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This was in the UK (Entrance hall of Army HQ) .. among a few different displays and was being demonstrated as an alternative to range time, being a lot cheaper, safer etc than the real thing and also cheaper than many of the other alternative trainer systems available to armed forces. The only key problem I saw for some would be the difficulty of use in numbers as a squad etc due to the sound of adjacent shooters Otherwise for singles or with spacing out / fine tuning microphone sensitivity can be a winner

The correct answer is no - as a general player you may not use P2 products Category P2 other pyrotechnic articles are pyrotechnic articles, other than fireworks and theatrical pyrotechnic articles, which are intended for handling or use only by persons with specialist knowledge. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1553/schedules/made#:~:text=Category P2 other pyrotechnic articles,by persons with specialist knowledge. Use as SFX by suitable persons under suitable circumstances can happen - but certainly not generally thrown around at a game A team mate had a ‘faulty’ Mk5 detonate immediately on striking, due to factory contamination * of the fuses & payload Luckily his glove ended up as the only casualty Pyrotechnics are explosives * Small print for those who know who we are - this was not one of our sponsors products

You may be joking, but it’s not very far from the potential of games like this There’s a card game that’s been worked on for a while by Paintball magazine, which has been in the works for a while ….. these can be played in many ways such as the dedicated PBM team vs team card game, as Top trumps etc Always good to see people coming up with ideas to build upon our hobbies https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02bPaoBgXqxKL8FkyPTgDTFXeEnexKsb6zu58G8b3MVZxGt9uR9kYw599ekYQNw2xwl&id=100063673315473

I had a go a short while back on demonstrations of the MantisX dry fire system. It worked fairly well demonstrated on airsoft, though it didn’t manage to pick up every shot and misfired from background noise - they were running a pistol, rifle & prone sniper rifle and with two or three people shooting at once we were triggering each others microphone sensors To run it you need your chosen weapon, the app, a smartphone and a mount to clamp the smartphone on the gun Specialist mounts can be used but other phone clamps can be found https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mantisx-pistol-rifle/id1050791268 https://mantisx.com

Youngster BTEC diploma & certificates in Business studies at Salisbury college of technology between 1984 & 1987 I don’t recall Nietzsche on the business curriculum …. Though that didn’t necessarily mean discussions in college and random parties didn’t involve ‘philosophical’ pretension in order to ‘impress’ Wig & Quill bar staff

Depending on your specific location, Super5ives in Portsmouth ought to be within 2 hour. They have just relocated to bigger premises https://www.facebook.com/Super5ives I don’t think that they have posted up their ‘full’ relaunch date yet, which should be in the Spring - when that is fully there should be more to cast your eyes over in the showroom.

There are a lot of factors that have an effect on the physics of a ball being propelled out of a barrel FPS is the velocity in ‘Feet per second’ of the projective, normally measured at the point of exit from the barrel Joules are the measurement of the energy, and are calculated using the velocity and weight of the projectile (Chronographs measure the velocity and particular chronographs can be set to display a joules value based on set weights of BBs Beginning with the initial force imparted in the chamber from the spring and cushion of air, the projectile then accelerates along the barrel but also has friction resistance along the way. It seems to be common sense to assume that as the energy being put into the BB is the same, that a heavier BB would be slower (taking more force to push the heavier weight) and resulting in the same energy coming out - but in reality the combination of everything can vary the results - and ‘joule creep’ becomes a term - that by changing one factor (the BB) can result in a greater resultant energy as the BB exits the barrel ……….. Loose (overbore) / tight (underbore) / matched bores all have their own effect inside the barrel ……. And then even the flight can have different experiences My world is paintball, and we have those who swear by all of over/under/matched bores - and then we have different circumstances on how the paintball itself acts in the barrel - With overbore a paintball could float on a cushion of air or bounce around - some of the air is ‘wasted’ but still contributes to how the ball flies With underbore a paintball could be squashed (and if excessive can break) - when the paintball squeezes its way through the barrel all of the air behind it contributes to the energy imparted ……. No matter whether it’s a plastic BB or a gelatine paintball, the initial muzzle velocity is just the start (and is the metric that complies with the rules) The remaining velocity / energy upon impact varies based on its flight along the way. Which can also depend on how it went through the barrel and anything such as a hop up. The energy could be maintained in flight, or it could quickly drop. Optimum spin could maintain a ‘straight’ flight that hits (almost) where you pointed up to a set range then quickly drop, or you have a predictable curve that you need to compensate for at the targeted range - or it could just spray wildly in various random directions

You’re all mistaken, as per the original Rogers & Hammerstein version around 2:30 - 3:35 the word is cuss. (I’m a lucky cuss) It’s very unfair on the reputation of one of our highly respected Raymond Burns who has a career of almost 5 decades He’s 69 years old you know, a fine elderly gentleman who would never have had such a terrible word come out of the mouths of his generation ….

