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Best and most consistent.28s I’ve used (I am sad and check my bb weight quite often with 4 dp digital microscales) are BAW brand, come in bags called Baw bags - lol
 
https://www.airsoftworld.net/catalogsearch/result/?q=Baw
 
more recently a couple of top Uk techs, (including Kingdom of Airsoft) who have done some extensive testing have surprisingly recommended Nuprol RZR, having bought a couple of different weights - they are remarkable good clean consistent bbs
 
 

I have always followed the manufacturers guidance and never the varied opinions of often uninformed airsofters.
 
Quite a few lipo manufacturers recommend fully balance charging lipos straight after use. Charge to 4.2v per cell with no more than .2 variation between cells.
 
Storage charge is for long term storage. Long term is generally more than 3 months between use. 
 
I have fully charged batteries that are still holding 4.18/4.19V per cell after 9 moths plus of storage.
 
Remember it is cycles that degrade batteries, so lowering to storage charge after every use, is in effect complete a single storage and doing this regularly will reduce the effective life of the battery maybe by as much as half of its expected life.
 
However I am just another uninformed airsofter in reality, and my opinion is not better than the next mans- so read what they manufacturer says- they probably know best
 
 

I never 'storage charge' any of my LiPo's not the airsoft ones or the ones for R/C . I just balance charge them after use and pop them in my storage box (ammo tin) Then top them off the night before I use them. I've had some of them for years and never had any issues doing it that way.

The pressure required to “detonate” the dyntatec one (left) is very low, no more than a few pounds of pressure, and less than a centimetre of movement in the release pin to pull it out.
 
the other is on the same principal - spring loaded firing pin, it must be missing parts to set - which is why I need to identify it, lol 😂 

So to answer some of the questions raised, -rest I know that the one on the left is a dynatex scaremonger - I have owned that for years and know exactly how it works. For the benefit of @Tommikkaand his helpful images, they both take 9mm blanks placed in the screw in top (vented section) the left one is set by pulling the plunger outwards and pushing in on the central pin that passes through the plunger to lock the firing pin in the primed position (which has the effect of priming a spring loaded firing pin) the central rod going through the plunger can be very easily pulled out and this action releases the firing pin to fire the blank.
 
fishing line (normally) is then tied to both half’s via the rings, and secured to a fixed point with the line crossing a trail or doorway, contact with the line pulls the in and bang ‼️ grenade kills for all those with whatever blast range your site sets (10m in my case) 
 
it’s the one on the right I am interested in identifying, it appears to work on the same principle, but I cannot see how to prime it, if I can identify it I can find out if parts are missing or broken off, such as the plunger shaped priming device.  For those asking for different angles there is nothing else to see, it’s a plain blue metallic cylinder- unlike the dynatec scaremonger it does not have a central safety pin hole, it has an almost identical spring loaded firing pin, which I can press down on, but there is no way to lock it in the primed position. 
 
any help to identity it is great, PS I’ve searched bird scarers, security trip wires, and many other terms, involving blank firing devices lol, lots of similar things but nothing the same 
The one on the left is a scaremonger, the one on the right isn’t, it’s the right one I’m interested in 

So to answer some of the questions raised, -rest I know that the one on the left is a dynatex scaremonger - I have owned that for years and know exactly how it works. For the benefit of @Tommikkaand his helpful images, they both take 9mm blanks placed in the screw in top (vented section) the left one is set by pulling the plunger outwards and pushing in on the central pin that passes through the plunger to lock the firing pin in the primed position (which has the effect of priming a spring loaded firing pin) the central rod going through the plunger can be very easily pulled out and this action releases the firing pin to fire the blank.
 
fishing line (normally) is then tied to both half’s via the rings, and secured to a fixed point with the line crossing a trail or doorway, contact with the line pulls the in and bang ‼️ grenade kills for all those with whatever blast range your site sets (10m in my case) 
 
it’s the one on the right I am interested in identifying, it appears to work on the same principle, but I cannot see how to prime it, if I can identify it I can find out if parts are missing or broken off, such as the plunger shaped priming device.  For those asking for different angles there is nothing else to see, it’s a plain blue metallic cylinder- unlike the dynatec scaremonger it does not have a central safety pin hole, it has an almost identical spring loaded firing pin, which I can press down on, but there is no way to lock it in the primed position. 
 
any help to identity it is great, PS I’ve searched bird scarers, security trip wires, and many other terms, involving blank firing devices lol, lots of similar things but nothing the same 
The one on the left is a scaremonger, the one on the right isn’t, it’s the right one I’m interested in 

Erm autocorrect lol keys/screws

Yup, that was my understanding of a cotter pin - a cylinder with a flat side - 
 
they have taken out cotter pins but they will never take our woodruff screws!! 

