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Back away making space Protect areas Arms down guard the crotch area, and give you full control of your arms with full strength to push back Raised arms are a sign of aggression, lowered arms and the palms of your hands are an element of de-escalation Raised arms can be slapped to the side bringing the attackers fists etc towards your face / body I dropped off and picked up at martial arts classes

That’s a woman backing away with her hands raised, which then get slapped to the side, (Unless she’s being approached by Jabba they are far to wide apart), and if she’s a tranny her testicals are exposed

…. Which is an aggressive stance, and also takes more force to push back with raised arms than the defensive position with low arms and pushing back with the palm at the centre of mass …. says an over 50 year old

Watch out, you might be interacting with paintballers and not realise Paintball and airsoft are the same thing - shooting people legally But airsoft is the dressing up version with realistic guns, as opposed to the realistic dressing up versions of paintball with realistic guns Different people play different things in different ways - but generally just do what they enjoy Back to the topic of sites that may run both paintball and airsoft. Thats a good thing, it’s even better if they do more such as laser tag, low impact paintball, perhaps Nerf, clay pigeon, quads. You might find all the gates locked and some funny looking blacked out windows nipping in A site that does one thing is at risk, even if they do it well they are missing out on other revenue that can enhance revenue Airsoft management should be capable of managing paintball players and Vice versa. Dickhead management are dickheads no matter their preferred flavour There are differences between paintball players and airsoft players - but that is equally the same between airsoft players and airsoft players

They say you love it or hate it, but there is middle ground. On eating I would be on the hate side, but I can easily not put it into my mouth. Marmite to me is the scent I would wake up to in the great party house of old Amesbury town and brings back many fond memories waking up on that floor …… including the final occasion: Unusually fond as: At the initial more ‘public’ party in the function room of the Stonehenge Inn Durrington I made a new lady friend, and became separated from my group. I failed to interpret the status of her male friend and should have been subject to the minimum of a punch in the face. Making a tactical departure, and considering taxi waiting times, I walked with other new friends/strangers from Durrington to Amesbury expecting to meet the after party in full swing But I discovered the crowd struggling with a ladder and attempting to launch one of the smaller members of the group from the highest reach of the ladder into the upper open part of an upstairs window. The ladder almost came crashing down as the launcher lost his balance sending the launchee out of sight. A crashing noise was heard from inside then silence. At this point I was updated on the dramatics I had missed outside the front of the Inn whilst I was otherwise occupied making a new friend The Mr X & Mrs X of the house had opted to open up about the problems in their marriage that had previously been in silence, and both revealed that they were both seeing others. Major explosions and drams Mr X had gone off in a huff, presumably to wake up his Miss Y, and Mrs X had called her Mr Y and was left by the crowd once he arrived for Mr Y to calm Mrs X ….. and she sent them ahead with the plan to catch up The crowd bundled into all available taxis and then realised that all keyholders were AWOL After some further delay there was a rattling and banging from the inside of the front door Still no joy - no key found inside for the mortise lock Updated instructions were yelled through the letter box for key searches, before an inspirational call cried out “Open the back door and come round the side and unbolt the gate” (I would possibly have preferred watching another ladder incident to scale the gate) We were in The after party became a sit around session updating all on the various events until Mrs X & Mr Y arrived ….. also with no key, and a few minutes of letter box directions to find the spare before falling back to the side gate route No waking up to marmite this time as no sleep was had, but there became a point in time where the toast and marmite / buttered toast began. So the usual scent brought some normality A recce party was sent out to retrieve the kids from the sitters house around the corner & the rest of the morning was occupied by a group of zombie party goers distracting the kids with repeated viewings of Finding Nemo (My first viewing - and hearing the words ‘just keep swimming just keep swimming’ also bring the fond memories just like marmite) During one of the viewings there was a knock at the door, and a confused courier was wary about handing a parcel to a strange crowd as they informed him that the front door can’t be opened and that we all broke in round the back last night. Probably too much detail, but he finally handed it over and surprisingly didn’t send the police To sum up - I’m a marmite hater but scent of marmite lover PS After the dramatics things went amicably, the kids built mum a downstairs bedroom and Mr & Mrs lived seperately together much better They divorced, the party house was sold and they all lived happily ever after Party life was never the same again