We have those helmet / respirator hooks as well, but she puts a different style of helmet on them …… and a clearer picture of a ‘corner shelf’ from someone else’s setup, being used to top for extra stability

Just because @Scubasteve89has discovered the desktop fittings, I’ll point out a couple of other options for fitting display systems …… I use grid walls at shows etc and we build them into various different setups. Outside in a gazebo we’ll use tall grid walls and zip tie them to parts of gazebo, inside we’ll have them both on the ground with feet and also mounted onto tables. For added stability we’ll make corner arrangements ziptieing and clamping grid walls to each other I can’t find a decent photo at the moment but also use ‘grid shelves’ which then get used to add stability around corners etc We don’t do this at shows, but if you have a fixed area and you can drill holes then there are hangers (combine hangers and feet if there’s space) A couple of traders have ‘door hooks’ that can be put over a display wall to hang grid wall The ones on the tables are about to be assembled and stood up, the wall hanging is a buddies mobile airsoft shop which some members may recognise

Exactly These things are good fun, the only problem is people

The third regulator that has been referenced is the existing tank (cylinder) regulator. You have: Cylinder filled to 3000psi or 4500psi Cylinders regulator default output in the region of 600psi to 850psi A dual splitter should go in at this point Then two seperate airsoft regulated lines feeding each RIF. For @snuffthese would be at 60psi and 80psi to suit each RIF If the player is using two RIFs with matching pressure then it could be cheaper to rearrange with only one airsoft regulated line before the splitter. But this would need to be tested to ensure that regulating down to the operating pressure before splitting does not ‘starve’ either RIF during refresh when firing If you’re shooting only one RIF at a time then it shouldn’t matter, and if you’re shooting single shots or small bursts with a pause then it shouldn’t matter If you are shooting on a sustained basis or shooting on a dual basis then both RIFs would be drawing upon the same air for regulated line (though drawing upon a larger capacity due to the added length of the split. In this case you are relying on the refresh rate of the last regulator to sustain the operating pressure as quickly as required for the pair of RIFs It will either operate without any issues or it will risk starvation when insufficient pressure has been restored for the next shot

This links into something that sparked a conversation recently. We play a game and therefore don’t have the real life worries of being wounded or killed - we just pop back up again following respawn I played CQB a couple of months ago, and the end result was a battered body with a large grin. During one of the games I was lasting a matter of seconds - running in the door and mostly getting shot, turn around back to the door, compose myself, gather a handful of players and repeat with the objective of trying to get a couple of us through Contrast this one extreme with the other extreme when I first played events over 15 years ago Respawn was at either end of the field: Game on Two teams meet in the middle You get eliminated Walk all the way to the back of the field, then return to the middle I quickly became very adverse to being shot, and unless needing to reload etc via the safe zone then there’s the temptation to walk back a bit then turn back in game Put in appropriate game rules for spawns etc and I think that takes away one motivation for cheating (some people will cheat anyway) At one of our events we tried out a medic rule with punch cards Players had the choice of putting their hand up and walking to a respawn point (a marshal within a reasonable distance) Or laying on the ground calling for a medic Instead of most medic spawns I’ve seen with the medic staying close enough to combat but trying to preserve themselves I was watching medics crawl almost to the brink of a ridge to punch the card of eliminated players We found it successful and a useful tactic for faction leaders, but something we have only used the once to keep it for certain circumstances

Anyone can use any name they wish, the only legal issue is an attempt to deceive A waiver signed is just as valid whether signed in your birth name, an alias or as Mickey Mouse

We had a tree surgeon on the team - butter, but with the common sense not to climb up trees to play shooting games When working he would be wearing the safety gear, harness etc, but if needed would shimmy straight up a tree - which was needed more than once when some clever dick would throw an objective prop up a tree. He did once nip up a free as a favour for the site with saw and without harness - the expected happened when he fell out but only resulted in bruising and a limp ……….. Stating the obvious, but players should not be up trees and anything other than screaming from staff to get down now is calling for a public liability case