Does anyone know the correct size for the pins on a SWAT VTG grenade 
 
It’s not very handy to pull it out in the local ironmongers and ask if they have something that fits…
 
 

Yup, that was my understanding of a cotter pin - a cylinder with a flat side - 
 
they have taken out cotter pins but they will never take our woodruff screws!! 

Good to know 😉
But you just said 'pins' so not sure if you meant cotter or solid
 
 

Thanks Ed that’s helpful. cotter Pins is just another name for split pins - same thing  (Cotter being the “correct” name I am told by an engineer…😂) 
 
 

Does anyone know the correct size for the pins on a SWAT VTG grenade 
 
It’s not very handy to pull it out in the local ironmongers and ask if they have something that fits…
 
 

So for those of us that list “Airsoft”  items on eBay regularly you may be confused why some listings are removed yet other listings for identical or similar items are allowed to remain.
 
tonight I finally managed to speak with one of their policy team managers, who gave me 40 minutes of his time and actually answered every question asked, without evasion (my previous experience of appealing a removed item, has just been met with evasive answers, and I promise someone from the policy or escalations team will call you back to explain- never happens! ) 
 
Some of the answers made a lot of sense  , and I thought I’d share the information given.
 
so here goes, and happy to answer any questions or clarify anything I’ve not explained well.
 
Firstly Ebay worldwide are bound by California law, and are only licensed to sell certain items on their platform - it seems odd, but that licence affects their platform worldwide.   California law prevents the sale by e-commerce of any articles that can be attached to automatic rifles, or that replicate attachments for automatic rifles (where they chance or enhance their operation). So things like, Stocks, vertical foregrips, hand stops, suppressors. Etc are all regulated. 
 
They have an Airsoft policy preventing the sale of Airsoft guns, receivers, and this includes BB guns and pellets guns.  The6 do allow ammunition but interestingly only up to 0.25 calibre is the term they used. The adviser was unsure what that meant but he assumed it was BB WEIGHT., it’s more likely to be air-pellet calibre (I would guess) 
 
The next thing of interest is how they deal with an unauthorised item.   They often flag breaches of the firearms policy as breaches of the airsoft policy if Airsoft is specifically mentioned in the advert. They do that actually to help us UK (specifically UK) airsofters out. Because….3 firearms policy strikes and your account is suspended/removed from the platform if you’re in the US.  So the penalties for breaching Airsoft policy are much less serious - they amount to a “education warning”   Your account is then flagged and monitored for attempts to relist the item. 
 
They removed over 1750 Airsoft suppressor listings (as an example, that’s what I had removed) in the last 28 days.  They had no reason to believe any of them were real, they simply are just not allowed by California E commerce laws. Which they claim they are working to change with a category amendment to the trading licence through the courts - however Airsoft is flagged as a tiny niche market for them and it’s not a priority.
 
Finally how are your dodgy items detected, - some but actually very few are by keyword, and image algorithms that have them flagged and checked manually. mostly they are checked by batch sampling on item numbers (an invigilator or verifier will be sent 500 items to check every few days)  and they are flagged if it’s not right, then removed. 
 
He provided a lot more information about the processes and the legal reasons behind the issue, and why they can’t easily change rules from country to country - but the post is already to long and quite boring for most. 
 
this will be useful to ebayers who don’t understand why their items are removed when they don’t appear to breach the stated policy. 

So for those of us that list “Airsoft”  items on eBay regularly you may be confused why some listings are removed yet other listings for identical or similar items are allowed to remain.
 
tonight I finally managed to speak with one of their policy team managers, who gave me 40 minutes of his time and actually answered every question asked, without evasion (my previous experience of appealing a removed item, has just been met with evasive answers, and I promise someone from the policy or escalations team will call you back to explain- never happens! ) 
 
Some of the answers made a lot of sense  , and I thought I’d share the information given.
 
so here goes, and happy to answer any questions or clarify anything I’ve not explained well.
 
Firstly Ebay worldwide are bound by California law, and are only licensed to sell certain items on their platform - it seems odd, but that licence affects their platform worldwide.   California law prevents the sale by e-commerce of any articles that can be attached to automatic rifles, or that replicate attachments for automatic rifles (where they chance or enhance their operation). So things like, Stocks, vertical foregrips, hand stops, suppressors. Etc are all regulated. 
 
They have an Airsoft policy preventing the sale of Airsoft guns, receivers, and this includes BB guns and pellets guns.  The6 do allow ammunition but interestingly only up to 0.25 calibre is the term they used. The adviser was unsure what that meant but he assumed it was BB WEIGHT., it’s more likely to be air-pellet calibre (I would guess) 
 
The next thing of interest is how they deal with an unauthorised item.   They often flag breaches of the firearms policy as breaches of the airsoft policy if Airsoft is specifically mentioned in the advert. They do that actually to help us UK (specifically UK) airsofters out. Because….3 firearms policy strikes and your account is suspended/removed from the platform if you’re in the US.  So the penalties for breaching Airsoft policy are much less serious - they amount to a “education warning”   Your account is then flagged and monitored for attempts to relist the item. 
 
