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To import you will need a defence, although most overseas shop probably don't accept anything other than UKARA to avoid problems There is also the problem of customs, they are (probably) used to checking UKARA but not any other types of defence

I suspect the trigger might be dodgy, and not the Perun

you need to hold the trigger for 2 seconds for the reset

what is your current ROF?

You can try this:

It does seem to defeat the whole premise of VCRA if anyone can bypass it for £20 It is just a legal loophole, that is what it is Although arguably, VCRA is only a deterrent really, if one is determined to do crime they can rattle can a two-tone with a £5 can of black paint And if you are really just an airsofter playing legitimate airsoft, I have to agree £20 is less than three games of rental which costed me £90 Although the three rental games actually helped inform my first purchase so it can reduce the risk of wrong purchases, if someone jumps the gun and invest in something but later regret it, that is going to cost more than the £70 difference (worse if someone decides airsoft isn't for them within three games) So I guess (as a new player) if you are certain about the RIF you want and not regret it, £70 is £70 Of course it doesn't apply to older players who already have their own RIF which is just a matter of playing another three games vs £20 bypass, in this case I don't see it as much of a problem The only scenario where this might become a problem is if someone uses the £20 bypass to get an RIF and then do a crime, which might make the court examine the "standard of proof of defence" question i.e. is a photo sufficient proof of "organisation and holding of permitted activities" (as per Defences to an offence under section 36 of the 2006 Act or under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to that Act). If a photo is sufficient, the loophole will stay. If a photo is insufficient, the loophole is plugged, but the court will have to say what is considered sufficient. And arguably a photo should be enough proof as this is probably a common standard of proof in other areas of laws. -- PS on second thought, a photo alone is probably not enough, the retailer also needs to check a photo ID to make sure it is the same person in the photo, so the person should really be identifiable in the photo, along with the clear indication of the nature of the activity itself

https://planning.walsall.gov.uk/swift/MediaTemp/76733-425050.pdf Just noticed they've submitted an "updated" proposed plan with some more details (if you can call those details), bad news is the layout is still non-existent and the drawing is literally broken, good news is most of those partition walls seem to be non-structural, so perhaps they might be able to demolish / create openings in any of those (leaving the columns of course) and unlock the potential for map design

Let me put it this way, if I were to claim from your 5 million insurance, where do I even send my claim form to?

Sorry for spamming, but apparently the Japanese is already in the future, there is this thing called Fastgun which is exactly what @EDcase was saying, airsoft but laser tag with IR, no BBs Although it does look rather underwhelming with no actual indication of where exactly you hit (the only receiver is on the head)... with BB you can see where it went so I guess there is that https://youtu.be/yF6GEDKLk-I?feature=shared&t=800

Photo is just for the "permitted activity" part, because the insurance itself is not proof of the activity. With UKARA the site handles checking the ID check etc to prove you actually play, but with your own insurance and your own activity you gotta show something to prove what you are doing with the RIF, so the seller can have the defence. -- Although, looking at the Just-Cos website it does seem very dodgy because there is no contact information and zero info about the exact policy or even who is the provider of the insurance... not even company name or company registration number... on that basis I would avoid it.

(VCRA RIF Regulations 2007) Just-Cos insurance can fulfil the third party liability insurance requirement for the "permitted activity" which just means "acting out of military or law enforcement scenarios for the purposes of recreation", which of course include skirmishing, but arguably cosplay also falls into such recreation, and indeed one can argue airsoft skirmishing is just a cosplay event with some procedural competitive acting.

On the topic of airsoft leagues, just come across this thing in the US called Competitive Speedsoft League which looks rather well organized It is livestreaming a game with announcers and everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu3IiWJw7JQ Just thought it's relevant

It doesn't matter which, because "pistol" is a category of actual modern firearms which, even though they include firearms of different makes or models (whether existing or discontinued) or both, all have the same or a similar appearance. As long as something looks like it belongs to the pistol category, it already ticks the box. Anything that can be described as a pistol shaped object (with non unrealistic colour) would tick the box. VCRA is written so it doesn't have to list out every single type of actual firearms that was ever invented and those yet to be invented in the future. If tomorrow someone invents a type of firearm that is a bucket shaped object you wear on your head with a cylinder sticking out in front, and call it a Headcannon™, it would automatically become a new category of RIF that new replicas can realistically imitate.

Generally we want to attract new people and retain them, maybe improve their beginner experience, and help them to get over the learning curve Shops can set up shooting ranges or micro CQB corners / cubicle for testing and attract curious people to try playing with RIFs, this can be a hook to lure people in and give them a first taste of what it is like playing Fields can make it more beginner friendly by having actually good rental gears that actually give them an advantage rather than disadvantage, and generally level the playing field and make sure teams are balanced Youtubers can make it more beginner friendly by having better intros and explanations of the gameplay Memento Mori, Memento the newbie

Could it be the surface finish is different so your hop setting needed to be different?

