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    UK Airsoft Federation

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, Asomodai said:

     

    Depends what you mean by case (Court, Importation, Police). Legal representation in court has not been provided (Haven't been asked/not been needed). However UKAPU has helped guide people through first steps through importation issues and issues with the police. Including when to go to a lawyer and to provide direction for the lawyer via the person in question.

     

    In fact UKAPU have a form you can fill out. 

     

    Ask for legal help — UKAPU

     

    I suspect they would struggle to provide legal representation in court if requested.

    UK Airsoft Federation

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    17 minutes ago, Pseudotectonic said:

    Interesting find

     

    (Note UKAF is not UKAPU)

     

    The codes looks a bit pointless because they are all pretty normal things any business is already expected to do, and with extra restrictions you only find in professional bodies like disciplinary and complaints, lol, what are they gonna do, expel them from their excel file?

    Yes, my posts were merged.  

    The UKAF documents look like they were cobbled together over a few beers by people who really did not know what they were doing.

    UK Airsoft Federation

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    Posted · Edited by Colin Allen

    1 hour ago, Pseudotectonic said:

    @Asomodai how does it work? do they give expert witness or something? or do they help finding lawyers etc

     

    and how does it work in terms of liability, since UKAPU is not a legal entity, would it be down to the assigned (?) volunteer (?) for each case?

    It would probably enhance their credibility if they put some anonymised case studies on their website, so that people can see the sort of support that they have provided.

    The potential liability issues are interesting.

     

    Having just read their charter and code of practice, it is clear that UKAF is intended to be a trade organisation. https://ukairsoftfederation.co.uk/assets/files/UKAF_Code_of_Practice_v2.pdf

    UK Airsoft Federation

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    It is hard to see what this Federation (a federation of what) is going to do that will be beneficial for the hobby.  It seems to have had a FB page in some form for a couple of years with no noticeable impact on the hobby.

    Value required.

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    Posted

    The AM-014 is available from Dave's Custom Airsoft for £230, so a reasonable second hand price would be around £160-£170.

    The AM-016 is available from Extreme Airsoft for £260, so a reasonable second hand price would be around £180-£190.

    However, you could put them on sale for a bit more and negotiate down if necessary.

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    The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Colin Allen

    Today was a return to Airsoft Plantation in Essex, one of my regular sites.  I had not been since they improved the already very good safe zone; there is now a third large covered area, with table space for a lot more players.

    Fewer players were present than usual, possibly because of the rather poor weather forecast which turned out to inaccurate.

    During the safety brief, the site owner stated that the day would be more like naval warfare.  AP can be a trifle damp underfoot; today, some parts of it were completely flooded, with the plane at the DEA base looking like it had just crashed into a lake.

     

    In order to give the open areas a chance to dry out a bit, we started off in the wood, with a two stage fallback game.  As the defenders, we had two lives, one at the ridge line and one between the kill house and the wobbly bridge stream.  The attackers, who had infinite regens on a marshal, had to get a bomb runner with a smoke grenade to, firstly, the Land Rover and, secondly, the wobbly bridge.  The teams seemed somewhat imbalanced, with our team having a number of less experienced players.  However, we fought hard at the ridge line, slowing down the enemy attack as they entered the woods and tried to push forward; communication was excellent, with our players calling out enemy movements.  After being hit on the ridge line, I fell back to take up a position on our extreme right by the wobbly bridge stream, along with a few other players.  The enemy pushed hard on our left flank, but we stayed where we were, anticipating a thrust in our area.  They became bogged down in vicinity of the Land Rover/kill house, which delayed them badly.  Seeking a new route, a group of them moved towards our position on our right, resulting in a sprawling fight, during which we were inevitably overcome, each having only one life left.  Eventually, an enemy thrust from the left of the field got their bomb runner to the bridge and the game ended.

    After a pleasingly short break to mag up, the game was reversed; we soon discovered why the enemy's attack had bogged down despite having infinite regens.  Movement through the muddy woods was difficult and the defenders were able to use the plentiful cover to slow down the advance.  However, after trying several different routes and approaches, we broke through their centre and, despite being held up by a few players positioned around the Land Rover and the kill house, eventually got the first bomb to the Land Rover.  We pushed on quickly, partly because a lot of enemy players seemed to have used up both of their lives, and a final push saw our bomb runner set off the second bomb on the wobbly bridge.

    Over two long, hard fought games, our time was approximately one minute quicker than that of our opponents.

    We then moved into the village for another game where we were the defenders.  Ten players were issued with yellow armbands; initially, they were to fight alongside us but, once hit, they had to remain where they were until captured by the enemy.  They were then taken to the enemy's regen, where they became enemy players.  In addition, one of them knew the location of a bell in one of the buildings; the attackers had to set this off to win.  We had two lives in the village and its environs, while the attackers had infinite regens on the firebreak.

    This was a hard fought game with lots of small firefights as the attackers tried to break into the village suburbs.  Initially, I was in some bushes watching a track the enemy were likely to use; noticing enemy players moving to my right, I engaged them.  Turning back to the track, I was surprised to find an enemy player shooting at me at fairly close range as I had not felt any hits; I shot back, hitting him, whereupon he became very salty about me allegedly not taking my hits.  Immediately after, I was hit from behind.  Pulling back into the village, I took up position with a few others in one of the buildings; we fought off attacks from several directions before I was hit and went back to the safe zone.

