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The UK limits for an airgun to be classed as non-firearm airsoft gun are 2.5 Joules for single / semi guns, and 1.3 Joules for auto-capable guns. I'm sorry that we can't say anything with certainty, but every case of individual importation seems to be a little different, depending on where the RIFs (or parts) are spotted, and by who. We've seen everything from them sailing through, to being asked to fill in a declaration, to being asked for a UKARA number, to the police showing up at people's door long after the import in order to check on it. It's a complete lottery.
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You generally want to aim for 60-70% of new price for a used airsoft gun in decent condition, if you can find one. Sellers will always ask more and claim that their shagged out bag of loose bolts is "basically new" or "just test fired once", while buyers are always looking for a bargain. If you're after a specific model, you can always stick an ad in the wanted section here - https://airsoft-forums.uk/classifieds/category/17-guns-wanted/ - but you'll need to be very careful about scammers claiming to have just what you want, when all they have is a stolen stock image. Buying used is always a risk, and it's something I'd only encourage if you're willing to work on the gun yourself to remedy whatever it is that's prompted the owner to sell it. Buying in person and testing it first is a better idea, and it's worth asking around at your local site(s) to see what people have for sale. Clean the barrel, dial the hop in, and feed it the heaviest BBs that it will hop and that your wallet can stand (I tend to use 0.28g, other people go heavier), and you'll be competitive with anything else out there.
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Looking for beta testers for a new airsoft social website
Cannonfodder replied to Bo B's topic in General Discussion
Is there a demand for anything new though? If so then one of the previous ideas would've come to fruition. What will your platform offer that others don't? -
Tested, or told? I've not noticed anything unusual using a variety of weights and makes, but then I do clean my barrels.
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On the basis of ‘skirmishing at an insured site’ - technically yes Between the lines on the intent of ‘realistic look for immersive skirmishing’ then one booking doesn’t prove anything - you could be going on a stag do where bright orange site supplied IFs do the job (hence the VCRbill consultation proposed time window and UKARA time window) With the ‘actual’ defence being intent to skirmish it really comes down to ‘can you convince the person you’re trying to convince’? —- and that will vary On a semi related note, when crossing a border anyone may have to convince immigration on intent, eg as a tourist by having accommodation booked, a return ticket and enough funds to last that period of time - and anyone could be sent back on the next flight out if they aren’t convinced
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Ahoy and welcome. The Specna is a decent enough choice, there's not much that they want doing to them - maybe a Maple Leaf hop rubber and nub, and an XT or ZCI barrel, although the stock stuff works fine, if you keep the barrel and hop clean. Ah, fog, the bane of our airsoft lives. I run various fan bodges myself, either 5015 based, or small fans on the goggles. Dual pane also really helps, e.g. Pyramex i-Force, or paintball style masks like the Valken MI-3. However, I'm not aware of any eyepro that would strap over a helmet and yet still give anything like a decent seal. One reason I mention the MI-3 (or fancier Dye equivalents) is that the mask itself covers your ears, so should retain, rather than dislodge, your cyborg tech. That would solve one problem, at the cost of creating another, getting a sight picture - I've lopped the bottom quadrant clean off my MI-3 to achieve that. Much of airsoft is try-it-and-see, although at the cost of lost hearing aids, I can see why you'd want to get it right first time. Worst case, can you pop a bit of tape or a plaster over them to keep them in?
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Indeed, it's a question often asked and rarely answered. Border Force and the couriers seem have cracked down on this recently and there's a real risk that anything remotely gun-shaped will be seized and destroyed. If you have someone in Canadia who can post them on once you can adduce a solid defence, that's one option. The other gamble is to bring them in person (getting them on the flight is an exercise for the reader) and bring a fat folio of evidence that you have been, and will be, airsofting, i.e. booking information for events in Canada and the UK. Maybe even join the Shooters' Rights Association and wave the public liability insurance documents at them confidently - meaningless, really, but it's a process of convincing them that you're a good egg.
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TM AEGs aren't worth it imo. Yes they work as advertised out of the box, yes the assembly quality is great and there are barely any cases of short term malfunctions but... Once they break they are kind of a nightmare to properly fix without throwing away half the internals. A teammate had this CRW high cycle M4 that worked really well for a couple of years and then stripped the piston. Now there is fuck all left of the original parts inside, I think the motor and tappet plate spring are the only survivors, we had to change the gearbox shell, gears, arl, trigger contacts, piston head, cylinder head, cylinder, nozzle, tappet plate. Everything basically. I provided many parts free of charge because he's a friend, but damn, if he was to pay for all of them it would have been stupid expensive considering how much he paid for the gun in the first place. Same goes for the vsr, by the time one has done all the steps to make it last/bear 2 joules of energy he will be left with the whole innards being outside of the gun body. GBBPs and NBBs otoh are fantastic and don't really need anything except for a hop rubber if running heavy BBs. Can't comment on NGRS because I don't like the idea of recoil and blowback on an electric so you'll never see me own one.
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If the mags gassed o.k, have a look at the nozzle, would advise taking the slide off, is their anything in the nozzle, part of a bb or something.
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I thought everyone would make it so thier motor stayed in one place whilst in use. Seems pointless shimming your gears and then let your pinion flail about as it rides the bevel because the motor isn't fixed to anything or slotted snugly into anything. Some might be lucky with tower gearbox fit ment. I had a mil play. I used .5mm wall brass tube as a shim.
