its maiden voyage is immense. I got team killed a few times on this game which is frustrating – but one of the down sides of being on the purple team. The darker arm bands are great for camo, but also make it more likely your own team will light you up. Second game of the afternoon involved the teams collecting bones hidden around the site, and then assembling as much of a complete skeleton as possible within their bases. Bases could be attacked, and bones captured from the other team. Mid-way through, we got word that the Greens had the majority of the bones, so Purple teams’ focus shifted to a relentless assault on the green base. Unfortunately the defence was solid, and whilst we were making progress, the game ended before we could dislodge all of the attackers. Final two games of the day were short games of ‘zombie ‘ – all players holed up inside a large two story structure known as the ‘fortress’, with a few players outside ‘the zombies’. As soon as you are hit, you spawn a short distance from the building and join the zombies. Surprisingly good fun – and the sound of the metal glad walls of the fortress being liberally sprayed from one of the zombies LMGs really added to the flavour. As I was rocking a DMR in the final part of the afternoon, I switched to my AAP – and managed to pick off a handful of zombies at the foot of the fortresses walls before the inevitable happened. A cracking day, superbly marshalled, with all players appearing in good spirits. No hit taking issues as far as I could tell. The site seems to have lots of investment put into it, with a large number of new buildings being constructed, including a new ‘church’ in the village.

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"Looking geared up with bullets and grenades" per se may not be illegal, but if you do it in the right/wrong place, at the right/wrong time, seen by the right/wrong person, it could be a Public Order Act 1986 Section 5 offence isn't it. It also makes you immediately identifiable as a suspect of some firearms related offence (possession of ammo) and met with armed response as pointed out above. If you go hiking like this, there are an infinite number of scenarios that can happen that could get you into all kinds of trouble. To avoid 100% these scenarios, you just don't do it. Also, you getting into trouble is one thing, you potentially damaging the reputation of this hobby is another. In this context "not caring what others think" is pure inconsideration and negligence. It is not a virtue. I don't care about what others think about you either, but I care about what others think about the hobby in general if people sees someone hiking with toy gun mags because they play airsoft.

My SMG/PDW collection, a few cross overs between collections now (ie:- Colt 9mm SMG)

As much as I agree it's not a sensible thing to do. What a sad state of affairs that as a law abiding citizen, doing nothing wrong, breaking no laws etc we still can't go outside wearing camo and a slightly "not normal" way of carrying stuff for fear of arrest I understand the society we live in, the risks etc but still, that's the sort of thing that's a slippery slope and it feels we are already sliding.

If you like SCARs the VFC ones are really nice. I have a SCAR-H and a MK20 SSR and they're such nice guns with good kick and noise. After abstaining for a while i've bought a couple more NGRS 416s. Another 416 Delta that might stay mostly stock or might get a different handguard in time. We'll see.. Then a 416c, which i've wanted for a long time with a project in mind. And a Geissele short handguard to go on it.

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Couple of tweaks to my P83 rig to bring it up to date. Pouches are placeholders while I test different setups. Going to get tan ones then dye them brown to fit the rig more.

Use stronger gas and they'll run absolutely fine down to freezing IME. For the DEs in particular, you can do well with a GM nozzle and ditching the DE PMags. If you get some ASG red gas you can run them pretty comfortably down that low. Especially if you rotate mags into pouches or especially if you have internal pockets. This is a solid channel in general, but those two videos give a few tips on running MWS guns down to -10°C. (I would be at home with my duvet and hot chocolate rather than playing in that!)

My Bullpup collection, a few springers & ex 2 tones as this was before I got my UKARA... The newest addition will be a WE GBBR L85A2 once the postie gets here.

Ah my nemesis returns

Some people are incapable of learning from their own experiences.

Plus as the man himself said, it wouldn't be the first time the armed police came to say hullo despite him legally being on the up and up.

I like the bottom one, want to talk about it some more? 😉

Yup, well there you go

nooooooo all my senseless ramblings!!

I play it but have sod all idea what I’m doing, to the extent that I do more to help the enemy than my team 😂😂 I literally just do the single player missions. I went on hell let loose once on the American side, mate that was a absolute disaster too, my inbox was full of ‘have you ever considered a career in the Wehrmacht’ emails 😂😂😂

Managed to get a wildcat optic in two tone. now to remortgage the house so I can get the matching limcat furniture.

