Rogerborg

Urgh, the typical mess. The finding is that they are readily convertible, and they are being actively converted and used for murder-death-kills, so I see no reason why possession would (or should) be lawful right now. My interpretation is that it's a Home Office policy to not prosecute over them yet. But the police - as a core Peelian principle - should operate on what the law says, independent of policy. You might not get prosecuted, but that doesn't mean that you won't get arrested and have your home turned upside down: the process is the punishment. So I'd agree with destroy-and-retain now, or go and talk to your local cop shop and see if they'll take it now and issue a receipt, given that you might be asked to prove your innocence later.

Low powered air weapons. They explicitly prohibit replicas. Be careful, now, what you list it as. Or... just use whatever courier is cheapest. Do they really care, if it's within the UK? I've sent RIFs with (I think) DPD and Evri without issues. BBGnuz4less will only pay Evri costs.

I'd be disappointed if "most" sites are still getting inaccurate figure this way. The outdoor sites near me get their inaccurate figures by trusting players on the BB weight that they're using. The indoor sites test on site-supplied 0.2g, but they have a 0.25g mass limit.

Last time I knocked one up, I used a 3.6V (well, 3.4V - 4.2V) 18650 cell, and a small value resistor.

Literally tl;dr

Comes with "a bag of soft eggs" though. Bristol.ac.uk doesn't seem to be matriculating the cream of the application pool.

Yup. I'd run a marker pen over the blemishes. Not spray or brush paint, it's more prone to flaking and spalling.

Ahoy and welcome and what they said and also

A solid plan. I'd echo the recommendation for Area 66, it's a friendly and well run site, with good facilities and a decent access road and parking - the significance of this will become instantly apparently if you try Section 8 or Players of War instead. They do rental package if you don't want to make a big investment until you've tried it. If you go ahead and buy yourself before you try, the only other thing you'll need is eye and face protection. They'll want to see a single piece full face mask on your son, i.e. a paintball style mask like a Dye, or Valken MI-7. You'll only need eye protection.

I mean, specifically an MP5K. I guess the TM High Cycle is a candidate - that's plastic, right?

It is peculiar that it's hard to get a cheap plastic version, given that it's airsoft. Other than the Galaxy G5K, are there any plastic bodied alternatives?

Luke at Negative does the warranty work on them in the UK, which is indeed a big recommendation. I would actually agree that if you have a wodge of money and just want "bestest M4" then you'd be as well buying the SSR4 as anything else.

I'd hope so, and it's not something that's going to bother me when following the first rule of airsoft. Although as always it will take case law to decide. Remember that if you catch an unlucky chain of copper, prosecutor, and bench, you can get a conviction for having an under-scale bright orange plastic springer on you that even the arresting constable described as a "toy".

Oh, good spot. It's a peculiar one, it could be (and lawyers would) argue it either way. Yes, and it's a huge, and rather silly mess. Spot the firearm, the air weapon firearm, and the non-firearm air weapon here.

Yup, I spotted that, but blithely assumed that the whole-number GBP figures implied UK. However, it seems that prices in all currencies have the pennies rounded off, except for USD, where some $99.99 style prices can be found. That (and the orange tips) actually supports it being US, and a super-duper-mega hard "no", given the whopping duties, postage and import shenanigans for what might turn out to be a bag of rocks.

I can't think how those silly things would be relevant to the criminal situation. They're barely worth the paper they're written on for civil liability. By which we mean S24 (4) (b), "to part with the possession of an air weapon or ammunition for an air weapon to a person under the age of eighteen". It doesn't appear to matter if it's a loan within a family, or hire from a site: just handing an air weapon to someone under 18 triggers it. However, S23 supervision then kicks in - an eye has to be kept on them. What's interesting is who is doing that supervision on the field. If it's not a parent or guardian, it would have to be the marshals. I wonder if sites and marshals are aware of this, and agree to take on that responsibility. And even if they're supervising site hire guns, are they supervising under-18 players who aren't otherwise being supervised? How would they even know who's under 18? 🤔

The prices are in whole numbers of GBP, which suggests it's a UK seller, but "1.4 Joules 40 RPS about 390 FPS with .2" is a Section 5 firearm. 🤷‍♂️ The lack of any name, address, contact, shipping or warranty information - and the Skylar Reddit Tech vibes - gets the hardest of hard nos from me. If you have that money to spend, I'd get on to Luke at https://negativeairsoft.com/contact/ to discuss what you want. Be precise, and prepared to have the piss rightfully ripped out of you if your requirement is "Bestest airsoft gnu evar to dominate the field at airsoft wars, mister".

Eh. I'd always go by the statute. S22 (1) purchase or hire is only for firearms. S22 (4) possession of an air weapon or ammunition, OK, they got us. But 23 (1) and (3) supervision will apply at any airsoft site. Transporting to and from site without a 21+ adult is problematic, but only if you're actually caught with it. At that point, you need your "reasonable excuse" for S19 possession of an imitation (realistic or otherwise) and once you've produced that and calmed the copper down, you'd have to be phenomenally unlucky to be prosecuted. S24 (4) Gifting air weapons to under 18, OK, got us again. So, don't gift it, retain ownership and lend it under supervision, as per S24 (4) (b) / S23. We can update our advice to mums and dads. Just keep doing what we've been doing, and we'll be fine, not fined.

It's a Galaxy G5K, now sadly hard to get after Luke at Negative wanked himself dry over them then bought a load for himself. Very cheap plastic shell, but that makes them light, and ideal for a sidearm. The internals are indeed fine for the price.

Oh, what brand, mister? I do fancy me an SD6. I've only got a tiddler, but it's what you do with it, or so I tell Mrs Borg. As a primary, it's more attachment than gun, twisted and evil. ... but also makes for a nice side piece when you're out and about with your main squeeze.

If they had the M120s in, then they were likely to be a "bit" Section-5 firearmey. UK sellers should be putting the M90s in, although I agree that you'll likely want to put in an M100 (or 95, or whatever dials you in closer to 1.1J. One of the great things my JG G36 is the adjustable spring tensioner, which lets me dial it in precisely to site limits on properly hopped ammo[*]. It's very disappointing that JG seems to have dropped that feature, and that nobody else (that I know of) has adopted it. [*] And would let me dial it up hot literally as I walk away from chrono, if I was that way inclined - did I mention that pre-game chrono is pure theatre?

Niche gun = small volume of sales = no rush to re-stock. I'm actually surprised that patrolbase even have the tacticool M70 in stock. Given the £60 price difference, is there anywhere that you can source wood / "wood" furniture to swap onto it?

All airsoft guns are overpriced toys with random quality control. But you're paying for the grins, not quality or guaranteed performance. The good news is that there are few real lemons in the current market, so you're spoiled for choice, even within particular platforms or models. Even the most basic plastic CYMA M4 works just fine out of the box, once you've cleaned the barrel and dialled the hop in. There's no need to mod anything, although most guns will benefit from for a Maple Leaf hop rubber and nub, and a rotary hop unit if they don't have one. Beyond that, it's down to the value of features like fire control units. So, as above, help us to help you by narrowing it down. Tell us the platform that you like the look of, what you'll be using it for, and your approximate budget. Or just stop at @Amokura's list, it's as good as any.

Fun fact: in Florida, it's legal to open carry while hunting, camping or fishing.

My bin-bag solution is looking pretty smart now, huh?