EN166B is likely to be acceptable, but is a lower level of impact protection than EN166A ….. but if you run down the thread as below you may not be able to get lenses at that standard

But I’m still jealous that you saw a live one

Exactly this For function over form in airsoft look at the speedsofters. The general gun look is inspired by looking like guns. The existence of stocks and their standard position in real guns is there to minimise the shift caused by recoil - following the line down to the barrel, and snug in the shoulder This offsets your line of sight and has an impact on how you can move the gun. An ergonomic paintball gun retains a form of stock via the air cylinder as the point of contact still provides stability and grip. But it doesn’t have to be a classic stock wedged into the shoulder. A curved fibre wrapped cylinder allows it to be ‘rolled’ in the shoulder and also the gun angled over in front of the face - making you a smaller target and putting the point of aim to in front of your eyes instead of needing to lean your head over to the point of aim The grip pretty much remains as is - this part of a gun is designed around human hands, but specific grip types vary. An obscure paintball grip angled forwards, which was partially novelty value and partially ergonomics - but it didn’t take off well as it was different than the ‘norm’. See the example below with the extreme of the Z frame and a ‘kick up’ ‘drop backward’ (similar to a ‘drop forward’ but reversed - a drop forward would allow a cyclinder to be fitted, lowered down and pushed forward which give a ‘better’ position making the combination shorter and easier to angle in front of the face) As with bull pups the trigger grip doesn’t have to be physically behind the chamber. It doesn’t even have to be a trigger, a switch will do - see also attached This was ‘easy’ to point and shoot with a button - but he found it very tiring holding up his arm with the 100 round Qpod also on his arm, though the air source was via a remote line. An airsoft edition would be more compact, could be all one unit and much lighter - but still involve holding your arm up most of the day - handy for a sneaky assassin type

Full face means just that - cover the full face. In airsoft there isn’t an established eye protection standard, in paintball the standard is full face protection Paintball began with random eye protection (most commonly workshop goggles, but also snow goggles etc) and a gentleman’s agreement to not shoot at the head. When losing teeth players attached an extra cover The accepted paintball standards are for eye protection (the lens) with appropriate impact protection, plus a seal around the eye area. Added to that in the goggle standards are full face cover (subject to head size), ear cover plus chin strap Site insurance & accompanying risk assessments/mitigaions specify full face goggles, to international standards and unmodified (Chin straps get discarded, but for up to one year the requirement was enforced at tournaments due to a set of goggles being flipped and a barrel stabbed into the players face just below their eye —— and then were promptly forgotten) The general minimum airsoft eye protection is based on impact, and it’s common to see glasses style eye protection. For under 18s the insurance etc require full face protection, and permit ‘responsible adults’ to decide by themselves Its a matter of site policy whether two part upper & lower are acceptable or a full goggle I recommend a full goggle - and I’d prefer the same for adults. No single goggle is suitable for all. They should be tried on for fit and comfort There’s no need to spend £££s on the ‘best’ premium goggle. My favourite & most comfortable goggles that I have put on are a unique design but are not legal anywhere and have never made it to full production My favourite goggles that meet standards are VForce grills, and I have a few pairs My second favourite goggles are the very basic VForce Armour which disappeared when on loan and the Sly/Valken annex - they are cheap with hard plastic but they fit my head just right and are very comfortable To keep things simple and acceptable at any site a paintball style goggle will comply, whereas an upper plus lower may or may not be accepted by different sites

As above by everyone on the original answers and the recent resurgence: Foxes are vermin and can legally be killed - under suitable circumstances Scaring them with a noise will just give them the incentive to avoid you Shooting them without the intent of a clean & humane kill would be animal cruelty Members of this forum would not endorse the inappropriate use of airsoft guns, animal cruelty nor activities that would put the game into disrepute. Killing a fox only stops that one coming, other foxes and other wildlife will discover whatever the fox came for

This bit of ‘door monitor’ that I’ve referred to referred to wouldn’t be door supervision that is entirely under the scope of the act, with a relevant level of control of the public but a level below stewards on pointing towards a direction etc. SIA licenced cover would be handling controlled access, bag checks & any issues There are occasions where I would say that particular organisers were very much veering towards legal problems