What you could do is go to a woodland setting where the owners have an understanding with local police that people with replica military gear will be present there. Maybe some sort of site where groups of people who like army man cosplay can get together every Sunday. They could even play pretend army man battles to really get into it and test their gear. Might be a bit pie in the sky though.

You can be arrested and detained for something that isn't illegal. Ask the "Plasticine Action" t-shirt guy. If a member of the public calls up, and the police attend the scene, then yeah it could end in arrest while they work out whether it was illegal or not. Your choice to chance it.

Firstly, I don't go out on my own and we all wear camo or military gear. And secondly, I often see others out hiking in military gear. Peoples thoughts and opinions are irrelevant. It's the law that matters. It's obviously not a great idea to go out in public loaded up and that's what I thought. I just wanted you guys to clarify whether it was legal or not. Thanks for all your replies 👍

But you're so affable...

What they usually think when they see a guy on his own in a public place in full camo: A. Walt nutcase B. Right wing militia nutcase C. Jihadi nutcase The common link to all three is: NUTCASE ! Which is something the rest of us would rather not be tagged as, so when the inevitable happens, maybe best you don't mention your involvement in airsoft👍

Now for my Sniper/Bolt action/DMR collection...

My AR collection... p.s. i didn't like the blue carpet pics.

Definitely something like that. Knock the old prison blocks down and build something new and shit that no one asked for.

Always sad to hear of sites closing or being on notice to close. It sucks how the cost of living has hit airsoft.

Or someone who does not understand people and emotions.

Carver Bks out near Bulford / Tidworth ish? That was where I first drove, and I returned at some time in the late 90s to 2000s for my niece & nephews

whilst i do suspect that you probably won't get much more than some funny looks from folk you encounter it's wise for us to assume in our advice that the worst case scenario of running into the kareniest karen who ever karened calling the grumpiest cop who ever grumpied right as the daily mail and guardian corporate team hike stumbles across the scene. and as a community it'd look a hell of a lot better for us if we could at least show we strongly discouraged such behavior, no different than the "i'm 12 how do i get a black gun for my freinds to use round the estate don't worry we'll be sensible" posts.

I'm not going to chance it. I'm a law abiding citizen and don't fancy getting arrested. I also would not want to add any negative feelings towards the airsoft community. I know from experience how the public can be. I was once arrested at gunpoint when a member of the public called the police while I was out shooting rabbits with my air rifle. I was on private land with permission when the police helicopter hovered above me, then several armed police units arrived and a swarm of MP5's came at me. I was released without charge but it took almost a year to get my rifle back. The worst part is whoever called the police was trespassing as there was no public access!

Hahaha, If we meet up I can teach you what I know but you'll have to walk in front 😃 DM me your Steam name and we can organise a game

I was born far away on a Scottish island, my sister in a BAOR hospital - but we ended up down here and I spent my early teens doing anti-social / illegal things on Salisbury Plain with discarded ammunition - but out of the way and unnoticed

Salisbury? I was born in odstock hospital! 😆 Yep running round in combats in that area definitely gonna attract attention. As it should. I think we all agree, discretion is sensible for the sake of our sport. I regularly read about idiots in the daily mail who flaunt Rifs and risk our sport.

He's back again with no time stamp and extortionate prices still 😂

U.S Mk48 and UK L130A1.

Saw this thread and thought I'd share one of my projects I'd done a couple of years ago. Nothing too fancy but it's unique as I've not seen any other airsoft replica Turkish HK33 looking replicas as accurate tbh. Classic Army Base gun. Slim Handguard made from a real G3 Handguard. Railed Handguard made from an old springer shotty and an MP5 3d printed handguard. The GL front end was a cheap battery box cut to suit with the handguard made from foamex board. The cocking handle was fashioned from foamex board too. The lower was a standard MP5 one with the embossed bullet symbols filled in. Repainted in OD then the new bullet symbols drawn on freehand by marker pens. The magazine is just a spring Sig552 one modded to fit. Again, nothing too fancy, but I like the finished job.

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