pistols actually are meant to be limited to a muzzle 8ft/lbs if i recall correctly. so their fps limit should actually be lower.
but again, the frangible projectile usage throws the whole thing to pot.
Is it legal?
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but again, the frangible projectile usage throws the whole thing to pot.
the use of frangible ammunition is used to classify a paintball marker as an air rifle. however the characteristic of a frangible round is that it cannot cause a penetrating injury. the major rule is the 12ft/lb for rifles and 8ft/lb for pistols and so paintballs fired under 330fps are legal.
a better way to understand it is airsoft guns. obviously the bb's are not frangible, but equally they are not designed to cause a penetrating injury. in addition they are also within the 12ft/lb limit because although they are fired at around 350fps if i remember right, the considerably smaller mass means it is well within the 12ft/lb limit.
this is just my understanding of how the law applies but do not take what i'm saying to be fact, it is just my opinion. i may be wrong about it but from what i have gathered over recent years this is how i view the law applying to paintball, airsoft and other firearms.
its 6 ft lb for air pistols, so if markers were air weapons then pistol limit would be 165 fps. I know the 330 fps "limit" is calculated to 12 ft lb for an average wieght paintball. Also I believe you can't own an air weapon with any kind of criminal record.
you can own airsoft and paintball with a conviction, even a firearms ban as they are air based "Toys" under the law however you must hold a skirmisher licence to own a 1 to 1 scale (real colouring) airsoft weapon as they are deemed as replicas
Well it just happen recently, I was playing with my baby boy and then I hear some verb abuse just out side my block of apartments. So I pop my head out the window tosee what was going on. I then see some chavs messing around my car. Then the little **** decided to smack the bonnet of my car so I ran down stairs and given them abuse. They it came! some racial abuse started call me the C word which got me going, now I was thinking about popping my t8 just to scare them, not fire anything at them.
Now before I started paintball I studied the fine art of wing Chung now I could of done some damage but I got my wife and my baby boy to look after and don't wanna get lock up. So I said to my copper friend could I pull my t8 just to scare them. The answer I got was no. So now i'am having to move because I don't my baby boy to grow up in a **** hole. It wasn't like this until the housing association decide to move some scum in. Rant over need to save save now.
Now before I started paintball I studied the fine art of wing Chung now I could of done some damage but I got my wife and my baby boy to look after and don't wanna get lock up. So I said to my copper friend could I pull my t8 just to scare them. The answer I got was no. So now i'am having to move because I don't my baby boy to grow up in a **** hole. It wasn't like this until the housing association decide to move some scum in. Rant over need to save save now.
Cracker?
You were wise not to start waving your gun around. I showed my T8 to a road-rage guy through the car window once after he started following my car. he looked pretty skeerd, but he called the cops right away, and then I was sweating-it all the way home.
Try going to a fishing store and getting a bag of maggots, then throw that over them instead. People hate having bags of maggots thrown over them, and they will be too busy jumping around to prevent you making a totally sweet getaway, probably.
I've been tempted to pull my TPX out on people but I got the same answer (no).
You can buy self defence spray which will stain their skin a nice bright red and make them stink (the smell is supposed to practically incapacitate someone), but in the end they'll just be really pissed off.