Rogerborg

None of his multiple personalities went? Eff me, I've just looked at the views his clickbait has been getting. What an absolute tragedy for our hobby.

Business rates are the big whammy in the UK. As soon as you have a roof, you get mugged for eye-watering sums, and it's hard to argue that a site is derelict while it's in commercial use. Oof, I wonder if CQB sites are going to be telling players to bring torches this winter, rather than turning the lights on.

Most airsoft guns are clones or variants of each other so there may be other parts that fit - especially if your retailer actually modified the trigger unit. https://www.airsoftsniperforum.com/ might be more help - this thread suggests that it's mostly VSR... except for the parts that aren't. There used to be another site - that escapes my searching now - that focussed on parts compatibility. I wonder if anyone else can recall what it was.

Eh. Everyone loves a bit of drama. We've had this discussion a few times and know that it ends nowhere, so we're finding fun in other ways. There's no real griefing involved: note that @Tommikka and I respectfully disagree on the firearm-and/or-RIF issue. If I really wanted to be rude, I'd ask how much of your career was spent in Traffic, or Professional Standards. But rest assured that I'd never sink that low.

That's certainly possible. However, if it turns out to be as accurate as Mustard's marksmanship, how persuasive is it likely to be? Fresh opinions and challenging the status quo are fine and healthy: that's the basis for all improvements. Of course, as Mustard demonstrates, it can also result in becoming righter and righter in fewer and fewer places.

Not that I ever use it now, but I've changed my password there as well. It seems that they're going after idle accounts where it's less likely to be noticed - they made a bit of a mistake with your active account here. No luck on getting it back?

In general, yes. In this case, come on, let's be serious. De minimis non curat lex.

<Tommy-Lee-Jones-disapproving-stare.png> If you want a quick dopamine hit, you can report his videos - unwatched - as harmful / dangerous / hurtyfeels conduct.

I'd be very surprised if they've actually done anything with the trigger unit. Those are a big cost: a 90 degree trigger box will run you close to £100 just on its own, even without a 90 degree piston. They might have changed the standard 45 degree sear for something less cheesy, but if so, it's not working very well. Sorry to hear this, I don't mean to sound unsympathetic. I have an "upgraded" MB-03 that's currently in my pile of shame due to trigger unit issues, although in my case it's the spring stopper that's wallered out.

Sure, it's all down to the people who show up on the day (and whether the wrong 'uns get dealt with). However, Phoenix is the first site that I've seen that has its own website but doesn't appear to have one single word to say about rules or conduct. As a new player there, how would you know how the game is meant to be played, or what to expect? Maybe from watching YouTube videos, urgh. The only thing they list is maximum fps / energy for guns (nothing about MED or rate of fire), and uniquely, they allow auto AEG right up to 1.3J chronoed on a 0.2g BB. Either they don't know, or don't care, that anything shooting heavier BBs is likely to Joule creep above that legal limit, making it (legally speaking) not an airsoft gun, but a Section 5 firearm. I'm not saying auto at 1.35J is going to instantly start murderkilling folk or blowing through eyepro, just that it gives the impression of a site that's a bit... special.

OP never told us why he wanted to do it, must have been killed by the exploding gearbox. Press F to pay respects.

Yup, that does work. A chunk of pencil eraser can be used in a pinch, or to quickly work out the size that you'll need.

Yup, sounds like the trigger sear, or it could be wear on the piston, especially if it's plastic. The sad truth is that airsoft parts are typically made of Chinesium, and sniper trigger parts in particular are prone to premature wear. I'm not sure what "upgraded version" entails, but if it's got a stronger spring that'll also have contributed. Sight unseen, I wouldn't like to recommend a particular part or solution, you'll want to inspect the trigger sear and piston for signs of wear first.

You see him adding hit markers. Much of the time, you can see his BBs curving off into the distance as he snarls and swears about cheaters. This is one of the reasons why so many sites have banned him: he deliberately gives a false impression about the amount of cheating that goes on. There are, since every site has different attitudes to marshalling, chronoing[*], head shots, power-play, overkill and such. It's only an issue if sites aren't honest about what to expect, or when Phoenix attitudes are taken to other sites. [*] Ouch, Phoenix allow auto fire at 1.3J, tested on 0.2g. I guess their insurers don't know about Joule creep.