They removed over 1750 Airsoft suppressor listings (as an example, that’s what I had removed) in the last 28 days.  They had no reason to believe any of them were real, they simply are just not allowed by California E commerce laws. Which they claim they are working to change with a category amendment to the trading licence through the courts - however Airsoft is flagged as a tiny niche market for them and it’s not a priority.
 
Finally how are your dodgy items detected, - some but actually very few are by keyword, and image algorithms that have them flagged and checked manually. mostly they are checked by batch sampling on item numbers (an invigilator or verifier will be sent 500 items to check every few days)  and they are flagged if it’s not right, then removed. 
 
He provided a lot more information about the processes and the legal reasons behind the issue, and why they can’t easily change rules from country to country - but the post is already to long and quite boring for most. 
 
this will be useful to ebayers who don’t understand why their items are removed when they don’t appear to breach the stated policy. 

So for those of us that list “Airsoft”  items on eBay regularly you may be confused why some listings are removed yet other listings for identical or similar items are allowed to remain.
 
tonight I finally managed to speak with one of their policy team managers, who gave me 40 minutes of his time and actually answered every question asked, without evasion (my previous experience of appealing a removed item, has just been met with evasive answers, and I promise someone from the policy or escalations team will call you back to explain- never happens! ) 
 
Some of the answers made a lot of sense  , and I thought I’d share the information given.
 
so here goes, and happy to answer any questions or clarify anything I’ve not explained well.
 
Firstly Ebay worldwide are bound by California law, and are only licensed to sell certain items on their platform - it seems odd, but that licence affects their platform worldwide.   California law prevents the sale by e-commerce of any articles that can be attached to automatic rifles, or that replicate attachments for automatic rifles (where they chance or enhance their operation). So things like, Stocks, vertical foregrips, hand stops, suppressors. Etc are all regulated. 
 
They have an Airsoft policy preventing the sale of Airsoft guns, receivers, and this includes BB guns and pellets guns.  The6 do allow ammunition but interestingly only up to 0.25 calibre is the term they used. The adviser was unsure what that meant but he assumed it was BB WEIGHT., it’s more likely to be air-pellet calibre (I would guess) 
 
The next thing of interest is how they deal with an unauthorised item.   They often flag breaches of the firearms policy as breaches of the airsoft policy if Airsoft is specifically mentioned in the advert. They do that actually to help us UK (specifically UK) airsofters out. Because….3 firearms policy strikes and your account is suspended/removed from the platform if you’re in the US.  So the penalties for breaching Airsoft policy are much less serious - they amount to a “education warning”   Your account is then flagged and monitored for attempts to relist the item. 
 
They removed over 1750 Airsoft suppressor listings (as an example, that’s what I had removed) in the last 28 days.  They had no reason to believe any of them were real, they simply are just not allowed by California E commerce laws. Which they claim they are working to change with a category amendment to the trading licence through the courts - however Airsoft is flagged as a tiny niche market for them and it’s not a priority.
 
Finally how are your dodgy items detected, - some but actually very few are by keyword, and image algorithms that have them flagged and checked manually. mostly they are checked by batch sampling on item numbers (an invigilator or verifier will be sent 500 items to check every few days)  and they are flagged if it’s not right, then removed. 
 
He provided a lot more information about the processes and the legal reasons behind the issue, and why they can’t easily change rules from country to country - but the post is already to long and quite boring for most. 
 
this will be useful to ebayers who don’t understand why their items are removed when they don’t appear to breach the stated policy. 

So for those of us that list “Airsoft”  items on eBay regularly you may be confused why some listings are removed yet other listings for identical or similar items are allowed to remain.
 
tonight I finally managed to speak with one of their policy team managers, who gave me 40 minutes of his time and actually answered every question asked, without evasion (my previous experience of appealing a removed item, has just been met with evasive answers, and I promise someone from the policy or escalations team will call you back to explain- never happens! ) 
 
Some of the answers made a lot of sense  , and I thought I’d share the information given.
 
so here goes, and happy to answer any questions or clarify anything I’ve not explained well.
 
Firstly Ebay worldwide are bound by California law, and are only licensed to sell certain items on their platform - it seems odd, but that licence affects their platform worldwide.   California law prevents the sale by e-commerce of any articles that can be attached to automatic rifles, or that replicate attachments for automatic rifles (where they chance or enhance their operation). So things like, Stocks, vertical foregrips, hand stops, suppressors. Etc are all regulated. 
 
