Colin Allen

Because you were not doing anything illegal.

Which would be approximately none of them.

Based on that, it does appear that Just-Cos’ insurance does not protect individual cosplayers as it covers events put on by Just-Cos. The membership is being mis-sold.

Super, many thanks!

Does anyone know, or would anyone be kind enough to measure, the thread size and length of the upper screw that holds a solid stock on an LCT AK74?

They describe themselves as a club, so are possibly set up as an unincorporated association.

Ares pistons have a habit of breaking at the back; they are poorly designed.

Almost certainly the back of the piston breaking off then:(. If you are lucky, it won't have damaged the sector gear.

Crikey! I felt that taking three was too much of a faff! If it was the Ares, it was probably the back of the piston breaking off; their pistons are notorious for doing it.

b)he modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm; How do you modify an airsoft imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm? You remove the brightly coloured paint or overspray it.

Because Andy Stevens felt that they undermined the argument that using them negated the "immersion" contention that was part of the rationale for us to keep our non-brightly coloured toys.

I am really not sure what they are providing insurance against; they mention public liability relating to dressing up and carrying "scary" items including imitation weaponry or having such reported as being an offensive weapon, but what are the members actually being insured against? Public liability insurance covers against the cost of claims for: Personal injuries Loss of, or damage to, property Death You cannot insure against being arrested for carrying a RIF or any type of offensive weapon or for dressing up as something scary. Perhaps the insurance is in case someone has a heart attack or is injured running away from what they perceive to be someone wielding a gun or dressed as a a monster. It does seem that it might better be called Just-Con.

I had not intended to play airsoft today; I had been planning to visit either Airsoft Plantation or Dragons Lair on Sunday, but the weather forecast intervened, threatening very heavy rain in the southern part of Essex. Therefore, on Friday afternoon, I decided that I would spend today at Tactical Warfare Airsoft, near Croydon, a site that I last visited with the lad on December 23rd, when we were both impressed with how it had improved. It has an interestingly varied woodland part with a number of structures, including some in the base of an old pit, and a CQB village. In the morning, about 42 players were present, a mixture of experienced players, black clad speedybois, who are drawn in by the CQB village, and a large numbers of rentals. I took three rifles with me; two of which I intended to use. One was my MPiKM, to which I had fitted a new CYMA gear box as the previous combination of the CYMA body, Begadi hop and LCT gearbox was not a success. My guess at where the hop should be set turned out to be spot on and it shot like a dream. I highly recommend the Begadi AK hops to anyone. Another was my "built from bits" M4, fitted with one of @ak2m4's brushless motors and a Perun Hybrid; this was just along for testing and also shot perfectly. After the morning rituals, we set off for our first game, which was in the CQB village. The first thing that struck me was the mud; it was epic! Then came the realisation that the village had been significantly developed since my last visit, now being far more complex and a lot tighter. The game was a simple domination, using a card reader in the centre of the village; both sides had 10 cards, each of which could only be read once on each visit to the reader. Players had infinite regens on their start points. I found a superb position behind a fence and a bush, which gave me a great view over two of the main routes through the village; I got a huge number of hits, completely cutting off those routes, without getting hit once. We won the game by an impressive margin as the other team seemed hesitant to push up. Following this, we wandered off to do an attack/defence game in the Pit. Defenders had two lives and attackers had infinite regens. This was a timed game with the end being when the attackers had five players in the building at the base of the Pit. I started off with a group attacking the plateau on the far side of the Pit and was shot almost immediately by a sniper lurking on the back of the plateau. Returning from regen, i found that our group had taken the plateau and were pushing into the pit, while the other part of the team descended into it from the front. It took a while to winkle the defenders out of their positions and eventually take control of the building. This game was then turned around; I usually defend the plateau but, on this occasion, decided to set up on top of the ridge to the side of the Pit, taking advantage of the MPiKM's range and accuracy. This proved profitable until I attracted the attention of a sniper, who potted me. I moved to another position slightly further round and had fun taking out attackers until the same sniper got me again. We won by a reasonable time margin. Then, it was back to the village for the barrel game, which is a staple of TWA. The attackers, with infinite regens, had to locate three numbered barrels in the village and get them back to their start point; again, this was a timed game. We were defending and I had a set of nice duels with enemy before being hit and falling back to a new position, where I was shot by my own side :(. Being my second hit, i was reduced to being a spectator. This was then turned around; we recovered all three barrels in a slightly longer time than the other team. All of these games were played without returning to the safe zone, which is a nice feature of TWA. At lunch time, the morning-only players left, leaving both sides significantly reduced; after lunch the teams were rebalanced and we restarted with an interesting game. Each team had a base in the woods with a smoke grenade wired up to a remotely controlled detonator; two remote controls, one for each team, were hidden in the woods. The teams had to find their remote, take it back to their base and, hopefully, set off the grenade in the opponent's base; the catch was that each remote had two unmarked buttons, one would set off the grenade in the opponent's base, while the other would set off the one in your own base. This was a hard fought game with some great firefights, which ended with our opponents setting off the grenade in our base :(. After this game, a number of players left, leaving us somewhat outnumbered; however, only slightly daunted, we set off to get two flags to the far end of the village from our regen at the Police Station; we had infinite regens and the defenders had one life each. This proved to be a bit of a struggle, but we eventually cleared them out. In the reverse of the game, I started on the right of the village, intercepting a lot of attackers and forcing them to go back to their regen, before being potted. After rebalancing the teams again, we ended up with a game around Badger Base; each team, with infinite regens, had to ensure that they had a player or players in the dugout at the end of the game, In the first iteration, we played from my favourite end and I had great fun taking out enemy players; however, they held the dugout at the end. This was then turned around, with one of our players diving into the dugout just before the whistle went. As in the morning, all the afternoon games were played without returning to the safe zone. Overall, it was a rather good, well organised day of airsoft. There were a few niggles about hit taking involving a handful of players, which got a bit salty at one point, but this was handled well by the marshals. Guns used: Morning: CYMA MPiKM Afternoon: Golden Eagle AMD 65 ASG Commander XP18 (CO2)