I don’t trust people. Visually they look the same, and on closer inspection it would not be easy to know the difference between an emptied cartridge that still has a primer and a genuine deactivated inert cartridge. Even with the primer still in place there’s not likely to be a negligent discharge without some effort, but I’d be wary of someone just telling me they are fully inert. There are valid uses for an inert dummy, but that can include clear markings and unusual colours or a film prop etc where they would possibly at the moment want manufactured dummy inerts rather than modifications. Unless there’s a real need for close up realism then I’d prefer someone’s dressing up to be based on used cartridges or to have a hole where the primers cap would be https://www.cobra-ts.eu/en/blog-article/inert-deactivated-or-neutralized-ammunition-what-is-it-and-what-is-the-law-saying-about-it

eBayBanned are/were a good little outlet. Not shady, but a good bit of marketing based on rule changes on eBay They are still around as ebAirsoft.com Asian outlets get a good amount of stick, and the same goes for AliBaba.com and AliExpress.com There are good sellers and bad sellers, plus things can just go wrong with anything and the support on that will vary. I will aim to buy locally where possible, and also pick a favourite retailer asking them if they are willing to import on my behalf (which if they have the existing supply chain can work well) But I will also decide on a case by case basis on the item and my needs. If I want it quickly and after sales support then I’m going to pay for those. If I’m not in a hurry, am not going to use support and the saving is worth considerations at customs then I’ll look around imports such as Asia etc You do need to be ‘internet wise’ on where you’re buying from I’ve been having a lot of conversations about a couple of subjects with someone in particular recently which included that ‘Chinas just cheap crap’. Whereas Chiba does provide ‘cheap crap’, and also ‘cheap quality’. It depends on the quality control and the corporate customer who is getting the items made in China - it’s relatively very cheap to run businesses in many parts of China, which could be low labour costs of that market (or additional exploitation of labour on top of that) He’s not internet wise, and has had dodgy payments taken a few times. He stopped using eBay and random sellers to go to Amazon - ‘Because that’s secure’ finding himself paying more for cheap crap losing out by using dodgy Amazon sellers rather than Amazon itself ebAirsoft / eBayBanned always worked out well for me, and very often much quicker than expected AliBaba.com is aimed for use as a wholesaler and AliExpress.com as a marketplace like eBay and Amazon sellers. My experience with these Asian sellers is that they often get send via free government subsidised postage for ‘commercial zones’ which is why the postage doesn’t shoot up in price unless you are after fast international postage, and that if it disappears, is broken or wrong I have had easy refunds and/or replacements. It’s costly for them to take returns, and as long as they are a bulk seller rather than bedroom trader then the customer service of a loss on an individual sale is worth it

I’ve just dropped in an edit, as you’ve referred to blanks which are not Airsoft

For Airsoft : Possession is no offence By accidentally modifying it you could have committed an offence unless your intent is to play Airsoft skirmishing at an insured site Plus, nobody will care But you’ve mentioned a ‘blank gun’ Thats a firearm A firearm is not an imitation so bright two tones are irrelevant to the VCRA and are just to avoid you being shot by the police Don’t take it out in public

Excellent if that’s the case - no it is not normal to superglue together. But are you sure it’s superglue? Something that’s more appropriate would be thread locker, which is used to avoid joins unscrewing from vibration or general use There could also be a seal created with liquid PTFE If it’s PTFE or a suitable level of thread lock then it should be possible to unscrew with some brute force But if it’s a higher level of thread lock then heat followed by brute force are required However - before applying brute force ensure that there isn’t a hidden clip you have missed and that any tools used are decent quality and the correct size (metric and imperial sizes can seem close but might not be good enough) You don’t want to be shredding and rounding off parts of the remote line fittings due to a bad fit The first thing to do check that there isn’t a missing o ring at the tip etc The following shows a run through of a common remote line type, but if you can post up a picture pointing at the leak then that would be handy

There’s a Ukranian special forces anti tank division uniform up for sale in my local auction tonight

