Tommikka

I didn’t say that UKARA is the only valid airsoft defence - it’s the most common recognised defence, but other valid ones can and do exist.
(You may note that I also said ‘UKARA etc’)
 
JustCos certainly isn’t, and the ‘operators’ of JustCos also know that it isn’t.
 
 

As Colin has said - 99% chance of this being a no, and would get you into trouble.
 
Contact the local society for their advice
The norm is that it’s not allowed in halls
 
Societies will have access to storage, but it will vary between Universities.
 
I am aware that in the past Southampton University went through this for their members.
Resident members in halls were not permitted to keep RIFs, members in shared houses could and ‘key’ members of the society stored other members RIFs - but that meant that they became responsible for them and had issues when particular members weren’t attended an event.
 
The society had storage via the Student Union, but it was as caged areas in store rooms - and one cage would be shared between two societies.
 
Your specific society will be able to tell you what their arrangements are
 
 
For something to physically store them in, the best is a hard case & a lock or a padlock.
A non gun case is more anonymous for general transporting.
The circumstances of your transportation can also vary - your own car, a bus, walking down the street etc

As others have posted, it's probably going to be against the uni's t&cs to keep rifs in halls of residence. The society should be able to advise you on alternatives. 
 
I use a gun bag similar to this when using public transport to get to games.
https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/8fields-tactical-long-double-rifle-47-147cm-gun-case?pv=16035
 
When I first started I used to use a hard rifle case as it's more secure but I found it actually drew more attention from the public

Random room inspections can and do happen.  I have been in the slightly awkward position of having to run a disciplinary case against a student whose RIF was found in his wardrobe.

I am my faculty's Prevent officer, so I have to check up on students who have been accessing websites and content on university WiFi or via university PCs that could indicate that they are at risk of radicalisation or are potentially a risk.  Recently, a Chinese Year 3 direct entry student was flagged for accessing a number of airsoft sites.  I called him in, as I am required to, and asked him in particular about an airsoft site whose website he had repeatedly accessed.  He explained that he and his friends were looking for sites to play at; I asked him if he had played at that site and he said he had.  I asked him when and, when he told me, asked him which team he had been on.  When he told me, I mentioned that we might well have shot each other.  We then spent a great hour talking about airsoft.

The moral of that is that you should not look up airsoft related content using university PCs or WiFi, including Eduroam.

From their Residential Terms and Conditions:

"not bring into the Premises anything which in the University’s reasonable opinion is or may become dangerous, noxious offensive, combustible, corrosive, inflammable, radioactive or explosive including, but not limited to, firearms, air rifles, pistols, cross-bows, or any other weapons (including replicas or deactivated weapons), gas cylinders or oil burners."

The defences in legislation are:

 

museums
theatrical
film/TV production
historical re-enactment
in the service of the crown 
 
The legislation goes into further details on the requirements 
 
Airsoft skirmishing is an additional defence, not part of the core legislation 
 
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/38/section/37
 
Cosplay is not a defence, however ‘professional cosplay’ in certain circumstances can fall into theatrical 
After many years of wondering what JustCos actually provides I purchased JustCos membership to see the insurance policy (and still was not provided with the policy) after another forum member used JustCos as a route to buy a RIF - they had to provide a photo of them playing airsoft for the retailer to accept the sale (therefore the retailer ‘accepting’ JustCos doesn’t actually accept the ‘defence’)
(I was eventually refunded and my JustCos membership cancelled because I was ‘too stupid’ to understand what JustCos actually was 
 
UKARA etc are not specified defences, but are a route in which retailers can justifiably document a buyers defence.
Any retailer can accept whatever they like, one even had a tick box for buyers to state that they intended to play airsoft skirmishing 
Certain retailers are only paying lip service and just want the sales

The defences in legislation are:

 

museums
theatrical
film/TV production
historical re-enactment
in the service of the crown 
 
