[Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread]

11 hours ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

Fcuk it

Ive asked him 😂

 

I didn't think retailers were allowed to post in the classifieds? 

[How to attract new players to Airsoft?]

On 05/03/2024 at 21:52, GenuineGerman said:

 

 

I can't think of much scarier than SWMBO armed with an AEG.

 

She might be small, but she's got a hell of a temper.

 

Thankfully she also has all the athletic prowess of an egg.

 

 

 

[Which retailers in the UK accept Just-Cos Cosplayer Insurance?]

4 hours ago, ak2m4 said:

@superwok I know you got it sorted via the just-cos route, however did you not try to ask any retailers if any other forms of defence were acceptable?  You've got 110 posts on this forum, have been a member for 5 years, visit regular and have 100% feedback, that should be enough to confirm.

As @Dan Robinson also states, social media posts / photos also another good.

 

The IT ex-colleague of mine who's still looking at a defense system (has a fair bit of it built) was thinking about putting in supporting material for defence, how it will work in the system I don't know but seems a legit idea.

 

 

I did/do think the current situation isn't great for those I described above,  or those who like to go do several different sites .... so no one site would meet the requirements.   A system that stores a profile/ portfolio of verifiable activity,  such as pictures direct from registered sites, payment receipts,  registered address etc.  Would be helpful. 

 

I guess the issues come down to hassle-risk-reward for the operator. 

[How to attract new players to Airsoft?]

11 minutes ago, GenuineGerman said:

Eh cannon haha 😜 I prefer meat sandbag!!

 

Bloody autokorreckt

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36 minutes ago, AndyHoff said:

Thank you it's a labour of love, I am about to start my Colonial Marine version upgrade to full GBB when all the components arrive!

 

Would love to make a Colonial Marine load out..... watched Aliens the other day for the gazillionth time.

 

 

 

LETS ROCK! 

[How to attract new players to Airsoft?]

1 hour ago, DanBow said:

 

it's just an added bonus that will reap the rewards when civilisation falls.

 

 I was hoping it would make my son realise that in the army you only get shot once.....compared to how many respawns he had to do on a typical skirmish day.

 

Don't mind him signing up to learn a skill/trade and serving that way.  I don't want him being Cannon fodder for whatever cnut has managed to persuade an alarmingly small proportion of the population to put them in power....when was the last truly justifiable armed conflict we were involved in (outside of local peacekeeping)?  The Falklands....  maybe the first Gulf War (the first part liberating Kuwait).

 

 

No criticism of those serving....it's the ones hiding behind their power I despise for taking advantages.

[Membership numbers and influence]

1 hour ago, Shamal said:

Yeah agree. My fav is seeing how many shots to knock a complete leaf off.

The amount of times I've been hit while distracted by playing'You're dead leaf' 😂

 

Airsofters gonna airsoft 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

 

 

Drawing todgers in the frozen stream at AWA was a fun way to warm up the pews whe. It was -6 a couple of Christmas' ago.

 

Also fun chopping down ferns, brambles and stinging nettles "for the greater good".

[The Cultural Differences]

Only seen people sent home from injury or eyepro violations.  Most people tend to behave themselves once spoken to about hit taking in my experience of 2 and a bit years.

[How to attract new players to Airsoft?]

5 minutes ago, Reef said:

sorry, don't follow?

 

I'm in total agreement and use your exact same points when talking about barriers to entry for different hobbies. 👍 

[How to attract new players to Airsoft?]

1 hour ago, Reef said:

As someone who has just started this journey I'll add my 2 cents.

 

It was my son who suggested we try airsoft. He's only 12 but having played with Nerf guns (myself aswell) for a few years he wanted to try airsoft.

After he got over the initial shock of being hit he really enjoyed playing. Personally I enjoyed it more than I thought I would!

 

Cost - I think its comparable to other hobbies, fishing, paddle boarding, and cheaper than many, cycling, golf, sailing.

Heath - I don't think this is mentioned enough, outdoors (mostly) and as physical as you want it to be, I know I come home knackered...

