Rogerborg

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Which means absolutely nothing in airsoft. My backup-backup gun is a CYMA CM.516, the really cheap, nasty plastic one, which I've been fiddling with on and off from the moment that I bought a second RIF. I rarely have cause to revert to it, but when I do, wow, it outshoots anything else that I've got. ZCI hop and barrel, Big Dragon M140, bang on 1.13J with an M90 spring, feeds from any mag, and so much brrrrrrt. BBs really, truly, don't care about what's wrapped around the gearbox, hop unit and barrel.

I do like how the manufacturer is very clear that these are early prototypes, and they're about the least practical way of murderising someone imaginable at the moment. However, they exist, they "work" (about 4 shots out of 10) and they're actually selling them, so kudos for that. Legislation is going to be a pickle for the various fun sponges out there, and I imagine the AFT ATF is frantically coming up with ways to define and ban them just on general principle. Over here, they clearly fall under lethal barrelled firearms, so it's FAC or nothing.

But nobody would or could do that except for some sort of historical firearms buff with access to rare... wait... ohhhhh. Ian has apparently used this amazing abomination at an actual firearms match - I can't wait to see how brilliantly terrible the results are.

Ah, another of the MP5 Master Race, nice one. Out of milsim (or one other site that we've been discussing) nobody will care. Really, we won't. And airsofters are a friendly bunch, folk will be more than happy to help you get it dialled in on-site.

You're right to be cautious. People can and do make "Halp, shooter!" calls, and the police do turn up and kick in doors while ready to split wigs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53538740 I test-shoot only in my garage, not in the back garden. And airsoft guns aren't that loud - I'd be more concerned with being seen with one. However, it might be an idea to open a conversation with your neighbours with a "Oh, hello, sorry if I've been disturbing you, I've been getting into paintball. Well, I say, paintball, it's actually airsoft, which is like paintball without the paint..." and take it from there. I'm not sure where you're actually going with this. If it's airsoft skirmishing at a site, don't hesitate, get in there. If you're only really interested in target shooting inside your own flat, that's a perfectly legitimate and legal thing to do, but I'd suggest having a look into the many springer pistols available. They're cheap, quieter than gas or electric, and the power is just fine for target shooting down a hallway or across a room.

Given the pay and conditions, and that the "Armed Forces Covenant" is three empty words that mean absolutely nothing to anybody with an ounce of power of influence, I can't say that I blame them. It's the taxpayer picking up the tab, but in the context of MOD typists getting gibsed £60K for claiming carpal tunnel hurties while squaddies get a couple of grand for having a hand blown off (and only if they can prove it was their wanking hand), I can't say that I begrudge it that much.

Orions are pre-radiused. The problem is that they're made of Chinesium pot-metal. Mine is currently surviving an M130-ish spring putting out 1.8J as a DMR but it was a very, very poor choice as a DMR base. When, not if, it grenades, I'll be putting in a CYMA box from my cockroach backup-backup AEG. Feeding issues are also rife with Specnas. Luke at Negative has a solution that worked for him (see YouTube), I have one here in the tech sections that worked for me. I couldn't recommend Specnas to anyone now.

Who's this troll? Ban him! Ban his face off!

By which I mean, 75 m/s / 250 fps. Sure, that's hucking a massive steel cylinder slug (63% more bullet per bullet), but it's under 350fps so that's site legal, Reddit said so. Ian McCollum / Gun Jesus has been having a play. Bit of a chat about them: And at the (point-blank) range. A lot of the fun is playing the game of "Well, if I made one, and I could, I'd make it better in this, that and the other ways...". Since they're smoothbores, not spinning the slugs, and there seems to be a hard 75m/s limit on the velocity, using steel BBs than tumbling cylinders seems like an obvious tweak. One interesting point from the chat is that the "barrel" is just there to stop the slugs from smashing into the coils, so arguably you could fling 100J of undersized "unbarreled" steel while saying "not a firearm". 🤔

Huh, tracers in 1989, I had no idea. Any idea how they worked then? I'm guessing always-on UV rather than the modern solution of sensors, capacitors and UV LEDs, but... TM magic.

And I stress the "asking", don't just sneak on there out of hours. I mention this because a chap got bagged and tagged, and had his guns seized when he thought it would be a good idea to drive out to a local CQB site and test fire in the car park last year. It's on a fairly remote and partially abandoned industrial estate, and actually quite well secluded, but not well enough. A dog walker, estate rent-a-cops, or similar called it in, and the blue fury of ScotPlod descended. I don't know whether the chap tried to wiggle out by claiming that he had permission to be there, but the site made it very clear on Facebook that he absolutely did not, that he was banned for life, and that they'd not be putting in a single word in support of anyone else who tries a similar wheeze.

But... it "lifts 0.4s through the wind 100M to the target!" Curious that the chrono figure given is for 0.3g, but presumably it applies the TM magic equally strongly to any BB blessed enough to be shot from it.

Two-tone is irrelevant to the offence. It's Firearms Act 1968, Section 19: "A person commits an offence if, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (the proof whereof lies on him) he has with him in a public place [...] an imitation firearm." Note: not realistic imitation. Here's an example of a conviction for simple possession of a bright orange springer pistol which even the arresting officer conceded was a "toy". Per the Sheriff's comments, the bar for what constitutes a reasonable excuse is set low in principle. In practice, it's a complete lottery and you may find yourself in front of anti-gun (or poorly advised) judiciary who aren't minded to think that your excuse - of "want to" - is reasonable. You may get away with "boys will be boys", or you may be looking at 6 months / £400 and a criminal record with a big red "FIREARMS" trigger-word in it. Also bear in mind that the interpretation of "in a public place" is very broad: “"public place” includes any highway, road within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and any other premises or place to which at the material time the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise". The chap above was on the steps of the bank, technically on their private property, but considered public due to the general right of access. I've seen arguments made that the direct route from a property boundary or gate to domestic front doors is also public for this purpose, absent signage withdrawing the implied right of access. tl;dr - don't. Entirely on secure and ideally secluded unambiguously private land only, with the land-owner's permission. If you're travelling somewhere to shoot (on private land) then be prepared to show evidence of that.

