BigStew

You lend guns to mates. once they pay for something you need to supply a service and unless you have a contract what happens to your guns is your problem. This sort of thing is the reason friendship ends. If you loan some one a gun you either have to not care if it breaks or trust your friend enough that they will do right by you.

I think it's based on a existing foam dart molding. It's not going to be good. there is no room for one of the existing versions of airsoft gearbox so it's going to be proprietary. I still don't care I'll buy one and carry on with my 3d printed GBB project. I have several real steal parts, folding stock, trigger guard, heat shield, mags and old maruzen springer gas block, a file for the receiver and learning fusion 360 to design bolt and hop unit mount (think of using a VFC AR hop).

Used to be friends with a site owner, he didn't keep enough reserve hire guns so I a few of use who considered him a friend lent our spare guns to the rentals who guns had failed. All of us got broken guns back and no offer to pay for them to be fixed. One of the reasons we ain't friend any more. Most airsofters have the mechanical sympathy of an enraged gorilla that goes double for hire players. When I have marshalled had too many hire players hand back a broken gun with a pistol grip so hot you can fry an egg on it and a barrel full of woodlands.

Waivers don't mean shit. Get yourself liability insurance.

There is always paint.

Double Bell Ruger Mini 14 AEG

That's all about demand. There is a term in some car communities "rare but nobody cares". There are only like 36 Ferrari GTOs in the world hence they are the most expensive car in the world. There are less than a dozen Austin Allegros on the road no one gives a shit. There are some airsoft guns people will pay stupid money for but most will eventually become worthless.

Caved and got a KSC MK23 GBB

I am bias if you want outdoors Section 8, if you want CQB the Depot.

I would hold off if you don't have a defense you can prove (HMRC will want a UKARA number) . A while back HMRC got wise to companies sending RIFs in bits and would stop parcels.

Give explosive enterprises you tube video on the CAM 870 a watch. Very useful.

They both do very different things so what function do you really want. I will personally take TM reliability over any other brand and at UK power limits you do not need to do anything to a TM other than maybe a hop rubber ( I ran all my NRGS bone stock).

Do you still have the original parts? If not and you are planning to sell it with out furniture and only 1 mag I would say £400ish.