It needs to be read in full: (don't just highlight some words and ignore the rest😂) 1. something falling within a description That means something that can be described in a certain way... 2. which could be used for identifying, by reference to their appearance, ...by their appearance, that can point out... 3. the firearms falling within a category of actual modern firearms which, ...a type of modern firearm (e.g. pistols) that... 4. even though they include firearms of different makes or models (whether existing or discontinued) or both, all have the same or a similar appearance. ...can include different brands (e.g. Berretta or Sig or Glock) but looks the same or similar (i.e. a pistol). So for example, a sci-fi video game pistol (e.g. from video game Doom), even though is definitely not an actual firearm, its appearance can still fall within a general description of a pistol, therefore it would be an RIF. Another example, a fictional pistol (e.g. AI generated image) that has half a slide from a Glock and half a slide from Sig and a body style of a Berretta, it is definitely fictional, and certainly not any actual firearm brand or model, but because its appearance, again, fits the description of a pistol, it would be an RIF. Same logic with the pulse rifle, because it has the general appearance of a real rifle, someone who is not a sci-fi fan and firearm expert won't be able to tell whether it is fictional or actual but certainly it will still look like a rifle, therefore can still be frightened into submission for example in a robbery, which is the whole intent of VCRA is to try to stop these RIFs from becoming tools of crime. (Whether the law is effective is a totally different topic) So the law is actually (a) actual firearm or (b) looks like some sort of actual firearm.

Yeah the battery rated output is a maximum (and often incorrect, only way to know is testing), the actual current is determined by how much load the motor is under. If there is no load (i.e. motor is outside of the gearbox by itself) it will draw a few amps. Even a battery with 9000000 C will only output a few amps in this situation. If there is infinite load (e.g. clamped in a vice so the motor cannot turn) it will draw infinite amp (or shorted), figuratively speaking. A 1000 mAh battery with 10 C will be able to theoretically output 10 A and all of which is turned into pure heat in the motor and very quickly overheat.

I guess it is a SOT-553, ROHM EMY1 https://fscdn.rohm.com/en/products/databook/datasheet/discrete/transistor/bipolar/emy1t2r-e.pdf (fake?): http://www.1688eric.com/product.aspx?id=360852

I guess you don't need anything for it to work, I mean it will work just fine, but if it is too fast you might want to watch out for PME but that is another topic, but there is nothing that is really needed with what is essentially just a better motor

If it is SSG trigger response built, maybe you can try put in a mosfet with precocking, which makes it really snappy And then if you upgrade the hop rubber and do barrel shimming etc it will shoot very straight and accurate You might not need to upgrade FPS because you might be at the FPS limit already

There is a picture of the king holding up a paintball gun... at an army recruitment event? I was just gonna say maybe the army can run their own flavour of milsim events as some sort of recruitment drive or PR, but I'm not sure what political implications there might be and whether it could actually harm the hobby, "Rory you're not allowed to play airsoft because you're gonna get drafted by the army and sent somewhere and die!!!" Anyways I think we need a celeb or some sort of next gen airsoft content creator who can generate talks and clicks and actually help push the airsoft culture to be more appealing and accessible, we need more mascot(s) who can represent

RIF under VCRA actually has to look like a "modern firearm", "[...] “modern firearm” means any firearm other than one the appearance of which would tend to identify it as having a design and mechanism of a sort first dating from before the year 1870." So if it looks like something that could have been plausibly produced after 1870 it would count as RIF (including sci-fi or video game or other fictional gun shaped objects that, basically, looks like a gun)

Are there any celebs who play airsoft? Partly because the airsoft media space is rather vacuum in my opinion

OP? DSG

@Tommikka very informative post Airsoft Olympics vs Airsoft I would argue airsoft does not have to lose anything, because the format and ruleset for Airsoft Olympics will necessarily be something new, it is yet to be invented, but of course those international tournaments will be good references. Airsoft vs Paintball Airsoft has advantages over paintball being a less messy and arguably more scalable and accessible, and with an improved ruleset (including mandating a certain player to ref ratio, for example, to minimize cheating) I think airsoft has a better potential than paintball at growing. Delta Force had a valid vision but wrongly executed. UKPSF is perhaps halfway there, airsoft just need to surpass it. PR Department Yes health benefits + social media campaign is a good idea. We need to make some social media accounts and start posting positive stuff. Perhaps we need a mascot.