Don't want to skirmish, but want to do rapid target shooting.

[novioman]

Patrol Base don’t.

Firesupport, Airsoftworld, Wolf Armouries, Defcon Airsoft, land warrior, weekend warrrior, Crawley Surplus, BZ Tactical, A2 supplies, all do. 

 

[Rogerborg]

Patrol Base don’t.

Firesupport, Airsoftworld, Wolf Armouries, Defcon Airsoft, land warrior, weekend warrrior, Crawley Surplus, BZ Tactical, A2 supplies, all do. 

Wolf Armories only list UKARA, Defcon only list UKARA, British Airsoft Club and site membership, Land Warrior only list UKARA (and implicitly site membership), Crawley Surplus only list UKARA, BZ tactical only list UKARA, A2 only list UKARA and site membership.  Although they may very well accept it if you ask.

FireSupport, AirsoftWorld and Weekend Warrior do indeed list Sportsman Association, and/or British Association for Shooting and Conservation  (BASC).

They must surely be aware that these are not VCRA defences, neither by the letter nor the spirit of the law - if your interest is in target shooting, it doesn't matter if you have a RIF or an IF, right?

Still, it could be worse. There's one site that just allows you to tick a box saying "Yeah, mate, airsoft and that" (although somewhat bizarrely does want to see proof of age).

 

[SheriffHD]

There's one site that just allows you to tick a box saying "Yeah, mate, airsoft and that" (although somewhat bizarrely does want to see proof of age).

I sure hope you're being sarcastic.  If thats real how the hell have they not been caught up on that yet.....

 

[novioman]

Wolf Armories only list UKARA, Defcon only list UKARA, British Airsoft Club and site membership, Land Warrior only list UKARA (and implicitly site membership), Crawley Surplus only list UKARA, BZ tactical only list UKARA, A2 only list UKARA and site membership.  Although they may very well accept it if you ask.

FireSupport, AirsoftWorld and Weekend Warrior do indeed list Sportsman Association, and/or British Association for Shooting and Conservation  (BASC).

They must surely be aware that these are not VCRA defences, neither by the letter nor the spirit of the law - if your interest is in target shooting, it doesn't matter if you have a RIF or an IF, right?

Still, it could be worse. There's one site that just allows you to tick a box saying "Yeah, mate, airsoft and that" (although somewhat bizarrely does want to see proof of age).

I have personally bought from wolf, land warrior, BZ and Crawley, no problems, and I don’t have UKARA now, only sportsman Association membership. 

 

[Rogerborg]

I sure hope you're being sarcastic.  If thats real how the hell have they not been caught up on that yet.....

Site hidden as I wouldn't want to send anyone that way.

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I have personally bought from wolf, land warrior, BZ and Crawley, no problems, and I don’t have UKARA now, only sportsman Association membership. 

Hmm, I guess they're operating on the basis that if they don't advertise it, they won't get caught at it.

And they are at it because that reduces it to the level of "Our defence is that the customer was prepared to pay another £25 or so".

As always, it'll be fine until it's not.

 

[novioman]

I was very surprised by Firesupport acceptance of SA membership as a defence, (don’t they actually run the UKARA data base), I think once they did except it others followed suit. 

 

[Rogerborg]

I was very surprised by Firesupport acceptance of SA membership as a defence, (don’t they actually run the UKARA data base), I think once they did except it others followed suit. 

We'll, it's at their risk, and it seems to be a purely theoretical one.

And indeed, once one does it, the rest will say "Hey!  Those are dodgy sales that we could be making!"

It's commendable that PatrolBase haven't budged, and it's one reason why I'd tend to point people at them by default.

I just hope that when one of the hooky ones does get stung by Trading Standards or tugged by the fuzz that it doesn't result in the legislation being reviewed.

I know that's very unlikely too, but I'm particularly concerned about the Scotch situation - Holyrood hates anything remotely projectile related.

 

[Cannonfodder]

Site hidden as I wouldn't want to send anyone that way.

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If you think that's bad, I just ordered an AEG from a UK shop and it didn't ask for a defence or if I want it 2 toned, just that I'm over 18. The picture was of a rif so we'll see when it arrives