Rogerborg

Urgh, thanks, but this does my head in. If you go to https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/what-can-i-send and check the PDF there, you get: Not a word about imitations, or compensation. That PDF tells you to go to the RoyalFail to get the "full list". So let's look there. https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/96/~/prohibited-and-restricted-items---advice-for-personal-customers But the "full list" page has not a word about firearms, or imitations, except to say that Section 5s are a no-no. It links back to the "brief overview" PDF above. I honestly don't think there is a single, clear, absolutely definitive list that you could use if push came to shove in a court. It's not even clear who you even have the contract with, and whose terms apply, if you were to (e.g.) send and pay for ParcelFarce delivery at a Post Office counter, versus getting a ParcelFarce pick up directly. Good to hear that standard compensation is up to £150, mind. Maybe, but I can't find a reference to them. In any case I'm talking specifically about what BBGuns4Less say about posting back to them. https://bbguns4less.co.uk/pages/Posting-back-to-us.html Of course, it's not their problem if it goes missing or gets destroyed or seized on the way back. Except maybe it is, since they 1) recommend Evri, and 2) say they won't compensate RoyalFail / ParcelFarce fees, only Evri fees. What's the truth here? It's enough to drive a Borg to drink.

Exactly, he has put some considerable effort into it. It's disappointing to see those powers used for evil.

Bingo. Ultimately, WGC can claim their money back from UPS, you can't. Your claim is against WGC. I wouldn't go into detail or nuance, just "UPS have lost your goods, so I need my money back". Let them argue it out. If you get any sort of runaround, initiate a chargeback with your bank or card handler. This itself takes weeks to complete and you can cancel the process at any time, so the sooner you get it started the better. I've found that initiating it results in retailers suddenly getting their thumb out.

There's always some twunt pushing the "Well, you didn't explicitly say that I couldn't do it" boundaries, isn't there?

It's a total shitshow. Every courier that I've looked at except for Parcel Force expressly prohibit imitation firearms and airguns. That's not to say that they'll actually reject them - plenty of retailers use them. BBGnus4less, for example, explicitly recommend using Evri to return goods, even though Evri explicitly refuse "Weapons and replica weapons – including decorative, deactivated or air powered weapons". 🤷‍♂️ I see Parcel Farce have recently updated their restrictions, and have pulled all firearms related items out into their own section https://www.parcelforce.com/help-and-advice/account-customers/account-prohibitions-and-restrictions Annoyingly, it's all still rather vague and contradictory, but they will take both "low powered air weapons" and "imitation firearms". They used to say that they wouldn't offer enhanced compensation on anything shooty-like, but I can't see that any more. tl;dr version - if I were sending something £500+ I reckon I'd use ParcelForce 48, sent from a Post Office counter, and paying for enhanced compensation. Worst case, that forms a contract with the Post Office that you could argue later.

Sadly, the vermin will likely get better at their Photoshopping as it gets called out, but it's still worth asking if you're in any doubt.

It is a curious one. Some of them are unhopped / randomly hopped and/or low powered junk where you'd be lucky to get one BB on target at 20 feet. But some are not, and that "predator targeting" rash if you unload at 6 feet can be unpleasant. Also, if you end up with just one BB loaded, they can sometimes shoot a bit... spicy. In mitigation, I'd suggest that they're generally used by people who know what they're doing and who aren't out there to be tOp TiEr OpErAtOrS - I'm always mindful to keep mine aimed down, even more so than with other toys. As with a lot of airsoft, I suspect it comes down to what a given site owner / marshals / marshals' mates want to use, until one of them objects to taking a full load in the face.

Yes, he's put a fair a bit of effort into manipulating it, which is pretty surprising. The marks in the foam are identical though, and he messed up the removal of the original note. Still a pretty decent job though and it would have fooled a lot of people - good on you for checking.

Damn good spot. Yes, that's the same image, rotated, slightly cropped and with the case foam (badly) healed. Amazing to think that anyone would go to that bother, but, well, here we are. [EDIT] I've reported it to @Jedi_Master for narc points.

It's not even that useful as a parts donor because mine also has that front end structural failure, so I assume that's endemic and common. It's the sort of thing that you might pick up at a bring-and-buy for £30 or so, then try to figure out how to restore the safe and semi to make it usable (but more likely just throw it in a box and forget about it).

Kind of sad though, as it indicates they believe they can shrug off their duty of care.

It really comes down to how you play. CQB, careful single shorts and a few short bursts, sure. Magdumping hi-caps, I'd want two of those, and (as above) switch at lunch. Higher C is always better. The motor will only draw what it needs, and you don't want the battery to be the limiting factor.

