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Not quite the same, but I did something similar, asking for roughly the new price I had paid, but I had paid a much reduced sponsor / supported price It was genuinely hardly used due to the size of my armoury, and a specific limited edition colour/design and bagged in the original case that only came with a short original run. Not that any value is added, but it had only been serviced by the manufacturer tech guy, and maintained by our certified team tech guy There may have only been two in the country, and it’s the only one I had seen in the country (I say two because my team mate had put his name down for that colour version before we were offered a team deal, but couldn’t wait and took a standard - his may have sat on the shelf or I might have actually ended up with the one earmarked for him) I decided to sell due to the value and lack of use - I had used it once and loaned it out 2 or 3 times. However I wasn’t going to let it go cheaply as I didn’t need the money, otherwise I may as well hang on That meant I was in the situation of asking for X but getting low ball offers, I was open to offer but not willing to drop heavily I’d get low offers telling me that just because it’s a limited colour doesn’t mean it’s worth more (OK then - buy one of the many standard ones available), or that the colour was a little more widely available in the US (OK, go and import one then), also that there was a small rub on the barrel (OK, don’t buy it) and finally that a UK retailer was listing one from new (OK, try buying that one at full retail price - a few hundred £ more than me - until you get to the cart to be told it’s out of stock) It did take me something like a year to sell, during which time I got a couple of ‘one last time’ games with it ….. and sold it on eBay (breaching rules) at an acceptable offer and during a promotional fees discount selling a £1400 - £1500 retail gun, (I had paid nowhere near that - probably trade price) for about £50 to £100 less than I had paid and obtained some use from it, and it sold to somebody who appreciated the mainly visual limited edition elements A private sale can happily be made between two people for an agreed price, that one is willing to part for and the other is willing to pay As long as one isn’t purely ripping off newbies with exaggeration then it should be fine

Limited edition custom

This is a hobby that needs multiple people to match their leisure time, and sites open accordingly - primarily as a weekend hobby This does mean that the typical site isn’t used to its optimum at 2/7ths of time, but the customer isn’t around 7 days a week Some things can be run more if there is a customer base - but you could then be looking at the ‘experience’ area of the market and venues that can be diverse in their activities The alternative to finding an existing weekday site is to do what someone probably did in the first place at those that do have a weekday opening - gather the regulars and establish that it’s viable to open during the week This doesn’t help the lone player looking for a game that suits their free time, but it doesn’t hurt to ask local sites if they have already had some interest, or to play when you do get a weekend off and ask the regulars Sometimes it’s initiated by Marshalls to get a midweek evening as they work the site at the weekend

Ferrero Rocher works with the Foreign & Commonwealth office (Ambassador, you are spoiling us) For Border Force it’s Toblerone - there’s a clue in the duty free shop

A claim involves relevant documentation - in the case of a sale the transaction qualifies as a receipt. I have not claimed for a RIF but I have claimed for eBay and Vinted sales, Vinted wouldn’t be too applicable here as that usually includes Vinteds contracted carriers (and is passes over to Vinted to resolve in the ‘lost’ timeframe) but when Royal Mail is selected the seller deals with Royal Mail I have managed to successfully claim value based on a screenshot of the transaction payment - of course up to the insured limit. A private transaction should of course be paid via a suitable method (PayPal etc) and not tagged as friends & family money owed etc

IP banning is very difficult, and very easily blocks valid users. Ive not gone into many VPNs recently, but in my experience the most basic VPNs allocate a random IP - and unless you keep the VPN enabled will get a fresh one next time I occasionally use the free version of a VPN and when switching on I get a random VPN in a random country, if I want a specific country I have to select, but still get a random fresh IP every time IPs are very rarely fixed, and those are left for specific services. Users IPs are leased from the IP server - you get a maximum period of usage, and at any time a fresh log in can get reallocated When I was moderating a forum we had a few options in our processes, and could handle it differently depending on the incoming spam. If they were continuing to send then the big button was hit, IP blocked, user suspended (or deleted), and in addition we had a user report come up with IP country/region, IP range, network provider, user profile, list of posts etc - then decide on the action Speciific IP blocking was pretty pointless, they just reset and were back Region blocking could kill off access from a whole country - and it was a UK based forum, but we had some world users plus some members of the community plus some moderators worked internationally (including a couple in the private aircraft industry) Hard hammer use would block their access - especially against spammers that used public WiFi / Internet cafe providers IP blocking is a tool that can be used, but with care and effort to be sure of what you’re blocking