This is a subejct that particularly interests me...... Whenever there is a ComicCon of any significance they are accompanied by the Police 'educating' those who fail to have a brain whilst travelling. Despite the so-called CosPlay defence & "insurance" by a particular airsoft retailer, there is no such thing and the ComicCon that they 'associate' with and had links to on their website disallows RIFs in the CosPlay rules. Generally CosPlay rules permit RIFs with an orange tip - these remain RIFs as far as the law is concerned, and as noted a Cosplayer who paints an IF into an orange tipped RIF and admits to it is confessing to an offence under the VCRA. (If anyone took notice) An airsofter who used their playing RIFs as CosPlay props would be VCRA legal, but would be required to as a minimum add an orange tip (which can be tape) but according to the ComicCon rules that I have seen would also need to disable the RIF from operating. An exception to the rule is the 'professional' CosPlayer - In my 'definition' these are those who are attending ComicCons not as paying customers but on a perfomance basis - they may be paid or invited for free entry. These would need to be professionals such as lookalikes and/or members of active CosPlay societies and have appropriate insurance etc bringing them to the theatrical defence. (And they could potentially find themselves needing to defend that status) With the mention of 'security' there are at least two levels at ComicCons - True security with their badged ID etc, and 'door monitors'. I've had door monitor status at some ComicCons, one that was poorly run across multiple buildings with 'open access' with random passers by arriving as opposed to ticket holders etc. I was by the door so became an informal door monitor pointing the randoms to the main building. At others I keep in with the organisers and have volunteered my 'services' including door cover - checking wristbands for reentry, exchanging tickets for wristbands in the morning rush etc. Those with 'weapons' get directed to either the real security or the main desk for approval & tagging - - -- - - Are swords, axes, bow & arrows etc of approved safe types, are guns non operational & tipped etc ((((At ComicCons, shows & festivals I stroll in as a trader & clearly I'm a VIP so I happily bypass security complete with any weapons, food, drink etc that I wish)))) Depending on any access control there is still the persons brain involved. If people have had some common sense whilst travelling this may end at the queue, and I regulary see armed persons in the queues. When its an exclusive event, lots of signage etc its less likely to result in a scare and ideally the police etc are aware and less likely to come in hard at 1000 MPH - but could still need to educate. When its a major venue with multiple events at once, it does mean that there are diverse mixes of different crowds and passers by. There was a ComicCon once in the function rooms of a major hotel, during breakfast there were a number of confused persons watching (if I recall correctly) Darth Vader and Dr Who (or was it Superman?) having a stand off in the dining room.

The legal requirement under the VCRA covers the manufacture, import and sale of RIFs …… and that the purpose is for one of specified reasons (defences) - airsoft skirmishing, re-enactment, film and stage etc ….. with relevant insurance in suitable venues etc There is also the requirement to be aged 18 or older - (hence UKARA linked site memeberships are valid from age 18, but could begin the qualifying game period earlier depending on the site policy) A (reputable) retailer wants to see some form of ‘evidence’ of meeting the VCRA defences, and won’t sell IFs or RIFs to under 18s ’Gifting’ (with no form of remuneration / ‘contract consideration - eg if a recipients gift is reliant on doing jobs around the house then that can be legally qualified as the payment, rendering it a sale rather than a gift) If the buyer purchases with the intent of gifting, but not for the purposes of the recipient playing at an airsoft site etc (even if the buyer has UKARA etc) then technically the sale was illegal, but the retailer would be safe from prosecution if they ‘reasonably’ checked the buyers defence …………….. Hence the follow up hint posts, that the RIF is being gifted with accompanying equipment —— and also the morality side of wondering why ask about gifting to adults who have never played airsoft If they have just not played to date and are about to begin then giving them a RIF let’s them start fully equipped As adults they could of course buy their own extra equipment as there aren’t VCRA restrictions on them

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It’s been done. You use a two way split remote line https://www.bzpaintball.co.uk/ninja-microbore-1-tank-2-remotes-with-slide-check A two way remote line has more hose to get in the way and tangle up than a single remote line You would be handling air at about 600 to 800psi, so it’s high pressure but not as scary as 3000 or 4500psi if there’s a line failure Treat air with respect and don’t make your own lines & fittings unless you are competent and confident with what you are doing These will technically work fine with two guns used seperately - it’s just a bit more length in the line which will take a bit more air to fill the line. If you shoot one gun then it will refresh the line in the same time ready for the next shot But if you shoot two guns together then there is more line and more of a draw upon the air in that line to refresh. If that refresh takes too long for your guns in-line regulators then the guns will have difficulty and you need to slow down between shots The above assumes you fit the splitter to the cylinder If you have one regulated line for airsoft pressures and run the split after that then there will be more potential refresh problems for the guns as they are trying to refresh both from a lower pressure