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Do you know Elvis who works down the chip shop? He’s a liar …… and I’m not sure about you 😉 Respecting other people ……. The first person I shot in game was a marshal - serves him right for walking through a bush And the next to vie for the top ten of being shot is photographers …… but most of those times it serves me right for leaning in to get ‘that photo’ of the line of fire Getting shot is part of the game, and for me it’s the whole point of the game I thrive on the adrenaline of “will I / won’t I get shot?”, and “can I get one step closer”, and another step etc The first time I was shot by a BB I did let out a yelp followed by the moment of thinking that it doesn’t hurt (Photographing a game, knealt down just inside a warehouse door as a player ran past outside shooting in, and got the back of my neck) With good lashings of adrenaline I can ‘not feel’ BBs or paintballs, just notice the impact - and I’ve had to have it pointed out to me about my swollen forehead or bleeding head. But on a cold & wet miserable day before I’ve warmed up the slightest thing hurts. The exception is fingers - they always hurt, and now due to a medical condition get the wrong finger tip and I’ll be screaming the site down We play games with consensual shooting of each other - some people are extra cockwombles about it

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Ensure that you have a filter for the stirrup pump (they can be added aftermarket if necessary) Clean air is essential. I’ve seen the aftermath of air system contamination and it’s not pretty…. Some pics in the thread here. A contaminated cylinder could seem to be fine, but one day could also explode. The pictures show the result of a flash fill explosion, with the HSE findings that the fill station became contaminated due to someone else’s previous fill from cylinder that had had its nipple oiled (never oil anything around your cylinder) Back in the day fill procedures had become lacking and unrestricted high speed fills were happening - combine a fast fill, heat generation and oil contamination and you have built a diesel engine in a cylinder. Slow down the fills and hopefully that risk is reduced As you’ve highlighted - scuba is out of the question. So stirrup is a ‘good’ compromise for you, and will be good for your health. You will have to work out what works best for you between regular top ups or larger refills: Regular top ups are better for a few cases, that it doesn’t need as much air per top up and also involves less heat (which means you get more benefit from the pressure generated - a hot air fill will drop before you start play due to cooling) Make sure all pumps are full and steady rather than fast and half hearted. This is no problem for me as on the rare occasions the stirrup is used I have peasants to bully into the work / team members to delegate. I’m going to be biased against the cheaper compressors, but users of then either love or hate them. They are far from their bigger cousins, but don’t cost the £££s of a professional compressor etc Home PCP systems aren’t built for regular running (but site systems also don’t get run all day either, they typically get run to fill large holding tanks, then are either automatically off or get turned off and then top off the holding tanks when players have filled) Do pay attention to the manual and check out YouTube etc for advice. Specific models may vary but it looks like the one below (at least 3 or 4 years ago) ought to be used with a water source etc These show a bit of a story with a compressors ‘journey’ in getting it to actually work, but then success once it’s assembled and set up properly: https://youtu.be/OM-0uE9wdQg https://youtu.be/Y3IYrI1KvLg https://youtu.be/UKOsrX0EitU This next one shows a scuba cylinder after 5 years of PCP compressor fills, and though the camera view of the internal looks a bit scary at points it’s highly impressive on the lack of any moisture: https://youtu.be/ZM0BukMuLYw I’d still be reluctant with a personal compressor, but everyone’s needs differ, and they are doable. PCP airguns use less air than paintball, but airsoft also uses less as well. Recommendations will be to use it in a safe place, allowing plenty of time so that you can steadily fill and allow for cooling breaks etc and not at midnight keeping the neighbours awake

Doesn’t this belong on the thread here ….

