Pseudotectonic

For the hop rubber you want to control two things, the area coverage or geometry, and the shore hardness of the material, and more is not better because there is a thing as too much hop, especially for middle weight BBs, because for example if you put in an R-hop it is usually too much for say sub-0.3s. The silicone moulding method will definitely give you similar coverage and geometry with any other R-hop, and maybe if you know the specs of your silicone you can control the shore hardness. If done right I can see this performing on par with R-hop, but probably not better, and it is only really useful for heavier BBs, just like R-hop. The only advantage is perhaps better air seal, but silicone applied on regular rubbers (outside) will achieve the air seal also so this is not a big deal. So my opinion is, this seems too much work for little to no real performance gain, but maybe your testing will prove otherwise.

PME is your limit here solution is short stroke or lower your ROF

If we can get AttackSense to sponsor this and maybe G&G to provide some competition grade airsoft for the game and for the prize, then why the heck not

There is the piston going back and forth making whatever vibration from the gears pretty much meaningless, assuming that is your concern There is not much mechanical difference in terms of the force being applied on the bearings or bushings because the majority of that force is from the transferring of power from the motor to the piston pulling back a spring, your gear doing a little shake is going to be a negligible in comparison

Join my club for £3 a year, I do everything UKAPU does without going behind the scene 1. Join games without the need of facebook account 2. A legal blog 3. Discounts (currently in negotiations) 4. Email address you can send emails to

Indeed the recent Bill C-21 from Canada and the CPSC-2023-0021 from the US are both excellent case studies. Both did not have any existing airsoft association or things of that nature, but both "communities" organised and mobilised themselves to do the lobbying. The retailers and field owners and players got together to achieve one goal, and they were effective at it and they succeeded. Youtube undoubtedly played a key role in both cases (especially for the US) because of how easy it is to have someone clearly explain a cause, and to have the link easily copy pastable, so words can spread quickly. Both are precisely the sort of threats we think about when we say airsoft needs protection. If something very similar were to happen in the UK, say some sort of bill being proposed affecting airsoft in some way, do we as a community have the resources for ad hoc organisation? In fact, isn't UKARA already doing all the behind-the-scene stuff? Heck, UKARA itself appears to be a very product of past lobbying that became quasi-official regulatory body if there is one. Which again brings the question of why would we need a "peacetime" airsoft association in the first place. It would seem evident that its entire raison d'être can be better served by a bunch of youtubers. What is it different about UK airsoft that we need something the Canadians and Americans don't?

I wonder if a newer airsoft standard (or any "definition") can be useful and to what extent. There is already a set of de facto standard, which is the legal joule limits for the RIFs, requirements for eye protection (probably required by insurance), and sites having third party liability insurance being a legal requirement (in order to count as VCRA permitted activities). One can argue any more regulation than that is not really necessary and is just going to limit the open-ended nature of the hobby. One can even argue airsoft is not a sport because it is too open-ended. Therefore any new standard can only become one variant of airsoft, but not the entire hobby. And if it proves to be more accessible to beginners and more fun to play and more safe to play and therefore more profitable to run, then nobody will need to enforce it because fields will be adopting it automatically. So the question becomes, what could be a more popular, more fun, more fair, more safe, and more profitable form of airsoft? Or is it all external factors like cultural perception of guns for example? Then the question becomes, shouldn't this be left to market competition between airsoft fields to figure out? Then the question becomes, isn't the internet forums already playing the role of think tank? What can a bunch of committee do better than the internet? Then the question becomes, is the idea of an airsoft association even useful, and what is it that only a bunch of committee can do and nobody else can? Is it mainly an ambassador or representation type of role? Or a journalist? Then the question becomes, should it rather be a youtube channel or a magazine or something? Then the question becomes, should it rather be a business who get sponsorships from sporting or tactical clothing companies or things of that nature and produce entertainment content about airsoft, like famous guntubers like Matt from Evike? (That was a joke) Then the question becomes, shouldn't a UKARA clone be promoting the sport? After all retailers are the biggest players in the airsoft economy, aren't they? Then the question becomes, what does a player union even do? Lobbying group? Lobbying for what? What bargaining power does it have? What is there to lobby that the free market is not able to invent? Maybe acting as market research agency working with UKARA and field owners and players and sponsors and insurance brokers? Or is it merely a symbol for the fragmented nature of the airsoft hobby? In fact don't we already have a model for this? SpeedQB has their own version of airsoft and is doing great!

I agree 20k is a small amount. I also agree they don't much money to be effective. I think maybe if they open up and allow more volunteers to contribute rather than playing musical chairs of imaginary positions, they might be able to get things started at least without much spending. A white paper can start with a well written summary of the status quo, which obviously involves some research and speaking to various groups of people (field owners and a good sample of players perhaps), but if any volunteers who wants to play airsoft committee in spare time as a hobby perhaps it doesn't need to spend much money. You know what, anyone here wants to start a new club?

