Airsoft And The VCR Bill

From the 1st of October 2007, the laws regarding airsoft guns (in the UK only) have changed. This is a brief summary of those changes, more information can be found here: WWW.UKARA.ORG.UK
If you are under 18 years of age, it is now illegal for you to buy an airsoft gun or any other replica firearm. It will also be illegal for anyone to sell one to you, whether you are a skirmisher or not.
Over 18s will have to prove that they are airsoft skirmishers. They can do this by taking out membership of an airsoft site which holds third-party liability insurance. In order to enable online sales, UKARA the retailers organisation, has set up a database to which sites can submit their members details.
Once a player is verified & on the database, any UKARA member can quickly check that a purchaser is a member entitled to buy an airsoft gun.
Airsoft skirmishers' are only one of the groups awarded an official exemption within the VCR Bill.
Military reinactment group members, film/TV production, theatres and museums complete the list of exempt bodies. The VCRA applies to sales within the U.K. only, overseas sales are not affected.

Here's a little something from YouTube

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

New Site Review: Tactical Kit


In UK Airsoft it is a frequently accepted fact that to get a useful combat loadout you have to shop at a variety of different retailers. Your RIF and its several magazines, spares and custom parts probably all came from the one place, but for some ungodly reason the rest of your kit cannot. Times are changing people. The time is now and the place is www.tactical-uk.co.uk .


I have found that the problem with a lot of retailers is that they just do not have a focus on what they want to sell. Outdoors and Adventure dabble in lower end RIF's whilst the major RIF retailers dabble in lower end kit. My problem with this is the sour taste it leaves in the mouth of the unwary. As a new combatant in the Airsoft arena you have either a fantastic rifle but ripped knees and wholed mag pouches, or look like an extra from Ghost Recon wielding a see through 1911 and 0.12g bb's.........


First Impressions of Tactical Kit:


Tactical Kit has a quick loading and a visually superior website to most others. It is crisp and clean cut providing superbly simple navigation to the user. The website images and photography is professional and uncluttered with the corporate logo being subtle yet eye catching. It has the look of a focussed and business orientated website, it has the poise of a site that isn't just the front for a teenager with ebay gear to flog.


Now this is the snazzy part about Tactical Kit. Here is a website which does as it says on the tin; they sell tactical kit. The big names are there but what is more important, so is the quality. It is also fair to say that no matter how hard I searched, there wasn't a Taiwanese Crapsoft for sale anywhere!


The products they stock range from boots to boilers, from Magpull loops to Molle vests. The selection is not only varied but also of high quality. It is quite apparent that Tactical Kit are in business to sell the best. This is not by any means a cover for high prices though. I have spent many a fruitless hour searching the internet looking for deals on kit and can safely say that Tactical Kit are not outlandishly priced. If anything can be used as a moniker for this retailer, it is this; "The best Kit for the best prices."


It is my hope that in the coming months more people use Tactical Kit and discover the sense of a retailer that sticks to selling one type of stock. The proof of it working is out there already in firms such as Flecktarn. It isn't rocket science after all; know your stock and your customers will know you.



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