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Does that work with HMRC? Not something they'll have known about if I even I don't lol.

Was shipped with UPS so maybe that was pricey, but it was something I was just sent review so I've not got an invoice from the company in order to check. I've had the same thing too in the past where they've used the wrong currency, which is an entirely plausible human error to happen at a customs depot. Haven't heard back from the brokerage. The driver attempted delivery today asking for the £60+ total payment, I just said no thanks and informed him I'd contacted the brokerage. He just said ok and walked back to his truck, be interesting to see what the next steps are.

Looks like they'll attach to anything PALS compatible so they'd work, lot of plastic overhang top and bottom though. If your heart's set then far be it from me, but those are gonna stick out a fair bit compared to pretty much any nylon-only pouch through both the construction of the pouch bodies and the attachment system. You'll end up as quite a wide load and if you went to a more old school bigger/thicker belt to mount big, bulky pouches like those the problem will just be exacerbated. Personally whenever I've tried solid plastic pouches before I found they rattled against each other really badly, were very annoyingly bulky and a surprising hindrance to movement given the size and lack of flexibility in both their construction and mounting. If you look at the pros it's super game-y competition guys that use kydex and the like, military have tried it then always gone back, but obviously that might work if you're mainly playing a fairly open indoor site. Just thoughts.

Not exactly related, but UPS/HMRC being crap: Was sent some nylon kit to review last week, worth $119, get to customs and UPS tell me I need to pay £50.14 just in the 'government fees' part. Real interesting interpretation of the VAT law, have e-mailed their brokerage, can't wait to see how long it takes to fight them on it.

PALS: Tbh I'm not sure I 100% understand the question but all spacings and dimensions should always be equal and the same.

If an Aimpoint T-2 is an instagram fitness model that occasionally posts lingerie pics that thing is the ginger extra plus sized alt girl that sneaks in to your recommendations and you think 'that's different.. probably has a couple thousand follows amongst the more niche audience' but it turns out she actually has over a million. Suits the vector pretty well tbh.

What people probably wanna see on the gram vs how I've actually used it.

Whole bunch of cans of paint and oils (each containing a little compressed gas bomb) directly adjacent to lipo charging area? tf...

Check the file type (usually wanna be .jpg or .png), you can get a pretty big and high quality image (in airsoft terms) at well under 2mb. Also check your upload allowance on here - shown below post when typing on desktop.

Had to double check for myself, but yeah I can't find a confirmed made-by-HK M-LOK forend. Only possibility might be the newest L85A3 handguard but I don't know for sure if HK themselves are manufacturing that (though it does have a big HK logo, so it's probable). HKey makes sense for them financially short term, but not many large forces will want a proprietary system that's different to the direction us and the US are going I'd imagine. For normal folks, my personal opinion is it shouldn't matter too much on your handguard type. Foregrips and bi-pods can be comfortable for some folks, but they're certainly not necessary. The only thing you would ever maybe find utterly essential as a handguard weapon attachment is a white light IF you play super dark indoor areas, in which case if you can't find KeyMod you just use the pic rail along the top and you should still have room to spare for a front BUIS or sight protector (and if it comes down to it.. tape on the light). Lasers and cameras are fluff and unless you've got the weapon to level 69 and unlocked the plastic phallus you should be fine. Obviously it is airsoft so if you just want certain attachments for looks that's fine, handguards are easily swapped on most guns for quad pic or M-LOK aftermarket. There's pretty decent quality stuff around for the cost of 2-3 PTS midcaps.

Bunch of long discontinued stuff mushed together.

Wow ? I knew the rifle grenades were loong gone and the raf and army don't have them anymore, never heard of such a thing as that. The navy still had Lanchester SMGs in to the 70s though so I shouldn't be surprised at these things really.

They are our standard issue 556 blanks yes, but cordite was a thing back in the .303 days. Modern smokeless powder is a very different thing, though people often still say cordite and 'gunpowder' (aka, black powder). Ballastite rounds are so long out of service they'd almost certainly be gnarly and corroded at this point if found in a shed in 2021. Also pretty damn rare in general I'd think, be surprised if more than a few exist even in the army's collection/reference storage and maybe some munitions museums. Been a long time since I've seen a picture of the 556 version but I think they were partially blackened towards the front hence folks sometimes mix them up.