For the approvals testing of First Strike shaped paintballs in 2016 they were measured/tested for ‘lethality’ and ‘frangibility’ by a specialist (Ordnance test solutions) I don’t know the full details on testing, and am working from my memories of the feedback publicised….. This included ballistic gel & strawboard (I don’t know the thickness) plus high speed cameras https://m.facebook.com/UKPSF/posts/1175569275892475 You could use similar things to measure impact such as bare ballistic gel and measure any depth of impact (but then need a baseline to understand what level of energy is indicated between ‘bounce’ and depth of penetration A hard target plus sensors can measure impact energy, with appropriate calibration, and there’s a name that I can’t think of for ‘impact stickers’ that tell you if a set impact has been exceeded (used when transporting specialist sensitive stuff) Chronographs could be used at set distances, but you want them to be well placed for any ‘reliable’ results so that the BB/projectile passes at the right point Ultimately a series of synchronised high speed cameras can capture the time it passes each position, then turn that into velocity and then to the energy for that projectile On a legal basis if the muzzle velocity is within limits for the given size/mass then the impact energy is equal to or less than the muzzle velocity (Unless someone shoots you almost directly downwards and hits your thigh - that gives a combined result of the muzzle velocity plus gravity and a multicoloured thigh) (edited for my half sentence)

There were a number of cases of armed police called to children with BB guns. One particular case involved one who’s reaction to the polices arrival was to pull out his toy pistol to show them. The armed officer then had to live with the situation that only due to his moments hesitation to shoot a child prevented him from having to live with the situation of killing a child with a toy There was also the similar case of the drunken Scotsman with a table leg being shot dead during the IRAs London bombing campaign He had been reported as having a suspicious Irish accent and sawn off shotgun wrapped in a carrier bag When challenged by armed police he found it funny, raised his table leg and they didn’t hesitate

You aren’t being an old granny The toy industry isn’t taking the piss, I would hazard a guess that this is some basic cheap shop pushing cheap and nasty imports, or a basic convenience shop with their cheap and nasty corner. Trading Standards ought to be interested, as I dare say these water guns aren’t CE certified(or whatever we are supposed to be adopting now post Brexit), which for a water gun will be minor and might not be TS top priority, but it’s bound to have other non compliant cheap crap. (Not to forget the unlimited fine a retailer could face for a non VCRA compliant RIF sale) The orange tip makes it obvious that these are not made for the UK market. UK airsoft retailers aren’t always taking the VCRA seriously themselves - otherwise you wouldn’t have retailers pushing JustCos or trying to get buyers to claim they are reenactment military vehicle owners Some see it the VCRA as a nuisance that loses themselves sales against others who turn a blind eye rather than protection from the offence they could commit

@RohanAlex123 It is best to fill a cylinder on its own (as you appear to have done as you have asked if you should have had the gun regulator connected) As per the video linked above…… if the ‘high’ burst disk had blown then that would relate to having had the cylinder over pressurised. as your ‘low’ burst disk has blown then that means too much pressure was coming out of the regulator The cylinders regulator should only be letting air out in the hundreds of psi but unless you had any equipment fitted no air should have been coming out Assuming you didn’t have a remote line etc connected then I would guess that the regulator failed and out the full pressure that you were filling - this matches your description of the ‘low’ 1800psi burst disk failing at up to 2000psi of fill Assuming it was a new cylinder then the regulator was faulty - go straight back to the retailer (don’t just replace the burst disk - there is a reason why it failed) What was your fill source? If it was a proper HPA compressor, filtered and maintained then I would still be blaming a faulty regulator If if was a ‘home’ compressor system, or an unfiltered system then I’d be less sure and would then consider that the system was contaminated, clogged the regulator and caused the regulator to fail. The regulator would need a complete rebuild by a competent person Another possible source of contamination is a dirty fill nipple. If you don’t have one then I’d recommend getting a nipple cover to keep it safe until filling If it wasn’t new then burst disks can fail, but still remember the regulator has failed and needs to be investigated Take a life lesson that high pressure air is to be respected, your burst disk has done its job (consider it as a pressure fuse), and keep skin clear from burst disks when filling just in case …… if can be scary, but your bottle didn’t blow up Many many years ago there were a couple of actual bottle explosions which had a combination of factors contributing to them. A couple of weeks after an actual explosion I was in proximity to the blowing of a ‘high’ burst disk when someone filled a 3000psi on the 4500psi fill station - everyone ran & then slowly walked back to give him grief How were you filling? This runs through how to fill, with the exception that of filling from empty it’s advisable to stop / start a couple of times to avoid too much heating