The "frangibility" argument is the one I keep hearing in respect of paintball guns "markers", although I'm still wondering what their case law is on that, since that word doesn't appear in the Firearms Act definition of "a barrelled weapon of any description from which a shot, bullet or other missile, with kinetic energy of more than one joule at the muzzle of the weapon, can be discharged." Those gel blasters clearly are realistic imitation firearms, and are intended to be so. And the only argument I've seen put forward for why airguns can't be realistic imitations firearms is because they're actual firearms. That's not an interpretation I agree with (why can't they be both?), but even by that standard, claiming that gel blasters aren't firearms means it wouldn't apply. The thing is, it's not really a serious issue, since they are by any reasonable common sense interpretation even less lethal than airsoft guns, and can be used for the same purposes. It's just that they haven't been blessed with a Holy Circular from the Home Office saying so yet. I don't wish them ill, but...

It's true though. I don't encourage or assist buyers to obtain RIFs without a genuine airsoft defence, but neither am I going to pretend that it's a problem for them to do so given the number of private and business sellers who don't care. Is telling the truth a problem? "Nobody cares" also means that nobody is monitoring this forum in order to cry "Ah hah! Shenanigans! Remove their defence!", because they could prove that with a few test purchases. In fact, gel blaster sellers could be prosecuted right now, given that they don't enjoy the airsoft defence. And yet... https://gelsoft.co.uk/gelsoft-rifles.html

It's real life for his victims.

The Edge 2.0s with the Asters do represent pretty good value for money compared to the price of adding an Aster to a base gun. That said, the Double Eagle Fire Control systems have pretty much the same features, and can be had for even less. As you say, given stock numbers at the moment it's more a case of buying what you can.

Mushrooms are magic, THC is science. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2014-07-16-how-cannabis-causes-paranoia https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4332941/ Anyway, sorry to hear that Licking Mustard was allowed on site, and that shenanigans were afoot. Regardless if it were he, the latter is somewhat inevitable at any large event. Inhibitions get dropped, "holiday rules" apply, there's anonymity for the few genuine wrong 'uns. The same thing used to happen in big reenactment events, which were also effectively unregulated on the day. You can publish all the rules you like, but psychopaths gunna psycho.

Normally I'd get all <ackchually> over this, but just for once I'm going to take a higher level view: OP lost a sale and created this drama through being overly paranoid, because nobody cares. Police forces and Trading Standards don't care. Nobody is enforcing this. No private seller is ever, in practice, going to be asked to provide a defence. Even if they were, there are no standards for it. A simple declaration by the buyer about the intended use would satisfy the letter of the law. UKARA, and all equivalent schemes, are suggestive, not prescriptive. Given any evidence that the buyer is a regular airsoft player, I'd have no qualms at all about selling to them. Oh, and nobody is going to care about GDPR complaints either. Not while there are feelings being hurt on Facebook.

I'd note that the best thing you can do with those AEPs is to switch to using a 7.4v lipo battery, either by wiring in a new connector, or by using an aftermarket battery like this one: https://www.airsoftworld.net/world-exclusive-lithium-polymer-aep-battery-li-po-lipo-7-4v-550mah.html

Yup to the above. The iron/plastic sights are neither here nor there given that you'll almost certainly throw some sort of optic on there. The X-ASR is only there for trigger protection, it doesn't add any features, and mine craps out with higher draw motors. I'd go Edge 2.0, or any of the Double Eagle FCS models.

Hmm, sorry that happened to you, and thanks for letting us know. It's pretty concerning that we're being targeted. I hadn't considered that we'd be worthwhile, but scammers can net hundreds per victim on each bogus ad. I admit to being a bit lax on this, but I've just changed my password to a rando one now.

Agreed, and I should hasten to add that I'm not criticising anyone for buying top end stuff. I mean, if we take the airsoft argument to its logical conclusion, there's no reason to buy anything more than a £90 CYMA.

Pro-tip: Shimming with red electrical tape gives you the most Joule creep.