Rogerborg

Sadly, the issue is stock levels, which remain very low everywhere in the UK, whether for receivers or whole items. @ak2m4 is a stand-up guy though, and will give you an honest answer on availability and lead times.

Just a second, the box art shows the "ghost" version, but the unit is the "TREYTECH". Gadzooks, are they in fact the same unit! How can this be! (and so on, and so forth). Well, if they all work about as well, I reckon I'll bag one of those two then, as the native 14mm CCW end cap will keep the profile down. Cheers, chaps.

Damn, that's a shame, and it would be great if you could get it back into action. It looks like maybe 2 / 2.5mm thick? Have you still got the plastic piece, or has it vanished into hyperspace? If you have the part, I'd consider drilling through with a pin vice and 1.2mm-ish bit, and glue a pin or screw through to try and salvage it. Or if you don't have the part, or it's too small to salvage, replace it with as big a screw as will fit, and then build it up with epoxy or JB weld as much as possible. Although if it's under significant tension (as implied by it snapping off) that might be a temporary bodge at best. Good luck, I hope you find an affordable solution.

If the claim has no substance to it, then they've been pulled for completely unrelated reasons, and so George-Paul-Ringo would have no quantifiable loss, or cause of action. Unless there is substance to the claim. In which case... he'd have no cause of action.

First question: have you actually played airsoft? We generally recommend buying an electric carbine or rifle as a first gun, and if you're in the UK, renting first to get a UKARA or equivalent defence so that you can buy something realistic looking.

A data point! Thanks, that's handy. The only reason I haven't already crushed the buy button is that it's natively 11mm CW with a 14mm CCW adaptor, but is going on an R17 with a weird 12mm CW thread that I've already had to convert to 14mm CCW.

Mmm, I have a concern about some teams or squads who are more into the brotherhood-of-bros, dress-up, socialising or LARPing aspects, rather than just playing airsoft. And it's great when the folk who aren't really there to play airsoft pack up and push off in the afternoon, I find the games tend to get more fun. Of course, not all teams. If you're reading this, I'm almost certainly not referring to you.

That's my assumption, but someone may wish to rave or rant about one or the other. I guess: "Which one will be easiest to get replaced when it breaks" is also a valid question.

"5KU": https://airsoftdirect.uk.com/uncategorised/5ku-spitfire-tracer-unit-11mm-cw-14mm-ccw-adapter/ "Ghost": https://www.dkarmaments.co.uk/product/ghost-spitfire-pro-tracer-unit-14mm-ccw/ "Made In China II" "TREYTECH": https://www.amazon.co.uk/TREYTECH-Simulated-Spitfire-Tactical-Automatic/dp/B09DXPCSL8 Any views on whether these are equivalent / clones, or whether there's a brand to go for or avoid, or anything better available (that's actually available)?

Funnily enough, they explicitly exclude toy guns. The only thing they'll ship is "low powered air weapons" (but not imitations). I know that Post Office Counters are happy to accept airsoft guns, and are even happy to sell >£100 compensation for them that Parcel Force say they won't honour, so in the event of something going wrong it would be a merry old mess to sort out. This is why I ship with whoever's cheapest, well packaged (so they can't wreck it), and marked as "sporting goods" (because if they lose it, how are they going to prove otherwise?)

Why can't it be both? Which of these (if any) are legally lethal barrelled firearms, which of them (if any) are actually lethal barrelled firearms, which of them (if any) are not firearms, and which of them (if any) are realistic imitation firearms? BANG, too late, you've already been killed. I've yet to see a persuasive argument or case law on why definitions from multiple separate, unrelated Acts are exclusionary. Note that the definitions added in Policing and Crime Act 2007 for airsoft guns not being firearms apply specifically and only to the Firearms Act 1968, not the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. VCRA 2006 S38 says that a deactivated firearm is not a realistic imitation firearm, but does not otherwise define "firearm", even by reference to the Firearms Act 1968 - and BANG, you're dead again. 1000% agree, our entire body of firearms legislation is a Frankenstein's monster of cobbled together, ill-fitting parts that makes no sense and isn't fit for purpose. However, I fear that any comprehensive consolidation and re-write would be along the lines of "Nothing for nobody. Cope, peasants."

1.88J and 25m MED is a bit different. Sure, it's just a little extra range, but it is extra, and sometimes 5m is all it takes. What I don't understand is running a pistol with an DMR or boltie. A compact AEG gives you a lot more options.

Pretty good day today with Ex-Workmate Eddie at Biohazard. Quick respawns, intense action, good hit taking, lots of pistol play and MP5K Master Race point-blank larks. They even started (almost) on time and kept the lunch and breaks short, we got a fair amount of actual play in. As usual though, the briefs were rushed through and full of "obviously" and "you all know", aimed at the regulars who do all know. If you think people don't need briefed, why are you doing a briefing?

This again. "I've recovered and handled numerous firearms during my police career, and there was nothing in the appearance of the gun that gave me any impression it was anything other than genuine." Sounds like a realistic imitation of a real firearm to me.

You can replace the trigger contacts multiple times for the price of the cheapest mosfet. It's not something to worry about.

It seems like our firearms coppers are well aware that most Realistic Firearms out there are actually Realistic Imitation Firearms. The folk that get (rightfully) slotted are those who are actually shooting live rounds. When gun-Dibble rocks up and finds some Joey giving it "I'll shoot yers, I'l do it, I'll shoot all of yers", they seem inclined to say "ORLY? Have a beanbag to the ballbag, and let's find out". Well done to them for that.

I get that there are folk who turn up to socialise, dress up, show off their collection, flex and banter. I have no problem with that, within reason. What winds me up are site owners who content to hold court with their marshals and regulars rather than cracking on with it. Don't say "5 minutes" if you mean 20, is all I ask.

Maybe whoever sold a RIF to that obvious mental case should be prosecuted, convicted and sentenced. The law-abiding majority are not the problem, and nothing that we do will stop mentalists from abusing the law.

/thread You can get hits at longer range, on targets who helpfully stand still while you figure out where your BBs are hooking, slicing, lobbing or dropping at this exact point in time. Anyone who tells you that their gnu shoots like a laser out to 70m is delusional, or trying to sell it to you.

This. The only thing that regularly grinds my gears is the number of folk who pay to play airsoft, then find every possible excuse to not play airsoft. Smoke breaks, phone breaks, bantering while they should be bombing up, marshals and site owners who would rather chat the day away rather than getting things moving. A "whole day" of airsoft tends to be 10am to 4pm, with a 2 hour lunch and 20-30 minutes between games. We're lucky if we get 3 hours of actual play out of a day.

I'm sincerely sorry to hear that. Could you shoot a pistol off-hand in CQB? I mean, there are folk airsofting in armoured wheelchairs, life finds a way.

@Skara is my freebie. I can like him, and nobody gets to judge me. But yes, Airsoft Hell has one P90, everyone has to fight over it, and it has one mid-cap which only feeds at chrono, never in game.

What battery? How did you charge it? Why do you think that it's charged? When you "put it in the gun" did you connect it securely? Have you checked if the gun has a fuse, and if so is it present, connected, and not pre-blown? These questions aren't intended in any way to denigrate you, they're just basic fault-finding Most airsoft issues are a 5 second fix, once you've put in the hours to find the problem.

Reality is a harsh mistress. The only "problem" here is that there are still sites out there who are chronoing like it's 1999. Can you please tell us which sites didn't spot that your toys were shooting hot, so that I can make a note to avoid them?