I can’t help on the modification side, but can with general air. Cylinders - Correct. It’s all the same thing. On a like for like basis 3000psi aluminium is heavier than a 4500psi fibre. But a standard aluminium 48ci is a similar weight to a standard fibre 68ci - the true difference being larger physical capacity of 20ci plus greater pressure potential. A 48ci aluminium is heavier than a stubby 48ci fibre But reality comes down to efficiency and capacity. An HPA airsoft gun shooting 6mm BBs ought to be more efficient than a 0.68” paintball at up to 16 joules / 12 foot pounds / 280 to 300fps You ought to be able to play a game with a 13ci 3000psi aluminium which renders it even lighter (Ultra lite fibre cylinders are lighter - but at more cost) A 3000psi aluminium at £30 to £40 is valid for use in the UK for 10 years (and then can be retested on a 5 year cycle forever - but you could generally buy a new one) A fibre at £150 lasts 5 years between tests and either a maximum of 15 years (lifetime cost of approx £200 depending on where you test) or the newest standard can last forever - but many manufacturers still mark for a maximum 15 years 48ci of 3000psi for 10 years at £30 beats 68ci of 4500psi for 5 or 15 at £150 to £200 (with a rough 50% increase from air pressure that’s about 100ci of 3000psi - double the air for an up front of 5 times the cost The true benefit of fibre 4500s is the range of sizes which allow for fine tuning the ergonomics of a paintball gun/marker. As soon as you run a remote line and carry in a pouch then you’ve thrown away that benefit A 13ci 3000psi cylinder is the most compact option Airsoft does need regulating down to lower pressures than paintball. In paintball we can happily attach any cylinder to any (modern) paintball gun/marker, with an integral regulator as factory standard In airsoft a further inline regulator is typically required, but there are some airsoft guns that can be directly fed by a cylinder. I generally advise against self fill solutions - if the site you play at can’t provide air then it becomes a pain to provide it yourself. A PCP stirrup is up to the job. But must be built well enough for regular use, be filtered, and takes physical effort - the bigger your cylinder the more capacity you need to fill to achieve pressure Home compression systems are now available, but get expensive to be suitable for any amount of use and need to be maintained. A better compromise if needing your own solution is a scuba cylinder to cascade to your playing cylinder. Or instead of spending £150 on a fibre and more on personal fill systems you could have 5 standard aluminium cylinders (ideally filled at a site for free) or an aluminum and a scuba (filled at a dive shop and cascaded to the playing cylinder)

They are listed here: https://airsoft-forums.uk/staff/ But do you actually require admin or a moderator? Moderators will cover general forum use, issues with other members etc and admin would cover background issues of the forum software itself etc Take your pick then either tag them or message them. Tagging moderators does mean that you can get the attention of whoever is about as opposed to messaging which might end up going to one who isn’t available or multiple discussions with individual moderators

Bear in mind that by purchasing from outside of the UK you are the ‘importer’ and are taking responsibility for ensuring that it gets through customs. That includes: 1) any additional charges from HMRC/Border Force and fees from the carrier at point of entry for administering those (though if the retailer has registered with HMRC and charge you UK VAT at the point of sale they should be marking the package and paper work accordingly and you shouldn’t incur further charges/fees) 2) justifying the import of a RIF, ideally with a valid UKARA membership number which the retailer will ideally clearly mark on the package and paper work (Other VCRA defences are available but it’s nobody’s problem but yours if it isn’t accepted on arrival Ask UK retailers if they will import on your behalf even if they don’t list the specific items. That way they deal with the importing via their suppliers and relieve some of the common issues

It’s funny because it’s true

I use this simple hydration system which is compatible with this slightly more advanced hydration tablet system

That’s supposed to be my job

A couple of key points to bear in mind with stirrup pumps are that: 1) If filling from empty then you have a lot of pumping to do to get to any decent level of pressure 2) If topping up then first you have to pump the fill hose pressure as high as the cylinders current pressure before it opens the valve 3) If you have been pumping, and need to rest your muscles then if you disconnect/reconnect then you’ll have to pump the fill hose back up to pressure again

By ‘former firearm’ I don’t mean a deactivated firearm, but converting a firearm to blank

Free trade means that there are no additional trade tariffs such as import duty. While we were in the EU a sale across the EU was treated in the same manner as within the same country. No export/import, but you would pay Polish VAT If there had been only Brexit and the trade agreement then it would be an export from Poland (which then could now be exempt from Polish VAT as an export) and an import to the UK (which would have import VAT due) The Polish exporter could reduce the price by deducting local VAT, could still charge local VAT and you have the potential to reclaim it, (or charge the full price keeping the extra without invoicing it as VAT) But irrespective of Brexit new international trade regulations introduced methods for exporters to register with other countries for their VAT If we were still in the EU then a sale from Poland to UK would still just be treated as a domestic sale paying Polish VAT, and non EU sales such as from Hong Kong would be subject to the new process But we are out of the EU, so the Polish retailer exports to the UK charging UK VAT and paying it directly to UK HMRC Or they don’t, and the UK customer gets a bill on import