They have an Airsoft policy preventing the sale of Airsoft guns, receivers, and this includes BB guns and pellets guns.  The6 do allow ammunition but interestingly only up to 0.25 calibre is the term they used. The adviser was unsure what that meant but he assumed it was BB WEIGHT., it’s more likely to be air-pellet calibre (I would guess) 
 
The next thing of interest is how they deal with an unauthorised item.   They often flag breaches of the firearms policy as breaches of the airsoft policy if Airsoft is specifically mentioned in the advert. They do that actually to help us UK (specifically UK) airsofters out. Because….3 firearms policy strikes and your account is suspended/removed from the platform if you’re in the US.  So the penalties for breaching Airsoft policy are much less serious - they amount to a “education warning”   Your account is then flagged and monitored for attempts to relist the item. 
 
They removed over 1750 Airsoft suppressor listings (as an example, that’s what I had removed) in the last 28 days.  They had no reason to believe any of them were real, they simply are just not allowed by California E commerce laws. Which they claim they are working to change with a category amendment to the trading licence through the courts - however Airsoft is flagged as a tiny niche market for them and it’s not a priority.
 
Finally how are your dodgy items detected, - some but actually very few are by keyword, and image algorithms that have them flagged and checked manually. mostly they are checked by batch sampling on item numbers (an invigilator or verifier will be sent 500 items to check every few days)  and they are flagged if it’s not right, then removed. 
 
He provided a lot more information about the processes and the legal reasons behind the issue, and why they can’t easily change rules from country to country - but the post is already to long and quite boring for most. 
 
this will be useful to ebayers who don’t understand why their items are removed when they don’t appear to breach the stated policy. 

So for those of us that list “Airsoft”  items on eBay regularly you may be confused why some listings are removed yet other listings for identical or similar items are allowed to remain.
 
tonight I finally managed to speak with one of their policy team managers, who gave me 40 minutes of his time and actually answered every question asked, without evasion (my previous experience of appealing a removed item, has just been met with evasive answers, and I promise someone from the policy or escalations team will call you back to explain- never happens! ) 
 
Some of the answers made a lot of sense  , and I thought I’d share the information given.
 
so here goes, and happy to answer any questions or clarify anything I’ve not explained well.
 
Firstly Ebay worldwide are bound by California law, and are only licensed to sell certain items on their platform - it seems odd, but that licence affects their platform worldwide.   California law prevents the sale by e-commerce of any articles that can be attached to automatic rifles, or that replicate attachments for automatic rifles (where they chance or enhance their operation). So things like, Stocks, vertical foregrips, hand stops, suppressors. Etc are all regulated. 
 
They have an Airsoft policy preventing the sale of Airsoft guns, receivers, and this includes BB guns and pellets guns.  The6 do allow ammunition but interestingly only up to 0.25 calibre is the term they used. The adviser was unsure what that meant but he assumed it was BB WEIGHT., it’s more likely to be air-pellet calibre (I would guess) 
 
The next thing of interest is how they deal with an unauthorised item.   They often flag breaches of the firearms policy as breaches of the airsoft policy if Airsoft is specifically mentioned in the advert. They do that actually to help us UK (specifically UK) airsofters out. Because….3 firearms policy strikes and your account is suspended/removed from the platform if you’re in the US.  So the penalties for breaching Airsoft policy are much less serious - they amount to a “education warning”   Your account is then flagged and monitored for attempts to relist the item. 
 
They removed over 1750 Airsoft suppressor listings (as an example, that’s what I had removed) in the last 28 days.  They had no reason to believe any of them were real, they simply are just not allowed by California E commerce laws. Which they claim they are working to change with a category amendment to the trading licence through the courts - however Airsoft is flagged as a tiny niche market for them and it’s not a priority.
 
Finally how are your dodgy items detected, - some but actually very few are by keyword, and image algorithms that have them flagged and checked manually. mostly they are checked by batch sampling on item numbers (an invigilator or verifier will be sent 500 items to check every few days)  and they are flagged if it’s not right, then removed. 
 
He provided a lot more information about the processes and the legal reasons behind the issue, and why they can’t easily change rules from country to country - but the post is already to long and quite boring for most. 
 
this will be useful to ebayers who don’t understand why their items are removed when they don’t appear to breach the stated policy. 

So for those of us that list “Airsoft”  items on eBay regularly you may be confused why some listings are removed yet other listings for identical or similar items are allowed to remain.
 
tonight I finally managed to speak with one of their policy team managers, who gave me 40 minutes of his time and actually answered every question asked, without evasion (my previous experience of appealing a removed item, has just been met with evasive answers, and I promise someone from the policy or escalations team will call you back to explain- never happens! ) 
 
Some of the answers made a lot of sense  , and I thought I’d share the information given.
 
so here goes, and happy to answer any questions or clarify anything I’ve not explained well.
 
