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Its sad that our education system is under left influence but there is no gain trying to fight them directly. As stated by many above, its best to engage with the head and explain the situation calmly.

I do wish AEGs had a decock feature to make sure they're not stored with the spring compressed.

I have not seen that advice anywhere. There's a reason why ALL airsoft gearboxes use an ARL. Without it the gears will damage the piston rack and cause BB feed problems. I've seen some comments say you can use active breaking instead but this will burn out the motor very quickly.

I can't think of anything that hasn't been done already 🤷‍♀️ Wow, I have no imagination 🙄

Welcome ✋ That helmet link is far too expensive. Just search "fast helmet" and choose the cheapest option you like. As Emergenychimp said, a helmet isn't really necessary but can save your nogin from freak accidents like scratches from low branches or falling against a structure. Its much more important to get good eye protection and boots with ankle support.

If anyone's interested CYMA MP5SD6 (CM041) Blue edition [Not the high speed but better internals] For £170 https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/cyma-cm-041-sd6-smg-5-submachine-gun-blue-limited-edition

Welcome (back) ✋ They're not 'toys' but losing investments cos you can sell em and get some money back 🤣

Very nice I think £375 sounds about right.

Welcome ✋ You'll certainly learn a lot here and probably be encouraged to spend a lot too 😉

Welcome back ✋ Yeah, the bug never completely goes away 😉 Do a few searches for starter guns/gear as the market may have changed quite a bit since you last looked. Check out HERE for any sites near you.

Welcome ✋ Good starter guns can be had from CYMA and SpecnaArms for around £150. Most guns around that price are decent enough to start with but I would stay away from Nuprol stuff in general. Yeah, there are loads of posts about first starter guns and kit in general. Keep some budget for decent boots with ankle support and eye protection. ( would suggest to look at posts about the best eye-pro) You'll get the hang of things soon enough 😉 Don't worry about age since you can play at your own pace. (I know players in 60s and 70s that play) But don't expect to stick with your son 😄

I would suggest to start with Hi-caps and then go to mid caps once you've played few games and need more magazine interaction.

👍 Do plenty of reading before buying toys and gear to make the best choices.

I don't know any specific cases of it actually happening but I'm not going to take any chances. As we know, the public can be real arseholes when it comes to gun topics. Anyone who acts stupid with em deserves the lesson.

If people hear rif, toy or pew they'll be much less likely to call the police than if you're talking about guns in McDonalds 😉

Sure, you're free to call a pea shooter a gun 🤣 I was really just kidding about calling them toys. I call em rifs, toys or pews if I'm discussing airsoft with friends in public.

Fixed that for ya 😁 With the general opinion on 'guns' and to distance ourselves from the US crazyness we prefer to call em something less obvious.

It certainly can happen.

Yeah, 10 is too young. As with your experience of hot paintball 'markers', the same can happen with airsoft. Let him shoot in the garden for a few years. Yes, full facemask is essential.

Yeah, slow for me too. Only on Windows 10 PC using Chrome

Getting out of bathtub 🙄

Welcome ✋ Mid 40s pfffft. You got a decade to go before you can start thinking of slowing down. (Unless you break your back 🙄)

Welcome ✋ Look for info on how to prepare for your first game. And there's loads of info to answer most questions.