It's just a curious position to ban two-tones because you don't want to invite unwanted attention to the hobby, while at the same time flogging stolen MOD kit. 🤔 I can see why it made sense in 2006 before the VCRA kinks had been worked out, but in CURRENT_YEAR, when just about every site welcome IFs, it's rather Quixotic. I'd wonder what the position is on other non-RIFs like the APS UAR, or Pulse Rifles. Respectfully, I have to disagree, that's a great way to highlight that none of the "rules" actually matter. I'd far rather see sites make clear distinctions between recommendation ("should") and rules ("must"). It's cringe standing through a non-brief briefing being read the riot act pre-emptively, knowing that most of what's being said is a literal waste of everybody's time because it's not going to be enforced.

Eh. Specna quality is all over the place. I bought an Edge last year and it's been fine, but others haven't been so lucky. The Specna feature list is decent, although the X-ASR mosfet is a gimmick and does nothing but cause trouble if you go to a high-draw motor. It'll protect your trigger contacts if you use 11.1V, but then you'll get overspin and double-shots on semi, so, meh. CYMA and G&G meet the "decent straight from the box" criteria, but are mostly plastic bodied at that price point. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as decent plastic will stand up as well or better than Chinesium pot metal. Are you dead set on metal bodied? Do you want that short PDW length? Are there any specific features that are must-haves for you?

Truth to tell I've been asked not to do it, face to face, at a local site. I'm happy to comply with any reasonable request from a marshal, but in this case I politely pointed out that BFGs had been repeatedly stolen at another local CQB site, and there was no way I was leaving it there. Shrug from the marshal, so I waited for a gap in the action and went in, gun slung, shouts of "Dead man", lots of hand-waving. In that case, I picked up the BFG then tailed on the end of a queue of their own dead players heading towards their respawn, before going the long way back to mine. Reasonable people can find reasonable ways of doing things. Alternatively, I'm also happy to just stand there and get shot indefinitely in order to keep an eye on pyro. Unless the site is fine with paying for losses that can be attributed to their own policy then, no, I'm not leaving BFGs lying around.

Great to hear it. Can I ask what the value was, and whether there was any indication that they'd charged you UK rather than French VAT at source, or on the package? There's no reason that they can't do that, and they have to (or should) for values under £135 anyway.

The fact that it's been customised means that you can't reject it for no reason, but being non-functional is a pretty good reason. Since they've already attempted and failed at one effort to repair, you have two rights under Consumer Rights Act 2015 section 24. 1) The right to an "appropriate" price reduction, i.e. the price of a new magazine, or them sending you one - it sounds like that's all that's wrong, unless gluing the stock plate on has affected the functionality. 2) A final right to reject, in which case they must refund the full amount that you paid, without reduction since it's within 6 months, and they must cover the costs of returning the goods to them. They don't publish an email address, but you can screenshot the contact form, or text them to get a written record. Mention the failed attempt to repair, and be clear what remedy you want. Don't mention that it's been two toned, or get in a debate over it, that's not relevant. When they tell you to do one, or ignore you, instruct your payment processor (credit / debit card or PayPal) to start a chargeback. Don't tell them that story above, or give any more than the bare minimum of information, they won't care. I wouldn't even say "airsoft gun" in case they get into a flap. Call it an item, or equipment, which it is. Just "ordered it, didn't work, was repaired but still doesn't work, seller won't refund, chargeback please and thank you". Best of luck.

Exactly, and it'll vary from shop to shop, and whether they're making their money on flogging many small items, or a few bigguns. It's annoying to have a range of prices, but that's how free markets should and do work.

They've had since 2007 (when the definition was clarified) to come around, like absolutely everybody else (outside of milsim) has. Points for stubbornness, I guess. They also still think that 0.2g BBs are a thing, and that Joule creep isn't. I do actually really like that they post their risk assessment (although I can see some issues) and PLI details. I'd like all sites to do this -there's no reason not to, and or else how would you know that they're actually indemnified if the worst happens? However, this is a deal breaker for me: "Players are not to retrieve BFG’s until end of game or area is captured" Nope, they can and do get pocketed. Given that they reserve the right to bill customers for damage, I'd reserve the right to bill them for lost pyro. That cuts both ways.

This, by the way, explains the... robustness... of many of my questions and comments to people excitedly sharing their awesome new ideas or inventions. Some of us exist in a binary world where "Very nearly right" is synonymous with "completely wrong". And further, have learned that it's more efficient to get things right first time than to fudge it then fix it later. You never get a second chance to make either a first impression, or a live update rollout.

"Previously-living puppies for sale".

We don't know what was in the mind of the person that wrote '"modern firearm” means any firearm other than one the appearance of which would tend to identify it as having a design and mechanism of a sort first dating from before the year 1870.' They doubtless had some distinctive feature in mind that they think only appeared in 1870 and not before then. It might very well be metal cartridges, or some other thing that they're wrong about. You can. Nothing is stopping you buying. This is an issue for sellers - they're the one committing an offence. I emphasise this because you'll have to ask them. I'd expect that it's nothing beyond erring on the side of caution, given the vagueness of the offence and interpretation. Decent rant though, 8/10, big bonus for the lack of paragraphs or periods. 👍