Firstly Ebay worldwide are bound by California law, and are only licensed to sell certain items on their platform - it seems odd, but that licence affects their platform worldwide.   California law prevents the sale by e-commerce of any articles that can be attached to automatic rifles, or that replicate attachments for automatic rifles (where they chance or enhance their operation). So things like, Stocks, vertical foregrips, hand stops, suppressors. Etc are all regulated. 
 
They have an Airsoft policy preventing the sale of Airsoft guns, receivers, and this includes BB guns and pellets guns.  The6 do allow ammunition but interestingly only up to 0.25 calibre is the term they used. The adviser was unsure what that meant but he assumed it was BB WEIGHT., it’s more likely to be air-pellet calibre (I would guess) 
 
The next thing of interest is how they deal with an unauthorised item.   They often flag breaches of the firearms policy as breaches of the airsoft policy if Airsoft is specifically mentioned in the advert. They do that actually to help us UK (specifically UK) airsofters out. Because….3 firearms policy strikes and your account is suspended/removed from the platform if you’re in the US.  So the penalties for breaching Airsoft policy are much less serious - they amount to a “education warning”   Your account is then flagged and monitored for attempts to relist the item. 
 
They removed over 1750 Airsoft suppressor listings (as an example, that’s what I had removed) in the last 28 days.  They had no reason to believe any of them were real, they simply are just not allowed by California E commerce laws. Which they claim they are working to change with a category amendment to the trading licence through the courts - however Airsoft is flagged as a tiny niche market for them and it’s not a priority.
 
Finally how are your dodgy items detected, - some but actually very few are by keyword, and image algorithms that have them flagged and checked manually. mostly they are checked by batch sampling on item numbers (an invigilator or verifier will be sent 500 items to check every few days)  and they are flagged if it’s not right, then removed. 
 
He provided a lot more information about the processes and the legal reasons behind the issue, and why they can’t easily change rules from country to country - but the post is already to long and quite boring for most. 
 
this will be useful to ebayers who don’t understand why their items are removed when they don’t appear to breach the stated policy. 

So for those of us that list “Airsoft”  items on eBay regularly you may be confused why some listings are removed yet other listings for identical or similar items are allowed to remain.
 
tonight I finally managed to speak with one of their policy team managers, who gave me 40 minutes of his time and actually answered every question asked, without evasion (my previous experience of appealing a removed item, has just been met with evasive answers, and I promise someone from the policy or escalations team will call you back to explain- never happens! ) 
 
Some of the answers made a lot of sense  , and I thought I’d share the information given.
 
so here goes, and happy to answer any questions or clarify anything I’ve not explained well.
 
Firstly Ebay worldwide are bound by California law, and are only licensed to sell certain items on their platform - it seems odd, but that licence affects their platform worldwide.   California law prevents the sale by e-commerce of any articles that can be attached to automatic rifles, or that replicate attachments for automatic rifles (where they chance or enhance their operation). So things like, Stocks, vertical foregrips, hand stops, suppressors. Etc are all regulated. 
 
They have an Airsoft policy preventing the sale of Airsoft guns, receivers, and this includes BB guns and pellets guns.  The6 do allow ammunition but interestingly only up to 0.25 calibre is the term they used. The adviser was unsure what that meant but he assumed it was BB WEIGHT., it’s more likely to be air-pellet calibre (I would guess) 
 
The next thing of interest is how they deal with an unauthorised item.   They often flag breaches of the firearms policy as breaches of the airsoft policy if Airsoft is specifically mentioned in the advert. They do that actually to help us UK (specifically UK) airsofters out. Because….3 firearms policy strikes and your account is suspended/removed from the platform if you’re in the US.  So the penalties for breaching Airsoft policy are much less serious - they amount to a “education warning”   Your account is then flagged and monitored for attempts to relist the item. 
 
They removed over 1750 Airsoft suppressor listings (as an example, that’s what I had removed) in the last 28 days.  They had no reason to believe any of them were real, they simply are just not allowed by California E commerce laws. Which they claim they are working to change with a category amendment to the trading licence through the courts - however Airsoft is flagged as a tiny niche market for them and it’s not a priority.
 
Finally how are your dodgy items detected, - some but actually very few are by keyword, and image algorithms that have them flagged and checked manually. mostly they are checked by batch sampling on item numbers (an invigilator or verifier will be sent 500 items to check every few days)  and they are flagged if it’s not right, then removed. 
 