On blank firers, my understanding has been that UK legal blank venting cannot go forwards and I would expect vertical venting etc But that’s off the top of my head without checking definitions or any cases, and circumstances could of course differ between manufacturing to UK blank specification, designed / manufacturered to overseas blank specifications subsequently modified for UK and modification of former firearms

It’s necessary to have serious doubts about cheapness of high pressure items and their reliability Let alone why that one claims to go to 6000psi but is cheaper than the 4500psi model, and that it’s short ‘product details’ give different specifications https://www.manomano.co.uk/catalogue/p/3-stage-pcp-4500psi-air-rifle-hand-pump-with-pressure-gauge-58884898#tab-description https://www.manomano.co.uk/catalogue/p/pcp-pump-for-air-gun-3-stage-6000psi-high-pressure-hand-pump-air-rifle-gun-pump-tungsten-steel-with-gauge-for-high-pressure-tires-and-pre-charged-pneumatic-airguns-53871693#tab-description If they were to be believed then they need inline filters added. The ideal is to fill air cylinders on site from they compressor system Next is to have a scuba cylinder which you fill at a dive shop (only fill your playing cylinders to a lesser pressure than the scuba cylinder & top up regularly to maintain the scuba pressure for longer) Stirrup pumps can be viable, but note that their key market of PCP rifles have small reservoirs I have a stirrup pump myself (which didn’t cost that price !) but I also am a founding member captain who can demand that one of my junior peasants gets some exercise if we are in need of some extra air

Flag up the 6 / 12 foot pounds elements By the way, good use of the word ‘marker’. The term has no legal standing, but gets used defensively to avoid the gun word Its origins go back to the use of oil based paint in forestry to ‘mark’ Teenagers try to argue with me about the history of paintball that gun/pistol etc should never be said. Marker was adopted in the US as a PC term, but originally they were ‘paint marking guns/pistols’ etc - never markers But as you have a legal hole at the moment keep your language as ‘paintball markers’, refer to the firearms act with ‘low power air weapons’ and try to pick out any Home Office pointers in the P8ntballer law thread etc

These are not airsoft pistols but paintball pistols 2.5 joules applies to airsoft guns, which must be designed to fire plastic pellets no larger than 8mm. The T4Es clearly don’t comply with that https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/57A?view=plain [F157AException for airsoft guns (1)An “airsoft gun” is not to be regarded as a firearm for the purposes of this Act. (2)An “airsoft gun” is a barrelled weapon of any description which— (a)is designed to discharge only a small plastic missile (whether or not it is also capable of discharging any other kind of missile), and (b)is not capable of discharging a missile (of any kind) with kinetic energy at the muzzle of the weapon that exceeds the permitted level. (3)“Small plastic missile” means a missile that— (a)is made wholly or partly from plastics, (b)is spherical, and (c)does not exceed 8 millimetres in diameter. (4)The permitted kinetic energy level is— (a)in the case of a weapon which is capable of discharging two or more missiles successively without repeated pressure on the trigger, 1.3 joules; (b)in any other case, 2.5 joules.] Before that exemption came in airsoft fines were treated as ‘low power air weapons’ (air guns) Paintball guns (including the T4E) remain legal under the Firearms act as ‘low power air weapons, and must be powered below 12 foot pounds (air rifles) or within 6 foot pounds air pistols) (exceeding those makes it a ‘dangerous air weapon’ and leads to section 5 territory) (You have pistols so 6 foot pounds would apply which is approx 8 joules) There is also case law (which established a little over 300fps as the velocity maximum for a paintball gun firing a ‘standard’ 0.68” paintball Paintball has an ‘advantage’ that the Firearms act refers to lethality and the Home Office have (to date) accepted the frangibility of paintballs. This is also aided by testing a few years back of a ‘new’ type of paintball Paintball guns in the UK are legally recognised by the Home Office provided they are used with either paintballs or First strikes (which is a shaped round of a half sphere paintball with a fin) (And not necessarily tested in the same manner but there are also ‘powder balls’ which would be frangible) Potential problems that you could have against you are the circumstances of how they came to the attention of the police (such as in public) and what you have them loaded with Solid balls have been sold in the UK, which are not legal to be fired. Rubber reballs have been sold for many years and there were also reball centres If you have any of these other balls then you could be facing problems and would need to rely on treating them as airguns If you live in Scotland then there is an air weapon certificate that’s required. (A mini licence). This does not / should not apply to paintball guns, but only if using frangible paintballs https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1969/47/made https://basc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/07/KNOW-YOUR-LAW-AIR-WEAPONS-2018.pdf The T4Es are legal …… but should be used with paintballs An option to consider is to buy UKPSF membership, but it could be too late to assist you https://ukpsf.com Get legal advice, and highlight the airweapon and paintball elements You can also pop over to here: https://p8ntballer-forums.com/threads/paintball-and-the-law.171875/

