ak2m4

update on the grenades, I had 3 break, friends steal 5, had one go off in my hand killing 9 of my teammates which was a comedy gold moment and generally they performed as well as I hoped they would. I'm going to knock up another load (and increase the infill on the parts that broke). 
 
they cost about £1 to make and I can't fault them.

Building a load of these impact grenades. It cost's about £1 to make and they work flawlessly. 

big shout out to the original designer (FULCRUMAIRSOFT) and the files can be bought here:
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/airsoft-micro-grenade-impact-cap-gun-ring-sound-grenade-meteorite-meteor-lite-e-fulcrumairsoft

Send the file over I can have a go on mine as it’s resin. 

I don't assume anything, by your own admission researching a seller is extra effort & you'd rather go to a retailer, a as I previously said, your money, your choice. 
The point being discussed, that many don't agree with, understandably, is the defence of cosplay has little bearing on airsoft, open to abuse by non airsofters, which in turn puts everything at risk for the genuine players. 
I sympathise with your situation, I too provide 24/7 care, literally day & night, to a relative, unpaid I should add, who is disabled & has dementia.
Add to that I've been receiving cancer treatment since 2021, & severe orthopaedic issues mean I currently can't climb or descend a flight of stairs unaided, so I know exactly how hard it can be to attend games, or even cope with getting around some sites.
(I'm determined to not let the health crap force me to quit) 
Cosplay would have been piss easy for me to use to buy rifs, but I don't agree with it for Airsoft rifs for all the reasons previously mentioned, maybe cosplayers and reenactors should have been made to go down the route of deacts or similar, in order to not "muddy the waters" for airsofters. 
& as has been mentioned, maybe people like you & I, who find themselves in difficult personal situations should have more flexible options for attaining a ukara defence. 
I'll put this out there as a general question, for example has anyone ever approached a site where they've started playing, but for whatever reason have had a protracted break between games, & asked the site to honour the previous games & make an allowance for the time away ?, allowing players get ukara approval. 

Ah cool, I'm in Lewisham.

So am I like the only person that actually asks for proof of defense for the stuff i sell? Also how is this thread still going.
Just Cos goes against the the defense that was hard won and completely undermines the airsoft industry's ability to prove it can self regulate by selling RIFs to anyone and is a wonderful piece of ammunition for any pollical group who feel the need to go after airsoft.

Sweet, I'll wait until you've got some then! 🤙

Yes I've got some arriving hopefully in a couple of weeks.  I did have some 22tpa on a boat coming from China but the ship go round the long way 😞

I have a few parts to order from yourself soon, do you know if you'll be getting any SHS high torque short motors any time soon?

hehe I like that, apparently it's the best kind 🙂

In public?  It is.  Sorry to bang on about it, but this is a far bigger concern for us than obtaining a RIF.
 
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/19
 
19 Carrying firearm in a public place.
A person commits an offence if, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (the proof whereof lies on him) he has with him in a public place [...] an imitation firearm.
 
Realistic or otherwise.  See this conviction for possession of a £4 bright orange springer pistol which even the prosecution described as a toy. The Sheriff set the bar for "reasonable excuse" very low, for example "children playing cowboys and Indians", which would presumably cover our infantile antics, but the proof whereof lies with us.
 
Whether having a RIF/IF inside your car counts as having it in a public place is less obviously clear, but coppers think that it is. PACE 1984 Section 1 makes a distinction between a vehicle that's in a public place versus the grounds of a dwelling, which implies that the vehicle itself does not create a private place in public.
 
In this case, for example, a chap (who comes across as a prize wanker) was arrested and charged for having a baton in his car.  I can't find details of how the case went - some commenters suggest that he was acquitted - but the process is enough of a punishment.
 
tl;dr version - yes, it's illegal, and we have to prove otherwise.  I keep details of the site to hand, and ideally booking emails, when travelling to or from it.

that's wonderful news.  The flat little boxes are a godsend.  90% of the orders I have can fit into a Large Letter box, this allows me to keep the fee for Tracked 24 to just £3.30 (Royal Mail price rise imminent) plus you don't need to be in when the post arrives.  I could save a buck or 2 by going down the jiffy bag route like most other retailers but nah keep it boxed....

I've done the modification.
Motor can now be adjusted. Hole in gearbox a little tight for the tower compared to the stock G&G motor tower, nothing a quick dermel grind won't sort though.
 
Super happy with the motor, a lot more snappy compared to the G&G.
My Titan 3000mAh battery I had zero issues.
Will be even better when I redo the gearbox with new gears and shim.
I'm not a Tech as only just started Airsoft so my opinion may be invalid, I'm just an eager hobbiest
 
Looking forward to using the other parts I've ordered from @ak2m4 to aftermarket my ARP9.

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.

