Rogerborg

Indeed, it's really no more than an expression of interest, and sometimes not even that. I don't sell stuff here, but Gumtree is a bit of a chore where you're plagued with the "Still available m8?" button, and fantasists who just spam lowball joke non-offers at anything and everything. I'd far rather open a conversation with a serious potential buyer rather than a chancer.

Great to hear it. Name and praise the good site?

No more chips though. Or is this "chip van" in the sense of Glasgow "ice cream vans"?

Sort of true above. You can buy anything you like, as long as you're 18+. Really, you can, there's no offence committed by purchasing, or attempting to purchase a RIF. Manufacture, modification, or importation are offences. Purchase, not a problem, that risk falls on the seller. A 2-tone where over 50% is in a non-realistic colour[*] isn't a RIF (realistic imitation firearm), it's just an imitation firearm. UKARA, or equivalent schemes, require at least 3 games, but only 2 months, or rather 8 weeks / 56 days. However, some sites will go by 2 calendar months, which is a bit of a sod as it generally pushes it out to 9 or 10 weeks. [*] transparent bright red bright orange bright blue bright yellow bright green bright pink bright purple

People who are not prepared to lose are the biggest problem with airsoft. Most other issues are a symptom of that root cause. We all know the first rule of airsoft, right? It's a pity that attitude tests are done even more infrequently than test shots.

Yes, Protect Scotland / Check In Scotland / Test and Protect, all still going in the Democratic People's Republic of Caledonia. No longer mandatory (I think) but still being imposed voluntarily by a few places.

Ahoy and welcome back. Notionally you need a defence to purchase any RIF now, but private sellers tend not to be as fussed, and there are some retailers who will accept bogus defences if you don't fancy renting and waiting. It's their risk, it's still not an offence for us to purchase or own RIFs. As you've found, it's a seller's market at the moment, and often a case of grabbing whatever you can find.

Fine, if true.

Sorry to hear that. This is how this parasite flourishes, by operating just under the threshold where the State takes an interest, or his victims make the trip to smash his teeth down his throat. We all hope that someone else will do it. I hope someday that someone does.

This is also relevant to my interests, but I've seen the horror stories about the cylinder / cocking lever pins giving up the struggle on day one. Yes, these are very expensive toys, but they shouldn't need rebuilding out of the box.

I've not been there yet. @Musica has been a few times. From what I understand, it's currently quite... intense. The site is huge, but only a small part of it has been developed so far, and the games can hinge on who holds the choke point in each game. It's very dark and a torch will be very helpful. The site owner Jonno knows his stuff and they're constantly improving the site. If you have any issues during the day, I would encourage you to take it up with the marshals and Jonno in a positive and constructive way. I'll likely be there sometime in April after they stop with the Spy-n-Snitch theatre.

You know, I hadn't even considered it because of reasons, but it does meet the requirements. 🤔 The heart says SRS, but it's hard to argue against the SSG10. I guess if I cave on the "nothing needing doing" and allow throwing some parts it it, then the AAC T11 comes into play, with a 90 degree trigger as standard.

If someone wanted to purchase a bolt action airsoft gun that shoots at 2.32J ("500fps"), with the highest likelihood of being consistent at 60m with 0.45g BBs without needing anything else done to it, where would they be looking? No HPA, no CO2, no propane. Form factor and platform is flexible. "Delivered to door" covers stock guns, and buying from a pre-upgrader who actually knows what they're doing and can actually deliver in the next 6 weeks. Not "Buy this, if it's in stock, then install these parts if you can find them, then do that to it, then hope for the best". If Mila Kunis said "Send me one box containing the best bolt action sniper at UK energy limits and maybe you're in with a chance, big spender", what would you waste your money on?

Teamkills are kills too. I'm forever funnily friendly fragging fine folk.

Go on, say it, say "What could possibly go wrong?"

We live in a world where people sell (and buy) "BOX ONLY" listings on eBay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw="box+only" Granted, that's mostly likely them looking to flip salvage as "BNIB". In the hello airsoft world, I suspect that sellers are more keen to believe and assert that this adds value than buyers.

It seems as Action Fraud / National Fraud Intelligence Bureau pass cases on to local Forces, who put most of them straight in the round file. https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/wp-content/uploads/state-of-policing-2021-single-page-format.pdf - page 49

I'd respectfully disagree. The Orion gearboxes are notoriously weak, the XASR does nothing except offer contact protection and spit its dummy if you put a meatier motor in, and they are fussy about mags. My Edge SA-E02 has been fine, but I've been lucky. If I were buying an M4 now in that price range, I'd be looking the Double Eagles M9xx Fire Control System guns.

And potentially another £15-20 bill from the courier for the privilege of handling your payment for the above, and with unknown shipping periods from Hong Kong, anywhere from a few days if it sails through to many (many) weeks if it turns into a whole "show your defence" issue. It seems to be a complete lottery at the moment, you'd have to really want one to gamble on it. [Must try not to rant about CO2 air pistol versions being £83 in the UK without a defence needed]

SkyRC iMAX work fine, but are old technology. Our RC chums from the future tend to suggest the SkyRC S65 or B6 variants now.

Oof, thanks for including the PDF. That's a hot mess right there. It's encouraging that they even know about airsoft and distinguish between RIFs and IFs, but doing it for parts is going over-and-above what they're required to do. For one thing, you could put that part on a day-glo orange base and it still wouldn't be a RIF. I'd hope it's just some jobsworth covering his back by requiring a completed form, but not giving a stuff about the actual details.

+1, I see a 500 error with no hint as to why. My memes, my beautiful memes!

Re-enforcing my observation that if we just blocked all account names ending in a number, all of this problem would go away overnight.

It seems a little opaque who is actually covered by a Simple UK Light licence. A Simple Site licence seems clearer, as it's tied to a base station at a fixed location. In practice, I'm sure that if you can just rattle of a licence number it will end any discussion. But strictly legally speaking, it does beg the question of how far you can distribute a licence. If Alice is licensed, she can transmit. But how closely associated does Bob have to be with Alice to also be covered for transmission? And does it have transitory properties? If Bob is considered licensed because he's talking to licensed Alice, is Charlie covered if he can hear and talk to Bob, but not to Alice? I note that the licensee has to be a legal entity. If that's an individual, I can't see how you could reasonably argue that it covers anyone else. An "Unincorporated Association" seems be a safer bet if you want to share it among a team. I mean for definitions of safety that involve no practical risk to begin with.

Further, both of them can use the PMR466 frequencies to talk to poors. I'd question the value of a UV-9R for UK airsoft purposes, unless you're on a particularly huge site, as the UV-5R has a decent enough range as it is. Still, we spend much more for much less without blinking.