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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/57A Law is pretty clear. It is not 374fps at 0.2g, it is explicitly 1.3Joules. However, it seems they may be correct that an AEG shooting 350FPS at 0.2g (1.14J) is unlikely to experience Joule creep that would increase up to above 1.3J. Though a DMR or Sniper may be likely. The only data I've found on joule creep in airsoft is this reddit post from 10 years ago https://www.reddit.com/r/airsoft/comments/29wi1s/joule_creep_testing_results_various_guns_and_bbs/ The data they found is as follows: The mid-range AEGs and pistols tended to have very little joule creep from 0.20g+ (or even negative sometimes), however the DMR (SR-25) and sniper (VSR) did show significant joule creep. The DMR increases in energy ~34% from 0.20g to 0.40g. If we were to assume that this DMR were at your site and were shooting at the site limit of 450fps at 0.20g, (1.87J), when loaded with 0.40g bbs, it would be shooting at or just above the legal limit of 2.5J. When you consider that it is also firing in semi-auto, that is not safe or fun. The sniper's increase is also a concern but your site already appears to have addressed that. Generally, it seems that the rules that this site has for AEGs should be fine, as is the rule on snipers. However, the DMRs should certainly be chrono'd in Joules on the BB that will be used, the same as snipers are at thissite. It would be nice to have some more up to date data on this with more varied guns and more information such as piston volume.

It's pretty much entirely up to the site how long the duration is. We can set it manually. If I remember rightly, the default is 2 years from first registration. When it comes to renewal, there's a +1 year button which is the easiest way to do it. Hence renewals typically being an extra year, though I'm not aware of any rules meaning that it has to be and a site could click it twice or manually set a date if they desired. When we re-signed up as a site, we didn't receive any additional rules other than what is publicly available on the UKARA page, it's all up to sites being reasonable and acting in good faith.

A UKARA registration number by itself will mean little to you as a private seller. Unless you are an airsoft retailer registered with UKARA, you cannot use the lookup feature to check that a number hasn't expired or that it is registered to the person you're speaking to. It is just a random number to you. Edit: You may be able to request information about a number by directly contacting the UKARA admin at [email protected] but this isn't certain. If you want to stay on the right side of the law, you'd be better off asking for a photo of the purchaser playing at an airsoft site or to provide the name and contact details of an airsoft site that is willing to act as a reference to confirm that they are a skirmisher

Hello. I'm Liam, the current President of Cardiff's Airsoft Society. I've seen that you've spoken already with some of the other members on our Discord but just wanted to pop our experience and advice here for others to see. Unfortunately, in Cardiff University accomodation (and most other University Accomodation), airsoft guns are not permitted as they would be considered a "replica weapon". The specific line from your contract to be concerned about is: 15. (2) "You must not bring into the dwelling or Building anything which in the University’s reasonable opinion is or may become dangerous, noxious, offensive, combustible, corrosive, inflammable, radioactive or explosive including, (but not limited to), firearms, air rifles, pistols, cross-bows, or any other weapons (including replicas or deactivated weapons), gas cylinders or oil burners." Based on this, our official advice as a society is to follow your accommodation's contract. Luckily, we have a locker that is provided by our Student's Union. Unfortunately, this has limited space. We sometimes allow members to store their equipment in the locker however this is typically limited to a maximum of 1 gun case and we do not guaratee that this will be a possiblity. It is at the discretion of our Quartermaster. As far as I am aware, this is not standard for University Airsoft Societies and some others do not have any space to store society equipment at all, let alone member's equipment. There are people who decide to violate their accommodation T&C by storing their equipment in their accommodation room (including myself in my first year) though this is not our official position. For those that do, this is generally what is noted and the advice given: - Typical room inspections at Cardiff's Residences do not include opening closets, drawers, looking under beds etc. When I was in halls, this never occured to anyone I know. I had a security camera in my room and when the inspections occurred so I saw what they did. They simply opened the door, took a note on the general condition and left. This isn't definitely what would happen now (there was a degree of covid worry still at this time) and doesn't necessarily reflect what happens at other Universities either. You should also receive 24 hours notice before any inspection. - Your flatmates should not be able to access your room. To my knowledge, in all Cardiff Accomodations, your personal room will have a lock to which only you (and security) will have a key. Hard cases can usually be locked with a padlock to prevent easy access also. - Don't bring your guns into the communal areas of your flat. Security are permitted to enter communal areas without notification. Other people may also see through windows and be alarmed. - Don't show your flatmates your guns, especially if you don't know them well. They may not be comfortable with it or may report it. If you want to show them the sport, bring them along to a "Give it a Go" session ;). - Store guns in gunbags/hardcases at all times. Don't make it obvious what is inside (don't put gun stickers on it). It is very unlikely that an inspection would involve opening your case. To my knowledge, we have had no cases of anyone getting in trouble for storing airsoft equipment in University Accommodation since Covid. Again, our official position is to advise against breaking your accomodation T&C. However, we aren't going to stop you and certainly aren't going to report you ourselves. In terms of transporting around the city: - Keep your gun in a case/bag at all times. - Don't make it obvious what is inside. Don't put stickers with guns on it. Don't put military insignia on it. - Don't wear full equipment while walking around. We have a policy of half camo maximum (so either camo trousers or top, not both), all other equipment must be carried in a bag (chest rig, helmet, .etc). - If you're particularly concerned, Cardiff's Taxis and Uber are pretty cheap compared to the rest of the UK. - We provide transport to most games so as long as you can get to the Student's Union, you can get to the games. Again, we have had no issues since Covid with people transporting equipment. In fact occasionally we take public transport to gamedays (though we notify BTP beforehand). Money saving tips: - We sell BBs and equipment to members at reduced cost. I wont go into detail here as I am unsure of advertising rules on this site. There aren't any particular laws in Wales you need to be concerned about regarding Airsoft. Any other questions, shoot me a message on the Discord. Looking forward to seeing you next year hopefully Luckily, we also have not had any cases of this. I (and many other of our members) regularly did and do research regarding airsoft on the Eduroam network without any issue. If it were to occur, I imagine we'd be complaining pretty quickly.