Rogerborg

I've never regretted buying a load of keyrings. Alternatively, yes, paracord or just a robust cable tie.

Huh, I'd heard of the clause but not the reason for it. Thanks, that's fascinating. Well, best of luck to our budding entrepreneur, selling for £5 less than retail. Sure, you don't get a warranty, but you do get an orange tip!

Hi, this is what the Classifieds section is for SELLING PARTS/GEAR https://airsoft-forums.uk/classifieds/category/13-parts-gear/ WANTED PARTS/GEAR https://airsoft-forums.uk/classifieds/category/18-parts-gear-wanted/ is where you'd want to ask this. Constructively, this isn't Facebook, and descriptions like "works" won't get you very far. List exactly what you have, or what you want, and how much you want to receive or to pay, including PayPal goods-and-services fees and postage. Best of luck.

If you're going to be like that, then you leave me with no option but to block and report, sir. Block and report. 🚫

I'd give the break-down a try, it really is a routine operation that can be done in seconds. Just undo the screw at the front of the receiver, push out the pin, and the top and bottom will separate. The tricky bit is not losing the pin, but you can put it back in the lower receiver. It's this easy.

Agreed, that's a project gun. And sorry, Charlie, I know this isn't what you want to hear, but the value really is dependent on a detailed description. Unless you know exactly what you've got, you're essentially selling a bunch of parts. For all we know, the internals on that are stripped out, or even missing entirely. The spare parts, case and bag shown there are barely worth the postage. There are exceptions, but again they rely on knowing exactly what you're selling. From what we (don't) know, I wouldn't pay three figures for the lot, including fees and postage. Someone else might pay that, and they may even get a real bargain. You don't ask, you don't get, but I'd be prepared for a lot of questions and potential buyers who mess you around and pull out. The more detailed pictures of markings you can provide, the better. Depending how much time you want to put in, you could find a local airsoft site (e.g. on Facebook) and ask them if you can bring it all along to sell. Airsofters are actually a helpful bunch, you might find people on site willing to dive in and tell you what it is, and what they reckon it's worth. It's always more tempting to buy something if you can get your hands on it. Best of luck.

If it's just about transporting the VFC, it's a matter of seconds to split an M4. One screw at the front, push the pin, tug off the barrel fnar, and you've got two halves. [EDIT] Dammit, you beat me to it.

If I was unclear, I'm not advocating for a ban on BFGs. I have 4 of the things. I said I'd understand it. Pineapple on pizza is perverse. Not wanting to have to spend time dealing with lost-maybe-stolen BFGs on a regular basis isn't unreasonable. It would be better to identify and evict thieves, but short of that, removing opportunity is a very regrettable amelioration that can be applied. I'd be miffed if I couldn't use my BFGs, but I wouldn't stop playing because of it. Would you?

As someone currently handling inheritance tax for an estate, I can assure you that HMRC have different views. ... and then sites get dragged into the process of dealing with it. It's not right, but it's pragmatic. After all, the substance of why we're there is to shoot and get shot: bangs are flavouring.

The Depot was very close to it, I wouldn't have blamed them if they'd gone ahead. It's all downside, including lower sales of disposable pyro.

By which time it's likely long since left the site, been sequestered in a car, or in a bush by the gate. I mean, thieves don't tend to be the smartest, but I'm struggling to see the scenario where someone is going to be daft enough to put it in their bag or their pocket and then stay on site, on the assumption that its owner is just going to shrug it off. Which I guess is an argument for not shrugging it off and making some effort to recover it. But I'd expect the search for it to be a case of finding a black cat in a dark room, when the cat isn't there. Especially if you tell the cat that you're about to come looking for it. I'm seeking a practical solution here, by the way. The first step I'd prefer a site owner to take is to not loudly announce a lockdown or search, but to walk around the safe zone with the owner and just start looking in bags. Actions over words, every time. But I've banged that drum until it's just a hoop with a ragged hole in it.

Presumably you've got CCTV of the handbagging? And you're securing the scene immediately. I'm contrasting that with a case of missing-presumed-stolen, some time in the past. I'll re-iterate that I'm in favour of catching thieves. I'm just pressing X to doubt that attempting to lock down an airsoft site, well after the event, and then searching the people still there, is likely to result in recovery. If it does result in someone shouting "found it", great, but does that happen?

Riddle me this: what happens when a site declares that it's going into lockdown and nobody is leaving until the thief hands over the stolen TRMR. ... when the "stolen" TRMR just rolled into a dark spot somewhere on site? Don't get me wrong, things do get stolen and I'd be happy to see thieves' hands removed. But before you go depriving people of liberty, you need to be sure of the situation, and consider the endgame. You're shopping at Tesco, and the tannoy blares "Mrs Miggins says she can't find her purse that was definitely in her bag when she came in, maybe, so we're locking the doors and nobody is leaving until you've all been searched." Reasonable? 🤷‍♂️

My assumption is that thefts are predominantly carried out by rentals or one-and-done visitors to a site. And further, that they'll already be off site, or have secreted the gear somewhere, by the time "missing" resolves into "stolen", and a search is announced. I could very well be wrong, but has anyone ever seen a search actually turn up stolen gear on the person, or in the bag, of a thief? If so, what followed?

Saaaad. 😢 If you're reaching for "... so wouldn't you want everyone lined up and strip searched?" then no. I'm prepared to accept a certain amount of risk on the understanding that humans are awful, and airsofters are a subset of humans.

Under threat of what action? Under those circumstances I'd be happy to be searched - I might even volunteer for it to set an example - but I'm leaving when I'm leaving. My liberty is worth more than your property.

How many guesses do we get?

Looks kind of sad. Sold his pride-and-joy, had regrets, has been trying to buy it back. I hope he hasn't sent money to an address in Northern Ireland.

Sorry to hear that. Have you got the whole gearbox apart? If you have, damage to the rack should be pretty obvious. If it is the piston, well, that's where you want the failure to happen - they're essentially consumable parts. When it goes back together, get it shimmed and lubed, and it would be worth checking the angle of engagement to see if it's way out. Also, if you were running it on 11.1V, I'd suggest going down to 7.4V since you now have reason to suspect that it's not as happy as it could be.

Preserving for posterity (with the spam link removed). That's an interesting AI (or Real Stupidity) spambot, it's copied the previous post and changed some of the language - including the spelling of "favour" to Colonial. I've reported it, and it's obvious here, but less so elsewhere - let's keep an eye out for spam links in new users' messages.

Alternatively, someone trying to be helpful had moved it to where they thought it would be easy to find. As another example of decent site running, the Depot 1.0 exhorted people not to do this, because folk will look for them on the ground where they threw them, not at eye level somewhere else.

Mmm, the only thing I carry and would hand over is aspirin, and only for the symptoms of acute MI. From recent experience, if you call 111 and report a sudden spike in blood pressure, let alone chest or left arm pain and shortness of breath, they'll tell you chew 300mg while the ambulance is on the way. Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. The current guidelines from St John's Ambulance are straight compressions. Also, the current guidelines from St John's Ambulance are 30 compressions, 2 breaths. 🤷‍♂️

Looks like a stubby.

What colour works best?

It's not the suits themselves, it's that playing sneaky tends to slow the pace of the game down. I have seen (a very few) low turnout days where there are enough campers that games just grind to a stalemate. Not a regular issue, not a huge one, and generally only towards the end of the day when everyone's puffed out anyway.