He provided a lot more information about the processes and the legal reasons behind the issue, and why they can’t easily change rules from country to country - but the post is already to long and quite boring for most. 
 
this will be useful to ebayers who don’t understand why their items are removed when they don’t appear to breach the stated policy. 

So for those of us that list “Airsoft”  items on eBay regularly you may be confused why some listings are removed yet other listings for identical or similar items are allowed to remain.
 
tonight I finally managed to speak with one of their policy team managers, who gave me 40 minutes of his time and actually answered every question asked, without evasion (my previous experience of appealing a removed item, has just been met with evasive answers, and I promise someone from the policy or escalations team will call you back to explain- never happens! ) 
 
Some of the answers made a lot of sense  , and I thought I’d share the information given.
 
so here goes, and happy to answer any questions or clarify anything I’ve not explained well.
 
Firstly Ebay worldwide are bound by California law, and are only licensed to sell certain items on their platform - it seems odd, but that licence affects their platform worldwide.   California law prevents the sale by e-commerce of any articles that can be attached to automatic rifles, or that replicate attachments for automatic rifles (where they chance or enhance their operation). So things like, Stocks, vertical foregrips, hand stops, suppressors. Etc are all regulated. 
 
They have an Airsoft policy preventing the sale of Airsoft guns, receivers, and this includes BB guns and pellets guns.  The6 do allow ammunition but interestingly only up to 0.25 calibre is the term they used. The adviser was unsure what that meant but he assumed it was BB WEIGHT., it’s more likely to be air-pellet calibre (I would guess) 
 
The next thing of interest is how they deal with an unauthorised item.   They often flag breaches of the firearms policy as breaches of the airsoft policy if Airsoft is specifically mentioned in the advert. They do that actually to help us UK (specifically UK) airsofters out. Because….3 firearms policy strikes and your account is suspended/removed from the platform if you’re in the US.  So the penalties for breaching Airsoft policy are much less serious - they amount to a “education warning”   Your account is then flagged and monitored for attempts to relist the item. 
 
They removed over 1750 Airsoft suppressor listings (as an example, that’s what I had removed) in the last 28 days.  They had no reason to believe any of them were real, they simply are just not allowed by California E commerce laws. Which they claim they are working to change with a category amendment to the trading licence through the courts - however Airsoft is flagged as a tiny niche market for them and it’s not a priority.
 
Finally how are your dodgy items detected, - some but actually very few are by keyword, and image algorithms that have them flagged and checked manually. mostly they are checked by batch sampling on item numbers (an invigilator or verifier will be sent 500 items to check every few days)  and they are flagged if it’s not right, then removed. 
 
He provided a lot more information about the processes and the legal reasons behind the issue, and why they can’t easily change rules from country to country - but the post is already to long and quite boring for most. 
 
this will be useful to ebayers who don’t understand why their items are removed when they don’t appear to breach the stated policy. 

There may  have been a few posts before about this, but a few things have changed recently so I thought I’d have a a bit of a moan and justify it at the same time .
 
Posting Rifles (between 2kg and 20kg) total weight 
Many have got away with posting Airsoft guns using a variety of services and couriers - but please be certain they have “got away” with it 
 
The only Uk mail service that will knowingly ship Airsoft guns for private customers who do not have a special terms account is the Royal Mail Group (this includes Parcel Force). 
As long as the package is less than 150cm long and under 20kg they will ship. Most RIFs can be shipped for under £10 (cue my first moan ….. sellers charging £15- to as much as £30 I’ve seen today) for postage for a RIF). If you don’t want to post say that in the add, it’s fine, but don’t charge £30 for postage that will cost £9.  
 
Enhanced Compensation 
RM groups enhanced comp does not cover Airsoft Guns, BUT it does cover accessories shipped with the RIF, If you want to cover the full cost and pay the high cost of extra insurance,  you have to be a bit smart.  
list accessories separately and make you you keep separate valuations in the unlikely event of a parcel force loss - get retail valuation on extra mags, optics, foregrips, suppressors etc, it soon all adds up?
 
however my experience and it is extensive over 200 RIFs now shipped - 3 damaged in transit, no losses, 1 incoming seized by Rm and destroyed, 1 sent seized and destroyed by RM.
 
DANGEROUS GOODS RULES 
Pistols, GBBRS and HPA- are all potentially caught by the DG in transit rules - with RM group what you have to do is properly vent all pressure vessels (gas mags) and either remove or wedge open the release valve. The easiest way to do this is using a small tight roll of cardboard held in place one the release valve button. Never leave a mag in guns, RM claim they won’t examine a gun with a mag fitted  and it is automatically destroyed.  I always pack mags outside the pistol box.  For ease of examination 
 
for pistol packages under 2kg you can use RM 1st class. 
 
