Rogerborg

And Martin Lewis appears in AI deepfakes because he's trustworthy. That's not his problem to fix.

Do you know the make and model of the gnu or hop unit?

Yarp, that's a peculiar one, I'm fascinated to know more details. Always something new with airsoft.

De jure, it's a defence to the offence, not a licence to import. Although they do - de facto - choose to treat it as though it were. That's tucked away in the small print of a document (IIRC) relating to ferries from Ireland.

Hmm. Two things occur: 1. The bucking has got fouled with something slippery - silicone, or grease. I've even had it happen when I silicone lubed a magazine and the BBs transferred lube to the bucking more than I'd expected. 2. Not enough puff to push the BBs past the bucking. Weak spring, or knackered air seal?

The problematical definition would be air weapons but not firearms. It would be a perverse interpretation given the definitions in FA 1968 Section 1(3)(b) , and the "air weapon / other firearm" in S19. The only thing giving me slight pause - and given the particular loathing for gun-shaped toys North of the border - is the meaning of "air weapon" in Section 1(4)(a) of the Air Weapons Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015. "an air weapon which is not a firearm (within the meaning of section 57(1) of the 1968 Act)" That refers to the 1J lethal barrel limit. This legislation was written before the Policing and Crime Act 2017 and so couldn't have referenced the S57A exemption for airsoft guns. But PCA 2017 didn't amend the Scottish legislation to say "57(1) or 57A", and neither has Holyrood now that 57A exists. Can Westminster legislation amend Scottish Acts? Don't know! But if I were working for the Procurator Fiscal (presumably after having traded my soul to Satan for a bag of Tangfastics), I'd bang the table and say "Ah hah! That clearly shows that Westminster-and-or-Holyrood meant to draw a distinction between <=1J airsoft guns, which are neither firearms not air weapons, and >1J airsoft guns which are not firearms but which are lethal barrelled air weapons for the purposes of the Scottish Act. Hang him, your honour! Hang him, then send him to Barlinnie!" It would be a preposterous thing to claim, and I present it as such. There would be no reasonable prospect of conviction unless you misrepresented the law and/or manipulated the evidence, which is exactly what the Scottish Fiscal has form for doing with airsoft guns.

Just AEG it, bro.

That's a great point. However... Perhaps better to say that nobody has yet prohibited it. Hasn't been applied, yet. I really, really hope that we don't get a test case for this, particularly in Scotland.

And I'm not even joking. "POW POW POW". Age verification required to see if Florida Man called the hit or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHOYdRu5n7Q (I assume this is a training reflex from calling "shots" from a dayglo mock-Glock, but it would be hilarious if he's a CQB airsofter)

Breaks the first rule of airsoft, I doubt the owner calls his hits either.

Ahoy and welcome back.

I'm baffled by why that would be. All that 57A says is: An “airsoft gun” is not to be regarded as a firearm for the purposes of this Act. Anything beyond that is inference and (absent case law) assumption, not explicit. 115% agreement.

Urgh, the typical mess. The finding is that they are readily convertible, and they are being actively converted and used for murder-death-kills, so I see no reason why possession would (or should) be lawful right now. My interpretation is that it's a Home Office policy to not prosecute over them yet. But the police - as a core Peelian principle - should operate on what the law says, independent of policy. You might not get prosecuted, but that doesn't mean that you won't get arrested and have your home turned upside down: the process is the punishment. So I'd agree with destroy-and-retain now, or go and talk to your local cop shop and see if they'll take it now and issue a receipt, given that you might be asked to prove your innocence later.

Low powered air weapons. They explicitly prohibit replicas. Be careful, now, what you list it as. Or... just use whatever courier is cheapest. Do they really care, if it's within the UK? I've sent RIFs with (I think) DPD and Evri without issues. BBGnuz4less will only pay Evri costs.

I'd be disappointed if "most" sites are still getting inaccurate figure this way. The outdoor sites near me get their inaccurate figures by trusting players on the BB weight that they're using. The indoor sites test on site-supplied 0.2g, but they have a 0.25g mass limit.

Last time I knocked one up, I used a 3.6V (well, 3.4V - 4.2V) 18650 cell, and a small value resistor.

Literally tl;dr

Comes with "a bag of soft eggs" though. Bristol.ac.uk doesn't seem to be matriculating the cream of the application pool.

Yup. I'd run a marker pen over the blemishes. Not spray or brush paint, it's more prone to flaking and spalling.

Ahoy and welcome and what they said and also

A solid plan. I'd echo the recommendation for Area 66, it's a friendly and well run site, with good facilities and a decent access road and parking - the significance of this will become instantly apparently if you try Section 8 or Players of War instead. They do rental package if you don't want to make a big investment until you've tried it. If you go ahead and buy yourself before you try, the only other thing you'll need is eye and face protection. They'll want to see a single piece full face mask on your son, i.e. a paintball style mask like a Dye, or Valken MI-7. You'll only need eye protection.

I mean, specifically an MP5K. I guess the TM High Cycle is a candidate - that's plastic, right?

It is peculiar that it's hard to get a cheap plastic version, given that it's airsoft. Other than the Galaxy G5K, are there any plastic bodied alternatives?

Luke at Negative does the warranty work on them in the UK, which is indeed a big recommendation. I would actually agree that if you have a wodge of money and just want "bestest M4" then you'd be as well buying the SSR4 as anything else.

I'd hope so, and it's not something that's going to bother me when following the first rule of airsoft. Although as always it will take case law to decide. Remember that if you catch an unlucky chain of copper, prosecutor, and bench, you can get a conviction for having an under-scale bright orange plastic springer on you that even the arresting constable described as a "toy".