The legislation goes into further details on the requirements 
 
Airsoft skirmishing is an additional defence, not part of the core legislation 
 
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/38/section/37
 
Cosplay is not a defence, however ‘professional cosplay’ in certain circumstances can fall into theatrical 
After many years of wondering what JustCos actually provides I purchased JustCos membership to see the insurance policy (and still was not provided with the policy) after another forum member used JustCos as a route to buy a RIF - they had to provide a photo of them playing airsoft for the retailer to accept the sale (therefore the retailer ‘accepting’ JustCos doesn’t actually accept the ‘defence’)
(I was eventually refunded and my JustCos membership cancelled because I was ‘too stupid’ to understand what JustCos actually was 
 
UKARA etc are not specified defences, but are a route in which retailers can justifiably document a buyers defence.
Any retailer can accept whatever they like, one even had a tick box for buyers to state that they intended to play airsoft skirmishing 
Certain retailers are only paying lip service and just want the sales

Not sure why you’re saying some are bogus defences. I can’t see Firesupport doing anything that was bogus, don’t they run the UKARA system for a start. 

Why would that be?  Starting with the same energy at the muzzle, and assuming that the hop can impart enough spin[*], a heavier BBs will always retain more energy than a lighter one and go further.
 
It'll take longer to reach a closer target, but that's hardly an issue for a sniper with a 30m MED - which is about the point where it will overtake a lighter BB.
 
[*] If your gun can't fully hop it that's a different issue, but it's an issue with the hop unit or bucking and nub, not the BB.

"Take cover behind the tank"
 
"Ackshullay, it's not a tank, it's a self propelled artillery - a tank has" *gets shot*

Whatever you do avoid the GSR replicas sold by airsoftworld. They're absolute crap and not worth 60 pence, let alone £60

That explains alot, this is where I have played the times I have been. As in the hay bales were the limit...
 

DEVGRU, AKA SEAL team 6 

 
Mask or remove moving parts, lightly spray in layers, and make some rough patterns.  Avoid too fancy factory type professional camouflage prints and go for a field expedient look …
 
 
Like this ….
 
https://youtu.be/wAeSKtluE-c?si=YozfS8ntxNmoPQlx

DEVGRU, AKA SEAL team 6 

 
Mask or remove moving parts, lightly spray in layers, and make some rough patterns.  Avoid too fancy factory type professional camouflage prints and go for a field expedient look …
 
 
Like this ….
 
https://youtu.be/wAeSKtluE-c?si=YozfS8ntxNmoPQlx

DEVGRU, AKA SEAL team 6 

 
Mask or remove moving parts, lightly spray in layers, and make some rough patterns.  Avoid too fancy factory type professional camouflage prints and go for a field expedient look …
 
 
Like this ….
 
https://youtu.be/wAeSKtluE-c?si=YozfS8ntxNmoPQlx

I swear I started a similar thread a while ago with the intent to post all maps I find.....
 
But yeah, it doesn't need to be a work of art or even anything beyond simple line drawing with basic features and names. 
First time (awhile ago now) at a new site (ambush Botley) and they start talking about locations "yeah, but where is it?" - oh just follow someone....
 
By lunch we had a conversation with owner about it, we had done a very rough sketch of the rest of the afternoon by the end of the day, someone had found a dnd map maker and boom, a usable map was born.
 
The Gaol do theirs very well, with the "long game" locations, timings and scoring options all listed. Shout out to Justin as it hits 10Years in May.
 
CS used to hand a copy to all site first timers. 
Many smaller sites might not need to bother, Red1 chiselhurst for example is compact enough to have have its areas clear and easy to navigate. 
 
As is mentioned already,  it doesn't need much. 
For me, the effort of getting a map either on website or handed on game day speaks volumes about the sites level of welcome to new to site visitors. Excluding of course the smaller sites that don't need to...
 

Please don't start throwing names out. No its not this person you speak of, don't know them. 
 
I don't want this thread to turn into a witch hunt. It was a genuine question about whats going on. 