Import VAT and duty have been around forever, there's no such thing as a brexit charge. Makes as much sense as a UKARA license.

You can always get anything you wanted printed by stitchmeup.biz, minimum of 1, entirely affordable. They've been around forever and they get mentioned on here occasionally but it's hard to spread that kind of knowledge around consistently online (tell 'em I sent you haha). They don't do the embroided-type edges and they didn't do mine, I used someone new I can't mention atm, but the end result is extremely similar. With the old PVC and embroidered patches you'd have big minimums and couldn't just get any photo/image, but yeah these days with printing you can get literally any image you can imagine done for <£10. They're no good in bulk since the prices don't really scale like with the other styles (or at least as much, afaik), but if you want 1 or a couple/lots of detail then printed will do you well. Super easy to get anything you want slapped on your gear and they're quick to make as well.

Had a custom patch made.

Not super thread relevant, but having been importing loads from the US every year for a good 6-7 years or more, the one thing I'd recommend above all else is to find an american you can trust who'll happily take a few extra bucks to forward things. It sounds counterintuitive, but paying shipping twice if you use a mate and tipping them a few vs. the crazy money the stores charge to ship right to you will always work out cheaper and if they don't mind putting a few orders in together for you the savings rocket up exponentially. Shipping within the lower 48 states is cheap af, as many will have seen at checkout the cost for international compared to US is crazy. So if you buy a few pouches, a shirt and a stock (for example) it'll cost maybe $5-10 to get to your mate, then if they pool a few such orders together in a box that box will probably cost $50 or so to the UK and you'll get dozens of items in it. Even after tipping them $10-20 you can save in the region of hundreds sometimes. Personally I import heavy boxes with roughly the volume of a box for a 32" tv, they'll cost around $110 to send but each one will have items from a dozen+ different stores and ebay sellers etc, which each would've costed in the $30-60 region. Obviously be most certain that they are 110% super duper honest with the customs declaration form because HMRC don't have a damn clue what pouches and camo are worth. Don't accidentally pay short on your tax bill (meaning your outlay is lowered even further), that would be bad and I discourage it with much fervor. Granted if you've got no family or friend connections there this won't work for everyone, but if you've even got a mate across the pond you've ended up chatting to on IG or through a facebook group there's a decent chance they'll be happy to make a couple of extra notes in their spare time.

Whoever put together that first setup needs dressing in a onesie and handing over to a bunch of drunken nonces.

How many CoD points was that? AK traditionalist tears sparkle so beautifully in the morning sun.

Well, sprititus don't care about air tanks for obvious reasons, but go to wtfidea.com and you'll be sorted in that regard I think. Great gear company that started out in paintball.

*Maybe* for competition use, but otherwise yeah makes zero sense lol. Their distributors aren't really that high on their list even in the US so that could be a while much as I hate to say it. I am admittedly kinda fortunate through both having an address over there to use and knowing the owners (not that I get any free stuff by any stretch).

Obviously the tigerstripe fashion was last year so I'm late to the game but it'll be ok. Did get asked to censor 1 thing by a company (for now) so apologies for the black blob haha. Best thing I did was replace my really old pre-licensed VFC 'Stark' G17s with a TM Gen 4, bone stock, it feels toyish as hell by comparison but man it runs like a german train and shoots the lights out. I started with TM pistols when I first got in to the game, stayed from the path some years ago with some VFCs (when they were truly mediocre at best) and going back feels gooood.

Wolves and Snakes

So the EU trade agreement is no VAT on imports, but they do have customs duty now, which starts on imports of £135 last I checked. I'd like to hope that's just a temporary rule since the system's so backlogged right now perhaps, but legally I don't know of a reason for it. Be interested to hear one, there's nothing in their terms of service. Doesn't matter to me I buy either within the UK or from the US or Hong Kong but it's always good to know these things to keep options open in the future.

Thanks, didn't think anyone would tbh haha