skarra333

Not dangerous...? I regularly get category 3 boo-boo's, nettles are abundant across most Woodland sites, and a bad fall can put your knee out for decades. Not too nerdy...? Have you listened to safezone conversations? Very social...? Haven't seen what Airsofters do to the only porta-loo on a game day have you? Social creatures they aint. Fitness based...? Most of my games are an hour long tops at most as people need to get a good sit down, cuppa tea and a drag on their roll-up or a puff on their vape... So to answer your question - probably not... But to answer your question again - yes - it's all of those things . Airsoft is largely a sport that gives you what you put in. I think you'll fit right in.

I disagree with your logic good sir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9UpK_uAPwI

Surely capitalism and 'the market' make sure that things are as they should be? Presumably if UK retailers had a much more diverse stock offering - especially on accessories, they'd just have a warehouse full of stock?

In days gone by, my pouches needed to be filled - otherwise it'd be silly having so many - so I was running with 9 Hi-caps. While I generally never needed more than 3/4 at most before returning to the safe zone, one game I was the last player on a timed defence game - no medic/re-spawn, unlimited enemy lives... I was on my last mag when I was finally hit - it was a tale of a last stand immortalised in song and interpretative dance.

The way I see it, we each have primarily responsibility for our weapons, be they in a game zone, safe zone, car, wardrobe, whatever. If the kid had taken it, loaded it, primed it then pulled the trigger, then it'd be different. But all reasonable steps to make the weapon safe weren't taken I'm afraid, so primary fault rests with you. That being said, if the kid is old enough to Airsoft, they are old enough to get a clip round the earhole with a stern telling off for taking other people's stuff + being a moron with it. But one of the biggest things I see here is that you've coughed up publicly to it and that you're responsible enough to have learned from it. That's worth something to me.

As it was sept 2015, I think you have up to 6 YEARS worth of some cover under the Sale of Goods Act, but whether you'd get a full refund - pass. http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/sale-of-goods-act As a suggestion though, only refer to the seller as The Bunker - not some dude called Ray. The rights you have differ depending on whether a retailer vs. a private seller sold it you - I think.

Did you get a receipt or any paperwork at the time on purchase? If so, what does it say?

Welcome!! The nearest one will probably be Ace Airsoft - they run on the Warped Sports paintball site near Cosford. Further east on the M54 you've got Hilton Park Airsoft at the back of Hilton Servives on the M6. Both have better Facebook pages than websites. Hope that helps.

My regular site always runs with at least two FirstAiders. They claim they are 'sports first aid trained', whatever that is. But I've seen them handle stuff like (what I was told was) a bad fall mid game where a chap fell and knocked himself out on his rifle stock as he fell. I have confidence in them as they handled that very smoothly and appropriately. But I also know another site where if you were bleeding out on the floor, the 1 first aider would be trying to apply the dried up Dora the Explorer plaster from their £3.99 first aid kit to your gushing would, while the other marshals stood around chortling and inhaling their vape pipes. Safety is not treated as it should. The bare minimum necessary is far too often the norm, and unfortunately the sheer volume of quasi-macho retards who gravitate towards skirmishes don't help. When all it takes is a high-vis vest and chumminess with site leaders to become a Marshall, principles of health, safety and wellbeing are just not being in-bed with the games - ass-baggery is instead. And yet, if such sites have a good game coming up - id still be interested in going - such is the human condition. Oh and to OP - if you want to offer up your expertise to a site, I commend you sir and would encourage you to do so. I can't see any logical non-moron player opposing such contingency planning. And if they do, next time they are bleeding out on the floor - let it happen. I'd call it an act of natural selection.

He might have. But I bet they told him to jog on. Damage or injury caused by terrorism, war, civil war, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities, or warlike operations (whether war be declared or not) mutiny, civil commotion assuming the proportions of or amounting to a popular rising, military rising, insurrection, rebellion, revolution, riot aren't covered. Plus - the vehicle is used for the transportation of high explosives or other similar explosive - this voids cover. And - he flies around with the doors open/off completely. Did he notify the provider of such after purchase modifications - no? Voids cover. Oh and did he/his employers/policy holders report the incident to the insurance provider within 24 hours? I doubt it. Ok - he was crippled and chained to a radiator at that time, but that doesn't excuse him of his obligations to his ba$tard insurance provider.

I live in the country. My nearest bus stop doesn't start services until 11.40am weekdays. Sundays, it doesn't run. The next nearest bus stop operates in some distant village. The nearest train station is a £20 taxi ( each way) journey. If I didn't have a car, I think I'd have to give up playing anything like local games.

I don't see why - even if the US Army had a comprehensive cover rather than just 3rd party, I can think of several exclusions from most policies that would have spared their insurance provider having to pay out.

Welcome. Look around the side of barricades, not over the top, and don't shout at people to take their hits. If you think somebody isn't, keep shooting and inform a marshall.

I didn't even know this company existed but they've just opened a new site in Madeley, near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire. It's on the Unreal Paintball site. Details are on Facebook and here: http://www.wmairsoft.co.uk I missed their first game, but I'd welcome any reviews/initial thoughts if people here attended.

Can I be Captain Downside, and just recommend that if you buy eye protection online, especially fleeBay, buy from as reputable and established a proper Airsoft retailer as you can. Just like Xuebing Fleecya can claim their lightening adapter is 100% authentic Apple, in reality it's is a knock off that'll burn your place down... They may claim their eye protection is up to a certain standard, but buyer beware...

C. See what a 2nd / the backup Chrono says.

Indeed. The training at sites on how to calibrate and properly operate a chrono can as variable as the devices themselves, so we're left with - at best - computer says no sometimes.

Thanks for the report man. I, as others have, would caution against any element of the sport trying to embed within the real firearms section of society. If the sport is to survive, it is far more likely to do so better aligning more with sports such as Paintball and Archery, creating as much distance as possible from the real gun lobby. I entirely agree though that retailers and supplies need to do much more to legitamise the sport, make it appeal to the masses, and to showcase its relative harmlessness when done appropriately.

In fairness, even some retailers are continuing the confusion... JD Airsoft's JDBay pages requires you to: "Enter UKARA Licence Number".

Cheap, per se, isn't bad or evil. Whatever evils Poundland visits on the earth, it isn't wrong for selling stuff cheaper than the other guy... And lets just be clear that just because a new site is cheap, doesn't mean it'll be inferior as a given... And far too many sites accept the finite number of players issue... If I were an investor and a site was opening with a £15 fee, if the rest of it's business plan was up to spec, including its advertising/marketing strategy, i'd be interested.

Why does a £10 or £15 day mean that it isn't worth investing in?

Hmm, now i've read the thread...

I carry an Oasis bottle of bb's around with me, as well as plenty of hi-cap mags. Generally, if we're in a fire-fight or at an important part of a game and people on my team need ammo, I'm happy to share. If it's less pressing but still in-game, I'll usually way up whether they have been a good, pleasant team player... or a dill.

And remember that mirror lenses don't mean that people cannot sometimes see you roll your eyes at their nonsense.