Rogerborg

Wut, full auto at 1.6J? You're right, that sounds like... Sorry, no idea. They shouldn't even be selling those in the UK.

Welcome, and I see you're a man of culture and distinction as well.

Ahoy and welcome. I'd emphasise that despite the odd bit of handbagging here, airsoft tends to be a super-welcoming hobby where folk generally enjoy helping new players out. Ask someone about their gun or gear and the problem will be getting them to shut up. So if you can't find anyone to meet up or go with, I'd still go along solo - it's really easy to get talking to people.

It's really just a strongly worded warning, for those who want to listen to it.

I also enjoy not learning from other people's mistakes and hoping for the best - heck, I'm using an Orion gearbox for a 1.8J DMR.

Perhaps unfair, but when I see Personalities at a site, my mind goes straight here.

There were rumours of it being stored on a stack of floppies and a Macintosh Colour Classic. So, granted, it's only vulnerable to being hacked by 1990s alien hive minds.

It bothers me a bit that UKARA is run by... never you mind. I can't see anything on ukara.org.uk, no general contact information, no phone number. The best I can find from what they're required to publish appears to be a farmhouse in Cornwall. https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/ZA031959

Ignorantia juris non excusat, as the Klingons say. I can say it, I am saying it, I'm right, they're wrong, and I'm sure they know that they're wrong. The real question is whether there will ever be any consequences for it. Actually, my real real question is why they even bother. One retailer just makes you tick a "for airsoft and that" box, which I actually respect more than the non-defences. Noooo, not the "why can't real airgun firearms that are realistic imitations of real non-airgun firearms also be realistic imitation firearms" hand-bag fight again! 😱 But yes, this highlights that nobody really cares. You can buy a much higher powered CO2 steel-BB airgun that looks identical to either the airsoft RIF or real steel version over the counter with nothing more than ID (in principle), and nobody blinks an eye, much less loses it. The State clearly doesn't care, and it won't until some Daily Rant muckraker writes a BOMBSHELL article about how easy is to to get your hands on RIFs. We're actually quite fortunate that investigative journalism is a dying art.

And as I said, those aren't defences. This is relevant because the OP is asking how he'd verify a real one. Credible, but I'd suggest not actually needed. It's also pretty irksome for the shrinking number of retailers, like PatrolBase, who do actually care about staying on the right side of the law, because if the winds do change regarding toy guns, they're going to get punished as much as the rogues, and we'll all suffer for it.

Friday will become next Monday, then his dog will eat his crypto-wallet while he's rushing it to the vet after it gets bitten by a radioactive spider, or whatever other fantasy story he comes up with next. Any "proof" of postage he gives you is likely to be fake too, and in the unlikely event that you do receive any package, it's going to be a zip-lock bag containing empty promises and a turd. Sorry to be so harsh, I know you're the victim here, but I cannot see any realistic way that you'll get back what he's stolen short of having it seized by PSNI. I know this feels very personal to you, but this is nothing to him, he's a professional fraudster and liar who has mugged off his real life mates without hesitation or regrets, and is doubtless fobbing off a couple of other victims on the side as we're discussing this. This is just business as usual to him, he'll have heard this all before, many times.

I'd stress that as being the significant part, and I'd question where "gross" is coming from, since it doesn't appear in the statute and a brief (tee hee) search of https://www.bailii.org/ didn't turn up anything relevant for UTCA 1977 S2 and "gross negligence". The way I view it is that if there's blame there's always a claim. If there isn't blame (negligence), then it's a moot issue as there's nothing to waive. Rather a reductive issue.

Not to bag on your balls, but I feel compelled to mention that Luke at Negative has some... strong opinions about Valkyrie ammo. https://www.facebook.com/negativeairsoft/posts/1354545008383971

Yes, I suspect they have our card properly marked. Oh... Cartman has a sniper. Well... of course.

Those... uh.. those aren't defences for selling a RIF. But I repeat myself. Some-to-many retailers just don't care.

Well, we brought this on ourselves. And I'm already triggered!

To expand on what @Tommikkasaid, what I think[*] sites should be doing is explaining: 1) What to expect. We often see this in the form of "physical exertion" or similar. 2) What duties of care they think the players owe to ourselves and to each other, like wearing eye protection, calling hits and raising a hand, removing mags/clearing guns, and responding to "Man down / cease fire" calls. 3) Setting out the duties of care they think that the site owes to the player. I've yet to see a site really do the 3rd one, and far too many sites seem to think that they can use a waiver to avoid any responsibility with a clause about agreeing not to sue them, for anything, under any circumstances, even when they are negligent with respect to a duty of care. That's specifically prohibited in law, as referenced above and quoted below. Absolutely in the case of death or personal injury, and with a reasonableness test for loss or damage - for example, if a marshal rageflips and smashes your gun against a tree, they can't then say "Cry harder, you agreed you can't sue us for anything." We explicitly cannot waive those rights. [*] Disclaimer/waiver! This is based on a couple of days of H&S liability avoidance training several decades ago, this advice comes without warranty, including fitness for any purpose.

Er, maybe they don't know the significance. I honestly wasn't aware of it. I'm playing Glennie's Advocate a bit here, and I certainly don't think you were wrong to ask and flag it up.

Truth to tell, I've not put anything heavier than 0.32g through my 1.8J DMR because I fear that I won't be able to go back.

Male Pattern Mohawk cares not for your normie conformity to "rules".

Hmm, that's a tough one, as disclosing it punishes them for being honest. I bet they won't be the next time a potential purchaser asks.

First I lolled, then I sad. Absolute truth, and if the value for money proposition of a tracer unit is problematic, I'd question why you'd even think about night vision until you're sure that you're going to do enough night games to warrant it.

Indeed, Ukraine's corruption index of 33 puts it square among such titans of integrity as Nepal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Zambia. I'd reckon the chances of any donated goods getting to any "front line" without being stolen, sold, bought, diverted, re-stolen, re-sold, buried in a cache, dug up two years later and flogged in a market stall in East Elbonia are slim to none. In the spirit of total clarity that I'm trying to adopt, what I'm seeing in this initiative is folk planning to have an angry stranglewank while watching the documentary Red Dawn and fantasising that their spare radio pouch will somehow contribute to Ukrainian Ramboski sending truckloads of teen conscripts back to Mother Russia in body bags. Other ways to help are here: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/mar/05/ukraine-crisis-how-you-can-help-donating-cash-supplies Although as always, you might want to check out the accounts of any charity first to see where (they claim) the money actually goes.

Can't, mate, sent all my kit to Ukraine, mate, only Russy bots haven't, mate.