Shortage of airsoft items in UK

[Ebeneezer Goode]

Has been this way for a while. Blame Covid (or rather, the way its been handled).

Turns out shutting the world down for inordinate open ended periods has repercussions.

Next shyttshow; lack of HGV drivers. Supply problems for food and now fuel. Of course there's plenty to go round, but the Daily Mail are now whooping up the population into panic buying as they're convinced we are repeating the 1970s again. Worrying about lack of cheap airsoft guns in stock may be the least of our worries.

 

[CrackCommandoUnit1972]

I can't get an AK or a PS5

 

[emilianoksa]

Given the mess we are in - rising prices, shortages of goods, astronomical shipping costs, sites closing, wealth destroying green policies and growing unemployment -  I sometimes wonder if airsoft has much of a future at all.

Niche hobbies can only survive in affluent societies.

I imagine the second hand market will become more popular with many.

 

[Rogerborg]

Niche hobbies can only survive in affluent societies.

The sad truth.  Especially those that require car travel.  I used to be big into historical reenactment, but knocked it on the head when the costs of driving around the country became prohibitive for a leisure activity.

Now that I'm looking at 70 mile round trips to the nearest airsoft sites, that's starting to become a consideration too, even absent the current "responsible stockpiling" of fuel going on.

 

[Ebeneezer Goode]

Add in a strong anti-gun sentiment in the UK, Eco-Nazis wanting to ban everything (plastic BBs? Its a wonder the feckers from XR haven't started chaining themselves up at airsoft sites yet), a general suspicion of anything military, clothing etc and sites going out of business its all against the sport.

That said, seeing more and more newbies like myself taking it up this past year which is very encouraging.

 

[Cannonfodder]

The crusties are too busy causing extra pollution by creating traffic jams and wanting everything plastic to be replaced with palm oil (while ignoring the disastrous effects of palm oil plantations on the environment) 

 

[Lozart]

The crusties are too busy causing extra pollution by creating traffic jams and wanting everything plastic to be replaced with palm oil (while ignoring the disastrous effects of palm oil plantations on the environment) 

Palm oil isn't the demon product everyone seems to think though. It has a far denser output for acre than standard veg oil crops so if you force the palm oil producers to abandon it they will actually have to deforest a BIGGER area which is then WORSE for environmental impact. Better to regulate it properly now that it's already there. Plant based packaging is still a good idea though.

 

[rj1986]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57149741

20 companies account for more than 50% - yet im the one stuck with a paper straw that folds over after 20 minutes

Anyway, what were we talking about?