COURIERS
all couriers have different “prohibited” items lists, but all of the Uk couriers specify “firearms” in their list of prohibited items. Please don’t try and be clever with couriers and claim that an Airsoft gun is not a Firearm.  The fact is it’s not a firearm under Uk law, but it is a firearm under most (if not all) courier small print definition - the6 don’t have to recognise the legal definition and some have now amended their prohibited list to actually make it clear that a firearm includes anything that looks like a firearm.
 
KIT AND ACCESSORIES
The best postage option just now for all kit and accessories is by far the RM Tracked 24/48 service. Tracked 48 is currently £2.85 booked online and that’s including £100 comp cover and free collection from home - you can’t beat that, and it’s a service that is prioritised during industrial action.  Cue next moan…..people charging £5-£10 to post a £30 optic…… or a JPC because it’s bulky….lol 
 
PACKAGING
when posting RIFs please beware there are minimum standards of packaging rules.  If you don’t follow them, you lose your right to claim in the event of damage.   Use a minimu of a stiff cardboard box, the original retail box should almost always be sufficient but take extra care when retailers use flimsy boxes. Plea to bubble wrap, vinyl foam wrap (like the stuff new tvs are in) even crushed newspaper helps. Take pictures of your packing layers - you will need them in the event of a claim.  And always wrap external layer with something waterproof. Bin bags are cheap and good enough. If you ship a lot of stuff, pallet wrap Is the way forward cheap and makes external wrapping piece of cake. 
 
finally - always keep your proof of posting ! Without it you have no claim. 
 
Happy to answer any questions, there is not much I haven’t come across in terms of shipping problems, claims, losses, dangerous goods seizures. 
 
long post I know, but it’s important stuff to know - and looking at adverts clearly many have no idea (or they are at it…lol) 
 
happy new year 2023 
 
Paul
 
 

There may  have been a few posts before about this, but a few things have changed recently so I thought I’d have a a bit of a moan and justify it at the same time .
 
Posting Rifles (between 2kg and 20kg) total weight 
Many have got away with posting Airsoft guns using a variety of services and couriers - but please be certain they have “got away” with it 
 
The only Uk mail service that will knowingly ship Airsoft guns for private customers who do not have a special terms account is the Royal Mail Group (this includes Parcel Force). 
As long as the package is less than 150cm long and under 20kg they will ship. Most RIFs can be shipped for under £10 (cue my first moan ….. sellers charging £15- to as much as £30 I’ve seen today) for postage for a RIF). If you don’t want to post say that in the add, it’s fine, but don’t charge £30 for postage that will cost £9.  
 
Enhanced Compensation 
RM groups enhanced comp does not cover Airsoft Guns, BUT it does cover accessories shipped with the RIF, If you want to cover the full cost and pay the high cost of extra insurance,  you have to be a bit smart.  
list accessories separately and make you you keep separate valuations in the unlikely event of a parcel force loss - get retail valuation on extra mags, optics, foregrips, suppressors etc, it soon all adds up?
 
however my experience and it is extensive over 200 RIFs now shipped - 3 damaged in transit, no losses, 1 incoming seized by Rm and destroyed, 1 sent seized and destroyed by RM.
 
DANGEROUS GOODS RULES 
Pistols, GBBRS and HPA- are all potentially caught by the DG in transit rules - with RM group what you have to do is properly vent all pressure vessels (gas mags) and either remove or wedge open the release valve. The easiest way to do this is using a small tight roll of cardboard held in place one the release valve button. Never leave a mag in guns, RM claim they won’t examine a gun with a mag fitted  and it is automatically destroyed.  I always pack mags outside the pistol box.  For ease of examination 
 
for pistol packages under 2kg you can use RM 1st class. 
 
COURIERS
all couriers have different “prohibited” items lists, but all of the Uk couriers specify “firearms” in their list of prohibited items. Please don’t try and be clever with couriers and claim that an Airsoft gun is not a Firearm.  The fact is it’s not a firearm under Uk law, but it is a firearm under most (if not all) courier small print definition - the6 don’t have to recognise the legal definition and some have now amended their prohibited list to actually make it clear that a firearm includes anything that looks like a firearm.
 
KIT AND ACCESSORIES
The best postage option just now for all kit and accessories is by far the RM Tracked 24/48 service. Tracked 48 is currently £2.85 booked online and that’s including £100 comp cover and free collection from home - you can’t beat that, and it’s a service that is prioritised during industrial action.  Cue next moan…..people charging £5-£10 to post a £30 optic…… or a JPC because it’s bulky….lol 
 
PACKAGING
when posting RIFs please beware there are minimum standards of packaging rules.  If you don’t follow them, you lose your right to claim in the event of damage.   Use a minimu of a stiff cardboard box, the original retail box should almost always be sufficient but take extra care when retailers use flimsy boxes. Plea to bubble wrap, vinyl foam wrap (like the stuff new tvs are in) even crushed newspaper helps. Take pictures of your packing layers - you will need them in the event of a claim.  And always wrap external layer with something waterproof. Bin bags are cheap and good enough. If you ship a lot of stuff, pallet wrap Is the way forward cheap and makes external wrapping piece of cake. 
 
finally - always keep your proof of posting ! Without it you have no claim. 
 
