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In that story, to my eye at least, that particular gel blaster visible in the photos would be an RIF because it isn't a principally bright unrealistic colour. Which actually explains why the RIF definition exist in the first place, if it is realistic to a certain degree, it can cause a lay person to consider it as a real firearm thus prompting the police to act accordingly. And having an IF or RIF in public would be a Section 19 offence of Firearms Act i.e. it is an offence for a person to have with them in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse [...] an imitation firearm. I think the critical factor here is that those water pistols do look like a glock, and that gel blaster a uzi, or could be mistaken as one by someone not familiar with what a uzi looks like (such as me).

There is only this water pistol on sale that is specifically in the combinations and options of "blue and white, or pink and white" (not transparent blue, or blue and clear transparent, or translucent blue... notice the use of word white but not clear nor transparent) It seems Daily Mail would agree: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12649945/Pictured-Water-pistol-black-boy-rammed-bike-armed-police-claims0racially-profiled.html If you look at the amazon review pictures you can find some actual photos (see below), the pink one we can call it an IF because it is a bright pink, but the blue one is 100% definitely an RIF I suspect this fact is going to emerge in due course and amazon is going to apply to UKARA as registered retailer

I find it strange that none of these news has the actual picture of the actual water pistol in question, so we will never know how exactly brightly coloured it is "blue and white and one was pink and white" does not really say anything I mean for example these water pistol from amazon has a blue and white option, and a pink and white option, and they are arguably rather realistic looking https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-Pistol-One-Button-Sprayer-Blaster/dp/B0BWND47S7 Edit: I would go on to say the blue one qualify as RIF because the blue one is not a "bright blue", and white is not an "unrealistic colour" under VCRA Edit: I mean look at the product video on that page, it is a rather dark dull blue colour, it not exactly unrealistic

I wonder if the site insurance has any input into a field's rule limit (in the US) or is it up to each field's management?

The (UK) airsoft definition is well defined in law measured by the plastic BB diameter and joule limit, so it is not something that needs to be tested in court, usually it is the more vague items with less clear interpretation that needs to be tested, so if it is over the limit, it is considered a firearm. How you will get prosecuted is another matter because I don't think police do door-to-door chrono checks of every toy gun in an area. By the way I find it interesting that there is no RPS limit in law. If you manage to fire a stream of BB at legal limit but at a fast enough RPS or large amount enough at the same time, you can definitely do some damage to person, in which case it would become a GBH or murder case, but not a firearms case because it is still airsoft!

Are the speed difference a difference in coil winding or just limited by electronics? I mean if the winding is any different it would be interesting to see their differences in torque specs

spray alcohol on it, alcohol will mix with the moisture and make it evaporate faster

i concur

Was there any extra charges you had to pay?

Can you post the form, or what exactly have you been asked?

Fire upside down and without mags, just drop a BB into the feeding hole, does it fire normally?

delayer chip?

does the nozzle actually fit the hop unit?

But slower FPS equal shorter range, if FPS doesn't affect range then pistols would be shooting the same as a sniper

Say you have a gun, with a 400mm barrel, and you chop it into a 200mm barrel or 100mm barrel or 30mm or 10mm barrel, you will see an FPS drop (probably not linearly), therefore you will have a little less range from that lower FPS, until eventually you reach 0.1mm barrel where the BB would have lost so much FPS it will have little speed and just drop to the floor in front of you within a few meters and it will have lost so much accuracy it will be dropping left and right in front of you in a rather large spread pattern

But surely joule creep also happens with AEG?

Why? How?

A longer barrel will shoot more fps than a short barrel with everything else the same because the BB has more runway to accelerate Heavier BB requires less runway to fully accelerate hence there is this thing called joule creep where it shoots more joules when switching to a heavier BB

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Noticed the other day these digital target screens from Evike has a protective layer that absorbs the BB very well and dropping it down without much ricochet at all which seems ideal for a target https://youtu.be/rokdTjypBg4?feature=shared&t=95 I suspect these are like 3mm thick clear PVC sheets and when held at the edge allowing it to flex it has very good "impedance matching" for airsoft BBs for lack of a better word

wash them with a colander under running water and some soap, otherwise you won't get rid of the dust enough

The shorter barrel might have something to do with it

What gun? You mean you chrono'd 280 before, sat 3 days precocked, and now chronos 250? And the battery shouldn't run out so fast, either it is bad or the motor is too low torque, but since it is stock with a weak spring it shouldn't, so it could be the shimming, or the grease

BACS doesn't work on weekends and can take up to 3 days

Well, it does say it is 7 inch or whatever length you choose. The reviews seem to suggest they are legit. I myself am very tempted...