Rogerborg

We have no way of knowing that a person with a current UKARA intends to use RIFs for skirmishing in the future. That could apply to someone with or without UKARA. Despite what I've just said, I do understand and agree with your caution. UKARA is our best defence (short of solid evidence of theatrical intent). It's just not a great indication of future intent. I may be a little salty about this because my UKARA has expired, and rather ominously my site has just set all its Facebook groups to private. ?

That's... rather extreme. As @Tommikka notes, if you come to the attention of the State on your way to or from a site, then regardless of whether you're in possession of an IF or a RIF, you have to provide proof of a reasonable excuse for that. If you can't, you've got a bigger problem than the VCRA. If you can ("On my way to/from an airsoft skirmish at Extant Airsoft, here are their details", I'd be astonished if the conversation then preceded to how or where or when you got a RIF. We won't know until we have some test cases, but I can't see anything relevant.

I'd feel safer selling to someone who could provide professional indemnity or third party liability cover for a film or theatrical company. That's a bold assumption. I'm struggling to find case law on the VCRA and sellings RIFs, but one interesting and not entirely unrelated piece of case law is Cooke vs DPP in which a chap was appealing his conviction for selling "[a] considerable quantity of police caps, helmets, badges and bags" contrary to the Police Act 1996, section 90 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/16/section/90 https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2015/3312.html Conviction overturned, because "lawful purpose" could be as broad as "theatrical, film or TV performance by actors (amateur and professional) in the role of a police officer; wearing at fancy dress parties and similar events; collection and display in a museum; private collection for personal enjoyment". Now, that doesn't apply to us directly, our defences are more narrowly defined. But the standard of proof isn't, and in a criminal case you only have to adduce reasonable doubt. It's clear that their Lordships were minded to be generous in allowing defences. Further, UKARA gives some evidence of what you have done. It says nothing about what you intend to do in the future, which is the standard of the S37 defence. We've got a Home Office circular from some unnamed civil servant saying that they think a scheme like UKARA is sufficient, but it's not in the legislation itself and a court wouldn't be bound by that opinion. Tl;dr version, if someone could show me that they'd played airsoft and were intending to play it again (booking would be best) then I'd be happy selling. A current UKARA number would be a bonus, but having one only shows that you played within the last year - it could have been 364 days ago, which is thin gruel for showing future intent. And right now there will be loads of people with expired UKARAs who are genuinely starting to play again. All that said, this is a very valid concern, and they even ask about arrests, let alone convictions. I imagine anything with "firearm" in it would be a big red flag. I don't condemn you at all for being cautious, I'm only speaking for what I'd accept. Well, we're not committing an offence. Other than being time wasting dicks.

A good question. Barrel, motor, disable the recoil, flat hop (and figure out how the previous retailer messed up the Maxx hop). The other question is why you'd mention the cost of the original gnu, plus what you've spent on replacing parts and removing one of the big features of the original gnu. What's the retained value of a part or a function that's not there any more? If you're citing the value added by Negative Airsoft, remember that Luke's advice is to buy a CYMA AK and clean it.

"never seen a game. just back garden shooting." I'm just picturing him kneeling on those knee pads, wearing his mesh facepro, 3-round-bursting away at a cardboard box, with a sight-protector on his gun. Sadder than pineapple on pizza. "All in all I'm looking at around £800 for this as to date this rifle has cost me in excess of £1500." How the actual... oh, right, Kingdom of Airsoft. I wonder how much it will cost for Luke at Negative Airsoft to fix it... I might actually pay to watch the rant video.

Well, it's got that "actually exists and is for sale" premium on it. Plenty of places are looking pretty thin on stock at the moment.

"i have never fired it. i dont know if the previous owner had used it or not i cant remember, bought it 8 years ago. as far as i know it is in full working order when it was sold to me" = "almost certainly not working now"

That's not an Uzi, that's a phased plasma rifle in the 40 Watt range.

When Luke at Negative Airsoft got to the end of his VFC MP7 build and said "Put this technology inside an Uzi", I howled in agreement. Please make it happen.

