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^ To be fair NH, you don't need UKARA "to buy an all black gun" either. Nor should you need to "temporarily undo the bright colours" for any reason either; if you want turn an IF into a RIF to play airsoft with it you are perfectly entitled to do so and to leave it that way. I think the bigger problem that Bright is alluding to is that for many UKARA is seen as the only way to buy a RIF, and even though it's not it certainly is the easisiet way under current conditions, hence why the UKARA system (and those who organise it) are managing to create a stranglehold on who can and can't buy new RIFs. This was why some ideas for other systems have recently been floated, but they've ended up either just mimicking UKARA or seeming to disappear before the got started.

Damn, that is rough.

Perfectly put Finius, thanks. I assumed that was the case, but wasn't sure if effectively any goods or services provided for other goods or services is considered 'sale.'

Bit of an odd one, but since it is illegal to sell a RIF what is the legal position on 'trading?' If I were to swap a RIF with someone who had a RIF, in the full knowledge that they never played airsoft and never intended to, would this legally be considered the same as selling to them? PS. I love you for helping me. Thanks very much. Hey, let's be friends! (I've been told I need to be friendlier when talking about legal issues).

£30 just of rental is ridiculous. How much is the actual game fee?

You make some good and accurate points Bright. I would say though I never understand when people say how much renting for three games costs; it's not £30 a game ADDITIONAL to rent, it's more like £10 additional to rent since everyone has to pay the game fee whether they have their own gun or not. So waiting for UKARA (if you decide you really want it) is only really going to cost you about £30.

I'm just going to point out that the law and UKARA are not the same thing. The law doesn't say you have to play anywhere for any amount of time, UKARA does.

Your punishment is to try and fit the number googol nonchalantly into a conversation in the next 24 hours. If you choose to write it you can do so instead, but you cannot write the word, you must express it in its numerical form: 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

That's incorrect. They wanted to call it the number 'googol' but misspelled that.

For future reference for anyone reading this thread (and honestly not to piss on your chips BrightCandle) people really need to stop paying high street opticians their ridiculous prices. I got mine done by the guy at http://www.specs-by-post.com a few years back. I must have sent at least a dozen people his way since then too. He'll glaze inserts like this to your prescription for about £12.

Does anybody know of any UK shops, apart from Airlab, that sell Lonex V2 gearbox shells?

Why does it matter! There's no law against owning an IF or a RIF. There is a law against manufacturing a RIF, though I doubt anyone could accuse you of slowly rubbing paint off to do this. That said, if you've ever played airsoft then you're basically immune to prosecution even if you just painted the whole thing black on purpose anyway.

Don't listen to anyone else. The SAS will descend on your house within 24 hours if you don't paint the entire thing fluorescent pink. Also, IIRC, it has to also glow in the dark.

Why are you 're-two-toning' it?

I just find it hard to take the concept of playing airsoft 'seriously' that seriously.

Job number one would be take it to a friend (or to site) and try out whatever mags they're using to make sure whatever brand you're intending to buy will fit and feed. I'd say MAG are good, but my M4 just didn't like them; it's a G&P but it works best with CA mags. I've seen two threads recently where people have just bought 'M4 mags' only to find out that the ones they bought didn't feed (or in one case even fit) in their gun. My response to one guy (and it would be the same to you) was: In my magazine box upstairs I have 6 different brands of M4 midcaps. This is because over the years I've had about 5 different M4s and they were all just picky about what they would feed from (in some cases some mags would not even fit into the magwell). Unfortunately not all M4 mags are the same, so while one gun may take one brand of mag it won't necessarily take another brand, even if they look the same. My G&P likes CA mags for example, but won't even fit Dboys and doesn't like to feed from A&K or (strangely) G&P. It's not just M4s either. I just bought an LCT AK which came with an LCT mag that feeds fine. I was then happy to find out that my TM mags from my TM AK also fit and feed fine, but confused to then find that my SRC mags, which fit and feed fine in my TM, will fit but not feed in my LCT. So it's worth checking (if you can) before buying!

^ the last paragraph here, if not the whole thing, should become a 'sticky' on all airsoft forums.

Mr Cheesewright has a point, for the sake of ease, though bear in mind that there is no law against owning a RIF. If the police are speaking to you about your gun it shouldn't really matter whether it's an IF or a RIF - what really matters what you were doing before that in order for them to turn up!. The problem is that what the law actually says and what the police officer that is speaking to you thinks it says are not always going to be the same thing.

You're right that it is a sort of legal 'grey area,' in as much as nobody who wrote the rules really thought this bit through (sounds very familiar to most of the VCRA). Essentially it is illegal to manufacture a RIF, for example by removing the paint from an IF ('two tone'). However, you can avail yourself of a defence against prosecution if you have done this for the purposes of playing airsoft at a site with third party liability insurance. There is no specific age restriction on this, so it doesn't matter whether you're 18 or not. So, long story short, anyone who is going to use it for playing airsoft at a proper site can manufacture a RIF.

Now that is an outstanding post, thanks. Loner is my forerunner at the moment; WGC have them in and I'll be ordering some bits for my new AK from there soon anyway. The only other one that's been getting a few recommendations is the Modify Torus shell. Do you know anything about that one UTJ? Also, your the second person to tell me about 'radiusing.' What is this?

After a fair bit of hard use over the last couple of years the gearbox shell on my G&P Sentry has decided to die. I noticed a couple of small pieces of metal fall out of the magwell so I opened it up and there were cracks on the front part of the shell. I thought: "I know what will be a good idea - I'll pull the trigger and see what happens!" It was not a good idea. Pieces of gearbox shell everywhere. So, I need a new gearbox shell for a V2 gearbox with 8mm bushings. What brand do people recommend these days? Thanks in advance.

Seriously, the one time I'm not actually being sarcastic (and this time as well). Threads like this normally turn into: "you can't paint your gun until you're 18 and have a UKARA licence" and other nonsense. Then I come on and start preaching and everyone gets pissed off at me. I'm just really impressed at the level of knowledge and common sense that has been offered on this sort of thread for once (though I've still come on and got people pissed of with me...).

I am genuinely so happy with the sensible and legal advice this young man has been given. Well done this forum.

Where are you moving from?

If you just want the best feeling/quality build revolver you need to be looking at a Tanaka. Be willing to pay for their quality though.