Question 1 is up to the moderators & admins. (I wouldn’t have read it as retrospective on the listing, but you’re right that the rule applies as of tommorow for all sales/swaps - which can be read to mean any live advert) Question 2 - the fuller rule refers to sales/swaps. Therefore no verification picture needed for the wanted listing - but responses offering to fulfil the want would need a verification picture

Go through the points one by one. It’s probably the VCRA skirmisher defence, so check through all the points that they have referenced, reply covering them complete with your UKARA details (check they match the address in case of any changes and/or typos) and be prepared to have it decided in court VCRA Section 36.7 It is a RIF You have a defence with UKARA membership https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/38/section/36 VCRA Section 39.7 Refers to VCRA 39.6 and customs and excise act section 1 39.6 is with regard to the specifications of an IF (Eg If you didn’t have a VCRA RIF defence then you could have import an IF at >50% defined bright colours etc. (perhaps it has been checked to be overpowered for the UK, but the section references IFs) https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/38/section/39 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/1 The other points refer to the various pieces of legislation. You should look them up but the key points will be: 1)VCRA RIF defence - your UKARA membership, plus be prepared to document your intention to continue to play airsoft skirmishing at insured sites 2)IF non compliance - should be covered by your RUF defence 3)Sender may not have correctly declared contents Be prepared to say to the court “Oh dear, that was very silly of them. I’m a responsible player and had intended to conduct a fully legal and open import, giving my UKARA details to the retailer 4)They have sent a non compliant RIF overpowered for the UK (only a guess on potential reasons) If so you’re either screwed or can go for the “It should have been supplied with UK compliant settings which can be arranged via x tech support in the UK

I know I was commenting on your claim that the VCRA would not apply to airsoft guns if section 57a was removed Airsoft guns were low powered air weapons, which were within the Firearms legislations scope

In which case the VCRA didn’t apply to airsoft for the decade of 2007 to 2017 before section 57a was produced, and there was no need for the statutory instrument to add the airsoft skirmisher defence I would have tended to agree as an airgun is a firearm and an airgun that looks like a ‘proper firearm’ couldn’t be both a firearm and an imitation firearm ….. but a case went to court and @Rogerborgwon the argument that we would be on opposing sides of with a gentleman’s agreement to agree to disagree But case law now says otherwise - a firearm can be an imitation firearm Licenced firearms are controlled via the licence and certificate processes Categories of firearms are available by other controls, such as low powered air weapons sold face to face / via RFDs, and other categories aren’t controlled other than self policing good practice by parts of the industry - such as paintball retailers that follow UKPSF recommended guidelines ….. and courtesy of the section 57a exemption a category of what would be low powered air weapons are not subject to controls but the industry has a potential liability under which retailers protect themselves as a collective under the UKARA and other similar schemes (or don’t protect themselves and take risks against personal high fines and loss of good faith in the industry with fake defences

All ‘air weapons’ fall within firearms legislation, and this was the case when the VCRA was put into place and airsoft would at that time have sat in firearms legislation as ‘low power air weapons’ within the 6 and 13 ft lbs limit Subsequently compliant airsoft guns within joule limits have been specifically cleared of being firearms Paintball remains in firearms legislation, and Home Office guidance is being nice to pajntballers - as long as people aren’t dickheads with dodgy imports and/or dodgy projectiles. There are some very grey interpretations, focused on frangibility & lethality - which will (and has) put people in serious trouble with the use of other projectiles To date I am not aware of any issues with the need for RFDs (Except for various ‘issues’ experienced by the original Scottish paintball sites who had major legal problems and firearms prosecutions) The UKPSF keeps on the case to protect (responsible) paintballers and the legislation change on the definitions for airsoft covers airsoft There is always the danger of a politician getting uppity, and that has happened a lot in Scotland - but both airsoft and paintball have been doing well - including since before airsoft was airsoft

Purchased in good faith perhaps - but not compliant with the law due to their construction

