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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.

That reminds me of someone recently wanting a response to fill his echo chamber with the notion that an AEP was a good choice. I don't think he was impressed with the consensus that AEPs are hugely underwhelming in performance to a point they're not even worth being a sidearm nor do I think he liked being told AEPs in fact do have running costs, contrary to the narrative he'd sold himself.

Apart from many of those mentioned, people who lack the courtesy to respond to communications, even when there's a read receipt really grind my gears

From recent experience, that claim about selling/buying is inaccurate. With the boot sales at Shift Your RIFTs, the organisers said in no uncertain terms that private sellers have a responsibility to ensure that buyers have a valid defence to buy a RIF as the event was open to any Tom, Dick or Harry who may have sinister intentions and not just regular airsofters or novices looking to play on a regular basis. As Tackle & Rogerborg said, while checking a defence with private sales is in the minority of cases in practice and it's seldom enforced at a retail or private level when the RIF is already in the UK, shouting about your claims doesn't make them correct. The litmus test of your claim is that if enforcement of defence checking happened overnight, you'd find a lot of private sellers could be prosecuted no matter how much you shout that a defence is "not needed".

Yes, totally agreed with spot checking. Especially with the transition from a cool morning to a warm/hot afternoon, I have seen some GBBR users go above the limit in the spot check despite passing the chrono test. There was one HPA user who gave a marshal a bit of grief over being asked to ensure his regulator was locked when the marshal noticed it hadn't been after passing him on the test.

I can't think why you can't run a LiPo as long as it's a 7.4V. You can run 11.1V on an AEG without a MOSFET/ETU though you run a higher risk (not a guarantee) of needing to rebuild or service your gun more regularly. I use a LiPo exclusively on one of my 20+ year old AEGs that doesn't have a MOSFET/ETU since its NiMh batteries lost most of their charging capacity years ago. Personally, I recommend LiPo over NiMH every time as long as you use a balance charger and keep an eye on your batteries when they're charging.

Whether you think it's good or bad, sites will test to what their insurers require of them. Your proposed chrono test can still be cheated by players testing with X weight ammo but playing with a heavier weight where joule creep would fail the test. There's no logistically fool-proof test so trust is a key part of the process. If the chrono test passes a player who then gets caught in play above the joule limit, that liability is on the player as they can be prosecuted for assault with a hot weapon.

Yeah, I agree. It's just something more to go wrong and not much information is given about it either.

Used batteries are minefield to price because of the lost charge capacity and, especially with LiPos, their safety. I'd say £35 to £40 is the ball park. I'm not sure what ParcelForce would charge for shipping but that may be your only option as most other couriers won't ship LiPo batteries on their own for non-business accounts.

It looks like the try-hard chancer smoked crack and bumped up an already ludicrous price. https://www.usedairsoft.co.uk/rif-s/electric-powered/dpd-aeg-bundle-and-nuprol-hard-case-lightly-used_i80377

Utter waste of two decent GBBRs. Even with the pistol, I wouldn't run 0.2s through it unless maybe I was in CQB.

Welcome back! I was away from airsoft for a long time before returning to it. The use of LiPo batteries and MOSFETs was part of the culture shock of returning but I haven't used anything other than LiPos in my AEGs in the past couple of years.