Social - Team building, meeting new people, sharing experiences

Mental - Keeping your brain active with marksmanship, strategy, problem solving.

 

Most of all its fun and a good way to forget your day to day troubles.

 

I'm not playing airsoft with my son to train him to be a killer, we are spending time together, he's getting more confident and learning to be responsible. I think its a great outdoor activity and good value for money.

 

You can tell i work in Marketing LOL....  

 

 

 

You pinched my script you bounder.

[How to attract new players to Airsoft?]

16 minutes ago, Tackle said:

Spot on Ed, funnily you mention your biker friend who plays (you a biker too ?), as a biker myself I've experienced similar in that you get talking to people who've never ridden, some can be quite enthusiastic about it, but others act like your the lunatic spawn of Satan for riding motorcycles & your probably a criminal who shouldn't be on the roads. 

Obviously as a biker who also has a gun fetish, I must be an absolute thundercnut. 

🤣

Can I scare you by shouting "right turn Clyde" 😜

[Membership numbers and influence]

But I like shooting puddles. 

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You had me at Pulse Rifle. 

[Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread]

 

Possibly a tad ambitious on price...  £120 new at Patrolbase, £130 at Gunfire.

[Which retailers in the UK accept Just-Cos Cosplayer Insurance?]

I sympathise with the need for a system of defense such as UKARA, but to be fair to the OP, my son's  situation would mean that if he were 18, it would be incredibly difficult for him to maintain a UKARA defense, and once I leave the UK,  it will be the same for me.  We'll only be back for a month or two at a time with lots of family visiting responsibilities to fit into a limited budget when it comes to car hire, fees, ammo, and possibly having to rent an air BnB for the duration.

 

Hence, as discussed in other threads, I maintain an album of site generated pictures of me and him participating in the hobby to help us form a defence of our own should we ever be pulled over by the fuzz with a car full of RIFs.  Which I know doesn't help with retailers...  but then this is the reason for this thread I suppose. 

 

Mind you the OP didn't do himself any favours by not at least trying to explain the situation.

 

Just playing devil's advocate. 

[Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread]

I was wondering if there was some kind of noob thing I was missing there when I read the word Springer.   Which to my mind meant "even shitter than shiotty things" and was wondering how good the rest of it must be to justify £150.

[Always wear approved eye protection]

I watched the original Alien film when I was about 4 or 5.  My dad said I absolutely loved it.  No nightmares at all.  Then a few years later Spitting Image did a take off with Maggie Thatcher:

 

 

 

Now that freaked the absolute shit out of me for years apparently - had to check under the bed, no cuddly toys around, just in case.

 

That was nightmare fuel.

[Scamming Scum]

Some creative ideas of what you spent the night doing with caller's mumn tends to rile them up in amusing ways.

 

Maybe something involving a rubber glove, a pound of agitated insect larvae and a Brian Adams CD?

 

 

[Hello Again]

8 minutes ago, GenuineGerman said:

hope that isn’t too blue

 

Depends how long you spend pulling it in and out I suppose.  I tend to stop when it starts to hurt/go numb.

[Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread]

Or the more available and Mack's appropriate "Bubulum Stercus".

[Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread]

4 minutes ago, Colin Allen said:

That intrigued me as well.

 

 

I'm thinking he's chopped it down a bit.

[Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread]

But....Custom Spring!

[CO2 Blowback reduction]

I had the understanding that a new bulb could run a pew hot  for the first few shots, then it settles down a bit.

[Membership numbers and influence]

Whilst there are plenty of registered users,  there are only a few tens of regularly active contributers. 

 

That's not to say we can't be of a positive influence within the hobby.   It active social media groups brainstorming and lobbying their industry contacts that have pushed forward some rapid modernisation in our industry rather than the self appointed "organisations".

[What guns are needed?]

3 hours ago, The_Roach said:

I resent that lol.

Don't take it the wrong way....  I was considering the OP's apparent thin skin and some of the banter I've enjoyed both in and out of airsoft. 

 

 Particularly a stag do where there was only two of us who hadn't served.    That was a punishing but fucking hilarious two days. 🤣