The limit is expressed in ‘force’ / energy Low powered air weapons are to be within 12ft lbs for rifles, 6 ft lbs for pistols (16 and 8 joules) The specifics rifle to pistol may not always be what we think, and the specific projectile fired can result in different muzzle velocity & joule creep

He thought that he was posting in the ‘slow questions, simple answers’ thread

Yes. They would be eligible for a VCRA Defence to purchase RIFs, but that wouldn’t really suit their needs, making sense that bright two tones would stand out as trainers

Someone could look towards it and believe it’s a real firearm up on the wall. But, as defined in section 38: 38Meaning of “realistic imitation firearm” (1)In sections 36 and 37 “realistic imitation firearm” means an imitation firearm which— (a)has an appearance that is so realistic as to make it indistinguishable, for all practical purposes, from a real firearm; and (b)is neither a de-activated firearm nor itself an antique. (2)For the purposes of this section, an imitation firearm is not (except by virtue of subsection (3)(b)) to be regarded as distinguishable from a real firearm for any practical purpose if it could be so distinguished only— (a)by an expert; (b)on a close examination; or (c)as a result of an attempt to load or to fire it. Someone could easily believe and report a moulded half dummy shell, but then (in my opinion not tested in court) it wouldn’t be ‘for all practical purposes’ ‘so realistic’ that it was ‘indistinguishable’ , and would not require ‘an expert’ to notice. ‘Close inspection’ could be interpreted, but I would differ ‘being a bit closer’ to ‘close examination’ A case would be required to interpret those key points if the circumstances came up - but another argument for the defence would be the title of the legislation - Violent Crime Reduction Act’ The intent of the legislation is to reduce violent crime, RIFs fall into the act with their potential to be used in a manner of threatening violence - so a lawyer would be expected to highlight the matter of their client waving a wooden panel around. An Act to make provision for reducing and dealing with the abuse of alcohol; to make provision about real and imitation firearms, about ammunition and about knives and other weapons; to amend the Football Spectators Act 1989 and the Football (Disorder) Act 2000; to amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and section 8 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; to amend section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969; to amend the Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act 2002; and for connected purposes.

As applying they wouldn’t have access to the real thing …. So a good use for some practice - but no need for it to be a RIF, the colour doesn’t affect the function

….. actually ….. though being qualified firearms officers doesn’t give a defence, they did / do have one potential route to a defence: section 37.2(f): the purposes of functions that a person has in his capacity as a person in the service of Her Majesty But, giving a leaving present isn’t a purpose in service of Her (or his) majesty There are potential concepts for the use of airsoft type guns by firearms officers, such as a familiariasion copy - but they are better off using the real thing in a safe manner Even if an airsoft gun is of use (or a non functioning replica) it would not need to be realistically coloured as a RIF but can happily be a coloured IF ….. and any non real steel use they make of something would be better off with a coloured IF The perfect solution for a display item is a deactivated firearm - but you need the right paperwork You could however make a trip to my local auction They have had two mounted sets (or the same one that was sold a few months ago returned for sale again last week) These have been moulded pieces though, with only half of the body So as a RIF is something that would be indistinguishable from reality - if you have half shells stuck to a piece of wood are they RIFs?

Correct and edited to fix ….. to be fair to me, I had spent 4 hours moving tables to set up a comicon the evening before then got up at 5am to drive back there then posted ….. I’m impressed that the rest made sense You can buy a BB gun without a defence ….. but it would be >50% brightly coloured or one of the other criteria of an IF

@Drdarkjokes The VCRA made the sale, import and manufacture of Realistic Imitation Firearms Defences under the legislation are for museums, re-enactments theatrical and airsoft skirmishing The UKARA is the main recognised skirmishers defence - a non shooting RIF is unsuitable for airsoft skirmishing therefore does not apply to your purchase. (Note that on import your package is looked at on a case by case basis - you could end up with your import being destroyed due to attempting to use a skirmishers defence for a non shooting RIF) Your stated purpose of collecting does not fall under any VCRA defence - you may have made an expensive mistake Adding in a comment that you don’t want something ‘governmental’ sounds alarm bells as to why you want to import something that looks like a firearm, the import of which is an offence, and don’t want the government to know about it. Its hard to justify importing what would be an unlawful item against the legally defined purposes to a government department such as Border Force by stating that you don’t want the government to know what you are doing

