Galvatron

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/air-guns/air-rifles_1/m56b-airsoft-shotgun-with-multi-shot-system_i81561 https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/air-guns/air-rifles_1/m4-style-aeg-automatic-electric-gun-airsoft-rifle_i81563 Seller regurgitates some text off the internet, possibly from an AI prompt. Doesn't bother to list a price or say she's open to offers.

I usually take that as a euphemism for being something you technically can skirmish but really, really don't want to.

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/other-equipment/collection-of-airsoft-back-garden-shooters_i80781 Did somebody get stung by or bored with a couple of mystery boxes from one the the retailers with "BB Guns" in their name?

Some WhatsApp chats were insufferable. It wasn't just the slurs, it's the memes lampooning those with disabilities and other shock jock behaviour. I didn't ask for that shit on my phone. I have a dark, childish and often distasteful sense of humour but there's a time and place. The worst is where you find 100+ unread messages and you'd be lucky to find 5% of them to actually discuss airsoft. I do appreciate that some chats have somewhat strict rules to keep the discussion to sales and tech/equipment advice only and use the dedicated chat if they want to dick about.

https://prefired.co.uk/ads/aap-01c-custom-build/ "Too many parts to list", apparently. Is that to prevent people from checking if it's completely overpriced and/or that you're charging for an AAP-01 that's become Trigger's Broom?

I would say £850 is your ballpark. The return spring, hop bucking & nub along with the furniture will only add so much value as they're replacing rather than adding to the stock items. Especially with the stock and grip, if you had the originals, you could boost the value by at least £50 as they'd be listed as an addition instead of a swap. I'd say the sling and handstop (as you said it was cheap) would be where people may try to haggle on the price so I didn't factor them into my valuation.

Almost returned to stock now - an NPAS valve should come as standard with GBBRs these days to be honest. At that price, I'll be surprised if the listing lasts 3 or 4 hours.

Do you know if it's completely stock or if the previous owner tinkered with it? Being an ARP9, I can see players swapping out the motor for a higher speed model to increase the rate of fire on full auto even further but coming at the expense of single-shot performance. If you've got semi lock, one of the causes can be that your motor isn't producing enough torque on a single cycle to drive the gears and piston.

Gunnery Sgt Hartman's reaction to finding a jam donut in Private Lyle's foot locker from Full Metal Jacket springs to mind.

https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/air-guns/air-rifles_1/m4a1-lipo_i81223 The seller apparently doesn't know much about this hideous two-tone jobbie but he somehow knows it (presumably including the sight) is worth 250 smackeroonies.

Same. While I find a tonne of Mack's dreamers there, I do get the odd bargain. In fact my G36 that I field quite regularly was from a seller on Airsoft Hub. I've bought and repaired boneyard items that are far more reasonably priced than those on Patrol Base. I've also done a trade that worked out nicely for both of us. In all those instances, I dealt with the seller/trader face to face.

My experience is evidently different. I consider Twitter the insertion point for the internet if it needed an enema.

Unfortunately, that's the cesspit that Facebook has turned into with intrusive ads and its Scunthorpe problem censorship of the word "gun". There were a few decent pages but because of words and images picked up by the algorithm that seemed to know best, they kept being shadow banned, flagged and even shutdown because of self-righteous policies that don't understand airsoft isn't about shooting up schools in America. Reddit isn't bad but I'd say forums are the best platform. There are a few Whatsapp chats that can be handy for advice but some people become the missing link when they utter all sorts of nonsense under "banter".

Case in point was one chap who waded in and asserted with such swagger and confidence in his first post that a defence isn't at all necessary for a private purchase/sale of RIFs. He has lurked ever since he was disabused of that falsehood with short shrift.

That's one of the most compelling cases to restore the gun to factory defaults as he has all the original parts. Not to dismiss his skills teching his own airsoft guns but surely a stock GBBR is more likely to sell? All the other accessories can be sold individually or in smaller bundles.

I know that all too well myself!

No, I'm just taking the piss because no clarity is given on what or where the engravings are on the the lower receiver.

If you can stretch your journey by 10-15 minutes, may I suggest RIFT Airsoft's Blackstone CQB in Huntingdon?

Do you mean an indoor shooting range or indoor site? Are you looking around Hants/Dorset/Berks only or will you travel farther away? I would imagine sites permitting full auto indoors would be the exception rather than the general rule, except for private games, as you're usually going to have no MED rule indoors.

"Lower receiver does have engravings" HEIL HITLER! "Has some exterior damage in areas" It's only a bit of metal fatigue worsened by hitting a few trees and dropping it on concrete a couple of times. It's nothing my used chewing gum hasn't sorted out. I don't need to share more photos. I've been transparent enough in disclosing everything!

Oh god! I assumed the spot checks were an addition. How does their liability insurance cover them?

I must have had a brainfart. Can you qualify or describe how a random chrono test and weight verification of ammo presents a safety risk? It may be a logistical pain but I fail to see how the test risks safety.

People who get defensive when asked if a gun they're selling is a resprayed two-tone when the paint looks too glossy or like satin compared to the actual black parts of the gun or you can see red, green or blue streaks but they don't disclose it in the listing. Just about any deceitful behaviour to try and inflate the value of something above what it's worth and not having the balls to come clean, especially when you're preying on the ignorance of others who don't think to spot these things.