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Now that we have actually left the European Union, a lot of airsoft shops that we used to browse have stopped shipping to UK -- either permanently or temporarily, until they get their new VAT registration going. Since the import tariffs are a bit confusing even for the people doing them, I wonder if anyone already had first hand experience importing things from Europe after January 01, 2021. I ran some tests on some shops that show the estimated values, and for a £16 pound item, they are predicting £12 in import taxes -- essentially doubling the item's cost. Anyone actually bought anything? Were you taxed? If so, how much?
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Anyone ever bought anything from deal extreme??
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I would advise focusing on the muzzle energy instead of the speed. That way, you only need to concern yourself with whether your BB of a given weight is chrono tested within the joule limit examples Rogerborg gave. Depending on the site, an AEG will have an energy limit around the 1.13J mark regardless of your pellet being 0.2g, 0.5g or anything in betweeen.
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ive done it...i hope....not bought anything over the weekend!
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Now, that's interesting, they're talking about feeding issued with their own OEM mags, and implying that the nozzle is going too far forwards. That looks like a plastic or pot-metal washer rather than rubber one. The thing is, the hop unit has to slide to align with the magazine feed, not the other way around, so I'm not sure why pushing it further away from the gearbox would solve the issue. It might very well do, because airsoft. They're saying it's the tappet plate, but I'd be curious to measure up 2024 mags and hop units against my 2021 examples to see if anything has changed there.
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This advert is COMPLETED!
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Make: Classic Army Gun/Model: SA58 OSW Accessories: PEQ - Mid Cap / High Cap Condition: Very Used and modified see pictures FPS: PSI dependent Splits/Swaps/Part Exchange: No ty Price/Payment: 300 ALL IN Pictures: Originally got as boneyard, used a donor gearbox shell which with mancraft has to be modified, but i had a polarstar in there before and had to front wire the FCU which meant dremmeling a chunk in the magwell, its doesn't look great, i could used some gun blue or spray i have if you really want me to, its not visible from the outside and does not effect anything else. the trigger is also tip came off, still works fine, the charging handle isnt actually connected to anything£300
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I don't Classify much, but my rule of thumb is to not go down the dark alley with the stranger. You're free to ignore the request - I mean, don't even acknowledge it - and keep communicating here, then asking for or supplying a PayPal G&S invoice. If they're actually interested in buying/selling they'll engage. If they don't, you haven't lost anything.
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So basically I have yet to return to the field, from sorthing out what mags I can actually run in the gun (mainly because of the previous compatibility issues not related to the tech) and just a general lack of money and time due to work and other living expenses, so I have resorted to testing the guns at home on my back garden on the odd occasion I actually get anything new which is rare. I have never taken a gun apart before until I did to replace the air seal nozzle, of which I did a lot of research to make sure I didn't break anything (luckily I didn't). The tech my gun is currently with will be sending pics to me at some point. And the reason I never took my gun apart was because I was always afraid to do that in case I messed something up, I'm not as seasoned with tech stuff as you guys might be, I'm also not as likely to take my stuff to a tech often because I can't afford it, so when I discover it it is almost always too late
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Welcome. The posts above have covered the buying rifs so I won't add anything more to that. Setting up a site can be a long and complicated process, especially for someone new to the game. Personally I'd contact local sites to see if they're interested in using the site. That way someone else gets the hassle of dealing with airsofters (making sure everyone knows what's going on and are in the right place can be like herding cats sometimes). Their knowledge and experience means they'll also be able to see and head off any potential issues before they become a problem. Oh, and nice job with the props
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I imagine a tm with issues is worth repairing given the prices new so won't turn up in the boneyard. Or TM have a different policy with regard to returns of faulties. I have never once thought of the resale value of my Airsoft stuff, esp before I buy something. All the guns I have bought have been reliable out of the box, none tm, but some cyma, SRC, AA some others. I don't believe there is anything objectively better with a TM, ppl chasing the best surface finish or trademarks that don't matter to me can buy what they will ofcourse, TM might have a better QC system, I don't know that either but the price differences are just way too much for there to be value in it for me.
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I'm confused too. If those numbers are right, it's testing at 3.92J. Not enough for some super-spicy European countries, but way higher than anything we should be catching in the UK. It's also far higher than EN166 F, which plenty of people wear without issues. Not something I'd do, I always wear a strap-on, but I've never seen or heard of any eyepro actually failing on site. Aaah, now that makes sense. Thanks for reading on a bit.
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People do seem to forget that getting an air gun isn't that easy, especially if the buyer wants it for nefarious reasons. You can't get one delivered to your door and all sales are logged (by serial number iirc). Also under 18s cannot be gifted an air gun, use one unsupervised or even buy pellets. It's even worse if you're in Jockland as over 18s need an FAC to buy anything with w muzzle energy over 1j
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Rift is also holding a relaxed 48 weekend event, smaller scale than shift your rift. It is also on the August Bank Holiday this year. I think they're trying to entice some of the disenfranchised NAF goers. I sold as a trader at SyR this year and from what I saw can't fault much if anything of the organisation by Tony and the site team. Kind of felt I missed out by not playing a bit. Food is decent and fairly priced considering all players are a captive market, but you can get takeaways delivered to the front gate. The player numbers were in the few hundred and not as big as NAF.
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Trying....trying....trying not to buy anything.....on iPad which is good as it keeps crashing out!!!
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You're taking chances with glasses even tho they are comfy, I have some bolle trackers with straps and they work well. Anything without en166 being sold in Europe should be viewed with suspicion. ASTM isnt a high enough standard in my view, not enough margin.