If any organisation wants to represent the whole of the UK airsoft skirmishing hobby it will have to do a much better job at it, if it wants to become the public facing portal for the sport it has to be very clear about what it considers to be the sport, what are the rulesets, and all the safety and legal requirements that goes into a skirmishing or any re-enactment milsim games. Then it needs to offer something to the hobby as a whole benefiting the players, the retailers, the field owners, and the public. Whether it be promoting good code of conduct or lobbying to improve site standards, or publishing research or survey, or improving public image or knowledge of airsoft and so on. Its primary mission should be to actively promote and improve and regulate the sport, to make it more fun and enjoyable and more safe to play, and more recognised as a sport, and more profitable as an industry. Just passively waiting around responding to any rare cases of legal emergency is frankly not very productive. If UKAPU wants to do something useful maybe they can spend the £20k in the research and development of a white paper defining airsoft as a sport in the UK and highlight its benefits, maybe make a basic beginner portal (find a UKARA site near you or something), and take steps to build up some sort of expected standards for UKARA sites to guide their development/reinvestment. That will give you the foundations of a full blown sport that can be improved upon and grow. Maybe periodic surveys to build up some sort of knowledge base to monitor the industry, which can be useful for defending the industry should the time comes. Or maybe get registered as a real charity or something.

This is my initial impression so if I got anything wrong feel free to correct me. Being an unincorporated association means it cannot legally own anything, cannot make any formal contracts, does not even have its own legal entity, all the assets are held by some officer or trustee, and there is no limited liability and it can only be sued through the officers or members. Looking at the "benefits" it is largely useless, it has no lobbying power to "preserve UK airsoft", its does not have any lawyer who can offer any better "legal help" than internet forums or some FAQ pages on their website, "member only games" is no different than any random game anyone can organise privately on facebook, the "regional representations" are largely vacant and not more useful than anyone on facebook, and the "discounts" is perpetually "in negotiations" which is basically false advertisement. It is literally a facebook group larping as an charity and started asking for donation money, and getting away with it because it does not legally exist. Where does the money go? You get to fund their collective larping activities, and you get a patch for being associated with it. And, you get to take part in a raffle if you attend their AGM, which is going to be proportionately attended by more officers than members. Granted they have saved £20k so far but hard to imagine what they can do with £20k, maybe funding private games? But surely it is going to benefit just a few people and not every member? What is the money doing in a paypal account? If it is not spending the money to promote airsoft and actually getting discounts for members, does it count as charity fraud? What is it even doing? Does the future of airsoft need protection from a facebook group who can't afford their own PR?

It may have been the lawyer told him to give them up so they can say “very much learned his lesson and now wants to move away from all that” and remove as much risk to public as possible so he doesn't get jailed by the sheriff

I think you mean s 38(2)(b), which needs to be read in conjunction with s 38(3)(a), also, "imitation firearm not being regarded as distinguishable from a real firearm for any practical purpose if it could be so distinguished only on a close examination" does not provide that imitation firearm can be regarded as distinguishable from a real firearm on a close examination, only 38(3)(a) has that provision.

IF and RIF are two distinct catagories, the law basically says, if it looks real (i.e. black), it is RIF, unless it is two-tone (one of the "bright" colours), then it is considered unrealistic by law, therefore it is not an RIF but an IF. If someone thinks 25% bright pink is not a firearm... it does not matter what someone thinks, because legally, it does not fulfil the criteria to be regarded as "unrealistic".

Maybe the piston teeth is fucked so it's just the gears turning

Look at that subtle off-white decor. The tasteful daylighting of it. Oh by God, it even has a tripod...

Need to get a replace gear And to fix the cause of the breaking I suspect shimming issues from factory

20k Warhead motor so you can full-auto all day

Which of the following is a common name for the Imitation Firearm that can be purchased without UKARA? A. Blue bone B. Safe zone C. Two scone D. Orange clone

Prime suspect is nozzle Next is bucking

Tappet plate spring unhooked maybe

Oh wait hang on, is the back of the board touching the gearbox? If there's anything behind wouldn't that short things out? Does it need a spacer or something?

Looking at the solder joints I think it's sub-par quality and the top FET in your circled appears to have a cold solder joint on the bottom leg (meaning poor contact) So if it's a repeated issue I would switch to another brand of MOSFET

Yes the one with 7.4 😃 Dunno why but it just seems like something that would certainly has its own Wiki page, but it doesn't. Even the VCRA has its own page.

Out of curiosity I noticed the UKARA website does not mention who runs the UKARA database other than a GDPR policy and an ICO registration number. A simple search on the ICO website returns a nondescript address in Cornwall next to a notable government agency facility. I am also surprised by the fact that UKARA has no Wikipedia entry. It almost seems like they are deliberately trying to be secretive which makes my curiosity grow even more. Which begs the question, who even is UKARA?

Not sure if same gun but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lWX9jwgNU8