That would depend on anyone’s personal definition of veteran. Some countries define it and some don’t In the UK it is any person who has served a minimum of one day in the regular or presence armed forces (and since left), or merchant navy on a military operation. These are the qualifiers for support for service leavers, qualifying under the armed forces covenant and generally by service related charities etc with various different methods of validating that until the introduction of veterans badges and more recently the veterans card. Novritsch ‘claims’ to have trained as a sniper in his national service, and markets airsoft products including ‘sniper’ related gear Its not as if he’s claiming to be the 3rd sniper on the balcony

6 months is the conscription period for Austrian military service, which matches his claim

Relevant legislation and regulations cover transportation and operating fill stations etc, then add the legal issues of HSE compliance even if not a direct legislative requirement These do apply commercially and generally don’t apply to individuals. Be aware if you have a works provided vehicle, even a salary offset car etc - as then commercial transportation does apply. You ought to inform the insurer and display relevant triable/diamond warning stickers (Private vehicles are not required to display the HPA cylinder symbol to carry a playing cylinder - but as discussed with a firefighter friend they would be happier to see the sticker and be prepared than to be cutting into a crushed car and discover an unknown cylinder or cut through one) Sites are obliged to check self fill and staff fill cylinders, plus have a responsibility to keep staff and other customers safe Back in the day there were paintballers using scuba cylinders to self fill on site when either the site only ran CO2 or they were using DOT/TC cylinders with a blind eye turned. This slackness bred and bad practices spread, using unrestricted fast fill stations and youngsters self filling Everyone suddenly paid attention when a series of failures occured in the UK and Europe in rapid succession. One case was a full flash fill explosion of the regulator and cylinder with hospitalisation (luckily “only” chemical burns and “minor” melting of his jersey) the rest tended to be burst disk failures Mostly attributed to slack procedures (including 3000psi cylinders on 4500psi fill stations),dirt contamination, heat (fast fills) and the burst disks failing due to those combinations, some cases of self fitted/changed regulators not correctly fitted and/or thread damage - causing bottle rockets etc The explosion was fully investigated by HSE, it involved a specific ultralight cylinder type (of the brand “safer”) which affected their reputation but was not the cylinder design at fault - the problem was oil contamination attributed to a previous users bad maintenance contaminating the fill station and the fast fill generating heat at pressure plus oil contamination causing an explosion The relevant legislation may not apply to individuals directly but it does affect us all - not necessarily impacting on the individual with bad habits but the others around

The ISO wouldn’t make a cylinder exempt from hydrotesting - Certain types of fibre under ISO standards can be exempt from a final date. (Aluminiums would not normally have a final date) The size situation of a compact aluminium can exempt them from hydrotests. I would guess that a 26ci has a narrow circumference, but probably over 2” The general guidance on exemption is a diameter of 2” (thats from the American standards). Give HPAC a call, I would confirm with Trevor on what’s in/out of scope for compact For an aluminum they typically get marked by manufacturers as due testing at the 5 year point but would be UK legal for 10 years from manufacture http://hpac-armourlite.co.uk

I don’t want to diss the VForce Armour They were my first set of goggles, remained in my lending set until they never came back one day - they will be in the back cupboard of one of my mates , they are pretty much the standard for site rental goggles (A version of the VForce Armour was released as the ‘VForce Rental) and my favourite production set of goggles is the VForce Grillz (I own a number of sets) But - has he tried them on ? They are a good all rounder, but all goggles are dependant on the head that they are put on As he is 11 knocking on 12 he might have a smaller head. I have a big head, and though they are a good all rounder they may be loose on a small head, or as time goes on the strap elastic may loosen Keep a check on the goggle fit over time Like most entry level / rental goggles the main goggle of the Armour is a hard plastic, as you go up in the ranges the Grills etc are rubberised. This can provide more ‘give’ to press tighter or looser for head fit If not already, take him out to a shop if you can to try some on The standard go to in airsoft has been the Dye range. They aim for lower profiles which can often work better for small heads My second goggle set was the i3, and the i4 went even smaller. The i3 was about the smallest that I could take without exposing too much chin The i4, i5 etc do command a higher price in the Dye range though