    After lunch, that game was turned around; we decided to attack from several directions.  I was with the group that went for the far left of the village; it was a hard fight through the scrubland, being repeatedly hit as we slowly wore down the enemy and pushed towards the village itself.  At one point, we were pinned down on the edge of the village by players in a two storey structure, but eventually managed to dislodge them, breaking into the village alongside our colleagues to our right and setting off the bell.

    Again, the times were close, but we were quicker by a few minutes.

    After this game, I decided to leave as I had things that needed doing.

    It was a good day's play with well designed and well marshalled games and great play from both sides.

     Having played for three consecutive weekends, I am not playing for the next two; we have rehearsals next weekend and, the following weekend, are headlining the Sunday night of a small festival in Cardigan, which seems to be beyond where proper roads end.

    Weapons used:
    Classic Army HK33
    Classic Army HK53
    ASG Commander XP18 CO2

     

    9mm MagFlash Blanks

    in General Discussion

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    38 minutes ago, RostokMcSpoons said:

    Really, really, really need to put your stuff through a spell checker if you're going to sell things.  I'd not have much faith in someone who can't spell 'coming' and sticks apostrophes into plurals, and generally doesn't bother with details - like grammar, punctuation and spelling.

     

    But maybe that's just me!

    It isn't just you.

    What brand BBs are best nowadays? Bang for buck.

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    Posted · Edited by Colin Allen

    46 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

    You clearly, and fortunately, haven't committed to the meat free cause. You've been here almost a year and a half before mentioning it 😁

    I have been here a lot longer than that; my previous account was hacked.  I don't really see why people feel the need to mention being vegetarian or vegan or whatever all the time.

    What brand BBs are best nowadays? Bang for buck.

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    23 minutes ago, gavinkempsell said:

    All this technical stuff is giving me a headache, let me share my wisdom,

     

    Beef Sausage... 4kg lean beef, 1kg bread rusk, 210g seasoning(special recipe), 3kg cold water. Mince beef through a medium plate, add dry ingredients & mix thoroughly, add water & mix again, mince a second time then fill into skins, link evenly & sell the buggers.

     

    any one disagree?

    Me, but only because I do not eat meat.

    The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

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    2 hours ago, DanBow said:

    In a word, or 2, bloody brilliant!

     

    I only booked in for a half day, due to my still broken but getting better leg, and I stuck it out for a couple of hours but i loved every second of it.

     

    I had everyrhing ready to go, batteries charged,  mags gassed and when i got to site I realised that I'd left the bag of batteries at home! Knobber! Luckily the guy setting up next to me had a spare, otherwise it would have ben a pistol day!

     

    Not many shots were fired and i dont think I i got anyone but it was nice to be out. 

     

    There was a photographer taking shots (pictures) for their website too. If he got any decent ones of me, you'll all see them on here! Lol

    Well done for getting out there with a broken leg; that is true dedication.

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    The 'How Did Your Airsoft Day Go? Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Colin Allen

    Today, I went to Splatoon in Essex, a site I have been to a few times before and always had an enjoyable day.

    About 90-100 players were present, a mixture of old (I chatted with a 72 year old chap who was playing for the first time and was there with this grandson) and young, experienced and newcomers to the hobby.

    The first game was a fallback; we were defending and the attackers had to clear each of four areas in turn, not being able to attack the next section until they had cleared the current one.  There was a 30 second time penalty for every enemy player still alive after the attacking team called the area clear.  Defenders had one life in each area, while the attackers had infinite lives, respawning on a marshal who was just behind their rearmost player.  We put up a great fight in each area, with the attackers finally taking the last area, by someone reaching the grey helicopter, with about 90 seconds of the game remaining.

    After a short break to refill mags, the game was reversed; we stormed through the enemy, setting a new site record for completing the objective, even allowing for a 30 second time penalty when we overlooked a still living defender.

    Following this, we played a game across the whole site, which involved controlling the three spinners that are situated across it; control of a spinner was shown by turning it so that your side's colour was facing upward.  Both sides had infinite regens on their start points.  This was a really fun game, with small groups of players roving over the site, popping up in unexpected places and many small and large firefights breaking out and then fading out.  I was mostly in the lower section of the field, where the yellow team claimed the spinner in the last seconds with a brilliant run from a lone player.  At the end they also controlled the spinner in the container field, while we held the central one.

    After another short break to refill mags, we played a search and recovery game.  15 small missiles were spread across the entire site; the teams had to recover as many as they could and store them in their helicopter (there are two helicopters on site, one at each end of the container field).  A player could only carry one missile at a time and the regen rules were as in the previous game.  This was enjoyable mayhem, with small groups roving the site looking for missiles, trying to get them back to their helicopter, trying to ambush enemy players transporting missiles, and attempting to raid the other team's helicopter.  When the game ended, we had 9 missiles and the enemy had 6.

    It was a good, fun day of airsoft with some great play from both sides and interesting games.

    Weapons used:
    Hurricane/G&P SR47
    DBoys AKMS
    ASG XP18 Commander CO2 (a massive upgrade on the Cybergun M1911)

     

    P2 products for airsoft

    in UK Law

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Dawn0303 said:

    is it possible to get p2 products like the MK9 thunderflash for use in airsoft games? i see them sold that way often but also with extensive mention of them being p2 products, was wondering if anyone does or has used them, or if its even possible to actually get them and how someone would

    If you are seriously considering using them, please have a long, hard think about WHY you want to use them.  When you have done that, if you still want to use them, join the army.

    I have spent quite a bit of time messing around with serious pyro; no airsoft players should be allowed anywhere near a MK9.

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