Firing Modes

[Mark]

Open post to all


Please guys stop with the "see you there etc post's" BUT more important to all european paintballers (saying european but it just seems to be english, so incase i missed a euro 'baller). Please, please stop talking about full auto/turbo/burst firing modes that you have in your marker of choice....they are illegal from both a self imposed point of view and if in full-auto illegal from the laws of this country. You don't need to be a brain surgeon to realise that someone will forget to switch it back to "legal" mode and use it and then all the legal sueing will start...next being the banning of paintball in this and other european countrys, the germans seem for the moment to have escaped this for now. So if you own a Carlos Fandango super sprayer that does something a little clever when you click that switch ...keep it to yourself.

I have made this post to ensure european paintball doesn't get in trouble, it only takes one "little man" to start a whole bunch of ****, and not to condone designer cheating as has been covered very well in another thread

 

[Liz]

Good post Mark. I was thinking along those lines earlier but didn't get round to posting on it myself - how dare they expect me to actually do stuff at work sometimes!

 

[Mark]

Do some work at work? nah not a good idea, seems funny that you are the only one to reply to my post ...seems I hit the nail on the head (I copied this post into "speak your brains as well and no-one has posted back so maybe the silence is the answer haha)..all good I guess, but when this post falls off the first page it will all start again. Mind you, hey Mr Big how about starting to make posts "sticky" as on other forums that way the problems I have mentioned in my first post won't happen again cos it will get read all the time.

 

[Darkwerks]

Can someone clarify this for me? "full-auto" markers are illegal? Why?
Does this mean that Angels bought in England are semi-only?

 

[Mark]

Class One firearm if able to eject an object more than once per trigger pull (a little corruptted from the actual wording but the meaning is the same)
Pump guns although they are allowed after consultation with the Home Office. If you actually decribe them in firearm terms they are

a short barrelled smooth bore pump action projectile firing implement which is also a class one firearm but that has been sorted.

Ok part of the description applies to a projectile having the ingnition/propellant as part of the same projectile but grey areas are what ban things, Pumps are cool as I said after consultation with the HO, semis are the same but if you read the first post things could drastically change if.........PUBLIC FORUM !!!!!

And to actually answer your question Angels bought in this country are semi only because of this countrys laws thats what mode b is, semi only 1 trigger pull one ball.

 

[Liz]

Yep, one ball ejected per trigger pull is the only mode allowed, so not even 3 shot burst mode let alone fully auto. It's illegal to sell a marker that's fully automatic in this country.

I'm not positive on this, but I'm pretty sure that Turbo modes are also banned from tournaments here. Apparently this is a somewhat grey area so it was decided to be better safe than sorry & ban them.

 

[Hotpoint]

The "Why?" of the ban on Full-Auto is due to the fact they clearly contravene the 1968 Firearms Act

The legality (or illegality) of Turbo was slightly less certain but, as LIz said, the UKPSF decided to ban 'em. We opted not to take the risk of testing this one in Court

 

[Mark]

Thanks Hotpoint for the official input, at least someone can see what I was trying to do with my first post.....just wish you had answered a little sooner but the more this thread gets the more people will think, at least the "I've done this/that" posts have stopped ...for the moment. Come on Mr Big make this one "sticky"

It was done with the IR3 annoucement.