craig Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 ive been doing alot of airsofting down south in ireland as thay have few law regaring airsoft and becouse of this the fps law dose not apply but once i restarted airsofting in the uk ive been told gas cartrage's are a no no as thay regeister above 400fps but the ones i use are 340fps is this legal? p.s. this is the said cartrage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyRider Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Well if i am right anything above 500 FPS is classed as a air rifle I have never heard of not beeing able to use cartages as these use CO2 and loads of poeple use CO2 in their mags so no i dont think it is illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWilson Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 i bought a CZ75D compact CO2 pistol that using the same gas as the picture you put up and that was 2 days ago so im sure you can use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Rock-climby-Dave Posted August 28, 2010 Supporters Share Posted August 28, 2010 it isn't 500FPS, it is actually considerably higher than that. also, the cartridges will vary as to the FPS delivered from gun to gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyRider Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Well i dunno like i have said before gas gun arnt my fortay I have only just got a GBB Pistol and it is a CO2 cartrage gun XP I just heard from somewhere that anything over 500 FPS is classed as a Airifle Just out of intrest what is the Limit?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-UK Founding Member Deva Posted August 28, 2010 AF-UK Founding Member Share Posted August 28, 2010 Not that I know, but I doubt it's just based on the FPS, if you go crazy on an airsoft gun it doesn't suddenly become an air gun. To me it's that air guns fire .177's or .22's not 6mm plastic BB's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Rock-climby-Dave Posted August 28, 2010 Supporters Share Posted August 28, 2010 not entirely sure, tbh. something like 3 Joules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyRider Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Is this enougther read through the laws job?? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Rock-climby-Dave Posted August 28, 2010 Supporters Share Posted August 28, 2010 proably I nominate someone else to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyRider Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Hey not me! i have basicly memerised the VCR act..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Ok, I'll summarise it for you.... The max legal limit is 1.35j using a 0.2g bb, giving 328fps - this applies to anything capable of semi or full auto. However, most UK sites like to have a restriction of 1j. It's slightly different for anything single shot, such as a sniper rifle. Most sites will allow maximum 500fps for this. At this stage you are now technically firing a low powered air weapon. The reason this is ignored is because the projectile is still not capable of penetrating the skin, so is not classed as a "true" air weapon. Despite the fact that the power would be around 2.3j, you get away with it on a "technicality". Hope this helps..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 because the projectile is still not capable of penetrating the skin I've seen a 450fps sniper penetrate skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 .......at what range though? Many sites have a rule that you cannot use one of the higher powered snipers at less than 20 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 .......at what range though? Many sites have a rule that you cannot use one of the higher powered snipers at less than 20 feet. About 4 feet, (which resulted in a spray in retaliation). Thats good to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-UK Founding Member Deva Posted October 6, 2010 AF-UK Founding Member Share Posted October 6, 2010 Should never be as close as 4 feet, that's why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyRider Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 You ever heard of parlay?? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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