This! Several years ago, I used a friend’s HPA sniper rifle for a day. Never again. It only remained on HPA for a short time as he also hated it.

And watch as airsoft gets banned and the "lefties" win. This is the great dilemma that airsoft faces; basing advertising on the elements that make it great fun is likely to bring those elements into the wider public consciousness, which will almost certainly increase the probability of it being banned. I am centre-left politically; if the political spectrum was my feet, I would be roughly where my left hallux is or, on some topics, where my left second toe is. However, in the world of airsoft, I am clearly far to the left of most players that I meet. However, I do know a few "leftie" players, so we are not all the enemy that you imagine us to be or have been persuaded to believe we are.

What is absurd about the expense of playing three games as a beginner? Do you mean that you think rental costs are too high? Two months spent waiting to be approved? Are you referring to the requirement to play three games in more than 56 days or did you have to wait that long for your UKARA number to be sent to you? If the former, that is a requirement set by UKARA so that you can show that you are a dedicated player. If the latter, such a wait is very unusual. After the first year, assuming that you keep your UKARA registration at the same site, there is no extra expense involved as you qualify just by playing at the site.

Very true! I have contemplated doing that.

It really isn't a problem for those of us who play at several different sites. The requirement of playing three times in more than 56 days at a single site is not hard to achieve. I play across a core of four sites with more occasional visits to other sites, with my UKARA being anchored at one of the core sites. When it needs renewing I do it through them as they have a record of my attendance over the previous 12 months; provided that their system shows three or more visits, all is good.

Yes, it was a new one on us as well!

You need one of these, if you can find one; they are no longer in production: https://www.airsoftmegastore.com/13073-lct-airsoft-tx-4-side-scope-mount-rail-for-vss-vintorez-as-val-pp-19-LCT-PK-240

It is a PTS grip.

I have seen people sent home for shooting out of bounds after clear warnings about not doing so, deliberately taking out a hot gun, letting off a round in the safe zone (that was an interesting one), smoking weed in the lunch break, and repeated non hit taking despite warnings.

It is in an M4.

I had the same experience this evening; due to the shape of the end of the motor, the grip baseplate needed serious alteration to enable adjustment. Other than that, I am very impressed so far; it runs quietly and seems efficient. I will probably mess around with AB and precocking on the Perun tomorrow night to see if I can break the motor,

I will experiment when I reassemble the gun.