This will vary between sites & organisers There is no explicit minimum age in the UK to play, and it will generally be controlled by the sites insurance and any ‘special activity’ that the site may cover For example a site game organiser may allow juniors on their site but if they also run a special event elsewhere such as booking an MoD training establishment might up the age to adults only It can also depend on what you mean by MilSim. It means different things to different people, and even then there are different levels ‘Standard’ airsoft might look like MilSim from the outside but the average skirmish on the average site will be a mix of the local people, some in full dress up mode with all the gear and being a ‘ninja operator’, some in jeans & t shirt and anything inbetween ’Events’ are run to a format and are more likely to attract the ‘MilSimmer’ but May also get average people Events may have equipment available to hire - but it depends on the organiser ‘FilmSim’ is much more serious in the look and play style and some guy in jeans & t shirt won’t be welcome unless there’s some form of insurgency faction The best option is to go to a local skirmish, contacting the site beforehand to ensure you can hire for the day and get to see what the others use To buy your own black guns / RIFs you need to be 18 and to have established a ‘defence’ to the VCRA such as UKARA membership via playing at a participating site the required number of times. A Junior can legally be ‘gifted’ a RIF by an adult who qualifies (get some games in and start writing your birthday / Xmas list)

I have blown myself up more than once …… not necessarily in a game environment I concur that the primary thought whilst pyro is hissing in your hand is to remove it from your proximity ….. and preferably before it stops hissing

As per the other thread ….. …. valid defences for buying a black gun / RIF include airsoft skirmishing and reenactment (among some others) The MVT covers membership as a reenactor in the Military Vehicle Trust, airsoft skirmishing is normally ‘proven’ by playing three times at an airsoft site and gaining site membership with UKARA registration Ask the shop why they are asking you to conspire to commit fraud to justify their quicker sale rather than you taking the required time to play - they are probably worried that you will learn more about airsoft and buy something else from someone else

The distinction between ‘black’ and ‘two tone’ applies to the VCRA as ‘RIF’ and ‘IF’ The seller is responsible under the VCRA if they sell a RIF without establishing a valid use (‘defence’) As you have told the seller that you intend to play airsoft it’s very fishy that they have suggested the MVT Unless you told them that you are a reenactor then they look to be attempting to involve you in a fraudulent conspiracy. Why would you join the MVT as a re-enactor / military vehicle owner if your intent is to play airsoft?

The all the gear no idea speedsoft run is a bit of a losing tactic But as we don’t die, but just have to walk back a bit, there’s method in the madness —— if they are running around with some purpose of course If eliminations matter then you won that engagement If someone gained some ground, or finally stoped you dominating an area then they won the engagement But if they enjoyed the exercise and you enjoyed eliminating them then everyone’s a winner

A core part of airsoft is dressing up to play soldiers If you want to play ‘most effectively’ then watch the speedsofters and aim for practicality & effectiveness But there will be the larping side of dressing up and having the ‘right’ equipment,the streamlined quick & efficient speedsoft and somewhere in between With pistols it’s hard to bear the natural pointing capability. At playable ranges the slightly experienced player should be able to point approximately where it’s going to hit without great use of sights If you are going to try and be the great one shot ninja then you should put the time in with practice under various conditions to understand the relationship between weapon, sight, bb and weather But the important part is fun - ensure that however you play that you can leave smiling

From that demo video it’s a coded ‘capture the flag/base’ or ‘defuse the bomb’ Nothing wrong with that in itself It could be put into a game format by adding elements to the mission of identifying the code (clues, cards to be collected with part of the code on each), finding the device, getting it to a location, entering the code There are many of these around Rather than an app that has to run on a smart device which means risking it. That can be also run on an arduino - you just need a keypad and display There are plenty of examples across the web with builds and code (with pretty much your example available off the shelf) To make it more interesting I would recommend a consequence for the wrong code - eg 3 fails and you’ve lost / blown up / alarm sounded and/or a continuity function eg there is a maximum time limit (the full game time) it initiates as neutral, the first hit of that button or successful code ‘captures’ the device for a selected side, the second renders it neutral The final result is then - reds held for 5 minutes, blues held for 4:45 The continuity function is similar to a chess clock. Timing begins on the first hit, then it gets recaptured on each click Simple device An enhancement is to add in more than two sides, lights and sounds, a consequence alarm or pyro trigger etc

Because his parents didn’t go to the papers with sad face ?

One careful rogerborg who has driven it to the church hall twice a week …… for drifting around the car park

Was it Woderwick, or was he weleased before he got the chance to make any final speeches?