I’ve not used a UV9R, but on the topic of signal strength it may or may not be ‘ficticous’ but certainly will be best case / maximum. On a practical basis for playing in the woods the lesser power limits of PMRs etc isn’t that much of a disadvantage against higher power licenced types of handset. Terrain is the killer of signals A stronger signal won’t get through a hill, but could do a bit better through the bushes We’ve used PMR and licenced systems to get the message across full sites when running events. For wider areas and passing hills etc we’ve relayed messages among the Marshalls etc However we’ve also preferred phones - that way we don’t need to penetrate the hill but just reach a mast, and also allows for direct ‘privacy’ without someone sneakily listening to a game admin PMR channel or just overhearing from every other marshal For headsets do ensure that the right headset compatibility is checked. Sometimes a common socket type is used but a manufacturer has their own little peculiarity We had an issue once with a games ‘faction command radios’ and teams own radios. My co-captain took the ‘command radio’ and the job of relaying messages - and then was out of contact from the faction leader all morning. After radio check he decided to plug our headset into the command radio - it plugged in but received nothing On discovery at lunch I educated him on headset ‘compatibility’ and took the command radio off him

That translates to - “We don’t want to” For reasons such as the UK market isn’t worth the effort registering and the administration of dealing with HMRC for individual UK VAT imports, they are fed up with customers complaining about delay and import charges, the turnover isn’t worth the cost of bulk export/import, or they just don’t like you

Absolutely It might do, it might not …. But I’ll happily deal with grey areas and potential contradictions with a degree of common sense, be happy with fools who fall foul of common sense getting pragmatic handling from the police and avoid definitive legal decisions in the meantime

Not a contradiction as ‘indistinguishable’ is referenced to the size/colour exceptions of 3b (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. (3)In determining for the purposes of this section whether an imitation firearm is distinguishable from a real firearm— (a)the matters that must be taken into account include any differences between the size, shape and principal colour of the imitation firearm and the size, shape and colour in which the real firearm is manufactured; and (b)the imitation is to be regarded as distinguishable if its size, shape or principal colour is unrealistic for a real firearm.

Frogmore Grange? FGL is listed as the reference under UKARA memberships : https://ukara.org.uk

As others have said, parts that would be treated as firearms are generally pressure bearing items. There are also international controls on specific types of military accessories, but anything gun related could generate additional customs interest irrespective of whether or not the parts are legal There is the other matter of sanctions busting. You’ve stated that you are aware that the Russian retailer is dispatching via other countries to bypass international sanctions on Russia Its on your conscience regarding that, but it does raise another potential flag at customs Importing can be pretty tricky. It’s totally ‘buyer beware’ as at any point items could be seized and destroyed or held pending import charges & fees. Not only do you have the initial item cost plus international postage, lots of potential time delays, and the potential of anyone challenging the contents, but import fees If you just pay for the item and the postage then the package might just pass through, or it will sit awaiting processing while you are sent an import VAT bill of 20% of the value (which may be the invoice value or may be reassessed at customs) and a fee by the carrier to process it There is the potential that a foreign retailer registers with HMRC and charges you UK VAT at the point of sale - in which case they document it on the label and pay HMRC for you Think about what the chances of that from a Russian company that is evading international sanctions ?

Note that gifting in itself is not a defence, it’s a VCRA loophole The offence covers the sale, manufacture/modify & importation of RIFs As it covers sales it doesn’t cover ‘giving without recompense’, but you can only give what you can get Under the law - no you cannot buy a RIF to give to him But you could go and play with him three times, obtain your own UKARA membership and then buy a RIF to give him