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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

28+ TPA motor or warhead motor, 13:1 gears, good shim job, as big a battery you can get, mosfet, short stroke and harder springs, bigger wires, supercapacitors...

I find it hard to believe chucking solid blocks of aluminium at people is acceptable gameplay at all because you can crack skulls and disfigure peoples faces with it.

It's a zombie RIF, very illegal under Offensive Weapons Act 2019.

It's fine, as long as the inner barrel is still supported and not rattling around inside the outer barrel. If you have a drill you can try polishing the inside of the existing inner with some metal polish which might give you better result than getting a new one.

I think the other one is better looking because the wear pattern is more genuine. By genuine I mean you can basically picture his grip and the usage pattern from the wear marks. It seems you have tried to artificially recreate the wear pattern but, like many other similar attempts by other people, because it's not a real usage pattern, it doesn't look as good as the real ones IMO. I would argue the only way to a great wear pattern is to wear it off naturally. Maybe even choosing the paint that have better flake-off characteristics or something, because the real steel patterns (at least the better looking ones) seem to have more flaking/chipping offs than fading offs. So perhaps the secret is in the precision or resolution of the wear pattern, i.e. the sharper the better. But it also depends on the body material I guess. (Can't find good examples but this one has sharp flake offs:)

Sometimes I wonder if gold paint is not too far off from the various "RAL8000s" in rifles etc (especially the cerakote one)

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