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I'm looking for my next gun, and I have a £240 max budget. I'm leaning towards a G&G, although I'm not exactly sure which model I should get. I have an AK in mind, although it's not a definite.
I've been looking at the ICS you mentioned- on Wolf it's £244.48 incl. paint job and shipping, with the gun at £219.99. is the one on Actionhobbies the RAS version?
I've emailed AH asking if they can do a 2 toning service, although as they don't offer one I'm ruling them out until they respond. I really hate not being able to work on a UKARA
I'll probably buy from FireSupport then, only thing I like about the AK-74 on Wolf is that they include the ICS battery with the gun (as far as I can tell from their appalling layout)
If AH will 2-tone, get the CYMA AK103 (it's the same gun as CM.048 with polymer furniture instead of wood).
What you really need is someone who is UKARA registered to order either a CM.048 or .048M and gift it to you. Without wanting to suggest anything illegal, whatever transpires between two people a couple of weeks before any RIF gifting has no bearing on said event, especially if nobody can prove that anything did transpire.
I'm trying to get in touch with an old friend who's dad is UKARA blessed- however due to the unreliability of one of my mates -who consequently is the only person with said old friends' Email- I may have to wait a while. Suits me anyway, will probably only have enough for ICS AK + stick battery in Feb.
I'll definitely be able to get in RiF form if I do get in touch, but in the mean time I'll start building up my '60s tigerstripe loadout
Can't you just turn it into a RIF once you get it? Remove the paint, repaint it, whatever. Using your defence as a skirmisher to make it legal? You can prove you're a skirmisher without having to be 18, only difference between me and you is that the retailers association can only sell to someone over 18 by law.
We're still both airsofters, so we both still have that as a defence to grant us our exemption against the VCRA. There's nothing in the VCRA that says U18s can't manufacture RIFs out of IFs if they're airsofters.
You just need photo evidence, or a skirmish diary, or junior membership and you're golden.
as a tip, zero one use bright green spray paint to 2-tone... take from that what you will but I can't imagine it would be all that difficult to remove with the right solvent.