Rogerborg

Sad that you had to lobby so hard to get your hall looked at.

[Cross posted]
 
Have you received any firearms declaration or exemption forms yet?
 
I ask because, strictly speaking, something capable of over 1.3J and auto fire is a Section 5 (1) (a) prohibited firearm, as daft as that sounds.
 
Since you haven't received it yet, you could file a dispute with the seller or your payment processor. That would be a bit of a dick move, but on the other hand, a commercial seller should know fine well that it's a no-no to send a 1.4J autogun into the UK to begin with.
 
If you do get a knock on the door or a nastygram from Border Force or the police, say nothing, admit to nothing, and get legal advice.  Firearms convictions are no joke.

Sad that you had to lobby so hard to get your hall looked at.

Sad that you had to lobby so hard to get your hall looked at.

Have they sent you notification that it has been seized? It may take a while to get you if they have. How long has it been stuck?
 
If they have seized it and the FPS is not written on the box, they may chrono test it (Which they have done in the past) and destroy it if it fails the chrono or if they see that it says 390 FPS anywhere on the packaging or the documents they will destroy it without testing, there is also a slight possibility that you will be fined and/or prosecuted (it's written into the law, but there has been no known precedent that I am aware)
 
They will not send it back if it's a section 5 firearm, they will only destroy it.
 
Why on earth did you order it without getting the retailer to lower the velocity? Why import a section 5 firearm?
 
Do you have a UKARA number? (It won't help so much, but just curious).
 
 
 
As with anything, the onus is on the buyer, not the seller to know. The seller cannot possibly know the local laws of every country, but the buyer should definitely know the law of their own country. 
 
The buyer would lose the dispute.

I'd like to thank the 2 members of the opposite team that revived me at Team Black Thistle in Dunragit yesterday!
Mistaking me for one of their own, they took their hits well afterwards.

Well that was one day of airsoft that I don't want to repeat. 
By lunchtime I'd packed my gear up and was no longer shooting as the locals appeared to be made from Teflon and were impervious to hits. 
 
Play was stopped after some numpty threw a LOG over a wall, shouting grenade and nigh on knocked some poor unsuspecting bloke out. 😱
I laid 15 rounds into a guy (3 shot bursts) every single one bouncing off him, including a few off his noggin with a marshal watching and nothing. Nada.
 
To prevent fatalities I gave up. Went back to the safe zone and grabbed a coffee.
 
The Marshalls couldn't give two shits if you complained..unless you were a regular. 
 
If a 13 year old comes back to the safe zone telling me he doesn't feel safe out there, then there's something wrong.
 
Genuinely never going back.
Sorry dogtag airsoft in Crawley, unimpressed.
 
 
 

Suns out
Gas guns out , tomorrow 😃

It's a "cutaway", real steel vests have them in case you end up in deep water or trapped in a confined space, usually there's a handle on the front of the vest that when yanked causes the vest to fall apart.
Great for safety, but an absolute pita when your mates keep yanking on it🤬.
Most people cable tie it so it can't be pulled.

FFS Pete, why, no wonder he's ghosting you.
You need to get on to paypal & your bank, there's a slim chance he's a longtime paypal member, if this is the case then you may be able to convince them he's purposely committing fraud, if you have pms showing he actively asked for f&f for whatever reason, screenshot them & forward to paypal, same for your bank as it was your funding source.
While odds aren't great,  they have to investigate if you claim its fraud.
Do this immediately, if his paypal account is new, there's a possibility of a delay in him being able to withdraw funds, not entirely sure about f&f but it's worth a try.

Why? Why? Why?

sadly for me, I did F&F on the paypal, yes I know! Well won't do that anymore.

This. 
 
Guy has no trade feedback, why give him the benefit of the doubt?

Start a paypal dispute, why give him a week if he hasn't even given you an excuse for not responding. 
If he doesn't respond to them, you'll get your money back quicker, & even if he does come back with an excuse, valid or not, DONT EVER stop a paypal dispute until you've either got your money, or the items (& your happy with them), as once stopped it can't be restarted.
Seriously, I'm amazed at how many sellers are super quick with comms etc right up until they're paid, & then become sloth-like or ghost you🤬

I think the thread is the important bit. It's v small, in a fine pitched m6 kinda size. I thought the gas valves were imperial (may be lack of sleep doing that though 🤣)
I'm trying araldite just in case, you never know .. 😁
Failing that, I'll plug the hole and drill n tap a new one, if I can figure out the pitch/sizes.

Perhaps Chinese seconds are like Chinese lumens, or airsoft metres.

Bad luck.

Glad it's not just me
 
The marshal was great, rather than getting arsey he just asked me not to use them anymore and apologised for forgetting it in the briefing

Ahoy and welcome.  I'm a tan-fan too: the beiger the better.

It's not so much the length of the motor that's a problem, more that the space between the bearing point and the back of the motor shell is less on a brushless motor. If the motor was shorter but still the same sort of profile then you'll get the same problem.

Oh, good call. The original hi-cap mag from my CYMA CM.516 feeds fine.

Yeah, my PTS mags won't fit but I have a shorty and full size STANAG that are fine.  Not sure of the make but I think they're CYMA

Good evening all.
 
New to this forum but not new to airsoft. I've been playing for a few years now mostly at ether Alpha 55 airsoft or No Mans Land.
 
I also do a bit of Tech work.

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I've always struggled to get into the boltie life, but if these are decent out of the box I am tempted to give it another go (lightweight and long range, sound good to me).
 
Does anyone have any experience with them?

I live in Basingstoke and bloody missed it!. 
I did try going Saturday afternoon. Saw the crowds and thought "sod this". 
 
I've been to other comic ons and crowds aren't usually an issue. 
But there just seemed no control or order to it.
Shame as stargate is my favourite sci-fi and would have relished a chance to meet them. Specially in my back yard!... 
Once in a lifetime time opportunity wasted coz I couldn't face the crowd. Lesson learnt really.