I sacrificed a great photo sequence when I spotted a dead man walking in a tournament
 
There was only one exit out of the field, behind him.  Tournament rules alone specify taking the shortest route to the side then out so he was clearly in breach if he had been eliminated 
 
His gun failed, so he kept ducked down trying to fix it and the opposing team forgot about him.
He stood up, stepped to the edge* ( still in the boundary ) walked towards the oppositions rear and then across to the central scoring bunker for the buzzer
 
* note that this site was very old in the tournament world with the netting & posts at exactly regulation size, so there was no out of bounds on the edge -  he could have hugged the net line remaining in game being more deceptive, but clearly and openly walked on
One of the referees did challenge him for going the wrong way, and he quietly said that he’s not out.
I desperately wanted the photos but I would have drawn attention so waited until he sped across for the buzzer
 
There were complaints, but it was a valid winning move - to official rules

I can see where you're coming from but it's also the prerogative of anyone who isn't in-game to make it  clear, whether that's by a hand in the air, dead rags or shouts of "dead man walking". Not doing these tells me the player is a legitimate target

Tell that to the conspiracy nutters 🤪

I’m with you on ‘dead man walking’
As long as you aren’t actually cheating (hand up to walk through as a dead player then shooting), and in line with event rules then it’s valid
(I also encourage those willing to risk it in my game rules)
 
If in doubt challenge / shoot.
If it’s a problem then adopt clear systems such as dead rags
 
 
(but this is another thread diversion with an often argued topic)
It doesn’t, and is now deceased, following the great lightning strike fire of Ironsight 
Our turret was an event prop/objective, not for players to turn up and use but for players to try and pass or defeat
 
It did have a variety of disablement systems - for safety purposes as a kill switch system, and player activated controls to ‘kill’ it

 
As seen on TV, and an upcoming card game
 
Solaco RIP
 
 
 

The ‘intelligence’ of AI are highly exaggerated
It has its uses, but many more limitations 

I’m with you on ‘dead man walking’
As long as you aren’t actually cheating (hand up to walk through as a dead player then shooting), and in line with event rules then it’s valid
(I also encourage those willing to risk it in my game rules)
 
If in doubt challenge / shoot.
If it’s a problem then adopt clear systems such as dead rags
 
 
(but this is another thread diversion with an often argued topic)
It doesn’t, and is now deceased, following the great lightning strike fire of Ironsight 
Our turret was an event prop/objective, not for players to turn up and use but for players to try and pass or defeat
 
It did have a variety of disablement systems - for safety purposes as a kill switch system, and player activated controls to ‘kill’ it

 
As seen on TV, and an upcoming card game
 
Solaco RIP
 
 
 

The ‘intelligence’ of AI are highly exaggerated
It has its uses, but many more limitations 

I'm not sure. The post was made at the start of the easter holiday and we all know how the number of stupid posts always goes up when the schools are out

I’m with you on ‘dead man walking’
As long as you aren’t actually cheating (hand up to walk through as a dead player then shooting), and in line with event rules then it’s valid
(I also encourage those willing to risk it in my game rules)
 
If in doubt challenge / shoot.
If it’s a problem then adopt clear systems such as dead rags
 
 
(but this is another thread diversion with an often argued topic)
It doesn’t, and is now deceased, following the great lightning strike fire of Ironsight 
Our turret was an event prop/objective, not for players to turn up and use but for players to try and pass or defeat
 
It did have a variety of disablement systems - for safety purposes as a kill switch system, and player activated controls to ‘kill’ it

 
As seen on TV, and an upcoming card game
 
Solaco RIP
 
 
 

The ‘intelligence’ of AI are highly exaggerated
It has its uses, but many more limitations 

The origin of the word camouflage comes from the French to disguise.
 
This still envelopes the military use, which is more than just hiding something to be unseen - it’s actually more about disguising what you do see as opposed to not being seen - especially to be seen but not noticed.
WW1 dazzle camouflage is a perfect illustration that camouflage isn’t about avoiding being seen but to disguise what you see and delay/prevent your opposition from being able to quickly identify what has been seen and to delay the understanding of its size, distance, direction, speed etc
 
A ghillie might hit the sweet spot of being invisible, but being harder to notice, identify and understand the body shape is a success for the ghillied player.
The enemy of the ghillie is movement, and equally the enemy of the player in jeans & hoody is movement 
We notice movement, then we interpret whether that thing that just moved is a threat or not.  That buys time for the quiet player