"RPK with drum [...] IS NOT INCLUDING THE LCT DRUM" 🙄 Seems that someone thought it was worth it. I hope they don't have regrets when they find out why it was uPgRaDeD but then only used once.

If only there were some sort of solution that can give the benefits of both. 🤔 ... and also give you something to fiddle with while you're kicking your heels in the spawn point for 10 minutes after "Let's go, last chance or we start without you" has been shouted.

Which moves the point of trust to UKARA, which is... a corporate entity? A limited company? A sole trader? A very small shell script? 🤷‍♂️ I expect almost all sites do have PLI, but if a site is openly flaunting what I understand is a common clause - prevent deliberate face shots - by hosting Licking Mustard, it does get me wondering. Ah, it seems so. What got me wondering was pondering what would happen if a marshal got blinded or fell down a hole. They claim against the site's public liability insurance, the insurer says "Oh, you were providing services in return for payment, or payment-in-kind? Then you're an employee, not our problem." It'll never happen, until it happens, of course.

I'd suggest that you start doing that, just to whittle the collection down a bit. You could stick the whole collection up as well, and keep updating it, but I think you may be waiting a lonnnnng time for an offer that comes close to even half of the notional price that it could all be flipped on for.

They get a lot of hate, but I like three-point slings for the flexibility.

Well, if we're going to veer back on topic, I do prefer to run a bit on the bondage rather than the floppy side as I find it helps with holding up our super-heavy plastic toys over the course of a day. C-clamping is mostly pretendy for our purposes, but, well, that's what we're all doing, right? 🤷‍♂️

Looks like US-11549793-B2 which references the ALS TRMR-LE (seemingly only sold in 12ga earburster form) and the elusive TRMR-LR (the cited link for that just redirects to the LE). Citations going back over a century, including a 1916 GB patent. Curiously there are two diagrams, one of which looks like the TRMR that we know, but the bulk of the claim is about one with a safety pin - presumably that's the LR.

Maybe. But: (1) It'd be a damn shame it if comes to that, since no sites should be allowing him to play in the first place. (2) If it does, I don't see him hanging around to have his non-airsoft-airguns / Section 5s seized and tested. (3) I very much doubt he's got professional indemnity (he ought to, given that he's a professional shitweasel), and it's always better to go after the deepest pockets. That would be the site's insurance given (1) Of course, that then raises the question of whether sites even have insurance. I have never, not once, seen any site publish or post details of their indemnity, whether public, or employers. On that, it's a finable offence to not display employer's liability insurance. Not that I'd wish it on any site[*], but if any money is changing hands in return for marshals' services, they might fall foul of that. [*] Unless they fail (1), perhaps.

Relatable. Or on the back. I get that top tier operators (and two+ gun competitors) like to transform more often than a 1980s toy-marketing cartoon, but I've very rarely been taken out while swapping guns before going through a door. Airsoft is a bit more forgiving than real life, I prefer comfort over absolute peak performance.

After how many impacts do you replace your eyepro, or after how many hours or days in sunlight? It's something that we know we should do, but - as with bike lids - it's easy to put it off indefinitely. I replace eyepro when it gets scratched or clouded, although a buff with some sort of polish (e.g. Meguiar's® PlastX™) can sometimes recover it. I don't think I've ever replaced eyepro due to impacts. Bike lids, eh, when I change bikes and a day-glo yellow flip-front bought to match an F800GS would be a sartorial faux-pas on a Royal Enfield Classic.

Echoing that, you'll rarely regret having a generic M4 AEG in your bag as a backup or loaner, even if you accept Satan into your heart and go HPA for your main toy.

Ahoy and welcome. I think we'd generally recommend an electric rifle (for magazine capacity, cheap running and all-weather use), and a gas blowback pistol for fun factor. The good news is that there are few bad electric rifles/carbines out there at the moment if you stick to the range sold by decent retailers like PatrolBase. As you've seen, there's a vast range available, so probably best to pick a weapon platform first. M4, AK, G36, MP5 are popular, but there are great choices in M14, P90 and some of the gopping bullpups as well. Most of them can all be made to perform much the same if you're prepared to drop a bit of money, so whatever you like the look and feel of is the right choice for you. Pistols, you'll see Tokyo Marui suggested as a default choice, and they are very decent. You'll want to find a reason to buy anything else. I bought a very cheap Army Armament R-17 because I am very cheap, but if your budget is higher, you'll need a better reason than that. I'd echo the advice to rent at least once, if only to blag a go on a variety of guns - airsofters are generally very keen to show off our toys. I'm sure you've seen the issues with buying realistic imitations, and that generally you'll get site membership / a UKARA number by playing at least 3 times over at least 8 weeks at the same site. Other methods are available if you really don't want to wait, depending on the retailer.