Rogerborg

Yup, that's what I'd expect it to cost. Anyone charging less is risking being out of pocket. Although there used to be a £100 limit listed on either the ParcelFarce or RoyalFail sites, but that seems to have gone now. Or at least I can't find it, which isn't necessarily the same thing. It might be quite the bun fight if they dug up and revealed a secret limit later, after taking your money for providing extra cover. [EDIT] Found it here: https://www.parcelforce.com/help-and-advice/sending/prohibitions-and-restrictions This the wording that contradicts other pages, as it says that they won't send any firearms, components, RIFs or any sort of toy gun, except for low powered air weapons. We've had a handbag fight over this before, but seems clear that the Post Office will accept honestly described RIFs, and if they take the money, they create a contract. Arms and Ammunition - low powered air weapons Low-powered air weapons (air rifles, air guns and air pistols), together with lead pellets and other airgun and airsoft projectiles, can be sent but are subject to the following conditions: These items must be sent on an express48 service only These items must be sent via the Post Office only, and presented at the counter Enhanced compensation cover is not available I reckon if you declare it honestly (and can prove that) and if they take the money for extra cover, you should be OK. Although there's some danger that they might say "Here's your £100 plus what you paid for extra cover, go whistle for the rest." about 6 months down the line.

Monster Energy from the site shop, then malingering after lunch, and going home at 2pm with a thumping headache, is I believe SOP.

Handy, given that their prices appear to be about 10% above PatrolBase to begin with.

Their SSL/TLS security certificate is scrawled in crayon on a Blockbuster's loyalty card from 1992. Sane browsers just laugh it off, although some might give you the option to continue anyway by clicking "Yes", "Yes", "Yes, I really, really do understand the risks" about half a dozen times.

Sort-of related, but Patrol Base seem to be getting a bit fruity in their Boneyard descriptions. I'm guessing that they're getting tired of punters whinging "but i fort it wud wurk" over and over.

Ah, but the difference is that you have to collect the expensive one. The optic and torch really add something though, like one of these vroom-vroom "exhausts" on a bicycle.

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.

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

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).

This is why I only use genuine Poundland spray paint, not those shoddy knock-offs in Poundstretcher.

Can you list the retailers that do accept it, versus those who don't? I ask because you said "most", which implies a demonstrable plurality.

In Dungeons and Dragons, before all this Advanced frippery, "elf" and "dwarf" were character classes - only humans could choose their class. They assumed that all non-human X or Y acted exactly identically, just as we might say "All HPA users are over-shooting, chrono-cheating spam-buckets".

You're not fooling me, I've seen every episode of Midsomer Murders. Every time an owl hoots, someone gets stabbed with a pitchfork.

Oh, you played Advanced D&D? The one where elf and dwarf were races rather than classes? Fancy pants.

Depending on whether you think that novel laws should be prioritised over boring old ones that are difficult to enforce. I doubt that they'd cleared up every burglary in the area.

It's a tricky one. You can consent to accepting risk and being reasonably harmed (combat sports, piercings, surgical procedures, being shot with bits of plastic), but you can't agree to waive liability for negligence that results in death or personal injury (Consumer Rights Act 2015 S65) in any trader/consumer relationship. It's fuzzier on a personal level, I'm not sure of the case law on that. I should clarify that I think it's best for all involved if there is someone who has a clear duty of care, and is explicitly insured for that risk. I'd hate to see any individual be left holding the liability bag should the worst happen. Ah, my bad, I didn't realise it was private land. With permission? I wonder who squealed on them.

I wish we didn't live in a litigious society, it's only lawyers who really profit. But sadly it's the reality that when someone loses their life, mobility or income, it very quickly becomes an issue of "There's must be a claim, even without blame." The significant case law is Volwes v Evans and the Welsh Rugby Union, where an unpaid volunteer referee was held liable for an injury to an amateur player. The Rugby Union's insurers ended up footing the bill, but mostly because courts like to award against the deepest pockets just on the practicality (if not fairness) of it. I'd get something on record that there is no organiser, marshalling or refereeing, and that everyone is participating as peers and solely responsible for their own actions.

I love his version of "CYMA owners".

Mmm, I'm not risk averse, and it's fine to do what you want with consent on private land. Public land, no matter how remote, is a huge no-no, as these muppets found out. However, liability is always worth bearing in mind. It'll all be handshakes and gentleman's agreements until someone breaks a leg, impales themselves on a rusty spike, or takes some balls to the eye, and then it'll be a question of "Who pays my mortgage?". You cannot contractually waiver away liability for death or personal injury. Generally you'd go after the deepest pockets. What I'd imagine would happen is that Crippled Cathy would sue the scrapyard for some failure in a duty of care (unsuitable use of the site, site was hazardous, site was responsible for checking gnus for hotness if they were going to let airsoft run there) , their PLI insurer (hopefully they have one) will initially say "Go away, not covered", and it'll end in a legal wrangle. If it gets to court the bench will say "You're not strictly liable, but you've got money, so pay up, then recover it from your client", the insurer would go after the site, and the site might then go after whoever was organising the games. Either way, it could get messy, drag on for years, and end up coming out of individuals' pockets. It'll be fine until it's not, of course.

To the point where he's messaging about for-sales from years ago. But you'll have to post it, and he's only got £300 to give himself a birthday present. I feel such a connection to him now, I'm really rooting for him on his quest.

It seems to be a complete lottery whether you fall foul of the law, much like playing informal games at a local scrapyard.

Good news. I shudder to think what uses were intended for those seized RIFs - it's not like it's hard to get a defence.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner of champions.

Great work all round. I'm starting to get performance anxiety about my gobs of hot melt glue and Poundland rattle can black now.