Happy to answer any questions, there is not much I haven’t come across in terms of shipping problems, claims, losses, dangerous goods seizures. 
 
long post I know, but it’s important stuff to know - and looking at adverts clearly many have no idea (or they are at it…lol) 
 
happy new year 2023 
 
Paul
 
 

There may  have been a few posts before about this, but a few things have changed recently so I thought I’d have a a bit of a moan and justify it at the same time .
 
Posting Rifles (between 2kg and 20kg) total weight 
Many have got away with posting Airsoft guns using a variety of services and couriers - but please be certain they have “got away” with it 
 
The only Uk mail service that will knowingly ship Airsoft guns for private customers who do not have a special terms account is the Royal Mail Group (this includes Parcel Force). 
As long as the package is less than 150cm long and under 20kg they will ship. Most RIFs can be shipped for under £10 (cue my first moan ….. sellers charging £15- to as much as £30 I’ve seen today) for postage for a RIF). If you don’t want to post say that in the add, it’s fine, but don’t charge £30 for postage that will cost £9.  
 
Enhanced Compensation 
RM groups enhanced comp does not cover Airsoft Guns, BUT it does cover accessories shipped with the RIF, If you want to cover the full cost and pay the high cost of extra insurance,  you have to be a bit smart.  
list accessories separately and make you you keep separate valuations in the unlikely event of a parcel force loss - get retail valuation on extra mags, optics, foregrips, suppressors etc, it soon all adds up?
 
however my experience and it is extensive over 200 RIFs now shipped - 3 damaged in transit, no losses, 1 incoming seized by Rm and destroyed, 1 sent seized and destroyed by RM.
 
DANGEROUS GOODS RULES 
Pistols, GBBRS and HPA- are all potentially caught by the DG in transit rules - with RM group what you have to do is properly vent all pressure vessels (gas mags) and either remove or wedge open the release valve. The easiest way to do this is using a small tight roll of cardboard held in place one the release valve button. Never leave a mag in guns, RM claim they won’t examine a gun with a mag fitted  and it is automatically destroyed.  I always pack mags outside the pistol box.  For ease of examination 
 
for pistol packages under 2kg you can use RM 1st class. 
 
COURIERS
all couriers have different “prohibited” items lists, but all of the Uk couriers specify “firearms” in their list of prohibited items. Please don’t try and be clever with couriers and claim that an Airsoft gun is not a Firearm.  The fact is it’s not a firearm under Uk law, but it is a firearm under most (if not all) courier small print definition - the6 don’t have to recognise the legal definition and some have now amended their prohibited list to actually make it clear that a firearm includes anything that looks like a firearm.
 
KIT AND ACCESSORIES
The best postage option just now for all kit and accessories is by far the RM Tracked 24/48 service. Tracked 48 is currently £2.85 booked online and that’s including £100 comp cover and free collection from home - you can’t beat that, and it’s a service that is prioritised during industrial action.  Cue next moan…..people charging £5-£10 to post a £30 optic…… or a JPC because it’s bulky….lol 
 
PACKAGING
when posting RIFs please beware there are minimum standards of packaging rules.  If you don’t follow them, you lose your right to claim in the event of damage.   Use a minimu of a stiff cardboard box, the original retail box should almost always be sufficient but take extra care when retailers use flimsy boxes. Plea to bubble wrap, vinyl foam wrap (like the stuff new tvs are in) even crushed newspaper helps. Take pictures of your packing layers - you will need them in the event of a claim.  And always wrap external layer with something waterproof. Bin bags are cheap and good enough. If you ship a lot of stuff, pallet wrap Is the way forward cheap and makes external wrapping piece of cake. 
 
finally - always keep your proof of posting ! Without it you have no claim. 
 
Happy to answer any questions, there is not much I haven’t come across in terms of shipping problems, claims, losses, dangerous goods seizures. 
 
long post I know, but it’s important stuff to know - and looking at adverts clearly many have no idea (or they are at it…lol) 
 
happy new year 2023 
 
Paul
 
 

This is the sort of post that needs to be copied and pasted everytime someome asks on the Facebook groups 
 
Because I'm absolutely fed up with the prats who say "well I've always used hermes or DHL ect and never had a problem and it only costs me £4 and I tell them its a plant pot"
 
Those people need a swift kick in the dick