I’ve decided to bite the bullet and have signed up to JustCos to see the policy cover for myself ……
 
On sign up (and payment) you receive a copy of the policy certificate (Zurich insurance):
 
Name of Insured: Just-Cos
This is to confirm that Just-Cos have in force with this Company until the
policy expiry on 17 May 2024 insurance incorporating the following essential
features:
Policy Number: @@@@@@@@@@
Renewal Date: 18 May 2024
Limits of Indemnity:
Public Liability: £5,000,000 any one event
Products Liability: £5,000,000 for all claims in the aggregate during
any one period of insurance
Pollution Liability: As per Products Liability
Professional Services Extension £1,000,000 any one event
Note: Cover for Financial Loss, and Third Party Property Damage or Bodily Injury is provided where arising from advice or services carried out by the Insured in the furtherance of its purpose as a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation.
Excess:
Public Liability: Nil any one claim
Products Liability: Nil any one claim
Pollution Liability: Nil any one claim
Professional Services Extension: Nil any one claim
Indemnity to Principals:
Covers include a standard Indemnity to Principals Clause in respect of
contractual obligations.
Full Policy:
The policy documents should be referred to for details of full cover.
 
That means unlike the wording on the JustCos website I have not purchased insurance of £5m public liability for £20, but I have joined a club/society that has £5m PLI ‘per event’ - and covers injury / damage arising from the advice of JustCos
 
If I have any actual cover then it’s only the full £5m if I am the only member at any event then I can claim against £5m of PLI, but if there are two or more then the cover drops  - there’s no mention of ‘being scarey’,  
 
 
Just-Cos is a membership based insurance policy. We approached them with a view to covering CosPlayers with Public Liability insurance in their right as a re-enactor to wear and carry costume articles that may prove alarming or ‘scary’ to third parties who may not understand our purpose. This policy particularly covers the right to carry imitation weaponry that could otherwise be mistaken as real or mistakenly reported as an offensive weapon.
In today’s ‘Americanised’ legal system of ‘No claim no fee’ companies and similar ambulance chasers, it is now more important than ever to be protected by insurance. It’s better to be safe than sorry, right?
Just-Cos is exactly that: It’s just for us CosPlayers.
You can join up for a small annual fee of £20, that’s it. For your £20 you will receive £5 million maximum claim cover against public liability. It’s quite unlikely that you’ll ever need to use it and we sincerely hope you don’t! That is not all though. 
With membership we have power! We can use our strength in numbers to apply for discounts and other awesome deals on behalf of the club. This is just the beginning and it’s your chance to be part of it.

Annual holiday to Japan, popped into First in Osaka.
 
picked up some TBB’s for the Mp5’s and a 416 for half the UK RRP. Also grabbed a couple of mags for the GGO Am45 before they go out of print fully.
 
Then at the checkout, spotted a couple of these bargain bin for the eye watering price of… £40 for an upper and lower. Got a Colt and a Stoner lower set.
 
 

Let's be serious. Just Cos is a side gig of one Scotch airsoft retailer that's now nothing more than a fraudulent way for them to (not) claim a defence for selling RIFs to anyone who wants one for any reason.  While it may have been set up in good faith in 2017 or so, it's a pointless service for cosplayers as there are no realistic 3rd party risks that it could indemnify.  Its only purpose now is to add £20 to the cost of buying a RIF.
 
I'd prefer that retailer didn't do this, but the risk is on them, and it's as close to zero as makes no difference.

Mine arrived, and I've gone to install it in the ARP9 and it's a similar issue with the baseplate. Seems that G&G needs adding to the list for modification
 
I need to square off due to it being shaped to hold the brushed motor in.
 
Need to give it to someone who's got a grinder to do it and I'll revert back when its tested
 

hehe I like that, apparently it's the best kind 🙂

I'm starting to wonder if this is a misplaced advert for Just-Con?
 
Hell, my plans for semi retirement this year have had a spanner thrown in the works.   For £30 per head I'm sure I can provide a respectable database of data to provide a defense....  any stupidity needs to be done on an already insured site 
 
DM me for details.  🫡

Especially when the last order I made with airsoft world arrived with just-cos on the shipping label. 
 
On a related note I had a look on the airsoft world website for anything just cos related and found this gem 
 
Along with Action Hobbies, Airsoft world are the original designers and developers of the 2 Tone BB gun, we currently hold the design rights for the blue and green gun designs.
 
I'd like to see them try litigation against someone for painting a 2 tone without their permission 
 

That does look odd, I would expect a website to state a basic detail of what you get for signing up and paying for pli. 
 
If I’m honest it looks like an easy way to get money (not calling it a scam) without much of a service to provide. I would be very worried if I had it and ever needed to use it. 

Unless you've got a higher-end set of calipers coming then you might not get an accurate reading.  I went through a few from £5 to £25 in the end had to spend £150 on a decent set.  I highly doubt any brand would want to go bigger than 5.95mm.  My guess is they aim lower for better fitment.  Most BB's I measured this past couple of months were 0.01mm lower than stated.   Some brands do state +/- 0.01mm.  Heard tolerance is a bitch with injection molding. 
 
In regards to your high FPS did you change anything else?

My Aldi digi callipers have served me for years.  However, if I REALLY needed to measure something, I'd use a micrometer and make sure that I'd tested it with a gauge block recently.
 
I have known really crap cheapo rubbish BBs to exceed size tolerance, but I doubt you'd want to use them, Bulldog and similar.

Unless you've got a higher-end set of calipers coming then you might not get an accurate reading.  I went through a few from £5 to £25 in the end had to spend £150 on a decent set.  I highly doubt any brand would want to go bigger than 5.95mm.  My guess is they aim lower for better fitment.  Most BB's I measured this past couple of months were 0.01mm lower than stated.   Some brands do state +/- 0.01mm.  Heard tolerance is a bitch with injection molding. 
 
In regards to your high FPS did you change anything else?