I guess if you find a buyer who gasps "That's exactly what I've always dreamed of! But can't be bothered spending 20 minutes fitting myself!" then you're quids in. It's pretty optimistic though. Tru dat. I'm currently turning a CYMA CM.123 AEP (target market likely 0) into a WH40K laspistol. In the unlikely event that I can be bothered to do a good enough job, I might be able to flog it on Etsy to a cosplayer who doesn't care if it pews or not. But in the airsoft world, the target market is 1, me. Don't let your dreams be memes, but don't plan your retirement on them either.

That's far from the worst paint job I've seen. The issue is that people pay for gnus to be customised to their specification. He's expecting someone to pay for his enjoyment.

Aside, how do you chrono a tri-shot? The Depot doesn't, they've waved me through several times, with variants of "Sod that, we've never seen a springer come close to 350fps anyway". Put one BB in since each piston is separate?

Huh, so they do. That actually makes for a pretty compelling package: https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/specna-arms-sa-h20-edge-2-0-aeg-rifle?pv=13217 But at £200, not at £350 plus fees for adding a bunch of stuff that you may or may not want, and subtracting the warranty.

It's actually sad when folk list as a bundle, as though they're likely to find a buyer for them. OK, in this case he's also listed individual prices, but it's still a poor way to get sales. And yes, those look like retail prices. Oh, look, all "brand new in box yet to be used". What, even the 416 with a Gate Aster fitted? ? Ooh, two broken mags, and for only full retail price!

To grift a profit on it, it seems. £280 including postage (plus whatever PayPal fees he slaps on the top) for something that can be had for under £180 delivered from bbguns4less (with 7% 'secret' discount), if they had it in stock. Which they don't, so he does have a fair point. It's a case of how much you want one, and where else you could get it. Cheeky fecker listing it as new though. Sites shouldn't even allow this. "Didn't work last time I used or" or "Worked last time I used it" should be the categories.

Jesus wept, I mean, if they were punting it on for postage cost with a mag, maybe. But £35 for plastic spares, no thank you, I'll pass on that even if I have become a bit P90-curious recently.

I prefer it. You get a stronger and more direct pull, and can "point shoot", literally pointing your index finger at your doomed victim. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_shooting It was taught as a technique into the early 20th century but has fallen out of favour because of fairly obvious issues with blowback slides, and with trigger discipline, as covered here: http://www.theppsc.org/Staff_Views/Aveni/Vermont_Technique.htm

Not really, I'm mostly cribbing from Wikipedia and here: The hand-guard is the most obvious thing, and is A1. I did hesitate to even point it out, but it's genuinely a poor show by PatrolBase (or anyone else) to claim that it's an A1 receiver, which it clearly isn't. Hmm, are there any actual A1s? The CYMA "A1" receiver is closer, but still has an A2 stock, grip, birdcage and slip ring. https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/cyma-cm-009a1-m16a1-assault-rifle G&P looks pretty good, but at a much higher cost: https://gpairsoft-uk.com/shop/en/50019-gp-airsoft-m16a1-aeg-gp-gp290.html They even do a recoil version of the very early pattern with no forward assist: https://www.gunmart.net/gun-reviews/airsoft-guns/bb-guns/gp-m16a1-recoil The thing is, the BBs won't care, and neither will anyone else except stitch-counters.

Apparently there's one in GTA IV. No shell deflector! TRIGGERED!

The hand guard looks A1. A ruler-on-the-screen says that the stock looks more A2 length than A1 and the butt stock looks like it's fully textured like A2, but I could be wrong on those. Can't see if the flash hider has a hole on the bottom (A1) or no hole (A2). The receiver is A2: the rear sight has an elevation adjuster, the forward assist is round rather than teardrop, there's a shell deflector behind the ejection post, and the slip ring is tapered rather than parallel. I can't see if there's a finger groove on the grip, but I'm guessing that there is. [UPDATE] Oh, this one? https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/golden-eagle-m16a1-super-enhanced-aeg Yup, butt, stock, grip and flash hider are all A2. The only A1 thing that I can see on there is the hand guard. "A1 style receiver. Perfect for re-enactment [and] mil-sim", the cheeky buggers. Now, I'm sure someone will out-nerd me (front sight post profile?).

I have to admire the resolve to keep the listing up though. Has that price been dropped?

"Frag out!"